Tom Petty / Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Angel Dream: Songs and Music From the Motion Picture "She's the One"

Warner Records

Pop/Rock

Revamped version of Songs and Music from "She's the One" that removes Wildflowers outtakes, adds rarities, and is now a stand-alone album in Petty's oeuvre.

— Tim Sendra

Jehnny Beth / Bobby Gillespie

Utopian Ashes

Third Man Records

Pop/Rock

The Primal Scream frontman and former Savages leader step outside their comfort zones on these lush, elegantly heartbroken duets.

— Heather Phares

The Go! Team

Get Up Sequences Part One

Memphis Industries

Pop/Rock

Another sunny blast of brilliantly fun and funky pop music done with the usual innocence and empowerment by the long-running group.

— Tim Sendra

Snapped Ankles

Forest of Your Problems

Leaf / The Leaf Label

Pop/Rock

Although unlikely to win over anyone not already sold on their formula, there is something admirable about the continuation of their off-kilter approach.

— Liam Martin

Sault

Nine

Forever Living Originals

R&B

The group's fifth album since 2019 centers grim street life with a mix of empathetic ballads and brawling rhythms.

— Andy Kellman

The Veronicas

Human

Sony Music

Pop/Rock

The Veronicas search their souls in a stylish electronic setting.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Laura Mvula

Pink Noise

Atlantic

Pop/Rock

The wounded if defiant return from the two-time Mercury Prize nominee draws from vintage high-tech R&B and art pop.

— Andy Kellman

Jeff Lorber / The Jeff Lorber Fusion

Space-Time

Shanachie

Jazz

This sumptuous, breezy, summery exercise in hard groovin' jazz-funk includes guests Hubert Laws, Bob Mintzer, Robben Ford, and others.

— Thom Jurek

Deniece Williams

Free: The Columbia/ARC Recordings 1976-1988

SoulMusic

R&B

Eight-disc boxed set containing 11 albums (and more) from the unmistakable four-octave soprano and highly accomplished songwriter.

— Andy Kellman

Patrick Paige II

If I Fail Are We Still Cool?

Fat Possum Records

R&B

More confident second full-length from the Internet's singing and rapping bassist, joined by bandmates Syd and Steve Lacy, among others.

— Andy Kellman

The Sorrows

Pink, Purple, Yellow & Red: The Complete Sorrows

Drop Out / Grapefruit

Pop/Rock

In-depth history of a memorably tough British R&B band that devotes too much time to their lesser latter-day recordings.

— Mark Deming

Various Artists

I'm a Freak Baby, Vol. 3: A Further Journey Through the British Heavy Psych & Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-1973

Grapefruit

Pop/Rock

An appealingly blown-out third platter of gut-busting, freewheeling, druggy hard rock U.K. gems from the late '60s and early '70s.

— Timothy Monger

At the Gates

The Nightmare of Being

Century Media

Pop/Rock

The Swedish legends' seventh full-length effort sees them continuing to tweak their Gothenburg-style death metal with wild abandon.

— James Christopher Monger

Born of Osiris

Angel or Alien

Sumerian Records

Pop/Rock

The Chicago quartet return with their first two guitar attack since 2011's The Discovery, and straddle the line between vintage roots and the future.

— Thom Jurek

Robert Smith / Francesco Corti

Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord

Resonus / Resonus Classics

Classical

Splendid realizations of Bach's three sonatas for viola da gamba, with two other works for contrast.

— James Manheim

Ehnes Quartet

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13, Op. 130 & Grosse Fuge, Op. 133

Onyx Classics

Classical

Excellent late Beethoven from Ehnes and company, with tender lyricism in the central movements.

— James Manheim

James Gaffigan / Paul Jacobs / Luzerner Sinfonieorchester

Americans: Bernstein, Barber, Crawford, Ives

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

Lively, intelligently programmed American selections from the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and conductor Gaffigan.

— James Manheim

Michael Stern / Kansas City Symphony

One Movement Symphonies: Barber, Sibelius, Scriabin

Reference Recordings

Classical

Novel programming idea by Stern and the Kansas City Symphony is enhanced by truly superlative sonics.

— James Manheim

John-Henry Crawford / Victor Santiago Asuncion

Dialogo

Orchid Classics

Classical

Strong performances of "dialogue" pieces by rising young players Crawford and Asuncion.

— James Manheim

The Crossing / Donald Nally

Gavin Bryars: A Native Hill

Navona Records

Classical

Virtuoso collaboration between composer Bryars and the choir The Crossing illuminates the texts of Wendell Berry.

— James Manheim

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