David Bowie

Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001)

Parlophone / Rhino

Pop/Rock

The fifth "Era" boxed set from David Bowie chronicles his adventurous 1990s and offers the unreleased album Toy.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The Flaming Lips / Nell & the Flaming Lips / Nell Smith

Where the Viaduct Looms

Bella Union

Pop/Rock

The venerable psych-poppers and a previously unknown young Canadian singer/songwriter uncover new meanings to Nick Cave's deeply felt songs.

— Heather Phares

Radiohead

Kid A Mnesia [Deluxe Edition]

XL

Pop/Rock

A triple-disc completionist's dream from Radiohead's course-changing Kid A/Amnesiac period.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Circle / Richard Dawson

Henki

Domino / Weird World

Pop/Rock

Wild, protean hard rock songs rooted in psychedelic folk and delivered with Green Man-worthy gusto.

— James Christopher Monger

Christian McBride / Christian McBride & Inside Straight

Live at the Village Vanguard [2021]

Mack Avenue

Jazz

A dynamic live album featuring the bassist's hard-driving acoustic quintet.

— Matt Collar

Alex Malheiros

Tempos Futuros

Far Out Recordings

Jazz, International, Pop/Rock

The Azymuth bassist careens across jazz-funk, fusion, disco, soul, and samba in this orgy of rhythm, harmony, and deep grooves.

— Thom Jurek

The KVB

Unity

Invada

Pop/Rock

The duo's sixth album meshes shoegaze, minimal electronics, danceable rhythms, and an appealing optimism in skillful harmony.

— Heather Phares

Incognito

Always There: 1981-2021

Universal

R&B

Eight discs of hits, deep cuts, live tracks, remixes, archival material, and more, celebrating the top-tier acid jazz band's four decades.

— Andy Kellman

Julie Doiron

I Thought of You

You've Changed Records

Pop/Rock

The singer/songwriter's first solo album in nine years brings a triumphant warmth and twang to her music's enduring intimacy.

— Heather Phares

DAF / Robert Görl

Nur Noch Einer

Groenland / Grönland

Pop/Rock, Electronic

Robert Görl revisits unreleased sequences from DAF's early days, creating new material in the spirit of their best work from the early '80s.

— Paul Simpson

Trees Speak

Vertigo of Flaws: Emancipation of the Dissonance and Temperaments in Irrational Waveforms

Soul Jazz

Pop/Rock

Colossal, sprawling effort from the prolific Arizona-based group, channeling vintage experimental electronics and film scores.

— Paul Simpson

Various Artists

Box of Pin-Ups: The British Sounds of 1965

Grapefruit

Pop/Rock, R&B

Supremely entertaining three-disc collection devoted to the hits and misses of a remarkable year for British beat music.

— Mark Deming

Sherelle

Fabric Presents Sherelle

Fabric

Electronic

The lauded selector presents an aggressive yet ecstatic blend of high-octane dance music from old-skool jungle to Chicago footwork.

— Paul Simpson

Fine Place

This New Heaven

Night School

Pop/Rock

Ethereal, dystopian synth pop and darkwave from Brooklyn duo Frankie Rose and Matthew Hord.

— Paul Simpson

Quatuor Ébène

'Round Midnight: Dutilleux, Merlin, Schönberg

Erato

Classical

"Night Music" in various modern flavors from a crack contemporary string quartet.

— James Manheim

Robert Treviño / Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa

Americascapes: Loeffler, Ruggles, Cowell, Hanson

Ondine

Classical

Virtually unknown pieces of symphonic Americana turn out to be lively and contemporary in the hands of conductor Trevino.

— James Manheim

Dunedin Consort / John Butt

Bach: Ich habe genug - Cantatas BWV 82, 32 & 106

Linn / Linn Records

Classical

Over and above the fine performances by the Dunedin Consort, the soloists on this Bach cantata album are unusually distinguished.

— James Manheim

Marek Štilec / Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra

Paul Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

Naxos

Classical

Continuing excavation of a forgotten Viennese composer from the Czech Chamber Philharmonic.

— James Manheim

Renée Fleming / Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene

Decca

Classical

Fleming remains in fine form in these French and German songs about nature, with contemporary pieces addressing the titular theme.

— James Manheim

Rudolf Buchbinder

Buchbinder: Beethoven Piano Concertos

Deutsche Grammophon

Classical

Buchbinder's precise style comes into interesting conjunctions with the work of various conductors in this new Beethoven set.

— James Manheim

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