Featured New Releases for
December 10, 2021

BarnEditors' Choice
Reprise
A warm, rambling record that captures Crazy Horse finding solace and comfort in the noise they make.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
BBC Sessions
Reprise
A high-octane collection of the four BBC sessions Green Day gave between Dookie and Warning.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2
Concord / Loma Vista
Rap
The likes of Brittany Howard and Raphael Saadiq join the rapper on a positive-minded set that is similar to part one.
- Andy Kellman
At My Piano
Decca
The Beach Boys founder reworks a set of songs from throughout his lengthy catalog as stripped-down piano instrumentals.
- Fred Thomas
An Orchestrated Songbook
Polydor
A subtly emotional orchestrated stroll through Paul Weller's back pages.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Someone to Drive You Home [15th Anniversary Edition]Editors' Choice
Rough Trade
Thrilling debut album from a band who combine vintage style with biting and sad guitar pop that's equal parts girl group drama and punk attitude.
- Tim Sendra
Cahoots [50th Anniversary Edition]
Capitol / Virgin
Remixed reissue of the album where the great group started running short on ideas, despite some glorious moments.
- Mark Deming
The Myth of the Happily Ever AfterEditors' Choice
Warner Records
A sanguine, vibrantly creative companion album to 2020's A Celebration of Endings that also stands on its own.
- Matt Collar
One Year [50th Anniversary Edition]Editors' Choice
Sundazed
The 50th anniversary edition of the debut solo album from the Zombies lead singer includes 14 additional demos and studio tracks from the same time.
- Fred Thomas
You Heat Me Up You Cool Me Down
True Panther Sounds
An incendiary, go-for-broke live document drawn from three 2020 European shows before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the tour.
- Thom Jurek
ForfolksEditors' Choice
Nonesuch
On his second solo guitar offering, the guitarist explores his private soundworld through vintage and new originals and jazz standards.
- Thom Jurek
Memphis IceEditors' Choice
Single Lock Records
Vocal performances shine on these revisions of songs from 2020's Italian Ice (plus one original), recorded live in the studio with an acoustic trio.
- Marcy Donelson
Observatory
Sub Pop
Former Wrens member Kevin Whelan offers a satisfying and somewhat cathartic solo debut.
- Timothy Monger
First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings
Blue Note
This long-shelved document showcases the storied quintet at the peak of their powers during a Japanese tour.
- Thom Jurek
Interior
Cascine
Jamison Isaak channels the French house wave of the late '90s with his most club-friendly album to date.
- Paul Simpson
Waiting for Henry
Captured Tracks
Bizarre, rude, and often hilarious satire of gay culture from Kids in the Hall star Scott Thompson and writer Paul Bellini.
- Mark Deming
Tokyo Glow
Various Artists
Wewantsounds
Fun selection of Japanese post-disco R&B, adult contemporary pop and soul, and soft rock (1976-1989) from the vast catalog of Nippon Columbia.
- Andy Kellman
Falsterbo
PNKSLM
Members of Hater, Simian Ghost, Yash, and Fews blend melancholy indie, post-punk, and shoegaze influences on their auspicious debut EP.
- Marcy Donelson
Handel
VOCES8 Records
A fine outing by young, vocally versatile countertenor Smith is enhanced by crack instrumental work.
- James Manheim
Schubert: Impromptus D899; Moments Musicaux D780
Erato
Readings of familiar and not-so-familiar Schubert emphasize sonata thinking and avoid grand Romantic gestures.
- James Manheim
SéguedillesEditors' Choice
Erato
Mezzo-soprano Crebassa is in fabulous voice on this collection of Spanish and Spanish-influenced material.
- James Manheim
J.S. Bach: Three or One
ECM New Series
Arrangements of chorale-based Bach works, for piano or trio, atomize them by individual line, revealing a haunting new richness.
- James Manheim
Kermès
New Focus Recordings
Diverse contemporary works linked by the idea of kermès, the insect-derived pigment whose use in dyes preceded that of cochineal.
- James Manheim
Sofia Gubaidulina: Dialog: Ich und du; The Wrath of God; The Light of the EndEditors' Choice
Deutsche Grammophon
Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig celebrate Gubaidulina's 90th birthday with rousing performances of three later-life works.
- Keith Finke
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