Miranda Lambert

Palomino

RCA / SME / Vanner Records

Country

Miranda Lambert indulges in her wanderlust on this varied and empathetic collection.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Willie Nelson

A Beautiful Time

Legacy / Sony Music

Country

A moving, funny, and graceful meditation on mortality.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Melody's Echo Chamber

Emotional Eternal

Domino

Pop/Rock

A warm embrace of sweet psychedelia from the team who made the thrilling Bon Voyage album; this time the feeling is peace rather than turmoil.

— Tim Sendra

Bloc Party

Alpha Games

Infectious

Pop/Rock

The band's sixth album reconnects with the spiky, defiant energy of their beloved debut Silent Alarm.

— Heather Phares

Toro y Moi

Mahal

Dead Oceans

Pop/Rock

Casting aside the pop sounds of recent work, Chaz Bear dives headfirst into dreamily psychedelic guitar overload and gritty funk grooves.

— Tim Sendra

Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews

Lifted

Blue Note

R&B, Jazz

More than any of his previous albums, this set most closely resembles the unbridled energy of a Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue gig.

— Thom Jurek

Eli "Paperboy" Reed

Down Every Road

Yep Roc

R&B

A vibrant, soulful tribute to Merle Haggard, one of the iconic American figures of the 20th century.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Röyksopp

Profound Mysteries

Dog Triumph

Electronic

The electronic icons revisit the album format on their own terms with a haunting sixth collection.

— Timothy Monger

Seratones

Love & Algorhythms

New West

Pop/Rock, R&B

The Louisiana combo ditch their rock influences in favor of a cleaner, semi-futuristic experiment in Eurodisco.

— Mark Deming

Kelly Lee Owens

LP.8

Smalltown Supersound

Electronic

Kelly Lee Owens evokes both Throbbing Gristle and Enya on her challenging yet soothing third album.

— Paul Simpson

Let's Eat Grandma

Two Ribbons

Transgressive

Pop/Rock

The duo traces their growing pains, devastating losses, and healing on songs that span poignant synth pop to confessional acoustic epics.

— Heather Phares

Kehlani

Blue Water Road

Atlantic

R&B

Work on tracks for an intended deluxe edition of the singer's 2020 album developed into their mostly tender third LP, executive produced by Pop Wansel.

— Andy Kellman

Ghost Power

Ghost Power

Duophonic / Duophonic Super 45s

Pop/Rock, Electronic

Stereolab's Tim Gane and Dymaxion's Jeremy Novak join forces with playful and inventive results.

— Heather Phares

Astrel K

Flickering i

Duophonic / Duophonic Super 45s

Pop/Rock

A tricky jumble of indie rock sounds from the past few decades paired with mysterious emotions and sneaky good melodies to form an unexpected delight.

— Tim Sendra

Albert Ayler

Revelations: The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings

Analogphonic / Elemental / Elemental Music / Resonance

Jazz

Recordings of some of the triumphant and rapturous final live dates of this free jazz legend presented in their entirety for the first time.

— Fred Thomas

Diane Coffee

With People

Polyvinyl

Pop/Rock

Shaun Fleming's most personal album yet was produced by Foxygen bandmate Jonathan Rado but opts for a tone closer to '70s and '80s soft rock.

— Marcy Donelson

Tomberlin

i dont know who needs to hear this...

Saddle Creek Records

Pop/Rock

The follow-up to the songwriter's intimate collegiate debut finds a musical artistry that rises to the level of her lyrical perceptiveness.

— Marcy Donelson

Rammstein

Zeit

Spinefarm Records / Virgin

Pop/Rock

A mature, late-era gem that finds the fiery industrial metal masters in a reflective (but no less aggressive) mood.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Lola Kirke

Lady for Sale

Third Man Records

Pop/Rock, Country

The singer/actress embraces a playfully empowered, '80s-styled country-pop vibe on her sophomore album.

— Matt Collar

Charles Mingus

The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's

Resonance

Jazz

A professionally recorded and unreleased 1972 live date showcases a rejuvenated Mingus and his killer sextet pushing themselves and the music hard.

— Thom Jurek

Chris Janson

All In

Warner Music

Country

Chris Janson gets lean and sinewy on a record that bears a distinct debt to Eric Church.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Congotronics International

Where's the One?

Crammed Discs

International, Pop/Rock

Cross-cultural collaboration bringing musicians from the Congotronics scene together with several experimental rock artists.

— Paul Simpson

Dana Gavanski

When It Comes [Clear Vinyl]

Flemish Eye Records

Pop/Rock

Harpsichord and Moog synths contribute to the graceful, subtly otherworldly, and frequently Baroque sound of the Montreal artist's second album.

— Marcy Donelson

Ebi Soda

Honk If You're Sad

Tru Thoughts

Jazz

The second studio album from the boundlessly creative British jazz quintet, whose influences include dub, ambient, post-punk, and U.K. drill.

— Paul Simpson

Sofi Tukker

Wet Tennis

Sofi Tukker

Pop/Rock

A summer-friendly set of party-starting electronic pop anthems from the worldly New York-based duo.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Damu the Fudgemunk / Raw Poetic

Laminated Skies

Def Pressé

Rap

Insightful, genre-fusing hip-hop from two longtime collaborators, driven by melodic rapping and versatile drumming.

— Paul Simpson

Frog Eyes

The Bees

Paper Bag Records

Pop/Rock

The nervy indie rockers return with a reliably unsettling ten-song set that's surprisingly laid-back.

— James Christopher Monger

Frontperson

Parade

Oscar St. Records

Pop/Rock

The Vancouver indie pop duo's winsome sophomore set builds on their already ample assets.

— Timothy Monger

Harvey Sutherland

Boy

Believe Direct Limited / House Anxiety

Electronic, Jazz

The Australian electronic artist's full-length debut plays like a funky, synth-laden house party from 1980.

— Matt Collar

William Basinski / Janek Schaefer

...on Reflection

Temporary Residence

Avant-Garde, Electronic

Developed over eight years, the two artists' first collaboration blends delicate, scattered piano notes with drifting environmental sounds.

— Paul Simpson

Miles Okazaki

Thisness

Pi Recordings

Jazz

A compellingly listenable four-movement suite of subtle, spacious, inquisitive, psychedelic, electro-acoustic jazz.

— Thom Jurek

François-Xavier Roth / Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne

Bruckner 7

Myrios Classics

Classical

Schubertian Bruckner from Roth is in touch with what has made the Seventh one of the composer's most popular works.

— James Manheim

Katharina Konradi / Trio Gaspard

Russian Roots

Chandos

Classical

A wide-ranging program, with emphasis on the "roots" rather than Russian-ness, benefits from the unique voice of soprano Konradi.

— James Manheim

Coco Tomita / Simon Callaghan

Origins

Orchid Classics

Classical

Splendid debut from a BBC Young Musician contest winner, breathing new life into the old France - Eastern Europe axis.

— James Manheim

Martin James Bartlett

Rhapsody: Rachmaninoff, Gershwin

Warner Classics

Classical

An unusual combination of Rachmaninov's and Gershwin's "rhapsodies" scores with a convincing program featuring Earl Wild's takes on both composers.

— James Manheim

Le Banquet Céleste / Damien Guillon

Purcell: Royal Odes

Alpha

Classical

Guillon leads his Le Banquet Céleste in rarely heard Welcome Odes by Purcell.

— Keith Finke

Simon Rattle / London Symphony Orchestra

Stravinsky Ballets: The Firebird; Petrushka; The Rite of Spring

LSO Live

Classical

"This Is Rattle" program of three Stravinsky ballets celebrating the beginning of Rattle's London Symphony directorship.

— Keith Finke

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