Featured New Releases for
May 6, 2022
Columbia
Timely sixth set that re-centers the Canadian indie crew after a decade of dance-focused efforts.
Matador
The tenth studio album from one of indie pop's best-loved bands uses their familiar cheerful sounds to deliver weighty lyrical themes.
Jagjaguwar
Working largely alone, Sharon Van Etten processes the pandemic and personal upheaval on this probing and moving album.
Reprise / Shakey Pictures Records / Warner Records
A remarkably loose and light live reading of the doomy songs from Neil Young's On the Beach era.
![I'm Happy That Y'all Came Down [Live at the Los Angeles Music Center]: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 1971](https://fastly-s3.allmusic.com/release/mr0005631721/front/220/vmmmYxMP8qSk4hQYf61cqwSijaXJlYnq0St31qpAJWo=.jpg)
Reprise
A high-quality rendering of this often-bootlegged solo performance, one that finds a songwriting master relaxed on-stage while presenting some of his best work.
Reprise
Archival recordings of an intimate solo performance on the campus of UCLA in early 1971.
Virgin
Despite a lengthy hiatus and a challenging creative process, the band's spontaneous and sensual fourth album is a welcome return.
Sub Pop
Written and recorded during a tumultuous time, the band's third album reflects that feeling on a set of inspired and inspiring indie rock.
Island
Triumphant sophomore set from the Norwegian pop star proposes positivity and growth in the face of life's challenges.
Interscope
A sense of trepidation fills even the moments of delight on the follow-up to the singer's Grammy-nominated debut.
Big Machine Records
A cool, breezy soundtrack designed for good times.
Sub Pop
Heartbreak and doubt are constants on the actress/singer's pining debut LP, produced by Brad Cook (Waxahatchee, Hurray for the Riff Raff).
Chrysalis Records
A handful of joyous love songs highlight the singer/songwriter's fourth album, her most varied set in both emotion and style.
Mom + Pop Music
The New York trio embrace a dark, hypnotic sophistication on their intoxicating third album.
Anthology / Anthology Recordings
Gathering highlights from her released and unreleased body of work, this collection reveals just how rich the singer/songwriter's music truly is.
Better Noise
This fun and nostalgic covers set from the alt-rock crew (and some famous friends) mines the music of the '70s, '80s, and '90s.
Captured Tracks
The genre-mashing German collective's later recordings add house, trip-hop, and acid jazz inspirations to their global mix of sounds.
ECM
The globally celebrated guitarist delivers his first unaccompanied solo recording five decades into his professional career.
Mule Kick Records
Leahey and his crew complete their epic double album with a deeply satisfying set of warm, '70s-indebted rock.
Where It's At Is Where You Are
The debut album from this London-based ambient pop composer is a blur of aquatic production and cinematic atmospheres.
Pyroclastic Records
The drummer/composer and co. explore eventual, non-linear musical narratives on this sophisticated set.
Atlantic / Generation Now
The second album from the Kentucky pop rapper is a high-stakes production featuring guest spots from Drake and Justin Timberlake.
The Leaf Label
The British electro-acoustic duo explore a wide range of textures created by double bassist Tom Herbert.
PNKSLM
Drawing on turn-of-the-millennium acts like Garbage and Elastica, this Stockholm trio's debut delivers on both distortion and pristine melodic hooks.
Moshi Moshi Records
A more introspective follow-up to the synth-and-drums duo's dystopian effort Dopamine.
Harmonia Mundi
Historically oriented performance of Pelléas et Mélisande impresses with vivid instrumental shadings.
Decca
An unusual Four Seasons program from the group that started it all.
Harmonia Mundi
A splendid, spacious historical-instrument reading of the St. Matthew Passion.
Deutsche Grammophon
New development in holy minimalism relies on effects arising from interactions of electronics, a string quartet, and a vocal group.
Rubicon / Rubicon Classics
Equally perfect in conception and execution, Humphreys' program combines the virtuoso caprice form with contemporary composition.
Alpha
A Sterling debut album by an operatic singer who wisely chooses the operatic songs of Rachmaninov for her program.