Featured New Releases for
June 10, 2022
Capitol / EMI
Elvis Costello pairs up with former bandmate Allan Mayes as they run through songs they loved when they were teenage upstarts.
Capitol / Capitol Nashville / EMI Records
Carrie Underwood dives into spangly, glitzy pop on this shiny, retro-inflected album.
EMI / EMI Records / Mercury / UMC
A 50th anniversary boxed set including remastered audio, demos, and a 104-page hard-cover book.
Fire Records
The Paisley Underground diehards dip their toes into minimalist grooves and prog rock textures with engaging results.
Epitaph
A satisfying 17 minutes of riffy punk and power pop from the California stalwarts.
Verve
Hypnotic jazz mixed with a post-modern, hip-hop, and electronic-influenced production distinguish the genre-bending pianist's Verve debut.
Agitated
Another installment of hooky indie rock from a long-running provider, this time with a little bit of nostalgia and a lot of synths added.
BWSCD / Polyborus
Shearwater's first album in six years delivers an ornate and elemental experience that evokes their earlier works.
Mute
Created while Tiersen prepared for an electronic festival performance, the album's insistent beats and synths give his music new momentum.
Yep Roc
The gifted singer and songwriter looks inward on 11 beautifully crafted songs about hurt and healing.
BMG / BMG Rights Management
Highlights from a 2021 livestream of the singer revisiting the Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall concert, this time with a stripped-down jazz combo.
Domino
Six years after his previous album, the master of dramatic vocal samples returns with his most successful release yet.
Daptone / Wick Records
A perfect mix of dreamy ballads, strutting melodies, and folk-psych gems from a transplanted L.A. songwriter with a deep love of McCartney and Nilsson.
Big Crown
The Finnish retro soul artist rings truer on his poignant and more personal second outing.
Planet Mu
Mike Paradinas reflects on family life with a breakbeat-driven album written as a sort of sequel to his 1997 classic Lunatic Harness.
Kill Rock Stars
An auspicious Kill Rock Stars debut by San Diego teens whose visceral, hook-anchored indie rock channels elements of emo, punk, and grunge.
Trouble in Mind
The synth journeyman's eighth album is an exploration of life, death, and the transitional stages in between them.
Mothland
Second album from the Canadian post-rock group, who stretch out their songs but never meander.
Glitterbeat
The debut album from this experimental trio merges West African traditions with abrasive noise rock and futuristic electronics.
Carpark Records
Hooky, '90s-style indie rock infused with Anne's potent, queer-oriented perspective.
Grapefruit
Uncompleted 1969 album from the future 10cc craftsmen is a sweet and well-crafted bit of psychedelic folk-pop.
Strangefolk
An ambitious, fantastical concept album evoking the '60s British psychedelic era, as well as an older, more chivalric England.
Albion
A compelling group of songs collected in Newfoundland is the highlight of Albion's whole Vaughan Williams folk song series.
Gloriae Dei Cantores
Ecumenical and eclectic choral music by Samuel Adler features a work written for the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht.
Delphian
Transcendent performances of Adès and late Beethoven are at the center of this recital by an exciting young quartet.
Chandos
A committed revival of worthwhile works by a largely unknown female composer.
Avie
A wonderfully varied program from violinist Meyers incorporates music from Elvis Presley to Morton Lauridsen.
Harmonia Mundi
Melnikov's subtle, coloristic style is especially suited to the works on this final volume in his Prokofiev series.