Featured New Releases for
July 15, 2022

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Atlantic
The multifaceted talent follows her breakthrough album Cuz I Love You with confessional, musically adventurous songs.

— Heather Phares

Beatopia

Dirty Hit
The singer/songwriter's second album is a musical sanctuary where she confronts her past and tries out new sounds.

— Heather Phares

rising

Mxmtoon
The sophomore album from this ukulele-wielding bedroom pop artist is focused on themes of growing up and gaining life experience.

— Fred Thomas

World Wide Pop

Domino
The band's second album is a bright and sunny modern pop record, produced with great skill and featuring guests like CHAI and Stephen Malkmus.

— Tim Sendra

Reboot

Blue Note
The 1970s organ icon returns to Blue Note after an over-30-year absence with a funky, textural trio album.

— Matt Collar

Born for This Moment

BMG
On their first album in eight years -- and first with Neil Donell as their main vocalist -- Chicago give their fans a little bit of everything they may want.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Slingshot

Captured Tracks
A vibrant and stylistically diverse second outing from the crafty Winnipeg artist.

— Timothy Monger

Dance Ancestral

Stones Throw
The composer and keyboardist delves deeply into electronics to offer a musical meditation on the unfolding of an ordinary day in the life.

— Thom Jurek

Happening

Ghostly International
Co-produced by Sonny DiPerri (My Bloody Valentine, DIIV), the debut of melodic shoegaze afficionado John Cudlip impresses with songs as well as sound.

— Marcy Donelson

Moonshine

Western Vinyl Records
Dave Hartley's even more sonically panoramic, otherworldly fourth album includes contributions from his War on Drugs bandmates.

— Marcy Donelson

Isoviha

Planet Mu
Vladislav Delay channels the unceasing activity of city life on the counterpart to his Rakka releases.

— Paul Simpson

Escapology

Hyperdub
The audio component to a larger project by the Hyperdub boss, which encompasses a video game within an art installation and a sonic fiction.

— Paul Simpson

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