Featured New Album Releases

Hudson Mohawke

Cry Sugar

Warp

Electronic

Hudson Mohawke blends cinematic bombast with end-of-the-world celebration on his third full-length.

— Paul Simpson

Megan Thee Stallion

Traumazine

300 Entertainment

Rap

The second studio album from the mainstream rap superstar finds her dropping her invincible persona somewhat to explore complex and often difficult personal emotions.

— Fred Thomas

Black Thought / Danger Mouse

Cheat Codes

BMG Rights Management

Rap

Captivating, intensely focused LP from Brian Burton and the Roots' principal MC, finishing what they started back in 2006.

— Andy Kellman

Panda Bear / Sonic Boom

Reset

Domino

Pop/Rock

This joint album from the longtime collaborators taps into the essence of their individual strengths and delivers its songs with a newfound sense of carefree joy.

— Fred Thomas

Boris

Heavy Rocks [2022]

Relapse Records

Pop/Rock

The third volume in the band's Heavy Rocks series juxtaposes their punk, metal, and drone roots with rugged and raw experimentalism.

— Thom Jurek

Osees / Thee Oh Sees

A Foul Form

Castle Face

Pop/Rock

With a more streamlined name, John Dwyer's band detours into lean-and-mean punk rock, with a side portion of electronic eccentricity.

— Mark Deming

Kiwi Jr.

Chopper

Sub Pop

Pop/Rock

The third album from this Toronto band fills out their slacker pop sound with the new additions of synthesizers and high-definition production.

— Fred Thomas

Tony Molina

In the Fade

Run for Cover Records

Pop/Rock

Molina's first album that combines -- perfectly -- the bracing power pop crunch, melody-rich Baroque pop, and tender ballads he has previously kept separate.

— Tim Sendra

Sylvan Esso

No Rules Sandy

Loma Vista

Pop/Rock

The North Carolina duo's engaging fourth album comprises intimate, delicately experimental electronic pop.

— Matt Collar

Erasure

Day-Glo (Based on a True Story)

Mute / Mute US

Pop/Rock

Featuring newly recorded vocals, a self-sampling set of dramatic original tracks constructed by manipulating sound files from 2020's The Neon.

— Marcy Donelson

Danny Elfman

Bigger. Messier.

Anti- / Epitaph

Pop/Rock, Electronic

The rocker-turned-film composer's 2021 full-length reworked by artists ranging from Iggy Pop and Trent Reznor to Little Snake and Machine Girl.

— Paul Simpson

Goo Goo Dolls

Chaos in Bloom

Warner Records

Pop/Rock

Johnny Rzeznik produces his first Goo Goo Dolls album, delivering a tight record that showcases their strengths.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Collective Soul

Vibrating

Fuzze-Flex Records

Pop/Rock

An accentuation of the band's heaviest, hookiest elements that sounds like Collective Soul turned it to 11.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Rich Ruth

I Survived, It's Over

Third Man Records

Electronic

The Nashville ambient composer's second album is a wild, turbulent ride reflecting myriad human emotions.

— Timothy Monger

Sally Seltmann

Early Moon

Three of Hearts / Universal

Pop/Rock

The Australian indie pop songsmith delivers a buoyant and artfully made third LP.

— Timothy Monger

Jimetta Rose / The Voices of Creation

How Good It Is

Day Dreamer

R&B

Uplifting gospel, spiritual jazz, and funk from L.A.'s around-the-way queen and a large group of her new and old friends.

— Andy Kellman

Kamikaze Palm Tree

Mint Chip

Drag City

Pop/Rock

The second full-length from this L.A. art pop duo adds new definition and upped production values to their patchwork of unpredictable psychedelic sounds.

— Fred Thomas