The Beatles

Revolver [Super Deluxe Edition]

Apple / Capitol

Pop/Rock

This special edition offers a new stereo mix by Giles Martin that uses the original mono mix, along with two discs of session outtakes and a bonus EP.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Changes [Recycled Black Wax LP]

KGLW / Recycled Black Wax

Pop/Rock

Though the songs all use the same chord progression, the band explore a wide variety of sounds and moods with their typical swashbuckling flair.

— Tim Sendra

Robyn Hitchcock

Shufflemania

Tiny Ghost Records

Pop/Rock

The esteemed sorcerer of pop surrealism's tightest and most potent outing in years.

— James Christopher Monger

Natalia Lafourcade

De Todas Las Flores

Sony Music

Latin

On her first album of original material in seven years, the great Mexican songwriter enlists an all-star international band.

— Thom Jurek

Guided by Voices

Scalping the Guru

GBV

Pop/Rock

Archival compilation of lesser-known gems from these lo-fi heroes draws from four long out-of-print EPs originally issued in the early '90s.

— Fred Thomas

Junior Boys

Waiting Game

City Slang

Electronic

The spacious and engrossing sixth album from the Ontarian duo.

— Andy Kellman

Hermanos Gutiérrez

El Bueno y el Malo

Easy Eye Sound

Latin

For their first widely distributed album, the Swiss-Ecuadorian siblings deliver atmospheric desert music with producer Dan Auerbach.

— Thom Jurek

Drugdealer

Hiding in Plain Sight

Mexican Summer

Pop/Rock

Michael Collins re-embraces '70s soft rock inspirations with guests including Tim Presley and Kate Bollinger on his project's satisfying third LP.

— Marcy Donelson

Peter Buck / Luke Haines

All the Kids Are Super Bummed Out

Cherry Red

Pop/Rock

The former Auteurs/Black Box Recorder leader and R.E.M.'s founder team up again for an extended session of witty, surreal wordplay.

— Mark Deming

Aoife Nessa Frances

Protector

Partisan

Pop/Rock

The Irish singer/songwriter offers an elegant, more band-driven sound on her sophomore LP.

— Timothy Monger

Abraxas / Abraxas / Danny Lee Blackwell / Carolina Faruolo

Monte Carlo

Suicide Squeeze

Pop/Rock

Psychedelic music from Night Beats and Los Bitchos members that draws from Latin and global influences along the way to creating a dreamily hypnotic sound.

— Tim Sendra

Scout Gillett

No Roof No Floor

Captured Tracks

Pop/Rock

The debut album from this Missouri-born, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter is a meditation on loss in communities both large and small.

— Mark Deming

Dragonette

Twennies

BMG

Pop/Rock

Singer Martina Sorbara's first Dragonette album as a solo artist is as hooky as it is heartfelt.

— Matt Collar

Lee Fields

Sentimental Fool

Daptone

R&B

The stout soul singer reunites with Gabriel Roth and Daptone for a powerful, ballad-heavy set of traditional R&B.

— Andy Kellman

Various Artists

Climb Aboard My Roundabout! The British Toytown Sound 1967-1974

Grapefruit

Pop/Rock

Wonderfully curated collection of eccentric, innocent, and sweet psychedelic pop created in the wake of "Penny Lane" comprised of big names and total obscurities.

— Tim Sendra

Wand

Spiders in the Rain

Drag City

Pop/Rock

Double live album that illustrates just how different this Los Angeles psych-rock band can be on-stage than in the studio.

— Fred Thomas

Jonathan Cairns / Daniel Ellis / Naomi Griffin / Nathan Griffin / Martha

Please Don't Take Me Back

Dirtnap Records / Specialist Subject

Pop/Rock

Among other topics, the fourth LP from this U.K. melodic punk band explores the emotional and political challenges of living through a global pandemic.

— Fred Thomas

Sylvie

Sylvie

Full Time Hobby

Pop/Rock

The nostalgic, Laurel Canyon-infused debut of a project led by Ben Schwab (Golden Daze, Drugdealer) and inspired by old tapes of his dad's band.

— Marcy Donelson

The Trashmen

The Best of the Trashmen

Sundazed

Pop/Rock

Great career overview of the world's greatest landlocked surf band, and the geniuses who brought us "Surfin' Bird."

— Mark Deming

Single Mothers

Everything You Need

Dine Alone

Pop/Rock

The angry Canadian punk slows down a bit and hones his sense of humor without losing the edge that made him interesting.

— Mark Deming

Teriyuki Kurihara / The Leaf Library

Melody Tomb

Mille Plateaux

Electronic

Experimental artist Teruyuki Kurihara crafts noisy post-industrial pieces from synth drones supplied by abstract post-rock group the Leaf Library.

— Paul Simpson

Joanne Shaw Taylor

Nobody's Fool

KTBA Records

Blues, Pop/Rock

The British-born, Detroit-based guitarist returns to songwriting and producer Joe Bonamassa for her most personal, musically diverse outing.

— Thom Jurek

Therion

Leviathan II

Nuclear Blast

Pop/Rock

The second volume in the band's trilogy of new recordings that string together the best sound sequences from their career in accessible ways.

— Thom Jurek

Deru

We Will Live On

Friends of Friends

Electronic

A meditation on death, humanity, and technology recorded using a Disklavier and custom-made software.

— Paul Simpson

Hagop Tchaparian

Bolts

Text

Electronic

Debut from a longtime Four Tet associate, blending Middle Eastern instrumentation with levitating synths and dance beats.

— Paul Simpson

Leah Weller

Freedom

Modern Sky

Pop/Rock, R&B

The British singer evokes the dusky sound of late-'60s/early-'70s folk-soul on her debut album.

— Matt Collar

Jeff Parker

Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy

Eremite

Jazz

Recorded over three years during a club residency with a smoking ensemble, this is the guitarist's most mysterious and groove-laden offering.

— Thom Jurek

Various Artists

The Skippy White Story: Boston Soul 1961-1969

Yep Roc

R&B, Religious

A snapshot of the nearly forgotten Boston soul scene of the 1960s.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Heiner Goebbels / Vimbayi Kaziboni / Ensemble Modern Orchestra

Heiner Goebbels: A House of Call: My Imaginary Notebook

ECM New Series

Avant-Garde, Classical

Large, multi-sectional work by Goebbels examines the relationship between voices and music.

— James Manheim

Igor Levit

Tristan

Sony Classical

Classical

Programming specialist Levit explores the ramifications of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with a few premonitions from Liszt.

— James Manheim

St. John's College Choir, Cambridge / Andrew Nethsingha

The Psalms

Signum Classics

Classical

Choral performances of Anglican psalm chants reveal their variety and responses to the biblical texts.

— James Manheim

Robert Levin

Mozart: The Piano Sonatas on Mozart's Fortepiano

ECM New Series

Classical

Innovative performances of Mozart's piano sonatas on the composer's own fortepiano.

— James Manheim

Jodie Devos

Bijoux Perdus

Alpha

Classical

"Bijoux perdus," lost pearls of French opera, are beautifully suited to the voice of soprano Devos.

— James Manheim

Robert Murray / Rachel Nicholls / Edward Gardner / English National Opera Chorus / London Philharmonic Choir / London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage

London Philharmonic Orchestra / LPO

Classical

Tippett's first opera succeeds in an energetic reading by Gardner.

— James Manheim

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