Featured New Album Releases

Crazy Horse / Neil Young / Neil Young & Crazy Horse

World Record

Reprise / Warner Records

Pop/Rock

Rick Rubin-produced album from the classic rock stalwarts is made up of live-in-the-studio jams, environmental themes, and an overall feeling of mirth and togetherness.

— Fred Thomas

Weyes Blood

And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow

Sub Pop

Pop/Rock

Fifth album from this soft rock-inspired songwriter builds on the orchestral majesty of earlier work while focusing on themes of isolation and societal dread.

— Fred Thomas

BROCKHAMPTON

The Family

RCA

Rap

The heartfelt final album from the hip-hop crew balances gratitude and humility, tying a bow on their brief but impactful time on the scene.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Jimi Hendrix / The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Live at the L.A. Forum, April 26, 1969

Legacy / Sony Music

Pop/Rock, R&B

The ultimate guitar hero plays a somewhat chaotic, often brilliant show two months before the breakup of the Experience.

— Mark Deming

David Bowie

Moonage Daydream: A Film by Brett Morgen

Parlophone / Rhino

Pop/Rock

A free-floating journey through David Bowie's catalog featuring new edits, mixes, and other rarities.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Billy Strings

Me/And/Dad

Rounder

Country

The progressive bluegrass phenom offers a heartfelt return-to-roots set recorded in tandem with his father, Terry Barber.

— Timothy Monger

Adrian Quesada

Jaguar Sound [Baby Blue LP]

ATO

R&B

The Black Pumas guitarist delivers a rich instrumental hip-hop album inspired by vintage Italian soundtracks, deep soul, and psychedelic funk.

— Tim Sendra

Dolly Parton

Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection

Legacy / RCA / Sony Music

Country

A concise, career-spanning comp that focuses on the pop side of Dolly Parton.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Chris Isaak

Everybody Knows It's Christmas

Sun Record Company / Universal Music

Pop/Rock, Holiday

A minor Christmas miracle: a deliberate throwback that feels fresh and fun.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Röyksopp

Profound Mysteries III

Dog Triumph

Electronic

The Norwegian electronic duo wrap up an ambitious year with their third album of 2022.

— Timothy Monger

BROCKHAMPTON

TM

Question Everything

Rap

Released less than a day after The Family, this is the hip-hop crew's actual "final" album, another showcase for a wildly talented crew.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Elvin Jones

Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub

Blue Note

Jazz

Sweaty, intense live album featuring the drummer's quartet with saxophonist Joe Farrell in New York City in 1967.

— Matt Collar

Nickelback

Get Rollin'

BMG Rights Management

Pop/Rock

Nickelback get back to the basics with this good-time record.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Pole

Tempus

Mute / Mute US

Electronic

Eighth album from minimal electronic producer contains both the experimental spirit of his early-2000s material and a deepened musicality.

— Fred Thomas

Caitlin Rose

Cazimi

Names

Pop/Rock

After a nine-year layoff, the alt-country singer and songwriter returns with a winning blend of studiocraft and literate restraint.

— Mark Deming

Torn Hawk

Toxic Sincerity

Valcrond Video

Electronic

The producer's "advice pop" combines heartbroken instrumentals and wry monologues into a bracing, singular work.

— Heather Phares

Cerrone

Cerrone by Cerrone

Because Music

Electronic

The disco legend celebrates half a century in the music business with a continuously mixed set of updated classics.

— Paul Simpson

Kiss

Creatures of the Night [40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]

UMe / Universal

Pop/Rock

The 40th anniversary edition of the band's 1982 return to heavy metal form includes demos, studio outtakes, live recordings, and more.

— Fred Thomas

Garrett Saracho / Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Adrian Younge

Garrett Saracho JID015

Jazz Is Dead

Jazz, Latin

The Jazz Is Dead crew convince a reclusive jazzman to enter their Linear Labs studio; the results are exploratory, kinetic, and joyful.

— Thom Jurek

St. Lucia

Utopia

Nettwerk

Pop/Rock

The uplifting fourth album from the synth pop duo and first since their move from Brooklyn to Germany.

— Matt Collar

Charles Lloyd

Trios: Sacred Thread

Blue Note

Jazz

The final offering in the saxophonist's Trio of Trios project features him in the company of percussionist Zakir Hussain and guitarist Julian Lage.

— Thom Jurek

Eric Ghost

Secret Sauce

Jazz Room

Jazz

Hopelessly obscure while fetching large sums, London's Jazz Room painstakingly restores and reissues a true private-press jazz classic.

— Thom Jurek

Disturbed

Divisive

Warner Records

Pop/Rock

Disturbed explore their anger about world events on their blistering sixth studio album.

— TiVo Staff

Various Artists

Ain't Nothing But a House Party: '60s and Early '70s Club Soul Classics

Strawberry Recording Co.

R&B

Perfectly curated selection of classic soul sides from all across the U.S. and the U.K. designed to get feet moving and pulses pounding.

— Tim Sendra

Various Artists

Deep in the Woods: Pastoral Psychedelia & Funky Folk 1968-1975

Strawberry Recording Co.

Pop/Rock, Folk

Well-chosen dig of songs from the heyday of British freak folk that have a little bit of psychedelic groove lurking beneath the surface.

— Tim Sendra

Hedvig Mollestad Trio / Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen / Trondheim Jazz Orchestra

Maternity Beat

Rune Grammofon

Jazz

The wildly inventive Norwegian guitarist and composer collaborates with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra on her most ambitious outing to date.

— Thom Jurek

Esbjörn Svensson

HOME.S.

Act

Jazz

After sitting for over a decade, these beautiful, intimate solo studio recordings are a treasure trove revealing the pianist's complex musical character.

— Thom Jurek