Featured New Releases for
November 18, 2022

World RecordEditors' Choice
Reprise / Warner Records
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
And in the Darkness, Hearts AglowEditors' Choice
Sub Pop
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
The FamilyEditors' Choice
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
Live at the L.A. Forum, April 26, 1969Editors' Choice
Legacy / Sony Music
The ultimate guitar hero plays a somewhat chaotic, often brilliant show two months before the breakup of the Experience.
- Mark Deming
Moonage Daydream: A Film by Brett Morgen
Parlophone / Rhino
A free-floating journey through David Bowie's catalog featuring new edits, mixes, and other rarities.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Me/And/Dad
Rounder
The progressive bluegrass phenom offers a heartfelt return-to-roots set recorded in tandem with his father, Terry Barber.
- Timothy Monger
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
Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection
Legacy / RCA / Sony Music
A concise, career-spanning comp that focuses on the pop side of Dolly Parton.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Everybody Knows It's Christmas
Sun Record Company / Universal Music
A minor Christmas miracle: a deliberate throwback that feels fresh and fun.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Profound Mysteries III
Dog Triumph
The Norwegian electronic duo wrap up an ambitious year with their third album of 2022.
- Timothy Monger
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
Revival: Live at Pookie's PubEditors' Choice
Blue Note
Sweaty, intense live album featuring the drummer's quartet with saxophonist Joe Farrell in New York City in 1967.
- Matt Collar
Get Rollin'
BMG Rights Management
Nickelback get back to the basics with this good-time record.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tempus
Mute / Mute US
Eighth album from minimal electronic producer contains both the experimental spirit of his early-2000s material and a deepened musicality.
- Fred Thomas
Cazimi
Names
After a nine-year layoff, the alt-country singer and songwriter returns with a winning blend of studiocraft and literate restraint.
- Mark Deming
Toxic Sincerity
Valcrond Video
The producer's "advice pop" combines heartbroken instrumentals and wry monologues into a bracing, singular work.
- Heather Phares
Cerrone by Cerrone
Because Music
The disco legend celebrates half a century in the music business with a continuously mixed set of updated classics.
- Paul Simpson
Creatures of the Night [40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]
UMe / Universal
The 40th anniversary edition of the band's 1982 return to heavy metal form includes demos, studio outtakes, live recordings, and more.
- Fred Thomas
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Jazz Is Dead
The Jazz Is Dead crew convince a reclusive jazzman to enter their Linear Labs studio; the results are exploratory, kinetic, and joyful.
- Thom Jurek
Utopia
Nettwerk
The uplifting fourth album from the synth pop duo and first since their move from Brooklyn to Germany.
- Matt Collar
Trios: Sacred Thread
Blue Note
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
Secret SauceEditors' Choice
Jazz Room
Hopelessly obscure while fetching large sums, London's Jazz Room painstakingly restores and reissues a true private-press jazz classic.
- Thom Jurek
Divisive
Warner Records
Disturbed explore their anger about world events on their blistering sixth studio album.
- TiVo Staff
Ain't Nothing But a House Party: '60s and Early '70s Club Soul Classics
Various Artists
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
Deep in the Woods: Pastoral Psychedelia & Funky Folk 1968-1975
Various Artists
Strawberry Recording Co.
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
Maternity BeatEditors' Choice
Rune Grammofon
The wildly inventive Norwegian guitarist and composer collaborates with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra on her most ambitious outing to date.
- Thom Jurek
HOME.S.
Act
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
When Summer Comes
Bobo Integral
The truly solo project debut of Math and Physics Club's Charles Bert follows the lead of D.I.Y. indie pop labels like K and Sarah Records.
- Marcy Donelson
Atalaya
International Anthem
The bassist showcases his stylistically expansive and textural small group.
- Matt Collar
Queasy Pieces
FatCat Records
The debut album from punk veteran Andrew Anderson's electronic solo project uses isolation as the inspiration for its spiky outbursts.
- Heather Phares
George Walker: Antifonys; Sinfonia No. 4 "Strands"; Lilacs; Sinfonia No. 5 "Visions"
Cleveland Orchestra
Modernist George Walker's works receive performances that convey their intensity.
- James Manheim
Coleridge-Taylor
Decca
A valuable and well-played survey of some works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and his much less well-known daughter, Avril Coleridge-Taylor.
- James Manheim
Valentin Silvestrov: Maidan
ECM New Series
The title work by Silvestrov observed the 2014 Euromaidan protests in Kyiv, Ukraine, but found new relevance in 2022.
- James Manheim
Mozart: Haffner Serenade
Sony Classical
An exceptionally elegant reading of Mozart's oversized serenade, with Dodds leading the orchestra from the violin.
- James Manheim
Steve Reich: Runner; Music for Ensemble and Orchestra
Nonesuch
Closely related late pieces by the octogenarian Reich reveal the nature of his High Minimalist style.
- James Manheim
Eclipse
Deutsche Grammophon
Violinist Hahn, returning from pandemic-related "eclipse," delivers wonderful performances in her trademark style.
- James Manheim
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