Belle and Sebastian

Late Developers

Matador

Pop/Rock

Arriving just months after the indie pop institution's 2022 effort, this album continues its stylistic dabbling and exploration of existence and aging.

— Fred Thomas

Margo Price

Strays

Loma Vista

Country

An adventurous, masterful record that can't quite be called Americana.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Nina Persson / The Second Hand Orchestra / James Yorkston

The Great White Sea Eagle

Domino

Pop/Rock

Lovely and moving harmony-heavy indie folk from a redoubtable team of musicians who play and sing with subtle grace.

— Tim Sendra

Gaz Coombes

Turn the Car Around

Virgin

Pop/Rock

Gaz Coombes finds freedom to move within his meditative, reflective sound.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Bob's Burgers

The Bob's Burgers Movie [A Major Motion Burger Soundtrack]

Hollywood / Hollywood Records

Stage & Screen, Comedy/Spoken

The Belcher family hits the big screen, with three glorious production numbers and a well-crafted but ordinary musical score.

— Mark Deming

Velvet Negroni

Bulli

4AD

Pop/Rock, R&B

Jeremy Nutzman fuses R&B, rock, electronic, and rap with growing confidence on his fragmented but frequently dazzling second album.

— Heather Phares

Billy Nomates

Cacti

Invada

Pop/Rock

The singer/songwriter examines the politics of relationships with razor-sharp lyrics and a vivid mix of punk, synth pop, and folk.

— Heather Phares

Circa Waves

Never Going Under

Lower Third

Pop/Rock

The emotionally cathartic and hooky fifth album from the Liverpool band.

— Matt Collar

Bob Weir

Ace [50th Anniversary Edition]

Rhino

Pop/Rock

Newly remastered 50th anniversary edition of the Grateful Dead member's 1972 solo debut contains bonus footage of a 2022 live rendition of the entire album.

— Fred Thomas

Liela Moss

Internal Working Model

Bella Union

Pop/Rock

The singer/songwriter's third album explores the role of empathy in a disconnected world with striking electronic rock and haunted ballads.

— Heather Phares

Rachael & Vilray

I Love a Love Song!

Nonesuch

Vocal, Jazz

The duo's sophomore album of romantic 1940s- and '50s-inspired jazz and traditional pop.

— Matt Collar

Rozi Plain

Prize

Memphis Industries

Pop/Rock

Plain's fifth LP further distinguishes her idiosyncratically intricate and intimate sound, with guests from indie folk, jazz, and electronic realms.

— Marcy Donelson

MOLLY

Picturesque

Sonic Cathedral

Pop/Rock

A lush, occasionally breathtaking second outing for Sonic Cathedral that loyally adheres to leader Lars Andersson's guiding "more is more" principle.

— Marcy Donelson

The Subways

Uncertain Joys

Alcopop!

Pop/Rock

The British trio add some mature pop moves to their formula but sound most at home when they make with the rock & roll.

— Mark Deming

Evgueni Galperine / Sébastien Hurtaud / Sergei Nakariakov / Maria Vasyukova

Evgueni Galperine: Theory of Becoming

ECM New Series

Avant-Garde, Classical

Composer Galperine's abstract works are clearly the product of a film music composer but incorporate unusual sonorities.

— James Manheim

Daniel Barenboim / Staatskapelle Berlin

Schumann: The Symphonies [Deutsche Grammophon]

Deutsche Grammophon

Classical

Barenboim's third traversal of Schumann's symphonies is one for the ages.

— James Manheim

Gautier Capuçon

Sensations

Erato

Classical

A superior crossover outing from Capuçon mixes genres and moods inventively and enjoyably.

— James Manheim

Emanuel Ax / Leonidas Kavakos / Yo-Yo Ma

Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale" and Op. 1 No. 3

Sony Classical

Classical

True chamber music spirit inhabits these Beethoven readings, with an excellent arrangement of the "Pastoral" Symphony.

— James Manheim

Truro Cathedral Choir / Christopher Gray / BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Russell Pascoe: Secular Requiem

Regent

Classical

A requiem consisting of poems about death succeeds by finding a musical framework that can accommodate the diversity of sources.

— James Manheim

Rinaldo Alessandrini / Concerto Italiano

Monteverdi: Concerto; Settimo Libro de' Madrigali

Naïve

Classical

Superb, deeply text-interpretive readings of late Monteverdi madrigals by Alessandrini and his Concerto Italiano.

— James Manheim

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