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January 20, 2023
Five Easy Hot Dogs
Mac's Record Label
The indie songwriter documents a road trip by spontaneously composing and recording instrumental tunes along the way.
Mercy
Domino / Double Six
The first album in a decade from the Velvet Underground co-founder is steeped in electronics with a deeply human heart.
Predator Nominate
Touch and Go
This fascinating, poignant EP of the songs the band were working on at the time of Tim Taylor's death expands on their later work's darker mood.
Time's Arrow
Cooking Vinyl
The band's bittersweet seventh album expresses the tricks that nostalgia plays on the heart and mind with songs that seem to stop time in its tracks.
On & On
Rainbow Blonde
An ardent jazz tribute to Erykah Badu, this features rising saxophonists Ebban Dorsey and Diana Dzhabbar in addition to James' rich baritone.
La La Land
GBV / Guided by Voices, Inc.
The 37th studio album from this indefatigable act continues the prog rock-meets-power pop exploration of their last.
The Power and the Glory
New West
R.E.M.'s Bill Berry returns to active duty on this moving and muscular update of 1980s college rock.
Radio Songs
Cooking Vinyl
The Blur drummer mimics the shape-shifting nature of late-night radio listening.
Cautionary Tales of Youth
Believe Recordings
An uplifting, affectionate mix of reflective bedroom R&B, indie electronica, and self-love drawn from a period of sheltering in place while abroad.
Lobes
The indie outfit's eighth album works as a darker, club-ready companion album to 2021's Huffy.
The Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris
Rogue Art
Recorded at the Sons d'hiver Festival in 2020, this amazing gig featuring 21 musicians commemorates AEC's arrival in Paris in 1968.
Blue Period
Ernest Jenning
Archival release collects this Washington, D.C. band's early-2000s output and includes a handful of unreleased demos and outtakes.
Keeper Is the Heart
Ba Da Bing Records
On its Ba Da Bing debut, Eva Louise Goodman's solo project expands instrumentation for its spooky, timeless take on British folk inspirations.
To What End
Outer Note Label
The hard-working rapper and producer's first studio album in six years is the most introspective work of his career.
A Short Diary
ECM
On his ECM leader debut, the drummer enlisted pianist Kit Downes to play eight pieces he composed in memory of his father.
Decca Years
7T's / Glam
Collection of silly mid-'70s bubblegum from the band who dazzled (and confused) the world with the oddball novelty chart-topper "Mouldy Old Dough."
Drifting
ECM
After a six-year absence the Norwegian saxophonist and composer returns with a gentler, more sophisticated single outing with her trio.
Eternal Heaven: Handel
Erato
Thematically linked Handel arias and duets bring out the best from countertenor Davies and mezzo-soprano Desandre.
Trumpet Concertos
Warner Classics
After several albums of iconoclastic material, trumpeter Vary tackles the standards of the trumpet concerto repertory but still adds twists.
Schubert: String Quartet in E flat major D.87; String Quartet in G major D.887
Rubicon
Technically impressive Schubert, with a superb performance of the String Quartet in E flat major, D. 87.
Krise Crisis
Rubicon
An album that embraces the string quartet's unique ability to convey a mood of emotional crisis.
Reflections: Shostakovich, Bacewicz
Rubicon / Rubicon Classics
"Reflections" of inner feelings are the theme of this strong release by the Dudok Quartet.