Lana Del Rey

Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

Interscope

Pop/Rock

The depressive pop superstar's ninth album finds her returning to the level of songwriting and atmosphere cultivation she achieved on her best work before it.

— Fred Thomas

Depeche Mode

Memento Mori

Columbia

Pop/Rock

Rocked by a pandemic and a founding member's death, the now-duo forge ahead with one of their most heartfelt and engaging albums yet.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Fall Out Boy

So Much (For) Stardust

Elektra / Fueled by Ramen Records

Pop/Rock

The emo-punk outfit's eighth album and first on Fueled by Ramen is a glorious return to the rock dynamism of their early work.

— Matt Collar

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Melusine

Nonesuch

Jazz

The singer imbues the folktale of a half-serpent maiden with layered meaning and blends French chanson, jazz, Baroque music, and Afro-Latin traditions.

— Matt Collar

Nickel Creek

Celebrants

Repair Records / Thirty Tigers

Folk, Pop/Rock

Arriving after a nine-year gap, this album is a rangy and satisfying return to form.

— Timothy Monger

Lucinda Chua

Yian

4AD

Electronic, Pop/Rock

The singer/songwriter and producer reconciles her identity with her Chinese-Malaysian roots with songs that float gently but sink in deeply.

— Heather Phares

Pink Floyd

The Dark Side of the Moon [50th Anniversary Box Set]

Pink Floyd

Pop/Rock

This 50th Anniversary Edition contains live recordings from Wembley Empire Pool in 1974 alongside a new remaster of Dark Side presented on CD, vinyl and Blu-ray.

The Kinks

The Journey, Pt. 1

BMG / BMG Rights Management

Pop/Rock

The first in a series of Kinks Kompilations created with the band's input, focusing on their ups and downs in the 1960s.

— Mark Deming

Lee Hazlewood / Nancy Sinatra / Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood

Nancy & Lee Again [Bonus Tracks]

Light in the Attic Records

Pop/Rock, Country

The duo recapture their idiosyncratic magic on a selection of tragic ballads and lighthearted romps.

— Tim Sendra

Benny Sings

Young Hearts

Stones Throw

Pop/Rock

The Dutch singer/songwriter collaborates with producer Kenny Beats on this sunny, '70s and early-'80s-inspired set.

— Matt Collar

The Reds, Pinks & Purples

The Town That Cursed Your Name

Slumberland

Pop/Rock

Fifth album from prolific indie act with fuzzy melodies drawing from '80s college rock.

— Fred Thomas

Kate Davis

Fish Bowl

Anti-

Pop/Rock

The songwriter takes on heavier themes surrounding change without sacrificing compact hooks, experimentation, or melodicism on her Anti- label debut.

— Marcy Donelson

Purling Hiss

Drag on Girard

Drag City

Pop/Rock

The Philly power trio add even more guitars to their already guitar-forward style of scraggly post-grunge rock.

— Fred Thomas

Liturgy

93696

Thrill Jockey

Pop/Rock, Avant-Garde

The Brooklyn-based quartet pulls out all the stops, resulting in their heaviest, most adventurous album to date.

— Thom Jurek

Babymetal

The Other One

Cooking Vinyl

Pop/Rock

A dark offering that pairs the pained goth rock of Within Temptation with the finger-heart death metal of Aggretsuko.

— James Christopher Monger

Billy Valentine

Billy Valentine & the Universal Truth

Acid Jazz

R&B, Jazz

Classic topical and spiritual soul rendered poignantly by the veteran Los Angeles-based singer and a cast of all-star session players.

— Thom Jurek

Various Artists

Too Much Sun Will Burn: British Psychedelic Sounds of 1967, Vol. 2

Grapefruit / Grapefruit

Pop/Rock

Well-chosen, lovingly packaged, and utterly bedazzling collection of U.K. psychedelia that's both hard and soft, plus plenty of side trips into acidic folk and weirdness.

— Tim Sendra

New Musik

From A to B: The Sony Years

Lemon

Pop/Rock

Career-spanning collection from an underrated early-'80s band who matched sparkling classic pop songcraft with quirky new wave sounds and state-of-the-art production.

— Tim Sendra

Lankum

False Lankum

Rough Trade

Folk

A nihilistic and almost comically bleak trek into the dark heart of folk music.

— Timothy Monger

Caroline Rose

The Art of Forgetting

New West

Pop/Rock

A failed relationship sends the left-field pop savant into an emotional tailspin that's both challenging and rewarding.

— Mark Deming

Chasms

Glimpse of Heaven

Felte

Electronic, Pop/Rock

Jess Labrador's hypnotic third album fuses dream pop and electronic music into songs about accepting the past and not letting it poison the future.

— Heather Phares

Darren Jessee

Central Bridge

Bar/None Records

Pop/Rock

The Ben Folds Five drummer turns his tender, evocative approach toward exploring connections on his third solo album.

— Marcy Donelson

Debby Friday

Good Luck

Sub Pop

Electronic, Pop/Rock, Rap

The intense, swaggering debut full-length from the Canada-based producer and filmmaker is a futuristic mix of industrial rap, post-punk, and pop.

— Paul Simpson

Yoshimioizumikiyoshiduo

To the Forest to Live a Truer Life

Thrill Jockey

Avant-Garde

The Japanese improvisational duo makes the most of its invigorating creative chemistry on its radiant, playful, and surprising debut.

— Heather Phares

Beverly Glenn-Copeland

Beverly Copeland

Majikbus Entertainment

Jazz, Pop/Rock

Beverly Glenn-Copeland / Phynix

Primal Prayer

Transgressive

New Age

Beverly Glenn-Copeland's fourth album, originally released in 2004 under the name Phynix, fuses dance beats, global influences, and spiritual lyrics.

— Paul Simpson

Eric Bibb

Ridin'

Stony Plain

Blues

The American bluesman follows 2021's Dear America with a related collection of songs about struggle, family, and freedom.

— Thom Jurek

Jenny Conlee

Tides: Pieces for Accordion and Piano

Jealous Butcher

Folk, Classical

A rich collection of neo-classical solo pieces split into two halves that evoke the mercurial nature of the sea.

— James Christopher Monger

Jimin

Face [Invisible Face]

BIGHIT MUSIC / Hybe

Pop/Rock

The defiant debut EP from the usually soft-spoken BTS member is a surprisingly pulse-pounding thrill.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Morgan and the Organ Donors

M.O.D.S

K Records

Pop/Rock

Four Olympia, Washington local heroes play jangly, garage-centric rock & roll with conviction, smarts, and a powerful sense of fun.

— Mark Deming

Mats Gustafsson / Joachim Nordwall

Their Power Reached Across Space and Time - To Defy Them Was Death or Worse

Thrill Jockey

Avant-Garde, Classical

Two Swiss vanguardists explore the relationships between sound, abstraction, economical improvisation, and electro-acoustic atmospheres.

— Thom Jurek

Cappella Romana / Alexander Lingas

A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry's Court: Christmas 1400, London

Cappella Romana

Classical

A juxtaposition of English medieval sacred music with Byzantine chant, based on a historical event of 1400.

— James Manheim

Paavo Järvi / Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

Alpha

Classical

A lighter-than-average Bruckner Seventh that brings to mind the symphony's old nickname, the "Lyric."

— James Manheim

Calidore String Quartet

Beethoven: The Late Quartets

Signum Classics

Classical

Impressive, sensitively sculpted, often transcendent late Beethoven from the Calidore Quartet.

— James Manheim

Cecilia Zilliacus / Stephen Fitzpatrick / Christian Ihle Hadland

Saint-Saëns: Sonatas pour Violon et Piano

BIS

Classical

Pairing of the two Saint-Saëns violin sonatas reveals their great distinctiveness.

— James Manheim

Nikolai Lugansky

Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux; 3 Pieces

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

Careful but not-dispassionate performances capture the density of Rachmaninov's tableaux-sans-programmes.

— James Manheim

Seong-Jin Cho

The Handel Project

Deutsche Grammophon

Classical

Superb homage to Handel in gripping performances by a rising pianist.

— James Manheim

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