Featured New Releases for
June 9, 2023
Wondaland / Bad Boy
Uninhibited and fueled by Nigerian, Jamaican, and Brazilian inspirations, the Wondaland crew beams down to play in the sunshine.
Because Music
Chris' fourth album fuses sorrow, anger, desire, and joy into a sweeping statement on how loss shapes identity.
Blue Note / EMI / EMI Records
Jenny Lewis consciously chooses joy on this warm, country-tinged evocation of 1970s radio.
Southeastern Records
The talented singer, songwriter, and guitarist adds producer to his list of duties on a superb, emotionally powerful album.
Capitol / EMI / EMI Records
Heartwarming third set of pop/rock gems from the former One Directioner is his most charming and engaging to date.
Warp
The U.K. combo refines their still unclassifiable sound on this stormy follow-up.
Matador
Returning after a three-year break, this London sextet led by Archy Marshall observes then charts the inner and outer "spaces between."
Ninja Tune
The second album from the DJ, producer, and singer is a set of accessible, dance-pop tunes based on her father's experiences and journals.
Boostr
On their second album after a more than 20-year hiatus, this playfully experimental group sound excitable and overjoyed to be back.
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Rhino / Warner Music
The band use their newfound success to go wild, branching out into show tunes, jazz, soundtrack music, and pop alongside the classic title track.
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Rhino / Warner Music
The group finds its footing on a classic album of loose and nasty rockers, gutter prog explorations, and weird flights of twisted fancy.
New Land Music
The retrospective collects six early albums from the legendary harpist, who introduced the harp as a lead instrument in jazz.
Play It Again Sam
Backing band in tow, the emotionally candid songwriter looked to LPs by Big Star and the Replacements for this deceptively character-driven outing.
Sky Harbor Records
Owl City's seventh album is full of earnest, upbeat fun and a celebration of small, everyday joys.
Monday Sessions
The British rapper ties themes of food and family history into her empowering, reflective lyrics on her fourth album.
Jazzhaus
The world-renowned vocalist revisits songs she wrote in 2000 and newer ones, creating a dialogue between her mature and younger selves.
Kill Rock Stars
The Montreal-based ensemble makes more memorable discoveries in their second fusion of Japanese and North American influences.
Lucky Number
The trio's third album balances fiery takedowns of injustice and indifference with sweetly scuzzy love songs that pack an equal punch.
Woodsist
The second album from this country-folk singer significantly ups the arrangement complexity and production values while keeping the songwriting as the central focus.
The Giving Groove
On their third post-reunion album, the Philadelphia punk satirists continue to express the frustration of being stuck on a planet full of idiots.
Upset the Rhythm
The sturdy yet scattered debut from this Melbourne, Australia post-punk band.
Gulf Coast Records / SoNo Recording Group
The Chicago guitarist and singer has complete artistic freedom on her studio debut from Mike Zito's Gulf Coast Records label.
Telephone Explosion
The all-women Canadian-Filipina band continues to impress with their wild indie kulintang mashup.
Propeller Sound Recordings
Nine years after her last LP in 2014, the great Americana songbird picks up where she left off with a casually wonderful set of songs.
Alligator Records
The Florida-based bluesman and his exceptional band offer striking new contexts for American blues.
BMG
The iconic American roots singer returns from a decade-long break to deliver a powerhouse set of standards, covers, and originals.
Fat Possum Records
Reactivating the project name for the first time since 2016, Youth Lagoon turn in a more pastoral, Americana-adjacent reading of their nostalgic bedroom pop.
Mr. Bongo
A welcome second round of unmixed selections from the veteran DJ, who gathers tracks spanning soul, African jazz, art rock, techno, and beyond.
Erato
Mythological portraits by one-half of Daft Punk effectively stretch the artist's previous electronica.
First Hand Records
Delightful, humorous, and playful works from female composers past and present, many of them receiving needed exposure.
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Smooth performances highlight the connections between Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky.
PentaTone Classics
Held together live recording of the high-energy Concerto for Orchestra.
ECM New Series
A hypnotically lovely release offers many shades of guitar sound.