Featured New Album Releases

Janelle Monáe

The Age of Pleasure

Wondaland / Bad Boy

R&B

Uninhibited and fueled by Nigerian, Jamaican, and Brazilian inspirations, the Wondaland crew beams down to play in the sunshine.

— Andy Kellman

Christine and the Queens

Paranoïa, Angels, True Love

Because Music

Pop/Rock

Rahim Redcar's fourth album fuses sorrow, anger, desire, and joy into a sweeping statement on how loss shapes identity.

— Heather Phares

Jenny Lewis

Joy'all

Blue Note / EMI / EMI Records

Country, Pop/Rock

Jenny Lewis consciously chooses joy on this warm, country-tinged evocation of 1970s radio.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Jason Isbell / Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit

Weathervanes

Southeastern Records

Pop/Rock

The talented singer, songwriter, and guitarist adds producer to his list of duties on a superb, emotionally powerful album.

— Mark Deming

Niall Horan

The Show

Capitol / EMI Records

Pop/Rock

Heartwarming third set of pop/rock gems from the former One Directioner is his most charming and engaging to date.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Squid

O Monolith

Warp

Pop/Rock

The U.K. combo refines their still unclassifiable sound on this stormy follow-up.

— Timothy Monger

King Krule

Space Heavy

Matador

Pop/Rock

Returning after a three-year break, this London sextet led by Archy Marshall observes then charts the inner and outer "spaces between."

— Thom Jurek

Jayda G

Guy

Ninja Tune

Electronic

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.

— Paul Simpson

The Boo Radleys

Eight

Boostr

Pop/Rock

On their second album after a more than 20-year hiatus, this playfully experimental group sound excitable and overjoyed to be back.

— Fred Thomas

Alice Cooper

School's Out [Deluxe Edition]

Rhino / Warner Music

Pop/Rock

The band use their newfound success to go wild, branching out into show tunes, jazz, soundtrack music, and pop alongside the classic title track.

— Tim Sendra

Alice Cooper

Killer [Deluxe Edition]

Rhino / Warner Music

Pop/Rock

The group finds its footing on a classic album of loose and nasty rockers, gutter prog explorations, and weird flights of twisted fancy.

— Tim Sendra

Dorothy Ashby

With Strings Attached 1957-1965

New Land Music

Jazz

The retrospective collects six early albums from the legendary harpist, who introduced the harp as a lead instrument in jazz.

— Fred Thomas

Keaton Henson

House Party

Play It Again Sam

Pop/Rock

Backing band in tow, the emotionally candid songwriter looked to LPs by Big Star and the Replacements for this deceptively character-driven outing.

— Marcy Donelson

Owl City

Coco Moon

Sky Harbor Records

Pop/Rock, Electronic

Owl City's seventh album is full of earnest, upbeat fun and a celebration of small, everyday joys.

— Matt Collar

Speech Debelle

Sunday Dinner on a Monday

Monday Sessions

Rap

The British rapper ties themes of food and family history into her empowering, reflective lyrics on her fourth album.

— Paul Simpson

Ute Lemper

Time Traveler

Jazzhaus

Vocal, Pop/Rock, Jazz

The world-renowned vocalist revisits songs she wrote in 2000 and newer ones, creating a dialogue between her mature and younger selves.

— Thom Jurek

Teke::Teke

Hagata

Kill Rock Stars

Pop/Rock, International

The Montreal-based ensemble makes more memorable discoveries in their second fusion of Japanese and North American influences.

— Mark Deming

Dream Wife

Social Lubrication

Lucky Number

Pop/Rock

The trio's third album balances fiery takedowns of injustice and indifference with sweetly scuzzy love songs that pack an equal punch.

— Heather Phares

Anna St. Louis

In the Air

Woodsist

Folk, Pop/Rock

The second album from this country-folk singer significantly ups the arrangement complexity and production values while keeping the songwriting as the central focus.

— Fred Thomas

The Dead Milkmen

Quaker City Quiet Pills

The Giving Groove

Pop/Rock

On their third post-reunion album, the Philadelphia punk satirists continue to express the frustration of being stuck on a planet full of idiots.

— Paul Simpson

The Toads

In the Wilderness

Upset the Rhythm

Pop/Rock

The sturdy yet scattered debut from this Melbourne, Australia post-punk band.

— Fred Thomas

Joanna Connor

Best of Me

Gulf Coast Records / SoNo Recording Group

Blues, Pop/Rock

The Chicago guitarist and singer has complete artistic freedom on her studio debut from Mike Zito's Gulf Coast Records label.

— Thom Jurek

Pantayo

Ang Pagdaloy

Telephone Explosion

International, Pop/Rock

The all-women Canadian-Filipina band continues to impress with their wild indie kulintang mashup.

— Timothy Monger

Laura Cantrell

Just Like a Rose: The Anniversary Sessions

Propeller Sound Recordings

Country, Pop/Rock

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.

— Mark Deming

Selwyn Birchwood

Exorcist

Alligator / Alligator Records

Blues, R&B

The Florida-based bluesman and his exceptional band offer striking new contexts for American blues.

— Thom Jurek

Anadol

Hatıralar

Pingipung

Pop/Rock

A reissued gem of quirky lo-fi synth music from Turkish composer Gözen Atila.

— Timothy Monger

Tracy Nelson

Life Don't Miss Nobody

BMG

Pop/Rock, R&B, Blues

The iconic American roots singer returns from a decade-long break to deliver a powerhouse set of standards, covers, and originals.

— Thom Jurek

Youth Lagoon

Heaven Is a Junkyard

Fat Possum Records

Pop/Rock

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.

— TiVo Staff