Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell at Newport

Rhino

Pop/Rock

Live album that captures the triumphant energy of this songwriting legend's surprise return to the stage after many years away.

— Fred Thomas

Post Malone

Austin

Island / Mercury Records / Republic

Pop/Rock

The fifth set from the Texas rapper/singer embraces the guitar-loving side of his personality.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Neil Young

Official Release Series Discs 22, 23+, 24 & 25

Reprise

Pop/Rock

The fifth volume of the Official Release Series reissue campaign covers Neil Young's great comeback of the George Herbert Walker Bush administration.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stevie Nicks

Complete Studio Albums & Rarities

Atlantic

Pop/Rock

A clearinghouse containing everything the Fleetwood Mac singer issued during her solo career, including two discs of non-LP rarities.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Jessy Lanza

Love Hallucination

Hyperdub

Electronic

One of Hyperdub's key artists returns with her ebullient if emotionally broad fourth album, joined by the likes of Paul White and Pearson Sound.

— Andy Kellman

The Clientele

I Am Not There Anymore

Merge

Pop/Rock

Typical autumnal heartbreak, this time folding in elements of jazz, psychedelia, and electronic music while still sounding perfectly like themselves alone.

— Tim Sendra

Bethany Cosentino

Natural Disaster

Concord

Pop/Rock

The Best Coast singer embraces a fearless honesty and twangy pop/rock sound on her debut solo album.

— Matt Collar

Georgia

Euphoric

Domino

Pop/Rock, Electronic

The London-based artist's third album is a mixture of anthemic house and new wave dance, produced by Rostam in Los Angeles.

— Paul Simpson

Dexys

The Feminine Divine

100 Percent / Universal

Pop/Rock

Polished and sleek, the group's third album finds Kevin Rowland exploring toxic masculinity while adding R&B and dance music elements.

— Tim Sendra

Aphex Twin

Blackbox Life Recorder 21f/In a Room7 F760

Warp

Electronic

Richard D. James sounds firmly in his comfort zone on a brief EP primarily consisting of twitchy beats and ambient synth pads.

— Paul Simpson

Susanna

Baudelaire & Orchestra

Susannasonata

Pop/Rock

The experimental singer/songwriter completes her Baudelaire trilogy by expanding the music's scope in thoughtful, inspiring ways.

— Heather Phares

High Pulp

Days in the Desert

Anti-

Electronic, Jazz, Pop/Rock, R&B

The Seattle collective conjures a dreamscape of fractalized electronic grooves and improvisatory jazz.

— Matt Collar

Air Miami

Me, Me, Me [Deluxe Edition]

4AD

Pop/Rock

The 2023 reissue of the band's lone album adds three previously unreleased tracks to its sun-streaked pop and atmospheric experiments.

— Heather Phares

Various Artists

Come Together: Adventures on the Indie Dancefloor 1989-1992

Cherry Red

Pop/Rock, Electronic

Dot Allison

Consciousology

Sonic Cathedral

Pop/Rock

Adding string sections and spacey synths, this is a more lushly arranged, similarly beautiful take on the haunted folk of the singer's previous album.

— Tim Sendra

Beverly Glenn-Copeland

The Ones Ahead

Transgressive

New Age, Pop/Rock

The first studio album from the enigmatic singer/songwriter since the early 2000s, following his remarkable career resurgence.

— Paul Simpson

Locate S,1

Wicked Jaw

Captured Tracks

Pop/Rock

On her third album, this art pop producer/songwriter obscures personal trauma with lively hooks and musical accompaniment that sounds deceptively light and fun.

— Fred Thomas

Madeline Kenney

A New Reality Mind

Carpark Records

Pop/Rock

After two albums with members of Wye Oak, a self-recorded pandemic/breakup album that's at least as sonically adventurous.

— Marcy Donelson

The Budos Band

Frontier's Edge

Diamond West

Jazz

The hard-swinging big band leaves Daptone, forms their own label, and returns with a dazzling, musically ambitious six-track EP.

— Thom Jurek

Bush Tetras

They Live in My Head

Wharf Cat Records

Pop/Rock

With Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley replacing their late drummer, New York's noise funk pioneers are back and in blazing form.

— Mark Deming

Damon Locks / Rob Mazurek

New Future City Radio

International Anthem

Avant-Garde, Electronic, Jazz

The longtime collaborators deliver their first duo outing, which weds pirate radio broadcasts, community activism, and polemics in a bracing mixtape.

— Thom Jurek

hackedepicciotto

Keepsakes

Mute

Pop/Rock, Electronic

The duo focus on friendship and other personal themes, blending post-industrial rhythms with dark cabaret.

— Paul Simpson

Instant Funk

The Albums 1976-1983

Robinsongs

R&B

All seven of the Philly funk band's albums plus assorted 7" and 12" mixes.

— Andy Kellman

PWNT

Play What's Not There

Many Hats Endeavors

Pop/Rock

A warmer, still oddball sophomore set that expands its palette for more authentic psych-pop, Laurel Canyon, and soft rock (among other) touchpoints.

— Marcy Donelson

Various Artists

Where Were You?: Independent Music from Leeds 1978-1989

Cherry Red

Pop/Rock

Three-disc compilation documenting Leeds' music scene, ranging from post-punk and synth pop to goth and alternative dance.

— Paul Simpson

Various Artists

The Clarion Set

Grapefruit

Pop/Rock

Diverse and entertaining sampler of the catalog of one of Australia's first and best independent rock & roll record labels.

— Mark Deming

Isata Kanneh-Mason

Childhood Tales

Decca

Classical

Attractive treatments of music on a childhood theme, including a major one that is little known.

— James Manheim

Lawrence Brownlee / Kevin J. Miller

Rising

Warner Classics

Classical

A mixture of classic and new African American art songs shows many roots of today's scene in the Harlem Renaissance.

— James Manheim

Cuarteto Casals

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fugue

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

String quartet version of The Art of Fugue strives to clarify the work's intricacies.

— James Manheim

John Wilson / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

Chandos

Classical

A hugely enjoyable entry in this series devoted to Coates, featuring larger, multi-section programmatic works.

— James Manheim

Saskia Giorgini

Liszt: Consolations

PentaTone Classics

Classical

A second album of Liszt from this pianist confirms her as a major talent in his music.

— James Manheim

Devonté Hynes / Adam Tendler / Wild Up

Julius Eastman, Vol. 3: If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?

New Amsterdam / New Amsterdam Records

Avant-Garde, Classical

The third volume in Wild Up's Eastman series continues to reveal startling riches.

— James Manheim

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