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March 15, 2024
Everything I Thought It Was
RCA
This sixth set is a slight return to form for the former boy band loverman, reviving some of the 2000s charms that made him a superstar.
Happiness Bastards
Silver Arrow Records
A tight and lean comeback that emphasizes how Chris and Rich Robinson are ideal collaborators.
WORLD WIDE WHACK
Interscope
The rapper's long-awaited debut album combines inventive productions, dizzying wordplay, and emotional honesty into candid, surprisingly moving songs.
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Moon Safari [25th Anniversary Edition]
Rhino / Warner Bros. / Warner Music
An updated multi-disc set of the duo's 1998 debut contains demos, live tracks, remixes and a Dolby Atmos mix.
Three
Temporary Residence / Text
Continuing to save his most reflective material for his full-lengths, Kieran Hebden presents a focused set of mainly downtempo tracks.
The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
Blue Note
On his first studio album since 2017, the saxophonist enlists a superstar quartet to play his new compositions and re-vision older ones.
Incarnations
Candid / Candid Records
Rare and unreleased cuts from the bassist's 1960 sessions on the Candid label.
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Painting with John [Music from the Series]
Strange & Beautiful Music
Stylistically eclectic and experimental soundtrack to the former Lounge Lizards bandleader's 2024 TV show.
Tall Stories and New Religions
Tapete Records
A carefully selected batch of songs taken from the singer/songwriter's 40-year career and recorded in an intimate setting shows him in a reflective mood.
To Dream
Numero / Numero Group
Remastered anthology collection that chronicles this short-lived band as they move from late-'60s psychedelia into early-'70s roots rock tenderness.
Teatro Amadeo Roldan Recital
Mr. Bongo
A reissue of the seminal Cuban group's debut album, showcasing their wildly inventive blend of Afro-Cuban jazz, psych-rock and funk.
Fuzzy Fantasy
City Slang
The German duo stretch beyond the club, trading Kompakt-approved tech-house for hook-heavy alternative dance.
Concert For Murnau
MG.Art
In this live document of a 2003 performance, the kosmische innovator tries his hand at modern classical composition in an original score for a silent film.
The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis
Impulse! / Verve
The gifted free jazz saxophonist sits in with the acclaimed experimental rock band for an inspired studio session.
Charpentier: Médée
Alpha
A fine performance of Charpentier's 1693 opera, capturing its mix of a kaleidoscopic quality and a genuinely grim tale.
César Franck: Les Béatitudes
Fuga Libera
Clear, warm performance of Franck's giant choral spectacular.
Variation(s), Vol. 2: Beethoven, Sweelinck, Bach, Cage, Feldman, Crumb
Harmonia Mundi
The second volume of a Beethoven variations survey captures the flavor of the young Beethoven as a pianist.
Rebecca Clarke: Sonatas for Violin, Viola & Piano
Oehms Classics
A first-time performance of Clarke's violin and viola sonatas by a single player reveals a characteristic voice early in the composer's career.
Piano Music of Oscar Fernândez
Nimbus Records
Colorful and tuneful piano music by a slightly younger contemporary of Villa-Lobos.
Le Temps retrouvé: Fauré, Bonis, Hahn, Boulanger
Chandos
Splendid late Romantic French violin-and-piano works, headed by the all-but-unknown Violin Sonata in F sharp minor of Mel Bonis.