Featured New Releases for
June 7, 2024

EMI Records / Island
The veteran Jersey rockers celebrate 40 years in the business.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Atlantic
Fusing hyperpop and Y2K club music with nakedly confessional songwriting, the pop innovator delivers some of her most engaging and mature music.
- Heather Phares
E Works
An album of cautious optimism and wary love of life from Mark Oliver Everett and his latest band of cohorts.
- Mark Deming
Stones Throw
R&B
Eight years on from Yes Lawd!, Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge return with a richer second collaborative album full of heartache.
- Andy Kellman
Big Machine Records
The sharp country singer/songwriter emphasizes her traditional roots.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Fire Records
In a return to warmer, more singer/songwriter-oriented fare, the Angeleno's third album effectively merges the cerebral and the sentimental.
- Marcy Donelson
Rough Trade
Informed by Deerhoof and Philip Glass, the trio's third album balances earthy experiments with ambitious, affecting pop.
- Heather Phares
Smalltown Supersound
Darren Cunningham continues to blur the line between comforting and claustrophobic on his subtlest album yet.
- Andy Kellman
Kaytranada / RCA
Collaborations with Rochelle Jordan, Childish Gambino, and Dawn Richard highlight the producer's third album.
- Andy Kellman
Blue Note
On his intimate third Blue Note album, the pianist's trio delivers a three-movement masterwork balancing past, present, and future.
- Thom Jurek
XL / XL Recordings
Following a major crossover hit, the South Korean-born DJ's first album balances festival anthems with downtempo cuts and genre dabblings.
- Paul Simpson
Bayonet Records
A tender, evocative sophomore LP populated by affection, longing, and outsider perspectives.
- Marcy Donelson
Numero / Numero Group
Archival compilation tracking the songwriter/performer's evolution from her jazz upbringing to her creation of some of the most stellar baroque pop of the 1960s.
- Fred Thomas
Ninja Tune
The Welsh DJ/producer's debut album celebrates club euphoria and togetherness as well as queer intimacy and desire.
- Paul Simpson
Act Music
Aided by all-star soloists, the E.S.T. rhythm section celebrate the group's 30th anniversary live by reimagining titles from its catalog.
- Thom Jurek
Shelflife
Recording only sporadically since the 1990s, the Greek post-punk/indie pop band's Shelflife debut gathers a 2017 EP, a signature song, and new music.
- Marcy Donelson
Various Artists
Kent
R&B
Bob Stanley's second compilation spotlighting the work of the legendary Philly soul producer concentrates on Thom Bell's classic era.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Iconoclassic
Forgoing much of the guitar-forward, live feel of earlier albums, this 1984 effort is slick, tuneful, and very up-to-date-sounding pop.
- Tim Sendra
Parasol Records
The singer/songwriter's fourth album of sugary, pleasantly bittersweet pop.
- Matt Collar
Epic
A frothy, confident sixth album that pulls together all of the singer's influences, from doo wop to hip-hop.
- Matt Collar
Partisan / Universal Music
The Los Angeles singer pairs with Chicano Batman's Carlos Arévalo for her bold follow-up to Cha Cha Palace.
- Matt Collar
Jagjaguwar
The indie folk-pop supergroup reach a new peak on their third album, sounding polished and emotionally resonant.
- Mark Deming
Jazzman / Jazzman
JJ Whitefield switches up his decades-long exploration of global funk to elegantly revel in the tones, timbres, and textures of spiritual jazz.
- Thom Jurek
ATMA Classique
A strong installment in Nézet-Séguin's Sibelius cycle, playing down the nationalist flavor of the Symphony No. 2.
- James Manheim
Naïve
Technically ironclad but highly dramatic renderings of Ysaÿe's finger-busters on the composer's own violin.
- James Manheim
Harmonia Mundi
Muscular but melodically attractive early Handel hits all the right notes.
- James Manheim
Chandos
Wonderful Nielsen performances that capture the great range of orchestral sounds and moods.
- James Manheim
Naxos
Wonderful Adams performances from a conductor with a deep understanding of his music.
- James Manheim
Decca
Brilliant and above all youthful readings of Chopin's Études.
- James Manheim
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