Daryl Hall

D

United Artist / Universal / Untied Artist Productions

Pop/Rock, R&B

Reuniting with Eurythmic Dave Stewart, the veteran singer sticks to his Philly soul wheelhouse.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Kehlani

CRASH

Atlantic

R&B

A varied, less personal, and enjoyable fourth album from the singer/songwriter, joined by an almost entirely new cast of producers.

— Andy Kellman

Linda Thompson

Proxy Music

Storysound Records

Pop/Rock, Folk

The great heroine of British folk-rock recruits a team of artists to sing her songs, and they do so beautifully.

— Mark Deming

Dave Alvin / Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Texicali

Yep Roc

Country, Blues, Pop/Rock

Two heroes of American roots music team up for a second time in a pairing that complements both sides.

— Mark Deming

Lake Street Dive

Good Together

Fantasy

Pop/Rock, R&B

The Brooklyn-by-way-of-Boston soul-pop outfit's breezy, feel-good eighth studio album.

— Matt Collar

Grateful Dead

From the Mars Hotel [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]

Grateful Dead

Pop/Rock

This 50th Anniversary Edition of the band's solid seventh studio album includes previously unreleased live concert recordings from the same time period.

— Fred Thomas

Kate Nash

9 Sad Symphonies

Kill Rock Stars

Pop/Rock

Featuring an orchestral pop inspired by vintage Hollywood musicals, the typically irreverent Brit turns in her most earnest set yet.

— Marcy Donelson

Rich Ruth

Water Still Flows

Third Man Records

Electronic, New Age, Jazz, Pop/Rock

On his fourth long-player, the Nashville-based ambient composer adds the tension of doom metal to his powerful, dreamy aesthetic.

— Thom Jurek

Marc Bolan / T. Rex

Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow [Deluxe Edition]

Edsel

Pop/Rock

This 50th anniversary reissue Contains "The Alternate Zinc Alloy: Change", a bonus disc of 24 fascinating 'work-in-progress' versions and demos.

Royal Headache

Live in America

What's Yr Rupture?

Pop/Rock

Visceral documents of both a radio set and a rowdy club show from this endlessly exciting Australian garage-soul-punk band.

— Fred Thomas

Moon Diagrams

Cemetery Classics

Sonic Cathedral

Pop/Rock

The project's engaging second album focuses on elliptical pop that evokes artists as varied as Panda Bear, Daft Punk, and Depeche Mode.

— Heather Phares

Various Artists

Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty

Big Machine Records

Country, Pop/Rock

A country-leaning tribute to Tom Petty balances imaginative reinterpretations and faithful renditions of familiar hits.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Menahan Street Band

Tropical Man

Diamond West

International

After working on Rogê's Curyman in 2023, MSB bring him back for a full, funky, MPB collaboration on this EP.

— Thom Jurek

O.

WeirdOs

Speedy Wunderground

Pop/Rock

The sax-and-drums duo's brazen, fiery debut album is a thrilling listen for those who love music that's as unpretentious as it is inventive.

— Heather Phares

Black Decelerant

Reflections, Vol. 2: Black Decelerant

RVNG

Electronic

Debut effort from an ambient jazz duo who describe their music as a meditation on Black being and non-being.

— Paul Simpson

Unwound

A Single History: 1991-2001

Numero / Numero Group

Pop/Rock

Expanded version of a singles compilation focused on non-album tracks from this foundational d.i.y. noise punk trio, originally released in 1999.

— Fred Thomas

Sumac

The Healer

Thrill Jockey

Pop/Rock

Genre-defying, patience-requiring post-metal expressing dystopian destruction and rebirth.

— Paul Simpson

Larry Nozero / Dennis Tini

Time

BBE

Jazz

Reissued in a definitive vinyl edition, Time is not only a Detroit jazz classic, but an iconic, wildly original classic of the jazz-funk era.

— Thom Jurek

Dave Grusin / Lee Ritenour

Brasil

Candid

International, Jazz

Forty years after the duo brought Brazilian musicians to L.A. to record Harlequin, the pair traveled to Brazil to record its sequel.

— Thom Jurek

Kittie

Fire

Sumerian Records

Pop/Rock

Triumphant comeback album from the pioneering Canadian metal outfit.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Pond

Stung!

Spinning / Spinning Top

Pop/Rock

The tenth album from this Australian psych-pop band integrates '80s synth pop influences into their never-straightforward sound.

— Fred Thomas

Ben Kim / Royal Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The First Vienna Concertos - Piano Concertos Nos. 11, 12, 13

Challenge Classics

Classical

Fortepiano-styled Mozart on a modern piano has considerable elegance and verve.

— James Manheim

Piano Duo EnsariSchuch

Eternity

Naïve

Classical

Works loosely linked by the concept of eternity from a married duo piano couple that work together with notable closeness.

— James Manheim

Bethlehem Bach Choir / Christopher Jackson

Mendelssohn-Bach: Matthäus-Passion

Analekta

Classical

The first recording of a new edition of Mendelssohn's fascinating 1841 version of Bach's Matthäus-Passion.

— James Manheim

Piers Lane

Russian Variations

Hyperion

Classical

Novel Russian variation sets are mostly not often played and receive worthwhile revivals here.

— James Manheim

Carducci String Quartet

Shostakovich: String Quartets 9 & 15

Signum Classics

Classical

Technically sharp Shostakovich playing works especially well in the grim but exacting String Quartet No. 15, Op. 144.

— James Manheim

Christopher Maltman / Rachael Wilson / Patrick Hahn / Munich Radio Orchestra

Alexander Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragödie

BR Klassik

Classical

An intense, somewhat lurid adaptation of an Oscar Wilde play benefits from the heated performance of the trio of soloists.

— James Manheim

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