Featured New Album Releases

Floating Points

Cascade

Ninja Tune

Electronic

Sam Shepherd focuses on his club side with a marvelous album of tightly engineered yet exploratory and psychedelic dance tracks.

— Paul Simpson

Nick Lowe

Indoor Safari

Yep Roc

Pop/Rock

A little bit more rocking and a little bit less croony, the album features the legendary singer/songwriter in lively collaboration with Los Straitjackets.

— Tim Sendra

Snow Patrol

The Forest Is the Path

Polydor / Republic

Pop/Rock

The Scottish group's eighth set and another late-era treasure trove that highlights emotional catharsis and introspection.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Suki Waterhouse

Memoir of a Sparklemuffin

Sub Pop

Pop/Rock

A dramatic, double-length sophomore LP that puts the musician/actress in the company of artists like Lana Del Rey and Angel Olsen.

— Marcy Donelson

Tindersticks

Soft Tissue

City Slang

Pop/Rock

The band add tightly wound soul music influences to their well-established mix, sounding as dramatic and emotionally impactful as ever.

— Tim Sendra

London Grammar

The Greatest Love

Ministry of Sound / Orchard / Sin

Pop/Rock

The fourth album from the English electronic pop trio sets deep heartbreak into some of their most gorgeous songs yet.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Nilüfer Yanya

My Method Actor

Ninja Tune

Pop/Rock

Cutting down on collaborators but retaining an artful palette, the songwriter/producer's third album is an alluringly intimate and enigmatic outing.

— Marcy Donelson

Nada Surf

Moon Mirror

New West

Pop/Rock

The New York group craft a philosophical tenth album about the passing of time that's also one of their most hooky and joyous.

— Matt Collar

The Jesus Lizard

Rack

Ipecac

Pop/Rock

Chicago's noise champions of the 1990s return with a shockingly vivid and hard-hitting reclamation of their strengths.

— Mark Deming

Fousheé

Pointy Heights

Trackmasters Entertainment / RCA

Pop/Rock

Joined by the likes of close collaborator Steve Lacy, Karriem Riggins, and Sir Dylan, the singer basks in Caribbean sunshine on her second RCA album.

— Andy Kellman

Ginger Root / Cameron Lew

SHINBANGUMI

Ghostly International

Pop/Rock, R&B

Cameron Lew's eclectic art-funk-city pop project stages a concept LP about a TV music supervisor in 1987 for his most ebullient effort to date.

— Marcy Donelson

Porches

Shirt

Domino

Pop/Rock

Fostered by Aaron Maine recording outside of his apartment for the first time, the project's grungy sixth LP is his loudest, most volatile yet.

— Marcy Donelson

Chrysanths

Leave No Shadow

Chemikal Underground / Chemikal Underground Records

Pop/Rock

The Modern Studies frontwoman offers a solo album of smart, elegantly arranged piano pop with strings.

— Timothy Monger

Hugo Largo

Huge, Large, and Electric: Hugo Largo 1984-1991

Missing Piece Records

Pop/Rock

Compilation of the New York art rock band's studio output as well as previously unreleased demos and live performances.

— Paul Simpson

Bernard Fèvre

Space Oddities 1976-1985

Born Bad Records

Electronic, Stage & Screen

Vintage library music and sci-fi synth gems from the man behind Black Devil Disco Club.

— Paul Simpson

Mike Stern

Echoes and Other Songs

Artistry Music / Mack Avenue / Naxos

Jazz

On his first leader date since 2017, the guitarist and an all-star cast play bop, fusion, funk, blues, and rock with taste and intensity.

— Thom Jurek

Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra / Allen Lowe

Louis Armstrong's America, Vol. 1

E-S-P / ESP-Disk

Jazz, Blues

The first of the artist's two-volume reflection on the experience and influence of Louis Armstrong is staggering in its scope.

— Thom Jurek

Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra / Allen Lowe

Louis Armstrong's America, Vol. 2

ESP-Disk

Blues, Jazz

The second volume of the artist's two-volume set reflects on the experience and influence of Louis Armstrong on American music and is staggering in scope.

— Thom Jurek