Patterson Hood

Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams

ATO

Pop/Rock

The Drive-By Truckers' frontman looks back to his youth in a powerfully reflective and artful song cycle.

— Mark Deming

Nao

Jupiter

RCA / RCA Victor

R&B

Neo Joshua stretches out with more pop-flavored material -- and a stunning country ballad -- on her sunny fourth album.

— Andy Kellman

Youth Lagoon

Rarely Do I Dream

Fat Possum Records

Pop/Rock

A highly personal fifth album, inspired by and incorporating childhood home movies, and returning the project to a lush yet varied palette.

— Marcy Donelson

Tate McRae

So Close to What

RCA

Pop/Rock

This third set matures the Canadian pop star with provocative dance anthems and bittersweet confessionals.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Tim Hecker

Shards

Kranky

Electronic, Stage & Screen, Avant-Garde

A brief album of previously unreleased pieces written for film and television soundtracks.

— Paul Simpson

Sam Fender

People Watching

Capitol / Polydor

Pop/Rock

The U.K. chart-topper turns his gaze outward to everyday people through the lens of sturdy '80s AOR.

— Marcy Donelson

Baths

Gut

Baths

Electronic, Pop/Rock

The producer and singer/songwriter's fourth album brings desire, longing, and need into sharp focus with organic sounds and instinctive songwriting.

— Heather Phares

RAVEN

GNOSIS

Incienso

Electronic

Stirring ambient techno from the unpredictable Bay Area producer, his first LP for the label co-founded by Anthony Naples.

— Andy Kellman

Cici Arthur

Way Through

Western Vinyl Records

Pop/Rock

Chris A. Cummings (Mantler, Marker Starling) and friends invoke orchestral mid-century melodrama for an album steeped in disappointment and yearning.

— Marcy Donelson

Wrekmeister Harmonies

Flowers in the Spring

Thrill Jockey

Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock

A return to instrumental drone-based compositions, and some of the most comforting music in the project's discography.

— Paul Simpson

Lee "Scratch" Perry

Land of Kinks: The Jamaican Upsetter Singles 1970

Doctor Bird

Reggae

This 52-track compilation zeroes in on a year when the legendary reggae producer was leading the charge for the experimental styles that soon became dub.

— Fred Thomas

Souled American

Rise Above It: A Souled American Anthology

Omnivore

Pop/Rock

A 20-track sampler that sums up the catalog of these one-of-a-kind art-damaged alt-country outliers.

— Mark Deming

Killswitch Engage

This Consequence

Metal Blade

Pop/Rock

The ninth studio album from the enduring Massachusetts metalcore quintet, who celebrated 25 years in the business in 2025.

— TiVo Staff

Carlo Vistoli / Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin / Georg Kallweit

Vivaldi: Sacro Furore - Stabat Mater, Nisi Dominus, Concerti

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

A major new countertenor voice excels in Vivaldian repertory.

— James Manheim

Gaechinger Cantorey / Hans-Christoph Rademann

Vision Bach: The First Cantata Year, Vol. 6

Hänssler Classic

Classical

Wonderful Bach cantata recording combines historical performance ideas with the warmth of a German regional choir.

— James Manheim

Jesse Blumberg / Adriana Zabala / Martin Katz / J.J. Penna

A Few Words about Chekhov: Songs and Cycles of Dominick Argento

Bridge

Classical

Song cycles by a late American composer provide a good showcase for the virtues of his work.

— James Manheim

Jaakko Luoma / Janne Nisonen / Tapiola Sinfonietta

Bassoon Concertos: Crusell, Du Puy, Berwald, Brendler

Ondine

Classical

Unknown Scandinavian works reveal a strong repertory for the bassoon.

— James Manheim

Martin Owen / Rumon Gamba / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

Chandos

Classical

Neglected British 20th century orchestral works in the Vaughan Williams line are given excellent performances, superbly engineered.

— James Manheim

Marmen Quartet

Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Bartók: String Quartet No. 4

BIS

Classical

Splendid performance realizes in full the links between Ligeti and Bartók at his most progressive.

— James Manheim

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