Featured New Releases for
March 28, 2025

Forever Is a Feeling

Geffen / Polydor
The Boygenius member's fourth solo LP and major-label debut is a tender, affectionate one about "it's complicated" relationships.

— Marcy Donelson

Glory

Matador
Equal parts tough and vulnerable, moving and witty, Mike Hadreas' seventh album continues the opening up of his music.

— Heather Phares

Dan's Boogie

Merge
The Canadian indie pop auteur presents dense, euphoric arrangements that are at odds with unhinged lyrical sentiments, meeting in the middle only occasionally.

— Fred Thomas

Jump into Life

Merge
The duo's third album wasn't easy to make, but the results are a stunning upgrade of their sunny, bright, and powerful indie pop sound.

— Tim Sendra

Jay Marie, Comfort Me

Drag City
The duo's third album expands their intimate sound just a little, while remaining as heartbreakingly subtle and emotionally impressionistic as ever.

— Tim Sendra

Portrait of My Heart

Sacred Bones
Chrystia Cabral's fourth proper album is her most guitar-driven, focusing on personal lyrics and direct emotional expression.

— Paul Simpson

Sweetness

Captured Tracks
Rebecca Harvey is still grieving a bad relationship on a darker, grungier sophomore LP featuring members of Beach Fossils and Horse Jumper of Love.

— Marcy Donelson

Skrifum

ECM
The Norwegian pianist experiments further in this third solo piano outing, using the self-developed spektraphone software and the piano's innards as accompaniment.

— Thom Jurek

Evenfall

Anti-
The South Londoner's debut album is a bleary, moody mixture of dub, post-punk, and alternative rock channeling feverish nights out in the city.

— Paul Simpson

Rushmere

Glassnote Entertainment Group
The band's long-awaited fifth studio effort is rooted in themes of friendship, harmony, and prosperity.

— TiVo Staff

COKE

Mr. Bongo
Originally released in 1972, this crate-diggers' dream hosts a near-perfect meld of gritty production, psychedelic Latin soul, garage rock, and funk.

— Thom Jurek

Alone Together

Signum Classics
A mixture of popular song arrangements and contemporary pieces circle around the theme of social media-inducted isolation.

— James Manheim

Various Artists

Lei Liang: Dui

Islandia Music
American-composed works by a Chinese-born composer strike unusual balances among traditions.

— James Manheim

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