Featured New Album Releases

Lucy Dacus

Forever Is a Feeling

Geffen / Polydor

Pop/Rock

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

— Marcy Donelson

Alison Krauss / Alison Krauss & Union Station

Arcadia

Down the Road

Country

Reuniting after a 14-year hiatus, this band masterfully mine the catalog of modern and traditional songwriters on this powerful set.

— Thom Jurek

Perfume Genius

Glory

Matador

Pop/Rock

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

— Heather Phares

Branford Marsalis / Branford Marsalis Quartet

Belonging

Blue Note

Jazz

The saxophonist and his quartet offer a bold reinterpretation of Keith Jarrett's 1974 album of the same title.

— Matt Collar

Destroyer

Dan's Boogie

Merge

Pop/Rock

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

Dean Wareham

That's the Price of Loving Me

Carpark Records

Pop/Rock

The indie rock vet reunites with Galaxie 500 producer Kramer for his hypnotic and dreamy fourth solo album.

— Matt Collar

Butcher Brown

Letters from the Atlantic

Concord Jazz

Electronic, International, Jazz, R&B, Reggae

The Richmond, Virginia quintet offer an imaginary summer soundtrack for a trip up and down the Atlantic, from New York to Florida, the Caribbean, and Europe.

— Thom Jurek

Sacred Paws

Jump into Life

Merge

Pop/Rock

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

Mess Esque

Jay Marie, Comfort Me

Drag City

Pop/Rock

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

— Tim Sendra

Snapped Ankles

Hard Times Furious Dancing

The Leaf Label

Pop/Rock

The London art punk collective address societal issues through the lens of the dancefloor on their most rave-informed album to date.

— TiVo Staff

Spellling

Portrait of My Heart

Sacred Bones

Pop/Rock

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

— Paul Simpson

Anouar Brahem

After the Last Sky

ECM

Jazz, International, New Age

On his first album in eight years, the Tunisian oudist re-enlists bassist Dave Holland and pianist Django Bates, and recruits cellist Anja Lechner.

— Thom Jurek

Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac 1975 to 1987

Rhino

Pop/Rock

Box set that collects five LPs from the commercial and creative heights of one of rock's most successful and lasting groups.

— Fred Thomas

Hannah Cohen

Earthstar Mountain

Bella Union

Pop/Rock

Six years in the making, a warm fourth album whose dreamy, '70s-inspired sound soothes its dubious world view.

— Marcy Donelson

girlpuppy

Sweetness

Captured Tracks

Pop/Rock

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

Joe Armon-Jones

All the Quiet, Pt. 1

Aquarii

Electronic, Jazz, Reggae, Rap

On the opening half of a projected double album, the pianist and his collaborators deliver an expansive, ear-opening investigation into spacious groove.

— Thom Jurek

Jon Balke

Skrifum

ECM

Avant-Garde, Jazz

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