Featured New Album Releases

Buckingham Nicks

Rhino

Pop/Rock

Soft rock that's rough around the edges and intimately magical by the duo who soon after helped turn Fleetwood Mac into superstars.

— Tim Sendra

Nine Inch Nails

TRON: Ares [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Interscope / The Null Corporation

Electronic, Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross justify the official NIN billing on this ominous soundtrack to the techno thriller.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Sarah McLachlan

Better Broken

Concord

Pop/Rock

The beloved Canadian singer/songwriter's first set of original material in a decade delivers emotion and a timely message of resilience.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Oh Snap

Nonesuch

Jazz

The Grammy-winning jazz vocalist embraces a giddy sonic and stylistic experimentation on her eighth album.

— Matt Collar

Nation of Language

Dance Called Memory

Sub Pop

Pop/Rock

The band's fourth LP and Sub Pop debut is danceable, eccentric, and immaculate at once in its integration of alienated '70s and '80s influences.

— Marcy Donelson

Kieran Hebden / William Tyler

41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s

Eat Your Own Ears Records

Folk, Pop/Rock, Electronic, Country

The boundaryless guitarist's collaboration with Four Tet materialized after the two bonded over a familiarity with '80s Americana.

— Paul Simpson

Real Estate

The Wee Small Hours

Domino

Pop/Rock

Compilation of B-sides, cover songs, and other miscellanea that traces the maturation of this long-running indie rock group.

— Fred Thomas

Toro y Moi

Unerthed: Hole Erth Unplugged

Dead Oceans

Pop/Rock

A moody indie folk revamp of the Hole Erth album that comes complete with banjo, pedal steel, and strings.

— Tim Sendra

The Wedding Present

40

Clue / Clue Records

Pop/Rock

A career-spanning collection of tracks by the consistently gripping indie pop/rock band whose songs always pack a painfully realistic emotional wallop.

— Tim Sendra

Wilder Maker

The Streets Like Beds Still Warm

Western Vinyl Records

Pop/Rock

In a sharp left turn, Gabriel Birnbaum and band tender an immersive improvisational, experimental LP inspired by film noir, the first of a trilogy.

— Marcy Donelson

Zé Ibarra

AFIM

Mr. Bongo

R&B, International, Pop/Rock

The Brazilian singer crafts a breezy, sophisticated update of the classic '70s and '80s MPB sound.

— Matt Collar

Lil Peep

Castles I & II

Death Note Music

Rap

This compilation re-release of the late rapper's mixtape series with Lil Tracy captures an even deeper emotional intensity than the rest of his already depressive discography.

— Fred Thomas

Lola Young

I'm Only F**king Myself

Island

Pop/Rock, R&B

The singer/songwriter follows the viral success of "Messy" with bleedingly raw yet polished songs about using people and substances to escape.

— Heather Phares

Johnathan Blake

My Life Matters

Blue Note

Jazz

On his third Blue Note date, the drummer/composer completes a poignant work of resistance and edification that was eight years in the making.

— Thom Jurek

Golden Apples

Shooting Star

Lame-O Records / Run for Cover Records

Pop/Rock

Russell Edling and friends successfully juxtapose the musically uplifting and lyrically world-weary on the project's capricious fifth LP.

— Marcy Donelson

Halima

SWEET TOOTH

drink sum wtr

R&B, Pop/Rock

The loved-up first album from a genre-agnostic singer/songwriter and producer shaped by her Lagos-to-London upbringing.

— Andy Kellman

Terry Hall

Laugh [Bonus Tracks]

Edsel

Pop/Rock

Excellent album (here with a handful of bonus tracks) that juxtaposes sunny melodies and lush arrangements with the singer's mournful vocal delivery and melancholy lyrics.

— Tim Sendra