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New Reviews for September 5, 2025

Double Infinity
Big Thief
Double Infinity
4AD
Pop/Rock
Now down to a trio, the Brooklynites invited members of the indie, jazz, and avant-garde scenes to record their most improvisatory album yet.
- Marcy Donelson
Who Is the Sky?Editor's choice
David Byrne
Who Is the Sky?
Matador
Avant-Garde, International, Classical, Pop/Rock
Art pop figurehead revels in the silly and the celebratory even when addressing societal issues on this densely orchestrated and overwhelmingly joyful album.
- Fred Thomas
InternationalEditor's choice
Saint Etienne
International
Heavenly / Heavenly Recordings
Pop/Rock, Electronic
The band's collaboration-studded final album harkens back to the stylishly nostalgic sound of their early work while still coming across as resolutely up-to-date.
- Tim Sendra
Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain CurtEditor's choice
Curtis Harding
Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt
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R&B, Pop/Rock
The retro-soul maverick takes a voyage into space that's a metaphor for the need to love and be loved.
- Mark Deming
Moments
Cut Copy
Moments
Cutters Records
Pop/Rock
The band continue to make classy, highly sophisticated dance music, incorporating many different electronic genres but always sounding like themselves.
- Tim Sendra
Joni's JazzEditor's choice
Joni Mitchell
Joni's Jazz
Rhino
Jazz, Pop/Rock
A multi-disc box that reveals a self curated journey that detailing jazz's enormous influence on the artist's career from Blue to Shine..
- Thom Jurek
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El Michels Affair
24 Hr Sports
Big Crown
R&B, Pop/Rock
A loosely themed set with past Leon Michels collaborators Norah Jones and Clairo among the many guests in on the action.
- Andy Kellman
Cutthroat
Shame
Cutthroat
Dead Oceans
Pop/Rock
The band's fourth album is a resounding reminder of their rock bona fides and their restless creativity.
- Heather Phares

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A self-described global pop star from Dublin, CMAT crafts sunny radio-friendly pop songs that have a pronounced country influence. Citing Dolly Parton and Katy Perry as equal influences, CMAT's songs examine everyday life through the lens of kitschy pop culture, finding room to comment on relationships, mental health, and self-image with a serious intent and a dry sense of humor. If her material is seemingly built on contradictions,…  Read More about CMAT

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