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Lateral
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One of two simultaneously issued collaborations, this is a single hour-long ambient composition which resembles a space lullaby.
- Paul Simpson
Ripped and Torn
Lifeguard
Ripped and Torn
Matador
Pop/Rock
A relentlessly noisy, driving, hooky, and unpredictable debut album submerged in lo-fi murk and practically perfect.
- Marcy Donelson
Salt
Salem 66
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Don Giovanni
Pop/Rock
A compilation album serves as a curated overview for this invisibly influential '80s pre-grunge band from Boston.
- Fred Thomas
Death Mask
Death in Vegas
Death Mask
Drone
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Richard Fearless returns with an album of stark, uncompromising techno drawing from noise and drone influences.
- Paul Simpson
I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away
Hayden Pedigo
I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away
Mexican Summer
Folk, Avant-Garde
Another quiet instrumental gem from the Texas fingerstyle guitarist.
- Timothy Monger
Dream in My Mind: Anthology 1967-1999
Rupert's People
Dream in My Mind: Anthology 1967-1999
Strawberry
Pop/Rock
Comprehensive collection of this obscure late-'60s British psychedelic band highlights how many different styles they tried out looking for their sound.
- Fred Thomas
Desert Window
Lucy Gooch
Desert Window
Fire Records
Pop/Rock, Electronic
Ethereal ambient/dream pop incorporating acoustic instrumentation and complex choral harmonies.
- Paul Simpson
Aseurai
Phoebe Rings
Aseurai
Carpark Records
Pop/Rock
Airy well wishes and cushiony daydreams lead the sophisticated, jazz-tinged dream pop of this Auckland band’s full-length debut.
- Marcy Donelson

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Editors' Choice for May, 2025

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AllMusic Staff Pick – June 6, 2025
Coldplay
X&Y
June 7, 2005
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
These days, one might find it hard to believe Coldplay once made darker, more tortured, and guitar-driven songs. The last album to really sound like the Coldplay of old, X&Y – turning 20 today – is the Be Here Now of their catalog: it's bloated, in desperate need of editing, and sounds like a weary band rehashing more of the same for a third go-round. However, there's plenty of gold buried in the jumbled sequencing: in addition to timeless singles like "Fix You," the pummeling "White Shadows" and mind-bending "Twisted Logic" are reminders that, at the core, they are (and remain) a rock band.
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