Featured New Releases for
April 26, 2024

FU##IN' UP
Reprise
2023 concert recording that captures loose, comfortable performances of the proto-grunge rock songs of the artist's 1990 album Ragged Glory.
- TiVo Staff
Pyromania [40th Anniversary] [Deluxe 2 CD]
Mercury / UMR
A 40th anniversary edition containing previously-unheard demos, out takes, mixes, and live shows from the era.
Rebel Yell [Deluxe Expanded Edition]
Capitol / UMR
This deluxe reissue features 13 bonus tracks, including demos, remixes and a previously unreleased recording.
Tanx [50th Anniversary Edition]
Edsel
50th anniversary of the release contains a bonus disc of 23 fascinating 'work-in-progress' versions and demos.
The Falls of Sioux
Polyvinyl
Working again with producer S. Carey, Mike Kinsella's 11th solo outing finds him a little older and more accepting but far from contented.
- Marcy Donelson
Mythology
Trouble in Mind
Philadelphia group explores a more rock-geared reading of their gnarled noise rock, with live drums replacing drum machines for the most part.
- Fred Thomas
Skilled Trade
Mello Music Group
Rap
The first beat tape from the prolific Michigan hip-hip producer shows that he mastered his reflective style at the beginning of his career.
- Paul Simpson
Glovemaker
Secretly Canadian
The Los Angeles singer/songwriter impresses with a dramatic debut that walks a line between intimate, pained balladry and theatrical baroque pop.
- Marcy Donelson
Closer
Innovative Leisure
Departing from her earlier jazz work, the musician crafts concise yet abstract electronic pop songs with introspective lyrics.
- Paul Simpson
Reveries
Sonic Cathedral
Serene, flowing ambient pieces bridging guitar-based drone with modern classical arrangements.
- Paul Simpson
Puccini: Symphonic Suites Imagined by Carlo Rizzi
Signum Classics
A convincing job in a difficult task: the transfer of Puccini's music to an instrumental medium.
- James Manheim
A Room of Her Own
Chandos
Works from France and England by women composers shine in these polished renderings.
- James Manheim
Schubert + Brahms
BIS
Intimate Schubert and Brahms performances bring out the daring harmonic thinking shared by the two composers.
- James Manheim
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 KV 456 & 21 KV 467
Alpha
Exceptionally smooth Mozart pianism from a newcomer does not foreclose a wealth of detail.
- James Manheim
Philip Glass: Cocteau Trilogy
Deutsche Grammophon
The fluent style of the Labèque sisters proves a perfect match for Philip Glass.
- James Manheim
Smetana: Má Vlast
PentaTone Classics
An expansive, detailed Má Vlast stands up to famous readings from the past.
- James Manheim
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