Featured New Releases for
March 22, 2024

Bright FutureEditors' Choice
4AD
A varied but consistently high-quality 12-song set recorded with the acoustic trio of Nick Hakim, Mat Davidson, and Josefin Runsteen.
- Marcy Donelson
Las Mujeres Ya No LloranEditors' Choice
Sony Music
Twelfth LP from the global pop star that essentially merges a short new album with a de facto "Greatest Hits 2022-2024."
- Neil Z. Yeung
Tigers BloodEditors' Choice
Anti-
An exceptionally warm and intimate album that benefits from the interaction of a full band featuring MJ Lenderman, Spencer Tweedy, and Phil Cook.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Real Power
Music for Nations
The trio's dignified, down-to-earth return balances thundering disco anthems with refreshingly unguarded pop and ballads.
- Heather Phares
Something in the Room She MovesEditors' Choice
Domino
Inspired by death, new motherhood, and creativity itself, the singer/songwriter and composer delivers flowing, affecting music filled with wonder.
- Heather Phares
Glasgow Eyes
Cooking Vinyl / Fuzz Club Records
The band celebrate their 40th year with an album made up of dark, honest, and experimental sounds mixed with songs that fit nicely into their established style.
- Tim Sendra
But Who's Gonna Play the Melody?
Mack Avenue
Virtuoso bassists Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer come together for a rootsy, artfully ebullient set of duets.
- Matt Collar
The Carnegie Hall ConcertEditors' Choice
Impulse! / Verve
This previously lost concert features the great pianist and harpist with an all-star double quartet performing her own and John Coltrane's compositions.
- Thom Jurek
ChakaEditors' Choice
Rhino / Warner Records
Containing the indestructible disco anthem "I'm Every Woman," a solid solo debut delivered between two of the singer's best LPs with Rufus.
- Andy Kellman
Celebrate
Heavenly
A stunning extension of the avant-garde pop sound of the first album with more shimmering psychedelic experimentalism and trilling emotion involved.
- Tim Sendra
I See You Live on Love Street: Music from Laurel Canyon 1967-1975
Various Artists
Grapefruit
This 72-track compilation chronologically traces the trend from sunshine pop to soft rock coming out of Los Angeles during the late '60s through the mid-'70s.
- Fred Thomas
Beehive Breaks
Various Artists
Numero / Numero Group
R&B
A themed sampling of the Numero Group's vast archival catalog, this spotlights soul women including Betty Wright, Marva Whitney, and Sandy Gaye.
- Andy Kellman
Good Morning SevenEditors' Choice
Polyvinyl
The Australian lo-fi duo takes a significant leap forward on this double album pop opus.
- Timothy Monger
Bite DownEditors' Choice
Merge
The fourth album from this singer/songwriter is an assemblage of simple beauties, gentle freak-outs, and staggering vulnerabilities delivered calmly.
- Fred Thomas
Io Tu Il Loro
Trouble in Mind
The Swiss duo lose some of the disco edge of their previous work, instead exploring a gentler, dreamier sound held together by deep melancholy.
- Fred Thomas
Psychedelic Rio
Sunnyside / Sunnyside Communications
The Brazilian guitarist teams up with an Italian rhythm section to reframe originals and Brazilian classics in a power trio setting.
- Thom Jurek
Plunge
Flying Cloud Recordings
Themes of home and family guide a loose, inviting take on the musician's trademark late-'60s and '70s songwriting and recording inspirations.
- Marcy Donelson
AkomaEditors' Choice
Planet Mu
The electronic visionary's third album builds on all of her past achievements, and features high-profile guests like Björk and Philip Glass.
- Paul Simpson
Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road
Shimmy Disc
Haunting yet soothing ambient collaboration between Labradford's Mark Nelson and the Shimmy Disc founder.
- Paul Simpson
La Vida Misma
VYDIA
Cuba-born, New York-based percussionist, vocalist, and bandleader delivers an Afro-Latin dance party on his debut album.
- Thom Jurek
The Liminality of Her
First Word
On her First Word debut, the harpist leads her band through elegant compositions exploring intersections between jazz, soul, funk, and improv.
- Thom Jurek
Gratitude
International Anthem
Recorded live in 2023, the composer's long-form work explores themes of emotions and mental health with an expanded ensemble.
- Thom Jurek
Two
Sonic Cathedral
Stirring collaboration between Bruno Bavota and Fabrizio Somma, blending cinematic post-rock with sparkling ambient techno.
- Paul Simpson
Forgotten But Not Gone and Few and Far Between
The indie folk-blues troubadour's double-length, divorce-inspired seventh album is a personal one that spans raw solo and fiery band arrangements.
- Marcy Donelson
Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man
Signum Classics
A slimmed-down version of Jenkins' hit work arguably shows it to its best advantage.
- James Manheim
Mel Bonis: Complete Music for Flute & Piano
Brilliant Classics
Unfailingly tuneful music for flute and piano from a neglected French composer.
- James Manheim
Lalo: Suites and Valse de la Cigarette from Namouna; Overture to Le Roi d'Ys; Symphony in G minor
Chandos
A splendid excavation of Lalo works from a master of the late French Romantics.
- James Manheim
Take 3
Alpha
Top-notch playing in a program that explores the various influences of jazz and other roots traditions.
- James Manheim
La Danse
Warner Classics
A fine, elegiac program rooted in several layers of French music.
- James Manheim
Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphonie
Harmonia Mundi
Debut recording by a new conductor is an ambitious live performance that promises much.
- James Manheim
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