Featured New Releases for
April 19, 2024
EMI Records / Monkeywrench
An unexpectedly sleek and streamlined evocation of the alt-rock band's 1990s prime.
Verve
The great songwriter and producer's first set of new songs in almost 20 years is simple, eloquent, and emotionally powerful.
Pure Noise
The band's tenth album is packed with the surging emotions and melodies fans expect, as well as a surprising amount of wisdom and joy.
Big Machine Records
The late country-pop singer's 2011 record Ghost on the Canvas is revised as a duets album.
Communion Records
A jazzier, more collaborative fifth album from the U.K. singer/songwriter, informed by working with Logic and Kwes., and inspired by major life events.
Blue Note
The guitarist leads his trio on this lush orchestral collaboration with arranger Michael Gibbs.
Ipecac
Monolithic five-track full-length from these heroes of heaviness that was collaged together and expanded on from heavily edited source material.
SoulMusic
A two-disc set combining their last four proper studio albums (1970-1972), three of which had not previously been issued on CD.
ECM
A moon-dappled solo piano album showcasing the pianist's artful blend of jazz and classical.
Sun Records
Supported by a galaxy of stars, the veteran rocker delivers a solid rock & roll album.
Birdman Records
The Detroit-area supergroup turn from free-flowing drones to riff-heavy prog and hard rock on their third album in two years.
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Cherry Red
Cherry Red issues a deluxe version of the album that provides a full
picture of the band firing on all
cylinders.
Elemental Music / Jazz Detective
Warm and amiable 1972 team-up of the West Coat jazz trumpet legends that went unreleased for decades.
Cherry Red
Love, survival, and alien soundscapes are at the forefront of the space rock heroes' 36th (at least) album.
Decca
The second Blue Note long-player by the U.K. jazztronica duo is a top candidate for the soundtrack of summer in 2024.
Deep Digs / Elemental Music
Triumphant concert by the great gospel guitarist and singer, wherein she wins over an audience unfamiliar with her or her music.
Jagjaguwar
A brief but intriguing full-length debut by Shane Lavers, whose influences span experimental music, sophisti-pop, Animal Collective, and Steve Reich.
ECM New Series
A highly personal, often transcendent album features mostly works by Baltic composers.
Orchid Classics
Intense performances orient trios by Weinberg and Schubert strongly toward the experience of death.
Somm
Irish song cycles from an influential composer and educator offering several recorded premieres.
Decca
Varied Gershwin works and arrangements, inventively refracted through multiple lenses.
Harmonia Mundi
A fine program of neoclassic works includes lesser-known items by Falla.
Hyperion
A marvelous Duruflé Requiem in which young voices bring out the composer's swirling counterpoint.