Featured New Releases for
May 17, 2024

To All TrainsEditors' Choice
Touch & Go
Chicago's math rock titans dish out ten bangers in 28 minutes in a fitting yet unexpected finale to their career.
- Mark Deming
AtavistaEditors' Choice
RCA / Wolf & Rothstein
R&B, Rap
This revamped version of 3.15.2020 sports a new mix, a shuffled track list, and all the daring and unpredictable brilliance of the original.
- Tim Sendra
Lives OutgrownEditors' Choice
Domino
The singer/songwriter returns from a long hiatus with gorgeously weathered songs that explore aging with resolute honesty.
- Heather Phares
GloriousEditors' Choice
Hail Mary Productions / Virgin
A bright, lively, and fresh spin on classic rock from the actress turned singer.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Neon Pill
RCA
Frontman Matt Shultz exorcises personal demons as his band plays an alluring alt-rock pastiche.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Lady on the Cusp
Polyvinyl
Set against a move from Georgia to Vermont, the project's shape-shifting 19th studio outing tends to favor its sexier, sassier, funkier proclivities.
- Marcy Donelson
Moon & StarsEditors' Choice
Mono Mundo Recordings
Flashes of their retro-pop past and Latin-infused present mix on a great album from these roots country veterans.
- Mark Deming
Permanent Pleasure
Cultco Music / Hollywood
Boosted by orchestral backing, the Rochester indie crew scale back on concept and get creative on yet another addictive set.
- Neil Z. Yeung
Combustible GemsEditors' Choice
Slumberland
The proper debut full-length from this New Jersey indie outfit takes a slightly different approach for each of its eight tuneful and tastefully arranged tracks.
- Fred Thomas
When You Touch Me: The West End RecordingsEditors' Choice
Second Disc Records / SoulMusic
R&B
Overdue anthology of the singer's West End recordings, including eternal club hits "Work That Body," "When You Touch Me," and "Heartbeat."
- Andy Kellman
La ComitivaEditors' Choice
Bubbles
The Norwegian expat and his Sicilian string band create breezy chamber pop with South American and Italian flair.
- Timothy Monger
Infinite Love Infinite TearsEditors' Choice
Valley of Search
The saxophonist and composer returns to recording with a smoking jazz band filled with old and new friends, including vibist Patricia Brennan.
- Thom Jurek
Live in Montreal May 1975
Liberation Hall / Wienerworld
Raw, swaggering, charismatic concert recorded a few months before the legendary saxophonist's death at age 46.
- Matt Collar
Lawn Girl
Exploding in Sound
The solo debut of Melkbelly's Miranda Winters is a quick, cathartic one that merges '90s alternative influences and themes of femininity.
- Marcy Donelson
Lully, Vol. 4: Te Deum
Château de Versailles
Choral works by Lully bring the full splendor of Louis XIV's court.
- James Manheim
Richard Wagner
Harmonia Mundi
Wagner transcriptions in the 19th century grand manner bring the listener close to the world of Liszt as a pianist.
- James Manheim
Bach: Das Wohltemperiert Klavier 1
BIS
The offspring of a great Bach performer strikes a balance between parental influence and an independent course.
- James Manheim
Paysage
Alpha
A wonderful French orchestral song recital from the seemingly indestructible Gens.
- James Manheim
Dani Howard: Orchestral Works
Rubicon
Sunny, enthusiastic works from a newcomer on the crossover orchestral scene.
- James Manheim
Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil
Chandos
A unique arrangement of Rachmaninov's famed sacred work for an all-male choir.
- James Manheim
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