Featured New Album Releases

Kevin Parker / Tame Impala

Deadbeat

Columbia

Pop/Rock

Dance-centric fifth album from Tame Impala finds Kevin Parker on the decks at a bush doof.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Sudan Archives

The BPM

Stones Throw

R&B, Electronic

A highly energized and pleasure-seeking third album from singer, songwriter, and violinist Brittney Parks.

— Andy Kellman

The Last Dinner Party

From The Pyre

Island

Pop/Rock

The U.K. group's sophomore effort follows in its predecessor's bedazzled footsteps, delivering lusty thespian rock to the masses with wit, warmth, and swagger.

— James Christopher Monger

The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Jimi Hendrix

Axis: Bold As Love [4CD/Blu-Ray Audio Box]

Legacy / Sony Music

Pop/Rock, R&B

Includes 27 previously unreleased recordings from 1967, including demos, alternate takes, plus TV and radio performances.

Miles Kane

Sunlight in the Shadows

Easy Eye Sound

Pop/Rock

The British rocker teams up with the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach for a fuzztone-soaked, T. Rex-inspired sixth album.

— Matt Collar

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Some Like It Hot

Matador

Pop/Rock

Bolstered by cleaner production and confident playing, the London trio's poetic, mischievous, raucous, and heartbroken songs take on new life.

— Heather Phares

Of Monsters and Men

All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade

Skarkali

Pop/Rock

The focused, intimate fourth set from the Icelandic indie folk outfit comforts like a warm hug.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Animal Collective

Feels [20th Anniversary]

Domino

Pop/Rock

The 20th Anniversary Edition of this boundary-pushing experimental rock record includes B-sides and previously unreleased demos from the time of its recording.

— Fred Thomas

Faten Kanaan

Diary of a Candle

Fire Records

Avant-Garde, Electronic

The electronic composer's enigmatic sixth album is enchanting and transporting.

— Timothy Monger

Good Flying Birds

Talulah's Tape

Carpark Records

Pop/Rock

Thrilling amalgamation of indie pop and rock styles -- from C-86 to shoegaze to lo-fi -- delivered with equal amounts of deftness and energy.

— Tim Sendra

Holly Golightly

Look Like Trouble

Damaged Goods

Pop/Rock

The punk blues legend returns after some time away with a tightly coiled album that's wise and wily in equal amounts.

— Tim Sendra

Pixies

Demos

Cooking Vinyl

Pop/Rock

Gathering nine songs from the band's first studio session in 1987, this is a fascinating glimpse into their creative process.

— Heather Phares

The Bats

Corner Coming Up

Flying Nun

Pop/Rock

The New Zealand indie pop legends are still making lovely records that can break a heart with a wistful vocal or a melancholy melody.

— Tim Sendra

Mozart Estate

Tower Block in a Jam Jar

West Midlands

Pop/Rock

This revamped and partially re-recorded version of a previous Go-Kart Mozart album adds new vocals, more instruments, and is pop at its best.

— Tim Sendra

Ruen Brothers

Awooo

Yep Roc

Pop/Rock

The English duo's rootsy fourth album is as spare and moody as it is archly theatrical.

— Matt Collar

Boz Scaggs

Detour

Concord / Concord Jazz

Vocal, Jazz, R&B

On his fourth standards set, the mighty vocalist delves deep into the tradition with a modern approach.

— Thom Jurek

Seefeel

Pure, Impure [Expanded]

Too Pure

Electronic, Pop/Rock

This expanded version of this 1993 EP from the British electronica dream pop unit includes remixes from Aphex Twin and a previously unreleased demo.

— Fred Thomas

Cusp

What I Want Doesn't Want Me Back

Exploding in Sound

Pop/Rock

With a new base (Chicago), label, and lineup, the band's second LP processes anxiety and varied '90s influences into an appealingly hooky package.

— Marcy Donelson

Molly Nilsson

Amateur

Night School

Pop/Rock

The 12th album from the D.I.Y. synth pop musician, embracing influences such as piano house and jangle pop.

— Paul Simpson

All Time Low

Everyone's Talking!

Photo Finish Records

Pop/Rock

The band's pop-punk sounds reinvigorated on their hooky and heartfelt tenth album.

— Matt Collar

Boris

Dronevil -Example-

Relapse Records

Pop/Rock

A mixed-down edition of the group's simultaneous-play drone-rock opus, both spacious and hard-hitting.

— Paul Simpson

They Are Gutting a Body of Water

LOTTO

ATO

Pop/Rock

A raw, live-to-tape studio effort from the full-band formation of the noisy shoegaze act formed by Doug Dulgarian.

— Paul Simpson

Skullcrusher

And Your Song Is Like a Circle

Dirty Hit

Pop/Rock

The product of isolation, an immersive sophomore LP swathed in layers of electronics, acoustic instruments, field recordings, and airy vocals.

— Marcy Donelson

Kenny Barron

Sunset to Dawn

Time Traveler / Time Traveler Recordings

Jazz

The pianist and composer's debut leader album still registers more than half-a-century later as an excellent exploration of composition and groove.

— Thom Jurek

Kreidler

Early Recordings 1994-95

Bureau B

Pop/Rock, Electronic

Collection of dub-influenced Motorik grooves drawn from the Düsseldorf-based group's early tape and vinyl releases.

— Paul Simpson

Living Hour

Internal Drone Infinity

Keeled Scales

Pop/Rock

A sonically volatile, existentially anxious fourth LP from the Winnipeggers, touching on angular indie rock, shoegaze, psych pop, noise, and slowcore.

— Marcy Donelson