Featured New Releases for
October 24, 2025

Album cover for Returning to Myself by Brandi CarlileEditors' Choice
Brandi Carlile

Returning to Myself

Brandi Carlile Band / Interscope / Lost Highway
Pop/Rock, Country
Produced with Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon, and Andrew Watt, a love of keyboards and the '90s informed the tunesmith's tender, pensive eighth solo LP.

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for FEMME FATALE by Mon LaferteEditors' Choice
Mon Laferte

FEMME FATALE

Sony Music / Sony Music Latin
Latin, Jazz, R&B
The Mexico-based Chilean singer/songwriter, a big band, and special guests use jazz, soul, ranchera and/bolero to reclaim the title for feminist manifesto.

— Thom Jurek

Album cover for CAOS by Miguel
Miguel

CAOS

RCA
R&B
The exceptional singer's first album in eight years is a dark and debauched trip rife with tension.

— Andy Kellman

Album cover for Love Chant by The Lemonheads
The Lemonheads

Love Chant

Fire Records
Pop/Rock
On their first album of entirely original material since 2006, Evan Dando's fuzzy pop project takes a strange, different path on almost every track.

— Fred Thomas

Album cover for Different Class 30 by Pulp
Pulp

Different Class 30

Island / UMR
Pop/Rock
The 30th anniversary edition of the band's classic album features new remastering and the entire 1995 Glastonbury headlining performance.

— Heather Phares

Album cover for West End Girl by Lily Allen
Lily Allen

West End Girl

BMG
Pop/Rock
A brutal breakup album from the English pop singer that sets unflinching lyrics to clean, catchy production.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Album cover for Teal Dreams by Yazmin LaceyEditors' Choice
Yazmin Lacey

Teal Dreams

Virgin
R&B
A sonically and lyrically rich follow-up to the MOBO nominee's 2023 debut, this draws more from her Caribbean heritage.

— Andy Kellman

Album cover for Touch by Tortoise
Tortoise

Touch

Nonesuch
Pop/Rock
The post-rock veterans return from a nine-year hiatus with a playful album that balances clockwork precision and jam-session spontaneity.

— Heather Phares

Album cover for Describe by Hannah Jadagu
Hannah Jadagu

Describe

Sub Pop
Pop/Rock
The singer/songwriter's second Sub Pop full-length is both more personal and sonically expansive than her debut.

— Paul Simpson

Album cover for Slacker by OruãEditors' Choice
Oruã

Slacker

K Records
Pop/Rock
Dense and foreboding indie rock spliced with psychedelia, prog, and experimental noise, played with exploratory, subtle fury.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for Krok by SoyuzEditors' Choice
Soyuz

Krok

Mr. Bongo
Pop/Rock, International, Jazz
The band's fourth album is jazz- and MPB-influenced easy listening that's never boring, instead it wraps the listener in a soft cloud of sound.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for Stereotype by SquarepusherEditors' Choice
Squarepusher

Stereotype

Warp
Electronic
First released in 1994 and unavailable until Warp reissued it 31 years later, Tom Jenkinson's first effort is filled with stomping acid hardcore.

— Paul Simpson

Album cover for Close by Steve Tibbetts
Steve Tibbetts

Close

ECM
Avant-Garde, Jazz
On his first recording in seven years, the Minnesota-based guitarist reflects on family memories, the shadow nature of all music, and more.

— Thom Jurek

Album cover for Inner Day by Jim White
Jim White

Inner Day

Drag City
Pop/Rock
The Dirty Three drummer uses this album to collect his miniature synth and drum pieces, as well as a few unexpected curveballs.

— Fred Thomas

Album cover for Unfold in the Sky by CubzoaEditors' Choice
Cubzoa

Unfold in the Sky

Bella Union
Pop/Rock
The trippy full-length solo debut of Penelope Isle's Jack Wolter is often delicate, overstimulating, and fascinatingly otherworldly at once.

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for Games People Play by Desire
Desire

Games People Play

Italians Do It Better
Pop/Rock
Third album from the cinematic synth pop group, split between pop songs for the club and film noir soundscapes.

— Paul Simpson

Album cover for Of The Near And Far by Patricia Brennan
Patricia Brennan

Of The Near And Far

Pyroclastic Records
Jazz
On her fourth album in five years, the composer and vibraphonist plays with a sextet and strings and explores the constellations in sound.

— Thom Jurek

Album cover for Hourglass by Antibalas
Antibalas

Hourglass

Daptone
R&B
The Brooklyn collective leans into their core Afrobeat sound on their first-ever all-instrumental album.

— Timothy Monger

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