Featured New Releases for
July 12, 2024

Evolve
Jemp Records
The veteran jam band capture much of their in-concert charm on this lively, loose record.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
CharmEditors' Choice
Clairo / Virgin
Forsaking both the bedroom and the orchestra, Claire Cottrill's third album is an alternately sprightly and languid excursion into vintage soul with psychedelic hints.
- Tim Sendra
X's
Partisan
The Texas trio proves their expertise at using space and whispers to channel echoes of lost love.
Eno [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]Editors' Choice
UMR / Verve / Verve International
The soundtrack to a generative biographical documentary provides a well-rounded view of the iconic artist's 50-year solo career.
- Paul Simpson
Big IdeasEditors' Choice
EMI Records / Island
The ever-candid, fun-loving, genre-melding popster reunites with Juno producer Solomonophonic for an also delightfully over-the-top sequel.
- Marcy Donelson
L.A. Times
BMG / BMG Rights Management
A look at the modern world through the colorful prism of Fran Healy's adopted home of Los Angeles.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
My Light, My DestroyerEditors' Choice
Dead Oceans
An adventurous and exquisitely crafted followup to the New Yorker's 2021 critical breakout.
- Timothy Monger
Harmonics
Domino
The producer, remixer, and Hot Chip member teams up with friends and collaborators old and new to celebrate shared creativity.
- Heather Phares
MacroEditors' Choice
Ghostly International
The Los Angeles duo's third full-length blends balmy, '60s exotica and AM pop melodies with groovy, '90s French house vibes.
- Matt Collar
Where Love Grows
Foreign Exchange Music
R&B
A concise return from the progressive R&B singer/songwriter and Foreign Exchange associate, his first release since 2010.
- Andy Kellman
Unprecedented Sh!t
Righteous Babe Records
For the first time in her three-plus-decade career, the iconic singer/songwriter collaborates with a producer.
- Thom Jurek
Quit!!
Big Loud Records
The country singer embraces hard rock on this homage to nu-metal.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Certain Limitations
Western Vinyl Records
An improvisational trio LP still guided by the leader's idiosyncratically cosmic qualities.
- Marcy Donelson
A Window & A MirrorEditors' Choice
Joyful Noise
A box set collects the first five albums from this experimental Chicago rock band, bracketing pathfinding material recorded between 1996 and 2002.
- Fred Thomas
When I'm CalledEditors' Choice
Fat Possum Records
The Durham folksinger's first set for Fat Possum is rich in personality and warmth.
- Timothy Monger
iLadi
Blue Note
The South African saxophonist teams up with a rhythm section and producer/pianist Nduduzo Makhathini to explore the heartbeat of spiritual jazz.
- Thom Jurek
Handle With Care
In the Red Records
Spunky, energetic blend of guitars, synthesizers, and pop hooks that sounds like the Great Lost New Wave Album of 1979.
- Mark Deming
Mi Latinoamérica Sufre
Disques Bongo Joe
The solo studio project of Eblis Alvarez looks to Colombia's Caribbean coastline and Africa on this danceable, futurist concept album.
- Thom Jurek
CaracolesEditors' Choice
Daptone
On their third album, the hard-swinging Daptone Afro-Latin band reflect and innovate on the mambo as a core for danceable, creative exploration.
- Thom Jurek
Tomorrow Never Comes: The NYC Sessions 1967-1968
Grapefruit
A lost album that verges on classic status from a Beatles-influenced psychedelic pop group who vanished soon after they left the studio.
- Tim Sendra
David Crowell: Point / Cloud
Better Company
Postminimalist music that directly develops ideas in that of, especially, Steve Reich.
- James Manheim
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat; Symphony No. 2 in E flat
Hallé
Traditional readings of Elgar from the orchestra that knows him best.
- James Manheim
Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Chandos
A powerful secular oratorio receives a vocally superior performance, from chorus to soloists.
- James Manheim
After Bach II
Nonesuch
An expansion of Mehldau's jazz-influenced takes on classical music is both creative and well-executed.
- James Manheim
Danny Elfman: Percussion Concerto; Wunderkammer
Sony Classical
Highly listenable works, reflecting but not aping Elfman's film music style.
- James Manheim
Henselt & Bronsart: Piano ConcertosEditors' Choice
BIS
Two rarely recorded Romantic period piano concertos, expertly played, that may set a new standard for each.
- Keith Finke
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