Featured New Releases for
May 23, 2025

Mad!

Transgressive
The duo delivers more witty satire that spans symphonic mayhem, taut synth rock, creeping existential dread, and real pathos.

— Heather Phares

Strawberries

Tapete Records
Embracing the role of storyteller, the legendary singer/songwriter adds jangling indie rock to his sound thanks to Peter Morén of Peter Bjorn and John.

— Tim Sendra

Quit to Play Chess

Record Makers / Universal
Putting aside disco in favor of a jumble of styles including hip-hop and big beat, the Oxnard, California musician's posthumous album is joyous and inspiring.

— Tim Sendra

LUSHLAND

Stones Throw
R&B
A charming set of tender and progressive R&B that takes cues from early-'70s soul, '90s neo-soul, and other sounds between those eras.

— Andy Kellman

Confines

Heavenly
R&B, Rap
The rapper/producer/trumpet player utilizes a different side of his musical personality on almost every track of this quick-changing, genre-noncompliant album.

— Fred Thomas

Live in Philadelphia

Otherly Love Records
Incredible performances by the Arkestra leader along with members of Irreversible Entanglements, Yo La Tengo, Wolf Eyes, and others.

— Paul Simpson

Squeeze Me

City Slang
The art pop weaver's third album adopts a more straightforward indie electro-pop for paranoid lyrics that contend with duplicity.

— Marcy Donelson

Pilgrimage

Naïve
This pianist offers a program of Hell-and-Paradise opposites that Liszt (who is represented on the program) might have enjoyed.

— James Manheim

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