The Album Leaf – A Body of Voices (Eastern Glow/Nettwerk)
Jimmy LaValle returns with an immersive blend of ambient electronics, understated rhythms, and cinematic post-rock. The record continues The Album Leaf’s patient, atmospheric approach to instrumental music.
Amon Amarth – The Allfather Awakens (Metal Blade)
The Swedish band’s thirteenth album delivers melodic death metal built around Norse mythology and the figure of Odin. Its ten tracks include “Gjallarhorn,” “Upphaf,” and “We Rule the Waves.”
The Beatles – Rubber Soul: Special Edition (Apple/Capitol/UMe)
The landmark 1965 album receives a new stereo mix by Giles Martin and Sam Okell, accompanied in expanded configurations by session recordings, the original mono album, and the original U.S. Capitol version. Formats range from a single LP and CD to multi-disc deluxe sets.
The Chicks – Taking the Long Way: 20th Anniversary Edition (Columbia)
This anniversary edition revisits the trio’s Grammy-winning 2006 album, a defiant fusion of country, rock, and singer-songwriter traditions. The original record includes “Not Ready to Make Nice” and “The Long Way Around.”
Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True: 49th Anniversary Edition (UMe)
Costello’s sharp, enduring 1977 debut returns in newly remastered and expanded configurations. The larger box-set edition explores the album’s creation and the early period that produced “Alison,” “Watching the Detectives,” and “(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes.”
Emily A. Sprague – Cyano (RVNG Intl.)
The Florist songwriter and synthesist presents another exploratory electronic work shaped by organic textures and gently evolving sound. It continues Sprague’s parallel practice in ambient and experimental composition.
Frozen Crown – The Legend of the Six Kings (Napalm)
The Italian band’s sixth album is a melodic power-metal adventure filled with twin-guitar leads, rapid rhythms, and fantasy storytelling. It extends the expansive, highly polished sound of the group’s recent releases.
Ghostemane – AM (Eric Ghoste Publishing)
Ghostemane returns with a full-length collision of rap, industrial electronics, hardcore, and metal. The album continues his bleak, abrasive approach to underground hip-hop.
Greg Freeman – All Set the Bone (Transgressive/Canvasback)
The Vermont songwriter follows Burnover with another collection of weathered, expansive indie rock. Freeman’s rough-edged vocals and vivid writing place him in the lineage of country-tinged guitar music and rambling American rock.
Helen – Linda’s Head (Kranky)
The Grouper-associated project returns with hazy, texture-heavy dream pop. Distorted guitars and blurred vocals give the album a radiant but elusive atmosphere.
Johnny Marr – The Age of Everything (New Voodoo/BMG)
The former Smiths guitarist delivers a new set of melodic, guitar-driven rock songs. Marr’s unmistakable playing anchors a record that balances widescreen arrangements with direct pop craftsmanship.
Jon Hassell – Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three) (Ndeya)
The third archival Pentimento volume draws from Hassell’s extensive recording archive. It offers another window into the trumpeter and composer’s influential “Fourth World” fusion of ambient electronics, jazz, and global musical traditions.
John Coltrane – John Coltrane 100: Selections from 1951–1967 (Rhino)
Issued for Coltrane’s centennial year, this career-spanning collection surveys recordings from his formative work through his revolutionary final period. It is available across vinyl, CD, digital, and expanded box-set formats.
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – RUIN: It’s Not Just Music (Someone Special)
Smith’s latest electronic work uses modular synthesis, voice, and intricately layered sound to create a vividly physical listening experience. The result sits between experimental pop, ambient composition, and electronic abstraction.
Kyle Gordon – Kyle Gordon Is Everywhere (BMG)
Comedian and musician Kyle Gordon expands his gallery of musical characters into a full album. The project uses affectionate genre parody and character-driven songwriting rather than conventional stand-up comedy.
Lee Brice – Sunriser (Curb)
Brice returns with a collection centered on his sturdy, soulful country delivery. The album combines reflective storytelling with the broad, radio-ready sound that has defined his recent work.
LIA LIA – Armor (Alter)
The Berlin-based artist’s album pairs vulnerable songwriting with distorted alternative pop and electronic production. Its contrasts of softness and abrasion mirror the emotional defenses suggested by the title.
Lily Seabird – Lightspheres on Their Way (Lame-O)
Seabird offers intimate, patiently unfolding indie rock rooted in folk songwriting. Warm guitars and closely observed lyrics give the album a quietly expansive character.
Meshell Ndegeocello – Synonym (Blue Note)
The bassist, singer, and composer continues her restless exploration of soul, jazz, funk, and spoken-word expression. Synonym arrives through Blue Note, extending the adventurous direction of her recent work for the label.
Miranda Lambert – Crisco (Vanner/MCA)
Lambert’s new country album combines wit, grit, and lived-in storytelling across twelve songs. It includes “A Song to Sing,” her collaboration with Chris Stapleton, alongside the title track and “Two Things Can Be True.”
The Machine – Another Sun (Blues Funeral)
The Dutch trio delivers a heavy-psych and stoner-rock set driven by thick riffs, elastic grooves, and extended instrumental passages. It is the band’s first album to receive a coordinated worldwide release.
MX LONELY – PERFECT HOUSE EP (Julia’s War)
The Brooklyn group’s new EP pushes its mixture of shoegaze, noise rock, and alternative metal into a more concentrated form. Dense guitars and buried melodies give the release a claustrophobic pull.
Quavo – QRÖMELIFE (Quality Control/Motown)
The Migos rapper returns with a fourteen-track solo album led by “Trance (Walk It Down)” and “Backwards.” The record centers Quavo’s melodic delivery and Atlanta-rooted approach to modern trap.
Stef Chura – Dancing Alone on the Concrete (Saddle Creek)
Chura returns with her first full-length release in several years, sharpening her wiry guitar rock and instantly recognizable vocal style. The album balances nervous energy with more reflective songwriting.
Turning Point – Creatures of the Night (Analogue October)
The British jazz-fusion group’s 1977 debut receives a limited, hand-numbered 180-gram vinyl reissue mastered from the original tapes. Its blend of jazz, rock, and Canterbury-style experimentation makes it a worthwhile catalog rediscovery.
Vanishing Twin – Archives (Fire)
This archival collection gathers material from the London experimental-pop ensemble. It highlights the group’s collage-like mixture of psychedelia, library music, electronic sound, and exploratory pop.
Victoria Monét – Frequency of Love (Lovett/RCA)
Monét follows her breakthrough JAGUAR era with a new R&B album steeped in polished grooves and sensual songwriting. The release places her supple vocals and meticulous pop craftsmanship at the center.
Wishy – Nature’s Pill (Winspear)
The Indianapolis band’s second album develops its bright collision of shoegaze haze, power-pop hooks, and ’90s alternative-rock crunch. “All the Rage,” “Lovesick,” and “Sensational” preview its more immediate, melodic direction.
Wynonna – The Hard Truth (ANTI-)
Wynonna begins a new chapter with her first studio album for ANTI-. The record foregrounds the force and weathered character of her voice while bringing country, roots rock, and soul into conversation.
LIA LIA – Armor (Alter)
The Berlin artist channels emotional vulnerability through noisy guitars, electronic textures, and dark alternative pop. The album’s mixture of intimacy and confrontation gives its title a fitting double meaning.
Kyle Gordon – Kyle Gordon Is Everywhere (BMG)
Gordon turns his shape-shifting musical comedy into an album-length tour through invented performers and genre pastiches. Each style is played with enough musical detail to function beyond the joke.
