Featured New Releases for
April 25, 2025
Lucky Number
The indie trio balance hooky rock riffs and AM pop sweetness on their candid, assured fourth album.
Sophisticated, perfectly played and sung pop music that, like most of the band's impressive catalog, buries the listener in a lingering cloud of melancholy.
Thrill Jockey
A full-length collaborative work from the avant-metal group and poet/sound artist that plays as a tense, panic-stricken narrative.
Joyful Noise
The band's 20th album is a noisy, poignant reminder that in times of conflict, empathy is vital.
Sony Music
Seeking creative and metaphysical transformation, the singer/songwriter cut this set live-to-analog tape in a single take.
Dark Horse Records
The pop icon digs into his punk legacy on his autobiographical ninth album.
Drag City
After releasing their first joint album ten years prior, the spiritual jazz ensemble and spacey synth trio reactivate their collaboration on this focused, meditative set.
Brainfeeder
Characteristically heady, uniquely revealing third Brainfeeder album from electronic avant-pop musician Lindsay Olsen.
Alligator Records
The Memphis quartet returns with a soaring, gritty, spiritually uplifting fourth album that celebrates love, struggle, determination, and family ties.
Shrimptech / Year0001
The Swedish noisemakers flip the bird at a world going off the rails in their strong, witty, raucous fourth album.
Psychic Hotline
The guitarist's immersive fifth album is as spectral and disorienting as it is beautiful.
The Oklahoma band get quiet and more lo-fi than ever on this home-cooked selection of hushed ballads, left-field disco, and moody indie rock.
4AD
The Irish singer/songwriter's first album for 4AD is a deeply reflective, lushly detailed effort.
Various Artists
Cherry Red
Breathe the pressure with four CDs of big beat, trip-hop, and alternative dance crossovers from electronica's peak era.
Winspear
This compilation combines 2023's melancholier Paradise EP with six uplifting new songs in the band's consistently noisy, romantic style.
Felte
The transatlantic collaboration returns to pure ambient soundscapes on its fifth full-length.
Hausu Mountain
The experimental guitarist and composer pays tribute to his late grandmother with this collection of joyful, gratitude-inspiring pieces.
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Western Vinyl Records
Analog synths, processed baritone sax, and field recordings help evoke rocks, water, industry, and us in this affecting documentary score.
Mute
Shimmering, melodic electronic pieces inspired by the artist's first trip to Vietnam.
Concord / Rounder / Universal
Returning to work with producer Bobby Harlow, the guitar slinger and her road band deliver a bold, disruptive collision of roots, blues, and pop.
LSO Live
A superb recording of Ravel's "choreographic symphony," with a wide dynamic palette, sensuous detail, and a dance spirit.
Château de Versailles
Charpentier's final mass, with its multiple choirs and big spaces, finds its proper dimensions at Versailles.
Harmonia Mundi
Harmonia Mundi's series recording Schubert songs 200 years after their initial performances comes into its own with this 2025 release.
Decca
Absolutely delightful performances centered on the Piano Concerto in D flat major, Op. 38, of Khachaturian.
Alpha
Beautifully structured program on the theme of light, incorporating a variety of works and choral styles.
Sono Luminus
Bits of lyricism and sonic stretching appear in the "everywhere" background suggested by the Latin title.