Featured New Releases for
May 31, 2024
Legacy / Sony Music
The veteran country singer balances humor and contemplation on his 75th album.
New West
Another confident late period effort of smart songwriting, guitar wizardry, and surprising vigor.
Warner Records
An impassioned second album from the Grammy- and Golden Globe-winning singer/actress, this neatly deviates from the throwback orientation of the debut.
Sony Music
While the singer and songwriter regularly surprises listeners, this set of covers from the classic Latin rock era is revelatory.
Fantasy
A complete re-recording of the band's debut (and one new song with Brandi Carlile) mixes technicolored loyal takes and guest-featuring revisions.
Verve
On her solo debut for Verve, the Brooklyn-based singer, composer, and producer delivers a poignant, sensuous meditation on the night.
Mom + Pop Music
A more self-assured third album recorded with prior collaborators Benjamin Lazar Davis, Will Graefe, and Christian Lee Hutson.
City Slang
A mesmerizing sophomore LP that draws on the sonics of Mazzy Star, the Velvet Underground, Speedy Wunderground, noise rock, haunted folk, and more.
Kill Rock Stars
The band winningly add punky dance beats, smoky spy music textures, jagged guitars, and vintage keys to their hooky brand of surfy indie pop.
Slumberland
The Oakland jangle punk trio brings a loose, fun flow of ideas as well as more sophisticated production and songwriting to their sophomore full-length.
Cuneiform Records
The band's complete killer 1971 run at Norway's Henie Onstad Art Centre, with another unissued concert from the night before, in stellar sound.
Various Artists
Cherry Red
Four-CD set tracing the development of dark, atmospheric alternative music from post-punk to goth club favorites and neo-classical dream pop.
Run for Cover Records
The indie pop/folk-rock quartet indulge their more texturally adventurous side on the companion album to 2023's hook-driven Wishes to Fulfill.
ATMA Classique
A fine, spare chamber opera on Haitian themes by a composer and librettist of Caribbean origin.
Somm
Songs by composers from Vaughan Williams' circle, as well as the composer himself, mark his 150th birthday in 2022.
Sony Classical
This installment in this chamber-adapted Beethoven symphony series offers a superb performance of the "Archduke" trio.
BIS
A masterful exploration of Bach chorale settings on a historic German organ.
Berlin Classics
A new Vivaldi bassoon concerto launches with these agile performances.
Onyx Classics
A performance that makes a strong case for this version of Bartók's less-played first ballet.