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New Reviews for September 20, 2024

Dead Oceans

Jovial, lively arrangements and moments of self-aware absurdity make this album from a legendarily bleak indie band more triumphant than despairing.

- Fred Thomas

Silver Current

This chronological 24-track archival collection includes previously unheard songs from every session this incredibly important indie band played in their brief lifetime.

- Fred Thomas

Sony Music

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Before the Flood, this massive 27-disc box set features 431 tracks, 417 of them previously unreleased.

- Thom Jurek

Young

The producer's long-awaited second album is a joyous, pensive, and satisfying love letter to the communal healing power of dance music.

- Heather Phares

Daydream Library

The noise rock figurehead continues to expand on his transcendent sonic dreamworld with help from members of Stereolab, My Bloody Valentine, and Negativland.

- Fred Thomas

Rhino / Warner Records

Unabridged concert document from the arena rock institution's 1982 tour that includes six previously unreleased tracks.

- Fred Thomas

Stones Throw

The band's fourth album is a predictably great blend of outerspace jazz, breezy easy listening, and perfectly arranged soft pop full of memorably sweet melodies.

- Tim Sendra

Concord / Concord Jazz

The English saxophonist and her longstanding quartet enlist chamber strings and guest singers in an approach to expanding the creative reach of jazz.

- Thom Jurek

Editors' Choice for August, 2024

AllMusic Staff Pick - September 20, 2024

1974

Much of this album, released on George Harrison's Dark Horse Records label 50 years ago today, actually sounds like very good Badfinger outtakes. Splinter deserved to be remembered, but so far their recognition has only come from the hardcore underground network of Beatles enthusiasts.
- Bruce Eder