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New Reviews for January 17, 2025

Fat Possum Records

On their seventh album, Tamara Lindeman and company document the messiness of human nature with eloquence, compassion, and thrilling physicality.

- Heather Phares

4AD

This remastered, limited-edition vinyl release celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Pixies frontman's grandly idiosyncratic second solo album.

- Heather Phares

Saddest Factory

The debut album from this Boygenius-produced U.K. artist splits the difference between indie folk and high-tension rock songs.

- Fred Thomas

Heavenly Recordings

The second album by the Australian group is gloriously hard rocking and guitar forward while also showing off a more subtle, poppy side.

- Tim Sendra

Transgressive

The Malian desert blues group explores its roots, primarily performing with traditional acoustic instruments.

- Paul Simpson

Bella Union

The U.K. singer/songwriter examines love and all its wounds and angles on a more expansive sophomore LP that's still devastatingly raw.

- Marcy Donelson

Skep Wax Records

Timeless -- but not ageless -- indie pop from wiser, regret-stained perspectives marks the debut of a trio led by the Field Mice's Michael Hiscock.

- Marcy Donelson

Is It Jazz?

The Norwegians return to the trio format to deliver a winding, provocative, and playful exercise in musical diversity and sophistication.

- Thom Jurek

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AllMusic Staff Pick - January 18, 2025

January 18, 2000

Building Nothing Out of Something, released 25 years ago today, collects Modest Mouse singles and rare tracks from the group's indie-label years, including the studio tracks from the Interstate 8 EP and their contributions to the Sub Pop Singles Club.
- Heather Phares