Laura Marling's new album, Patterns in Repeat, is out today. Courtesy of Partisan Records hide caption
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Sam Phillips' 20th anniversary edition of A Boot And A Shoe includes "I Wanted To Be Alone," one of the tracks we can't stop playing this week. Rocky Schenck/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Joy Oladokun's Observations From a Crowded Room is among the best albums out Oct. 11. Rachel Deeb/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jack Nicholson in a memorable moment from The Shining. The 1980 film's original music, by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind, is among our picks for the most terrifying scores of all time. All Star Picture Library / Alamy/Warner Bros. hide caption
Jelly Roll's new album, Beautifully Broken, is out today. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Beabadoobee's "California," from her album This is How Tomorrow Moves, is one of the tracks we can't stop playing this week. Jules Moskovtchenko/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Smile — Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner — released their second LP of 2024, Cutouts, on Friday. ShinKatan x Weirdcore/Courtesy of XL Recordings hide caption
How Women Made Music, a new book out now from NPR Music, was inspired by our Turning The Tables series. Courtesy of Harper Collins hide caption
Alan Sparhawk's first solo album following the death of his wife, Mimi Parker, who was also his longtime partner in the band Low, is a stark electronic experiment called White Roses, My God. Sophia Photo Co/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Colin Steton's "Hollowing," from his latest album The love it took to leave you, is one of our contenders for the year's best songs. Jonathan Durand/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Nubya Garcia's new album is titled Odyssey. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
For Miranda Lambert's 10th studio album, Postcards From Texas, the country star recorded in her home state for the first time since she was a teenager. James Macari/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Angélica Garcia's "El Que" is one of the songs we can't stop playing this week. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
LL Cool J is back with a new album, The FORCE, produced by Q-Tip. Chris Parsons/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A recently discovered lost recording from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, titled Chain of Light, is one of the most-anticipated albums due out this fall. Robert Leslie/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' epic new album, Wild God, is among the most exciting new albums out August 30. Megan Cullen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Peter Cat Recording Co. Salihah Saadiq/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
David Rawlings and Gillian Welch. Alysse Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds' latest album, Wild God, is out August 30. Megan Cullen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tinashe's new album, Quantum Baby, is out Friday, Aug. 16. Nice Life Recording Company hide caption
This week, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard release Flight b741, the prolific and peripatetic Australian band's 26th album. Maclay Heriot/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Meshell Ndegeocello's latest album, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, is being released on August 2 in celebration of Baldwin's centennial. Andre Wagner/Courtesy of the artist hide caption