First Listen Enjoy select, upcoming albums, in their entirety.
First Listen

First Listen

Hear upcoming albums in their entirety

Sunday

Jim James' Regions of Light and Sound of God comes out Feb. 5. Neil Krug/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Jim James, 'Regions Of Light And Sound Of God'

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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down's new album, We the Common, comes out Feb. 5. Lauren Tabak/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, 'We The Common'

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Wayne Shorter's new album, Without a Net, comes out Feb. 5. Robert Ascroft/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Wayne Shorter, 'Without A Net'

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Richard Thompson's Electric comes out Feb. 5. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Sunday

Buke and Gase's new album, General Dome, comes out Jan. 29. Grant Cornett/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Buke And Gase, 'General Dome'

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Darkstar's new album, News From Nowhere, comes out Feb. 5. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Darkstar, 'News From Nowhere'

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Blaudzun's U.S. debut, Heavy Flowers, comes out Jan. 29. IAMKAT/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Blaudzun, 'Heavy Flowers'

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra's new album, II, comes out Feb. 5. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Rudresh Mahanthappa's new album, Gamak, comes out Jan. 29. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Rudresh Mahanthappa, 'Gamak'

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Sunday

Jose James' No Beginning No End will be released on Jan. 22. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Jose James, 'No Beginning No End'

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Aaron Neville's My True Story comes out on Jan. 22. Sarah A. Friedman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Aaron Neville, 'My True Story'

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Widowspeak's new album, Almanac, comes out Jan. 22. Andrew Smith/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Widowspeak, 'Almanac'

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Sunday

Pantha Du Prince (center), flanked by members of The Bell Laboratory. Katja Ruge/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory, 'Elements Of Light'

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The Lone Bellow's self-titled debut comes out Jan. 22. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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The Lone Bellow, 'The Lone Bellow'

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Søren Løkke Juul, who records and performs as Indians, releases Something Else on Jan. 29. Piper Ferguson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Indians, 'Somewhere Else'

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