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Sunday

First Listen: Andy Stott, 'Luxury Problems'

Andy Stott's new album, Luxury Problems, comes out Nov. 6. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Andy Stott, 'Luxury Problems'

The British electronic producer mixes high, heavenly voices with deep, throbbing bass vibrations. From a sonic standpoint, you won't hear anything else like Luxury Problems this year.

Andy Stott, 'Luxury Problems'

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First Listen: Bomba Estéreo, 'Elegancia Tropical'

Bomba Estéreo's new album, Elegancia Tropical, comes out Nov. 6. Rafael Piñeros, Mulato Films/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Bomba Estéreo, 'Elegancia Tropical'

For the Colombian band, life is more than a party, as Bomba Estéreo takes on thought-provoking themes and examines subtleties of pulse and tempo. Even a sweaty dance-floor cooker like "Rocas" conveys a deeply sensual sway.

Bomba Estéreo, 'Elegancia Tropical'

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Sunday

First Listen: Cody ChesnuTT, 'Landing On A Hundred'

Cody ChesnuTT's new album, Landing on a Hundred, comes out Oct. 23. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Cody ChesnuTT, 'Landing On A Hundred'

Landing on a Hundred is a dynamite collection of timeless, celebratory, searching soul music that yearns for meaning, views life as a circuitous journey, and finds cause to seek hope and give thanks along the way.

Cody ChesnuTT, 'Landing On A Hundred'

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First Listen: Charles Mingus, 'The Jazz Workshop Concerts, 1964-65'

Charles Mingus' The Jazz Workshop Concerts, 1964-65 comes out Oct. 30. Ray Avery/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Charles Mingus, 'The Jazz Workshop Concerts, 1964-65'

In 1964, a jazz great tried his hand at his own record label. A new seven-CD box set of live recordings from Charles Mingus Enterprises, much of it previously unreleased, is a monumental example of how a genius dedicated his life to his art. Hear a full 1965 concert recording from the collection.

Charles Mingus, 'The Jazz Workshop Concerts, 1964-65'

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Thursday

First Listen: Café Tacvba, 'El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco'

Cafe Tacvba's new album, El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco, comes out Oct. 22. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Café Tacvba, 'El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco'

The band's first album in five years pulls off a remarkable feat: Coming two decades into Café Tacvba's career, it's as honest, humble and refreshing as the group's debut.

Café Tacvba, 'El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco'

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Sunday

First Listen: Titus Andronicus, 'Local Business'

Titus Andronicus' new album, Local Business, comes out Oct. 23. Kyle Dean Reinford/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Titus Andronicus, 'Local Business'

Just about everything Patrick Stickles sings sounds like a mission statement, and his band hits musical high points to match the manifestos. For three albums now, the New Jersey group has charged forward, waving its baggage like a battlefield pennant.

Titus Andronicus, 'Local Business'

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First Listen: Sinkane, 'Mars'

Sinkane's new album, Mars, comes out Oct. 23. Phil Di Fiore/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Sinkane, 'Mars'

Though his influences vary wildly, Ahmed Gallab (a.k.a. Sinkane) says they all share a similar vibe that's soulful and spiritual. On Mars, he bottles that vibe, shakes it up and lets it bubble.

Sinkane, 'Mars'

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Sunday

First Listen: 'REWORK_Philip Glass Remixed'

REWORK_Philip Glass Remixed comes out Oct. 23. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: 'REWORK_Philip Glass Remixed'

Celebrate the composer's 75th birthday with 12 inventive remixes of his malleable work. Beck, Dan Deacon, Tyondai Braxton, Johann Johannsson, Pantha Du Prince and others reinterpret Glass' music, teasing out beauty and rhythm along the way.

'Rework_Philip Glass Remixed'

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First Listen: Jason Lytle, 'Dept. Of Disappearance'

Jason Lytle's new album, Dept. of Disappearance, comes out Oct. 16. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Jason Lytle, 'Dept. Of Disappearance'

The former Grandaddy singer's songs are as sweetly sad as they are comical, and as intimate as they are epic. Lytle simply tells stories — mostly fictional tales that offer listeners little moments of fantastical escape or quiet reflection.

Jason Lytle, 'Dept. Of Disappearance"

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First Listen: Martha Wainwright, 'Come Home To Mama'

Martha Wainwright's new album, Come Home to Mama, comes out Oct. 16. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Martha Wainwright, 'Come Home To Mama'

Since the release of her last studio album in 2008, Wainwright gave birth to a daughter and lost her mother, the singer Kate McGarrigle. So it's no surprise that loss and rebirth flow through the veins of Come Home to Mama.

Martha Wainwright, 'Come Home To Mama'

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Sunday

First Listen: Tame Impala, 'Lonerism'

Tame Impala's new album, Lonerism, comes out Oct. 9. Maciek Pozoga/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Tame Impala, 'Lonerism'

Not a collection of psychedelic freakouts so much as a collection of controlled psychedelic slow-burns, Lonerism makes alienation and introversion sound both alluring and, ironically, inviting.

Hear 'Lonerism' In Its Entirety

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First Listen: Lord Huron, 'Lonesome Dreams'

Lord Huron's new album, Lonesome Dreams, comes out Oct. 9. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Lord Huron, 'Lonesome Dreams'

Lonesome Dreams comes along at just the right time of year, meeting as it does between the beachy lightness of summer and the bittersweet plaintiveness of autumn. It straddles the seasons with disarming deftness — sunny enough to distract, sweet enough to comfort.

Lord Huron, 'Lonesome Dreams'

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First Listen: Freelance Whales, 'Diluvia'

Freelance Whales' new album, Diluvia, comes out Oct. 9. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Freelance Whales, 'Diluvia'

Diluvia's songs practically glow with multi-part vocal harmonies, banjos, strings, horns and other mad manmade clatter. Even the synthesizers sound warm, loose and light.

Freelance Whales, 'Diluvia'

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