First Listen

Helado Negro's new album, Private Energy, comes out Oct. 7. Ben Sellon/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption

Brent Cobb's new album, Shine On Rainy Day, comes out Oct. 7. Don VanCleave/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption

Conor Oberst's new album, Ruminations, comes out Oct. 14. Amelie Raoul/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Shovels & Rope's new album, Little Seeds, comes out Oct. 7. Leslie Ryan McKellar/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Phish's new album, Big Boat, comes out Oct. 7. Courtesy of the artist. hide caption

Pixies new album, Head Carrier, comes out Sept. 30. Travis Shinn/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption

John Prine's new album, For Better, Or Worse, comes out Sept. 30. Josh Britt/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption

Drive-By Truckers' new album, American Band, comes out Sept. 30. Courtesy of the artist. hide caption

Jenny Hval's new album, Blood Bitch, comes out Sept. 30. Jenny Berger Myhre/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption

Bob Weir's new album, Blue Mountain, comes out Sept. 30. Jay Blakesberg/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

John Adams' new "dramatic symphony," Scheherazade.2, comes out Sept. 30. Vern Evans/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption

Ryuichi Sakamoto's score for the film Nagasaki: Memories Of My Son comes out Sept. 23. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Beach Slang's new album, A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings, comes out Sept. 23. Ian Laidlaw/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Flock Of Dimes' new album, If You See Me, Say Yes, comes out Sept. 23. Will Hackney/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam's new album, I Had A Dream That You Were Mine, comes out Sept. 23. Josh Goleman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption