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Sarah McLachlan: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

The Canadian singer-songwriter’s third record is a fascinating outlier in her catalog, an unsparing and expansive album written in the mountains of Quebec following traumatic experiences in her life.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sarah-mclachlan-fumbling-towards-ecstasy

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Gunn-Truscinski Duo: Bay Head

Steve Gunn and John Truscinski’s third album of low-key, abstract jams is their most varied and narratively absorbing to date.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/gunn-truscinski-duo-bay-head

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Alexis Georgopoulos/Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: Fragments of a Season

Two ambient-leaning auteurs unite for a charming exercise in bright guitar tones and wistful moods, rooted in their mutual admiration for Manchester legend Vini Reilly.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/alexis-georgopoulos-jefre-cantu-ledesm-fragments-of-a-season

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Bibio: Phantom Brickworks

The restless UK electronic musician sets aside prior experiments in spliced soul and finger-picking folk-glitch in favor of foggy ambient atmospheres that are both soothing and haunting.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bibio-phantom-brickworks

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Bob Dylan: Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981

The latest installment of the Bootleg Series excavates live recordings and demos from Dylan’s infamous, fruitful, and polarizing era as an evangelical Christian.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bob-dylan-trouble-no-more-the-bootleg-series-vol-13-1979-1981

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21 Savage / Offset / Metro Boomin: Without Warning

The two rappers and producer strike a devious, almost perfect balance on their mixtape released on Halloween, where supernatural frights are replaced by guns and goons.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21-savage-offset-metro-boomin-without-warning

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Shamir: Revelations

Shamir Bailey’s latest is a lo-fi set of interesting ideas that never quite gel. As ever, his soulful voice is the star, offering hints of sophistication and wonder.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/shamir-revelations

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Trupa Trupa: Jolly New Songs

On their nimble new LP, the Polish quartet Trupa Trupa bring some poetry and subtlety to psychedelic rock.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/trupa-trupa-jolly-new-songs

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Errorsmith: Superlative Fatigue

Erik Wiegand produced his wildly fun new record with the digital synth he invented. Fueled by dancehall, its manic pleasure offers a way out of techno’s self-serious cul-de-sac.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/errorsmith-superlative-fatigue

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Grandaddy: Under the Western Freeway

It’s been a sad year for these early-2000s indie-rock heroes, but this reissue of their cult-classic 1997 debut is a reminder that Grandaddy was a special band from the start.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/grandaddy-under-the-western-freeway

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Yo Gotti: I Still Am

The new album from Yo Gotti—current ambassador of Memphis rap—digs deeper into his roles as struggler, hustler, and city spokesman, with a more pointed focus on betrayal.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/yo-gotti-i-still-am

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Visionist: Value

The London producer’s latest full-length, a high-concept electronic consideration of the artistic soul, balances between fragility and bombast.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/visionist-value

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Converge: The Dusk in Us

The ninth album from the metalcore architects is sharp and urgent. Jacob Bannon’s songwriting shines as he turns his back on interpersonal torment and faces something bigger and more existential.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/converge-the-dusk-in-us

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Odonis Odonis: No Pop

On their fourth album, the restless Toronto trio change lanes again, this time to minimal, claustrophobic electronic music that sounds like the end of the world.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/odonis-odonis-no-pop

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Ty Dolla $ign: Beach House 3

Ty Dolla $ign’s new album is superbly refined. It leverages his gravelly voice, attention to detail, and willingness to kill his ego.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ty-dolla-dollarign-beach-house-3

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Majid Jordan: The Space Between

The refined sophomore album from Majid Jordan—best known for featuring on Drake’s “Hold On, We’re Going Home”—finds the Toronto duo coasting on an atmospheric pop-R&B sound that is uniquely their own.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/majid-jordan-the-space-between

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Kyle Dixon/Michael Stein: Stranger Things 2 (A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack)

The heady electronic duo that gave Netflix’s sci-fi success story its signature sound are back for another round, with plenty of nostalgia and some new tricks.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/kyle-dixon-michael-stein-stranger-things-2-a-netflix-original-series-soundtrack

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Misfits: Static Age

Recorded in 1978 and shelved for two decades, what should have been the band’s London Calling befuddled record execs who didn’t know what to do with a B-movie-obsessed punk with an Elvis croon.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/misfits-static-age

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Misfits: Walk Among Us

They were outliers when they started, but by the time their classic debut arrived in 1982, Misfits’ gleeful, ghoulish punk rock was exactly in tune with the national mood.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/misfits-walk-among-us

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Danzig: Danzig III: How the Gods Kill

On the third album he made with his biggest band, Glenn Danzig lived up to his larger-than-life metal-god myth in ways he’s rarely done since.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/danzig-danzig-iii-how-the-gods-kill

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