Classical

Classical Highlights for October 2024

The highlights of October's new reviews seem to be mainly vocal releases, with a diversity of styles. Of particular note: the women of the Corvus Consort (pictured) are joined by Louise Thomson for a variety of works specifically for female voices and harp. Please explore our classical highlights for October.

New Reviews for November 1, 2024

The Cure

Songs of a Lost World

Capitol / Polydor

Pop/Rock

On their first album in 16 years, these goth rock superpowers stir up echoes of the slow, sad beauty of their best-loved work.

- Fred Thomas

Elvis Costello

King of America & Other Realms [Super Deluxe Edition]

UMe

Pop/Rock

An epic-scale exploration of one of Costello's finest albums, and the creative doors it opened for him.

- Mark Deming

Willie Nelson

Last Leaf on the Tree

Sony Music

Country, Pop/Rock, Vocal

A poignant, masterfully delivered covers album from the country legend and his son.

- Matt Collar

Tyler, The Creator

CHROMAKOPIA

Columbia

Rap

Tyler's seventh LP proves candid and spontaneous, reckoning with age, sexuality, and fatherhood.

- David Crone

Weezer

Weezer [Blue Album] [30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]

Geffen / Polydor / UMC

Pop/Rock

This swag-filled reissue of the band's landmark debut album includes almost 40 previously unissued recordings.

- Tim Sendra

Mount Eerie

Night Palace

Pop/Rock

Phil Elverum's sprawling, noisy document of the peace he found while reassembling his life offers a deeply rewarding listening experience.

- Heather Phares

Peter Perrett

The Cleansing

Domino

Pop/Rock

Tales of a dangerous past and uplifting survival told in classic punk troubadour style by the former Only Ones' leader.

- Tim Sendra

Richard Swift

4 Hits & a Miss: The Essential Richard Swift

Secretly Canadian

Pop/Rock

A 14-track collection, including one previously unreleased song, spanning the late indie maverick's 15-year solo catalog.

- Marcy Donelson

More Recent Releases

Tomin

A Willed and Conscious Balance

The Fleshtones

It's Getting Late (...and More Songs About Werewolves)

Thus Love

All Pleasure

Tuxedo

Tuxedo IV

T. Rex

Bolan Boogie: The Very Best of T. Rex

Isaac Hayes

Hot Buttered Singles 1969-1972

Contour

Take Off from Mercy

Michael Mayer

The Floor Is Lava

All Featured New Releases

In Memoriam

AllMusic's Favorite Actually Scary Albums

Editors' Choice for October, 2024

Amyl and the Sniffers

Cartoon Darkness

Barbara Buntrock / Christian Tetzlaff / Tanja Tetzlaff / Lars Vogt

Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3

Dawn Richard / Spencer Zahn

Quiet in a World Full of Noise

Fred Thomas

Window in the Rhythm

Goat

Jerry Cantrell

I Want Blood

Jordana / Jordana Nye

Lively Premonition

St. Lenox

Ten Modern American Work Songs

The Vim and Vigour of Alvarius B and Cerberus Shoal

AllMusic Staff Pick - November 5, 2024

Alvarius B. / Cerberus Shoal

The Vim and Vigour of Alvarius B and Cerberus Shoal

August 1, 2002

Experimental Rock

Avant-rock collective Cerberus Shoal released a split CD with Sun City Girls' Alan Bishop in which both artists provided originals as well as reinterpretations of the other act's contributions. The final track, Cerberus Shoal's 18-minute "The Real Ding", is jaw-dropping and deserves to be an underground classic. Slowly progressing from sparse folk backed by a typewriter to an almost overwhelmingly lush choral arrangement, the melody grows more haunting as it grows, but remarkably, the lyrics are free of repetition for the entire song.
- Paul Simpson

In Memoriam

Classical Highlights for October 2024

New Reviews for November 1, 2024

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Editors' Choice for October, 2024

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Paul Di'Anno Remembered