Sharon Van Etten headlines this week's of new releases, but she's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. On this episode, NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Robert Moore of Kansas City public radio station 90.9 The Bridge, where Robert hosts the underground rock show Sonic Spectrum.
Featured albums
- Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, s/t
- Adrian Crowley, Measure of Joy
- Heartworms, Glutton for Punishment
- Nadia Reid, Enter Now Brightness
- Squid, Cowards
Other notable albums out Feb. 7
Pop
- Biig Piig, 11:11
- Natti Natasha, en Amargue
- Olly Alexander, Polari
Rock/indie/alternative
- Adwaith, Solas
- AHI, The Light Behind the Sun
- Avalanche Party, Der Traum Uber Alles
- Baby Lasagna, DMNS & MOSQUITOES
- The Bird Calls, Melody Trail
- Cowboy Junkies, Whites Off Earth Now!! (Reissue)
- Drop Nineteens, 1991
- Dropkick, Primary Colours
- FACS, Wish Defense
- Guided by Voices, Universe Room
- Helen Ganya, Share Your Care
- Inhaler, Open Wide
- Kiran Kai, Ariel Blue
- Lewis Watson, blue skies grey
- Lina Tullgren, Decide Which Way The Eyes Are Looking
- Low Roar, House in the Woods
- Michigander, Michigander
- The Moles, Composition Book
- Oklou, Choke Enough
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010
- Rats on Rafts, Deep Below
- Shannon Wright, Reservoir of Love
- Sleeper's Bell, Clover
- Wilco, A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Edition)
Hip-hop
- 2 Chainz, Larry June & The Alchemist, Life Is Beautiful
- Krept & Konan, Young Kingz II
Country/folk/Americana
- HORSEBATH, Another Farewell
- Joe Ely, Love and Freedom
- JohnnySwim,When the War is Over
- The Ocelots, Everything, When Said Slowly
- Sam Moss, Swimming
- Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Closer to the Bone
- Vashti Bunyan, Lookaftering (Expanded Edition)
- Wilder Woods, Curioso
Jazz
- Anthony Joseph, Rowing up River to Get Our Names Back
- Eugenia Choe, So We Speak
- Fabiano de Nascimento, Solstice Concert (Live)
- James Brandon Lewis, Apple Cores
- Moses Yoofee Trio, MYT
- Peace Flag Ensemble, Everything Is Possible
- William Hooker, Jubilation
Classical
- Alice Sara Ott, Field: Complete Nocturnes
- Louis Philippson, Exposition
Electronic/out there
- Ali Omar, Hashish Hits
- Bjarki, A Guide to Hellthier Lifestyle
- Christian Winther, Sculptures From Under the City Ice
- Diffrent, My Sound EP
- HONESTY, U R HERE
- Jako Maron, Mahavélouz
- Joe Chambers, Kevin Diehl & Chad Taylor, Onilu
- Ken Ikeda, Sacred Offering
- Pye Corner Audio, Where Things Are Hollow: No Tomorrow
- Skeleten, Mentalized
- Traxman, Da Mind of Traxman Vol.3
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