The album began its life as many albums by the Mountain Goats do, with John Darnielle playing the piano until a lyric emerged. That lyric became Jenny III, a song which laid down a challenge he'd never taken up before: writing a sequel to one of his most beloved albums: All Hail West Texas. Recorded at Tulsa, Oklahoma's legendary Church Studio with Grammy-winning producer/engineer Trina Shoemaker, this is a lush collection of showtunes, pushing Darnielle...

The surprise companion to the National's April release, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, is the band's most freewheeling, all-hands-on-deck album in years. If Frankenstein represented a rebuilding of trust between group members after 20-plus years together, the vibrant, exploratory album is both the product of that faith and a new statement of intent. Reveling in the license to radically upend its creative process, the National honed most of this...

The Struts erupted onto the music scene with their behemoth anthem, Could've Been Me, introducing the world to their timeless rock sound. With their acclaimed debut Everybody Wants, the British rockers cemented their reputation as a must-see act bringing their energetic tracks alive on stage with larger-than-life performances. Their new album embodies that raw, raucous nature of their live shows, fusing their arena-size energy into their most honest...

This is vintage Cowboy Junkies and another dimension from the lo-fi Canadian band. It is a rumination on aging, losing parents, facing mortality and creating space for one's life in the midst of the ruin that comes from merely living.

The Loveliest Time is the follow-up to 2022's The Loneliest Time, which continues in Jepsen's tradition of coupled releases, but this time they're not so much B-sides as they are a second chapter. While The Loneliest Time was born from a period of isolation and self-discovery, The Loveliest Time is a celebration of that growth. Featuring shimmering lead single Shy Boy, The Loveliest Time is Jepsen at her most experimental and intimate to date.

Singer-songwriter James Blunt, best known for smash hit You're Beautiful, returns with his seventh album. It features the single Beside You.

The Jonas Brothers bring together all of their hit singles in a collection that also includes tracks from DNCE and solo tracks from Nick Jonas. It serves as a companion piece to their world tour.