Saxophonist/composer Wilkins' third studio album is a soothing balm for anyone searching for peace, and for Black people trying to reconcile history in a country that tries to erase it. It explores 'blues' as a symbol of radical optimism in the face of adversity and 'blood' as a symbol of all things ancestral and generational.

Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy discovers the art of turning up the ante and the volume on his third � and best � solo album. His skyscraping voice, alternating from broody warning to unbridled celebration, continues to be an immediately identifiable calling card, but this time, as the title suggests, Kennedy goes for what feels right.

An exquisite album of spontaneous solo composition, nuanced improvisation, and exploratory world creation featuring living legends Laraaji, Luis P�rez Ixoneztli, and Andr� 3000. Samples of his studio sessions with Kamasi Washington, Shabaka Hutchings and others pervade Mercereau's psychedelic quests and adventures as well.

Born out of her time on the road, Samara Joy took her touring band into legendary Van Gelder Studios in February of 2024. This record, appropriately entitled Portrait, is a collection of standards (as well as one original) and features her singular voice, alongside arrangements from this tight-knit young group.

No Obligation further advances The Linda Lindas� unironic, joyful, and exciting trajectory of mashing up L.A. punk with alt-rock, garage rock, power pop, new wave and rock en espanol. It�s a dazzling window into growing up right now, borrowing from and building on previous generations of feminist passion and energy.

The emo rockers� second album tells a story of religion and violence within the titular city, a rundown of its history and everyday activities. The band have recruited an amazing roster of featured vocalists from bands like The Used and Ice Nine Kills, all of whom lend their voices in narrating this epic tale.

Moon Music is only 10 songs, but it�s a lot, and that�s the idea � the pop-rock album comes as a social, psychological, and metaphysical cold-plunge. It�s pop�s biggest optimists fighting the blues and highlighting the power of music while gently and subtly distilling that spirit of weathering any storm.

In contrast to his debut which featured instrumentals written and performed solely by the artist himself, For Cryin� Out Loud! sees Finneas expand his creative horizons to a classic studio/band environment, resulting in his most uplifting and raw body of work to date.

With 13 tracks featuring Bridge�s signature storytelling and a unique blend of organic genre alchemy, Leon is his most poignant, powerful, and personal work to date. He takes fans on a trip through the heart of Ft. Worth he knows best, the things he holds dear, and the people and places that shaped him.

Cutouts brings a more complicated listen than the band�s previous two releases. Filled with looping textures and the sort of repeat spins Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood are used to with their main group of Radiohead, the album strikes a balance between orchestrated opulence and prog-like trickiness.

At roughly 45 minutes, the two compositions that make up this album are as confounding as they are engaging in their scope, melding the 70's prog leanings of Tangerine Dream with the deathly intent of Morbid Angel. Blood Incantation are leaving the notion of genre behind and writing a new language for extreme music itself.

On their fourth full length, Fever 333 still perches outside genre definition, balancing hardcore, metalcore and hip-hop -- each shifting between tracks. In the two years since Wrong Generation dropped, they�ve got even angrier, more vicious in their determination to address social injustice, with this renewed fire bleeding through every song.

New York-based death metal greats Undeath emerge from festering slime with their new album, More Insane. The 10 tracks, imbued with death metal's immortal soul, feast on the rotten flesh of brutality, complexity, and depravity while bringing inimitable energy, pit-friendly hooks, and work-hardened ethos.

For over a decade, Drug Church have been building a very strong case that they�re the best loud guitar band in the game; their fifth full-length Prude�a 28-minute blast of aggression, melody, irreverence, and genuine heart�feels like the undeniable proof.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit follow up with a second volume of live recordings from their annual residency at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Featuring favorites from Weathervanes and Reunions as well as "The Last Song I Will Write" and a cover of Tom Petty's "Room at the Top".

Got A Story to Tell delivers a pushes genre while exhibiting a magnetic coolness and swagger. The relaxed quality of the musicianship coupled with Josh Lane's heart-wrenching voice gives the album a maturity that carries the listener through many facets of the soul spectrum. From the heavy groove of "Lucid Girl" to the '70s swing of "Live for You".