Candy-O is The Cars’ 1979 sophomore album. This high fidelity vinyl reissue is the essential pressing.

Pete Jolly’s most famous work is masterful but traditional jazz piano. Seasons is a completely different beast.

I remember sitting in a Nottingham, England bar with Mark Gardener nearly 10 years ago when the Ride singer/guitarist told me the iconic ’90s shoegaze band were reforming.

Reissued on vinyl for the band’s 40th anniversary, The Cult’s 1984 debut, Dreamtime, finds the band hitting the ground running, while also poised for greater heights.

Rosali Middleman’s fourth album finds her relocated to North Carolina and comfortably taking up the Merge roster slot left open by Waxahatchee’s departure.

The mid-’80s were awash in action verb titled albums with the likes of INXS’ Kick, The Human League’s Crash, and the more obscure Van Dyke Parks’ Jump!. Aside from sharing the call to get moving, Sam Evian’s fourth solo album, Plunge, has little in common with the referenced albums.

Similar to Emily Sprague’s self-titled Florist album of a few years back, Adrianne Lenker’s woodshed approach on Bright Future brings warm and wonderful results.

Sticking with producer Brad Cook from Waxahatchee’s revelatory Saint Cloud, Katie Crutchfield continues her exploration of alt-country trails on Tigers Blood.

Rock chameleons Elbow are always looking to push the envelope and explore new directions regardless of genre, as long as the outcome is great music.