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Here’s 22 new releases we’re excited for with the return of RSD on June 12

This warm, mossy 50th anniversary reissue benefits from the dirtball proceedings of its homespun recording sessions and its homier, oblong songs.

The new BBE Music tribute comp and Sukita’s art book “Eternity” remember the artist as feline, fragile, and soulful.

Both records remain stunning after nearly 45 years, with neither losing their punch or import.

Germany’s beloved experimentalists get to the heart of their art with a series of never-before-released live albums kicking off this Friday.

Faithfull finds sympathetic, poetic tones and empathetic lilting melodies in the guise of producer/violinist Ellis.

The retrospective on the artist, whose work you may know from Pavement and Silver Jews album covers, has nearly reached its Kickstarter goal.

The mega-box set gives rabid fans something to hold onto, stuffing the band’s innovative discography into an immense treasure chest.

The British comedian isn’t laughing anymore (well, not while making his seriously soulful psychedelic music).

We talked to curator Lee Foster about the new site he’s running with the Johnston family to share the late songwriter’s visual art.

This posthumous LP is less a grand finale summing up a career than it is another piece of a greater puzzle.

This remastering of the ex-Beatle’s solo debut sees wealths of emotion poured out in ways previously unimaginable.

On the future-looking new releases from Dr. Lonnie Smith and Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio.

Overstuffed and unified, this deluxe reissue has all the freneticism of its initial ideal whole.

The EP feels more like a party with friends discussing the nation’s state of shock than it does a staid studio session.

Re-released on red vinyl by Nonesuch Records, this major-label debut is still a delectably odd beauty.

Producer Andrew Loog Oldham and documentarian Mary Wharton contextualize The Poet and The Poet II on the event of the albums’ reissue.

The keeper of the castle that is Jamaican music, Patricia Chin tells the story of her life’s work with “Miss Pat: My Reggae Music Journey.”

Early synth designer-producer Margouleff talks about the late great producer, the 50th anniversary of Tonto’s Expanding Head Band, and helping Stevie Wonder innovate.

Pharoah Sanders and Floating Points have created a vintage vibe noir masterpiece for the 21st century.