After a summer dominated by blockbuster tours by Taylor Swift and Beyonc\u00e9, this fall the music business gets back to the business of releasing albums. Longstanding acts are returning with new LPs (Dolly Parton, Wilco, Usher), and long-awaited follow-ups are arriving, too (the Streets, Sampha, Nicki Minaj). Dates and lineups are subject to change.<\/p>\n
SAM RIVERS CENTENNIAL<\/strong> Amid the hardscrabble realities of 1970s New York, Studio Rivbea was a crucial crack in the pavement where creative life flourished. A downtown loft run by the esteemed saxophonist Sam Rivers and his wife, Beatrice, Rivbea \u2014 and its resident big band \u2014 gave musicians young and old a space to rehearse and perform on their own terms. Craig Harris, Joseph Daly and Steve Coleman all spent formative time there in the \u201970s, and they\u2019ve come together to organize a big-band performance in recognition of Rivers, who would have turned 100 this month. (Sep. 22; Mt. Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church) \u2014 Giovanni Russonello<\/em><\/p>\n SOUL REBELS <\/strong>One of New Orleans\u2019s best-known exports, the Soul Rebels carry forward the classic brass-band tradition by infusing it with plenty of modern-day flavor across the spectrum of Black American music. Their upcoming four-night stand at the Blue Note includes guest appearances from the golden-age rap eminences Rakim and Big Daddy Kane (Sept. 21); Ja Rule (Sept. 22); G-Eazy (Sept. 23); and a potpourri of contemporary-jazz heavyweights, including James Carter and Elena Pinderhughes (Sept. 24). \u2014 Russonello<\/em><\/p>\n KYLIE MINOGUE <\/strong>For decades, Kylie Minogue has been making dance floor manna that pingpongs between curiosity and undeniability, This year, she released one of her best \u2014 \u201cPadam Padam,\u201d a gay nightclub anthem that spawned slang and memes and, over time, a pop crossover. Minogue\u2019s new album, on its heels, is \u201cTension.\u201d A Las Vegas residency will follow, starting in November. (Sept. 22; BMG)<\/em> \u2014 Jon Caramanica<\/em><\/p>\n CHAPPELL ROAN <\/strong>Over the past year, the pop singer Chappell Roan has been releasing a string of theatrically intimate singles that touch on relationship awkwardness with uncommon candor. The music on her debut album, \u201cThe Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess\u201d \u2014 which touches on wobbly \u201980s new wave and \u201990s singer-songwriter pop-rock and \u201900s dance-pop \u2014 suggests a singer less beholden to style than to ensuring she says the exact thing she needs to say. (Sept. 22; Amusement\/Island)<\/em> \u2014 Caramanica<\/em><\/p>\n YEULE<\/strong> The songwriter, singer and producer yeule embraces extremes on \u201cSoftscars,\u201d the follow-up to \u201cGlitch Princess,\u201d from 2022. Nothing is predictable on an album that holds guitar ballads, a piano waltz, bristling rock guitar riffs, gleaming electronics, hyperpop tweaks and bluntly distorted beats. The songs consider pain, love, technology and carnality, the experience of a 21st-century life that\u2019s simultaneously physical and virtual. (Sept. 22; Ninja Tune)<\/em> \u2014 Jon Pareles<\/em><\/p>\n JOHN ZORN\u2019S NEW MASADA QUARTET<\/strong> Opportunities are few to hear the saxophonist, composer and downtown jazz doyen John Zorn simply throwing down, in the company of improvisers that elevate him. That\u2019s what happens when he gets together with the New Masada Quartet, which plays music from Zorn\u2019s 613-piece \u201cMasada\u201d songbook (composed based on aspects of Jewish folklore and theology) and features the guitarist Julian Lage, the bassist Jorge Roeder and the drummer Kenny Wollesen. (Sept. 26 through Oct. 1; The Village Vanguard)<\/em> \u2014 Russonello<\/em><\/p>\n CHERRY GLAZERR <\/strong>On the bluntly titled new album \u201cI Don\u2019t Want You Anymore,\u201d Clementine Creevy, who leads the indie-rock band Cherry Glazerr, wrestles with a clearly toxic relationship. As the songs go style-hopping \u2014 explosive grunge, chugging synth-pop, hints of funk and jazz \u2014 the obsession persists. (Sept. 29; Secretly Canadian)<\/em> \u2014 Pareles<\/em><\/p>\n DARIUS JONES <\/strong>The avant-gardist Darius Jones has such a distinctive sound on the alto saxophone \u2014 widely dilated, yet so rough it could peel paint \u2014 he could make a living off his tone alone. But he also has a fiercely innovative streak as a composer. Now he returns with a wide-ranging new album showing off both sides of his talent, \u201cFluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite but Sacred),\u201d with a string section in prickly repartee with Jones and the commanding drummer Gerald Cleaver. (Sept. 29; Northern Spy\/We Jazz) \u2014 Russonello<\/em><\/p>\n ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER <\/strong>Daniel Lopatin has built a two-lane career: as a producer creating cavernous backdrops for hitmakers like the Weeknd, and recording on his own as Oneohtrix Point Never, exploring changeable, ambiguous soundscapes. His new Oneohtrix Point Never album, \u201cAgain,\u201d is largely instrumental, incorporating orchestral arrangements, glitchy electronics, stray vocal samples, artificial intelligence and countless other elements that are subject to change at whim in dynamic, inscrutable tracks. Lopatin has described the music as \u201ccrescendo-core.\u201d (Sept. 29; Warp)<\/em> \u2014 Pareles<\/em><\/p>\n JORJA SMITH<\/strong> \u201cFalling or Flying\u201d is only the second studio album by the English songwriter Jorja Smith, but she has been prolific as a collaborator with Kali Uchis, Burna Boy, Drake, FKA twigs and others. She\u2019s fond of minor chords and lean, moody grooves that hint at soul, jazz and Nigerian Afrobeats; they suit her aching but supple voice, as it projects both sympathy and resilience. (Sept. 29; Famm)<\/em> \u2014 Pareles<\/em><\/p>\n WILCO<\/strong> To make its 13th studio album, \u201cCousin,\u201d Wilco brought in an outside producer for the first time since 2007: the Welsh songwriter Cate Le Bon, who opens folk-rock into electronica. She encouraged Wilco to extend the sonic experimentation it opened up on its 2002 album \u201cYankee Hotel Foxtrot.\u201d As Jeff Tweedy sings about desolation, loss and obstinate hope, the music carries roots-rock into disorienting and illuminating territories but still sounds handmade. (Sept. 29; dBpm)<\/em> \u2014 Pareles<\/em><\/p>\n USHER<\/strong> Some of the most viral performance clips of this past summer have belonged not to Taylor Swift or Beyonc\u00e9, but to Usher, whose Las Vegas residency has been a celebrity magnet and also a showcase for grown-folks-business R&B. His new music continues to delve into the sticky-situation soul that helped make him a superstar two decades ago. (October; mega\/gamma.)<\/em> \u2014 Caramanica<\/em><\/p>\n BUTCHER BROWN <\/strong>A spirit of generous communion runs through \u201cSolar Music,\u201d the latest album from the Richmond-based hip-hop-jazz fusion quintet Butcher Brown. The album features guest appearances by the saxophonist Braxton Cook, the M.C.'s Pink Siifu and Nappy Nina and the trumpeter Keyon Harrold, among others. Butcher Brown will toast \u201cSolar Music\u201d at a concert Oct. 18 at Le Poisson Rouge. (Oct. 6; Concord Jazz) \u2014 Russonello<\/em><\/p>\n SLAUSON MALONE 1<\/strong> Slauson Malone 1 is the updated name for the recording project of Jasper Marsalis, a musician and artist who plays with myriad genres and styles, denaturing them well beyond their familiar contours. His new album, \u201cExcelsior,\u201d is deeply ambitious, engaging and full of winning eccentricities. (Oct. 6; Warp)<\/em> \u2014 Caramanica<\/em><\/p>\n SUFJAN STEVENS <\/strong>Love \u2014 physical, divine, longed-for, embattled, cherished \u2014 is the subject on Sufjan Stevens\u2019 new album, \u201cJavelin.\u201d Its songs usually start out folky, but they rarely stay that way; they expand and billow. Working alone at his home studio, Stevens orchestrated them all by himself, playing nearly every instrument. (Oct. 6; Asthmatic Kitty)<\/em> \u2014 Pareles<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cBOSSA NOVA: THE GREATEST NIGHT\u201d <\/strong>The United States was formally introduced to Brazil\u2019s bossa nova, or \u201cnew style\u201d\u2014 suave, understated, sophisticated \u2014 with a concert at Carnegie Hall on Nov. 21, 1962 that included Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jo\u00e3o Gilberto, Sergio Mendes, Luis Bonf\u00e1 and others. It\u2019s nearly a year late for a 60th anniversary, but a concert will bring together Brazilian stars including Seu Jorge and Carlinhos Brown along with Daniel Jobim \u2014 Antonio\u2019s grandson \u2014 to revisit the now-classic bossa nova repertory. (Oct. 8; Carnegie Hall.)<\/em> \u2014 Pareles<\/em><\/p>\n ROY HARGROVE <\/strong>By the time he died in 2018, at 49, Roy Hargrove had become the most impactful trumpeter of his generation. Back in 1993, he was still the new kid on the block when Jazz at Lincoln Center commissioned him to write and perform \u201cLove Suite in Mahogany,\u201d with a septet. That performance is being released on record for the first time and a series of shows at Dizzy\u2019s Club will mark its release: The drummer Willie Jones III and the bassist Gerald Cannon will colead a sextet featuring alumni of Hargrove\u2019s bands Oct. 11-13, and the Roy Hargrove Big Band will appear Oct. 14-16. (Oct. 13; Blue Engine) \u2014 Russonello<\/em><\/p>\n L\u2019RAIN <\/strong>The songwriter Taja Cheek, who records as L\u2019Rain, dissolves genre boundaries and explores mixed emotions on her third album, \u201cI Killed Your Dog.\u201d The songs are lush and immersive, layered with instrumental patterns and vocal harmonies; they\u2019re also cryptic and open-ended, to be deciphered through repeated listening. (Oct. 13; Mexican Summer)<\/em> \u2014 Pareles<\/em><\/p>\n OFFSET<\/strong> Offset is the second Migos member to release a solo album in the wake of the killing of Takeoff, the group\u2019s third member and creative heart. The first single from \u201cSet It Off\u201d is \u201cJealousy,\u201d a collaboration with his wife, Cardi B, that suggests that the couple is willing to play their relationship and fame for laughs, and art. (Oct. 13; Motown)<\/em> \u2014 Caramanica<\/em><\/p>\n TROYE SIVAN <\/strong>It\u2019s been five years since Troye Sivan has released an album. His re-emergence in recent months, however, suggests the time away has been emboldening. As an actor, he was one of the standouts on \u201cThe Idol,\u201d the besieged HBO drama about the music business, and \u201cRush,\u201d the lead single from \u201cSomething to Give Each Other,\u201d his third album, is a remarkably confident assertion of carnal interest. (Oct. 13; Capitol)<\/em> \u2014 Caramanica<\/em><\/p>\n JIHYE LEE ORCHESTRA <\/strong>The composer and bandleader Jihye Lee is becoming well-known for her fluid integration of Western classical and big-band jazz techniques, and for arrangements in which heavily loaded horn parts move with apparent ease. At a Brooklyn show, her 18-piece orchestra will debut \u201cInfinite Connections,\u201d a suite-length meditation on the bond Lee shares with her mother and grandmother. (Oct. 15; National Sawdust)<\/em> \u2014 Russonello<\/em><\/p>\n J.D. ALLEN <\/strong>A tenor saxophonist known for the hefty swing and raw intellect of his improvising, and the back-to-basics approach of his jazz trios, J.D. Allen has never before made an album featuring electronics. That will change this fall, when he releases \u201cThis,\u201d with Alex Bonney\u2019s dark and enveloping atmospherics wreathed around Allen\u2019s high-velocity horn playing and the thundering drums of Gwilym Jones. (Oct. 20; Savant) \u2014 Russonello<\/em><\/p>\n EVIAN CHRIST <\/strong>A long-awaited debut album is finally arriving from the electronic music producer Evian Christ, who has been releasing shiver-inducing music for over a decade. The songs on \u201cRevanchist\u201d are chaotic and blissful, tactile and expansive \u2014 all in all, a physical experience as much as an aural one. (Oct. 20; Warp)<\/em> \u2014 Caramanica<\/em><\/p>\n SAMPHA<\/strong> In the seven years between his own albums, the English songwriter Sampha has lent his richly melancholy voice to tracks by Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Frank Ocean and Alicia Keys. \u201cLahai\u201d \u2014 named after his grandfather, who was from Sierra Leone \u2014 is an exploratory, ambitious album that contemplates time, love and transcendence with otherworldly electronics and thoughtful melodies. (Oct. 20; Young)<\/em> \u2014 Pareles<\/em><\/p>\n THE STREETS<\/strong> British rap\u2019s great literalist, the Streets (Mike Skinner) returns with \u201cThe Darker the Shadow the Brighter the Light,\u201d a new album that nods to various stripes of U.K. club culture while adhering firm to Skinner\u2019s keen-eyed storytelling. In conjunction with the album, the Streets will also release a clubland-themed murder mystery film of the same name. (Oct. 20; 679 Recordings\/Warner Music UK Ltd)<\/em> \u2014 Caramanica<\/em><\/p>\n THE MOUNTAIN GOATS<\/strong> \u201cAll Hail West Texas,\u201d a sparsely arranged but lyrically vivid 2002 album released when the Mountain Goats was still a moniker for the solo music of John Darnielle, remains one of the most beloved entries in the group\u2019s vast discography. Now the band \u2014 featuring the bassist Peter Hughes, the drummer Jon Wurster and the multi-instrumentalist Matt Douglas \u2014 will release a sequel, \u201cJenny From Thebes,\u201d updating the fates of its characters and fleshing out its sound. (Oct. 27; Merge)<\/em> \u2014 Lindsay Zoladz<\/em><\/p>\n MIKE REED <\/strong>\u201cThe Separatist Party,\u201d the forthcoming album from the drummer, composer and Chicago jazz instigator Mike Reed, is Part 1 of a forthcoming three-album cycle meditating on solitude, loneliness and the elusiveness of community (surprisingly, he was already working on this project before pandemic lockdowns). The irony, though, is how much fun he seems to be having in the company of the multi-instrumentalist Ben LaMar Gay, the poet Marvin Tate and the three members of Bitchin Bajas, his compatriots on this LP, who surge through grimy post-rock or drift into ethereal, odd-metered, electrified airspaces with whiffs of Ethio-jazz. (Oct. 27; Astral Spirits\/We Jazz) \u2014 Russonello<\/em><\/p>\n DOJA CAT: THE SCARLET TOUR <\/strong>Though she\u2019s wowed audiences with ambitious awards show performances, the rambunctious rapper and pop star Doja Cat has not yet embarked upon an arena tour. (Tonsil surgery forced her to pull out of a slot opening for the Weeknd last year.) The Scarlet Tour \u2014 which begins at San Francisco\u2019s Chase Center on Oct. 31 and makes stops at Brooklyn\u2019s Barclays Center on Nov. 29 and Newark\u2019s Prudential Center on Nov. 30 \u2014 will give her a chance to command her largest stages yet and showcase music from her latest album, \u201cScarlet,\u201d due Sept. 22. The rising rapper Doechii and of-the-moment it-girl Ice Spice will open. (Oct. 31 through Dec. 13)<\/em> \u2014 Zoladz<\/em><\/p>\n CAT POWER <\/strong>Last November, Cat Power (the stage name of the smoky-voiced crooner Chan Marshall) played a song-for-song reimagining of her hero Bob Dylan\u2019s May 1966 Manchester concert \u2014 the one at which an audience member, disgruntled by Dylan\u2019s departure from acoustic folk, infamously yelled out \u201cJudas!\u201d Now it is arriving as an album titled \u201cCat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert.\u201d <\/strong>Marshall, a gifted interpreter of other musicians\u2019 material, structured the set to be half acoustic and half electric, just like Dylan\u2019s; a muted \u201cShe Belongs to Me\u201d contrasts with a rollicking, full-band \u201cBallad of a Thin Man.\u201d (November; Domino)<\/em> \u2014 Zoladz<\/em><\/p>\n CODY JOHNSON <\/strong>\u201cThe Painter,\u201d the new song from Cody Johnson, one of mainstream country\u2019s sturdiest performers, extends his streak of music that\u2019s deeply earnest, unflashily produced, and a blend of emotionally stoic and trembling. It\u2019s the lead single from \u201cLeather,\u201d his third studio album on a major label after a long and robust independent career. (Nov. 3; COJO Music\/Warner Music Nashville)<\/em> \u2014 Caramanica<\/em><\/p>\n MYRA MELFORD\u2019S FIRE & WATER QUINTET <\/strong>The pianist and composer Myra Melford\u2019s five-piece band of all-star creative improvisers is aptly named: There is something volatile and elemental about the music she makes with Ingrid Laubrock, the saxophonist; Mary Halvorson, the guitarist; Tomeka Reid, the cellist; and Lesley Mok, the percussionist. On \u201cHear the Light Singing,\u201d the group\u2019s second LP, Halvorson\u2019s effects-laden guitar comes in splashes and jolts, and Reid\u2019s cello moves in hurrying steps or generous waves. (Nov. 3; RogueArt) \u2014 Russonello<\/em><\/p>\n LIZ PHAIR: \u2018EXILE IN GUYVILLE\u2019 30th ANNIVERSARY TOUR <\/strong>Liz Phair\u2019s 1993 debut \u201cExile in Guyville\u201d captured young adulthood in a wry, vivid voice and brought a refreshing female perspective to indie rock\u2019s boys club. Thirty years later, it continues to inspire younger musicians, including Kate Bollinger and Sabrina Teitelbaum (who records searingly honest music under the name Blondshell), both openers for Phair when she plays \u201cGuyville\u201d in its glorious entirety on an anniversary tour. The show comes to Brooklyn\u2019s Kings Theater on Nov. 24. (Nov. 3 through Dec. 9) <\/em>\u2014 Zoladz<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n CAMP FLOG GNAW CARNIVAL <\/strong>The annual festival helmed by Tyler, the Creator continues to be one of the most innovatively programmed, in any genre. He is a headliner this year, along with SZA and the Hillbillies (Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem). The deep lineup includes the corridos tumbados stars Fuerza Regida, various generations of dream-pop from Willow, Toro y Moi and d4vd, accessibly tough rapping from Clipse and Ice Spice and much more. (Nov. 11-12; Dodger Stadium Grounds in Los Angeles)<\/em> \u2014 Caramanica<\/em><\/p>\n NICKI MINAJ<\/strong> Reportedly, when Lil Uzi Vert was planning the release of his most recent album, \u201cPink Tape,\u201d Nicki Minaj reached out to him to ask, in essence, how he could release a pink-themed album and not include her. (He obliged.) Now, Minaj returns with \u201cPink Friday 2,\u201d her own album, on the heels of a pair of collaborations with Ice Spice, \u201cPrincess Diana\u201d and \u201cBarbie World,\u201d that have given her new spark. (Nov. 17; Republic)<\/em> \u2014 Caramanica<\/em><\/p>\nOctober<\/h2>\n
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