AMG's Featured Albums:

Autechre
Quaristice
Warp

The only aspect that prevents Autechre's Quaristice from seeming open-ended, as a bunch of tracks splayed arbitrarily across a disc, is that it begins and ends with ambient (as in entirely beat-less) pieces. At 73 minutes in length, most of the 20 tracks are more like vignettes, yet the ideas arrive fully formed, never appearing to be dashed off or loosely sketched.

IDM, Experimental Techno, Glitch


The Black Crowes
Warpaint
Silver Arrow

This week, the Black Crowes return with Warpaint, their first album since 2001's Lions. The time off, along with the addition of guitarist Luther Dickinson, has revitalized the Crowes, who turn Warpaint into their best album in well over a decade.

American Trad Rock, Southern Rock, Blues-Rock


Carlene Carter
Stronger
Yep Roc

Coming off an extended period of personal troubles and loss which included the death of her mother June Carter Cash and step-father Johnny Cash in 2003 along with longtime boyfriend and producer Howie Epstein that same year, singer-songwriter Carlene Cash returns with Stronger. Full of hard-won maturity, it is one of Cash's best and most personal albums to date.

Neo-Traditionalist Country, Roots Rock, Contemporary Country


The Gutter Twins
Saturnalia
Sub Pop

For Saturnalia, Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan draw from the Gothic tradition, where good and evil and pleasure and pain crisscross and entwine facilely and indelibly, where the secular and the sacred have no clear defining lines. Much of the album sounds quite similar to the Twilight Singers' material, but this is by no means a bad thing. Dulli is all powerful, surging hooks and biting, twisting electric guitars, while Lanegan's baritone give the words an extra power, subtlety, and resonance, a collaboration which proves itself to be absolutely alluring.

Alternative Pop/Rock


Alan Jackson
Good Time
Arista

Alan Jackson spent 2006 in a quiet, contemplative mood, delivering an austere gospel collection and a late-night romantic album. This year, Jackson lightens up and has a Good Time, one of his brightest, lightest albums ever which also happens to be his first album of all original songs.

Contemporary Country


Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
Real Emotional Trash
Matador

With Real Emotional Trash, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks offer a dense, delirious collection of winding guitar jams -- jams that lack the hazy, formless feel of Pig Lib and are anchored by the wallop of new drummer Janet Weiss, formerly of Sleater-Kinney. This is the closest Malkmus has yet come to re-creating the sound and feel of his beloved obscure early '70s stoner-rock bands.

Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter


Cannonball Adderley
Sextet in New York
Riverside

Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz


Eric Alexander
Prime Time: In Concert
Highnote

Modal Music, Post-Bop, Modern Creative


American Horn Quartet
Myths & Legends
MSR Classics

Contemporary Music for 4 Horns


Autistic Daughters
Uneasy Flowers
Kranky

Post-Rock/Experimental


Todd Barry
From Heaven
Comedy Central

Observational Humor, Standup Comedy


Bauhaus
Go Away White
Cooking Vinyl

Post-Punk, Goth Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock


Black 47
Iraq
United For Opportunity

Celtic Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock


Born Ruffians
Red Yellow & Blue
Warp

Indie Rock


Martyn Brabbins
Cyril Scott: Symphony No. 1; Cello Concerto
Chandos

Modern Music for Orchestra


Jackson Browne
Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2
Inside Recordings

Folk-Rock, Singer/Songwriter


George Cables
Morning Song
Highnote

Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Modern Creative


Cadence Weapon
Afterparty Babies
Anti

Underground Rap, Alternative Rap, Garage Rap/Grime


Johnny Cash
The Definitive Collection
Mercury Nashville

Traditional Country


Chatham County Line
IV
Yep Roc

Alternative Country, Neo-Traditional Folk, Contemporary Bluegrass


Eddy Clearwater
West Side Strut
Alligator

Electric Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues, Rock & Roll


Elvis Costello
This Year's Model [Deluxe Edition]
Hip-O

British Punk, New Wave, Singer/Songwriter, Rock & Roll, Pop/Rock, Punk


Days of the New
The Definitive Collection
Geffen

Post-Grunge, Alternative Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock


The Doors
Live in Pittsburgh 1970
Rhino

Album Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll


Kathleen Edwards
Asking for Flowers
Zoe

Alternative Country-Rock


Epicurean
A Consequence of Design
Metal Blade

Power Metal, Neo-Classical Metal, Progressive Metal


The Felice Brothers
The Felice Brothers
Team Love

Americana


Flogging Molly
Float
Side One Dummy

Punk Revival, Punk-Pop


Sascha Funke
Mango
Bpitch Control

Techno, Ambient Techno, Club/Dance


Helena Noguerra
Fraise Vanille
Universal

French Pop, Film Music


Howlin Rain
Magnificent Fiend
Birdman

Neo-Psychedelia, Acid Rock, Rock & Roll, Indie Rock, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock


Jean Michel Jarre
The Complete Oxygene
Dreyfus

Progressive Electronic, Electronic


Kelley Polar
I Need You to Hold on While the Sky Is Falling
Environ

Left-Field House, Indie Electronic, Alternative Dance


Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King
Blood Brothers
Alligator

Modern Electric Texas Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Modern Electric Blues


Ladyhawk
Shots
Jagjaguwar

Indie Rock


Lil' Flip
All Eyez on Us
Real Talk

Dirty South, Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap, Gangsta Rap


Lynyrd Skynyrd
Street Survivors [Deluxe Edition]
Geffen

Album Rock, Boogie Rock, Southern Rock, Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll


Michael McDonald
Soul Speak
Universal Motown

Adult Contemporary, Pop/Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul


Miss Kittin
Batbox
Nobody's Bizzne

Techno, Neo-Electro, Electro-Techno, Club/Dance


David Russell
Air on a G String
Telarc

Baroque Music for Guitar


Adam Summerhayes
Gypsy Strings
Chandos

Traditional Melodies Arranged for Two Violins & Orchestra


Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands
Cody's Dream
Bloodshot

Americana


Rakim
The Archive: Live, Lost & Found
Fast Life

East Coast Rap, Hip-Hop


The Ruby Suns
Sea Lion
Sub Pop

Indie Pop


The Raymond Scott Quintette
Ectoplasm
Basta

Swing, Third Stream


Ashton Shepherd
Sounds So Good
MCA Nashville

Contemporary Country, Country-Pop


Valet
Naked Acid
Kranky

Dream Pop, Indie Rock


Various Artists
Cage: The Number Pieces, Vol. 5
Mode

Contemporary Music for Two Pianos


Various Artists
Conquer the World: The Lost Soul of Philadelphia International Records
Philadelphia International/Le

Smooth Soul, Pop-Soul, Quiet Storm, Philly Soul, Urban, Soul, Disco, Funk


Various Artists
Don't Stop: Recording Tap
Numero

Post-Disco, Club/Dance, Urban, Old-School Rap


Various Artists
The Sound of Philadelphia: Gamble & Huff's Greatest Hits
Philadelphia International/Le

Smooth Soul, Pop-Soul, Quiet Storm, Philly Soul, Urban, Soul, Disco, Funk


The Waco Brothers
Waco Express: Live and Kickin' at Schuba's
Bloodshot

Americana, Alternative Country, Alternative Country-Rock, Indie Rock


What Made Milwaukee Famous
What Doesn't Kill Us
Barsuk

Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock


Whiskeytown
Strangers Almanac [Deluxe Edition]
Geffen

Americana, Alternative Country-Rock, Roots Rock


Jim White
Transnormal Skiperoo
Luaka Bop

Americana, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Folk


David Wilcox
Airstream
What Are?

Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter


Mary Lou Williams
A Grand Night for Swinging
Highnote

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