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AllMusic Staff Pick Haley @hhhendrixx I Need to Start a Garden This Portland-based singer/songwriter fashions idiosyncratic indie folk that combines warm melodies, deft fingerpicking, and mostly acoustic instrumentation with more unusual aspects. allmusic.com/album/i-need-to…

A poignant, masterfully delivered covers album from country legend @WillieNelson and his son. allmusic.com/album/last-leaf…

AllMusic Staff Pick The Vim and Vigour of Alvarius B and Cerberus Shoal Avant-rock collective Cerberus Shoal released a split CD with Sun City Girls' Alan Bishop in which both artists provided originals and reinterpretations of the other act's works. allmusic.com/album/mw0000990…

The highlights of October's new classical reviews seem to be mainly vocal releases, with a diversity of styles. Of particular note: the women of the @CorvusConsort are joined by @LouiseThomson for a variety of works for female voices and harp. allmusic.com/blog/post/class…

The seventh LP from @tylerthecreator proves candid and spontaneous, reckoning with age, sexuality, and fatherhood. allmusic.com/album/chromakop…

AllMusic Staff Pick @mitskileaks Be the Cowboy Mitski's mournful, angelic vocals color this album with soul-shaking meaning. Infused with uncanny instrumentation and tension with punky electric guitar and weird, haunting chord progressions. allmusic.com/album/be-the-co…

An epic-scale exploration of one of @ElvisCostello's finest albums, and the creative doors it opened for him. allmusic.com/album/king-of-a…

One of the most accomplished figures in modern music, crossing jazz, R&B, film music, and pop over an eight-decade career, @QuincyDJones was nominated for 80 Grammy awards and won 28. allmusic.com/artist/quincy-j…

AllMusic Staff Pick Wendy Carlos Beauty in the Beast At first listen, the music sounds terrifying but those willing to listen and let it sink in will appreciate the beauty of the sounds. allmusic.com/album/beauty-in…

A 14-track collection, including one previously unreleased song, spanning late indie maverick Richard Swift's 15-year solo catalog. allmusic.com/album/4-hits-a-…

AllMusic Staff Pick @foofighters There Is Nothing Left to Lose There Is Nothing Left to Lose, released 25 years ago today is the first Foo Fighters album that sounds like the work of a unified, muscular band, and the first one that rocks really hard. allmusic.com/album/there-is-…

A newly remastered boxed set from @Weezer, containing 36 previously unreleased tracks including demos, live recordings and early sessions. allmusic.com/album/release/w…

AllMusic Staff Pick @sparksofficial Propaganda The band's fourth album, released 50 years ago today, remains one of Sparks' brightest achievements, brimming with a loopy charm that continued to captivate the open-minded English listeners. allmusic.com/album/propagand…

On their first album in 16 years, goth rock superpowers The Cure stir up echoes of the slow, sad beauty of their best-loved work. allmusic.com/album/songs-of-…

AllMusic Staff Pick @IronMaiden Iron Maiden There may be no better place to hear how both punk and prog rock informed the New Wave of British Heavy Metal than Iron Maiden's self-titled debut. allmusic.com/album/iron-maid…

L.A.'s Americana pioneers Lone Justice captured in joyous, unfiltered form, from recently discovered early-'90s recordings. allmusic.com/album/viva-lone…

AllMusic Staff Pick @mothermother O My Heart Eerie vocals paired with slamming lyrics, edgy basslines, and the occasional smattering of haunting strings cement this 2008 Mother Mother album as a quintessential part of spooky season. allmusic.com/album/o-my-hear…

Ambitious set that finds pop chameleon @halsey channeling her favorite artists on a fascinating journey from past to present. allmusic.com/album/great-imp…