In Stores Now 6/6

While Cullen Omori pursues a solo career with Sub Pop Records, two of his former bandmates in Smith Westerns have formed the group Whitney. KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls the Chicago band's debut "an excellent set of '70s-influenced folk-pop featuring a consistently strong set of beautifully arranged, melodically rich songs and a warm, summery sound combining sweetly twanging guitars, soulful horns and other instrumentation with plaintive falsetto vocals, breezy melodies and melancholy lyrics."

Captured Tracks shares the sophomore release from Barcelona band Mourn, "a more expansive, diverse and sophisticated take on the band's '90s-influenced indie-rock, combining angular guitar lines and energetic rhythms with Jazz Rodriguez Bueno's expressive vocals and angst-fueled lyrics." L.A. production duo Classixx return with the perfect summer soundtrack, "a well-crafted set of summery electro-pop with propulsive house and disco rhythms, sparkling synths, occasional tropical textures, breezy melodies, often-dark lyrics and a solid lineup of guest vocalists including Passion Pit, How To Dress Well, T-Pain and De Lux." Rather stay indoors? Shoegaze-y supergroup Minor Victories (featuring Slowdive's Rachel Goswell, Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite and Editors' Justin Lockey) debut a "well-crafted set of brooding dream-pop featuring a dynamic, heavily atmospheric sound with shoegazerish guitars and cinematic strings accompanying Goswell's ethereal vocals."

The latest from Brooklyn-based artist Steve Gunn is "impressive new album is his most streamlined and song-oriented to date, with a muscular, psych-tinged folk-rock sound that still leaves plenty of room for Gunn's expressive guitar work." And Dutch artist Annelotte de Graaf -- recording under the more easily-pronounced name Amber Arcades -- releases her debut, a "promising set of shimmering pop-rock with jangly guitars, atmospheric keyboards, airy vocals and dreamy melodies. Produced by Ben Greenberg (formerly of The Men) with accompaniment by members of Quilt and Real Estate."

• Amber Arcades – “Fading Lines”
• from Fading Lines on Heavenly
• Andre Williams – “Detroit (I'm So Glad I Stayed)”
• from I Wanna Go Back to Detroit City on Bloodshot
• Brad Mehldau Trio – “Little Person”
• from Blues and Ballads on Nonesuch
• The Casket Girls – “Virginia Beach”
• from The Night Machines on Graveface Records
• Cat's Eyes – “Drag”
• from Treasure House on RAF/Kobalt
• Classixx – “Faraway Reach”
• from Faraway Reach on Innovative Leisure
• Contact – “Zero Moment”
• from Zero Moment on Temporary Residence
• David Bowie – “Rebel Rebel”
• from A Reality Tour reissue on Friday
• Eluvium – “Confessor”
• from Life Through Bombardment, Vol. 2 on Temporary Residence
• Elvis Depressedly – “slip”
• from Holo Pleasures/California Dreamin' on Run for Cover Records
• Fear of Men – “Sane”
• from Fall Forever on Kanine Records
• Fiona Brice – “Dallas”
• from Postcards From on Bella Union
• Joshua Winstead – “One Heart”
• from MMXX on Royal Cut
• The Kills – “Siberian Nights”
• from Ash & Ice on Domino
• Ladyhawke – “A Love Song”
• from Wild Things on Polyvinyl
• Malcolm Middleton – “You And I”
• from Summer of '13 on Nude Records
• Maren Morris – “Rich”
• from Hero on Columbia Nashville / Sony Music
• Max Jury – “Beg And Crawl”
• from Max Jury on Kobalt / Marathon Artists
• Melvins – “Hideous Woman”
• from Basses Loaded on Ipecac
• Michael Franti & Spearhead – “We Are All Earthlings”
• from Soulrocker on Fantasy
• Minor Victories – “Scattered Ashes”
• from Minor Victories on Fat Possum/Play It Again Sam
• Moonface / Siinai – “Risto's Riff”
• from My Best Human Face on Jagjaguwar
• Mourn – “Irrational Friend”
• from Ha, Ha, He. on Captured Tracks
• Pale Dian – “In A Day”
• from Narrow Birth on Manifesto Records
• Paul Simon – “Wristband”
• from Stranger to Stranger on Concord / EMI / Paul Simon / Virgin
• Psychic Ills – “I Don't Mind (feat. Hope Sandoval)”
• from Inner Journey Out on Sacred Bones
• Robert Ellis – “How I Love You”
• from Robert Ellis on New West
• Spray Paint – “Burn Barrel”
• from Feel the Clamps on Goner Records
• Steve Gunn – “Park Bench Smile”
• from Eyes on the Lines on Matador
• Tegan and Sara – “Boyfriend”
• from Love You to Death on Rhino / Vapor / Warner Bros.
• Whitney – “Golden Days”
• from Light Upon the Lake on Secretly Canadian
• William Bell – “This Is Where I Live”
• from This Is Where I Live on Stax
• William Tyler – “Sunken Garden”
• from Modern Country on Merge
• Xenia Rubinos – “Lonely Lover”
• from Black Terry Cat on ADA / Anti- / Epitaph