Though it isn't quite as packed with huge names as last week, we're digging through another robust assortment of terrific albums. Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Stephen Thompson open by hailing Tigers Blood, the latest album from a singer-songwriter — Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee — who sounds more assured and potent than ever.

Plus: inescapably catchy global pop from South African singer Tyla, genre-straddling roots music from Sierra Ferrell, indescribable electronic compositions from Jlin and more.

Featured albums:
1. Waxahatchee, Tigers Blood
2. Tyla, Tyla
3. Sierra Ferrell, Trail of Flowers
4. Jlin, Akoma

Other notable releases for March 22:
• Rosie Tucker, 'Utopia Now!'
• Empress Of, 'For Your Consideration'
• Adrianne Lenker, 'Bright Future'
• The Jesus and Mary Chain, 'Glasgow Eyes'
• Future & Metro Boomin, 'We Don't Trust You'
• SiR, 'HEAVY'
• Good Morning, 'Seven'
• Tatyana, 'It's Over'
• Aoife O'Donovan, 'All My Friends'
• Brothers Osborne, 'Break Mine'
• Cakes da Killa, 'Black Sheep'
• Matt Champion (of Brockhampton), 'Mika's Laundry'
• Gary Clark Jr., 'JPEG RAW'
• Glass Beams, 'Mahal'
• Gossip, 'Real Power'
• Julia Holter, 'Something in the Room She Moves'
• Nourished by Time, 'Catching Chickens' EP
• Rosali, 'Bite Down'
• Shakira, 'Las Mujeres La No Lloran'

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