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By Sowing
Wednesday September 30, 2015
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Hi there!
It’s a bit of a busy time this season, but I hope you’re all doing well. As a consequence of the busy season, I couldn’t corral all the staffers to contribute, so some writers and/or genres are going to be underrepresented.
This will hopefully change as we gear up for the Year-End list, and perhaps my Lions will actually decide to win a game by December. To help out you non-sports people, I won’t use specific names.
Star Receiver: “Alright, we need to score two touchdowns in two minutes. What are we going to do?”
Quarterback: “I dunno, hopefully we just march down the field and throw it deep to you twice. Let’s see what our offensive coordinator says.”
Offensive Coordinator: “How many time outs we got?”
Head Coach: “Zero. We have no timeouts.”
Offensive Coordinator: “THREE YARD SCREENS UP THE MIDDLE, I GUESS! BUT FIRST LET’S RUN THE BALL TO REALLY SURPRISE THEM.”
I need to adopt a new team.
Anyway, enjoy these last few weeks as we roll into Q4. –Jom
David Maxim Micic feat. Dan Wieten – “Satellite” (08:36)
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While I absolutely adore ECO, as I adore most of David Maxim Micic’s unreasonably brilliant albums, “Satellite” is undoubtedly its most forward and upbeat rocker. Built around a charming little marimba piece and utilizing the very talented…
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By staff
Sunday September 27, 2015
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 25th 2015. All dates are for physical U.S. releases unless otherwise noted. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Alix Perez – Recall & Reflect (Exit Records)
Apollo Brown – Grandeur (Mello Music)
Black Breath – Slaves Beyond Death (Southern Lord)
Boysetsfire – Boysetsfire (End Hits Records)
CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye (Glassnote)
The Dead Weather – Dodge & Burn (Third Man Records)
The Dears – Times Infinity Vol. 1 (Dangerbird)
De Profundis – Kingdom Of The Blind (Wickerman Recordings)
Disclosure – Caracal (Capitol)
Doe Paoro – After (Anti/Epitaph)
Don Henley – Cass County (Capitol)
Dungen – Allas Sak (Mexican Summer)
Exxasens – Back To Earth (Aloud Music) – Raul Stanciu
Fetty Wap – Fetty Wap (300 Entertainment)
Girl Band – Holding Hands With Jamie (Rough Trade)
Grace & Tony – Phantasmagoric (Self-released)
Huntress – Static (Napalm Records)
JR JR. – JR JR. (Warner Bros.)
Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness (Domino Recording Co.)
Kaskade – Automatic (Warner Bros.)
Kurt Vile – B’lieve I’m Goin Down (Matador Records)
Kwabs – Love + War (Atlantic)
Los Lobos – Gates Of Gold (429 Records)
Lucero – All A Man Should Do (ATO Records)
Matthew Good – Chaotic Neutral (Warner Music Canada)
Monogold – Good Heavens (Self-released)
New Order – Music Complete (Mute)
No Devotion – Permanence (Collect Records)
Parkway Drive – Ire (Epitaph)
Patty Griffin –…
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By staff
Sunday September 20, 2015
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 18th 2015. All dates are for physical U.S. releases unless otherwise noted. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Alabama – Southern Drawl (BMG Recorded Music)
Angel Haze – Back To The Woods (Self released)
Annihilator – Suicide Society (UDR)
Atreyu – Long Live (Spinefarm)
Baio – The Names (Glassnote)
Battles – La Di Da Di (Warp Records)
Blackalicious – Imani, Vol. 1 (Black Mines)
The Black Dahlia Murder – Abysmal (Metal Blade)
Blessthefall – To Those Left Behind (Fearless Records)
Bob Moses – Days Gone By (Domino Recording Co.)
Chris Cornell – Higher Truth (UMe)
CocoRosie – Heartache City (Self released)
Crossfaith – Xeno (Razor & Tie)
Darlene Love – Introducing Darlene Love (Columbia)
Darwin Deez – Double Down (Lucky Number Records)
Dave & Phil Alvin – Lost Time (Yep Roc Records)
Dave Rawlings Machine – Nashville Obsolete (Acony Records)
David Gilmour – Rattle That Lock (Columbia)
Destruction Unit – Negative Feedback Resistor (Sacred Bones Records)
Diät – Positive Energy (Iron Lung Records)
Farao – Till It’s All Forgotten (Arts & Crafts)
The Front Bottoms – Back On Top (Fueled By Ramen)
Glen Hansard – Didn’t He Ramble (Anti/Epitaph)
Golden Void – Berkana (Thrill Jockey) – Raul Stanciu
Hecta – The Diet (Merge Records)
Helios – Yume (Unseen Music)
Idjut Boys – Versions (Smalltown Supersound)
Keith Richards – Crosseyed Heart (Republic)
The Kickback – Sorry…
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By staff
Sunday September 13, 2015
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There’s less than 24 hours left until God Is An Astronaut go live at my hometown Tallinn, and I couldn’t be more pumped. GIAA is one of those bands that constantly brings it, every night, every year, any time of the day (though dark is duly recommended). I remember their last year’s show like it was literally yesterday, because it was that memorable. And indeed, why shouldn’t it have been, because as GIAA guitarist Torsten Kinsella puts it, they really focus on bringing their world to the audience and immersing them in it. They’re one of those rare bands who can draw hundreds, if not thousands of people, from all walks of life, into the same room, and give them something truly uniting. No one will leave that room feeling indifferent tomorrow, I can guarantee it beforehand. Even though the timing could have been better, I was lucky enough to get Torsten (big thanks go out to Roman Demchenko from Urban Culture Entertainment here for being the mediator) to give this interview on the fly, while traveling towards Estonia, to share some of his feelings regarding the new album, the 21st century, where God Is An Astronaut is as a band, and what music means to him, among other things. Read on, and if you live in Europe, then don’t forget to catch GIAA on the road this fall, as they’re actively promoting their new album Helios | Erebus, which came out on June 21.
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By staff
Saturday September 12, 2015
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 11th 2015. All dates are for physical U.S. releases unless otherwise noted. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Beirut – No No No (4AD)
Ben Folds – So There (New West Records)
Better Off – Milk (Equal Vision Records)
Brett Eldredge – Illinois (Atlantic Nashville)
Bring Me The Horizon – That’s The Spirit (Columbia)
Craig Finn – Faith In The Future (PTKF)
Duran Duran – Paper Gods (Warner Bros.)
Empress Of – Me (XL Recordings)
Gary Clark Jr. – The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim (Warner Bros.)
Grey Lands – Right Arm (Paper Bag)
Guilty Simpson – Detroit’s Son (Stone’s Throw)
Hollywood Vampires – Hollywood Vampires (UMe)
Jason Heath And The Greedy Souls – A Season Undone (Industrial Amusement)
Jess Glynne – I Cry When I Laugh (Atlantic)
Jewel – Picking Up The Pieces (Sugar Hill)
Leona Lewis – I Am (Def Jam)
The Libertines – Anthems For Doomed Youth (Harvest)
Low – Ones & Sixes (Sub Pop Records)
Michachu & The Shapes – Good Sad Happy Bad (Rough Trade)
Petite Noir – La Vie Est Belle/Life Is Beautiful (Domino Recording Company)
Shannon & The Clams – Gone By The Dawn (Hardly Art)
Slayer – Repentless (Nuclear Blast)
Stereophonics – Keep The Village Alive (Ignition Records)
The View – Ropewalk (Slimstyle)
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Album Streams:
Ben Folds – So There
Bring Me The Horizon – That’s…
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By staff
Friday September 4, 2015
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 4th 2015. All dates are for physical U.S. releases unless otherwise noted. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Against Me! – 23 Live Sex Acts (Total Treble)
Amorphis – Under The Red Cloud (Nuclear Blast)
Animal Collective – Live At 9:30 (Domino Recording Company)
The Arcs – Yours, Dreamily (Nonesuch)
Cruciamentum – Charnel Passages (Profound Lore)
Dâm-Funk – Invite The Light (Stones Throw)
The Dear Hunter – Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise (Equal Vision Records)
Diane Coffee – Everybody’s A Good Dog (Western Vinyl)
FIDLAR – Too (Mom & Pop Music)
Five Finger Death Punch – Got Your Six (Prospect Park Records)
Helen – Original Faces (Kranky)
Iron Maiden – Book Of Souls (BMG Recorded Music)
Jerusalem In My Heart – If He Dies, If If If If If If (Constellation)
Joey Cape – Stitch Puppy (Fat Wreck Chords)
K-os – Can’t Fly Without Gravity (Dine Alone Music)
Lou Barlow – Brace The Wave (Joyful Noise Recordings)
Master Musicians Of Bukkake – Further West Quad Cult (Important Records) – Raul Stanciu
The Money Pit – The Money Pit (BC Music)
Motives – This World, Not Dead, Merely Sleeping (InVogue Records)
Mueller_Roedelius – Imagori (Groenland)
Painted Palms – Horizons (Polyvinyl Records)
Prince – HITNRUN (Tidal Digital Exclusive)
Public Image Ltd. – What The World Needs Now… (PiL Official)
Rob Moir – Adventure Handbook (Underground Operations)
The…
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By staff
Friday August 28, 2015
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Knowing full well that if their identities were to be revealed, a prison sentence at the very least, and maybe even death penalty at worst would be the end result, Al-Namrood, the three piece black metal band from Saudi Arabia, have made no concessions. A group of three non-believers in a country governed by religion; artists honing forbidden crafts; black metallers who in the public eye might as well be black sorcerers. The ultimate musical rebels. To find out more about this obscure and mystical band, who defy all social norms in their country of birth, read the short interview below, conducted via e-mail about a week ago. Starting from today, the 28th of August, Sputnik can also host the video premiere for Al-Namrood’s song “Hayat Al Khezea,” which is from their upcoming album Diaji Al Joor, that will be out on November 27th, 2015 via Canadian-based label Shaytan Productions. The music video is the first ever for Al-Namrood.
So is Al-Namrood literally the only band from Saudi Arabia releasing metal music, or are there other really underground groups as well, who are quietly doing similar things to you guys?
There is a lot of talk on this matter, but we don’t notice any real activity from musicians going on here. While it is mentioned on some website that we have over 20 bands in the country, I question how many of them are really active or still exist. This is worth pointing out…
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By staff
Friday August 28, 2015
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 28th 2015. All dates are for physical U.S. releases unless otherwise noted. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Ahab – The Boats Of The Glen Carrig (Napalm Records)
Beach House – Depression Cherry (Sub Pop Records) – Rudy K.
Cold Showers – Matter Of Choice (Dais Records)
Defeater – Abandoned (Epitaph)
Destroyer – Poison Season (Merge Records)
Drinks – Hermits On Holiday (Birth Records)
Foals – What Went Down (Warner Bros.)
The Fratellis – Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied (Cooking Vinyl/MRI Entertainment)
Frog Eyes – Pickpocket’s Locket (Paper Bag)
Grandchildren – Zuni (Ernest Jenning)
I See Stars – Phases (Sumerian Records)
The Jet Age – Destroy.Rebuild (Sonic Boomerang Records)
Kahn, Commodo & Gantz – Vol. 1 (Deep Medi Musik)
Liam Corcoran – ROM-DROM (Fontana North)
Mike Krol – Turkey (Merge Records)
Monk Parker – How The Spark Loves The Tinder (Bronzerat Records)
Motörhead – Bad Magic (UDR)
Nile – What Should Not Be Unearthed (Nuclear Blast)
Pentagram – Curious Volume (Peaceville Records)
Silicon – Personal Computer (Weird World)
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic (Nuclear Blast)
Stolen Jars – Kept (Self-released) [Digital Only]
Tad Morose – St. Demonius (Despotz Records)
Tamaryn – Cranekiss (Mexican Summer)
Tijuana Panthers – Poster (Innovative Leisure)
The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness (Republic)
Willis Earl Beal – Nocturnes (Tender Loving Empire)
Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That…
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By staff
Tuesday August 25, 2015
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There has been quite a pleasant number of interesting Estonian releases this year, for myself at least. White Sparks released an excellent space-themed album called Dark Matter Halo, Paean have refined their prog/death metal sound with Scorn of Eternity and are quickly reaching new heights, Okym Riim just dropped a collection of some real fine hip hop songs on us, Süngehel have finally managed to release their debut album Necromantic Blood, which is full of blasphemous black metal, Epp Kõiv has a nice, varied electronica album out in Heas Mõttes, and Avoid Dave have got the neo-soul corner on lockdown in Estonia with Insert Title. One artist who I didn’t mention in that line, but definitely belongs there as well, is Mauno Meesit, the man behind the synthpop project Sinine, who decided to close his laptop and strum on his guitar instead during the last few years. His new album, and acoustic debut by the name of Closer, is definitely one of the finest Estonian releases of 2015, and probably one of the hardest to categorize as well. By saying it’s an acoustic album, I’m actually saying very little about it. Hence why I got in touch with Mauno some time ago to let him properly introduce us to Closer, and what it’s all about. Take a look.
Hey Mauno! How is the summer so far?
Hi there! I just moved back to Estonia after living in Berlin for the last…
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By staff
Friday August 21, 2015
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 21st, 2015. All dates are for physical U.S. releases unless otherwise noted. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Adrien Reju – Strange Love And The Secret Language (Zip Records)
Battlecross – Rise To Power (Metal Blade)
Bon Jovi – Burning Bridges (Mercury Records)
Briana Marela – All Around Us (Jagjaguwar)
Carly Rae Jepsen – E·MO·TION (Silent Records/Giant Little Man)
Cocksure – Corporate Sting (Metropolis Records)
Disturbed – Immortalized (Reprise) – Irving Tan
Gardens & Villa – Music For Dogs (Secretly Canadian Records)
Ghost – Meliora (Loma Vista) – Jom
Hate Eternal – Infernus (Season Of Mist)
Jordin Sparks – Right Here, Right Now (RAL)
Kadavar – Berlin (Nuclear Blast)
Kip Moore – Wild Ones (MCA Nashville)
Method Man – The Meth Lab (Tommy Boy Entertainment/LLC)
The Murder Of My Sweet – Beth Out Of Hell (Belle Antique)
Myrkur – M (Relapse)
Noah Gundersen – Carry The Ghost (Dualtone Music)
P.O.D. – The Awakening (T-Boy Records/UMe)
Paul Smith & The Intimations – Contradictions (PIAS)
Publicist UK – Forgive Yourself (Relapse)
Racoon Bandit – Close Your Eyes (Self-Released)
Radkey – Dark Black Makeup (+180 Records)
Rivers Of Nihil – Monarchy (Metal Blade)
The Road Chief – All My Love (Cascine)
Rob Thomas – The Great Unknown (Atlantic)
Royal Headache – High (What’s Your Rupture)
Salvador Santana – Fantasy Reality (Various Music)
Sarah McQuaid – Walking…
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By staff
Saturday August 15, 2015
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 14th, 2015. All dates are for physical U.S. releases unless otherwise noted. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Bullet For My Valentine – Venom (RCA)
Don Broco – Automatic (Search & Destroy Records)
Gangrene – You Disgust Me (Mass Appeal Records)
The Good Life – Everybody’s Coming Down (Saddle Creek Records)
Grace Potter – Midnight (Hollywood Records)
Melanie Martinez – Cry Baby (Atlantic)
New Politics – Vikings (Warner Bros.)
Pat Green – Home (Greenhorse Music)
Pete Nolan – Easy (Arbitrary Signs)
Stray From The Path – Subliminal Criminals (Sumerian Records)
Soulfly – Archangel (Nuclear Blast)
Teen Daze – Morning World (Paper Bag)
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Bullet For My Valentine – Venom
Grace Potter – Midnight
Soulfly – Archangel
Teen Daze – Morning World
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By staff
Sunday August 9, 2015
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 7th, 2015. All dates are for physical U.S. releases unless otherwise noted. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Alessandro Cortini – Risveglio (Hospital Productions)
Cattle Decapitation – The Anthropocene Extinction (Metal Blade)
Chelsea Wolfe – Abyss (Sargent House)
Craig Marshall – After All (Big Ticket Records)
Deaf Wish – Pain (Sub Pop Records)
Dr. Dre – Compton (Aftermath) [Digital Only]
Enabler – Fail To Feel Safe (Century Media)
Fear Factory – Genexus (Nuclear Blast) – Trey Spencer
Frank Turner – Positive Songs For Negative People (Interscope)
Georgia – Georgia (Domino Recording Company)
Golden Rules – Golden Ticket (Lex Records)
HEALTH – Death Magic (Loma Vista) – Rudy K.
I Am The Albatross – Lonesome Son (Rail Rider)
Iris DeMent – Trackless Woods (Flariella Records)
Joe Plummer – Built In Sun (People In A Position To Know Records)
Krisiun – Forged In Fury (Century Media)
La Luz – Weirdo Shrine (Hardly Art)
LHF – For The Thrown (Keysound Recordings) [Vinyl Only]
Luke Bryan – Kill The Lights (Capitol Nashville)
The Maccabees – Marks To Prove It (Caroline Records)
Mac DeMarco – Another One (Captured Tracks)
Miss May I – Deathless (Rise Records)
The Mynabirds – Lovers Know (Saddle Creek Records)
Never Shout Never – Black Cat (Warner Bros.)
Night Beds – Ivywild (Dead Oceans)
The Phoenix Foundation – Give Up…
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By staff
Saturday August 1, 2015
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 31st, 2015. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Albert Hammond, Jr. – Momentary Masters (Vagrant)
Camera Shy – Camera Shy (Run For Cover Records)
CFCF – Radiance And Submission (Driftless Recordings)
Daniel Romano – If I’ve Only One Time Askin’ (New West Records)
Elbow – Lost Worker Bee (Polydor) – Irving Tan
Gunplay – Living Legend (Def Jam)
Insane Clown Posse – Marvelous Missing Link (Psychopathic)
Joss Stone – Water For Your Soul (Kobalt)
Kataklysm – Of Ghosts And Gods (Nuclear Blast US)
Knuckle Puck – Copacetic (Rise Records)
Lianne La Havas – Blood (Nonesuch)
Migos – Yung Rich Nation (300 Entertainment)
Mocky – Key Change (Heavy Sheet)
Ricardo Donoso – Machine To Machine (Denovali)
The Strypes – Little Victories (Virgin EMI)
Teenage Time Killers – Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Rise Records)
Titus Andronicus – The Most Lamentable Tragedy (Merge Records) – SowingSeason
Xandria – Fire & Ashes (Napalm Records)
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Album Streams:
Lianne La Havas – Blood
Migos – Yung Rich Nation
Titus Andronicus – The Most Lamentable Tragedy
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SputnikMusic’s Most Played Artists of the Week (according to Last.FM):
Staff :
1. Jamie xx
2. Electrosoul System
3. Carly Rae Jepsen
4. Faith No More
5. Cradle Of Filth
6. Ben Howard
7. Florence + The Machine
8. Modest Mouse
9. mewithoutYou
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By staff
Wednesday July 29, 2015
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As we inch closer and closer to Meliora‘s release date, Ghost continue to share studio versions of some of the record’s forthcoming tracks. “Cirice” and “From The Pinnacle To The Pit” have been the first songs released by the Swedish occult outfit, and several live recordings of “Majesty” have been posted online, but the newest studio offering for streaming comes in the form of “Absolution”.
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Ghost – “Absolution” (04:51)
Meliora is slated for an August 21st release, and pre-orders are available through Kings Road Merch here.
“Black to the Future” Fall 2015 tour dates (Purson will serve as the opening act):
09/22 Washington, DC – The Fillmore
09/23 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
09/25 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
09/26 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
09/27 New York, NY – Terminal 5
09/28 Boston, MA – House Of Blues
09/30 Montreal, QC – Metropolis
10/01 Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
10/02 Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theater
10/03 Chicago, IL – The Riviera
10/05 Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
10/06 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
10/08 New Orleans, LA – The Civic Auditorium
10/09 Atlanta, GA
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By staff
Saturday July 25, 2015
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 24th, 2015. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Ashley Monroe – The Blade (Warner Music Nashville)
Brigades – Indefinite (Pure Noise)
The Bunny The Bear – A Liar Wrote This (Victory Records) – Davey Boy
Counterparts – Tragedy Will Find Us (Pure Noise)
Cult Leader – Useless Animal (Deathwish Inc.)
Ducktails – St. Catherine (Domino Recording Company)
The Dustbowl Revival – With A Lampshade On (Signature Sounds)
Eleni Mandell – Dark Lights Up (Yep Roc Records)
Eleventh Dream Day – Work For Tomorrow (Thrill Jockey)
Field Music – Music For Drifters (Memphis Industries)
Jill Scott – Woman (Atlantic)
Joe Satriani – Shockwave Supernova (Legacy)
Kasey Chambers – Bittersweet (Sugar Hill)
Lamb Of God – VII: Sturm Und Drang (Epic)
Locrian – Infinite Dissolution (Relapse)
Loop – Array 1 (ATP Recordings)
Madchild – Silver Tongue Devil (Battle Axe Records)
Northlane – Node (Rise Records)
Old Man Luedecke – Domestic Eccentric (True North Records)
Omar Souleyman – Bahdemi Nami (Monkeytown)
On An On – And The Wave Has Two Side (Roll Call Records)
Ricked Wicky – King Heavy Metal (Guided By Voices)
Sleaford Mods – Key Markets (Harbinger Sound)
Strange Wilds – Subjective Concepts (Sub Pop Records)
Symphony X – Underworld (Nuclear Blast America)
Tim Bowness – Stupid Things That Mean The World (Inside Out US) – Raul Stanciu
Trae Tha Truth –…
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