Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 1, 2014. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

Austrian Death Machine – Triple Brutal (Artery Recordings)
Band Of Skulls – Himalayan (+180 Records)
The Body – I Shall Die Here (Revenge International)
Chevelle – La Gargola (Epic)
Chiodos – Devil (Razor & Tie)
Christina Perri – Head Or Heart (Atlantic)
Cloud Nothings – Here And Nowhere (Carpark Records)
Combichrist – We Love You (Out Of Line)
Dan Croll – Sweet Disarray (Capitol)
Fartbarf – Dirty Power (Space Jumbles Music)
Hank Williams III – Ramblin’ Man (Curb Records)
Inventions – Inventions (Temporary Residence)
Jamaica – Ventura (Pias America)
Jon Langford & Skull Orchard – Here Be Monsters (In De Goot Recordings)
Kaiser Chiefs – Education, Education & War (ATO Records)
Lacuna Coil – Broken Crown Halo (Century Media)
Leon Russell – Life Journey (UMe)
Lost Society – Terror Hungry (Nuclear Blast America)
Mac DeMarco – Salad Days (Captured Tracks)
Manchester Orchestra – Cope (Loma Vista/Republic)
Matt Andersen – Weightless (True North)
Mike Oldfield – Man On The Rocks (Mercury)
Millie & Andrea – Drop The Vowels (Modern Love)
Mobb Deep – The Infamous Mobb Deep (Infamous Records)
Nickel Creek – A Dotted Line (Nonesuch)
S. Carey – Range Of Light (Jagjaguwar)
Saintseneca – Dark Arc (Anti Records)
Smoke DZA – Dream.ZONE.Achieve (Cinemtaic Music Group/Surf School Recordings/Priority Records)
Sonata Arctica – Pariah’s Child (Nuclear Blast America) – Jom
Steel Panther – All You Can Eat (+180 Records)
Thievery Corporation – Saudade (ESL Music)
Timber Timbre – Hot Dreams (Arts & Crafts)
The Used – Imaginary Enemy (Hopeless Records)
Wen – Signals (Keysound Recordings)
White Hinterland – Baby (Dead Oceans)

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Album Streams:

Band Of Skulls – Himalayan

The Body – I Shall Die Here

Cloud Nothings – Here And Nowhere Else

Combichrist – We Love You

Inventions – Inventions

Kaiser Chiefs – Education, Education, Education & War

Mac DeMarco – Salad Days

Manchester Orchestra – Cope

Millie & Andrea – Drop The Vowels

Nickel Creek – A Dotted Line

S. Carey – Range Of Light

Saintseneca – Dark Arc

Sonata Arctica – Pariah’s Child

Timber Timbre – Hot Dreams

White Hinterland – Baby

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1. Real Estate
2. Freddie Gibbs
3. La Dispute
4. Insomnium
5. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
6. Perfect Pussy
7. Portishead
8. Sun Kil Moon
9. Jon Hopkins
10. The Pretty Reckless

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3. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
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8. Boards Of Canada
9. Brand New
10. Opeth

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3. The National
4. Kanye West
5. Radiohead
6. Converge
7. Animals As Leaders
8. Kendrick Lamar
9. Brand New
10. The Hotelier