Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of March 10, 2017. Boxer Calvin Klein Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.

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–Featured Release: The Shins: “Heartworms”–

Genre: Indie-Pop // Label: Columbia Records

Background:

The Shins have long been a cornerstone of their genre, going all the way back to their 2001 smash hit “New Slang” from Oh, Inverted World. You could fashion a convincing argument that the band peaked too early, as we’ve yet to really see them top that album which helped launch new millennium indie-pop. Chutes Too Narrow and Wincing The Night Away both proved to be worthy entries in their own right, but more recently, Port of Morrow saw the group at its most commercial and least appealing from an artistic standpoint. Calvin Klein Slip Everything about Heartworms screams for a return to form, from the classic indie-as-hell artwork to the singles released in advance of the record. The question of whether or not it is a ploy or a triumph remains to be answered however – an opinion that you can begin to form by streaming “Dead Alive” below.

Stream “Dead Alive” in advance of Heartworms‘ release:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzfQCsDTORM

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Amelia Curran: Watershed Genre: Singer-Songwriter/Alternative Folk // Label: Six Shooter Records

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Black Map: In Droves Genre: Alt-Rock/Post-Hardcore // Label: Entertainment One

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Bush: Black And White Rainbows Genre: Grunge/Alt-Rock // Label: Caroline

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Cameron Avery: Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams Genre: Indie-Rock // Label: Anti

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Can’t Swim: Fail You Again Genre: Rock // Label: Pure Noise Records

Stream Fail You Again here.

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Cellador: Off The Grid Genre: Power Metal // Label: Scarlet Records

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Circa Waves: Different Creatures Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock // Label: Virgin EMI

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Damaged Bug: Bunker Funk Genre: Alternative Rock/Electronic // Label: Castle Funk

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Darkest Hour: Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora Genre: Melodic Death Metal // Label: Southern Lord Recordings

Stream Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora here.

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Fen: Winter Genre: Black Metal/Post-Rock // Label: Code666

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Flagship: The Electric Man Genre: Indie-Rock/Alternative // Label: Bright Antenna Records

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Greg Graffin: Millport Genre: Folk/Alt-Country // Label: Anti

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Havok: Conformicide Genre: Thrash Metal // Label: Century Media

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Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Navigator Genre: Indie-Rock // Label: ATO Records

Stream The Navigator here.

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Hydrogyn: Redemption Genre: Rock // Label: HighVol

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Jacques Greene: Feel Infinite Genre: Electronic // Label: LuckyMe

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Jay Som: Everybody Works Genre: Dream Pop // Label: Polyvinyl Record Co.

Stream Everybody Works here.

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Jim O’Rourke and Kassel Jaeger: Wakes On Cerulean Genre: Electronic/Post-Rock // Label: Editions Mego

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Knox Hamilton: The Heights Genre: Indie-Pop/Electronic // Label: Prospect Park Records

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Laura Marling: Semper Femina Genre: Indie-Folk // Label: More Alarming

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Lunar Shadow: Far From Light Genre: Heavy Metal // Label: Cruz Del Sur

Stream Far From Light here.

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Nathan Fake: Providence Genre: Electronic // Label: Ninja Tune

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The Picturebooks: Home Is A Heartache Genre: Rock/Blues // Label: Another Century

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Planning for Burial: Below the House Genre: Shoegaze/Post-Rock // Label: The Flenser

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The Shins: Heartworms Genre: Indie-Pop // Label: Columbia Records

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Shobaleader One/Squarepusher: Elektrac Genre: Electronic // Warp Records

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sir Was: Digging A Tunnel Genre: Electronic // Label: City Slang

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Sunny Sweeney: Trophy Genre: Country // Label: Thirty Tigers

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Sweat Lodge: Tokens For Hell EP Genre: Hard Rock/Psychedelic // Label: Brutal Panda

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