Below is a sampling of new releases for February 21st. Please feel free to request reviews from staff and/or contributors, rush to feel a sense of pride and accomplishment in letting tens of us know what you think is missing, or simply let the community know what you plan on jamming this week.
– List of Releases: February 21st, 2025 –
Abduction – Existentialismus
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Label: Spinefarm
Anxious – Bambi
Genre: Alternative Rock / Emo-Pop
Label: Run for Cover
Baths – Gut
Genre: Indietronica / Art Pop
Label: Basement’s Basement
Califone – The Villager’s Companion
Genre: Alt-Country / Americana
Label: Jealous Butcher
God Complex – He Watches in Silence [EP]
Genre: Metalcore / Deathcore
Label: SharpTone
IDER – Late to the World
Genre: Synthpop / Indietronica
Label: Nettwerk
Imagine Dragons – Reflections [Compilation]
(From the Vault of Smoke + Mirrors)
Genre: Pop Rock / Alternative Dance
Label: KIDinaKORNER
Kelora – Sleepers
Genre: Dream Pop / Ambient Pop
Label: True Panther
Killswitch Engage – This Consequence
Genre: Melodic Metalcore / Alternative Metal
Label: Metal Blade
Maruja – Tir na nÓg [EP]
Genre: Post-Rock / Jazz-Rock
Label: Music for Nations
Masma Dream World – PLEASE COME TO ME
Genre: Tribal Ambient / Experimental
Label: Valley of Search
Mitochondrial Sun – Machine Dialectics
Genre: Electronic / Ambient
Label: Inertial
Motorpsycho – Motorpsycho
Genre: Psychedelic Rock / Progressive Rock
Label: NFGS
The Murder Capital – Blindness
Genre: Post-Punk Revival / Noise Pop
Label: Human Season
Nao – JUPITER
Genre: Contemporary R&B / Afrobeats
Label: Little Tokyo
Porridge Radio – The Machine Starts to Sing [EP]
Genre: Indie Rock / Slowcore
Label: Secretly Canadian
Ralph Heidel – Anyways.Onto Better Things
Genre: Nu Jazz / Ambient
Label: [self-released]
Sam Fender – People Watching
Genre: Heartland Rock / Chamber Pop
Label: Polydor
Saya Gray – SAYA
Genre: Indie Folk / Alt-Pop
Label: Dirty Hit
Silverstein – Antibloom
Genre: Mall Screamo / Pop-Punk
Label: UNFD
Sunny War – Armageddon in a Summer Dress
Genre: Americana / Folk Punk
Label: New West
Tate McRae – So Close to What
Genre: Dance-Pop / Contemporary R&B
Label: RCA
Tim Hecker – Shards [EP]
Genre: Ambient / Drone
Label: kranky
Wren – Black Rain Falls
Genre: Atmospheric Sludge Metal / Post-Metal
Label: Church Road
Youth Lagoon – Rarely Do I Dream
Genre: Synthpop / Alternative Dance
Label: Fat Possum
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02.18.25
Motorpsycho, The Murder Capital, and Youth Lagoon are my big three, but some other interesting releases as well.
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finally gonna break my 2025 duck!
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Also: IOSONOUNCANE, Baths, Jim Ghedi, Smif-n-Wessun...very good week!
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Encephalon - Automaton All Along (cyberdancegoth)
Pissgrave - Malignant Worthlessness (grind and death)
Scour - Gold (bm)
Basia Bulat - Basia's Palace (chamber folk)
Painkiller - The Equinox (John Zorn et al.)
Bong-Ra - Black Noise (doomcore)
Gràb - Kremess (bm)
All Seeing Dolls - Parallel (Dot Allison and Anton Newcombe doing their thang)
Oren Ambarchi & Eric Thielemans - Kind Regards (classical maybe some impro)
Mean Mistreater - Do or Die (barfly rock n roll)
Homeskin - Soul Washed Bleach (bm)
Nordista Freeze - On the Banks of Disappearing (country rock)
Ventolin - Všechno nejlepší (comedic Czech electropop)
Naxatras - V (psych prog)
Amulets - Not Around But Through (ambient gaze)
02.25.25
motorpsycho, murder capital and maruja good stuff too
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motorpsycho, murder capital and maruja good stuff too
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