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In case you missed it, here’s a list of the top 3 news items from this past week:

(1) New Opeth Song

(2) KSE are “Broken”

(3) New Menzingers song/album

Currently Trending

These albums are

(1)  Torche: Admission
(2)  State Faults: Clairvoyant
(3)  Thom Yorke: Anima
(4)  Freddie Gibbs and Madlib: Bandana
(5)  He Is Legend: White Bat

Featured Reviews

Notable Write-Ups for New Releases:

(1) Torche – Admission by DrGonzo1937

(2) Frightened Rabbit – Tiny Changes by SowingSeason

(3) Banks – III by PistolPete

(4) He Is Legend – White Bat by SitarHero

(5) Ed Sheeran – No. 6 Collaborations Project by granitenotebook

Featured Lists

Noteworthy lists from the past week:

(1) luci’s decade in pop

(2) A Decade of Heroism

(3) Best Music in Skate / BMX Videos

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 12, 2019.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: July 12, 2019 –

Banks: III
Genre: R&B/Downtempo/Pop
Label: Harvest

Batushka: Hospodi (Господи)
Genre: Black/Doom/Post Metal
Label: Metal Blade

Big K.R.I.T.: K.R.I.T. Iz Here
Genre: Hip-Hop/Jazz/Funk
Label: BMG

Bleached: Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?
Genre: Indie-Pop/Psychedelic
Label: Dead Oceans

CFCF: Liquid Colours
Genre: Electronic/Ambient
Label: INDIES

Drab Majesty: Modern Mirror
Genre: Post Punk/Gothic
Label: Dais

Ed Sheeran: No.6 Collaborations Project
Genre: Pop
Label: Atlantic

Freya Ridings: Freya Ridings
Genre: Pop/Singer-Songwriter
Label: Good Soldier

Frightened Rabbit: Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit’s ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’
Genre: Indie/Folk
Label: Atlantic

Gauche: A People’s History of Gauche
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Merge

Glitterer: Looking Through The Shades
Genre: Post Punk
Label: Anti/Epitaph

Imperial Teen: Now We Are Timeless
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Merge

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: Tracing Back the Radiance
Genre: Ambient/Drone/Electronic
Label: Mexican Summer…

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 5, 2019.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: July 5, 2019 –

3teeth: Metawar
Genre: Industrial
Label: Century Media

Abbath: Outstrider
Genre: Black/Heavy Metal
Label: Season of Mist

The Dharmas: Little Sunshine
Genre: Alternative/Rock
Label: 1001 Stoned

Félicia Atkinson: The Flower And The Vessel
Genre: Ambient/Drone/Experimental
Label: Shelter Press

Jesca Hoop: STONECHILD
Genre: Indie-Pop/Folk
Label: Memphis Industries

Joey Cape: Let Me Know When You Give Up
Genre: Folk Punk/Indie-Rock
Label: Fat Wreck Chords

Kokoko!: Fongola
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Trangressive

Machine Gun Kelly: Hotel Diablo
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: EST 19XX

Necking: Cut Your Teeth
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Mint

Olympia: Flamingo
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: EMI

Oren Ambarchi: Simian Angel
Genre: Experimental/Ambient/Drone
Label: Editions Mego

The Plug: Plug Talk
Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop
Label: The Plug Records

The Soft Cavalry: The Soft Cavalry
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Bella Union

Trash Kit: Horizon
Genre: Post-Punk/Experimental
Label: Upset the Rhythm

Westside Gunn: FLYGOD Is An Awesome GOD
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Griselda

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 28, 2019.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: June 28, 2019 –

311: Voyager
Genre: Reggae/Hip-Hop/Alt-Rock
Label: BMG

The Alarm: Sigma
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Twenty First Century Recording Company

The Appleseed Cast: The Fleeting Light of Impermanence
Genre: Post-Rock/Emo
Label: Graveface

Ashbringer: Absolution
Genre: Black/Ambient/Post-Metal
Label: Prosthetic

Beastwars: IV
Genre: Sludge Metal/Stoner Rock
Label: Destroy

The Black Keys: Let’s Rock
Genre: Blues/Rock/Psychedelic
Label: Nonesuch

Chris Brown: INDIGO
Genre: Pop/Soul/R&B
Label: RCA

Chris Staples: Holy Moly
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Barsuk

Daughter Of Swords: Dawnbreaker
Genre: Folk
Label: Nonesuch

Eden XO: The Question
Genre: Pop
Label: AlphaOmega

Hugh Hardie: Shadows & Silhouettes
Genre: Drum and Bass
Label: Hospital

I Hate Models: L’Âge des Métamorphoses
Genre: Techno/Electronic
Label: Perc Trax

Ingrid Michaelson: Stranger Songs
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Cabin 24

Jade Jackson: Wilderness
Genre: Country/Americana
Label: Anti/Epitaph…

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 21, 2019.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: June 21, 2019 –

Bad Breeding: Exiled
Genre: Hardcore/Noise Rock
Label: One Little Indian

Bedouine: Bird Songs of a Killjoy
Genre: Indie-Folk
Label: Spacebomb Records

Black Pumas: Black Pumas
Genre: Alternative/Indie Rock
Label: ATO

Black Midi: schlagenheim
Genre: Noise Rock/Math Rock/Experimental
Label: Rough Trade

Blick Bassy: 1958
Genre: Folk/World/Country
Label: Nø Førmat! / Tôt ou tard

Buddy & Julie Miller: Breakdown On 20th Ave. South
Genre: Country/Americana
Label: New West

Divino Niño: Foam
Genre: Indie/Alternative
Label: Winspear

Fruit Bats: Gold Past Life
Genre: Indie-Pop/Rock
Label: Merge

Georgia Anne Muldrow: VWETO II
Genre: Hip-Hop/Soul
Label: Mello Music Group

Hatchie: Keepsake
Genre: Pop/Dream Pop
Label: Double Double Whammy

Holy Ghost!: Work
Genre: Electronic/Indie-Pop
Label: West End

Hollywood Vampires: Rise
Genre: Rock/Heavy Metal
Label: Earmusic

Hot Chip: A Bath Full Of Ecstasy
Genre: Electronic/Indie Pop
Label:…

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 14, 2019.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: June 14, 2019 –

Alle Farben: Sticker on My Suitcase
Genre: Pop
Label: b1

Bad Books: III
Genre: Indie-Rock/Folk
Label: Loma Vista

Baroness: Gold & Grey
Genre: Sludge/Progressive Metal
Label: Abraxan Hymns

Bastille: Doom Days
Genre: Pop/Rock
Label: Virgin Records Ltd

Ben Vince: Don’t Give Your Life
Genre: Jazz/Experimental
Label: 33 33

Bill Callahan: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
Genre: Folk/Americana
Label: Drag City

Bruce Springsteen: Western Stars
Genre: Rock/Americana/Folk
Label: Columbia

Butcher The Bar: III
Genre: Indie/Alt-Rock
Label: Bobo Integral

Christopher Willits: Sunset
Genre: Electronic
Label: Ghostly International

Crumb: Jinx
Genre: Indie-Pop/Alt-Rock/Jazz Fusion
Label: Crumb

The Dangerous Summer: Mother Nature
Genre: Alternative Rock/Pop-Punk
Label: Hopeless

DONSKOY: Didn’t I Say So
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: record Jet

Hayden James: Between Us
Genre: Electronic
Label: Future Classic

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 31, 2019.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: June 7, 2019 –

As Cities Burn: Scream Through the Walls
Genre: Post-Hardcore/Indie-Rock/Progressive Rock
Label: Equal Vision

Aurora: A Different Kind Of Human (Step II)
Genre: Indie-Pop/Electronic
Label: Glassnote

Carlie Hanson: Junk
Genre: Pop
Label: Warner Bros

Cave In: Final Transmission
Genre: Metalcore/Progressive Rock/Alternative Rock
Label: Hydra Head

Chon: Chon
Genre: Progressive/Math Rock
Label: Sumerian

Combichrist: One Fire
Genre: Industrial/Nu-Metal/Electronic
Label: Out of Line

CVN: i.c
Genre: Experimental/Electronic
Label: Orange Milk

Dinosaur Pile-Up: Celebrity Mansions
Genre: Grunge/Alt-Rock
Label: Parlophone UK

Dumb: Club Nites
Genre: Punk/Indie-Rock
Label: Mint

Dylan LeBlanc: Renegade
Genre: Country/Indie-Rock
Label: ATO

Earthen Sea: Grass And Trees
Genre: Ambient/Techno
Label: kranky

Firespawn: Abominate
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Century Media

Froth: Duress
Genre: Psychedelic/Garage
Label: Wichita

Haybaby: They Get There
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label:…

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 31, 2019.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: May 31, 2019 –

Apex Manor: Heartbreak City
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Merge

Arlo Day: Bad Timing
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Domino

Christelle Bofale: Swim Team
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Father/Daughter

Daniel Wohl: État
Genre: Experimental/Electronic
Label: New Amsterdam/Nonesuch

Darkthrone: Old Star
Genre: Black Metal/Punk/Death Metal
Label: Peaceville

Death Angel: Humanicide
Genre: Thrash Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

Denzel Curry: ZUU
Genre: Hip-Hop/Psychedelic
Label: Loma Vista

Doug Tuttle: Dream Road
Genre: Folk/Psychedelic/Rock
Label: Burger

Eluvium: Pianoworks
Genre: Ambient/Electronic/Post-Rock
Label: Temporary Residence

Frank Iero And The Future Violents: Barriers
Genre: Alternative/Indie/Emo Rock
Label: UNFD

Gemma: Feeling’s Not A Tempo
Genre: Pop/Rock
Label: Double Double Whammy

ionnalee: REMEMBER THE FUTURE
Genre: Pop/Electronic
Label: To whom it may concern.

Jesse Markin: Folk
Genre: Indie/Lo-Fi/Rock
Label: Vild

King Hobo: Mauga
Genre: Blues/Stoner/Hard Rock

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 24, 2019.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: May 24, 2019 –

The Amazons: Future Dust
Genre: Alternative/Indie-Rock
Label: Fiction

Black Mountain: Destroyer
Genre: Psychedelic/Hard Rock
Label: Jagjaguwar

Cate Le Bon: Reward
Genre: Folk/Psychedelic
Label: Mexican Summer

Deathspell Omega: The Furnaces of Palingenesia
Genre: Black Metal/Progressive/Experimental
Label: Noevidia

Destrage: The Chosen One
Genre: Progressive Metal/Math Rock
Label: Metal Blade

Earth: Full Upon Her Burning Lips
Genre: Drone/Doom Metal/Post-Rock
Label: Sargent House

Edward: Underwater Jams
Genre: House
Label: DFA

Faye Webster: Atlanta Millionaires Club
Genre: Pop/Country
Label: Secretly Canadian

Fleshgod Apocalypse: Veleno
Genre: Death Metal/Classical
Label: Nuclear Blast

Flower Crown: Sundries
Genre: Alternative/Indie
Label: Crafted Sounds

Flying Lotus: Flamagra
Genre: ELectronic/Hip-Hop/IDM
Label: Warp

The Glow: Am I
Genre: Indie-Rock
Label: Double Double Whammy

Halfsour: Sticky
Genre: Indie-Rock
Label: Fire Talk

Hayden Thorpe: Diviner
Genre: Indie Rock
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 17, 2019.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: May 17, 2019 –

Alex Lahey: The Best Of Luck Club
Genre: Indie-Rock
Label: Dead Oceans

Brad Mehldau: Finding Gabriel
Genre: Jazz
Label: Nonesuch

Carly Rae Jepsen: Dedicated
Genre: Pop
Label: School Boy

Com Truise: Persuasion System
Genre: Electronic/IDM
Label: Ghostly Int’l

Crooked Colours: Langata
Genre: Electronic
Label: WM Australia

DJ Khaled: Father of Asahd
Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
Label: We The Best/Epic

Duckwrth: The Falling Man
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Republic

Frenship: Vacation
Genre: Pop
Label: Counter

Full of Hell: Weeping Choir
Genre: Grind/Hardcore/Sludge
Label: Relapse

The Head and The Heart: Living Mirage
Genre: Indie-Folk/Pop
Label: Reprise

Helm: Chemical Flowers
Genre: Ambient/Drone/Experimental
Label: PAN

Injury Reserve: Injury Reserve
Genre: Hip-Hop/Experimental/Jazz
Label: Senaca Village

Institute: Readjusting The Locks
Genre: Rock
Label: Sacred Bones

Interpol: A Fine Mess
Genre: Post-Punk/Indie-Rock
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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 10, 2019.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: May 10, 2019 –

A.A. Bondy: Enderness
Genre: Folk/Country/Americana
Label: Fat Possum

Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties: Routine Maintenance
Genre: Indie-Folk/Americana
Label: Hopeless

Charly Bliss: Young Enough
Genre: Indie-Rock/Pop-Rock
Label: Barsuk

Clinic: Wheeltappers and Shunters
Genre: Punk/Psychedelic/Experimental
Label: Domino

Death and Vanilla: Are You A Dreamer?
Genre: Psychedelic/Dream Pop/Electronic
Label: Fire

Defeater: Defeater
Genre: Hardcore/Punk
Label: Epitaph

Doomsquad: Let Yourself Be Free
Genre: Electronic/Experimental/Post-Punk
Label: Bella Union

Employed to Serve: Eternal Forward Motion
Genre: Metalcore/Hardcore/Post-Hardcore
Label: Spinefarm

The Get Up Kids: Problems
Genre: Emo/Pop-Punk
Label: Polyvinyl

Greys: Age Hasn’t Spoiled You
Genre: Post-Hardcore
Label: Carpark

Hælos: Any Random Kindness
Genre: Electronic/Indie-Pop/Shoegaze
Label: Infectious Music

Holly Herndon: PROTO
Genre: Electronic/Experimental/Techno
Label: 4AD

Idle Hands: Mana
Genre: Heavy Metal/Gothic Rock
Label: Eisenwald

Jamila Woods: Legacy! Legacy!
Genre:…

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 3, 2019.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: May 3, 2019 –

Amon Amarth: Berserker
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Label: Metal Blade

ALASKALASKA: The Dots
Genre: Indie/Alternative Rock
Label: Marathon

Ashley Tisdale: Symptoms
Genre: Pop
Label: Big Noise Music Group

Bad Religion: Age of Unreason
Genre: Punk/Rock/Hardcore
Label: Epitaph

Barrie: Happy to Be Here
Genre: Alternative Rock/Pop
Label: Winspear

Big Thief: U.F.O.F.
Genre: Indie-Rock/Folk/Alternative Rock
Label: 4AD

Body Type: EP2
Genre: Indie-Rock/Lo-Fi
Label: PTKF

The Dream Syndicate: These Times
Genre: Psychedelic/Alternative Rock/Post-Punk
Label: Anti/Epitaph

Caroline Spence: Mint Condition
Genre: Folk/Country
Label: Rounder

Club Kuru: Meet Your Maker
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Dog Holiday

Caterina Barbieri: Ecstatic Computation
Genre: Ambient/Experimental/Electronic
Label: Editions Mego

Drahla: Useless Coordinates
Genre: Post-Punk/Noise Rock
Label: Captured Tracks

Filthy Friends: Emerald Valley
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Kill Rock Stars

Flamingods: Levitation
Genre:…