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By Willie
Thursday July 28, 2016

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 29, 2016. 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—

Panopticon: Revisions of the Past
Genre: Black Metal/Folk // Label: Nordvis
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– New Releases: July 29, 2016 –
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Amy Kress: Fly
Genre: Electronic/Pop // Label: Secret Music
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Beansidhe: Mont
Genre: Melodic Death Metal // Label: Via Nocturna
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Billy Talent: Afraid of Heights
Genre: Pop Punk/Alt. Rock // Label: The End Records
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The Bouncing Souls: Simplicity
Genre: Punk/Hardcore // Label: Rise Records
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The Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel
Genre: Psychedelic/Blues // Label: Silver Arrow Records
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Death Spells: Nothing Above, Nothing Below
Genre: Metalcore/Electronic // Label: Vagrant Records
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Descendents: Hypercaffium…
By Willie
Friday July 22, 2016

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 22, 2016. 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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Assignment: Closing the Circle
Genre: Progressive Power Metal // Label: Massacre
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The Birthday Massacre: Imagica (Reissue)
Genre: Industrial/Goth/Alt. Metal // Label: Metropolis Records
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Black Crown Initiate: Selves We Cannot Forgive
Genre: Progressive Death Metal // Label: eOne Music
Read the Contributor Review for Selves We Cannot Forgive.
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Breanna Barbara: Mirage Dreams
Genre: Southern Blues/Psychedelica // Label: No Roads Records
Stream Mirage Dreams here.
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Capsize: A Reintroduction: The Essence of All That Surrounds Me
Genre: Post Hardcore // Label: Equal Vision Records
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Centinex: Doomsday Rituals
Genre: Death Metal // Label: Agonia Records
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Crown the Empire: Retrograde
Genre: Post Hardcore/Metalcore // Label: Rise Records
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By Willie
Wednesday July 13, 2016

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 15, 2016. 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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9electric: The Damaged Ones
Genre: Industrial Rock // Label: Another Century
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16: Lifespan of a Moth
Genre: Sludge/Hardcore // Label: Relapse Records
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Abra: Princess
Genre: Electronic/Pop // Label: True Panther
Read the staff review for Princess.
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Akani: Through My Darkest Infernal
Genre: New York Hardcore/Swedish Death Metal // Label: Spinnup
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Blood Red Throne: Union of Flesh and Machine
Genre: Death Metal // Label: Spinefarm
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Cane Hill: Smile
Genre: Metalcore/Nu Metal // Label: Rise Records
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Castle: Welcome to the Graveyard
Genre: 70s Doom // Label: Van Records
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Chapter and Verse: The Wolves Back Home…
By Willie
Tuesday July 5, 2016

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 8, 2016. 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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All Your Sisters: Uncomfortable Skin
Genre: Post Punk // Label: The Flenser
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Aphex Twin: Cheetah
Genre: Electronic // Label: Warp Records
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The Apprehended: At Arms Length
Genre: Metalcore // Label: Imminence Records
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The Avalanches: Wildflower
Genre: Electronic/Pop/Dance // Label: Astralwerks
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Badbadnotgood: IV
Genre: Jazz/Pop // Label: Innovative Leisure
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Biffy Clyro: Ellipsis
Genre: Alternative Rock // Label: Warner Bros.
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Big Business: Command Your Weather
Genre: Hard Rock // Label: Joyful Noise Recordings
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Chevelle: The North Corridor
Genre: Alt. Metal // Label: Epic
Check out our staff review of The North Corridor.
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Cradle of Filth: Dusk and…
By Willie
Thursday June 30, 2016

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 1, 2016. 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.

– July 01, 2016 –
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American Authors: What We Live For
Genre: Pop Rock // Label: Island Records
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Bat For Lashes: The Bride
Genre: Indie Pop // Label: Warner Bros.
Stream The Bride here.
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Blink-182: California
Genre: Pop Punk // Label: BMG Rights Management
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Blood Orange: Freetown Sound
Genre: Synthpop/R&B // Label: Domino Records
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Chelsea Grin: Self Inflicted
Genre: Metalcore/Death Metal // Label: Rise Records
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Der Rote Milan: Aus der Asche
Genre: Black Metal // Label: Independent
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Fates Warning: Theories of Flight
Genre: Progressive Metal // Label: Inside Out Music
Check out our staff review of Theories of Flight.
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Hippies Wearing Muzzles: Animist Pools
Genre: Experimental/Electronic //…
By Willie
Wednesday June 22, 2016

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 24, 2016. 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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Andy Hull: Swiss Army Man OST
Genre: Soundtrack // Label: Lakeshore Records
Read our contributor review of the Swiss Army Man soundtrack.
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Angry Nation: The Fail Decade
Genre: Thrash Metal // Label: Wolfblood Productions
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The Avett Brothers: True Sadness
Genre: Rock // Label: American Recordings
Stream True Sadness here.
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Be’lakor: Vessels
Genre: Melodic Death Metal // Label: Napalm Records
Read our staff review of Vessels while streaming it here.
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Broods: Conscious
Genre: Electro Pop // Label: Capitol
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C.B. Murdoc: Here Be Dragons
Genre: Technical Death Metal // Label: Vicisolom Production
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Comet Control: Center of the Maze
Genre: Psychedelic Rock // Label: Tee Pee…
By Willie
Thursday June 16, 2016

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 17, 2016. 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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A Devil’s Din: Skylight
Genre: Psychedelic Stoner Rock // Label: Self-Released
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Avion Roe: In Separation
Genre: Alternative/Emo // Label: Epitaph Records
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Ayreon: The Theater Equation
Genre: Symphonic Progressive Metal // Label: Inside Out Music
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Beldam: Still the Wretched Linger
Genre: Doom/Sludge // Label: Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
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Big Deal: Say Yes
Genre: Psychedelic Indie Pop // Label: Fat Cat Records
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case/lang/veirs: case/lang/veirs
Genre: Indie Folk // Label: Anti/Epitaph
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Caveman: Otero War
Genre: Rock/Indie // Label: Cinematic Music
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Converge: You Fail Me Redux
Genre: Metalcore/Hardcore // Label: Epitaph
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Deceptionist: Initializing Irreversible Process
Genre: Tech/Industrial Death Metal //…
By Sowing
Friday June 10, 2016

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 10, 2016. 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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Astrakhan: Reward in Purpose
Genre: Doom/Sludge Metal // Label: War on Music
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Bait: Sunburst [EP]
Genre: Blackened Hardcore // Label: WOOAAARGH/Sell Your Soul Records
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Band of Horses: Why Are You OK?
Genre: Pop-Rock // Label: Interscope
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Borderland: Voice Of The Voiceless
Genre: Metal // Label: Borderlands
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Broncho: Double Vanity
Genre: Alternative Rock // Label: Broncho
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Deep Forest: Evo Devo
Genre: Electronic/Ambient // Label: Independent
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Earring: Tunn Star
Genre: Indie-Rock // Label: Fire Talk
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Empty Houses: Daydream
Genre: Indie-Pop // Label: Sargent House
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Esme Patterson: We Were Wild…
By Sowing
Tuesday May 31, 2016

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 3, 2016. 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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Attalla: Attalla
Genre: Hardcore // Label: Independent
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Beartooth: Aggressive
Genre: Metalcore/Hardcore // Label: Red Bull Records
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Cat’s Eyes: Treasure House
Genre: Indie/Dream-Pop // Label: Cat’s Eyes
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Cauchemar: Chapelle Ardente
Genre: Heavy/Doom Metal // Label: Nuclear War Now! Productions
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The Claypool Lennon Delirium: Monolith of Phobos
Genre: Psychedelic Rock // Label: Prawn Song Records & Chimera Music
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Cough: Still They Pray
Genre: Sludge/Doom Metal // Label: Relapse Records
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Dan + Shay: Greenwich Mean Time
Genre: Country-Pop // Label: Warner Music Nashville
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Dark Funeral: Where Shadows Forever Reign
Genre: Black Metal // Label: Century Media Records
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Dark Suns: Everchild
By Sowing
Thursday May 26, 2016

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 27, 2016. 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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Above Aurora: Onwards Desolation
Label: Pagan Records
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Architects: All Of Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
Label: Epitaph
Check out our contributor review for All of Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
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Attic Abasement: Dream News
Label: Father/Daughter Records
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Beth Orton: Kidsticks
Label: Anti
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Beyond All Recognition: Beyond All Recognition
Label: Gain
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Big Thief: Masterpiece
Label: Saddle Creek
Full Album Stream
Check out our staff review for Masterpiece
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Blackberries: Greenwich Mean Time
Label: Unique Records
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Ciaran Lavery: Let Bad In
Label: Believe Recordings
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Daniel Romano: Mosey
Label: New…
By Sowing
Tuesday May 17, 2016

  
Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 20, 2016. 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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Against The Current: In Our Bones
Label: Fueled By Ramen, LLC
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AmongRuins: No Light
Label: OneManArmy
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Andy Shauf: The Party
Label: Andy Shauf
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Ariana Grande: Dangerous Woman
Label: Republic Records
Check out our staff review for Dangerous Woman
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Arthur Beatrice: Keeping The Peace
Label: Vertigo/Capitol
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Assassin: Combat Cathedral
Label: Steamhammer
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Atala: Shaman’s Path of the Serpent
Label: Independent
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Bird of Youth: Get Off
Label: Kiam Records
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Black Pistol Fire: Don’t Wake The Riot
Label: Modern Outsider
By Sowing
Thursday May 12, 2016

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 13, 2016. 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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3OH!3: Night Sports
Label: Fueled By Ramen
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Adia Victoria: Beyond the Bloodhounds
Label: Atlantic Recording Corporation
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A. Sinclair: Get out of the City
Label: Dangerbird Records
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Astronautalis: Cut The Body Loose
Label: SideOneDummy Records
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Avatar: Feathers and Flesh
Label: Entertainment One U.S.
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Black Absinthe: Early Signs of Denial
Label: Independent
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Brodka: Clashes
Label: Kayak
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Chance The Rapper: Chance 3
Label: Independent
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Corine Bailey Rae: The Heart Speaks In Whispers
Label: Virgin Records Ltd
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David Banner: The God Box
Label:…
By Sowing
Wednesday May 4, 2016

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of May 6, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Alaric – End Of Mirrors (Neurot Recordings)
Aloha – Little Windows Cut Right Through (Polyvinyl Record Co)
ANOHNI – Hopelessness (Secretly Canadian)
Astronauts – End Codes (Lo Recordings)
Belvedere – The Revenge of The Fifth (Belvedere Music)
Beverly – The Blue Swell (Kanine Records)
CardiaC – Sangrar Hasta Lograrlo (Tenacity Music)
Chevalrex – Futurisme (Vietnam)
Chris Cohen – As If Apart (Captured Tracks)
Cole Swindell – You Should Be Here (Warner Music Nashville LLC)
Cyndi Lauper – Detour (Mutzarella Inc)
Death Grips – Bottomless Pit (Harvest Records)
Dead Register – Fiber (AVR Records)
Degtras – Hominidae Resonance (Wood and Stone Productions)
Electronic Frequency – Human Abyss (Electronic Frequency)
Fear Like Us – Succour (Poison City Records)
Ghold – PYR (Ritual Productions)
Glorior Belli – Sundown (The Flock That Welcomes) (Agonia Records)
The Goo Goo Dolls – Boxes (Warner Bros. Records Inc)
Homeboy Sandman – Kindness for Weakness (Stones Throw Records)
The Hypothesis – Origin (Inverse Records)
Imperium – Titanomachy (Ultimate Massacre Productions)
James Blake – The Colour In Anything (Polydor Ltd)
JMSN – It Is. (White Room Records)
Joana Serrat – Cross the Verge (Loose Music)
Julianna Barwick – Will (Dead Oceans) — Atari
Kaytranada – 99.9% (XL Recordings) — Will Robinson
Keith Urban – Ripcord (Hit Red Records)
Little Scream – Cult Following…
By Sowing
Saturday April 30, 2016

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 29, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Abhomine – Larvae Offal Swine (Hells Headbangers)
A Dead Forest Index – In All That Drifts from Summit Down (Sargent House)
Angarthal – Uranus And Gaia (Steve Angarthal)
Brian Eno – The Ship (Warp)
Britta Phillips – Luck or Magic (Double Feature Records)
The Boxer Rebellion – Ocean by Ocean (Amplify Music)
Darkestrah – Turan (Osmose Productions)
Doomsquad – Total Time (Bella Union)
Drake – Views (Young Money)
dvsn – Sept 5th (Elektra)
Fallujah – Dreamless (Nuclear Blast)
Germ – Escape (Prophecy Productions)
Gersey – What You Kill (Gersey)
Haken – Affinity (Century Media Records Ltd) –Thompson D. Gerhart
Imarhan – Imarhan (City Slang)
The Jayhawks – Paging Mr. Proust (Sham)
John Doe – The Westerner (Cool Rock Records)
Kawir – Father Sun Mother Moon (Iron Bonehead Productions)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity (Heavenly)
Konono No. 1 – Konono No.1 Meets Batida (Crammed Discs)
Kyle Craft – Dolls Of Highland (Sub Pop)
Long Distance Calling – Trips (InsideOut Music)
Luca Brasi – If This Is All We’re Going to Be (Poison City Records)
Man Made – TV Broke My Brain (Man Made)
Melt Yourself Down – Last Evenings on Earth (The Leaf Label)
Mindshift – Horizon (Eclipse Records)
Pity Sex – White Hot Moon (Run for Cover Records)
Plants and Animals – Waltzed in…
By Sowing
Wednesday April 20, 2016

Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 22, 2016. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.
Aborted – Retrogore (Century Media Records Ltd)
Andy Stott – Too Many Voices (Modern Love)
A$AP Ferg – Always Strive And Prosper (RCA Records)
Beast Wars – The Death Of All Things (Destroy)
Blue October – Home (Up/Down-Brando Records)
BoneHawk – Albino Rhino (Ripple Music)
Carlos Niño – Flutes, Echoes, It’s All Happening! (Leaving Records)
Doomsday Ceremony – Black Heart (Cogumelo Records)
Dust Bowl Jokies – Dust Bowl Jokies (Rodeostar Records)
Elephant Tree – Elephant Tree (Magnetic Eye Records)
Elessar – Reflections (Elessar UK)
False Gods – Wasteland (Independent)
Te Fall of Troy – OK (Independent)
Ferium – Behind the Black Eyes (Independent)
Framix – Lucky Monkeys (Frakamix Production)
Fruition – Labor Of Love (Randm Records)
Good Tiger – A Head Full of Moonlight (Metal Blade Records)
Greys – Outer Heaven (Carpark)
Guided by Voices – Please Be Honest (GBV Inc)
Ill Wicker – Untamed (The Sign Records)
Knifeworld – Bottled Out of Eden (Century Media Records Ltd)
Legendary Pink Dots – Pages of Aquarius (Metropolis Records)
The Loom – Here In the Deadlights (Crossbill Records)
Matthew and the Atlas – Temple (Communion Group Ltd)
Mean Jeans – Tight New Dimension (Fat Wreck Chords)
Media Solution – The Prelude (Pavement Entertainment Inc)
Messenger – Threnodies (InsideOut Music)
Mortichnia – Heir To Scoria And Ash (Apocalyptic Witchcraft)
Nicolas Godin –…
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