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Weekly Releases: 11.03.2023

By staff Monday October 30, 2023

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Here’s a list of significant new releases for the week of November 3rd, 2023. Please note that your idea of “significant” might not align with this list: some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make. Genres/labels are best guesses based on cursory Googling and should not be taken seriously. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors. Or don’t, whatever. I’m not your mom.

– List of Releases: November 3rd, 2023 –

Actress – LXXXVIII
Genre: Outsider House / IDM
Label: Ninja Tune

Angra – Cycles of Pain
Genre: Power Metal / Progressive Metal
Label: Atomic Fire

Cold War Kids – Cold War Kids
Genre: Pop Rock / Indie
Label: AWAL

Drop Nineteens – Hard Light
Genre: Shoegaze / Indie Rock
Label: Wharf Cat

Dying Wish – Symptoms of Survival
Genre: Melodic Metalcore
Label: SharpTone

Empty Country – Empty Country II
Genre: Heartland Rock
Label: Get Better

Flying Raccoon Suit – Moonflower
Genre: Ska
Label: Bad Time

Fuming Mouth – Last Day of Sun
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

Gong – Unending Ascending
Genre: Psychedelic Rock / Progressive
Label: Kscope

Weekly Releases: 10.27.2023

By Dewinged Tuesday October 24, 2023

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 27th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 27, 2023 –

Aegrus: Invoking the Abysmal Night

Genre: Black Metal
Label: Osmose Productions

Angie McMahon: Light, Dark, Light Again

Genre: Singer Songwriter
Label: Gracie

Autopsy: Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts

Genre: Death Metal
Label: Peaceville

Closure In Moscow: Soft Hell

Genre: Alternative / Progressive Rock
Label: Self released

DJ Shadow: Action Adventure

Genre: Electronic / Hip Hop
Label: Mass Appeal

Dokken: Heaven Comes Down

Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Napalm

Doro: Conqueress

Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Duran Duran: Danse Macabre

Genre: Pop rock
Label: BMG

End: The Sin of Human Frailty

Genre: Metalcore
Label: Closed Casket Activities

Endseeker: Global Worming

Genre: Death metal
Label: Metal Blade

The Gaslight Anthem: History Books

Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Thirty Tigers

Gazelle…

Weekly Releases 10.20.2023

By Willie Tuesday October 17, 2023

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of October 20th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 20th, 2023 –

Afterbirth: In But Not Of
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Label: Willowtip Records

The Amenta: Plague of Locus
Genre: Industrial / Blackened Death Metal
Label: Independent

Angelus Apatrida: Aftermath
Genre: Thrash
Label: Napalm Records

Asagraum: Veil of Death, Ruptured
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Edged Circle Productions

Blink-182: One More Time
Genre: Pop Punk / Alternative
Label: Columbia Records

Bombay Bicycle Club: My Big Day
Genre: Indie Pop / Indie Rock
Label: Mmm… Records

The Callous Daoboys: God Smiles Upon the Callous Daoboys
Genre: Mathcore / Metalcore
Label: Independent

Catch Your Breath: Shame On Me
Genre: Alternative / Metal
Label: Thriller Records

Cirith Ungol: Dark Parade
Genre: Heavy Metal / Power Metal
Label: Metal Blade Records

City Girls: Raw
Genre: Hip-Hop
Label: Capitol Records

Daria Zawialow: Dziewczyna Pop
Genre: Electronic / Pop
Label: Sony

Dreamwell: In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You
Genre: Post Hardcore
Label: Prosthetic Records

Duff McKagan: Lighthouse
Genre: Rock
Label: The World

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Weekly Releases 10.13.2023

By Sowing Monday October 9, 2023

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Here’s a list of notable new releases for the week of October 13th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: October 13th, 2023 –

Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.

+++(Crosses): Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete
Genre: Alternative Rock/Electronic
Label: Warner

Queen Of Time Live At Tavastia 2021

Amorphis: Queen of Time (Live at Tavastia 2021)
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Label: Atomic Fire

Anna Hillburg

Anna Hillburg: Tired Girls
Genre: Indie-Pop
Label: Speakeasy Studios

Beartooth: The Surface
Genre: Hardcore/Metalcore
Label: Red Bull Records

Nick Keller - Beastwars - Tyranny Of Distance

Beastwars: Tyranny of Distance
Genre: Sludge Metal/Stoner Rock
Label: Destroy Records

Blue October

Blue October: Spinning the Truth Around Part 2
Genre: Alternative Rock / Pop
Label: Up/Down Records

Body Void

Body Void: Atrocity Machine
Genre: Sludge Metal/Doom Metal/Hardcore
Label: Prosthetic Records

Boygenius Announces Surprise EP 'The Rest' | uDiscover

Boygenius: The Rest
Genre: Indie-Folk/Indie-Rock
Label: Interscope

Cmat

CMAT: Crazymad, For Me
Genre: Country/Indie-Pop
Label: CMATBABY

Creeper

Creeper: Sanguivore
Genre: Gothic/Indie-Rock
Label: Spinefarm

Free Throw Lessons That We Swear to Keep Punk Rock Theory

Free Throw: Lessons That We Swear to Keep
Genre: Emo/Indie-Rock
Label: Triple Crown

Geese

Geese: 4D Country
Genre: Post-Punk/Indie-Rock/Country
Label: Partisan Records

Goat

Goat: Medicine
Genre: Psychedelic/Folk
Label: Rocket…

Weekly Releases: 10.06.2023

By Dewinged Tuesday October 3, 2023

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Just in time for the start of pumpkin spice spooky season, here’s a list of notable new releases for the week of October 6th, 2023. Genres/labels are best guesses based on cursory Googling and should not be taken seriously. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors. Or don’t, whatever. I’m not your mom.

– List of Releases: October 6th, 2023 –

Carnifex – Necromanteum
Genre: Deathcore / Symphonic Black Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

Citizen – CALLING THE DOGS
Genre: Alternative / Post-Punk Revival
Label: Run For Cover

Claire Rosinkranz – Just Because
Genre: Bedroom Pop
Label: Republic

Colbie Caillat – Along the Way
Genre: Country Pop
Label: Blue Jean Baby

The Dear Hunter – Migrant Returned
Genre: Art Rock
Label: Equal Vision

Dogstar – Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees
Genre: Alternative Rock / Garage Rock Revival
Label: Dillon Street Records

Dorian Electra – Fanfare
Genre: Hyperpop
Label: Dorian Electra Inc.

Drake – For All the Dogs
Genre: Alternative R&B / Trap Soul
Label: OVO, Republic

Ethan P. Flynn – Abandon All Hope
Genre: Art Pop / Indietronica
Label: Young

EXEK – The Map and The…

Weekly Releases 9.29.2023

By Dewinged Wednesday September 27, 2023

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 29th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 29, 2023 –

’68: Yes, And…

Genre: Noise Rock
Label: Pure Noise

Animal Collective: Isn’t It Now?

Genre: Alternative
Label: Domino Recording Co.

Beverley Knight: The Fifth Chapter

Genre: r&b
Label: BMG

Blackbriar: A Dark Euphony

Genre: Symphonic Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Black Stone Cherry: Screamin’ at the Sky

Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Mascot Label Group

Blonde Redhead: Sit Down For Dinner

Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Section 1

Blood Command: World Domination

Genre: Punk Rock
Label: Hassle

Caged: From Roving About the Earth

Genre: Death Doom
Label: Translation Loss

Cherry Glazerr: I Don’t Want You Anymore

Genre: Indie Rock
Label: Secretly Canadian

Code Orange: The Above

Genre: Metalcore
Label: Blue Grape Music

Ed Sheeran: Autumn Variations

Genre: Singer Songwriter
Label: Gingerbread Man

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Weekly Releases 9.22.2023

By Willie Saturday September 16, 2023

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 22nd, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 22nd, 2023 –

3teeth: Endex
Genre: Industrial Metal / Alternative
Label: Century Media

Annisokay: Abyss Pt. 1
Genre: Metalcore
Label: Arising Empire

Bakar: Halo
Genre: Indie / Hip Hop / Electronic
Label: Black Butter Limited

Cannibal Corpse: Chaos Horrific
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Metal Blade Records

Chappell Roan: The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Genre: Pop
Label: Independent

Dayshell: Pegasus
Genre: Post Hardcore / Alternative
Label: Independent

Doja Cat: Scarlet
Genre: Hip Hop / Pop
Label: RCA Records

Dominique Fils-Aime: Our Roots Run Deep
Genre: Soul / R&B / Dream Pop
Label: Ensoul Records

Emily Kinney: Swimteam
Genre: Pop / Folk
Label: Julian Records

Follakzoid: V
Genre: Psychedelic / Ambient
Label: Sacred Bones Records

Grails: Anches en Maat
Genre: Psychedelic / Post Rock / Experimental
Label: Temporary Residence

Grrl Gang: Spunky!
Genre: Indie Rock / Indie Pop
Label: Green Island Records

K. Michelle: I’m the Problem
Genre: R&B / Pop
Label: Atlantic

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Weekly Releases 9.15.2023

By Sowing Monday September 11, 2023

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Here’s a list of prominent new releases for the week of September 15th, 2023. Genres/labels are best guesses based on cursory Googling. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 15th, 2023 –

Thirty Seconds To Mars

30 Seconds to Mars: It’s the End of the World
Genre: Alt/Pop-Rock
Label: Concord Records

Alkaloid

Alkaloid: Numen
Genre: Death/Progressive Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Baroness

Baroness: Stone
Genre: Sludge/Progressive Metal/Stoner Rock
Label: Abraxan Hymns

The Beaches

The Beaches: Blame My Ex
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: AWAL Recordings

Chilly Gonzales: French Kiss
Genre: Experimental / Hip Hop
Label: Gentle Threat

Corey Taylor

Corey Taylor: CMF2
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: BMG

Corinne Bailey Rae

Corinne Bailey Rae: Black Rainbows
Genre: Pop/R&B/Soul
Label: Thirty Tigers

Electric Sounds

Danko Jones: Electric Sounds
Genre: Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
Label: AFM

Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato: Revamped
Genre: Pop/Rock
Label: DLG Recordings

Explosions In The Sky

Explosions in the Sky: End
Genre: Post-Rock/Indie-Rock
Label: Temporary Residence

Gridlink

Gridlink: Coronet Juniper
Genre: Grind/Metal
Label: Willowtip

K.Flay

K.Flay: Mono
Genre: Pop-Rock/Hip-Hop
Label: Giant Music

Kid Cudi 'INSANO'

Kid Cudi: INSANO
Genre: Hip-Hop/Alt-Rock
Label: Wicked Awesome Records

Weekly Releases: 09.08.2023

By staff Tuesday September 5, 2023

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Here’s a list of prominent new releases for the week of September 8th, 2023. Genres/labels are best guesses based on cursory Googling. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors. Or don’t, whatever. I’m not your mom.

– List of Releases: September 8th, 2023 –

(G)I-DLE – HEAT (EP)
Genre: K-Pop
Label: Cube Entertainment

Allison Russell – The Returner
Genre: Contemporary Folk
Label: Fantasy

Anjimile – The King
Genre: Avant-Folk / Art Pop
Label: 4AD

Ashley McBryde – The Devil I Know
Genre: Contemporary Country
Label: Warner Nashville

The Chemical Brothers – For That Beautiful Feeling
Genre: Alternative Dance / Progressive House
Label: Virgin EMI

Courtney Barnett – End Of The Day
(Music from the film Anonymous Club)
Genre: Ambient
Label: Milk!, Mom+Pop

Cryptopsy – As Gomorrah Burns
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

Cyanotic – The After Effect
Genre: Industrial
Label: Glitch Mode

Dying Fetus – Make Them Beg for Death
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Label: Relapse

Finsterforst – Jenseits (EP)
Genre: Viking Metal / Folk Metal
Label: AOP

The Flower Kings – Look at You Now
Genre:…

Weekly Releases 9.1.2023

By Dewinged Wednesday August 30, 2023

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of September 1st, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: September 1, 2023 –

Aviations: Luminaria

Genre: Math Rock / Emo
Label: The AV Collective

Eclipse: Megalomanium

Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Frontiers

Empire State Bastard: Rivers of Heresy

Genre: Grindcore / Alt Rock
Label: Roadrunner

Frankie and the Witch Fingers: Data Doom

Genre: Rock / Funk / Prog
Label: The Reverberation Appreciation Society

Hey Colossus: In Blood

Genre: Post Punk / Post Rock
Label: Wrong Speed

Icona Pop: Club Romantech

Genre: Pop
Label: Record Company Ten

Imperial Crystalline Entombment: Ancient Glacial Resurgence

Genre: Black Metal
Label: Debemur Morti

Jeff Rosenstock: Hellmode

Genre: Punk
Label: Polyvinyl

Jessika: World Ain’t Ready

Genre: Pop
Label: BMG

Marduk: Memento Mori

Genre: Black Metal
Label: Century Media

The Natvral: Summer Of No Light

Genre: Folk
Label: Dirty Being

Outergods:…

Weekly Releases 8.25.2023

By Sowing Monday August 21, 2023

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 25th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: August 25th, 2023 –

Alice Cooper: Road
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Label: earMUSIC

The Armed: Perfect Saviors
Genre: Hardcore/Noise Rock
Label: Sargent House

Ashnikko: Weedkiller
Genre: Hip-Hop/Pop
Label: Parlophone

Asking Alexandria: Where Do We Go From Here?
Genre: Metalcore/Post-Hardcore
Label: Better Noise Music

Blut Aus Nord: Disharmonium
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Debemur Morti Productions

Camille: Magie
Genre: Art Pop
Label: MOSTIKO

Candlebox: The Long Goodbye
Genre: Alt-Rock/Grunge
Label: Round Hill Records

Charlotte Cardin: 99 Nights
Genre: Pop
Label: Atlantic

Cinnamon Babe: Fatherless
Genre: Nu Metal
Label: N/A

Concrete Castles: Brand New Me
Genre: Alt-Rock/Pop-Rock
Label: Velocity

Dethklok: Dethalbum IV
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Label: Turner Music Publishing

Filter: The Algorithm
Genre: Industrial/Alt-Rock/Metal
Label: Golden Robot Records

Heirloom: Romanticize
Genre: Math Rock/Indie-Folk
Label: Judge and Jury Records

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Weekly Releases 8.18.2023

By Willie Monday August 14, 2023

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 7th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: August 18th, 2023 –

After Earth: The Rarity of Reason
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Label: Independent

Ally Evenson: Big Lie
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Independent

Amaka: Oasis
Genre: R&B / Soul
Label: Venice Music

Atreyu: The Moment You Find Your Flame
Genre: Metal
Label: Spinefarm Music Group

Birdy: Portraits
Genre: Indie Pop / Pop
Label: Warner Music UK

Ciara: CiCi
Genre: R&B / Pop / Hip Hop
Label: Beauty Marks Entertainment

The Circle: Of Awakening
Genre: Post Black Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Label: AOP Records

Caroline Cotter: Gently as I Go
Genre: Indie Folk
Label: Independent

Cyhra: The Vertigo Trigger
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

Dizzy: Dizzy
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Royal Mountain Records

Genesis Owusu: Struggler
Genre: Hip hop / R&B
Label: AWAL Records

Gregory Alan Isakov: Appaloosa Bones
Genre: Indie Folk
Label: MNRK Records

Gretta Ray: Positive Spin
Genre: Folk / Pop
Label: Ballarat Pty

Horrendous: Ontological Mysterium
Genre: Melodic

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Weekly Releases 8.11.2023

By Dewinged Tuesday August 8, 2023

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of August 11th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.

– List of Releases: August 11, 2023 –

Andrew Hung: Deliverance

Genre: Electronic / Chiptune
Label: Lex

Anyma: Genesys

Genre: Ambient / Electronic / Trance
Label: Afterlife / Interscope

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You

Genre: Americana / Folk
Label: Drag City

Caskets: Reflections

Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: SharpTone

Cystic: Palace of Shadows

Genre: Death Metal
Label: Chaos

Cunabula: The Weight of Sleep

Genre: Post Black Metal
Label: Sleazy Rider

Dead and Dripping: Blackened Cerebral Rifts

Genre: Brutal Death
Label: Transcending Obscurity

Deafcult: Future Of Illusion

Genre: Doom / Pop / Industrial / Noise Rock
Label: Hobbledehoy

George Lynch & Jeff Pilson: Heavy Hitters II

Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Deadline Music

Hail the Sun: Divine Inner Tension

Genre: Post Hardcore
Label: Equal Vision

Hemina: Romancing the Ether

Weekly Releases: 08.04.2023

By staff Monday July 31, 2023

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Here’s a list of noteworthy new releases for the week of August 4th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors. Or don’t, whatever. I’m not your mom.

– List of Releases: August 4th, 2023 –

An Autumn for Crippled Children – Closure
Genre: Blackgaze
Label: Prosthetic

Annie Hart – The Weight of a Wave
Genre: Indietronica
Label: Uninhabitable Mansions

Approaching Mountains – Ley
Genre: Ambient / Drone / Field Recordings
Label: [digital file]

Art School Girlfriend – Soft Landing
Genre: Art Pop / Progressive Breaks / Indietronica
Label: Wolf Tone

Aubs Eternal – Xenia Ohio. Xenia Ohio.
Genre: Instrumental Hip-Hop / Plunderphonics
Label: Starrcade

Beth Bombara – It All Goes Up
Genre: Americana
Label: Black Mesa

Blight House – Blight the Way
Genre: Deathgrind / Noise Rock
Label: Syrup Moose

Cowgirl Clue – Rodeo Star
Genre: Electropop
Label: Vada Vada

Crypta – Shades of Sorrow
Genre: Death Metal
Label: Napalm

Girl Ray – Prestige
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Moshi Moshi

Holy Wave – Five of Cups
Genre: Neo-Psychedelia
Label: Suicide Squeeze

Homeboy Sandman – Rich
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Weekly Releases 7.28.2023

By Sowing Wednesday July 26, 2023

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Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of July 28th, 2023. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors.