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Krallice : Prelapsarian

Black metal iconoclasts offer spiritual guidance after a turbulent year.

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Brian Eno : Reflection

A single, 54-minute track of meditative ambience.

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Nine Inch Nails : Not the Actual Events EP

Trent Reznor returns with a peculiar, though not impenetrable set of new songs.

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Hardcore bruisers show growth toward pop songwriting structures on their Roadrunner debut.

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Killer Mike and El-P go hard on their third full-length.

Mike Watt : Ring Spiel Tour ’95

A document of an alt-rock mega tour that flew under the radar.

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Kompakt founder teams up with producers and vocalists for an uneven set of jams.

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Metallica : Hardwired…to Self Destruct

The metal heroes’ new album is their best in 30 years, for whatever that’s worth.

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Honeyblood : Babes Never Die

Glasgow indie rockers’ latest is sweet on the surface, tumultuous underneath.

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A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service

In their final album, Tribe couldn’t be any more on point.

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Split Single : Metal Frames

A love letter to indie rock conventions of yesteryear.

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Arkona : Lunaris

Sinister atmosphere with little ceremonial drama.

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Carla dal Forno : You Know What It’s Like

The soundtrack to our darkest dreams.

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Anagnorisis : Peripeteia

Personal anguish and epic black metal collide.

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Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions : Until the Hunter

Former Mazzy Star singer continues to explore dreamy, psychedelic territory.

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Esben and the Witch : Older Terrors

UK post-punks expand into epic, experimental darkwave dirges.

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Album of the Week: Dawn Richard – Redemption

An Afro-futurist odyssey into future-pop.

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Loscil : Monument Builders

Discussing how music makes us feel or what we perceive it to convey are two…

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Extreme hardcore and metal for extreme people.

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Take Over and Destroy : Take Over and Destroy

Escapism and brutality in equal measure on the Phoenix band’s excellent new album.