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Dos Santos – City of Mirrors

The Chicago group’s fusion of Latinx music with jazz, soul, surf rock and psychedelia transcends.

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Prolaps : Ultra Cycle Pt.3: Autumnal Age

The third installment in a sprawling work of sonic overload.

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HTRK : Rhinestones

What happens when an electronic group loses the electronics.

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Skepticism : Companion

The Finnish funeral doom masters continue their gradual lurch forward, picking up where they left off.

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Andy Shauf : Wilds

The Canadian singer/songwriter compiles new songs from his Neon Skyline sessions with a more stripped-down, warmly intimate approach.

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Machinedrum : Psyconia

An encore performance of footwork, IDM and colorful electronic beats.

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Full of Hell : Garden of Burning Apparitions

The Maryland grindcore outfit push themselves toward the farther edges of extreme music while perfecting their aesthetic.

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The Felice Brothers : From Dreams to Dust

The country-rock group seeks inspiration in new surroundings and mostly finds it.

Mono : Pilgrimage of the Soul

The Japanese post-rock band return with a set of songs that live up to their live intensity.

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Carcass : Torn Arteries

The UK death metal legends release an album free of baggage but heavy on searing riffs and dynamic rhythms.

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Kacey Musgraves – star-crossed

Musgraves addresses her divorce in this stark, yet immaculately produced LP.

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Rivers of Nihil : The Work

The Pennsylvania technical death metal group pushes forward with an album that seeks deeper meaning in their labyrinthine structures.

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The Body & Big|Brave – Leaving None But Small Birds

The two heavy acts come together not to make noise but to draw on folk tradition with their own unique interpretations.

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Slothrust : Parallel Timeline

The L.A. band takes a subtler and more eclectic approach on their latest album.

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Mild High Club : Going Going Gone

Alex Brettin delivers a bittersweet state of the world with just a little bit of hope for good measure.

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Sturgill Simpson : The Ballad of Dood & Juanita

Simpson pens a 28-minute narrative concept record with characters named after his grandparents.

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Moor Mother – Black Encyclopedia of the Air

Camae Ayewa’s new full-length is an embrace of heady, accessible sounds without softening the poignancy of her words.

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Lizzie Loveless : You Don’t Know

The TEEN singer/songwriter steps out on her own with a warmly mellifluous but sometimes deeply personal set of songs.

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Steve Gunn : Other You

The singer/songwriter and guitarist crafts a set of breezy, pleasing indie folk-rock that subtly intricate and complex.