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Screaming Females

Best New Releases, 2/17: Screaming Females, Ulthar and more

Plus Pile, Orbital and New Pagans

Kelela

Best New Releases, 2/10: Kelela, Paramore and more

Plus Cor de Lux, Yo La Tengo and Black Belt Eagle Scout

Obituary

5 Great New Metal Albums to Start the Year Off Loud

A new year of noise begins

Coven Satanic Mass

Coven’s “Satanic Mass” put witchcraft on wax

Looking back at the first black mass pressed on vinyl

The Tubs

Best New Releases, Jan. 27: The Tubs, Meg Baird and more

Plus Deathprod, Fucked Up, The Drin, Sightless Pit and Primitive Rage

best new albums Tribunal

Best New Releases, Jan. 20: Tribunal, John Cale and more

Plus Dryad, Ladytron and our Album of the Week

best exploding in sound albums

10 Essential Exploding In Sound Albums

A guide to some of the Brooklyn label’s best (and loudest!) indie essentials

Belle and Sebastian

Best New Releases, Jan. 13: Belle and Sebastian, James Yorkston & Nina Persson and more

Our five picks for the week’s best new albums

Iggy Pop

Best New Releases, Jan. 6: Iggy Pop, Nag, and some late-2022 gems

Six new albums to hear on the first new music Friday of 2023

Scott Walker The Day the Conducator Died

“The Day the Conducator Died,” Scott Walker’s macabre Christmas carol

A grim holiday tale

Low Mimi Parker

Remembering Low’s Mimi Parker Through 5 Quietly Powerful Songs

A selection of Parker’s most stunning contribution’s to the band’s catalog

Suicide Frankie Teardrop

The proto-industrial nightmare of Suicide’s “Frankie Teardrop”

One of the most harrowing listening experiences of all time

Cloud Rat

6 Great New Metal Albums for Tearing Stuff Apart

Turn it up and tear it up

Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle’s “Hamburger Lady” is a masterful work of horror

A legendary industrial track that feels utterly vile

Escuela Grind

6 Genuinely Thrilling New Metal Albums to Hear This Month

Some great new metal records to be excited about

Moonage Daydream documentary

‘Moonage Daydream’ tells David Bowie’s story through performance

I was on my way to see Confess Fletch, the recent reboot of the investigative…

Teenage Tragedy Song Leader of the Pack

“Leader of the Pack” and the Teenage Tragedy Song sensation

Taking a look back at a morbid trend in popular music

Ashenspire

6 Essential New Metal Albums That Get Satisfyingly Weird

A six-pack of heavy records that lean toward the psychedelic and the avant garde

judas priest better by you better than me

Judas Priest’s “Better By You, Better Than Me,” and when backmasking went on trial

An infamous legal battle over supposedly hidden messages.

Oasis Be Here Now

Oasis’ Be Here Now was indulgent, but overflowing with vivacity

A look back at the massively successful but controversial album at 25.