The Clientele

Best New Releases, July 28: The Clientele, Aphex Twin and more

Plus Carly Rae Jepsen, Mutoid Man, Jessy Lanza and Gunn Truscinski Nace

Blur

Best New Releases, July 21: Blur, Agriculture, and more

Plus Damon Locks and Rob Mazurek, Outer Heaven, and Fatboi Sharif and Steel Tipped Dove

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Best New Releases, July 14: Natural Wonder Beauty Concept, John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy and more

Happy new release Friday! Today is another big day of new releases, which in the…

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6 New Metal Albums That Make Feeling Bad Feel Good

The best metal albums of June/July, for a particularly mopey summer.

Body Count Cop Killer

Body Count courted controversy with 1992’s “Cop Killer”

A provocative and short-lived song that left an impact long after its commercial release

PJ Harvey

Best New Releases, July 7: PJ Harvey, ANOHNI, and more

Plus Lifeguard, Julie Byrne and African Head Charge

Hayden Pedigo

Best New Releases, June 30: Hayden Pedigo, Divide and Dissolve, and more

Plus: Sweeping Promises, Joanna Sternberg, and Klara Lewis & Nik Colk Void

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Best New Releases, June 16: Sigur Rós, Queens of the Stone Age, and more

Plus Kool Keith, Boris & Uniform, Creeping Death, Danny Paul Grody and Lanayah

Jenny Lewis

Best New Releases, June 9: Jenny Lewis, Godflesh, and more

Plus Jayda G, aja monet, Decisive Pink, Jason Isbell, Geld, and Andy Stack & Jay Hammond

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Four Essential Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams Collaborations

With their fourth and final album, Random Access Memories, French house duo Daft Punk (Thomas…

Protomartyr

Best New Releases, June 2: Protomartyr, Bully, and more

Plus Vulture Feather, Pupil Slicer, and Anthony Naples

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Violent Femmes’ “Add It Up” captures the dark side of adolescence

The Violent Femmes may get older, but their music is permanently preserved by the elixir…

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10 Essential Backwoodz Albums

We pick 10 favorites from two decades of hip-hop innovation

Arlo Parks

Best New Releases, May 26: Arlo Parks, Sparks, and more

Plus Water From Your Eyes, AJJ, Kassa Overall, Guardian Singles and Stuck

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Why Sinead O’Connor Matters gives insight into an unorthodox creative spirit

A glimpse at a complicated artist with empathy and care for the person behind the music

Alison Goldfrapp

Best New Releases, May 12: Alison Goldfrapp, Eluvium, and more

Plus Overmono, Ascended Dead, Island of Love and Midwife & Vyva Melinkolya

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10 Essential Trouble in Mind Albums

Our picks from the eclectic, Chicago-based label