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Sonic Youth - The Eternal

Sonic Youth - The EternalSonic Youth is back with their best work since Washing Machine.

Iron Maiden - Flight 666 The Film

Iron Maiden - Flight 666The latest visual offering in the band's extensive video collection proves that Iron Maiden is the best live band in the world today.

Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic AsylumThe third studio album from England's best post-Madchester druggy scruffers. This time they hook up with Dan The Automator, best known for his work on the first Gorillaz album.

Lost Classics: XTC - Black Sea

XTC - Black SeaThe near-perfect that marks the end of their "drums and wires" period, the culmination of the quirky guitar pop of their first three albums.

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us

A trippy blend of old school analog synths fronted by primitive robotic vocoder. This time produced by Dave Fridmann.

Polly Scattergood - Polly Scattergood

Polly Scattergood - Polly ScattergoodA collection of fictional character studies that focus on the morose and the modern problems of young womanhood.

White Rabbits - It's Frightening

White Rabbits - It's FrighteningWith pianos tacking in and out of the mix, quirky rhythms, and layers of mid-60s Beatle melodies, White Rabbits are making a run for your attention with their sophomore release.

Flipper - Love/Fight

Flipper - LoveThe noisy punk provacateurs return with a pair of albums featuring huge fan Krist Novoselic and produced by Jack Endino.

Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know

Heaven and Hell - The Devil You KnowThe return of post-Ozzy Sabbath featuring Ronnie James Dio. Better than you'd think.

Bob Dylan - Together Through Life

Bob Dylan - Together Through LifeFor his thirty-third album, Dylan teams up with Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and goes though the motions with a competent band.

Superchunk - Leaves In The Gutter

Superchunk - Leaves In The GutterJust when you've given up on ever hearing anything new from them, Superchunk comes back with a five-track EP to celebrate their 20th birthday.

Kylesa - Static Tensions

Kylesa - Static TensionsLean stoner metal decorated with aggressive riffs and plenty of trippy sidesteps.

Mastodon - Crack The Skye

Mastodon - Crack The SkyeThe album that will finally test the patience of the alternative elite that has supported them. True metalheads will love it.

Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels

Great Lakes Swimmers - Lost ChannelsFolk popsters return with a new batch of songs thick with mandolins, acoustic guitars and such. The results???

Chris Cornell - Scream

Chris Cornell - ScreamThe former Soundgarden frontman teams up with Timbaland for an album that's not as bad as you'd think it would be...it's worse.

thenewno2 - You Are Here

thenewno2 - You Are HereGeorge Harrison's son Dhani starts a band with a terrible name and releases an album of vaguely psychedelic guit-tronica.

Kiss - The Elder

Kiss - The ElderAn album unjustly overlooked in Kisstory turns out to be one of the greatest concept albums in rock history.

Fever Ray - Fever Ray

Fever Ray - Fever RayA ten-song collection of post-natal electronica from one-half of Swedish duo, the Knife.

Lost Classics: The Magnolias - For Rent

The Magnolias - For RentAfter the Replacements went soft, the Magnolias were the verge of usurping the crown of messy teenage ambivalence from their older Minneapolis brethren.

Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine

Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble MachineRobert Schneider records kids music. It's loud and goofy and full of drum machines and big synth noises and silly voices.

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