Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of March 2, 2018. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors. As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the art work so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.
Genre: Rap/Hip Hop // Label: Strange MusicBackground:
Tech N9ne has been delivering his rapid-fire lyrics over a dark and twisted version of hip hop since 1999. After nearly twenty years of solid releases, Tech N9ne returns with his twentieth release, Planets. First single, “Don’t Nobody Want None”, drops the twisted darkness and delves straight into the classic 80s scene, sounding like a blend of Tech N9ne and Debbie Deb. Throughout the rest of the album you get exactly what you’d expect… Tech’s rapid-fire delivery, multi-faceted, twisted hip hop, and a slew of guest appearances. The difference is Planet is delivered with more conviction than anything he’s done since All 6’s and 7’s back in 2011.
“Don’t Nobody Want None”:
Andrew W.K.: You’re Not Alone
Genre: Rock/Metal // Label: Sony Music
Check out our Contributor Review of You’re Not Alone.
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Anna Von Hausswolff: Dead Magic
Genre: Experimental/Dream Pop // Label: City Slang
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The Breeders: All Nerve
Genre: Indie/Noise Rock // Label: 4AD
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Buffalo Tom: Quiet and Peace
Genre: Alternative/Americana // Label: Schoolkids Records
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Camp Cope: How to Socialise & Make Friends
Genre: Folk Punk/Emo // Label: Run For Cover Records
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Cut Chemist: Die Cut
Genre: Hip Hop/Trip Hop // Label: A Stable Sound
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Gwenno: Le Kov
Genre: Alternative/Indie // Label: Heavenly Recordings
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Haley Heynderickx: I Need to Start a Garden
Genre: Folk/Americana // Label: Mama Bird Recording Co.
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Joan Baez: Whistle Down The Wind
Genre: Folk // Label: Joan Baez
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Jonathan Wilson: Rare Birds
Genre: Folk/Psychedelic // Label: Bella Union
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Julien Barbagallo: Danse Dans Les Ailleurs
Genre: Indie Pop // Label: Arista France
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Lucy Dacus: Historian
Genre: Lo-Fi/Indie // Label: Matador Records
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Lucius: Nudes
Genre: Indie Pop // Label: Mom+Pop
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The Men: Drift
Genre: Post Punk/Indie Rock // Label: Sacred Bones Records
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Michael Schenker Fest: Resurrection
Genre: Rock // Label: Nuclear Blast
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Moaning: Moaning
Genre: Shoegaze/Post Punk // Label: Sub Pop Records
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Moby: Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt
Genre: Electronica // Label: Mute
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Oceans Of Slumber: The Banished Heart
Genre: Progressive/Doom // Label: Century Media Records
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Prism Tats: Mamba
Genre: Noise Pop // Label: Anti/Epitaph
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Rolo Tomassi: Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It
Genre: Post Hardcore/Electronic // Label: Holy Roar Records
Check out our Contributor Review of Time Will Die… (1)
Check out our Contributor Review of Time Will Die… (2)
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Seun Kuti/Egypt 10: Black Times
Genre: Funk/Jazz // Label: Strut Records
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Slugdge: Esoteric Malacology
Genre: Blackened Death Metal // Label: Independent
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Soccer Mommy: Clean
Genre: Indie Pop // Label: Fat Possum Records
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Sonny Smith: Rod For Your Love
Genre: Alternative // Label: Easy Eye Sound
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Sunflower Beam: Twentytwo In Blue
Genre: Alternative/Indie // Label: Mom+Pop
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Superorganism: Superorganism
Genre: Indie Pop // Label: Domino Recording
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Suuns: Felt
Genre: Indie/Electronic // Label: Secretly Canadian
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Tech N9ne: Planet
Genre: Rap/Hip Hop // Label: Strange Music
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Titus Andronicus: A Productive Cough
Genre: Punk/Indie/Folk // Label: Merge Recrods
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