Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of April 21, 2017. 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.
Background:
Woods have evolved quite a bit since they first formed twelve years ago, slowly turning their minimal indie-folk approach into more of an elaborate, psychedelic experience. With Love Is Love, the band continues trekking down that path with the added thematic twist of some post-election themes that the band has cited as their primary inspiration for creating the LP. Just one year after the release of City Sun Eater In The River Of Light, Woods figure to once again make a splash in indie, psychedelic, and folk circles as they continue to emerge as a prominent leader within their musical niche.
Listen to the title track below:
Ancient Ascendant: Raise The Torch
Genre: Death/Black Metal // Label: Spinefarm/Candlelight
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Angaleena Presley: Wrangled
Genre: Country // Label: Mining Light Music
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Artificial Brain: Infrared Horizon
Genre: Experimental Death/Progressive Metal // Label: Profound Lore
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Arto Lindsay: Cuidado Madame
Genre: Experimental Pop/Noise Rock // Label: Northern Spy Records
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Axel Rudi Pell: The Ballads V
Genre: Power/Heavy Metal/Hard-Rock // Label: SPV
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The Black Angels: Death Song
Genre: Psychedelic/Stoner Rock // Label: Partisan Records
Stream Death Song here.
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Brad Paisley: Love And War
Genre: Country // Label: Sony Music
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Cryonic Temple: Into The Glorious Battle
Genre: Power Metal // Label: Scarlet
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Daisyhead: In Case You Missed It
Genre: Indie-Rock/Post-Hardcore // Label: No Sleep
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Farsot: Fail – Lure
Genre: Black Metal // Label: Prophecy
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Game Over: Blessed Are The Heretics EP
Genre: Thrash Metal // Label: Scarlet
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Gas: Narkopop
Genre: Ambient/Electronic/Techno // Label: Kompakt
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Ghost Bath: Starmourner
Genre: Black/Post-Metal // Label: Nuclear Blast
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Have Mercy: Make The Best of It
Genre: Emo/Indie-Rock // Label: Hopeless Records
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Incubus: 8
Genre: Alternative-Rock/Funk// Label: Island
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Joe Goddard: Electric Lines
Genre: Electronic/Pop // Label: Domino Recording Co
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Junkyard: High Water
Genre: Hard Rock // Label: Acetate
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Justin Walter: Unseen Forces
Genre: Electronic/Ambient // Label: kranky
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Les Discrets: Predateurs
Genre: Post-Rock/Shoegaze // Label: Prophecy
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Maxïmo Park: Risk To Exist
Genre: Indie-Pop/Post-Punk/Britpop // Label: Cooking Vinyl
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Moonbow: War Bear
Genre: Stoner Rock // Label: Ripple
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Mortiis: The Great Corrupter
Genre: Ambient/Industrial // Label: Omnipresence
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Night Demon: Darkness Remains
Genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock // Label: Century Media
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Nothing Left: Destroy And Rebuild EP
Genre: Emo // Label: Facedown
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Ray Davies: Americana
Genre: Rock/Americana // Label: Ray Davies
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Rhino Bucket: The Last Real Rock ‘n’ Roll
Genre: Rock // Label: Acetate
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Richie Kotzen: Salting Earth
Genre: Rock // Label: Headroom
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Robyn Hitchcock: Robyn Hitchcock
Genre: Folk/Psychedelic // Label: Yep Roc Records
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Ron Sexsmith: The Last Rider
Genre: Folk/Pop // Label: Compass Records
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Sheryl Crow: Be Myself
Genre: Pop/Country // Label: Wylie Songs
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Thunder: Rip It Up
Genre: Blues/Hard Rock // Label: earMusic
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Toby Driver: Madonnawhore
Genre: Experimental/Progressive Rock // Label: The Flenser
Read Ben Kuettel’s review of Madonnawhore.
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Vampire: With Primeval Force
Genre: Death/Thrash Metal // Label: Century Media
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With Our Arms To The Sun: Orenda
Genre: Post-Rock/Post-Metal // Label: Fade To Silence
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Woods: Love Is Love
Genre: Indie-Folk/Psychedelic // Label: Woodsist
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