Here’s a list of prominent new releases for the week of September 8th, 2023. Genres/labels are best guesses based on cursory Googling. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff and/or contributors. Or don’t, whatever. I’m not your mom.
(G)I-DLE – HEAT (EP)
Genre: K-Pop
Label: Cube Entertainment
Allison Russell – The Returner
Genre: Contemporary Folk
Label: Fantasy
Anjimile – The King
Genre: Avant-Folk / Art Pop
Label: 4AD
Ashley McBryde – The Devil I Know
Genre: Contemporary Country
Label: Warner Nashville
The Chemical Brothers – For That Beautiful Feeling
Genre: Alternative Dance / Progressive House
Label: Virgin EMI
Courtney Barnett – End Of The Day
(Music from the film Anonymous Club)
Genre: Ambient
Label: Milk!, Mom+Pop
Cryptopsy – As Gomorrah Burns
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast
Dying Fetus – Make Them Beg for Death
Genre: Technical Death Metal
Label: Relapse
Finsterforst – Jenseits (EP)
Genre: Viking Metal / Folk Metal
Label: AOP
The Flower Kings – Look at You Now
Genre: Progressive Rock / Symphonic Prog
Label: InsideOut
Hawthorne Heights – Lost Lights (EP)
Genre: Emo Pop / Post-Hardcore
Label: Pure Noise
Irreversible Entanglements – Protect Your Light
Genre: Avant-Garde Jazz
Label: Impulse!
James Blake – Playing Robots Into Heaven
Genre: Future Garage / Alternative R&B
Label: Republic, Polydor
Kvelertak – Endling
Genre: Hard Rock / Hardcore Punk
Label: Rise
Laufey – Bewitched
Genre: Pop
Label: AWAL
Logan Ledger – Golden State
Genre: Nashville Sound / Contemporary Country
Label: Rounder
Monolord – It’s All the Same (EP)
Genre: Doom Metal / Stoner Metal
Label: Relapse
Mustard Plug – Where Did All My Friends Go?
Genre: Ska Punk
Label: Bad Time
Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS
Genre: Power Pop
Label: Geffen
Pomegranate Tiger – All Input Is Error
Genre: Instru-djental Metal
Label: Sheet Happens Publishing
Puddle of Mudd – Ubiquitous
Genre: Post-Grunge
Label: Pavement Music
Róisín Murphy – Hit Parade
Genre: Art Pop / Microhouse
Label: Ninja Tune
Saliva – Revelation
Genre: Hard Rock / Alternative Metal
Label: MRI
Soda Blonde – Dream Big
Genre: Alt Pop / Bedroom Pop
Label: Overbite
Sparklehorse – Bird Machine
Genre: Indie Rock
Label: ANTI-
Sylosis – A Sign of Things to Come
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast
Tyler Childers – Rustin’ in the Rain
Genre: Americana
Label: Hickman Holler
Uada – Crepuscule Natura
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Label: Eisenwald
World’s End Girlfriend – Resistance & the Blessing
Genre: Post-Rock / Modern Classical
Label: Virgin Babylon
Yussef Dayes – Black Classical Music
Genre: Jazz / R&B / Afrobeats
Label: Brownswood
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