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Killing Joke – Pylon [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
Accomplished, you’d expect, but switched on and inspired? Neither is a given for a band fast approaching its fourth decade. In keeping with the blackened, raging apocalyptica of their post-2002...
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Motorpsycho – Supersonic Scientists: A Young Person’s Guide to Motorpsycho...
The first-ever Motorpsycho anthology, released in conjunction with a 2015 retrospective exhibition at Rockheim, Norway’s national museum of pop and rock music, in the band’s hometown of Trondheim. For...
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Ricked Wicky – Swimmer to a Liquid Armchair (2015)
Dayton, Ohio-based supergroup Ricked Wicky pulls off a rarely ventured and even more rarely gained three-peat with its third album — all recorded and released in the span of a year — Swimmer to a...
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Drive-By Truckers – It’s Great to Be Alive! (2015)
Halfway through the Drive-By Truckers‘ new live record, Patterson Hood abruptly stops singing four minutes into “Goode’s Field Road”, a dark song with a paint-by-numbers Truckers premise: a junkyard...
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Rats on Rafts – Tape Hiss (2015)
Dutch quartet Rats on Rafts abandon any attempt at straight-ahead pop on their highly textural sophomore LP, Tape Hiss. Since making the splash in 2010 with their cover of Dutch new wave group Kiem’s...
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Puscifer – Money Shot (2015)
As the frontman of Tool and A Perfect Circle, Maynard James Keenan has spent his fair share of time in the spotlight. He’s a worshipped figure among the cultish fanbases of those bands, two of the most...
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Wolf Eyes – I Am a Problem: Mind in Pieces (2015)
There’s still an utter disdain for normalcy propelling Wolf Eyes’ latest disc, I am a Problem; Mind in Pieces, its first for Jack White’s Third Man Records imprint. And despite the squalid fervor that...
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Hey Colossus – Radio Static High (2015)
Releasing two albums in one year (so far, at least…) is a good strike rate for any band. But when a group hits such a rich vein of form as the London-via- Somerset-and-Watford troupe of Hey Colossus,...
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USA Nails – No Pleasure (2015)
Let’s get it out of the way: USA Nails are a post-hardcore supergroup featuring members of the British underground scene’s finest acts of the past decade, including Oceansize, Future of the Left, Kong...
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PC Worship – Basement Hysteria (2015)
The cover of PC Worship’s Basement Hysteria features concentric circles. They appear to be in motion, rippled by an unseen hand. The imagery evokes Peter Saville’s iconic cover for Joy Division’s...
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Anna von Hausswolff – The Miraculous (2015)
Where could Anna von Hausswolff possibly go after Ceremony? That album, released in 2012 was the first big step that she took as a recording artist, rendering what came before almost an irrelevance. As...
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Wrekmeister Harmonies – Night of Your Ascension (2015)
Wrekmeister Harmonies is the project of composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist J.R. Robinson. His collective shifts personnel with each release and concert. Robinson’s musical specialty is the...
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Guided by Voices – Briefcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War (2015)
Limited edition set of “highlights” from the 4-disc, 100-track Suitcase 4 release. Briefcase 4 features 22 tracks and includes 3 songs not on Suitcase 4. Captain Kangaroo Won the War is another...
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Fawn Spots – From Safer Place (2015)
York, England punk trio Fawn Spots started in 2011 as a duo, bent on the same intention of making as much noise as humanly possible as most punk bands do. In the years between their blustering early...
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Pika – Ryu no Sumika (2015)
During her eight years as the drummer in Osaka rock band Afrirampo, the artist known as Pikachu hardly ever sat still. Along with sister and guitarist Oni, the duo created frantic numbers packed with...
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Peter Buck – Warzone Earth (2015)
Third record, same as the first: once again Peter Buck taps into garage gunk, 3-chord ravers, and weirdo folk-psychedelia, all of which would find a home during the graveyard shift on college radio....
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So Stressed – The Unlawful Trade of Greco-Roman Art (2015)
Some punk singers rant, some speechify, some growl, some hector, but if you’re looking for someone who throws a full-on temper tantrum whenever he steps up to the vocal mike, your new hero is Morgan...
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The Flaming Lips – Heady Nuggs: Clouds Taste Metallic 20 Years Later...
By 1995, the post-Nevermind dream that any eccentric rock outfit could follow Nirvana’s path from indie outsiders to chart-toppling insurrectionaries was officially dead. The ’90s mainstream would not...
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Ten Commandos – Ten Commandos (2015)
Some of Seattle’s finest have come together to form a new supergroup. Ten Commandos features Pearl Jam/Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd along with Queens of the...
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Sneaky Feelings – Send You [Expanded Edition] (2015)
Sneaky Feelings‘ 1983 debut album Send You showed off a different side of the Flying Nun sound of the time. While other bands like the Clean were scruffy and Velvet Underground-influenced, Sneaky...
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