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Son Rompe Pera brings traditional marimba music into the gritty rock' n' roll underground. The Gama brothers grew up in Mexico City, playing cumbia with their late father; Marimbazos De Oro blends that heritage with surf rock, punk, and garage. Produced by the Black Pumas' Adrian Quesada, the album is lush and vibrant with a healthy serving of punk rock attitude and urgency. An innovative, deeply enjoyable, and exceptional album. More

Genre: World

Manifest [Orange Vinyl] (LP)

BALTHVS

Colombian trio BALTHVS make globally-inspired, dreamy, joyful music. Their latest, Manifest , fuses psych rock, Ethiopian jazz, trip hop, disco, and heavy rock. Listening to this album feels like jetsetting off to balmy and beautiful land. Sometimes you'll feel so overcome with the sheer bliss of the music that you'll want to get up and shake it on the dancefloor, sometimes it's so stunningly lovely that you'll just want to soak up the sounds. Fans of fellow travelers Khruangbin will find much to delight in here. More

Genre: Soul

Nightbloom (CD)

Butcher Babies

With Nightbloom , Butcher Babies deliver a hard-hitting melodic metal album of rare beauty. The songs chronicle frontwoman Heidi Shepherd's process of healing after a period of intense darkness brought on by unaddressed, compounded traumas. Nightbloom is ferocious and emotionally affecting, cathartic and ultimately hopeful. For Shepherd, starting therapy led to personal growth and creative inspiration: the title takes its name from this difficult period in her life and the realization that sometimes the loveliest and most meaningful things in life grow out of the shadows. A gripping and gorgeous album for fans of thrash, metalcore, and groove metal. More

Genre: Rock

EXPERIMENTAL RAP [White Vinyl] (LP)

JPEGMAFIA

Earlier this year, JPEGMAFIA released the exceptional (and appropriately titled) EXPERIMENTAL RAP . Now it's coming out on vinyl, which just feels like the ideal format to take in this forward-thinking, genre-leaping, nonstop banger of an album. These songs just do not quit. They segue effortlessly from bootyshakers to downbeat mood pieces to sweeping and ethereal heavy hitters. (Trust us...that last one really does make sense.) This is an intense album: big emotions, big swings, and sometimes jaw-dropping beauty. More

Genre: Hip Hop

A Mile South Of Heaven [Bay Pony Color Vinyl] (LP)

Jess Williamson

Jess Williamson has a voice made for country music. The Texas-born, LA-based singer's vocals just emanate the bittersweetness of late summer, no matter the season. Her latest, A Mile South Of Heaven , is jam-packed with alt-country and indie folk confessionals, tales painted with indelible images and catchy, wistful choruses. Produced by Shooter Jennings, this is the good stuff for fans of left of the dial Americana and singer-songwriter sounds. More

Genre: Rock

New Promise Land Incorporated (LP)

The Temperance Movement

The Temperance Movement get raw on their first studio album since 2018, New Promise Land Incorporated . The title just seems to fit: these tracks are gritty and soulful, blues meets rock 'n' roll, clear-eyed and razor sharp. The British band taps into what feels like a primordial rock' 'n' roll current on these electrifying tracks. Undeniably powerful, this one sounds best LOUD. More

Genre: Rock

Nature's Pill [Pink Vinyl] (LP)

Wishy

Wishy's latest is one of the best indie records of the fall. Nature's Pill brings a lovesick edge to jangle pop. These are songs for the unbeatable heart, with that eternally sunshiney (if bittersweet) optimism that powers '90s alt-rock and the resilient-to-a-fault ethos of those who are deep in the throes of love addiction. Nature's Pill sounds like a dream you don't want to wake up from. Warm, lovely, and just ever so slightly sad. More

Genre: Rock

Evil Dead Burn (BLU)

Strained as their relationship was, recently widowed Alice (Souheila Yacoub) was dreading her upcoming stay at the remote home of her late husband's family. That dread would escalate to mind-shattering levels, as it's revealed that members of the clan had dabbled in the Necromicon... and as each of them transformed into Deadites, Alice would find she truly had in-laws from hell. Stand-alone stunner for the Evil Dead universe co-stars Hunter Doohan, Tandi Wright, Luciane Buchanan, Errol Shand. More

We Were Only Young (CD)

Kodaline

Kodaline says goodbye with We Were Only Young . The Irish indie-pop band gets reflective and bittersweet on this, their moving final album. The ballads flow with nostalgia, vulnerability, and tenderness. The lyrics are raw and thoughtful and sometimes painfully relatable; many fans are sure to find their new personal anthems here. We Were Only Young is an emotionally gripping record that captures the beauty and sadness of a chapter coming to a close. More

Genre: Rock

All Set The Bone (CD)

Greg Freeman

Greg Freeman has made one of the best '90s indie rock albums of the 2020s. All Set The Bone will scratch the itch for fans of Pavement and Modest Mouse, but it's so much more. Hints of the heaviness of Fugazi and Unwound sneak in, the catchiness of Big Star flavors everything. Freeman is a skilled storyteller, creating characters that will stay with you and stories that feel pulled from reality, with a literary touch. Written while moving from place to place, All Set The Bone has the rollicking feel of a road record, with all the self-discovery, adventurousness, and questing nature that entails. More

Genre: Rock

The Age Of Everything (CD)

Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr's The Age of Everything hits the spot. Urgent post-punk guitars meet hook-heavy choruses, while beneath it all, strong emotional currents swirl and tug at the listener. This is one of Marr's very best records; it feels at once timeless in that "this would've been a John Peel favorite" way and timely in the album title's nod to our constant state of overwhelm. But there's another side to both the album's title and its thematic elements: if it seems we're constantly barraged by "everything," maybe, on the flip side, "everything" is also possible? This is a cathartic, moving, enjoyable listen from one of the greatest to ever do it. More

Genre: Rock

Post Script: The Final Studio Album From The Fall (CD)

The Fall

This is the definitive final studio album from one of Britain's most legendary and influential cult bands. Featuring nine previously unreleased tracks, Post Script captures The Fall at their raw, restless, and fiercely idiosyncratic best. From fractured garage-rock grooves to spoken-word-laced experiments, these songs simmer with Mark E. Smith's trademark caustic wit, hypnotic repetition, and jagged post-punk energy. A fitting coda and a vital addition to one of the most singular catalogues in rock history. More

Genre: Rock

Axis Mundi (CD)

Imminence

Axis Mundi is the most ambitious and emotionally resonant work to date for Swedish metalcore visionaries Imminence. Expanding on their signature fusion of cinematic orchestration and modern metal mayhem, Axis Mundi boldly stands as their first release on Sumerian Records and their first album since the departure of drummer Peter Hanström. More

Genre: Rock

The Allfather Awakens [Yggdrasil Burns Color Vinyl] (LP)

Amon Amarth

Amon Amarth's thirteenth album is truly epic. The Allfather Awakens is a Viking metal saga, with vocals so brutal and fierce it's not hard to imagine the punishing north winds and the severity of the battlefield. Norse mythology and Amon Amarth's thunderous, melodic death metal just work so well together, the album already feels like a classic of the genre. Aggressive, imaginative, and very satisfying. More

Genre: Underground Metal

Animal: Regular Edition A (CD)

JO1

JO1 incorporates elements of traditional Japanese music into some of the most infectious ear worms you've ever heard. The Japanese act makes their US debut with Animal . It's an excellent showcase for the band's ridiculously catchy blend of J-pop, K-pop, hip-hop, and R&B. Produced by Compton's own Dem Jointz, whose credits run from Dr. Dre to BTS, the album is slick and compelling, danceable and hard-hitting. This is the sound of a band on the verge of superstardom. More

Genre: World

Monarch [Cream Vinyl] (LP)

Dead Poet Society

Dead Poet Society returns with the searing Monarch . The band's hard-edged alt-rock sound crackles with dark energy and haunting atmospherics – these are some of the band's most intriguing, devastating songs. Dead Poet Society knows how to keep listeners on their toes, with moments of sheer beauty and powerful emotional contrast. Monarch never takes the predictable path. This album will stay with you. More

Genre: Rock

Young Washington (BLU)

Colonial Virginia, 1753: 21-year-old George Washington (William Franklyn-Miller)-denied entrance into the British Army-obtained a commission with the state Militia. Entrusted to journey to Ohio and demand that French forces withdraw, the mission would have fateful repercussions... and the ensuing crucible of the French and Indian War would forge the strength of character that would one day lead a new nation. More

The Gem [Turquoise Vinyl] (LP)

Julia Jacklin

Julia Jacklin's The Gem has a warm, inviting, autumnal quality to it. These are searching songs, as Jacklin explores the tension between wanting to love and be loved and wanting to feel totally free. Her signature blend of indie folk and alt-country suits these pensive, somewhat wistful songs well. The Gem is just that, a deeply satisfying listen from one of Australia's greatest contemporary singer-songwriters. More

Genre: Rock

Pugnello [Red & Black Marble Vinyl] (LP)

Gilla Band

Gilla Band are impossible to ignore. Their latest, Pugnello , is bristling, abrasive, and a real pleasure. The Dublin four-piece blends noise rock, electronics, and post-punk, with simmering, sharp-tongued verses and barely controlled chaos erupting in the choruses. This is the type of an album that'll make you stop in your tracks and listen. A brutal yet bewitching record. More

Genre: Rock

Stray Dogs (CD)

Nothing But Thieves

Nothing But Thieves comes thundering back onto the scene with Stray Dogs . The UK rockers write raw, moody rock 'n' roll with some serious hooks. The songs feel driven by an unstoppable force, gritty in all the right ways, yet also so catchy they'll work their way into your head and stay there. It's big and booming alt-rock with fierce punk energy. Nothing But Thieves are the real deal. More

Genre: Rock

Sébastien Vanicek

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