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Out This Week 1/22

By Jim Beckmann | Published: January 22, 2013

Finally! With all of these great new releases, 2013 is coming on with a roar. Well, maybe not The Big Roar this time, but rather Wolf’s Law, the new and much anticipated second album from The Joy Formidable. Fans wondering how the Welsh trio could possibly follow up their hard hitting debut after such aRead more...

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Out This Week 1/15

By Jim Beckmann | Published: January 15, 2013

Things are picking up! In the world of new releases, that is. 2013 has fully arrived, and as you head back to work, school or whatever your day-to-day, it’s time to put record shopping back into your regular routine. The shelves of your favorite record shops are now being lined with anticipated new LPs, likeRead more...

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Out This Week 1/8

By Jim Beckmann | Published: January 8, 2013

2013 may not be starting off with much musical gusto, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some interesting new releases to be found in stores this week. Among a small handful is the latest release from Broadcast. No, it’s not exactly a new album but rather a soundtrack begun before the untimely death of vocalistRead more...

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Out This Week 12/11

By Jim Beckmann | Published: December 11, 2012

There are always one or two potentially great albums that get snuck in at the eleventh hour (or twelfth month), just as music critics and fans are putting together their year end lists. (Did you vote for yours yet, by the way?) Our Music Director, Don Yates, couldn’t wait to hear the new Big BoiRead more...

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Out This Week 11/27

By Jim Beckmann | Published: November 27, 2012

At this point, there are fewer and fewer new releases, as critics, DJs, and fans alike assemble their year-end “Best of” lists (have you voted for your own?), so you’ll mostly find gift-friendly re-issues, holiday collections and box sets new in stores each week. Among them, the 20th anniversary edition of Rage Against the Machine‘sRead more...

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Out This Week 11/20

By Jim Beckmann | Published: November 20, 2012

Release dates on holiday weeks are usually quite slow. As you would expect, today’s list of new releases is indeed short, yet there are still a handful of interesting new albums to lure you into record stores before the holiday shopping masses come flooding in. Among them is the long awaited follow up to TheRead more...

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Out This Week 11/13

By Jim Beckmann | Published: November 13, 2012

Hardly a season goes by without some sort of release from Robert Pollard or his reunited band Guided by Voices, and among the highlights of this week’s list of new releases is the third GBV album of 2012. So what makes this so special? Our Music Director, Don Yates, thinks it might be “the strongestRead more...

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Out This Week 11/6

By Jim Beckmann | Published: November 6, 2012

Sure, everyone is going to be obsessed with the Presidential election today, but as soon as you’ve voted in the general elections, you should cast vote for your favorite artists by picking up their albums at your favorite record shop. It’s a short list of new releases this week, but here are a few samplesRead more...

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Out This Week 10/30

By Jim Beckmann | Published: October 30, 2012

Ten years we’ve been waiting for the followup to his head-turning lo-fi debut, The Headphone Masterpiece, and with Landing on a Hundred, Cody ChesnuTT absolutely does not disappoint. The LA-via-Atlanta singer-songwriter returns with a fully produced record that, as our Music Director, Don Yates, says, is “steeped in the expansive ‘70s soul sounds of MarvinRead more...

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Out This Week 10/23

By Jim Beckmann | Published: October 23, 2012

New Jersey group Titus Andronicus give us the business with their anticipated third album on which they trade concept for execution. Local Business is the closest thing to actually attending one of their live shows and features, according to our Music Director, Don Yates, “a cleaner and slightly more polished sound, generally more compact songs,Read more...

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