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New Releases for April 19, 2024

TAYLOR SWIFT THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT - REPUBLIC CD/LP

Not many superstars would devote an entire song to confessing that they’ve only pretended to be the super-happy figure fans thought they were seeing pass through their towns, and that they were seeing an illusion. (Presumably she doesn’t have to fake it in the present day, but that’s the story of the next album, maybe.) But that speaks to the dichotomy that has always been Taylor Swift: on record, as good and honest a confessional a singer-songwriter as any who ever passed through the ports of rock credibility; in concert, a great, fulsome entertainer like Cher squared. Fortunately, in Swift, we’ve never had to settle for just one or the other. No one else is coming for either job — our best heartbreak chronicler or our most uplifting popular entertainer. It’s like that woman in the movie theater says: Heartache feels good in a place like that. And it sure feels grand presented in its most distilled, least razzly-dazzly essence in “The Tortured Poets Department.” - VARIETY


PEARL JAM DARK MATTER - REPUBLIC CD/LP

For those longing for the charismatic songwriting that first put the band on the map over three decades ago, ‘Dark Matter’ will come as a pleasant surprise. Not only does it showcase Pearl Jam reclaiming the charm that first made them a force to be reckoned with back in 1991, it comes alongside some of their most impressive musicianship yet, as well as a determination to take risks after years of playing it safe. - NME


HIGH ON FIRE COMETH THE STORM - MNRK LP

Even when they’ve not quite exploded as devastatingly as they can, High On Fire have always been a welcome treat for those who want rock music in its loudest, most roaring and most physical-sounding form, like it’s been actually carved out of stone, or forged in a blacksmith’s furnace. But when they stampede at you like this, when you can hear their blood pumping and smell their breath, there are few bands on Earth who can match them. - KERRANG!



ANA FRANGO ELETRICO ME CHAMA DE GATO QUE LP

BRENDAN ANGELIDES ASSASSIN'S CREED LP

ANTICHRIST SIEGE MACHAINE VENGEANCE OF ETERNAL FIRE CD/LP

ATARIS BLUE SKIES BROKEN HEARTS CASSETTE

BELL WITCH MIRROR REAPER LP

BIG/BRAVE CHAOS OF FLOWERS LP

VARIOUS ARTISTS BROWN ACID LP

T-BONE BURNETT OTHER SIDE CD/LP

GLEN CAMPBELL GLEN CAMPBELL DUETS CD/LP

BO CARTER BANANA IN YOUR FRUIT LP

CELTIC FROST PROFCREATION OF THE WICKED LP

CLOUD NOTHINGS FINAL SUMMER LP

DECRY FALLING LP

DJ SHADOW ENDTRODUCING (RMST) LP

MARIANNE FAITHFULL FAITHFULL FOREVER LP

FIEVEL IS GLAUQUE GOD'S TRASHMEN SENT LP

FOLTERKAMMER WEIBERMACHT LP

BILL FRISELL ORCHESTRAS CD/LP

JAN GARBAREK AFRIC PEPPERBIRD LP

JERRY GARCIA GARCIA (REMIXED) LP

PHILIP GLASS NAQOYQATSI LP

HERBIE HANCOCK SPEAK LIKE A CHILD LP

HEAVEE UNLEASH LP

FRED HERSCH SILENT LISTENING CD

HIGH ON FIRE COMETH THE STORM LP

BOBBY HUTCHERSON HAPPENINGS LP

JPEGMAFIA / DA BROWN SCARING THE HOES LP

LARRY JUNE/CARDO NIGHT SHIFT LP

KID CONGO & THE MONK THAT DELICIOUS VICE LP

LAKE LET'S BUILD A ROOF LP

LES RALLIZES DENUDES FLIGHTLESS BIRD NEED LP

LOCRIAN END TERRAIN CD/LP

LUTHER LUTHER CD/LP

MARINE GIRLS LAZY WAYS LP

THE MELVINS TARANTULA HEART CD/LP

METRONOMY NICE TOWN LP

TOSHIYUKI MIYAMA & N NIOU TO HATO LP

VARIOUS ARTISTS NO NEW YORK LP

NOFX HALF ALBUM CD

PARAORCHESTRA DEATH SONGBOOK LP

JONAH PARZEN-JOHNSON YOU'RE NEVER REALLY LP

PEARL JAM DARK MATTER CD/LP

PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - 50TH LP

RENEE RAPP / AULI'I MEAN GIRLS O.S.T. LP

CLAIRE ROUSAY SENTIMENT LP

SANULLIM VOLUME 1 LP

SANULLIM VOLUME 2 LP

SANULLIM VOLUME 3 LP

SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY COUP DE GRACE LP

ELVIE SHANE DAMASCUS LP

ARCHIE SHEPP YASMINA,A BLACK WOMAN LP

SLAPP HAPPY SORT OF LP

SLIMELORD CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS LP

SNOOP DOGGY DOGG DOGGYSTYLE CD

SOMESURPRISES PERSEIDS CD/LP

SPECTRAL VOICE SPARAGMOS LP

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BEST OF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CD/LP

STAIRSTEPS 2ND RESURRECTION LP

TAYLOR SWIFT TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT CD/LP

THIEF BLEED MEMORY LP

TOE FUTURE IS NOW LP

TOE NEW SENTIMENTALITY LP

TOE OUR LATEST NUMBER LP

TYPE O NEGATIVE LIFE IS KILLING ME LP

VITAMIN STRING QUART PERFROMS PARAMORE LP

WEVAL WEVAL LP

ANNE WILSON REBEL CD/LP

WITCH VOMIT FUNERAL SANCTUM CD/LP[

PARI ZANGENEH SERIES OF MUSIC FOR YOUNG ADULTS LP

JOHN ZORN HERMETIC ORGAN CD

LATE ADDITIONS…

ACE OF BASE HAPPY NATION LP

MARIA ARGIRO CLOSER LP

RAY BARRETTO LATINO LP

ALICE COLTRANE LORD OF LORDS LP

YUSEFF DAYES EXPERIENCE LIVE LP

ENFORCED WAR REMAINS LP

FAT WHITE FAMILY FORGIVENESS IS

FEMME DE PARIS FEMME DE PARIS LP

ELLA FITZGERALD ELLA & LOUIS LP

GHOST BATH MOONLOVER LP

FREDDIE GIBBS YOU ONLY LIVE 2 LP

GURU GURU HINTEN LP

GUSTAF PACKAGE PT. 2 LP

BUDDY GUY LIVE AT MONTREUX LP

HERBIE HANCOCK MWANDISHI LP

HARD MAYBE DISCOGRAPHY CASSETTE

BUDDY HOLLY GOOD ROCKIN LP

FREDDIE HUBBARD RED CLAY LP

LA LUPE CON EL DIABLO LP

LANKUM FALSE LANKUM CD

LANKUM LIVELONG DAY CD

MASTODON REMISSION LP

MCS LATE HORIZON LP

MEMPHIS HORNS GET UP & DANCE CD

CHARLES MINGUS BLACK SAINT LP

MY MORNING JACKET WATERFALL II LP

NATIONAL LAUGH TRACK LP

NEW AGE HEALERS SPIN OUT LP

OPEN MIKE EAGLE SPECIAL EPISODE LP

PERNICE BROTHERS WHO WILL YOU BE LP

PROJECT GEMINI COLOURS AND LIGHT LP

JAKE SCHROCK TEMPORAL VISION LP

SLOWDIVE EVERYTHING IS A GRAVE LP

STREETS ORIGINAL PIRATE LP

SUM 41 ALL THE GOOD SHIT LP

IRMA LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS LP

ZACH TOP COLD BEER & COUNTRY MUSIC LP

TRICKY MAXINQUAYE LP

STANLEY TURRENTINE SUGAR LP

THE USED VULNERABLE LP

HIKARU UTADA DEEP RIVER LP

BETTY WRIGHT DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE LP