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