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KEVIN ABSTRACT – BLANKET
Former Brockhampton member Kevin Abstract pivots from hip-hop to indie alternative rock on his fourth solo album, Blanket.
According to a press release:
“I wanted to make, like, a Sunny Day Real Estate, Nirvana, Modest Mouse type of record. But I wanted it to hit like a rap album.”
Kevin Abstract
Stream • RCA • 2023
ATREYU – A TORCH IN THE DARK EP
Atreyu‘s new EP, A Torch in the Dark is the third and final installment in the trilogy that began in April with The Hope of a Spark and continued with The Moment You Find Your Flame in August.
The band is expected to release their new LP, The Beautiful Dark Of Life, by the end of 2023.
Stream • Spinefarm • 2023
BAD WOLVES – DIE ABOUT IT
The fourth album from Bad Wolves, Die About It, is their first new in two years, and is their first new music since covering Ozzy‘s “Mama, I’m Coming Home” a year ago.
Stream • Better Noise Music • 2023
DIRTY HONEY – CAN’T FIND THE BRAKES
Can’t Find the Brakes is the second LP from L.A. rockers Dirty Honey, and contains the hit single “Won’t Take Me Alive.”
Stream • Dirt • 2023
MICKY DOLENZ – DOLENZ SINGS R.E.M.
Micky Dolenz, the last remaining member of The Monkees (who were a major influence on The Beatles) is releasing a 4-song EP of R.E.M. covers.
Dolenz Sings R.E.M. features his renditions of “Shiny Happy People”, “Radio Free Europe”, “Man on the Moon” and “Leaving New York.”
Stream • 7A • 2023
KEVIN DREW – AGING
Kevin Drew, Juno award winning co-founder of the beloved Broken Social Scene, returns this week with Aging; is fourth solo album and first new music since 2021.
Stream • Arts & Crafts • 2023
DROP NINETEENS – HARD LIGHT
After reuniting in 2022, 90’s shoegazers Drop Nineteens return this week with their third album, Hard Light. It is their first new album in 30 years.
Stream • Wharf Cat • 2023
JOHNNY MARR – SPIRIT POWER: THE BEST OF JOHNNY MARR
Spirit Power, the first Best Of compilation from former The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, features cuts from each of his four solo albums along with two brand new songs and a cover of Depeche Mode‘s “I Feel You.”
Stream • BMG • 2023
LOL TOLHURST x BUDGIE x JACKNIFE LEE – LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles features guest appearances from U2‘s The Edge, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and Modest Mouse singer Isaac Brock.
Stream • Play It Again Sam • 2023
PAINT IT BLACK – FAMINE
Famine, the latest album from Philly hardcore punks Paint It Black, is the band’s first new release since 2013’s Invisible EP.
Stream • Revelation • 2023
SEMISONIC – LITTLE BIT OF SUN
Semisonic are back with their first new album in 22 years.
Little Bit Of Sun, includes guest appearances from Jason Isbell and My Morning Jacket‘s Jim James.
Stream • Pleasuresonic • 2023
SILENT PLANET – SUPERBLOOM
SUPERBLOOM is the fifth LP from California metalcore quartet Silent Planet, and first since the departure of long time bassist Thomas Freckleton.
Stream • Solid State • 2023
SPIRITBOX – THE FEAR OF FEAR EP
Spiritbox‘s fourth EP, The Fear of Fear is the band’s second EP since the release of their #1 hit debut LP, Eternal Blue in 2021.
Stream • Pale Chord Music/Rise • 2023
THE STRUTS – PRETTY VICIOUS
England’s The Struts are set to release their fourth LP, and first since 2020. Pretty Vicious contains the hit “Too Good at Raising Hell” (#27 Billboard Mainstream Rock charts).
Stream • Interscope • 2023
YOUTH FOUNTAIN – TOGETHER IN LONESOME
Together In Lonesome, the third album from Youth Fountain is described by guitarist/vocalist Tyler Zanon as “pretty dark love story album” and “lyrically touches on the feelings of essentially losing everything that ever mattered to me and going through the motions, twists and turns of what life has thrown at me over the past decade of my life.”
Stream • Pure Noise • 2023
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