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MARSHALL ALLEN – NEW DAWN
Saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist Marshall Allen has been a member of The Sun Ra Arkestra since 1958 and took over as the band’s leader in 1995 after the deaths bandleaders Sun Ra in 1993 and John Gilmore in 1995. New Dawn is notable for being Marshall Allen‘s debut solo album(!) at the age of 100.
Stream • Mexican Summer/Week-End • 2025
TIM HAUSE – PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS
Tim Hause‘s second solo album, Pre-Existing Conditions, is once again produced by singer-songwriter Will Hoge, as well as being co-written/performed with brother and fellow The Mermaid bandmate, Dave Hause.
Stream • Blood Harmony • 2025
HORSEGIRL – PHONETICS ON AND ON
Phonetics On and On is the anticipated sophomore album from Chicago’s Horsegirl, which was produced by critically-acclaimed singer and producer, Cate Le Bon.
Horsegirl‘s debut album, Versions of Modern Performance, was considered one of the best albums of 2022 by A.V. Club, BrooklynVegan, Paste, Rolling Stone, Stereogum and more.
Stream • Matador • 2025
LACUNA COIL – SLEEPLESS EMPIRE
Sleepless Empire is the first new album from Lacuna Coil since 2019 and “may well be the band’s strongest and most incredible release to date.” (metaltalk.net)
Stream • Century Media • 2025
GARY LOURIS – DARK COUNTRY
Following 2008’s Vagabonds and 2021’s Jump For Joy, Dark Country is only the third solo album of Gary Louris‘ (The Jayhawks/Golden Smog) forty year recording career, and “is the most intimate and romantic album from The Jayhawks‘ front man.“
Stream • SHAM/Thirty Tigers • 2025
MANIC STREET PREACHERS – CRITICAL THINKING
Critical Thinking is the anticipated fifteenth studio album from Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers. Their previous album, 2021’s The Ultra Vivid Lament, was the band’s first album to go to #1 in the UK since This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours in 1998.
Critical Thinking celebrates conflicting ideas colliding, with unflinchingly soul-searching lyrics meeting some of the most head-on, addictive melodies the band have ever recorded.
manicstreetpreachers.com
Stream • Sony • 2025
BARTEES STRANGE – HORROR
Bartee Strange‘s third album, Horror, is the highly-anticipated follow-up to Farm to Table; which The New York Times‘ Jon Caramanica ranked as the 7th Best album of 2022.
Stream • 4AD • 2025
WINONA FIGHTER – MY APOLOGIES TO THE CHEF
After releasing 10 songs from their 14-song debut album over the last 3 years, Winona Fighter have finally unleashed My Apologies To the Chef, which Kerrang calls “an incredible album that mixes the personal with the political, and which turns trauma, anxiety and mental health troubles into something both fun and cathartic to sing (or shout) along to.”
Stream • Rise • 2025
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