Some awesome new releases this week, guys. Bob Dylan is releasing a new album, his 33rd in fact, called “Together Through Life”, possibly his most murky record to date. Is remarkable how Dylan, aged 67, can still pop out quality music at. Then again, nothing amazes now when putting Bob Dylan and quality in the same sentence. Seeing how the rap scene has been intensively suffering lately from the lack of above-par releases, fans can…
Depeche Mode’s highly anticipated twelfth studio release “Sounds of the Universe” is out this week, soon followed by the raging fan bonanza flocking to their Tour of the Universe, while another iconic electronic UK outfit, Pet Shop Boys, is also putting out its latest effort “Yes.” Tinted Windows is quite the interesting project, side-project actually if you analyze its members’ composition – guitarist James Iha, previously of The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle, singer…
Neil Young’s back with yet another addition to his mammoth like discography once with the release of his latest effort, “Fork In The Road.” Like most of you might have guessed, it doesn’t quite bring anything new to the table, but fans will surely rejoice while spinning it. For the rest of us casual listeners, it’s just an appetizers for his upcoming 8 CD BOX SET “Neil Young Archives Volume I (1963-1972)”. Heads up for…
Now that’s more like it! After a few weeks of moderate releases, with here and there sparks of pseudo-brilliance, we now finally come face to face with one of those killer record sprees. Here’s just a few names: The Decemberists, Dan Deacon, Fever Ray, Pete Doherty, Royksopp, Papa Roach, Pet Shop Boys and a lot, lot more. Personal favorites from the week of 23-30 March, are the latest stuff from Mastodon and indie all star…
What’s one of the most intriguing metal figures in the United States, Richmond natives Lamb of God are back after a three years absence with their sixth installment, “Wranth.” The album continues more or less in the same directions, with very few subtle differences. But, hey, why fix something if it ain’t broken? Swamp rockers the Black Lips are also back with a new LP, “200 Million Thousand,” one which continues in the same care-free,…
Some pretty interesting new music this week, folks, with Morrissey’s “Years of Refusal” leading the wave of new releases. Everybody’s been talking a lot about it, it’s controversial album + single cover, the music itself and so on, but in the end, let’s face it, it’s the Moz, and he’s never failed us yet. Other interesting releases this week include new releases from … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Sutton…
This week’s feature release is, undoubtedly, Lily Allen’s follow-up to her extraordinary debut, that outshines all other releases, albeit a very slow week. I won’t got into too much details with “It’s Not Me, It’s You,” since Al Byrne wrote an excellent (positive, too) review, covering about everything. Read it here. Dan Auerbach, the other half of The Black Keys, is releasing a solo album, dubbed “Keep It Hid,” and if it’s half as good…
Another month, another week, another round of new music. Some returning artists, some debuting artists, more bellow. The Fray made sensations when their notoriously successful debut album, “How to Save A Life,” came out a few years back and broke all the charts with their hit single. Now, the band is back with its sophomore self-titled album, which, at first glance, kinda disappoints. The piano-rock is still there, but the cheesy Coldplay-esque masquerade is a…
It’s been a while since we’ve written a NMM post, mainly because the end and beginning of December, respectively January, have always been very blunt and poor in terms of releases. Things are shaping up again though, and this week we’ve got a few interesting artists, with some equally interesting new material. First up are the more or less justly hyped Animal Collective and their latest record, Merryweather Post Pavilion, that finally gets officially releases…
Wow, boys and girls, what a week! We’ve just reached that time of the year when the final big releases come out, in anticipation for the jolly holidays and the frantic shopping season. Everything that comes out after this, until after the new year, is either anti-mainstream, has a bad marketing team or simply doesn’t care. I’ll start up with one of the most anticipated records in history, “Chinese Democracy” by Guns ‘n’ Roses. Was…
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