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Upcoming &
Recent Releases

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54 30 Seconds to Mars
75 Alberta Cross
70 The Album Leaf
70 Alkaline Trio
66 Animal Collective
84 Animal Collective
47 Athlete
82 Beach House
81 The Besnard Lakes
65 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
64 Dan Black
75 Mary J. Blige
75 Blockhead
79 Blood Red Shoes
70 David Bowie
65 The Brian Jonestown Massacre
72 Broken Bells
39 Chris Brown
65 V.V. Brown
72 The Brunettes
71 Basia Bulat
78 Carolina Chocolate Drops
79 Johnny Cash
79 Chew Lips
82 Chicago Underground Duo
78 The Chieftains Featuring Ry Cooder
76 Citay
66 Clem Snide
77 Clipd Beaks
62 Clipse
78 Clogs
66 Cold War Kids
75 Easton Corbin
80 Crazy Heart
70 Jamie Cullum
65 Fyfe Dangerfield
70 Delphic
64 Dinowalrus
59 Editors
71 Eels
70 Efterklang
81 Eluvium
82 Erland And The Carnival
60 Everybody Was In The French Resistance...Now
78 Field Music
76 First Aid Kit
68 Josephine Foster
82 Four Tet
71 Nils Frahm
74 Freeway & Jake One
75 Frightened Rabbit
82 Fucked Up
64 Peter Gabriel
79 Charlotte Gainsbourg
80 Galactic
67 The Gilded Palace Of Sin
73 Ernest Gonzales
59 Good Shoes
81 Gorillaz
70 Adam Green
79 Patty Griffin
76 Groove Armada
66 Gucci Mane
67 H.I.M.
43 Hadouken!
73 Harvey Milk
68 Juliana Hatfield
66 Jimi Hendrix
88 High On Fire
80 Hot Chip
66 The Hot Rats
88 Ray Wylie Hubbard
54 Hurricane Chris
76 Jaga Jazzist
76 Jaheim
66 jj
79 Freedy Johnston
54 Nick Jonas And The Administration
57 Ke$ha
66 Alicia Keys
81 King Midas Sound
63 Lady Antebellum
67 Dawn Landes
82 Lawrence Arabia
74 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
82 Liars
72 Lightspeed Champion
37 Lil Wayne
82 Lindstrom & Christabelle
67 Little Boots
75 Local Natives
75 Los Campesinos!
67 Lostprophets
63 Ludacris
73 Magnetic Fields
74 Massive Attack
58 Katherine McPhee
66 Daniel Merriweather
76 Pat Metheny
72 Midlake
64 Holly Miranda
79 Allison Moorer
83 Motion City Soundtrack
53 Mudvayne
64 Mumford & Sons
55 Never Shout Never
85 Joanna Newsom
81 Scout Niblett
74 Nneka
75 Oh No Ono
70 OK Go
71 Omarion
77 Owen Pallett
84 Pantha du Prince
75 Past Lives
84 Pavement
78 Phantogram
65 Pit Er Pat
64 Priestess
67 Quasi
77 Corinne Bailey Rae
71 The Red Krayola With Art & Language
81 Fionn Regan
77 Retribution Gospel Choir
57 Martin Rev
64 Rjd2
65 Rogue Wave
82 Jack Rose
76 The Ruby Suns
78 Sade
77 Gil Scott-Heron
77 Shearwater
84 Shining
68 Shout Out Louds
80 Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
61 Snoop Dogg
73 The Soft Pack
80 Spoon
63 Ringo Starr
68 Story Of The Year
77 Strong Arm Steady
79 Surfer Blood
60 Tape Deck Mountain
80 The Knife In Collaboration With Mt. Sims And Planningtorock
82 These New Puritans
71 Robin Thicke
50 Timbaland
76 Tindersticks
84 Titus Andronicus
72 Toro Y Moi
78 Trans Am
63 Josh Turner
81 Vampire Weekend
79 Laura Veirs
79 Butch Walker And The Black Widows
64 The Watson Twins
69 We Are Wolves
66 Kanye West
64 Wetdog
70 White Hills
76 The Whitefield Brothers
68 Wu-Tang Clan
75 Xiu Xiu
78 Yeasayer
73 You Say Party! We Say Die!
63 Young Money
76 Neil Young
61 Rob Zombie

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.

New Releases:

Added 12 March 2010

by Pavement

With the band reunited and touring in 2010, here comes a 23-tracks greatest-hits compilation chosen by the band members. [Rock/Alternative]

by Blood Red Shoes

The second album produced by Mike Crossey for Brighton's Laura-Mary Carter and Steven Ansell was recorded on analogue tape but still retains its punk influences. [Rock/Alternative]

by Past Lives

The debut full-length album for the rock band featuring members of Seattle's The Blood Brothers was produced by Steve Fisk. [Rock/Experimental/Indie]

by White Hills

The latest album for the New York-based indie rock band was recorded in three days at Oneida's studio and Oneida's Kid Millions provided the drumming for the recording. [Rock/Indie]

2009 High Scores

1	Nirvana Live At Reading	93
2	Leonard Cohen Live In London	91
3	Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion	89
4	Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II	88
5	Sunn O))) Monoliths & Dimensions	88
6	Vijay Iyer Trio Historicity	88
7	Baroness Blue Record	87
8	Brad Paisley American Saturday Night	86
9	Amadou & Mariam Welcome To Mali	86
10	Memory Tapes Seek Magic	86

All-Time High Scores

1	Brian Wilson SMiLE	97
2	Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose	97
3	Led Zeppelin How The West Was Won	97
4	OutKast Stankonia	95
5	Ali Farka Toure Savane	94
6	Madvillain Madvillainy	93
7	Nirvana Live At Reading	93
8	Talking Heads The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads [2004 Version]	93
9	Bob Dylan Love And Theft	93
10	Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards	92

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Added 11 March 2010

by Alberta Cross

The debut full-length album for the band led by Swedish-born Petter Ericson Stakee and Terry Wolfers was produced by Mike McCarthy. [Rock/Alternative]

The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night

by The Besnard Lakes

The indie rock quartet led by music producer Jace Lasek and his wife Olga releases its second album on the Jagjaguwar label. [Rock/Indie]

by The Chieftains Featuring Ry Cooder

The concept album about a group of Irish US soldiers who deserted to join the Mexican army during the Mexican-American War was an idea by The Chieftains' Paddy Moloney and co-producer Ry Cooder. [World/Folk]

Battle Of The Sexes

by Ludacris

The latest album for the actor/hip-hop artist features guest appearances from Eve, Flo Rida, Lil' Kim, Ne-Yo, Trey Songz, and Trina. [Rap]

Added 10 March 2010

Beat The Devil's Tattoo

by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

With new drummer Leah Shapiro (who replaced Nick Jago), the rock band from San Francisco work to mix its rock side with the country/acoustic sound they revealed in 2005's Howl. [Rock/Alternative]

Valleys Of Neptune

by Jimi Hendrix

The 12 unreleased recordings by rock legend Jimi Hendrix include new versions of songs that were under consideration to be included on a follow-up to the 1968's "Electric Ladyland." [Rock/Blues/Psychedelic]

jj no 3

by jj

Until jj signed with Secretly Canadian to release its second full-length album, the identity of the Swedish duo was unknown to the industry at large. [Electronic/Indie/Pop]

The Brutalist Bricks

by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

The Ted Leo-led rock band moves to Matador Records for its sixth album. [Rock/Punk]

Added 9 March 2010

Broken Bells

by Broken Bells

This is the debut album for The Shins James Mercer and producer Brian Burton (aka as Danger Mouse). [Rock/Indie]

The Winter Of Mixed Drinks

by Frightened Rabbit

The third studio album for the Scottish indie band produced by Peter Katis is its first with new member Gordon Skene. [Rock/Indie]

Plastic Beach

by Gorillaz

The third album for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett animated group features guest appearances by Snoop Dogg, Kano, Mos Def, De La Soul, Gruff Rhys, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, The Fall's Mark E. Smith, Little Dragon, Lou Reed, Bobby Womack, The Clash's Mick Jones, and Paul Simonon. [Rock/Electronic/Alternative]

Tomorrow, In A Year

by The Knife In Collaboration With Mt. Sims And Planningtorock

The Knife, along with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, created a 90-minute opera about Charles Darwin. [Electronic/Dance]

Sisterworld

by Liars

The fifth album for the trio was recorded in Los Angeles with Tom Biller. [Rock/Experimental]

The Monitor

by Titus Andronicus

The first full-length album on XL Recordings for the rock band from New Jersey was named after a warship that fought during the American Civil War. [Rock/Indie]

Added 5 March 2010

Easton Corbin

by Easton Corbin

The Florida-born singer-songwriter releases his debut album produced by Carson Chamberlain. [Country]

Genuine Negro Jig

by Carolina Chocolate Drops

With the help of Joe Thompson--one of the last of North Carolina's African-American string-band players--the trio seeks to continue the style with its third album. [Blues/Country/Folk]