CLAWFOOT SLUMBER – CRUSHING REALITY
A recording delayed not by the COVID-19 pandemic, but 2020 wildfires that tore through the forests of Portland, Crushing Reality is the third album from Portland psychedelic-rock trio, Clawfoot Slumber.
Stream • Clawfoot Slumber • 2022
CROWBAR – ZERO AND BELOW
Crowbar‘s latest album, Zero and Below, is the New Orleans metal band’s first new album since 2016.
Stream • MNRK Heavy • 2022
THE DIRTY KNOBS – EXTERNAL COMBUSTION
Mike Campbell, lead guitarist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and Fleetwood Mac, has returned to action with his second album with The Dirty Knobs.
External Combustion features guest appearances from rising country singer Margo Price and Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople.
Stream • BMG • 2022
GUIDED BY VOICES – CRYSTAL NUNS CATHEDRAL
The astonishingly prolific Guided By Voices will released their 35th album this week. Crystal Nuns Cathedral is the band’s first album of the year, their sixth album of the decade and their 13th since reuniting in 2016.
Stream • Record Label • 2022
SABATON – THE WAR TO END ALL WARS
Sabaton‘s 10th album, The War to End All Wars, continues the Swedish metal band’s penchant for albums and songs with themes relating to historic battles.
Sabaton’s last two albums, The Great War and The Last Stand, both made it to #5 on Billboard’s US Top Rock Albums chart.
Stream • Nuclear Blast • 2022
STEREOPHONICS – OOCHYA!
The twelfth LP (Oochya!) from Wales’ Stereophonics came about after discovering unreleased material while compiling tracks for a 25th anniversary compilation.
Stream • Stylus • 2022
VEIN.FM – THIS WORLD IS GOING TO RUIN YOU
After changing their name from Vein to Vein.fm, This World Is Going to Ruin You is the Boston hardcore punk band’s second album and first for Nuclear Blast records.
Stream • Nuclear Blast • 2022
THE WEATHER STATION – HOW IS IT THAT I SHOULD LOOK AT THE STARS
The Weather Station‘s latest album, How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars, is the companion piece to 2021’s critically acclaimed Ignorance.
Ignorance was considered to be the best album of 2021 by Uncut and The New Yorker, as well as being placed in the top 10 of year-end lists from Exclaim!, Paste, The Guardian, The New York Times, Pitchfork and Stereogum.
Stream • Fat Possum • 2022