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CARE OF NIGHT – RECONNECTED
Reconnected is the third album from Sweden’s Care of Night; a band whose melodicism has drawn comparisons to Journey and Toto.
Stream • Frontiers Records s.r.l. • 2023
DAFT PUNK – RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES (DRUMLESS EDITION)
After releasing, in May 2023, an expanded 10th anniversary edition of their 5x Grammy-award winning final album, Random Access Memories, Daft Punk will release another version of that album this week.
Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition) features the album’s original 13 tracks…without drums.
Stream • Sony • 2023
DEAFHEAVEN – SUNBATHER 10TH ANNIVERSARY REMIX/REMASTER
Originally released in 2013, Deafheaven‘s sophomore album Sunbather made countless year-end (and Decade-end) Best Of lists. The album was ranked as the #1 metal album of 2013 by Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and Stereogum, with Treble calling it the best overall album of 2013.
This week, Deafheaven will reissue a newly remixed/remastered 10th anniversary edition of Sunbather.
Stream • Deathwish • 2023
LUTHER DICKINSON – MAGIC MUSIC FOR FAMILY FOLK
North Mississippi Allstars guitarist/singer Luther Dickinson will release a new solo album this week called Magic Music For Family Folk.
The new album has his rendition of songs he loved from his childhood by Mississippi John Hurt, John Lee Hooker, Staple Singers and more.
Stream • New West • 2023
EVANESCENCE – FALLEN (20TH ANNIVERSARY)
The 20th anniversary reissue of Fallen, the debut album from Evanescence, contains nine bonus tracks including previously unreleased demos and live tracks.
Stream • Concord • 2023
JULIANA HATFIELD – JULIANA HATFIELD SINGS ELO
Indie rock veteran Juliana Hatfield‘s 20th studio album features her take on ten Electric Light Orchestra tracks.
Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO is her third covers album in five years, having previously released Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John in 2018 and Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police in 2019.
Stream • American Laundromat • 2023
DOLLY PARTON – ROCKSTAR
After being nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, country legend Dolly Parton famously stated “If I’m going to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I’m going to have to earn it”, and declared her intention to record a rock album.
Rockstar, her 49th studio album, contains 30 songs and features her take on rock classics from Queen, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Blondie, Prince, REO Speedwagon, Heart, The Police and many more.
The album also features quite the guest list of appearances: Richie Sambora, Sting, Steve Perry, Ann Wilson, John Fogerty, Steven Tyler, Stevie Nicks, Peter Frampton, Joan Jett, Kevin Cronin, Rob Halford, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and many more.
Stream • Big Machine Label Group • 2023
PLAIN WHITE T’s – PLAIN WHITE T’s
Plain White T’s, the “Hey There Delilah” power poppers, will release their self-titled ninth album this week. It’s their first set of new music since 2018.
Stream • Fearless • 2023
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE – SALVAGE ENTERPRISE
Salvage Enterprise is the first album of original material from The Polyphonic Spree in over a decade. The album follows the 2021 release of Afflatus, where the band covered songs by INXS, The Rolling Stones, The Monkees, Bee Gees, ABBA, Rush and more.
Stream • Good • 2023
SMOKE FAIRIES – CARRIED IN SOUND
Carried In Sound, the first new Smoke Fairies album since 2020’s darkly beautiful blues-y Americana of Darkness Brings the Wonders Home, was “carefully home crafted to represent [their] core sound, with notes of reflection, grief and joy, [they] hope you find it an emotive, rewarding experience to listen to.” (Clashmusic.com)
Stream • Year Seven • 2023
LACEY STURM – KENOTIC METANOIA
Kenotic Metanoia is the sophomore solo album from Flyleaf vocalist Lacey Sturm. Her debut solo album, 2016’s Life Screams, went to #1 on Billboard‘s US Hard Rock Charts.
Stream • Lacey Sturm • 2023
TEMIC – TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY
Terror Management Theory is the debut album from Norway’s TEMIC; a “supergroup” featuring members who have played with Devin Towsend, Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress, Haken and more.
Stream • Season of Mist • 2023
THIN LIZZY – VAGABONDS OF THE WESTERN WORLD 50TH ANNIVERSARY
The 50th anniversary reissue of Thin Lizzy‘s breakthrough album, Vagabonds of the Western World (featuring “The Rocker” and “Whiskey in the Jar”) is presented in a 3CD + Blu-ray edition and contains the album with B-sides, John Peel BBC live tracks, rarities and more.
Stream • UMR • 2023
VARIOUS ARTISTS – LEARN TO RELAX! A TRIBUTE TO JEHU
Learn to Relax! is an 8-song tribute to acclaimed post-hardcore band Drive Like Jehu and features appearances from Thrice and Sparta among others.
Stream • Noise Real • 2023
KURT VILE – BACK TO MOON BEACH EP
At over 60-minutes and nine tracks, guitarist Kurt Vile‘s Back to Moon Beach remains, technically, an EP and not the official follow up album to last year’s acclaimed Watch My Moves.
Stream • Verve • 2023
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