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Coheed and Cambria
The Father of Make Believe
Coheed and Cambria

Coheed and Cambria presents their forthcoming album, The Father of Make Believe, out via Virgin Music Group. The new full-length marks the 10th studio album from the New York band and continues the narrative of The Amory Wars / Vaxis universe, following their 2022 album, Vaxis Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind.

Tate McRae
So Close To What
RCA Records

Provocative and more sensual than its breakthrough predecessor, 2023's Think Later, So Close to What reveals Canadian pop star Tate McRae to be more mature, with sultrier R&B-inspired vocals, more physical hip-hop beats, and an overall swerve into more adult lyrical territory. It’s a rock-solid collection of bops that gives McRae space to grow in the future.

Vundabar
Surgery and Pleasure
Loma Vista Recordings

Vundabar forged their sound in mythical underground venues in the early 2010s. Musically, they meld post-punk, math-rock, surf-guitar, jangle-pop and grunge scuzz into sharp, compact songs. On Surgery and Pleasure, their sixth album and first for Loma Vista Recordings, the trio have created their most urgent and visceral collection yet across 11 new tracks.

Noah Kahan
Live From Fenway Park
Mercury

Presented as the last in a series of albums tied to the release cycle of indie folk singer Kahan's international breakthrough hit, 2022's Stick Season, Live from Fenway Park captures highlights from two sold-out shows in July 2024 at the legendary baseball stadium in Boston. Alongside plenty of gracious stage banter is an appearance from Gracie Abrams.

The Wombats
Oh! The Ocean
The Wombats

Oh! The Ocean feels like a nod to The Wombats’ origin story while paving a new direction into a more genre-blurring future. It’s a welcome return from the marquee indie act, who thread moments of humor, aspiration and joy across the album. Their sound is coated in a new varnish which leaves the listener feeling as rejuvenated as the band.

Bloodywood
Nu Delhi
Fearless

Bloodywood is a metal band from India known for pioneering a sound that seamlessly fuses Indian folk instruments w/ metal to devastating effect. A combination of thunderous Hindi/Punjabi choruses and meaningful yet unforgiving rap verses along with the ethnic instrumentation makes Nu Delhi a truly unique experience.

Night Crickets
How It Ends (?)
Label 51

David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets), Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes) and Darwin Meiners spearhead a loose collective of like-minded creative souls. On How It Ends (?) slinky melodies snake through nocturnal atmospherics, drawing you into a world built on poetic, painterly lyricism. A soundtrack to our waking dreams.

Paul Thorn
Life Is Just A Vapor
Thirty Tigers / Perpetual Obscurity Records

“Tough times don’t last, tough people do,” the 60-year-old Tupelo, Miss., native sings over a loping, horn-accented R&B groove. “If they can do it, maybe we can too.” This is quintessential Thorn: facing up to hard truths while offering hope; and doing so with infectiously down-home music and plainspoken, humor-laced profundity that make his faith sound undeniable.

Sid Griffin
The Journey From Grape To Raisin
Label 51

Sid's first solo album in a decade recorded with producer Thomm Jutz (Nanci Griffith, Otis Gibbs, Steve Young) and friends such as legendary bassist Mark Fain (Ricky Skaggs, Chris Hillman) and session whiz Tammy Rogers (Patty Loveless, Trisha Yearwood). Includes ten originals and one campfire cover of, get ready, the Velvet Underground's “Femme Fatale”.

A Day To Remember
Big Ole Album Vol. 1
Fueled By Ramen

Surprise! Ocala’s heaviest pop-punk band A Day To Remember drop new record. Not a surprise: it’s awesome. A blend of Hardcore, Metalcore, Pop Punk, and emo ballads highlight their versatility while staying true to their sound, showing why ADTR continues to hold their place in the alternative scene.

Alessia Cara
Love & Hyperbole
Def Jam

From anxiety and isolation to the euphoria of all-surrendering love, Love & Hyperbole offers a captivating insight into the evolution of Cara. Blending jazz-infused arrangements with her signature pop sensibilities, frenzied horn sections and twinkling piano keys combine to complement vivid imagery exploring previously unchartered emotional territory.

Enemy Inside
Venom
Reigning Phoenix Music

With their combination of hard guitar riffs and catchy hooks, Enemy Inside has already made a name for themselves in the modern metal scene. With Venom, they deliver their most ambitious and well-rounded release yet – a masterclass in blending melody with heaviness and a fearless approach to genre fusion.

The Rumjacks
Four Four
Controlled Substance Sound Labs

The Aussie-Boston-Italian Celtic-punk rockers’ sixth album, Dead Anthems, is fully fleshed-out of rowdy drinking songs, sad drinking songs, and meditations on love, self, and memories. Lyrically The Rumjacks may be reflecting on aging and taking it easy, but their attitude, energy and raucous tunes indicate otherwise.

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Jason Isbell
Foxes In The Snow
Thirty Tigers / Southeastern Records

Recorded entirely on the same all-mahogany 1940 Martin 0-17 acoustic guitar, and in just five days, the virtuoso guitar playing and arresting vocal delivery on Foxes In The Snow is some of the most impressive of an already remarkable recording career. Isbell is one of the most highly lauded songwriters of his generation, and this stripped-back, bare-bones format is well suited for his talent for storytelling and his consummate musicianship.

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga's musical career has been a vibrant blend of bold experimentation and cultural impact, cementing her status as one of the most daring and innovative artists shaping modern pop. With The Fame (2008), she introduced the world to her unique pop sound. The follow-up Born This Way (2011) became an anthem for self-expression and LGBTQ+ empowerment. 2020’s Chromatica returned to her dance-pop and electronic roots, while last year’s Harlequin unveiled yet another evolution. Now with her upcoming full-length, Mayhem, we circle back with old-school Gaga bangers— intense and ominous, unsettling yet buoyant, and fearless as ever.

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