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FEATURED New Release
Damnesia
Alkaline Trio
Featuring some of their favorite songs from their extensive back catalog, as well as a pair of new tracks, Alkaline Trio celebrate their 15th anniversary with Damnesia. Not just a "best-of," the album finds the band reworking their songs with new acoustic arrangements, putting a more intimate spin on some fan favorites.
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Last Summer
Eleanor Friedberger
With her brother Matthew working on eight albums for release during 2011, the Fiery Furnaces' Eleanor Friedberger had plenty of time to work on some music of her own. Her solo debut, Last Summer, harks back to the jaunty pop of the duo's first album, Gallowsbird's Bark, but songs like "My Mistakes" reveal Friedberger as a charming songwriter and …
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All of You
Colbie Caillat
Colbie Caillat's third release is a slick summer album, featuring a set of sunny pop songs co-written with the likes of Ryan Tedder, Toby Gad, Jason Reeves, and Rick Nowels. Preceded by the Top 40 hit "I Do," the album also includes an unlikely cameo by rapper Common.
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The Truth Is...
Theory of a Deadman
The hard-hitting Canadian rockers' fourth studio album was preceded by the single “Lowlife.” Set to drop on July 12, 2011, The Truth Is... will be followed by a co-headlining tour with Alter Bridge under the banner the Carnival of Madness, which will also include Adelitas Way, Black Stone Cherry, and Emphatic.
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Red River Blue
Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton's sixth album (not including compilations), Red River Blue features production by the in-demand, award-winning Scott Hendricks. It is preceded by smash single "Honey Bee," which reached number one on the Billboard and Mediabase country single charts within seven weeks, and has logged a million digital downloads; it holds the record …
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Where Country Grows
Ashton Shepherd
Ashton Shepherd’s sophomore album, Where Country Goes, was produced by Buddy Cannon and features co-writes from Shepherd on eight of the ten songs, including the hit single (and incredibly infectious) “Look It Up,” the first song Shepherd wrote for the project.
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Best Kind of Mess
Get Scared
Gothic punks Get Scared make their full-length debut with Best Kind of Mess. Their first full album for Universal Motown will introduce the world to their horror-tinged post-hardcore sound.
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Within and Without
Washed Out
After a string of acclaimed EPs and appearances at the Pitchfork Festival and on the TV series Portlandia, Ernest Greene releases his first full-length under his Washed Out moniker, Within and Without. Recorded with Ben Allen, who worked on Merriweather Post Pavilion and Halcyon Digest, the album has the pedigree to be a synth pop critical darling.
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Blackenedwhite
MellowHype
Originally released in 2010, Blackenedwhite is the second studio album from MellowHype, a duo comprised of Odd Future members Hodgy Beats and Left Brain. The Fat Possum label is responsible for taking this previously subterranean release above ground, and responsible for giving the single “64” its ultra-creepy video.
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Close-Up, Vol. 3: States of Being
Suzanne Vega
The tenth studio album from iconic songwriter Suzanne Vega -- and the third of four themed albums that revisit her classic work in stripped-down, unadorned arrangements highlighting the lyrics and melodies -- finds her dealing with inner emotional weather in songs like “Solitude Standing,” “Blood Makes Noise,” “Undertow,” and others.
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