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Here for a Good Time
by George Strait
September 6, 2011
The country singer releases his 39th studio album.
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Seeds We Sow
by Lindsey Buckingham
September 6, 2011
Fleetwood Mac's famed songwriter and guitarist returns with another solo release that was recorded entirely in his home.
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Celestial Electric
by Shawn Lee
September 6, 2011
The debut album for Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter AM and London-based Shawn Lee was influenced by 1960s and 70s rock music.
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Garden of Arms
by Peter Wolf Crier
September 6, 2011
The second release for Peter Pisano and Brian Moen was written after their 2010 tour.
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The Devil's Rain
by Misfits
September 6, 2011
The first album in eight years for the punk rock group was produced by Ed Stasium.
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Wildlife
by The Icarus Line
September 6, 2011
This is the fourth full-length album for the Los Angeles punk rock band.
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Listen to Me: Buddy Holly
by Various Artists
September 6, 2011
The tribute album produced by Peter Asher features Jackson Browne, Monty Python's Eric Idle, Lyle Lovett, Imelda May, Linda Ronstadt, Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump, and Brian Wilson singing some of Buddy Holly's hit songs.
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The Mancy of Sound
by Steve Coleman & the Five Elements
September 5, 2011
The latest album from the jazz saxophonist and his band features a four-piece suite inspired by the West African Yoruba people.
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In the Grace of Your Love
by The Rapture
September 5, 2011
The New York trio releases their fourth album of dance punk.
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Mutual Friends
by BOY
September 2, 2011
The debut album from the Swiss-German pop duo of Valeska Steiner and Sonja Glass was produced by Philip Steinke.
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1977
by Terius Nash
August 31, 2011
Recorded over two weeks, the dark and personal album was released for free on the Internet under his real name.
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Coastal Grooves
by Blood Orange
August 30, 2011
Former Test Icicles member Dev Hynes releases a solo album of experimental '80s electronica.
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The Rip Tide
by Beirut
August 30, 2011
The New Mexico-based band releases its newest album of indie rock, fusing world music with pop to develop a unique sound all of its own.
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Behind the Parade
by Tommy Keene
August 30, 2011
This is the latest album for the power pop singer-guitarist who has worked with Robert Pollard.
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One Man Mutiny
by Tommy Stinson
August 30, 2011
Former Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson releases his second solo album on his label Done to Death.
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Black and White
by Wretch 32
August 30, 2011
The second album for the British rapper features guest appearances by Etta Bond, Chipmunk, Example, Darren B, Alex Mills, Daley, and Ed Sheeran.
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Floreat
by Mara Carlyle
August 30, 2011
The British singer-songwriter's second album produced by Dan Carey was delayed for three years after EMI took over her previous record label.
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Hearts
by I Break Horses
August 30, 2011
This is the debut album for the Swedish duo of Maria Linden and Fredrik Balck.
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I'm with You
by Red Hot Chili Peppers
August 30, 2011
The California rock band releases their 10th album produced by Rick Rubin and the first since 2006 and with new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who replaced John Frusciante.
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Endless Now
by Male Bonding
August 30, 2011
Produced by John Agnello, the second album from the British trio was recorded in Woodstock, New York.
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Tassili
by Tinariwen
August 30, 2011
The Tuareg group releases their fifth studio album, fusing blues and styles of the nomadic people of the Sahara.
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Ghost on the Canvas
by Glen Campbell
August 30, 2011
In spite of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, the country pop musician releases a new album.
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Yes and Also Yes
by Mike Doughty
August 30, 2011
The fourth studio album for the indie rock singer was produced by Pat Dillett.
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Tripper
by Hella
August 30, 2011
The Sacramento experimental rock band releases a new album.
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There's Always Another Girl
by Juliana Hatfield
August 30, 2011
The singer-songwriter's 11th studio album's focus is funding There's Always Another Girl (previously known as Speeches Delivered to Animals and Plants), in conjunction with the Pledge Music website, and she's also donating a percentage of the money put up by the fans to a pair of animal shelters.
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Fever Dream
by Alias
August 30, 2011
The abstract hip hop Anticon musician returns with a new album of experimental rap.
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Wander/Wonder
by Balam Acab
August 30, 2011
This is the debut full-length release for electronic producer, Alec Koone.
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Ready for Confetti
by Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
August 29, 2011
The Texas songwriter releases his 16th album.
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Nothing But the Beat
by David Guetta
August 29, 2011
The French producer/DJ releases his fifth album which includes guest appearances from such artists as Flo Rida, Nicki Minaj, Taio Cruz, Ludacris, Usher. will.i.am, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Akon, Timbaland, Jennifer Hudson, Jessie J, and Sia.
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World Wide Rebel Songs
by Tom Morello
August 29, 2011
Tom Morello's latest release as his folk alter ego is his third solo album, accompanied by a fully electrified band called The Freedom Fighters Orchestra.
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The Golden Age of Apocalypse
by Thundercat
August 29, 2011
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Tha Carter IV
by Lil Wayne
August 29, 2011
The ninth studio album from the rapper features special guests such as Drake, T-Pain, and Rick Ross.
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Night Shades
by Cobra Starship
August 29, 2011
The New York-based electro-pop band release their fourth studio album.
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Glazin'
by Jacuzzi Boys
August 29, 2011
The Miami-based band releases an album of garage punk songs.
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Emperor's Nightingale
by Stereo MC's
August 29, 2011
The British duo's seventh album continues its move toward electronic and rock music.
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Black and White America
by Lenny Kravitz
August 29, 2011
The funk rock singer and multi-instrumentalist releases his ninth studio album.
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The Spade
by Butch Walker
August 29, 2011
The singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer releases his debut album for Dangerbird Records.
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Keeper
by John Doe
August 29, 2011
John Doe coproduced his latest solo album with Dave Way, which features guest appearances from Howie Gelb, Patty Griffin, Smokey Hormel, and Jill Sobule.
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Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down
by Ry Cooder
August 29, 2011
The Grammy-award winning musician returns with a concept album about corruption in America.
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If You're Young
by The Static Jacks
August 29, 2011
The debut album for the New Jersey indie rock band was produced by Chris Shaw.
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Mirror Traffic
by Stephen Malkmus
August 23, 2011
The Pavement frontman releases his latest rock album with The Jicks, produced by Beck.
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Muppets: The Green Album
by Various Artists
August 23, 2011
Classic Muppet songs are covered by OK Go, Weezer, Hayley Williams, The Fray, Alkaline Trio, My Morning Jacket, Amy Lee, Sondre Lerche, The Airborne Toxic Event, Atreyu's Brandon Saller, Good Charlotte's Billy Martin, Andrew Bird, Matt Nathanson, and Rachael Yamagata.
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You Are All I See
by Active Child
August 23, 2011
The electronic music project of Paul Grossi is filled with diverse sounds and many synthesized instruments.
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Obscurities
by Stephin Merritt
August 23, 2011
The singer-songwriter from The Magnetic Fields releases a solo album of B-sides, compilation cuts, and various unreleased material.
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Post-Mortem
by Black Tide
August 23, 2011
The New York-based heavy metal band releases its sophomore full-length album produced by Josh Wilbur and GGGarth.
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La Liberacion
by CSS
August 23, 2011
The Brazilian band releases their third album of party pop and electronic rock.
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Still Living
by Ganglians
August 23, 2011
The Beach Boys-influenced Sacramento band release their second full-length rock-pop album.
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The Blackbird Diaries
by Dave Stewart
August 23, 2011
The Eurythmics member releases a solo album of rock and blues, recorded at Nashville's famous Blackbird Studios.
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Ancient Romans
by Sun Araw
August 23, 2011
The Los Angeles-based solo project of Cameron Stallones releases the fifth LP of psychedelic electro noise pop.
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Concrete
by Sunny Sweeney
August 23, 2011
The Texan country music artist releases a new album.
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What Matters Most
by Barbra Streisand
August 23, 2011
Barbara Streisand sings the lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and also produced the album.
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Honkey Kong
by Apathy
August 23, 2011
The third solo album for the rapper includes guest appearances by Celph Titled, Esoteric, Mad Lion, Slaine, Vinnie Paz, and Xzibit.
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The R.E.D. Album
by Game
August 23, 2011
The long delayed 21-track album for the Los Angeles rapper features guest turns from Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Sly, Drake, Rick Ross, Beanie Sigel, Young Jeezy, Big Boi, E-40, Lloyd, Mario, Wale. Chris Brown, Nelly Furtado, and Tyler, the Creator.
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Program 91
by Razika
August 23, 2011
This is the debut album for the Norwegian ska-pop quartet.
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Rise Ye Sunken Ships
by We Are Augustines
August 23, 2011
After the band Pela ended, singer Billy McCarthy and bassist Eric Sanderson, along with new drummer Rob Allen, formed We Are Augustines. The death of Billy McCarthy's brother had a great influence on the songs on the debut album produced by Dave Newfield.
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Outside Society: Looking Back 1975-2007
by Patti Smith
August 23, 2011
The latest album from the singer-songwriter includes tracks that span her recording career for both Arista and Columbia Records.
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Starry Mind
by P.G. Six
August 23, 2011
The first album in four years for the New York band led by Pat Gubler adds more rock elements to its acoustic folk style.
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Hell On Heels
by Pistol Annies
August 23, 2011
This is the debut album from the Miranda Lambert-led country trio that includes Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe.
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Ghostbird
by Zee Avi
August 23, 2011
The second album for the Malaysian-born singer-songwriter was produced by Mario Caldato, Jr.
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Rapping With Paul White
by Paul White
August 23, 2011
This is Paul White's first full-length project with vocals, which features Nancy Elizabeth, Danny Brown, Homeboy Sandman, Guilty Simpson, Jehst, Marv Won, Moe Pope, and Tranqill.
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Apokalypsis
by Chelsea Wolfe
August 23, 2011
The third album for the California singer-songwriter continues her dark folk style.
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Killer Sounds
by Hard-Fi
August 22, 2011
The third studio album for the British indie rock band was coproduced by lead singer Richard Archer with Grey Kurstin, Alan Moulder, and Stuart Price.
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Long Line of Heartaches
by Connie Smith
August 19, 2011
The country music legend releases her first solo album of original songs since 1998.
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Thursday
by The Weeknd
August 19, 2011
The second of a trilogy of mixtapes from Canadian artist The Weeknd was produced by Doc McKinney and Illangelo.
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Blue Songs
by Hercules & Love Affair
August 16, 2011
The second album for the New York-based musical group was produced with Patrick Pulsinger.
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Closer to Closed
by Braid
August 16, 2011
The Midwestern post-punk emo pioneers are back with their first collection of recorded material in 10 years.
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Jeff Bridges
by Jeff Bridges
August 16, 2011
Jeff Bridges releases the follow-up album to his debut "Be Here Soon" nearly a decade later, which is produced by T-Bone Burnett.
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I'm Back! Family & Friends
by Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart
August 16, 2011
The comeback album for the funk legend features guest appearances by Jeff Beck, Bootsy Collins, Ray Manzarek, and Ann Wilson.
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The Duke & the King
by The Duke & the King
August 16, 2011
The New York-based quartet--fronted by former Felice Brother, Simone Felice--releases its second album.
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Johnny Boy Would Love This: A Tribute to John Martyn
by Various Artists
August 16, 2011
The 30-track tribute album to John Martyn was produced by Jim Tullio and features such artists as Beck, Ted Barnes, Phil Collins, David Gray, Morcheeba's Skye Edwards, Beth Orton, The Cure's Robert Smith, Snow Patrol, The Swell Season, and Cheryl Wilson.
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Leave No Trace
by Fool's Gold
August 16, 2011
The sophomore album from the Los Angeles quintet fuses Afropop with '80s new wave.
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Out of Love
by Mister Heavenly
August 16, 2011
The debut album for the supergroup consisting of Man Man's Ryan Kattner, Islands' Nicholas Thorburn, and the Shins' Joe Plummer is influenced by doo-wop music.
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Songs and Stories [Live]
by Guy Clark
August 16, 2011
The country singer-songwriter releases a live acoustic album recorded at Nashville's Belcourt Theatre in 2009.
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Overlook
by Maria Taylor
August 16, 2011
The Azure Ray singer self-produced her fourth solo album.
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Don't Act Like You Don't Care
by Luke Temple
August 16, 2011
Here We Go Magic's Luke Temple releases his third solo album.
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New Villager
by New Villager
August 16, 2011
This is the debut album for the pop performance art duo of Ben Bromley and Ross Simonini.
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Her Space Holiday
by Her Space Holiday
August 16, 2011
This is the final album for indie artist Marc Bianchi as Her Space Holiday.
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Moonfire
by Boy & Bear
August 16, 2011
The debut full-length release for the indie band from Australia was recorded in Nashville with producer Joe Chiccarelli.
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My Brother's Ears/My Sister's Eyes
by Psychic Babble
August 16, 2011
The debut full-length album for the rock band is led by Circa Survive guitarist Colin Frangicetto.
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The Ornament
by Gold Leaves
August 16, 2011
Grant Olsen's latest solo project was produced by Jason Quever of the Papercuts.
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Rumble, Shake and Tumble
by Wagons
August 16, 2011
This is the fifth album for the Australian country and roots rock band led by Henry Wagons.
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Hollow
by Cut Off Your Hands
August 16, 2011
The second album for the New Zealand indie rock band features the first appearance of new singer-guitarist Jonathan Lee.
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Slave Ambient
by The War on Drugs
August 16, 2011
The Philadelphia-based group releases a second album of Americana roots-rock.
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The World Is Just a Shape to Fill the Night
by Case Studies
August 15, 2011
Jesse Lortz recorded this album in Washington state with his friends in a secluded cabin.
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XXX
by Danny Brown
August 15, 2011
The Detroit rapper's latest mixtape was made available on his label's website for free.
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Osaka Ramones
by Shonen Knife
August 15, 2011
The Goo Goo Dolls' Robby Takac produced the Japanese pop group's tribute album to The Ramones.
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Watch the Throne
by Kanye West
August 12, 2011
Jay-Z and Kanye West join forces to form their own group and release their collaborative new album.
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Ferrari Boyz
by Gucci Mane
August 9, 2011
A collaborative effort from Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame falls between a mixtape and an official release.
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Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales
by Steve Cropper
August 9, 2011
The guitarist best known for working with Booker T & the M.G.'s releases a tribute album to the R&B band The 5 Royales.
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Success Is Certain
by Royce da 5'9"
August 9, 2011
The Detroit rapper goes solo after releasing a collaborative album with Eminem.
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Bad Vibes
by Shlohmo
August 9, 2011
The second album for Los Angeles producer Henry Laufer is the first to feature his vocals.
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Widowspeak
by Widowspeak
August 9, 2011
The debut album for the Brooklyn indie rock trio was produced by Jarvis Taveniere of Woods.
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Skying
by The Horrors
August 9, 2011
The third album for the British rock quintet was produced and recorded by the band.
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Tailgates & Tanlines
by Luke Bryan
August 9, 2011
The Capitol Nashville artist returns with his third full-length album.
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In Waves
by Trivium
August 9, 2011
The Floridian heavy metal band releases their fifth studio album.
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Family of Love
by Dom
August 9, 2011
The Massachusetts trio releases a second EP to follow-up its first release, "Sun Bronzed Greek Gods" with more indie-pop and synth-heavy songs.
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Red Velvet Snowball
by Pepper Rabbit
August 9, 2011
The psychedelic pop duo releases its sophomore album.
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Sympathy
by Scattered Trees
August 9, 2011
The Chicago-based sextet put out a melodic rock album mostly about death.
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Extra Playful [EP]
by John Cale
August 8, 2011
The Velvet Underground's founding member releases his solo five-track EP of art rock.
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Good One
by Tig Notaro
August 8, 2011
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