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The Scranton punks mostly nail the balance between nostalgia and pure emotion on their seventh LP, if occasionally coming across as Menzingers-by-numbers.

In lieu of the soft folk sound Elliott Smith came to be known for, this collection of rarities from his mid-’90s band harnesses punk and grunge while embracing the recklessness of youth.

The LA metal quartet’s third album Thrones lands October 13 via RidingEasy Records.

The new project featuring Farside’s Popeye Vogelsang and members of Don’t Sleep will release November 10 via Revelation Records.

The Phoenix-based songwriter puts her songwriting personality front and center on her sophomore record, once again writing about heartache for all the right reasons.

The NOFX vocalist previews his surprisingly beautiful collection of string arrangements in collaboration with Baz the Frenchman before the LP officially drops this Friday.

With new reissues of Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, and Franks Wild Years out now, we revisit the songwriting icon’s mid-career run when he leaned into his eccentricities—and changed the course of his career as a result.

Former Cymbals Eat Guitars vocalist Joseph D’Agostino’s second album with the project arrives November 3 via Get Better Records (and Tough Love Recs in the UK).

Charlotte McCaslin goes deep on a record about coming to terms with being a living thing in a dying world.

Exasperation drummer Dave Mead’s debut solo LP Speaking Terms will arrive October 10.

Murray Macleod takes us track by track through the Brighton punks’ journey of self-rediscovery, which is out now via UNFD.

The Boston-based quartet’s debut album I Think About It All the Time lands October 13 via Equal Vision Records.

On their first record in 11 years, the Swedish garage-rock revivalists have as much gusto, energy, and attitude as they did on their 1997 debut.

Takiaya Reed discusses how the joy of creation adds a personal layer to the anti-colonialist drone-metal project’s mission statement.

The track arrives ahead of the Melbourne punks’ fifth LP Endless, out October 20 via Fat Wreck Chords.

The track was recorded during the same sessions as last year’s White Tiger LP.

Christopher Pappas’ new collection of songs How Do I Feel? arrives September 1 via Little Record Company.

Executed with precision and grace, the group’s first release in over a decade blends the darkly political with the profoundly personal.

Ian Shelton discusses the various roads which led to the LA punks’ debut LP, Life Under the Gun.

The Phoenix folk-punks’ eighth LP feels more post-/mid-apocalyptic than foreshadowing of it while maintaining the band’s wonderful mix of pathos and humor.