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Doomsday // November 2020

Jordan Jerabek
November 9, 2020
Doomsday
Welcome to November to all ye doomy and gloomy who enter here. Since Pete was out of the Doomsday office doing important shit like, oh, I don’t know, promoting democracy in the states by making sure people wer... Read More...

Editors’ Picks // November 2020

Scott Murphy
November 9, 2020
Editors' Picks
The last few weeks have been, to say the least, quite stressful for a lot of us at the blog. When you look at the list of albums that we chose to run for this month’s Editors’ Picks, it might be tempting to pa... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: The “Scorpio Moon” Looms With Empress’ New Single

Eden Kupermintz
November 5, 2020
Premieres
Another day, another great from Australia. But this time, in contrast to the bright, ecstatic trappings of our recently premiered tracks from the island continent, we have something more sinister. Brisbane's E... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 10/9/20

Scott Murphy
October 9, 2020
Release Day Roundup
Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommen... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 2/16/18

Scott Murphy
February 16, 2018
Release Day Roundup
Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But whi... Read More...

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