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Un-Kornish and rather popish, Jonathan Davis enters the ‘Black Labyrinth.’ Ask him ‘What it is’ when he re-emerges

Jonathan Davis' s "Black Labyrinth" is his debut solo and self-produced album featuring bassist Miles Mosley, Ray Luzier of Korn, Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit among other guests and released...

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After a 40 (or so) years recess, George Clinton’s Parliament reconvenes to address a major healthcare issue : ‘Medicaid Fraud Dogg’ So sick!

Parliament' s "Medicaid Fraud Dogg" is their tenth studio album (their first in 38 years) featuring 23 tracks produced by leader George Clinton and released on May 22, 2018 by...

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Fenfo is how you say “something to say” in Bambara or how you sing it if you are activist Fatoumata Diawara.

Fatoumata Diawara' s 'Fenfo' is her second album produced by Matthieu Chedid, featuring korists Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté, percussionist Mokhtar Samba and bassist Etienne Mbappé and released on May 25,...

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Neither mother, nor bitch, Courtney Barnett tell us how we feel. Well, it feels a bit like Kurt meets Chrissie spirit!

Courtney Barnett's 'Tell Me How You Really Feel' is her second solo studio album she produced with Burke Reid & Dan Luscombe and released on May 18, 2018 by Milk!...

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Helped by his own son, Ry Cooder turns to gospels to heal what he sees as a derelict ‘moral state’. ‘The Prodigal Son’ is all about a possible redemption

Ry Cooder’s 'The Prodigal Son' is his seventeenth solo studio album recorded with his son, Joachim Cooder and released on May 11, 2018 by Fantasy

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The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band – Goin’ Home

Released on May 5, 2014, "Goin' Home" is the seventh album by Kenny Wayne Shepherd. It is an exploration into the music of Shepherd’s biggest influences, and features guest performances...

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Through Jon Hopkins’ ‘Singularity,’ one envisions the organic plurality of spaces and things. Welcome to Biodynamic EDM!

Jon Hopkins' 'Singularity' is his fifth album (his first in five years) released on May 4, 2018 by Domino Records

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At the ‘Electric Café’ run by En Vogue trio, free your feet, your mind and your tip to follow

En Vogue's 'Electric Café' is their seventh studio album (after a fourteen years hiatus) featuring Snoop Dogg (on one track), mostly produced by Denzil Foster & Thomas McElroy and released...

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With ‘Dirty Computer,’ Janelle Monae cleans it (well! almost … so to speak!)

Janelle Monae's 'Dirty Computer' is her third studio album featuring Brian Wilson, Zoe Kravitz and Pharrell Williams as guests and released on April 27, 2018 by Bad Boy / Atlantic...

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‘Eat the Elephant’ by A Perfect Circle took 14 years in the making. So, all you can expect is slowly unfolding grandeur.

A Perfect Circle's 'Eat the Elephant' is their fourth album (their first in fourteen years) featuring vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarists Billy Howerdel & James Iha, drummer Jeff Friedl and...

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With ‘Deeper,’ Lisa Stansfield has tailored an album for house parties. ‘Deeper’ does not rhyme with ‘slipper’ or even less ‘sleeper’.

Lisa Stansfield's 'Deeper' is her eighth studio album produced by her husband Ian Devaney & Snowboy and released on April 6, 2018 by earMUSIC

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From Bossa to Reggaeton & Soul, Kali Uchis ‘Isolation’ is like hearing pop music through a kaleidoscope

Kali Uchis' 'Isolation' is her debut album featuring Bootsy Collins, Damon Albarn, Tame Impala, Tyler, The Creator, Thundercat among other contributors and released on April 6, 2018 by Virgin

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Introspection comes with beautiful harmonies on Wye Oak’s album : ‘The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs.’ ‘…The Deeper It Goes’

Wye Oak's 'The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs' is duo Jenn Wasner & Andy Stack's sixth album released on April 6, 2018 by Merge

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There is a Randy Newman feel in the new Eels’ Mark ‘E’ Everett’s ‘The Deconstruction’ album that comes after four years of reconstruction. Second thought?

Eels' 'The Deconstruction' is their twelfth studio album (after a four-year hiatus), co-produced by leader Mark Oliver Everett a.k.a. E and Mickey Petralia and released on April 6, 2018 by...

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With ‘Freedom,’ Damon McMahon of Amen Dunes makes existentialism majestuous again.

Amen Dunes' 'Freedom' is his fifth studio album produced by Chris Coady, featuring drummer Parker Kindred, keyboardist Jordi Wheeler & guitarist Delicate Steve and released on March 30, 2018 by...

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Bettye LaVette covers Dylan. ‘Times were a-changin’,’ now ‘Things Have Changed’ So what’s next?

Bettye LaVette' 'Things Have Changed' is her tenth studio album featuring twelve covers of Bob Dylan songs, produced by Steve Jordan, with Keith Richards on one song and released on...

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Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite get back together and declare ‘No Mercy In This Land.’ ‘Merci Beaucoup!’

'No Mercy In This Land' by Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite is their second collaborative studio album released on March 30, 2018 by Anti Records

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Toni Braxton’s ‘Sex & Cigarettes’ is your smell after cheating. So! stop smoking & unclog her heart. One more album about quitting

Toni Braxton' s 'Sex & Cigarettes' is her eighth studio album (and her first with some explicit words) produced mostly with Paul Boutin and released on March 23, 2018 by...

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Zappaish inventivity, electronic noises & fuzzing guitars, aboard ‘Boarding House Reach’ Jack White travels in all directions. Invitation to incoherence.

Jack White' s 'Boarding House Reach' is his third solo studio album (the first in four years) released on March 23, 2018 by Third Man / Columbia / XL

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‘As tears go bye’ The Weeknd has called his new album ‘My Dear Melancholy.’ ‘Spleentiful’

The Weeknd' s 'My Dear Melancholy' is his fourth (six-songs) album co-produced with Frank Dukes and released on March 30, 2018 by XO / Republic Records

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