CDs:

Amplifier – Echo Street CD (K-Scope)

Amplifier mix epic space rock jams with accessible pieces boasting three-part vocal harmonies. Available in Regular and Special editions. Special edition features alternate packaging with expanded booklet.

Appleseed Cast – Illumination Ritual CD/LP+MP3/Cassette (Graveface)

Appleseed Cast’s first full-length since 2009’s Sagamartha embraces not only a new line-up, but also hopscotching time signatures and a tumultuous anthemic energy that rivals anything else in their consistently impressive catalog.

Michael Bublé – To Be Loved CD (Reprise)

To Be Loved is Michael Bublé’s seventh studio album featuring four original songs and classic covers.

Paula Cole – Raven CD (675 Records)

Raven is Cole’s new album and first independent release, with a nod to her Harbinger-styled, Americana storytelling roots evoking themes of longing, sex, and feminism.

Peter Daltrey & The Asteroid No. 4 – Journey CD/LP (Poppydisc/Revola)

Philadelphia-based neo-psych band The Asteroid No. 4’s new album is a collaboration with Peter Daltrey, vocalist from the ‘60s UK psychedelic rock group Kaleidoscope.

Fantasia – Side Effects Of You CD (J-Records)

The fourth album from the Grammy-award winning soul vocalist features guest appearances by Missy Elliott, Kelly Rowland and more.

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CDs:

Blaak Heat Shujaa – The Edge Of An Era CD/LP (Tee Pee)

Blaak Heat Shujaa’s transcendental tension between their heavy rock roots and an organic inclination to drift towards psychedelia pays homage to the vast collection of mind-expanding sounds the trio grew up on: neo-psychedelia, surf rock, spaghetti westerns, Middle Eastern scales and even Far Eastern melodies.

James Blake – Overgrown CD/2xLP (Universal Republic)

“Overgrown is underdeveloped, in the best possible sense, employing the sonic palette of state-of-the-art, digital dance music to pursue something almost completely contrary to the clubbing experience. These beats are not hard, the sounds are not polished. It is music of emotion and imagination, shifting perspectives in ways that are deliciously intangible, intent on moving the heart rather than the feet.” – telegraph.co.uk

Bored Nothing – Bored Nothing CD (Cooperative Music)

Debut album from the brainchild of Melbourne musician Fergus Miller. He’s been recording most of his songs at home on a simple four track recorder, combining influences of `90s slacker and grunge with sweet melodies reminiscent of the late Elliott Smith.

Broadheds – Broadheds CD (Dangerbird)

New band fronted by Dangerbird co-founder Peter Walker (formerly of Eulogies) with an all-star supporting cast, including Denny Weston Jr. who plays drums in the longstanding West Coast indie outfit, Earlimart, James King, sophisto sax dude from Fitz And The Tantrums and Justin Meldal-Johnsen, (whose credits include Nine Inch Nails and Beck) on the bass, who also executive produced the record with all songs credited to Walker. RIYL: Sonic Youth, John Zorn, “skronky punk.”

Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg CD (Mercury)

Jake Bugg (born Jacob Edwin Kennedy 1994 in Nottingham) is an English singer/songwriter influenced by Donovan, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Oasis, Don McLean, Johnny Cash, and The Beatles.

Child Bite – Vision Crimes/Monomania CD (Joyful Noise)

This album collects Detroit’s Child Bite’s two sibling EPs, which are a punked-up mixture of Big Black and Jesus Lizard. Vinyl version due April 30.

Eric Church – Eric Church Live: Caught In The Act CD (EMI Nashville)

Recorded at Chattanooga’s Tivoli Theatre last fall, Caught In The Act features songs from Church’s previous three albums, 2011’s Chief, 2009’s Carolina, and his 2006 debut, Sinners Like Me. Vinyl version due April 20.

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