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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month(s) YOU Should Hear ~*~

Autre Ne Veut - Love, Guess Who?? (XXOOXX) Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal Father John Misty - Mahashmashana Haley Heynderickx - Seed of a Seed Kendrick Lamar - GNX Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre - Missionary The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World Tiny Moving Parts - Deep in the Blue

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OCTOBER 2024 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Hear ~*~

Bon Iver - SABLE, [EP] Charli xcx - Brat and it's completely different but also still brat Clarence Clarity - VANISHING ACT II: ULTIMATE REALITY Dawes - Oh Brother Geordie Greep - The New Sound Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat Lin-Manuel Miranda & Eisa Davis - Warriors RUFUS DU SOL - Inhale / Exhale Tim Heidecker - Slipping Away Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA

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SEPTEMBER 2024 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Hear ~*~

Blu & Exile - Love (the) Ominous World Bright Eyes - Five Dice, All Threes Denitia - Sunset Drive Jamie xx - In Waves Melt - If There's a Heaven MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway - Into the Wild [EP] Phiik & LUNGS - Carrot Season Rex Orange County - The Alexander Technique Sunset Rubdown - Always Happy to Explode

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AUGUST 2024 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Hear ~*~

Charly Bliss - Forever Coco & Clair Clair - Girl Jack White - No Name JPEGMAFIA - I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU Killer Mike - Michael & The Mighty Midnight Revival: Songs for Sinner & Saints Logic - Ultra 85 Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk Nicole Miglis - Myopia Nova Charisma - Metropolitan WHY? - The Well I Fell Into

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JULY 2024 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Hear ~*~

Blu & Evidence - Los Angeles Childish Gambino - Bando Stone and The New World Common & Pete Rock - The Auditorium Vol. 1 Freeway & Jake One - Stimulus Package 2 Gum & Ambrose Kenny-Smith - Ill Times Porter Robinson - SMILE! :D Rakim - G.O.D.'s Network (Reb7rth) salute - TRUE MAGIC Sault - Acts of Faith Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene

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JUNE 2024 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Hear ~*~

Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free Charli XCX - BRAT Lake Street Dive - Good Together Lil Yachty & James Blake - Bad Cameo Lupe Fiasco - Samurai NxWorries - Why Lawd? O. - WeirdOs Pedro The Lion - Santa Cruz Previous Industries - Service Merchandise The Story So Far - I Want To Disappear

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MAY 2024 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Hear ~*~

Badbadnotgood - Mid Spiral Blitzen Trapper - 100's of 1,000's, Millions of Billions Childish Gambino - Atavista Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement Kings Of Leon - Can We Please Have Fun Rapsody - Please Don't Cry Say Anything - ...Is Committed The Avett Brothers - The Avett Brothers The Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know WAVEDASH - Tempo

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APRIL 2024 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Hear ~*~

Bridget Kearney - Comeback Kid Conan Gray - Found Heaven Half Past Two - Talk Is Killing Me Jakobs Castle - ENTER: THE CASTLE Justice - Hyperdrama Lawrence Rothman - The Plow That Broke the Plains Marcus King - Mood Swings Nia Archives - Silence Is Loud St. Vincent - All Born Screaming Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us

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MARCH 2024 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Hear ~*~

1010benja - Ten Total Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine Beyonce - Cowboy Carter Bleachers - Bleachers BrhyM (Bruce Hornsby & yMusic) - Deep Sea Vents Jophus - True Crime Norah Jones - Visions Sheer Mag - Playing Favorites Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

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FEBRUARY 2024 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Hear ~*~

Anika Pyle - Four Corners [EP] Brittany Howard - What Now Chromeo - Adult Contemporary Friko - Where we've been, Where we go from here Ghost Funk Orchestra - A Trip To The Moon Grandaddy - Blu Wav Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive Liam Bailey - Zero Grace MGMT - Loss Of Life Real Estate - Daniel

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JANUARY 2024 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Check Out ~*~

Benny The Butcher - Everybody Can't Go Future Islands - People Who Aren't There Anymore Lil Dicky - Penith (The DAVE Soundtrack) Previous Industries - Showbiz / Braids [EP] Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope The Game, HIT-BOY & BIG HIT - Paisley Dreams The Smile - Wall Of Eyes Ty Segall - Three Bells Various Artists - Deadbeats & Brownies: Drum & Bass Compilation Yussef Dayes - The Yussef Dayes Experience (Live From Malibu)

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TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2023

1. The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony 2. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes 3. Grace Potter - Mother Road 4. Black Country, New Road - Live at Bush Hall 5. Geese - 3D Country 6. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are 7. Joni Mitchell & the Joni Jam - Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live) 8. Margo Cilker - Valley Of Heart’s Delight 9. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES 10. Peter Gabriel - i/o 11. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! 12. Joanna Sternberg - I’ve Got Me 13. Fruit Bats - A River Running to Your Heart 14. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs 15. Rachael & Vilray - I Love A Love Song! 16. Margaret Glaspy - Echo The Diamond 17. Skrillex - Quest For Fire 18. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin 19. Covet - catharsis 20. Teezo Touchdown - How Do You Sleep At Night? 21. Romy - Mid Air 22. Jess Williamson - Time Ain’t Accidental 23. Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? 24. Nickel Creek - Celebrants 25. Kirk Franklin - Father’s Day 26. Kelly Clarkson - chemistry 27. Zach Bryan - Boys Of Faith [EP] 28. Janelle Monae - The Age of Pleasure 29. Lukas Nelson + Promise of the Real - Sticks and Stones 30. Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS 31. Lil Yachty - Let’s Start Here. 32. Mo Troper - Troper Sings Brion 33. Daisy Jones & The Six - AURORA 34. El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Glorious Game 35. Jenny Lewis - Joy’All 36. Kesha - Gag Order 37. ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross 38. Angie McMahon - Light, Dark, Light Again 39. Kurt Vile - Back to Moon Beach 40. Killer Mike - MICHAEL 41. Wednesday - Rat Saw God 42. Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions 43. The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 44. Taking Meds - Dial M for Meds 45. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd 46. The Japanese House - In the End It Always Does 47. Noname - Sundial 48. Paramore - This Is Why 49. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE 50. boygenius - the record

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The Best EPs of 2023

Zach Bryan - Boys Of Faith Toro y Moi - Sandhills Harmony - Dystopia Girl Angel Olsen - Forever Means

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Check Out ~*~

Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions Andre 3000 - New Blue Sun Beirut - Hadsel Blockhead - The Aux Jonathan Rado - For Who The Bell Tolls For Kurt Vile - Back to Moon Beach MJ Lenderman - And The Wind (Live and Loose!) Mo Troper - Troper Sings Brion Peter Gabriel - i/o Spiritual Cramp - Spiritual Cramp

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OCTOBER 2023 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Check Out ~*~

Angie McMahon - Light, Dark, Light Again blink-182 - ONE MORE TIME... Drake - For All The Dogs Goat - Medicine Jamila Woods - Water Made Us Kirk Franklin - Father's Day Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - SAVED! Sampha - Lahai Sufjan Stevens - Javelin The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds

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SEPTEMBER 2023 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Check Out ~*~

James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE Margo Cilker - Valley Of Heart's Delight Mustard Plug - Where Did All My Friends Go? Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS Romy - Mid Air Taking Meds - Dial M for Meds Teezo Touchdown - How Do You Sleep At Night? Wilco - Cousin Zach Bryan - Boys Of Faith [EP]

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AUGUST 2023 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Check Out ~*~

Buck Meek - Haunted Mountain Florry - The Holey Bible Grace Potter - Mother Road Hiss Golden Messenger - Jump for Joy Jon Batiste - World Music Radio Mapache - Swinging Stars Margaret Glaspy - Echo The Diamond Noname - Sundial Taylor Ashton - Stranger To The Feeling Toro y Moi - Sandhills [EP]