Album Releases: Week of May 19, 2015
Alternative / Rock / Indie
A Troop of Echoes – The Longest Year on Record (Instrumental/Post-rock)
Bang Gang – The Wolves are Whispering (Indie rock)
Bryce Dessner – Music for Wood & Strings (Percussion/Experimental)
Cheerleader – Sunshine of Your Youth (Indie pop)
Circuit des Yeux – In Plain Speech (Singer-songwriter/Experimental)
Dommengang – Everybody’s Boogie (Shoegaze/Psychedelic)
Du Blonde – Welcome Back to Milk (Indie rock)
Mary Epworth – Dream Life (Psych pop/Singer-songwriter)
Brandon Flowers – The Desired Effect (Pop rock)
The Helio Sequence – The Helio Sequence (Indie/Alternative rock)
Jim O’Rourke – Simple Songs (Singer-songwriter)
My Brightest Diamond – I Had Grown Wild EP (Indie rock/singer-songwriter)
Shilpa Ray – Last Year’s Savage (Blues-punk/Alternative experimental)
Talk in Tongues – Alone With a Friend (Psychedelic pop/rock)
Thee Oh Sees – Mutilator Defeated At Last (Garage rock/Indie rock)
Total Babes – Heydays (Indie rock/Lo-fi rock)
Vaadat Charigim – Sinking As A Stone (Dreampop/Shoegaze)
Electronic
Applescal – For (Electronica/Dance)
Ekoplekz – Reflekzionz (Electronica)
Holly Herndon – Platform (Experimental electronic)
Hot Chip – Why Make Sense? (Synth pop/Electro pop)
Stefan Jós – Primitives (Electronic/Dance)
Tanlines – Highlights (Indie electro-pop)
Zedd – True Colors (EDM)
Country / Folk
The Acorn – Vieux Loup (Folk)
Kelsea Ballerini – The First Time (Country)
The Milk Carton Kids – Monterey (Folk)
Rap / Hip-hop / R&B
Camp Lo – Ragtime Hightime (Hip-hop)
Jamie Foxx – Hollywood (R&B)
Gemstones – Blind Elephant (Hip-hop/Gospel)
Rico Love – Turn the Lights On (R&B)
Georgia Anne Muldrow – A Thoughtiverse Unmarred (Rap)
Murs – Have A Nice Life (Hip-hop)
Saun & Starr – Look Closer (R&B/Soul)
Shamir – Ratchet (R&B/Pop)
Troy Ave – Major Without A Deal (Hip-hop/Trap)
Twenty One Pilots – Blurryface (Alternative hip-hop)
Twista & Do Or Die – Withdrawal (Hip-hop/R&B)
Metal / Punk
Ceremony – The L-Shaped Man (Punk)
Faith No More – Sol Invictus (Heavy metal)
Old Again – Grey Sky State of Mind (Pop punk)
Pet Symmetry – Pet Hounds (Punk/Emo-rock)
Silverstein – I Am Alive in Everything I Touch (Post-hardcore punk)
The Story So Far – The Story So Far (Pop-punk)
Tau Cross – Tau Cross (Heavy metal)
Whitesnake – The Purple Album (Hard rock)
