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Guided by Voices - Surrender Your Poppy Field (2020) [FLAC]



Released ................ 2020
Source .................. CD
Genre ................... indie rock
Codec ................... FLAC
Bit Depth ............... 16 bits
Sampling Rate ........... 44.1 kHz

01 - Year of the Hard Hitter
02 - Volcano
03 - Queen Parking Lot
04 - Arthur Has Business Elsewhere
05 - Cul-De-Sac Kids
06 - Cat Beats a Drum
07 - Windjammer
08 - Steely Dodger
09 - Stone Cold Moron
10 - Physician
11 - Man Called Blunder
12 - Woah Nelly
13 - Andre the Hawk
14 - Always Gone
15 - Next Sea Level

Following three acclaimed and stylistically distinct full-length albums in 2019, Surrender Your Poppy Field, is a head-spinning tour de force. And hands down the most adventurous GBV album ever. There are lo-fi four-track tape recordings, there are songs recorded with a single microphone in a basement, there are big studio fully-produced hook-laden pop songs, and there is a lot in between. It's an exhilarating and dizzying trip to an inventive world of strange characters.

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The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers (2020) [FLAC]



Released ................ 2020
Source .................. WEB
Genre ................... alternative, indie rock, power pop
Codec ................... FLAC
Bit Depth ............... 16 bits
Sampling Rate ........... 44.1 kHz

01 - I’m Not Getting Excited
02 - Dying to Believe
03 - Jump Rope Gazers
04 - Acrid
05 - Do You Want Me Now
06 - Out of Sight
07 - Don’t Go Away
08 - Mars, the God of War
09 - You Are a Beam of Light
10 - Just Shy of Sure

Everything changed for The Beths when they released their debut album, Future Me Hates Me, in 2018. The indie rock band had long been nurtured within Auckland, New Zealand’s tight-knit music scene, working full-time during the day and playing music with friends after hours. Full of uptempo pop rock songs with bright, indelible hooks, the LP garnered them critical acclaim from outlets like Pitchfork and Rolling Stone, and they set out for their first string of shows overseas. They quit their jobs, said goodbye to their hometown, and devoted themselves entirely to performing across North America and Europe. They found themselves playing to crowds of devoted fans and opening for acts like Pixies and Death Cab for Cutie. Almost instantly, The Beths turned from a passion project into a full-time career in music.

Songwriter and lead vocalist Elizabeth Stokes worked on what would become The Beths’ second LP, Jump Rope Gazers, in between these intense periods of touring. Like the group’s earlier music, the album tackles themes of anxiety and self-doubt with effervescent power pop choruses and rousing backup vocals, zeroing in on the communality and catharsis that can come from sharing stressful situations with some of your best friends. Stokes’s writing on Jump Rope Gazers grapples with the uneasy proposition of leaving everything and everyone you know behind on another continent, chasing your dreams while struggling to stay close with loved ones back home.

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Criteria - Discography (2003-2020) [FLAC]



Genre ................... indie, rock, alternative
Codec ................... FLAC
Bit Depth ............... 16 bits
Sampling Rate ........... 44.1 kHz

Criteria is an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, formed in 2003 when ex-Cursive founding member Steve Pedersen returned to his hometown after graduating from the Duke University School of Law. He spent six months in a friend's basement where he wrote all ten songs for his new project's debut album. He recruited the help of some old friends, A.J. Mogis (of Presto! Recording Studios and Lullaby for the Working Class) on bass guitar, Aaron Druery on guitar, and Mike Sweeney of Beep Beep on drums. Their first album, En Garde, was released on his previous band's label, Initial Records. Steve Pedersen eventually got a day job as a lawyer, making it hard for the band to go on tour to promote their new album. Initial Records went bankrupt about a year after, leaving Criteria without a label. Saddle Creek Records took their longtime friend in and put out three releases in 2005. The first was a re-release of the overlooked and underrated En Garde, their new single, "Prevent the World," and their second full-length, When We Break. After being moved into Saddle Creek, Pedersen quit his day job to spend full time making music and touring. Their latest album was produced, recorded, and mixed by Criteria's own A.J. Mogis (whose work you also know from Cursive, Monsters of Folk, and more), and Criteria say it's actually been in the making for years (hence the title).



Years (2020)



01 - Agitate Resuscitate
02 - The Saint
03 - We Pretend
04 - We Are. We Are. We Aren't.
05 - This Reign Is Ours
06 - Tight Rope
07 - Hands Out
08 - We Are The Ones Who Make It So
09 - Peace



When We Break (2005)



01 - Prevent the World
02 - Draped in the Blood
03 - Good Luck
04 - Kiss the Wake
05 - Grey Matter
06 - Salt in Game
07 - Self Help
08 - Run Together
09 - Ride the Snake
10 - On Time
11 - Connections



En Garde (2003)



01 - The Coincidence
02 - Mainline Life
03 - Play on Words
04 - Talk in a Crowded Room
05 - The Life
06 - Me on Your Front Porch
07 - It Happens
08 - The Slider
09 - Thorn Sharp
10 - Rescue Rescue

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My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall II (2020) [FLAC]



Released ................ 2020
Source .................. WEB
Genre ................... rock, pop rock
Codec ................... FLAC
Bit Depth ............... 16 bits
Sampling Rate ........... 44.1 kHz

01 - Spinning My Wheels
02 - Still Thinkin
03 - Climbing The Ladder
04 - Feel You
05 - Beautiful Love (Wasn't Enough)
06 - Magic Bullet
07 - Run It
08 - Wasted
09 - Welcome Home
10 - The First Time

My Morning Jacket is releasing their first new album in five years as a follow-up to their Grammy-nominated project The Waterfall. The new album is a sequel to 2015's The Waterfall, which was originally intended to be a triple album and later reimagined as a two-part project. Five years after the first half was released (earning a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album), the Kentucky-bred five-piece group is finally delivering the second half featuring 10 songs "inspired by the band’s idyllic surroundings in Stinson Beach, CA." The album will include their 2016 anti-violence anthem "Magic Bullet."

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The Lawrence Arms - Skeleton Coast (2020) [FLAC]



Released ................ 2020
Source .................. WEB
Genre ................... rock, punk, alternative
Codec ................... FLAC
Bit Depth ............... 16 bits
Sampling Rate ........... 44.1 kHz

01 - Quiet Storm
02 - PTA
03 - Belly of the Whale
04 - Dead Man’s Coat
05 - Pigeons and Spies
06 - Last, Last Words
07 - (The) Demon
08 - Ghostwriter
09 - How to Rot
10 - Under Paris
11 - Goblin Foxhunt
12 - Lose Control
13 - Don’t Look at Me
14 - Coyote Crown

Chicago has unearthed some monumental bands over the years. Within the windy city, there was a resurgence of acts which altered the landscape of modern punk rock. These outfits include Rise Against and dark princes of punk Alkaline Trio. Both of these music stalwarts have popularised punk in a way where it is more accessible and relevant. Also under that umbrella, are The Lawrence Arms - pushing punk in different, conceptual directions, spearheading small revolutions in a scene covered in blood, sweat and tears. As the follow up to 2014’s “Metropole”, Skeleton Coast showcases the bands continued growth over the past six years between while still staying true to the sound which has endeared them to fans since the late 90’s. It is one of the most comprehensive pieces of work by the Chicago punks. It’s sad, it’s raucous and it’s painfully true.

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Bush - The Kingdom (2020) [FLAC]



Released ................ 2020
Source .................. WEB
Genre ................... rock, alternative
Codec ................... FLAC
Bit Depth ............... 16 bits
Sampling Rate ........... 44.1 kHz

01 - Flowers on a Grave
02 - The Kingdom
03 - Bullet Holes
04 - Ghosts in the Machine
05 - Blood River
06 - Quicksand
07 - Send in the Clowns
08 - Undone
09 - Our Time Will Come
10 - Crossroads
11 - Words Are Not Impediments
12 - Falling Away

Die-hard Bush fans often recall Sixteen Stone as the group’s conquering work, but now may hear a potential rivalry with the coming of The Kingdom. Bush’s eighth studio album presents as a modern-age merge of early Bush with a harder spin and enduring momentum. The album hits the ground running with the single “Flowers on a Grave” followed by “Bullet Holes,” which was featured in the action film John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. In the least amount of words: The Kingdom is a healthy and dynamic record, leaning toward a heavier sound that is majorly consistent. And Rossdale’s piecemeal, emotive style of songwriting serves the record well, leading with heart and less structure or obligation.

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The Chicks - Gaslighter (2020) [24.44 FLAC]



Released ................ 2020
Source .................. WEB
Genre ................... country
Codec ................... FLAC
Bit Depth ............... 24 bits
Sampling Rate ........... 44.1 kHz

01 - Gaslighter
02 - Sleep at Night
03 - Texas Man
04 - Everybody Loves You
05 - For Her
06 - March March
07 - My Best Friend’s Weddings
08 - Tights on My Boat
09 - Julianna Calm Down
10 - Young Man
11 - Hope It’s Something Good
12 - Set Me Free

The Chicks, formerly known as Dixie, are back with an explosive new album—their first in 14 years—and with it a reminder to the haters that they are still country music’s resident feminist renegades. Fourteen years, a solid album, and a new name later, the Chicks have made it clear that they are still not ready to make nice, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Alanis Morissette - Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020) [24.96 FLAC]



Released ................ 2020
Source .................. WEB
Genre ................... rock, alternative
Codec ................... FLAC
Bit Depth ............... 24 bits
Sampling Rate ........... 96.0 kHz

01 - Smiling
02 - Ablaze
03 - Reasons I Drink
04 - Diagnosis
05 - Missing the Miracle
06 - Losing the Plot
07 - Reckoning
08 - Sandbox Love
09 - Her
10 - Nemesis
11 - Pedestal

Such Pretty Forks in the Road, her first album in eight years, is less a diatribe than a post-mortem – a one-woman dissection of breakdowns, addiction, insomnia, depression and motherhood. She sings with a profound matter-of-factness while demonstrating the full power of her unmistakeable voice, making for one of her best-ever records.

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Lisa Loeb - A Simple Trick to Happiness (2020) [FLAC]



Released ................ 2020
Source .................. CD
Genre ................... pop rock, singer-songwriter
Codec ................... FLAC
Bit Depth ............... 16 bits
Sampling Rate ........... 44.1 kHz

01 - Doesn't It Feel Good
02 - Skeleton
03 - Another Day
04 - This Is My Life
05 - For the Birch
06 - Most of All
07 - Shine
08 - Sing Out
09 - I Wanna Go First
10 - The Upside
11 - Wonder

For the entirety of her nearly three-decade-long career, globally acclaimed singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb has been exploring a variety of styles of music, moving seamlessly between creating family-friendly albums, including her 2018 Grammy-winning Feel What U Feel, and adult-focused studio albums like Tails, Firecracker, and The Way It Really Is. It is her latest release, her fifteenth record to date, A Simple Trick To Happiness, that finds Loeb putting forth her most poignant and profoundly personal album in an exceptional body of work.

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Biffy Clyro - A Celebration Of Endings (2020) [FLAC]



Released ................ 2020
Source .................. WEB
Genre ................... rock, alternative rock
Codec ................... FLAC
Bit Depth ............... 16 bits
Sampling Rate ........... 44.1 kHz

01 - North of No South
02 - The Champ
03 - Weird Leisure
04 - Tiny Indoor Fireworks
05 - Worst Type of Best Possible
06 - Space
07 - End Of
08 - Instant History
09 - The Pink Limit
10 - Opaque
11 - Cop Syrup

Needless to say, when Biffy Clyro were putting the finishing touches to their eighth album at the start of 2020, they couldn’t have dreamed of the version of the world it’d be released into. A record loosely based around - as the title infers - the idea that the world we once knew has ended, and we’ve moved into a new era of uncertainty, it’s an album that unsurprisingly comes imbued with the sense of creeping darkness we’re now familiar with. “I poke at my eyes just to prove they’re no longer worthless / All I see is black / There’s no brightness coming back” goes the opening refrain of the tremendous ‘North of No South’, giving a swift glimpse into the Scottish trio’s psyche this time around. As Biffy-ish as ever, with its cranked-up guitars and stadium-sized hooks, it’s also a deliciously unusual listen, shifting gears from the dub-flecked ‘Instant History’ to the unhinged scorcher of ‘Cop Syrup’. And while ‘A Celebration of Endings’ does explore the current frustrations felt by the band, both political and personal (“We’re fighting an ugly war / And it’s no good to freak out,” sings Simon Neil on ‘Weird Leisure’) it also offers up a brand of gut-wrenching, defiant hope.