Recent Intense Releases

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  Iron Maiden
  Senjutsu
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  An epic late-career triumph, albeit one that requires multiple spins to set up camp in your Homeric metal-craving cranium.

  - James Christopher Monger
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  Halsey
  If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
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  Triumphant artistic showcase that pairs the pop star with producers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

  - Neil Z. Yeung
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  Elvis Costello / Elvis Costello & …
  Spanish Model
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  A surprisingly effective and entertaining reworking of This Year's Model containing new Spanish-language vocals from contemporary Latin artists.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Pat Metheny
  Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV)
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  This live trio outing with Marcus Gilmore and James Francies offers older material and new work played with elasticity, adventure, and warmth.

  - Thom Jurek
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  The Killers
  Pressure Machine
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  Pastoral, melancholy collection of intimate snapshots from frontman Brandon Flowers' hometown.

  - Neil Z. Yeung
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  Drake
  Certified Lover Boy
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  Star-studded, big-budget album that mostly sticks to a trap-influenced sound and covers familiar lyrical ground.

  - Tim Sendra
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  Lee Morgan
  The Complete Live at the Lighthouse
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  The legendary hard bop trumpeter's final dynamic live 1970 concert album is presented in full.

  - Matt Collar
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  Imagine Dragons
  Mercury: Act 1
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  The Vegas quartet recruits Rick Rubin and digs deep on their mature and emotionally intense fifth album.

  - Neil Z. Yeung
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  Lorde
  Solar Power
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  Lorde indulges in good vibes on this hazy, sunny album.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Kanye West
  Donda
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  Exhaustively long and meandering, Kanye's tenth studio album still holds a creative spark that suggests there's a vision buried beneath the monolith.

  - Fred Thomas