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PUSHA T's 'My Name Is My Name' is too ambitious to fail, by @notriva: http://t.co/btHEfUOk5n

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Worst New Music: MILEY CYRUS' 'Bangerz' is the perfectly American horrorshow we deserve: http://t.co/pC0nRnMAXw

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SPIN Essential: MATANA ROBERTS weaves stunning avant-jazz tapestry on 'Coin Coin Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile': http://t.co/5Lp8itTI0f

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HOLOGRAMS/Forever/5: So serious it hurts, sad and frenetic Swedes do Joy Division proud, craft stonefaced soundtrack to raging despair.—JY

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RICHARD BUCKNER/Surrounded/7: Spare guitar, downer ambience flavor obliquely convincing baritone confessions. What is this man hiding?—RG

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SHERYL CROW/Feels Like Home/4: Small-diff narcissist leaves L.A. for Nashville, tags weepier, twangier laid-back studio-rock "country."—KH

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ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER's 'R Plus Seven' and DARKSIDE's 'Psychic': Two excellent noir-dance pulses from NYC: http://t.co/FlvAUxIX9c

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CARCASS/Surgical Steel/8: Full of catchy, death-y riffs, rabid vocals, and a forked tongue in cheek, this comeback LP is a masterpiece.—KG

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FLATBUSH ZOMBIES/Better Off Dead/5: Sub-Psychopathic Records rhymes with better PR connects and cooler friends. An NYC renaissance nadir.—BS

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DAEDELUS/Drown Out/7: The L.A. electronic vet tweaks "Paradiddle" symphonies and a 2Pac remix (“Keep Still”) with an Edwardian touch.—MR

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PINKISH BLACK/Razed to the Ground/7: If bros in Tapout shirts loved Lycia, Melvins, Suicide, and Swans, they’d deadlift to this bruiser.—GC

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TANYA MORGAN/Rubber Souls/7: These shoulda-been backpack stars aren’t innocents anymore, but they aren’t ready to hold a "Eulogy" yet.—MR

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DANNY BROWN's 'Old' marks the end of the pill-popping party, by @notrivia: http://t.co/c77rOh4v58

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BLOODY BEETROOTS/Hide/4: Grimacing metallo-disco (feat. Macca, Tommy Lee, Peter Frampton) that makes Justice look demure by comparison.—PS

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GARLAND JEFFREYS/Truth Serum/7: Wise, feisty 70-year-old grooves like he's not expecting John Lee Hooker to call him home anytime soon.—KH

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NERVOUS/Nervous/8: This Oakland duo’s feral grunge and absurd yammerings make for a standout homage to Jesus Lizard and Mudhoney.—JF

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DELOREAN/Apar/7: Contra Spain's political mess, Basques in Barcelona offer Balearic Big Country as the glue that can keep us together.—PS

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DEEP COTTON/Runaway Radio/8: Janelle Monaé's mighty Wolfmasters reanimate melodic funk-rock like the second coming of Fishbone.—MR

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CALIFONE/Stitches/7: Dusty, folky, sobering, drugged, sun-swept, dry, meandering, gorgeous, harrowing, relaxed, boring, gripping. —JM

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NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS/World of Boogie/8: Dickinson bros' tribute to late daddy corrals Hill Country blues' wailing warp and woof.–RG