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Eight albums in, @alterbridge still hasn’t diverted from what makes them great.

The self-titled record — cut at Eddie Van Halen’s 5150 Studio — has Mark Tremonti’s seismic riffs all over opener “Silent Divide.”

Full review:

https://t.co/AYZHBJuJ4X

#AlterBridge #HardRock

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@SondreLerche has spent the better part of a quarter-century staying one step ahead of everybody.

His new three-song EP is dreamy acoustic-pop with a dash of Wham! - good, but does it turn up the heat enough?

Our review:

https://t.co/SsyriNynJ6

#SondreLerche #NewMusic

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Get in, loser. We’re going jamming.

Euphoria Again (John Klein of Knifeplay) teamed up with Virginia alt-country band Dogwood Tales for ‘Destination Heaven’ - a weekend-long studio session turned Americana-folk road trip.

Review is live:

https://t.co/R6Z4e5GPBx

#Knifeplay

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@chuu_atrp’s debut album ‘XO, My Cyberlove’ is 26 minutes long and it goes by so fast you’ll wonder where the time went.

Nine tracks of confident dance-pop — we still can’t get “Cocktail Dress” out of our heads.

Our review is live now:

https://t.co/bgsWGwbwFB

#CHUU #KPop

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22 Grammys, a Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, and @VGcom still isn’t slowing down.

The third installment of his ‘50 Years From Home’ project is named after the Nashville burger joint he’s loved since the mid-‘70s — our review live now:

https://t.co/x4mHmg2Wpf

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If you ever got jolted awake in the middle of the night by the “Songs 4 Worship” commercial, CXMMXNS’ ‘The Commons Chapel’ is that feeling as a 44-minute live album.

Safe? Sure.

But “Doorkeeper” has the voices and piano to keep you engaged.

https://t.co/zAfuBeg3Re

#CXMMXNS

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Would Jesus and David Puddy mosh to these tracks? We think so.

Petra returns with ‘Hope,’ their first studio album in 21 years — our review:

https://t.co/YMdpaJnn9n

#Petra #Hope #ChristianRock #AlbumReview #NewMusic #TheMusicBugle

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Paleface Swiss team up with @STYGoc On “Instrument Of War” - and that’s just one of the bruisers on ‘The Wilted.’

Our full review is live:

https://t.co/KkZCYK5SqD

#PalefaceSwiss #TheWilted #Deathcore #Metalcore #StickToYourGuns #NewMusic #AlbumReview #TheMusicBugle

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They seemingly predicted Maduro’s capture by two days — in the opening lines of a song.

Our full review of @Rawayana’s ‘Donde Es El After?’ is live:

https://t.co/wlnvpbhopX

#Rawayana #DondeEsElAfter #LatinPop #VenezuelanMusic #AlbumReview #MusicaLatina #TheMusic

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Joost Klein’s tenth album has a mindless, bouncy anti-corporate dance track called "Capitalism :D" with a claymation video that'd give Bill Lumbergh heart palpitations.

Our full review of 'Kleinkunst' is live:

https://t.co/Q688SozcZa

#JoostKlein #Kleinkunst #AlbumReview #Music

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Our inbox never stops, so we listened to all of it so you don’t have to.

Seven songs this week, three survived: a Serbian all-female thrash band with a singer who sounds like Axl Rose and an ABBA karaoke brunch without the mimosas.

Which ones rip?

https://t.co/bzXf8B0ow3

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25 years after “All Rise,” Blue has dropped their seventh album ‘Reflections’ - and it’s better than it has any right to be.

Check out our full review, up now, and find out what track we also called a Charlie Puth karaoke session.

#blue #music

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