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We selected 6 notable releases from the past weeks and month. It's a short list but it covers different genres so there's something for every taste. On our Spotify playlist (this one on your left) you will find all the bands of the list and many more. Artist/Band: Dawes Album: Passwords Release Date: June 22 Genre: Soft Rock/Indie Rock For fans of:  Bruce Hornsby, Don Henley, Fleetwood Mac Dawes take a trip to 80s rock on Passwords. Great lyrics (as always) and beautiful arrangements included. It seems like their days as an americana/folk band are long gone. Artist/ Band: Jim James Album: Uniform Distortion Release Date: June 29 Genre:  Indie Rock/Rock & Roll For fans of:  Dinosaur Jr., Neil Young My Morning Jacket have been going for a more indie/electronic sound lately. However Jim James (the frontman of MMJ) goes for guitars and rock'n'roll here making "Uniform Distortion" a really fun and pleasant record. Artist/ Band: ...

Band: Dawes  Facebook Album: We're All Gonna Live Release Date: February 14, 2017 Genre: Indie Rock/Roots Rock Expectation: 6.5/10 Reality: 8.1/10

Band: Dawes Album: We're All Gonna Die Release Date: September 16, 2016 Genre: Indie Rock/Roots Rock Expectation: 8.4/10 Reality: 6.0/10

And now the final Top 10 Best Songs (Sorry it took so long).  Here  is the first part of the list in case you've missed it! Also check out our Top 10 Best Albums of 2015  here ! 10) Grimes - Flesh Without Blood Album: Art Angels Flesh Without Blood was the first single of Art Angels. After the initial (and natural) shock of listening and watching the music video, it was clear that Claire Boucher was aiming for something very different from her previous albums. Flesh Without Blood is insanely poppy and catchy but in a way that only Grimes could make. The lyrics of the song also deserve a note since Claire tweeted that Flesh Without Blood isn't about a break up and that she no longers writes music about love. Then what the hell is this song about ? "You hate, you bite, you lose/ After all, I just don't like you", "If you don't need me/Just let me go" Is it about her dog? 9) Turnstile - Gravity Album: Nonstop Feeling Gravity is the first...

Another good year in music is (almost) gone. I wish I could say it was an excellent year in music but I can't. I mean, there were pretty goods records in 2015 but none of them really stood off like Yeezus in 2013 or Transgender Dysphoria Blues and RTJ2 in 2014. Given this homogeneity, I've had a really good time thinking about and making this list because it was hard to select only 10 records, many missed making the cut. This is my Top 10 Albums right now but maybe in a month I would change two or three records and put Myrkur's M or Publicist U.K's Forgive Yourself or Riverside's Love, Fear and the Time Machine or Tenement's Predatory Headlights... Like last year's list I'll update the "reality" of the albums. Anyway, enjoy and tell us your Top 10! Also check out our Top 25 Best Songs of the year  here  and  here ! 10) Millencolin - True Brew Release Date: April 28, 2015 Genre: Punk Rock Reality: 6.7/10 New Reality: 8.1/10 Wow, looki...

Band: Dawes Album: All Your Favorite Bands Release Date: June 2, 2015 Genre: Country Rock/Roots Rock Expectation: 8.0/10 Reality: 8.6/10