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Artist : Foo Fighters Album : Concrete and Gold Quick Description : Latest from the alt-rock legends. Why You Should Listen : I suppose it's not to the point where the Foos are a nostalgia act, right? Overall Thoughts : Oh, Foo Fighters. On one hand, you have one of the premier alt-rock bands of the post-grunge era with a new album. On the other, I’m not sure they’ve had a truly great (or even good) album in well over a decade. This feels like a mess of rock excess that’s trying too hard, and that might be generous. It makes me wonder whether The Colour and the Shape is actually good at all, given the taste this left in my mouth. Recommendation : Don’t make my mistake, just pretend this didn’t happen. Artist : Angus and Julia Stone Album : Snow Quick Description : New album from the Aussie duo. Why You Should Listen : These two continue to be some of the better mainstream acts running. Overall Thoughts : A favorite of the coffee shop folk music set, this album i...

A very packed week this week, so let's not waste any time. Katie Kate - Nation : I didn't know of Katie Kate before this week, and she sometimes raps on this always electronic album that combines some electro and synth on this interesting album. I'm going to need to spend some time with it, I think, to really see if it has staying power, but this was an interesting listen for me on a whole. If you dug the Princess Superstar from a few weeks ago, this might be worth a shot for you. Tuatara - Underworld : I've been a fan of Tuatara since their first album nearly 20 years ago. I only got into it because it was a Peter Buck side project, but I became a fan in general pretty quickly. The downside to the group was that, as it expanded, it moved away a bit from its instrumental, experimental world music roots into something a little more broad, to the point that they actually had some basic vocal albums of late. Underworld , thankfully, is a return to the early albums...