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Artist : Adult Mom Album : Driver Quick Description : Solid indie rock. Why You Should Listen : Adult Mom is always good, and shifts from genre to genre with ease. Overall Thoughts : Wanted to highlight this up top as one that I liked this week. Adult Mom brings a really solid listen here, with an opening track that just kills it and an album with some solid indie rock tunewriting. This is a very enjoyable album this week. Recommendation : Give this a shot. Artist : Field Mouse Album : Memory Card Quick Description : Bandcamp-only covers record from a favorite here. Why You Should Listen : The only flaw is that it's only 11 songs. Overall Thoughts : We can't get enough of Field Mouse around these parts. I'll be honest, though: I usually don't buy stuff on Bandcamp even though I really should. Spotify is too easy. But Field Mouse puts this out during a pandemic on Bandcamp Friday for five bucks? Yeah, I'm in. And it would have been worth ten bucks - ...

Of course, anti-Spotify band Radiohead has a new album out. Since paying $13 for a digital album feels like a fool's errand in 2016, we'll cover that when it becomes more widely available, but for now, "Burn the Witch" is my favorite Radiohead song in a decade and "Daydreaming" is not. Album of the Week Artist : Shit Robot Album : What Follows Quick Description : A great, classic-sounding electronic album. Why You Should Listen : It's really the opposite of the band's name. Overall Thoughts : As a human being trying to curse less in daily life, this brings me to my favorite album this week by Shit Robot. I won't lie - the only reason I went to listen to this was because the band's name made me giggle, and when I found out how much I really liked this album, well... I understand this won't be for everyone, but if you have any sort of soft spot for mid-1990s European techno music, you want to give this one a spin. Recommendatio...

And we're back with the rest of this week's new release slate! Mavis Staples - Your Good Fortune : Mavis Staples is a legend in her own right, and this quick hit EP is a great reminder/introduction into why. A good soulful gospel quick hit, it may not be your favorite thing she's done, but it's still a worthwhile listen. Passion Pit - Kindred : Passion Pit goes back to basics somewhat with this third album. The falsetto is back, the electronica more pronounced, and, while it still feels more mainstream than their debut, it's still strange enough to feel like a return to form. In a way, they feel a lot more like Washed Out than I expected. Otherwise, though, if you were a fan of the first album and couldn't quite get into the second, this one is something you should really give a shot. Built to Spill - Untethered Moon : Why am I not chomping at the bit for new Built to Spill music all the time? This album continues the consistently great stuff the band...