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Retirement Party's Somewhat Literate comes out May 25. Sarah Beidatsch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Deafheaven's Ordinary Corrupt Human Love comes out July 13. Corinne Shiavone/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Benjamin Lazar Davis' Nothing Matters comes out May 4. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Howlin Rain's The Alligator Bride comes out June 8. Kristy Walker/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
While Nick Lowe's "Tokyo Bay" bops and swings like a song from six decades ago, its lyrics aren't your traditional rockabilly fare. Jim Herrington/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Grouper's Grid of Points comes out April 27. Tanja Engelberts/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Crumb's video for "Locket" is art in motion. By the time the viewer adjusts to it, so do the characters within it. YouTube hide caption
Yo La Tengo's There's A Riot Going On comes out March 16. GODLIS/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Speedy Ortiz is oblivious to the ooz in the "Lucky 88" video. YouTube hide caption
Remember Sports' new album, Slow Buzz, comes out on May 18. Carly Hoskins/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
02Up From Below
"All those years of life experience, time on our instruments, having shared our history together and apart, led to the stories written about on this record," says Brie Howard. Marita Madeloni /Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Vundabar's Smell Smoke comes out Feb. 23. Tim Oxton/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Low Cut Connie's Dirty Pictures (Part 2) comes out May 18. Amber Patrick/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Matt Dorrien's In the Key of Grey comes out April 13. Vincent Bancheri/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Hop Along's Bark Your Head Off, Dog is due out April 6. Tonje Thilesen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption