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:

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#AlterBridge #HardRock

@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:

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#SondreLerche #NewMusic

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:

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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.

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#CXMMXNS

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:

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

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:

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

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:

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

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:

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#JoostKlein #Kleinkunst #AlbumReview #Music

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?

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THE NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANT IS COMING HOME TO MILWAUKEE

#WinOurWay

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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