LargeHeartedBoy — David Bowie's 15-LP box set Loving The Alien 1983-1988 is the highlight of this week's music releases. Kurt Vile's Bottle It In, St. Vincent's MassEducation, and William Basinski & Lawrence English's Selva Oscura are the new albums I can... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — This week's Notable Releases include Kurt Vile's return to sprawled-out folk rock, St. Vincent's piano versions of 'MASSEDUCTION,' Young Jesus' Saddle Creek debut, and more.
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Stereogum — Kurt Vile has had a signature sound for years, but Bottle It In -- his seventh solo album, out today -- is the first time that sound feels cemented, as if its parameters have been drawn. He's reached that moment in a veteran career when he understand... more info
JamBase — Release Day Picks this week highlights new albums by Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Eric Clapton, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Blues Traveler, St. Vincent, Sister Sparrow, Aqueous and Tom Morello. more info
Stereogum — Have you guys watched that Netflix series GLOW, the one about a real-life women's pro wrestling production out of the Valley in the '80s? It stars Alison Brie, and while watching Trudy from Mad Men learn how to piledrivers and shit is pretty weird, w... more info