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Toronto's Fucked Up continue their outsized ambition with a lengthy rock opera featuring a twisted storyline and epic guitar-driven songs

Artist: Fucked Up

Album: David Comes to Life

Label: Matador

8.6

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A sequel of sorts to 2004'sRemixes 81-04, this 3xCD set chronicles remixes from the band's last two albums, with a few old favorites for good measure

Artist: Depeche Mode

Album: Remixes 2: 81-11

Label: Mute

4.3

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Six years after his debut, the British producer crafts a follow up, losing some of his older work's post-punk tics but keeping an emphasis on rhythm.

Artist: Tom Vek

Album: Leisure Seizure

Label: Island / Downtown / Cooperative

6.2

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The Dutch producer returns with a mix of techno and vocal house that is gorgeous on the surface but harder to crack on a deeper level.

Artist: Tom Trago

Album: Iris

Label: Rush Hour

6.6

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This collection of obscurities from the ill-fated early-1970s Motown offshoot proves to be a surprisingly strong document of pre-disco pop and soul.

Artist: Various Artists

Album: Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love: Motown's MoWest Story 1971-1973

Label: Light in the Attic

7.8

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Tyondai Braxton and his distinct vocals have moved on, but Battles remain committed to making complex pop-prog sound like fun. Gary Numan guests.

Artist: Battles

Album: Gloss Drop

Label: Warp

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Suede's first two albums, key documents in the music of 1990s Britain, are reissued with a generous helping of bonus material.

Artist: Suede

Album: Suede [Deluxe Edition] / Dog Man Star [Deluxe Edition]

Label: Demon

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Atlanta quartet's third album maintains the chaotic vitality of their previous records with a more polished sound.

Artist: The Coathangers

Album: Larceny & Old Lace

Label: Suicide Squeeze

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All-female cult punk group from D.C. is chronicled with this 12-song overview of its brief career, thanks to No Age's Dean Spunt's PPM imprint.

Artist: Chalk Circle

Album: Reflection

Label: Post Present Medium / Mississippi

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The spazzy electro-pop duo has moved from Baltimore to North Carolina and acquired a new, more mature sound

Artist: EAR PWR

Album: EAR PWR

Label: Carpark

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Following their Internet hit "Go Outside", Cults prove they have the dexterity and songwriting to make a varied and memorable album

Artist: Cults

Album: Cults

Label: In the Name Of

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Fiercely independent and with few avenues into its world, this minimalist record completes the psych-rock band's Thank Your Parents trilogy.

Artist: Oneida

Album: Absolute II

Label: Jagjaguwar

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The Ukranian-American's latest incorporates coffeehouse singer/songwriter fare, lean, propulsive rock, and chamber instruments and hand percussion.

Artist: Alina Simone

Album: Make Your Own Danger

Label: Pentar

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The Fleet Foxes tourmate and old-time music practitioner follows an album of traditional tunes with a collection of his own songs.

Artist: Frank Fairfield

Album: Out on the Open West

Label: Tompkins Square

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On his self-titled seventh LP, Sondre Lerche nods to Brill Building formalism, 70s singer-songwriter fare, subdued bossa nova, and polite power pop.

Artist: Sondre Lerche

Album: Sondre Lerche

Label: Tellé / Mona

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pitchfork friday, june 3

The project from Joel Ford and Oneohtrix Point Never's Daniel Lopatin (formerly known as Games) shows a charming affection for the sounds of 1980s pop

Artist: Ford & Lopatin

Album: Channel Pressure

Label: Software

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The Knife collaborator and multimedia artist establishes her own bold, sexually assertive identity on her DFA debut.

Artist: Planningtorock

Album: W

Label: DFA

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Taking cues from the synth-pop spectrum and adding some arena-ready hooks, Hooray for Earth slot nicely alongside the psych-pop of MGMT and Yeasayer.

Artist: Hooray For Earth

Album: True Loves

Label: Dovecote

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On Diplo's Mad Decent label, DJ Dave Nada offers this overview of moombahton, a party-ready genre built from slowed-down samples of Dutch house records.

Artist: Various Artists

Album: Blow Your Head Vol. 2: Dave Nada Presents Moombahton

Label: Mad Decent

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The singer-songwriter with a rich baritone and a skewed sense of humor makes his most band-oriented record.

Artist: David Thomas Broughton

Album: Outbreeding

Label: Brainlove

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pitchfork thursday, june 2

Artist: Woods

Album: Sun and Shade

Label: Woodsist

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Artist: The Elected

Album: Bury Me in My Rings

Label: Vagrant

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Artist: Patrick Wolf

Album: Lupercalia

Label: Mercury / Hideout

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Artist: The Most Serene Republic

Album: Pre Serene: Thee Oneironauts

Label: Home of the Rebels

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Artist: Spaceghostpurrp

Album: Blvcklvnd Rvdix 66.6 (1991)

Label: Self-Released

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