This week: Flying Lotus takes time away from soundtracking Adult Swim promos to release his sophomore album (his first on Warp); Lil Wayne’s long-awaited Tha Carter III hits shelves; and Jim James of My Morning Jacket summons his inner Prince. Click the underlined albums for a full description.
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Adele: 19 (Sony)
Anja Schneider: Beyond the Valley (Mobilee)
Black Devil Disco: Eight Oh Eight (Lo Recordings)
Depth Affect: Hero Crisis (Autres Directions)
DJ Tiësto: In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 7 (Black Hole)
Doleful Lions: 7 (Parasol)
Emmylou Harris: All I Intended to Be (Nonesuch)
Flying Lotus: Los Angeles (Warp)
Freekey Zekey: Blame It on the Henny
The Fratellis: Here We Stand (Cherry Tree)
Gas: Nah und Fern (Kompakt Germany)
J. Rawls/Middle Child: Rawls and Middle (HBD Label Group)
Jakob Dylan: Seeing Things (Sony)
Jean Grae: Orchestral Files [Deluxe Edition] (Babygrande)
Joan as Policewoman: To Survive (Sidecho)
Joseph Arthur: Vagabond Skies (Lonely Astronaut)
JR Writer: Politics and Bullshit (Babygrande)
Keak da Sneak: Deify (Koch)
KRS-One: Maximum Strength (Koch)
Lexie Mountain Boys: Sacred Vacation (Carpark)
Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III (Cash Money)
Little Brother: And Justus for All (Hall of Justus)
Mark Farina: Fabric 40 (Fabric)
Martha Wainwright: I Know You're Married But I've Got Feeling (Zoe)
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson: Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (Say Hey)
Mrs. Jynx: Standoffish Cat (Planet Mu)
My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges (ATO)
N.E.R.D.: Seeing Sounds (Interscope)
Pentemple: 0))) Presents... (Southern Lord)
Ponies in the Surf: See You Happy (Darla)
Priscilla Ahn: Good Day (Blue Note)
Robert Pollard: Robert Pollard Is Off to Business
Sloan: Parallel Play (Yep Roc)
Solomon Burke: Like a Fire (Shout Factory)
Styrofoam: Thousand Words (Nettwerk)
Supergrass: Diamond Hoo Ha (Astralwerks)
Syclops: I've Got My Eye on You (DFA)
Tyga: No Introduction (DeCaydance)
Various Artists: You Don't Know: Ninja Cuts (Ninja Tune)
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