New Alternative CDs

Strangeland is the upcoming fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Keane. It will be released from 4 May 2012 through Island Records. It is their first full length album since Perfect Symmetry (2008), as well as the first to feature bassist Jesse Quin as a permanent official member.

Strangeland is the upcoming fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Keane. It will be released from 4 May 2012 through Island Records. It is their first full length album since Perfect Symmetry (2008), as well as the first to feature bassist Jesse Quin as a permanent official member.

Storm & Grace is the third studio album from American singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley. It is the singer's first album in seven years, since the release of Now What.

The Temper Trap are super excited to announce the details of their second album, ‘The Temper Trap’. The new album was recorded at the famed Sound Factory in Los Angeles, with producer Tony Hoffer, who’s worked with the likes of Beck, M83 & Phoenix. It’s their first album as a five-piece, after they ...

Silversun Pickups return with their third album, the follow-up to 2009′s 'Swoon'. Entitled 'Neck of the Woods', the album was produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, R.E.M.) at his home studio in Topanga Canyon, California.

This Machine is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. The band shifted to a more rock- and experimental-orientated album than their previous three albums. Allmusic describes the genre of the album as "alternative, pop/rock, alternative/indie rock", giving th...

Sweden's newest dynamic duo, We Are Serenades releases their debut album, Criminal Heaven. We Are Serenades are the musical pairing of Adam Olenius (Shout Out Louds) and Markus Krunegard (Laakso) two of Sweden's most highly-regarded songwriters. Singing together at all times to create a seaml...

Morrissey’s debut album ‘Viva Hate’ was originally released in March 1988 just six months after the release of the final Smiths' album. ‘Strangeways, Here We Come’. Keeping the core jangling guitar sound of his previous band, Morrissey’s first record provided the ultimate platform for his by-then le...

One of the finest British rock acts to have enjoyed worldwide success over the last few decades, The Cult has wrapped up recording ‘Choice of Weapon’, the group’s first studio album in five years. Released in NZ on 28th May 2012 on Cooking Vinyl via Shock Records, its 10 tracks reveal the band at i...

Seminal NYC based art punk DIY enthusiasts / purists, BLACK DICE have returned with their sixth studio album MR. IMPOSSIBLE to be released April 10th on Ribbon Music. The nine song album combines 15 years of collaboration into one explosive electronic breakout monster mash. Over the course of their ...

Strangeland is the upcoming fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Keane. It will be released from 4 May 2012 through Island Records. It is their first full length album since Perfect Symmetry (2008), as well as the first to feature bassist Jesse Quin as a permanent official member. ...

Ironically referred to by Timeout NY as “Thurston Moore & the E Street Band,” The Men have never been a band to play by categorical punk subgenre rules. Instead, over the last three years, this band has dabbled in everything from hardcore punk to psych to shoegaze to black metal; and they have done ...

Storm & Grace is the third studio album from American singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley. It is the singer's first album in seven years, since the release of Now What.

The Temper Trap are super excited to announce the details of their second album, ‘The Temper Trap’. The new album was recorded at the famed Sound Factory in Los Angeles, with producer Tony Hoffer, who’s worked with the likes of Beck, M83 & Phoenix. It’s their first album as a five-piece, after they ...

‘Diamond Mine’, the critically acclaimed debut collaborative album from King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, is getting the deluxe version treatment. The original, Mercury Music Prize-nominated album is augmented with extra material including all three tracks from the ‘Honest Words’ EP, B-side ‘Missionary’ ...

British rock institution Feeder return with ‘Generation Freakshow’ - their 8th studio album on April 23rd. Classic Feeder with an updated twist, the album is twelve tracks of masterfully-crafted, fresh sounding strong songs, drawing from metal, grunge, punk and classic rock - absorbed and melded ...

Nootropics (pronounced No-eh-tro-pics) is the second album from Lower Dens. It's an ambitious work, and it delivers — heavily metaphorical, the symmetries and concordances of the lyrics run deep; the luminous lines of the music converge at a point in a future just out of view. Lower Dens has made mu...

The ground-breaking new band out of Montreal called Skip The Foreplay have perfected a unique and exhilarating new genre of music. The sound is a high energy raucous sound merging the heaviness of metal, earth-shaking hardcore breakdowns and the massive irresistible beats of electronic dance music t...

Originally released in 1986, The Big Heat is former Wall Of Voodoo leader Stan Ridgway's first solo album. Appropriately named after the 1953 film noir of the same name, The Big Heat is full of tragic, noir themed tales of love and death. Though heavily reliant on synths and drum machines, the album...

The beast of winter is slain and what better way to celebrate than with some solar flared grooves courtesy of Cornershop?’ – The Quietus. Adding to their unique treasure trove of a back catalogue, Cornershop are pleased to announce the release of their new long player, the ‘Urban Turban’ album on 14...