This Week's Releases

That time of the week again! Here's some of the new records coming atcha:

Emma Louise – Vs Head Vs Heart (MGM)

This young songstress had a huge 2012, and has just gone ahead and dropped this corker of a record on us. It's an assured debut placing her in the same ballpark as great singer-songwriters like Tori Amos, Lykke Li and Natasha Khan.

SOJA – Long Time Ago (AIM/Inertia)

We had a chat with the Soldiers of Jah Army about spreading their message to the kids. We also have a review up of their latest record, which is stuffed to the gills with riddim.

Billy Bragg – Tooth & Nail (Cooking Vinyl/Universal)

We're streaming the latest one from this folk-punk veteran.

The Snowdroppers – Moving Out of Eden (Four | Four/Universal)

The latest one from these sharp-dressed men finds them reconnecting powerfully with Australia's lost pub-rock history and cranking out some downlow rock n'roll. Scope out this interview we did with 50% of The Snowdroppers about Moving Out of Eden's influences, why their fancy threads sometimes give people the wrong idea and what they think about Mumford & Sons.

Waaves – Afraid of Heights (Pod/Inertia)

The tunes are still there, but four albums in, and how much gas is left in Waaves lyrical tank? Check out what we think.

Camperdown & Out – Couldn't Be Better (Popfrenzy)

Maybe a little short on lyrical substance but long on catchy hooks, this is an ultimately lovable debut written according to the suburban indie playbook.

Kverletak – Album (Roadrunner/Warner)

This utterly arse-kicking Norwegian wallop packs everything from classic rock guitar heroics to punk-rock gang vocals to frostbitten blast-beats. And we're streaming it – go treat yourself to a glorious arse-kicking.

Also coming out:

OneRepublic – Native (Universal)
Various – Ministry of Sound Electro House Sessions: Vol. 6 (Ministry of Sound/Universal)
Iron Maiden – Maiden England '88 (EMI)
Luke Bryan – Spring Break… Here to Party! (EMI)
Simple Minds – Celebrate: Greatest Hits (EMI)
Intronaut – Habitual Levitations (Century Media/EMI)
Crime & The City Solution – American Twilight (Mute/EMI)
The Strokes – Come Down Machine (Sony)
Kashmir – E.A.R (Sony)
Megan Hilty – It Happens All the Time (Sony)
Nigel Kennedy – Recital (Sony)
Tedeschi/Trucks Band – Everybody's Talkin' [Tour Edition] (Sony)
Jackson McLaren & The Triple Threat – Walk Along The Wire [Reissue] (Sony)
Various – The Croods Soundtrack (Sony)
British India – Controller (Liberation)
Night Works – Urban Heat Island (Loose Lips/Cooperative)
Deptford Goth – Life After Defo (Merok/Cooperative)
Lapalux – Nostalchic (Brainfeeder/Inertia)
Lindi Ortega – Cigarettes & Truckstops (Shock)
The Catholics – Yonder (Bugle/Fuse)
Hadouken! – Every Weekend (Surface Noise)
The Starry Field – Back on the Milks (Junkie Uncle)
Chris Abrahams – Memory Night (Room40)
Mike Cooper – White Shadows in the South Seas (Room40a)
Domino – Where the Desert Meets the Sea (MGM/Green)
The Blackwater Fever – The Depths (Independent/MGM)
Clutch – Earth Rocker (Weathermaker/MGM)
Merchandise – Totale Nite (Spunk/Cooperative)
The Chemist – Balletr in the Badlands (Create/Control)
The Psychotic Turnbuckles – Destroy Dull City [Reissue] (Citadel)