This Week's Releases

23 May 2013 | 2:30 pm | Staff Writer

New music from Laura Marling, Mount Kimbie, Alice In Chains, Deep Purple & Dialectrix!

A quiet one this week, but that doesn't mean there aren't a few great records coming your way:

Laura MarlingOnce I Was An Eagle (Virgin/Caroline)

We're streaming the latest album from this literate songstress who will be swinging by Australia for Splendour and some sideshows. Our reviewer reckons it's a solid effort, but maybe lacks the spark of earlier releases.

Mount KimbieCold Spring Fault Less Youth (Warp/Inertia)

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The UK duo trade out some of dubstep's hectic glitchy paranoia for some sexier and straighter vibes – it's a pretty successful move, all things considered.

Deep PurpleNow What?! (earMUSIC/Shock)

The veteran UK classic rockers return for album #18, with two songs dedicated to the passing of founding keyboardist Jon Lord. The band have pressed on, not just with this album (check our review) but with touring, having stopped by Australia earlier this year.

Alice In ChainsThe Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (Virgin/EMI)

2009's Black Gives Way To Blue put to rest any notion that Alice In Chains couldn't continue on without deceased frontman Layne Stayley and this latest record proves the old-school grungers still have plenty of gas left in the tank.

And some more new music:

Jamie CallumMomentum (Universal)
VariousThe Fast & The Furious 6 Soundtrack (Universal)
Barb Jungr – Stockport To Memphis (ABC/Universal)
Heaven's Basement
 – Filthy Empire (Red Bull/Shock)
A Night In Texas  – Invigoration (Skull And Bones/Shock)
Ashley MonroeLike A Rose (Warner)
Pat MethenyTap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20 (Nonesuch/Warner)
The Beach BoysThe 50th Anniversary Tour [Live] (EMI)
Darius RuckerTrue Believers (Capitol/EMI)
Mac DavisA Little More Action Please: Anthology (EMI)
The PastelsSlow Summit (Domino/EMI)
Phebe StarZero (Hub/Inertia)
Emerson String QuartetJourneys (Sony)
Bob James & David SanbornQuartette Humane (Sony)
Crystal FightersCave Rave (PIAS/Liberator)
Is TropicalI'm Leaving (Kitsune/PIAS/Liberator)
TexasThe Conversation (PIAS/Liberator)
Majical CloudzImpersonator (Matador/Remote Control)
Monnone AloneTogether At Last (Lost & Lonesome)
DialectrixThe Cold Light of Day (Obese)