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FEATURE MUSIC

PEARL JAM DARK MATTER (UNIVERSAL) Prepare for blistering solos from Mike McCready, drum clinics (advanced) from Matt Cameron, slamming rhythm guitar from Stone Gossard, and some top-tier gobsmacking

the stickwork of drummer Dave Grohl on the album opener Bad Boyfriend. Check it out on silver vinyl, as well as opaque red vinyl.

Mark Seymour and the Undertow

MAGGIE ROGERS DON’T FORGET ME (SONY)

MARK SEYMOUR AND THE UNDERTOW THE BOXER (BLOODLINES)

Maggie Rogers is a long way evolved from the girl who made Pharrell cry (with her talent, not because she said his big hat was silly). The Grammy-nominated singer songwriter-producer is poised to release her third album, and has said of the ten-song collection: ”I wanted to make an album

”We’ve thrown everything at these songs,” Oz legend Mark Seymour has said of his upcoming 11th studio album. ”Portraits of women, men,

urban decay. Life in a landscape of uncertainty. And love, of course.

Maggie Rogers

You can never abandon that.

After all, beyond despair, there is nothing else.” Seymour is joined on the record by his band The Undertow, comprising Cameron McKenzie on guitars, John Favaro on bass, and Peter Maslen on drums, with special guest Cameron Bruce on keys. GIRL IN RED I’M DOING IT AGAIN, BABY! (SONY) The continually thrilling Girl in Red – the project of Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist and queer icon Marie Ulven Ringheim – will soon gift us an adorably titled sophomore record: I’m Doing It Again,

Pearl Jam

vocals from genius frontman Eddie Vedder. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Pearl Jam are about to release their 12th studio album – produced by Grammy-winner and long-time Jam ally Andrew Wyatt – and everything we’ve heard suggests primo work from the Seattle masters of grunge rock. TAYLOR SWIFT THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (UNIVERSAL) Announced during Taylor’s acceptance speech for her 13th ever Grammy Award last month (’Best Pop Vocal Album’ for her most recent album, 2022’s Midnights ), The Tortured Poets Department is the 11th studio

Baby!. The indie pop darling will explore themes of self-esteem, self-confidence, and vulnerability,

that sounded like a Sunday afternoon. Worn in denim. A drive in your favourite car. No make up, but the right amount of lipstick... I wanted to make an album to belt at full volume alone in your car, a trusted friend who could ride shotgun and be there when you needed her.” BILLY JOEL COLD SPRING HARBOUR (REISSUE) (SONY) Cold Spring Harbour , the 1971 debut album from the legendary Billy Joel, is just the first in a huge array of reissues from the Piano Man which are on their way this month. The full lineup includes Live at the Great American Music Hall 1975 , Songs In the Attic (1981), 52nd Street (1978), The Stranger (1977), Turnstiles (1976), and

album by our globe-dominating bestie next-door Taylor Swift. The artist reportedly started work on the 17-track record directly after finishing work on Midnights , and it includes collabs with US rapper Post Malone and English indie rock darlings Florence + the Machine. You just know this one’s going to be a game changer.

Streetlife Serenade

Girl In Red

(1974). We’ll certainly be taking the opportunity to bulk up our Joel collections.

in an album which Ringheim says is, in comparison to her brilliant 2021 debut If I Could Make It Go Quiet , ”more ambitious, and more exciting, and more idea-driven.”

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