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This week, Pixar puts its success streak on the line, but will "Cars 2" get schooled by "Bad Teacher"? We also welcome the returns of "Louie" and "True Blood" and celebrate the release of a new Bon Iver album.
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  1. Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me - Touche Amore

    Metascore: 89
    • Release Date: Jun 7, 2011
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    Recorded over five days with producer Ed Rose, the second album for the Los Angeles post-hardcore band is its first on the Deathwish label.More »

  2. An American Triology: Looks Like Rain/'Frisco Mabel Joy/Heaven Help The Child - Mickey Newbury

    Metascore: 89
    • Release Date: May 17, 2011
    An American Triology: Looks Like Rain/'Frisco Mabel Joy/Heaven Help The Child Image
    The 1960s Nashville singer-songwriter's three concept albums are remastered and collected together in a box set. More »

  3. No Devolucion - Thursday

    Metascore: 88
    • Release Date: Apr 12, 2011
    • User Score: 8.2
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    The punk rock band from New Jersey, credited as one of the first bands to give birth to the genre of emo, celebrates 10 years with a new release.More »

  4. Teenage Hate - The Reatards

    Metascore: 86
    • Release Date: May 17, 2011
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    The rerelease of the punk band's first album includes the EP Fuck Elvis Here's The Raetards.More »

  5. Who Kill - tUnE-yArDs

    Metascore: 86
    • Release Date: Apr 19, 2011
    • User Score: 7.9
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    Oakland experimental artist Merill Garbus returns with a second album of lo-fi sounds and eclectic noise-pop.More »

  6. Stone Rollin' - Raphael Saadiq

    Metascore: 86
    • Release Date: May 10, 2011
    • User Score: 6.8
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    The soul singer continues his 1960's-inspired music with a fourth album, blending vintage R&B; sounds and smooth soul-pop.More »

  7. David Comes To Life - Fucked Up

    Metascore: 86
    • Release Date: Jun 7, 2011
    • User Score: 8.6
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    The Toronto seven-piece release a four-act narrative album, as theatrical as it is musical.More »

  8. When the Heart Emerges Glistening - Ambrose Akinmusire

    Metascore: 85
    • Release Date: Apr 5, 2011
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    The second album for the jazz trumpeter from California was coproduced with Jason Moran.More »

  9. So Beautiful or So What - Paul Simon

    Metascore: 85
    • Release Date: Apr 12, 2011
    • User Score: 7.9
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    The veteran singer-songwriter releases his 12th studio album, the first in five years. More »

  10. Smother - Wild Beasts

    Metascore: 85
    • Release Date: May 10, 2011
    • User Score: 8.5
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    The British quartet releases its follow-up to its 2010 Mercury Prize-nominated album Two Dancers, produced by Richard Formby.More »

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