Recent Road Trip Releases

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  Weezer
  Weezer (White Album)
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  A good-time record that finds the perfect middle ground between the sensibility of the Blue Album and the sound of Pinkerton.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Lucinda Williams
  The Ghosts of Highway 20
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  The great singer/songwriter ponders struggle and faith on this deeply personal collection.

  - Mark Deming
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  Joe Bonamassa
  Blues of Desperation
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  Continuing to align with professional Nashville songwriters, the guitarist offers his high-octane blues-rock while also threading in some soul.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Simple Plan
  Taking One for the Team
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  The Canadian pop-punk band returns with a feel-good fifth album of throwback nostalgia and a few surprising guests.

  - Neil Z. Yeung
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  The 1975
  I Like It When You Sleep, for You Ar …
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  The British band's sophomore album finds them moving in a sophisticated, '80s adult contempo and R&B-influenced; direction.

  - Matt Collar
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  Frightened Rabbit
  Painting of a Panic Attack
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  A bloody-sleeved collection of erudite indie rock anthems that distill angst, both existential and situational, into fist-pumping crowd-pleasers.

  - James Christopher Monger
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  Bob Mould
  Patch the Sky
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  Bob Mould stares into the face of darkness and finds sustenance in his power trio on the galvanizing Patch the Sky.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  The Cars
  The Elektra Years: 1978-1987
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  All six of the Cars' studio albums are newly remastered on this handsomely produced set.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Primal Scream
  Chaosmosis
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  Primal Scream inadvertently concentrates on electronic textures and rhythms on Chaosmosis.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Ace Frehley
  Origins, Vol. 1
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  With his fun "all covers" album, the Spaceman offers up one of the best Kiss-related releases in years.

  - David Jeffries