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Metacritic Reports Music Monday: This Week's New Albums and Videos

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Find details on this week's album releases, stream new music from artists such as Pixies, Lykke Li, Brody Dalle, Plaid, and Bruce Springsteen, catch up on the week's music news, and watch the latest music videos (from Parquet Courts, The Horrors, Real Estate, Sky Ferreira, and more).

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Spiderland [Box Set] - Slint
100
Release Date: Apr 15, 2014

User Score: 8.6
The remastered 1991 sophomore studio release for the math rock band includes a 104-page book, 14 unreleased demos and outakes; and a DVD of the...More »
Miles at the Fillmore - Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 3 - Miles Davis
93
Release Date: Mar 25, 2014
The four-disc set collects the full concerts from Miles Davis' [backed by a band that included Steve Grossman, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Airto...More »
No Depression [Legacy Edition] - Uncle Tupelo
92
Release Date: Jan 28, 2014
The reissued and expanded release of the debut album from the alt-country band led by Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy includes its 1989 demo tape Not...More »
The Satanist - Behemoth
92
Release Date: Feb 4, 2014

User Score: 7.8
The tenth studio release for the Polish black/death metal band was produced with Daniel Bergstrand, Slawek Wieslawscy and Wojtek Wieslawscy. More »
Home, Like Noplace Is There - The Hotelier
92
Release Date: Feb 25, 2014

User Score: 8.1
This is the second full-length release for the Massachusetts indie rock quartet formerly known as The Hotel Year.More »
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road [40th Anniversary Edition] - Elton John
92
Release Date: Mar 25, 2014

User Score: 8.6
The deluxe remastered release of the Rocket Man's 1973 album includes a disc of b-sides and covers by such artists as The Band Perry, Fall Out Boy,...More »
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
89
Release Date: Feb 25, 2014

User Score: 8.7
The fourth full-length release for the indie artist was produced by John Congleton and includes contributions from Dap-Kings drummer Homer...More »
High Land, Hard Rain [30th Anniversary Edition] - Aztec Camera
89
Release Date: Feb 4, 2014

User Score: 8.3
The reissue of the remastered debut release from the Roddy Frame-led band includes a disc of B-sides, remixes, and live tracks.More »
Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-1978 - Various Artists
88
Release Date: Jan 28, 2014
The compilation of Haitian dance music from the 1960s and '70s including music styles such as Compas Direct, Mini-Jazz and twoubadou.More »
Rooms of the House - La Dispute
88
Release Date: Mar 18, 2014

User Score: 7.9
The third full-length album from the Michigan post-hardcore led by Jordan Dreyer was co-produced with Will Yip.More »