There's lots of great new music out this week, from the best Oasis album in years to the catchiest punk album (Rise Against's "Appeal to Reason") ever to feature a song about Chinese prison camps.
New music: in stores and online
Oasis, Rise Against, the Streets and more
October 6, 2008
It's Oasis, innit?
Rise Against, 'Appeal to Reason'
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Punky, political agit-pop for the mainstream rocker
The Streets, 'Everything Is Borrowed'
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U.K. rapper Mike Skinner gets older, goes existential
Antony and the Johnsons, 'Another World'
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Emotional but uneven EP from a one-of-a-kind vocalist
Annuals, 'Such Fun'
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Former buzz band beats the backlash with strong sophomore effort
Juana Molina, 'Un Día'
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Argentinean folktronica pioneer delivers haunting fifth album
Deerhoof, 'Offend Maggie'
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San Francisco art-rock institution returns with ninth album
Margot and the Nuclear So-and-So's, 'Not Animal'
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Indiana pop group is all bark, not much bite on second album
The Little Ones, 'Morning Tide'
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L.A. indie-rock champs deliver derivative but enjoyable debut
Jolie Holland, 'The Living and the Dead'
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An old soul reborn on easygoing country-rock album
I Set My Friends on Fire, 'You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter'
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On discovery of this screamo-electro ‘hilarity,’ you’ll only wish you were on fire
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