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Best albums: Trentemøller, Deer Tick, Kings of Leon, Touche Amore, INVSN

Trentemøller: Lost
Deer Tick: Negativity
Kings of Leon: Mechanical Bull
Touché Amoré: Is Survived By
INVSN: s/t
Marbeya Sound: Colonies

Swedish hardcore-punk vets AC4 to release sophomore album on Deathwish and Ny Våg

50 Unheralded Albums from 2011

In just one more trip around the sun, another swarm of immensely talented but under-recognized musicians has harnessed its collective talents and discharged its creations into the void. This list is but one fraction of those dedicated individuals who caught our ears with some serious jams.

The Top 10 Parts of The Shape of Punk to Come

Just prior to an acrimonious breakup in 1998, Swedish hardcore group Refused released its magnum opus, The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts. It was as much an assault on capitalist philosophy as it was a striking stylistic evolution, and it did its best to advance hardcore in the way that its titular influence, Ornette Coleman’s The Shape of Jazz to Come, did with jazz.