#3570 Damnation - The Damnation of Adam Blessing

3.5/5 A great lost gem of 60s rock, with an excellent garagey singer, a tight band, and just the right amount of stoned atmosphere

#3569 Chance the Rapper - 10 Day

4/5 Chance's first mixtape is effortlessly all over the place, casually running off endless rhymes over clever production moves. Not much of it stands out (Family aside), but it's a shockingly assured debut to make at 19. I'd be predicting big things if I didn't already know

#3568 Ryan Weitzel - Skies

3.5/5 Catchy, ragged indie rock, with delightfully weightless production, flittering drums running wild under the mix, silverey guitars over top, with an agreeable Clap Your Hands yelp to round it out. Weitzel's one to keep an eye on, could be the next Kelley Stoltz.

#3567 Tool - Fear Inoculum

3.5/5 slower, more hypnotic, more stoner than Tool's ever been. I'm down with all the long songs. It'll melt an hour and a half right good, but 7empest (: /) is the one time the band really perks up, and rest of the album sounds halfhearted in retrospect

#3566 The Woolen Men - Post

3/5 a brew of excellent influences, angular guitars, hopeful yelps, and one stunningly close swerve to All My Friends. But there's some center missing from those orbits, no real stakes, no real heart, few actual chances, all a bit composed; only Shadowline brings real urgency

#3565 Solid Space - Space Museum

3.5/5 Minimal, icy post-punk, catchier than most. Those fuzzy old synths don't mind if you smile, sway, maybe even dance a bit, as disassociated sci-fi mutterings and tincan beats clip by. Expertly crafted, surprisingly human

#3564 Snapped Ankles - Stunning Luxury

3.5/5 still love their relentless, textured, harrowing energy, hypnotic and strangely dancable. Stunning Luxury lacks the memorable, unexpected moments that highlighted Come Play the Trees, and plays as a more as a single, endless groove, for better or worse. They've nailed this sound, I'm cautiously optimistic they'll find something thrilling when it comes time for some 3rd-album chancetaking