Lots of new releases out this week. I've included info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may never have heard of (but should know), with audio & video for your listening and viewing pleasure. Click here to check out releases that dropped over the past few months …
Alesana, A Place Where The Sun Is Silent (Epitaph)
N.C.'s metalcore/post-hardcore outfit issues their fourth record and first on Epitaph. It's apparently a conceptual album with a Dante's Inferno theme. The band plays Firestone Live in Orlando on Nov. 18.
Bare Wires, Cheap Perfume (Southpaw Records)
Brown Bird, Salt for Salt (Supply & Demand)
Class Actress, Rapprocher (Carpark Records)
The dance music songstress otherwise known as Elizabeth Harper stops at Crowbar in Ybor City on Tues., Dec. 6.
Judy Collins, Bohemian (Wildflower)
Cradle of Filth, Evermore Darkly (Nuclear Blast)
Rob Crow, People (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
The frontman of Pinback releases his third solo full-length.
*Emika, Emika (Ninja Tune)
The UK-based Thom Yorke-approved songstress presents her self-titled debut. Check out the video for her slinky, down-tempo, bass-heavy track, "Professional Loving" after the jump.
This article appears in Oct 13-19, 2011.