Rat Beat (Epitaph). Review by Scott Adams.

Tape (Thirty Tigers). Review by Judy Craddock.

Bop Kabbalah+Voices: The Yiddish Song Cycle Live (Infrequent Seams). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Forgotten ’80s horror film Hell High returns on Blu-ray from Arrow. Phil Bailey reviews.

Your Ideal (Self Released). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

The Red List (BlueLand Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

LA brothers Jonathan and Michael Rosen released Almanac, their second album as Cones last week. It’s a sweet one.

Girlie Action Media has announced Meditations on Crime, a collaborative new album and art book, due out September 23

Birds In The Ceiling (Bad Omens/Thirty Tigers). Review by Jeremy Glazier.

Coastal Spain’s Floating In Space releases title track “Liftoff” from his upcoming album on Deep Elm Records. Hear it here.

Sometimes Y (Yelawolf and Shooter Jennings) will headline Nashville’s legendary Ryman Auditorium this November.

Album Voids, out this November, features 12 impressively cohesive tracks spanning baroque dream-pop, filmic ambient, raga, avant-country, and even spiritual jazz genres.