Some of today's releases:
Metacritic with Agregate Scores: (These get updated throughout the day and weeks so keep checking back)
Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains - 89
Banks - III - 84
Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit's The Midnight Organ Fight - 79
Africa Express - Egoli - 74
Penelope Isles - Until the Tide Creeps In - 67
NPR's Top 8 Albums Out Today:
1.Imperial Teen: Now We Are Timeless
2.Mal Blum: Pity Boy
3.Africa Express: EGOLI
4.Big K.R.I.T.: K.R.I.T. IZ HERE
5.Ed Sheeran: No. 6 Collaborations Project
6.Blood Orange: Angel's Pulse
7.Various: Tiny Changes: A Celebration of the Midnight Organ Fight
8.K.Flay: Solutions
Other notable releases for July 12: Bleached - Don't You Think You've Had Enough?; The Dolly Rots - Daydream Explosion; Félicia Atkinson - The Flower and the Vessel (released 7/5); Jesca Hoop - Stone Child (released 7/5); Kyle Craft - Showboat Honey; METZ - Automat; Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun: A Good Beginning; Tycho - Weather
Pitchfork's Album Reviews
Not really sure I'm really excited about any of these releases, what should I be checking out?
EDIT: Don't forget about the Lion King Soundtrack, Childish Gambino and Beyoncé together, what more could you want?!