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  Nicki Minaj, 'Roman Reloaded': Our First Impression!

  The leak of the week gets a first listen from the SPIN staff...
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  Sleigh Bells' 'Reign of Terror': SPIN's First Listen

  There’s a lot more pop in the noise this time...
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  FIRST LISTEN: Feist's New Album, 'Metals'

  We break down five of the best tracks from the singer-songwriter's fifth full-length, due out this f...
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  FIRST LISTEN: Bon Iver's Stunning New Album

  Hear Justin Vernon's second LP 'Bon Iver' ahead of its June 21 release date. ...
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  FIRST LISTEN: Arctic Monkeys' 'Suck It and See'

  Plus: Hear two of the album's B-sides, including a hot Black Sabbath homage "I.D.S.T."...
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  FIRST LISTEN: Eddie Vedder & Cat Power Duet

  The Pearl Jam frontman teams up with Cat Power, Glenn Hansard for solo acoustic album....
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  FIRST LISTEN: Black Lips' New LP 'Arabia Mountain'

  Hear the Atlanta garage-rockers morph into psych-soul pros on Mark Ronson-produced album....
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  FIRST LISTEN: Death Cab and MMJ Albums

  MMJ get back to their roots on 'Circuital,' while Death Cab for Cutie trade gloom for uplift on 'Cod...
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  FIRST LISTEN: Dear Hunter's Heady Concept Album

  Download "Lost But Not All Gone" off the Rhode Island band's upcoming opus, The Color Spectrum....
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  First Listen: Okkervil River's Complex New LP

  Hear Will Sheff and Co.'s excellent sixth album I Am Very Far, and watch the band perform it live....
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