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Album reviews: Arab Strap, Les Savy Fav, Bibi Club, Dehd, more

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April showers bring May flowers. What do Mayflowers bring, besides Pilgrims? Lots of new releases and this week I review eight of them including Arab Strap, Les Savy Fav (first album in 14 years), Dehd, Shannon & The Clams, Montreal’s Bibi Club, two former Bad Seeds (Barry Adamson and Mick Harvey), and Myriam Gendron. Need more reviews of this week’s offerings? Andrew spins the latest from Knocked Loose, Yaya Bey, How to Dress Well and more in Notable Releases. Like many of us, I am still processing that Steve Albini is no longer with us. So many of my favorite albums of the ’90s were “recorded” by him but my favorite is probably The Wedding Present’s Seamonsters. The band’s David Gedge talked to us about working with Albini for the album’s 20th anniversary a few years ago and is a good read if I do say so myself. I hope Steve is organizing a card game in the afterlife like he used to do at ATP. RIP. Head below for this week’s reviews. ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Bibi Club – Feu de garde (Secre

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