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Perhaps perfectly scheduled to shatter the calm that follows Memorial Day weekend, shock rocker Marilyn Manson returns to stores today with his seventh album The High End of Low. As Rolling Stone’s Jody Rosen writes in his two-and-a-half star review of Manson’s new LP, in an age where extreme sex and ultra-violence are Googleable 24/7, it’s harder for Manson to cause controversy as he hits his forties. Still, he provocation a good shot with song titles like “Pretty Like A Swastika” and “Arma-Goddamn-Motherfuckin-Geddon.” But the most shocking things here are the LCD Soundsystem-esque dance-pop of “We’re From America” and the blues-tinged “Four Rusted Horses.”

Also out this week is Veckatimest, a gorgeous slice of chamber pop and spacey folk courtesy of Brooklyn quartet Grizzly Bear. Already earmarked as one of the biggest art rock records of the year, the group’s third album earned a three-and-a-half star rating from RS critic Christian Hoard, who praised tracks like the standout single “Two Weeks,” “Fine For Now” and “All We Ask” as “opulent, intimate rumble built on churning acoustic rifts.”

France’s Phoenix have a new LP titled Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix out today, and the dance-rockers live up to the lofty expectations of their name-checking album title and 2006 breakthrough It’s Never Been Like That with 10 sleek tracks that echo the Strokes and Daft Punk simultaneously. First singles “1901″ and “Lisztomania” are among the highlights on this four-star album, as well as electro-fused “Fences.”

For the rest of this week’s new reviews, check below:

• Black Moth Super Rainbow – Eating Us
• Mandy Moore – Amanda Leigh
• Unknown Instructors – Funland