Ministry’s last blast and 11 other things you must hear this week

October -- or do we call it Rocktober? -- goes out swingin’ with a load of notable new releases, from Ministry’s final blast to fresh titles from Queens of the Stone Age, Nickelback, Daddy Yankee, Itzhak Perlman, the Church and others. You’ll also find an Alice Cooper-related vault dig from Maryann Cotton, a solo move by Thao Nguyen and an intriguing collaboration between Ben Vaughn and Deer Tick…

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