This Week’s New Releases: Prince, Mark Ronson And The Raconteurs

June 21 2019June 21 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

Some big records are arriving this week. An album of previously unreleased Prince recordings has been released, Mark Ronson has dropped his star-studded collection of “sad bangers”, and the Raconteurs have returned with their first new full-length since 2008’s Grammy Award-winning ‘Consolers Of The Lonely’.

Still need more? Go nuts below.

Bedouine – ‘Bird Songs Of A Killjoy’ (Spacebomb)

Black Midi – ‘Schlagenheim’ (Rough Trade Records)

Cassius – ‘Dreems’ (Caroline Records)

Gucci Mane – ‘Delusions Of Grandeur’ (Guwop Enterprises/Atlantic)

Hatchie – ‘Keepsake’ (Heavenly Recordings)

Hot Chip – ‘A Bath Full of Ecstasy’ (Domino)

Lil Nas X – ‘7’ EP (Columbia)

Mark Ronson – ‘Late Night Feelings’ (Columbia)

Mr Hudson – ‘When The Machine Stops’ (Mr Hudson)

Prince – ‘Originals’ (Warner Bros. Records)

The Raconteurs – ‘Help Us Stranger’ (Third Man Records)

Richard Reed Parry – ‘Quiet River of Dust Vol. 2’ (Epitaph)

Titus Andronicus – ‘An Obelisk’ (Merge Records)

Two Door Cinema Club – ‘False Alarm’ (Prolifica)

Will Young – ‘Lexicon’ (Cooking Vinyl)

This Week’s New Releases: Jonas Brothers, Santana And Avicii

June 7 2019June 6 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

This week is BUSY! Jonas Brothers are back with their first album in 10 years, Santana’s Rick Rubin-produced LP has been released, and the posthumous Avicii album has arrived.

Head below for the rest of this week’s new releases. There’s near enough something for everyone.

Aurora – ‘A Different Kind Of Human – Step 2’ (Decca)

Avicii – ‘Tim’ (Virgin)

Cave In – ‘Final Transmission’ (Hydra Head)

DAM – ‘Ben Haana We Maana’ (Cooking Vinyl)

Dinosaur Pile-Up – ‘Celebrity Mansions’ (Parlophone)

The Divine Comedy – ‘Office Politics’ (Divine Comedy)

Dylan LeBlanc – ‘Renegade’ (ATO)

Froth – ‘Duress’ (Wichita)

Future – ‘Save Me’ EP

Gloria Gaynor – ‘Testimony’ (Gloria Gaynor)

Jonas Brothers – ‘Happiness Begins’ (Polydor)

Keel Her – ‘With Kindness’ (OGenesis)

Lust for Youth – ‘Lust for Youth’ (Sacred Bones)

Mark Mulcahy – ‘The Gus’ (Mark Mulcahy)

MoStack – ‘Stacko’ (Virgin EMI)

Neil Young + Stray Gators – ‘Tuscaloosa’ (Reprise)

Pelican – ‘Nighttime Stories’ (Southern Lord)

Perry Farrell – ‘Kind Heaven’ (BMG)

Peter Frampton – ‘All Blues’ (UMC)

Pixx – ‘Small Mercies’ (4AD)

Plague Vendor – ‘By Night’ (Epitaph)

Riccardo Chailly – ‘The Fellini Album’ (Decca Classics)

Rickie Lee Jones – ‘Kicks’ (Thirty Tigers)

Santana – ‘Africa Speaks’ (Concord)

Sarah Darling – ‘Wonderland’ (Be Darling via Absolute)

Silversun Pickups – ‘Widow’s Weeds’ (New Machine)

Tim Heidecker – ‘What The Brokenhearted Do…’ (Jagjaguwar)

Yeasayer – ‘Erotic Reruns’ (Yeasayer)

Younghusband – ‘Swimmers’ (Opposite Number Records)

This Week’s New Releases: Mavis Staples, The Amazons, Amyl And The Sniffers

May 24 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

There are some real gems to be found among this week’s new releases. Soul legend Mavis Staples has put out her 12th studio album, which was produced by Grammy Award-winner Ben Harper, the Amazons have offered up LP #2, and the debut album from Amyl and the Sniffers is finally here!

Head below for the rest of this week’s new releases.

The Amazons – ‘Future Dust’ (Fiction Records)

Amyl And The Sniffers – ‘Amyl And The Sniffers’ (Rough Trade)

Black Mountain – ‘Destroyer’ (Jagjaguwar)

Cate Le Bon – ‘Reward’ (Mexican Summer/Kemado)

Flying Lotus – ‘Flamagra’ (Warp)

Honeyblood – ‘In Plain Sight’ (Marathon)

Hundred Watt Heart – ‘Turbulent Times’ (Whole Leap Records)

J-E-T-S – ‘Zoospa’ (Innovative Leisure)

Joan As Police Woman – ‘Joanthology’ (Play It Again Sam)

Mavis Staples – ‘We Get By’ (Epitaph)

Morrissey – ‘California Son’ (BMG)

Primal Scream – ‘Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Singles’ (Sony)

Rebecca Downes – ‘More Sinner Than Saint’ (Mad Hat)

The Rua – ‘The Rua’ (FOD via Nova)

Sebadoh – ‘Act Surprised’ (Fire Records)

Sting – ‘My Songs’ (A&M Records)

The Waterboys – ‘Where The Action Is’ (Cooking Vinyl)

This Week’s New Releases: Lewis Capaldi, DJ Khaled And Alex Lahey

May 17 2019May 17 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

This week is a mixed bag of new releases for sure. Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi has dropped his debut album, Alex Lahey has offered up her second and DJ Khaled’s star-studded follow up to 2017’s ‘Grateful’ is finally out.

Not for you? Head below for more new records.

Alex Lahey – ‘The Best Of Luck Club’ (Dead Oceans)

Biffy Clyro – ‘Balance, Not Symmetry’

Carly Rae Jepsen – ‘Dedicated’ (Interscope)

DJ Khaled – ‘Father Of Asahd’ (We The Best/Epic Records)

Hilary Hahn – ‘Garca Abril: 6 Partitas’ (Decca Classics)

Institute – ‘Readjusting The Locks’ (Sacred Bones)

Interpol – ‘A Fine Mess’ EP (Matador)

Josephine Wiggs – ‘We Fall’ (Sounds Of Sinners)

Lewis Capaldi – ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’ (Virgin EMI)

Ludovico Einaudi – ‘Seven Days Walking – Day 3’ (Decca)

The National – ‘I Am Easy To Find’ (4AD)

Operators – ‘Radiant Dawn’ (Last Gang Records)

Paul Gilbert – ‘Behold Electric Guitar’ (Mascot/Music Theories)

Siskiyou – ‘Not Somewhere’ (Constellation)

Steel Pulse – ‘Mass Manipulation’ (Rootfire Cooperative/Wiseman Doctrine)

Zomby – ‘Vanta’ (Bedouin Records)

This Week’s New Releases: Mac DeMarco, Charly Bliss And Ciara

May 12 2019May 13 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

There’s something for everyone this week. Mac DeMarco has dropped ‘Here Comes The Cowboy’, Charly Bliss have offered up their sophomore LP and Ciara has finally followed up 2015’s ‘Jackie’.

Still need more? Fill your boots below.

A. A. Body – ‘Enderness’ (Fat Possum Records)

Charly Bliss – ‘Young Enough’ (Lucky Number)

Ciara – ‘Beauty Marks’ (Beauty Marks Entertainment)

Clinic – ‘Wheeltappers and Shunters’ (Domino)

Collard – ‘Unholy’ (Virgin EMI)

Craig Leon – ‘Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 2: The Canon’ (RVNG)

Defeater – ‘Defeater’ (Epitaph)

Doomsquad – ‘Let Yourself Be Seen’ (Bella Union)

Efrim Manuel Menuck and Kevin Doria – ‘Are Sing Sinck, Sing’ (Constellation)

Employed To Serve – ‘Eternal Forward Motion’ (Spinefarm/Universal)

Guitar Wolf – ‘Love & Jett’ (Third Man Records)

Holly Herndon – ‘Proto’ (4AD)

Howard Jones – ‘Transform’ (D-TOX via Absolute)

HÆLOS – ‘Any Random Kindness’ (Infectious Records)

Ian Gillan – ‘Raving With Ian Gillan and the Javelins’ (EarMUSIC via Absolute)

Indianola – ‘Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye’ (Indianola)

James Bay – ‘Oh My Messy Mind’ EP (Republic Records)

Jamila Woods – ‘Legacy! Legacy!’ (Jagjaguwar)

Logic – ‘Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind’ (Def Jam Recordings)

Mac DeMarco – ‘Here Comes The Cowboy’ (Mac’s)

Maps – ‘Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.’ (Mute)

Meat Beat Manifesto – ‘Opaque Couché’ (Flexidisc)

Nots – ‘3’ (Upset The Rhythm)

Parachute – ‘Parachute’ (Parachute Music)

Pottery – ‘No. 1’ EP (Partisan Records)

Rosie Lowe – ‘YU’ (Wolf Tones)

Sammy Hagar and the Circle – ‘Space Between’ (BMG)

Shaggy – ‘Wah Gwaan?!’ (Brooklyn Knights/Polydor)

Shey Baba – ‘Requiem’ (Virgin EMI)

The Get Up Kids – ‘Problems’ (Big Scary Monsters)

Tim Hecker – ‘Anoyo’ (Kranky)

This Week’s New Releases: Vampire Weekend, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes And L7

May 3 2019May 7 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

There are some highly anticipated records dropping this week. Following teaser posts that date all the way back to January, Vampire Weekend have finally put out the follow up to 2013’s ‘Modern Vampires of the City’, while Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes have released LP #3 and L7 are back with their first new album in 20 years.

More you say? Head below for the rest of this week’s new releases.

Anderson East – ‘Alive In Tennessee’ (Low Country Sound/Elektra)

Bad Religion – ‘Age Of Unreason’ (Epitaph)

Barrie – ‘Happy To Be Here’ (Winspear)

Benedict Benjamin – ‘Truant’ (Sugarcoat Records)

Big Thief – ‘U.F.O.F.’ (4AD)

Caroline Spence – ‘Mint Condition’ (Rounder)

Diplo – ‘Higher Ground’ EP (Mad Decent)

Drahla – ‘Useless Coordinates’ (Captured Tracks)

The Dream Syndicate – ‘These Times’ (Anti)

Filthy Friends – ‘Emerald Valley’ (Kill Rock Stars)

Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes – ‘End Of Suffering’ (International Death Cult)

Jessy Wilson – ‘Phase’ (Thirty Tigers)

Joy Williams – ‘Front Porch’ (Sensibility/Thirty Tigers)

L7 – ‘Scatter The Rats’ (Blackheart Records)

Little Steven and the Disciples – ‘Summer Of Sorcery’ (Wicked Cool/UME)

Lucy Spraggan – ‘Today Was A Good Day’ (Cooking Vinyl)

Patience – ‘Dizzy Spells’ (Night School)

Pile – ‘Green and Gray’ (Exploding In Sound)

Saint Agnes – ‘Welcome To Silvertown’ (Death Or Glory Gang)

Tacocat – ‘This Mess Is A Place’ (Sub Pop)

Ten Tonnes – ‘Ten Tonnes’ (Warner Bros)

Vampire Weekend – ‘Father Of The Bride’ (Columbia)

Versing – ‘10000’ (Hardly Art)

This Week’s New Releases: P!nk, The Cranberries And Craig Finn

April 26 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

This week is bonkers busy! P!nk has dropped album #8, the Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn has released another solo LP, and the Cranberries have shared their eighth and final album. It features vocals by the band’s late singer Dolores O’Riordan, who laid down demos prior to her death in January 2018.

There’s LOADS more to get your listening gear around below if none of that piques your interest.

Alan Parsons – ‘The Secret’ (Frontiers)

Aldous Harding – ‘Designer’ (4AD)

Amon Tobin – ‘Fear In A Handful of Dust’ (Nomark)

BAILEN – ‘Thrilled To Be Here’ (Concord Records)

Bear’s Den – ‘So That You Might Hear Me’ (Communion Records)

Billie Marten – ‘Feeding Seahorses By Hand’ (RCA)

Catfish and the Bottlemen – ‘The Balance’ (Island)

Claude Fontaine – ‘Claude Fontaine’ (Innovative Leisure)

Craig Finn – ‘I Need A New War’ (Partisan)

The Cranberries – ‘In The End’ (BMG)

The Damned Things – ‘High Crimes’ (Nuclear Blast)

Danko Jones – ‘A Rock Supreme’ (M-Theory Audio)

Foxygen – ‘Seeing Other People’ (Jagjaguwar)

George Benson – ‘Walking To New Orleans’ (Provogue/Mascot)

Guided by Voices – ‘Warp And Woof’ (Guided By Voices)

Hembree – ‘House On Fire’ (Oread Records/Thirty Tigers)

Hillsong United – ‘People’ (Hillsong via Absolute)

J.J. Cale – ‘Stay Around’ (Because Music)

Jackie Mendoza – ‘LuvHz’ EP (Luminelle Recordings)

Jess Gillam – ‘Rise’ (Decca)

Josh Ritter – ‘Fever Breaks’ (Pytheas/Thirty Tigers)

Kevin Morby – ‘Oh My God’ (Dead Oceans)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – ‘Fishing for Fishies’ (Flightless)

Lamb – ‘The Secret Of Letting Go’ (Cooking Vinyl)

Leo Sayer – ‘Selfie’ (Edsel)

Local Natives – ‘Violet Street’ (Concord Records)

Marina – ‘Love + Fear’ (Atlantic)

Marissa Nadler and Stephen Brodsky – ‘Droneflower’ (Sacred Bones Records)

The Mountain Goats – ‘In League With Dragons’ (Merge)

Nick Murphy – ‘Run Fast Sleep Naked’ (Future Classic)

P!nk – ‘Hurts 2B Human’ (RCA)

PAWS – ‘Your Church On My Bonfire’ (Ernest Jenning Record Co.)

Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres – ‘Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres’ (Strap Originals)

Reptaliens – ‘Valis’ (Captured Tracks)

Rob Thomas – ‘Chip Tooth Smile’ (Atlantic)

Rodrigo Y Gabriela – ‘Mettavolution’ (Rubyworks/BMG)

SOAK – ‘Grim Town’ (Rough Trade)

Sunn O))) – ‘Life Metal’ (Southern Lord)

Various Artists – ‘For The Throne (HBO Game Of Thrones)’ (Columbia)

The Weavers – ‘Travelling On With The Weavers’ (Greyscale via Nova)

This Week’s New Releases: Beyoncé, Lizzo And Loyle Carner

April 18 2019April 23 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

There’s plenty to keep you entertained over the bank holiday weekend! Beyoncé has dropped the ‘Homecoming’ live album, to accompany her new Netflix film of the same name, while Lizzo’s highly anticipated new record has finally dropped, and Loyle Carner’s sophomore LP is here.

Still want more? Fill your boots below.

Beyoncé – ‘Homecoming: The Live Album’ (Columbia)

Cage the Elephant – ‘Social Cues’ (Columbia)

Diane Coffee – ‘Internet Arms’ (Polyvinyl Records)

Drugdealer – ‘Raw Honey’ (Mexican Summer)

Fat White Family – ‘Serfs Up!’ (Domino)

Field Medic – ‘Fade Into The Dawn’ (Run For Cover Records)

Heather Woods Broderick – ‘Invitation’ (Western Vinyl)

Jade Bird – ‘Jade Bird’ (Glassnote)

Lizzo – ‘Cuz I Love You’ (Nice Life/Atlantic)

Loyle Carner – ‘Not Waving, But Drowning’ (AMF/Virgin EMI Records)

Sad Planets – ‘Akron, Ohio’ (Tee Pee)

Seaway – ‘Fresh Produce’ (Pure Noise Records)

The O’Jays – ‘The Last Word’ (S-Curve Records)

Wand – ‘Laughing Matter’ (Drag City)

This Week’s New Releases: Billie Eilish, Marvin Gaye And White Denim

April 1 2019April 1 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

What a week for new music. Billie Eilish has finally dropped her debut LP, a previously unreleased Marvin Gaye studio album has been shared with the world and White Denim have already put out the follow up to 2018’s ‘Performance’.

Still want more? Head below.

A Wake In Providence – ‘The Blvck Sun || The Blood Moon’ (Cooking Vinyl)

Ben Platt – ‘Sing To Me Instead’ (Atlantic)

Billie Eilish – ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’ (Darkroom/Interscope Records)

C Duncan – ‘Health’ (Fatcat Records)

Chris Cohen – ‘Chris Cohen’ (Captured Tracks)

Devin Townsend – ‘Empath’ (InsideOutMusic)

Fennesz – ‘Agora’ (Touch)

Good Cop Bad Cop – ‘Good Cop Bad Cop’ (Count To Ten Records)

Jamie Lawson – ‘The Years In Between’ (Gingerbread Man Records/ADA)

L.A. Guns – ‘The Devil You Know’ (Frontiers Records)

Lang Lang – ‘Piano Book’ (Deutsche Grammophon)

Lion Babe – ‘Cosmic Wind’ (Lion Babe Music LLC)

Marvin Gaye – ‘You’re The Man’ (UMC – Uni/Island)

Mekons – ‘Deserted’ (Glitterbeat GmbH)

Show Me The Body – ‘Dog Whistle’ (Lorna Vista/ Concord)

Son Volt – ‘Union’ (Transmit Sound distributed and marketed by Thirty Tigers)

Steve Earle & the Dukes – ‘GUY’ (New West)

Ty Segall & Freedom Band – ‘Deforming Lobes’ (Drag City)

UNKLE – ‘The Road: Part II / Lost Highway’ (Songs For The Def)

White Denim – ‘Side Effects’ (City Slang)

Whitechapel – ‘The Valley’ (Metal Blade Records)

Yngwie Malmsteen – ‘Blue Lightning’ (Mascot)

This Week’s New Releases: American Football, Van Morrison And Jenny Lewis

March 22 2019March 22 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

This week is BUSY! American Football have dropped LP #3 — not making us wait seven years, like they did for the follow up to their debut LP. Meanwhile, Van Morrison has already followed up ‘The Prophet Speaks’, which came out in December, and Jenny Lewis has shared her fourth album — which boasts contributions from a backing band featuring Beck, Benmont Tench, Don Was, Jim Keltner, Ringo Starr and Ryan Adams.

Fancy something else? Fill your boots below.

American Football – ‘American Football’ (LP3) (Big Scary Monsters)

Andrew Bird – ‘My Finest Work Yet’ (Virgin EMI)

Apparat – ‘LP5’ (Mute)

Avey Tare – ‘Cows On Hourglass Pond’ (Domino)

Bonnie Tyler – ‘Between The Earth And The Stars’ (earMUSIC via Absolute)

Connie Constance – ‘English Rose’ (AMF/Virgin EMI/Universal Music Operations Limited)

Crows – ‘Silver Tongues’ (Balley Records)

Dean Lewis – ‘A Place We Knew’ (Universal Music Australia/Island Records Australia)

Ex Hex – ‘It’s Real’ (Merge)

Fil Bo Riva – ‘Beautiful Sadness’ (Humming Records)

Ibibio Sound Machine – ‘Doko Mien’ (Merge)