This Week’s New Releases: Babymetal, Elbow And Kim Gordon

October 11 2019October 15 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

What a week! Babymetal have released their third album, Elbow have finally followed up 2017’s ‘Little Fictons’, and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon has put out her debut solo record.

Still want more? Head below.

Allah-Las – ‘Lahs’ (Mexican Summer)

Babymetal – ‘Metal Galaxy’ (EarMusic via Absolute)

Big Thief – ‘Two Hands’ (4AD)

Blut aus Nord – ‘Hallucinogen’ (Debemur Morti)

Bodega – ‘Shiny New Model’ (What’s Yr Rupture?)

The Body – ‘Remixed’ (Thrill Jockey)

Chris Farren – ‘Born Hot’ (Polyvinyl)

Cody Jinks – ‘After The Fire’ (Late August Records)

Comet Gain – ‘Fireraisers Forever’ (Tapete Records)

The Devil Wears Prada – ‘The Act’ (Tooth & Nail)

Elbow – ‘Giants Of All Sizes’ (Polydor)

Emptyset – ‘Blossoms’ (Thrill Jockey)

Fabienne Delsol – ‘Four’ (Damaged Goods)

Fantasia – ‘Sketchbook’ (BMG/ Rock Soul)

Grade 2 – ‘Graveyard Island’ (Hellcat)

The Hecks – ‘My Star’ (Trouble In Mind)

Katinka Kleijn / Bill MacKay – ‘STIR’ (Drag City)

Kelley Stoltz – ‘My Regime’ (Banana & Louie Records)

Kim Gordon – ‘No Home Record’ (Matador)

Lacuna Coil – ‘Black Anima’ (Century Media)

Lightning Bolt – ‘Sonic Citadel’ (Thrill Jockey)

The Lilac Time – ‘Return To Us’ (BMG (via Absolute))

Pizzagirl – ‘First Timer’ (Heist or Hit)

Petra Haden / Mark Kozelek – ‘Joey Always Smiled’ (Caldo Verde Records)

Richard Dawson – ‘2020’ (Domino)

Rocketship – ‘Thanks To You’ (Darla Distribution)

Simple Creatures – ‘Everything Opposite’ EP (BMG)

Starcrawler – ‘Devour You’ (Rough Trade)

Steve Miller Band – ‘Welcome To The Vault’ (UMC/Ume)

Suggested Friends – ‘Turtle Taxi’ (HHBTM)

This Week’s New Releases: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Angel Olsen, City And Colour

October 4 2019October 7 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

There are some lovely records arriving this week. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have put out the follow-up to 2016’s ‘Skeleton Tree’, having only announced it last week, Angel Olsen has offered up LP #4, and Dallas Green has treated us to his sixth City and Colour album.

Head below to check out the rest of this week’s new releases.

Angel Olsen – ‘All Mirrors’ (Jagjaguwar)

Bedouin Soundclash – ‘MASS’ (Mr Bongo/Easy Star/Sony Canada)

City and Colour – ‘A Pill For Loneliness’ (Still)

Danny Brown – ‘uknowhatimsayin¿’ (Warp Records)

The Darkness – ‘Easter Is Cancelled’ (Cooking Vinyl)

Dermot Kennedy – ‘Without Fear’ (Riggins Recording Limited)

DIIV – ‘Deceiver’ (Captured Tracks)

FEET – ‘What’s Inside Is More Than Just Ham’ (Clapped Records)

Finneas – ‘Blood Harmony’ EP (OYOY)

Gesaffelstein – ‘NOVO SONIC SYSTEM’ EP (Columbia)

Halfnoise – ‘Natural Disguise’ (Lab Records)

Jvck James – ‘Detour’ EP (Vibe Out Records)

King Nun – ‘Mass’ (Dirty Hit)

Maisie Peters – ‘It’s Your Bed Babe, It’s Your Funeral’ (Atlantic)

The Menzingers – ‘Hello Exile’ (Epitaph)

Micah Erenberg – ‘Love Is Gonna Find You’ (Sleepless)

Mika – ‘My Name Is Michael Holbrook’ (Republic)

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – ‘Ghosteen’ (Ghosteen Ltd)

Nine Below Zero – ‘Avalanche’ (Zed via Absolute)

OMD – ‘Souvenir’ (Virgin EMI)

Oscar Jerome – ‘Live In Amsterdam’ (Caroline International)

Sabrina Claudio – ‘Truth Is’ (SC Entertainment)

Simple Minds – ‘Live In The City Of Angels’ (BMG)

Summer Walker – ‘Over It’ (Love Renaissance (LVRN)/Interscope Records/Polydor)

Swim Deep – ‘Emerald Classics’ (Pop Committee/Cooking Vinyl)

Toxic Holocaust – ‘Primal Future: 2019’ (Entertainment One)

Wilco – ‘Ode To Joy’ (dBpm)

Wildwood Kin – ‘Wildwood Kin’ (Sony)

William DuVall – ‘One Alone’ (DVL Recordings)

This Week’s New Releases: Tegan and Sara, Noel Gallagher and The Beatles

September 27 2019September 27 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

This week is so busy! Tegan and Sara have released an album consisting of songs they wrote in high school and recently recorded, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have offered up a new EP and The Beatles are celebrating the 50th anniversary of ‘Abbey Road’ with an impressive reissue.

If none of that floats your boat, head below for the rest of this week’s new releases.

Automatic – ‘Signal’ (Stones Throw)

The Beatles – ‘Abbey Road (50th Anniversary)’ (Calderstone Productions Ltd/Apple Corps Ltd)

David Hasselhoff – ‘Open Your Eyes’ (Cleopatra Records)

DaBaby – ‘KIRK’ (South Coast Music Group/Interscope Records)

Dragonforce – ‘Extreme Power Metal’ (EarMusic via Absolute)

Girl Band – ‘The Talkies’ (Rough Trade)

Grateful Dead – ‘Saint of Circumstance: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ 6/17/91’ (Rhino)

HELLYEAH – ‘Welcome Home’ (Eleven Seven Music)

John Coltrane – ‘Blue World’ (Impulse! Records/Universal)

John Newman – ‘A.N.i.M.A.L’ EP (Island)

Kaputt – ‘Carnage Hall’ (Upset The Rhythm)

Kefaya + Elaha Soroor – ‘Songs Of Our Mothers’ (Bella Union)

KMFDM – ‘Paradise’ (Metropolis Records)

Last Temptation – ‘Last Temptation’ (EarMusic via Absolute)

Moon Duo – ‘Stars Are The Light’ (Sacred Bones)

Nervus – ‘Tough Crowd’ (Big Scary Monsters)

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – ‘This Is The Place’ EP (Sour Mash Records)

Nothing,Nowhere. and Travis Barker – ‘Bloodlust’ EP (Fueled By Ramen)

Opeth – ‘In Cauda Venenum’ (Nuclear Blast)

Prefab Sprout – ‘A Life Of Surprises’ (Sony)

Red River Dialect – ‘Abundance Welcoming Ghosts’ (Paradise of Bachelors)

The Replacements – ‘Dead Man’s Pop’ (Rhino/Warner Records)

Sturgill Simpson – ‘Sound & Fury’ (Atlantic)

Tegan and Sara – ‘Hey, I’m Just Like You’ (Sire)

Telefon Tel Aviv – ‘Dreams Are Not Enough’ (Ghostly International)

Temples – ‘Hot Motion’ (ATO)

Thigh Master – ‘Now For Example’ (Goner Records)

Trentemøller – ‘Obverse’ (In My Room)

Wednesday 13 – ‘Necrophaze’ (Nuclear Blast)

This Week’s New Releases: Liam Gallagher, Blink-182 And Brittany Howard

September 20 2019September 19 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

This week there are some big hitters at play. Liam Gallagher has dropped his second solo LP, Blink-182 have put out the highly anticipated follow up to 2016’s ‘California’, and Alabama Shakes’ vocalist Brittany Howard has shared her debut solo album. What a week to be alive!

Still want more? Fill your boots below.

Blink-182 – ‘NINE’ (Columbia)

Brittany Howard – ‘Jaime’ (Columbia)

Cashmere Cat – ‘Princess Catgirl’ (Mad Love/Interscope Records)

Chastity Belt – ‘Chastity Belt’ (Hardly Art)

Efterklang – ‘Altid Sammen’ (4AD)

Fitz and the Tantrums – ‘All The Feels’ (Elektra Records)

Fly Pan Am – ‘C’est ça’ (Constellation)

Hiss Golden Messenger – ‘Terms Of Surrender’ (Merge Records)

Keane – ‘Cause and Effect’ (Island)

Liam Gallagher – ‘Why Me? Why Not.’ (Warner)

Ludovico Einaudi – ‘Seven Days Walking [Box Set]’ (Decca)

M83 – ‘DSVII’ (Naïve)

One True Pairing – ‘One True Pairing’ (Domino)

Pleta Brown – ‘Freeway’ (Righteous Babe Records/United For Opportunity)

Reverend and the Makers – ‘Best Of’ (Cooking Vinyl)

Robbie Robertson – ‘Sinematic’ (UMC)

Samantha Fish – ‘Kill Or Be Kind’ (Rounder)

Skyzoo and Pete Rock – ‘Retropolitan’ (Mello Music Group)

Vivian Girls – ‘Memory’ (Polyvinyl Records)

Zac Brown Band – ‘The Owl’ (BMG)

This Week’s New Releases: Charli XCX, Pixies and Korn

September 13 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

Following some big releases last week, things have not slowed down AT ALL this week! Pixies, Korn and Charli XCX have all dropped new records, with the latter being a star-studded full-length boasting more collaborations than we’ve had cups of coffee today.

If none of those float your boat, there’s plenty more to dig into below, including new music from Chelsea Wolfe, Alice Cooper and Kojey Radical.

Alice Cooper – ‘Breadcrumbs’ EP (earMUSIC)

Belle and Sebastian – ‘Days Of The Bagnold Summer’ (Matador)

Charli XCX – ‘Charli’ (Atlantic)

Chelsea Wolfe – ‘Birth Of Violence’ (Sargent House)

Emily Sandé – ‘Real Life’ (Virgin EMI)

The Faim – ‘State Of Mind’ (BMG)

Ghostface Killah – ‘Ghostface Killahs’ (Now Generation Music Corp)

Goo Goo Dolls – ‘Miracle Pill’ (Warner Records)

Hobo Johnson – ‘The Fall Of Hobo Johnson’ (Reprise)

JPEGMAFIA – ‘All My Heroes Are Cornballs’ (EQT Recordings)

Kojey Radical – ‘Cashmere Tears’ (Asylum/Atlantic Records)

Korn – ‘The Nothing’ (Roadrunner)

Lambert -‘True’ (Mercury Classics)

The Lumineers – ‘III’ (Decca)

Mike Patton and Jean-Claude Vannier – ‘Corpse Flower’ (Ipecac Recordings)

Milos – ‘Sound Of Silence’ (Decca)

Pixies – ‘Beneath The Eyrie’ (BMG)

(Sandy) Alex G – ‘House Of Sugar’ (Domino)

Various Artists – ‘Top Boy (A Selection of Music Inspired By The Series)’ (OVO Sound)

Vitto Meirelles – ‘Da Hora’ (Cooking Vinyl)

This Week’s New Releases: Iggy Pop, Bat For Lashes And Mahalia

September 6 2019September 9 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

What a week! Iggy Pop and Bat For Lashes have both put out new records, while Mahalia has finally shared her debut album with the world.

If that wasn’t enough for you, there’s plenty more new releases to fill your boots with below.

Aitch – ‘AitcH20’ EP (Since 93)

Alessia Cara – ‘This Summer’ EP (Def Jam Recordings)

Barb Jungr – ‘Bob, Brel and Me’ (Kristalyn via Absolute)

Barns Courtney – ‘404’ (Virgin EMI)

Bat For Lashes – ‘Lost Girls’ (Bat For Lashes/AWAL)

Black Star Riders – ‘Another State Of Grace’ (Nuclear Blast)

Chrissie Hynde – ‘Valve Bone Woe’ (BMG)

Christof van der Ven – ‘You Were The Place’ (Planet Zog Records)

Death Cab For Cutie – ‘The Blue’ EP (Atlantic)

Dunes – ‘Take Me To The Nasties’ (Sapien)

Flor – ‘Ley Lines’ (Fueled By Ramen)

Foy Vance – ‘To Memphis’ (Gingerbread Man/Asylum)

Frankie Cosmos – ‘Close It Quietly’ (Sub Pop)

Grayscale – ‘Nella Vita’ (Fearless)

The Highwomen – ‘The Highwomen’ (Low Country Sound/Elektra)

Kindness – ‘Something Like War’ (Female Energy)

Mahalia – ‘Love and Compromise’ (Warner)

Melanie Martinez – ‘K-12’ (Atlantic)

The Messthetics – ‘Anthropocosmic Nest’ (Dischord)

Muna – ‘Saves The World’ (RCA)

Professor Green – ‘M.O.T.H.’ EP (Gang Green)

Roam – ‘Smile Wide’ (Hopeless)

Royal Trux w/ Ariel Pink – ‘Pink Stuff’ EP (Fat Possum)

Sleeping With Sirens – ‘How It Feels To Be Lost’ (Sumerian)

Status Quo – ‘Backbone’ (EarMUSIC via Absolute)

Tinariwen – ‘Amadjar’ (Wedge [PIAS])

This Week’s New Releases: Sleater-Kinney, Killswitch Engage And The Hold Steady

August 16 2019August 19 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

The day has finally arrived, Sleater-Kinney’s new album is here! However, it does mark their last with drummer Janet Weiss so it’s all a tad bittersweet.

This week we’ve also got Killswitch Engage following up 2016’s ‘Incarnate’ and the Hold Steady putting out their seventh studio album, plus much more.

Head below to check out the rest of the new releases on offer.

Blanck Mass – ‘Animated Violence Mild’ (Scared Bones)

Frank Turner – ‘No Man’s Land’ (Xtra Mile/Polydor)

Friendly Fires – ‘Inflorescent’ (Polydor)

The Hold Steady – ‘Thrashing Thru The Passion’ (Frenchkiss Records)

Ho99o9 – ‘Cyber Warfare’ EP (Toys Have Powers/999 Deathkult)

Illenium – ‘Ascend’ (Atralwerks)

Killswitch Engage – ‘Atonement’ (Metal Blade/Sony)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – ‘Infest The Rats’ Nest’ (Flightless Records)

Ludovico Einaudi – ‘Seven Days Walking – Day 6’ (Decca)

Mallory Knox – ‘Mallory Knox’ (A Wold At Your Door/Silva Screen)

The Murder Capital – ‘When I Have Fears’ (Human Season)

Off With Their Heads – ‘Be Good’ (Epitaph)

Oh Sees – ‘Face Stabber’ (Castle Face)

Red Hearse – ‘Red Hearse’ (RCA Records)

Ride – ‘This Is Not A Safe Place’ (Wichita)

Rodney Crowell – ‘Texas’ (RC1 Records)

Shura – ‘Forevher’ (Secretly Canadian)

Sleater-Kinney – ‘The Center Won’t Hold’ (Mom + Pop)

Snoh Aalegra – ‘-Ugh, Those Feels Again’ (Artium Recordings)

Various Artists – ‘Quality Control: Control The Streets, Vol.2’ (Quality Control Music/Motown Records/UMG)

Young Thug – ‘So Much Fun’ (300 Entertainment/Atlantic)

This Week’s New Releases: Slipknot, Marika Hackman, Feeder And Bon Iver

August 9 2019August 9 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

This week everyone is talking about the latest LP from masked fiends Slipknot, but face-melting records aside there’s plenty more to be getting on with this week. Feeder are back with the follow up to 2016’s ‘All Bright Electric’ and Marika Hackman’s highly anticipated new album has arrived.

It’s also worth noting that Bon Iver have dropped their new album, ‘i,i’, three weeks early. It was originally slated to arrive on August 30 but you can stream and purchase it in full now.

Head below to find out what else’s on offer.

Bon Iver – ‘i,i’ (Jagjaguwar)

Elvis Presley – ‘Live 1969 – 11 CD Box Set’ (RCA/Legacy)

Feeder – ‘Tallulah’ (Feeder/Believe)

half·alive – ‘Now, Not Yet’ (RCA)

Marika Hackman – ‘Any Human Friend’ (AMF Records/Virgin EMI)

PP Arnold – ‘The New Adventures Of…PP Arnold’ (EarMusic via Absolute)

The Regrettes – ‘How Do You Love?’ (Warner)

Rick Ross – ‘Port Of Miami 2’ (Epic)

Rudimental – ‘Distinction’ EP (Major Tom’s/Asylum Records)

Slipknot – ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ (Roadrunner)

Snow Patrol – ‘Reworked EP 1’ (Polydor Records)

Strung Out – ‘Songs Of Armor And Devotion’ (Fat Wreck Chords)

Tori Kelly – ‘Inspired By True Events’ (Capitol Records/Schoolboy Records)

This Week’s New Releases: Mabel, Drake And Russian Circles

August 2 2019August 2 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

There’s a bit of a summer lull this week and as such the number of new releases is low. However, the quality is high! Mabel has put out her highly anticipated debut LP, Drake has dropped a comprehensive collection of non-album tracks, and Russian Circles have shared the follow up to 2016’s ‘Guidance’.

Find out what else is on offer below.

Drake – ‘Care Package’ (OVO)

Fever Ray – ‘Live At The Troxy’ (Rabid Record)

Mabel – ‘High Expectations’ (Polydor)

Paul Smith – ‘Reflections’ (VCM via Nova)

Russian Circles – ‘Blood Year’ (Sargent House)

The Teskey Brothers – ‘Run Home Slow’ (Decca)

Ty Segall – ‘First Taste’ (Drag City)

Volbeat – ‘Rewind, Replay, Rebound’ (Vertigo Berlin)

Yes – ‘Yes 50 Live’ (Rhino)

This Week’s New Releases: Soundgarden, Of Monsters And Men, Dude York

July 26 2019July 26 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

Today is a good day. ‘Soundgarden: Live From The Artists Den’ has arrived. It was recorded at the final show of their US King Animal Tour at the Wiltern in Los Angeles on February 17, 2013. The performance lasted two and a half hours, during which the band played 29 songs.

In other news, Of Monsters And Men have released their third album, as have Seattle’s Dude York.

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

B Boys – ‘Dudu’ (Captured Tracks)

BJ The Chicago Kid – ‘1123’ (Virgin)

Burna Boy – ‘African Giant’ (Atlantic)

Chance The Rapper – ‘The Big Day’

DJ Snake – ‘Carte Blanche’ (Geffen)

Dude York – ‘Falling’ (Hardly Art)

H.E.A.T – ‘Live At The Sweden Rock Festival’ (EarMusic)

Ian Gillan With The Don Airey Band – ‘Contractual Obligation #2 Live In Warsaw ‘ (EarMusic)

Lloyd Cole – ‘Guesswork’ (EarMusic)

Lykke Li – ‘still sad still sexy’ EP (RCA)