FIRST AID KIT – Palomino CD/LP (Columbia)
Columbia Records release the fifth studio album by the Swedish folk sibling duo. Released four years after their previous album Ruins, Palomino is an 11 song album and features the singles ‘Angel’ and ‘Out of My Head’. Discussing their new album in a statement, the duo said: “this is the first record we’ve recorded in Sweden since we made our debut album The Big Black and The Blue 12 years ago. We worked with Swedish producer Daniel Bengtson at his lovely studio Studio Rymden in Stockholm. It was such a fun experience. We really let the recording take time, we didn’t want to rush it. It’s probably our most pop sounding record yet.” 

SPOON – Lucifer On The Moon LP (Matador)
Lucifer on the Moon is the anti-gravity companion to Spoon’s Lucifer on the Sofa. A top-to-bottom rework of the Austin band’s tenth album, it was created by ON-U Sound founder and UK dub icon, Adrian Sherwood. Moon first took shape as a selection of heady remixes for the singles from Lucifer on the Sofa. Frontman Britt Daniel offered Sherwood two suggestions: “Avoid things that would not be possible on tape” and “Add whatever you want to add — and the less modern the better.” The collaboration shouldn’t come as a surprise: dub-inspired production is wound through Spoon’s classic tracks, from “Finer Feelings” to “Inside Out.” Sherwood is a proven collaborator whose resume includes partnerships with seminal artists like The Fall, Jah Wobble, and Mark Stewart. The initial results pleased both parties and Sherwood was invited to work on additional songs. And then a few more. “I got into the melody and the thoughts it evoked in me,” the producer explains. “It just evolved and we eventually found ourselves with a whole album.” 

DANIEL AVERY – Ultra Truth CD/LP (Mute)
Ultra Truth is Avery’s most ambitious work to date, featuring collaborations with Kelly Lee Owens, HAAi, Jonnine, Sherelle, AK Paul, and James Massiah. Through acclaimed albums like Song For Alpha and Love + Light, he has cemented a worldwide reputation as one of the most original artists in contemporary electronic music. The new album follows 2021’s surprise release Together In Static, a companion record to his 2x sold out socially distant live shows at Hackney Church. The CD and double clear vinyl editions of Ultra Truth each include their own hidden track at the end of the album, exclusively available to those formats.

BAD BRAINS – Rise LP [Reissue/1993] (Control Group)
Bad Brains’ fifth album Rise is being reissued on vinyl for the first time via The Control Group. Originally released by Epic Records on August 17, 1993, Rise is Bad Brains’ major label debut, and the follow-up to their 1989 album Quickness. 

BOTCH – We Are The Romans LP [Reissue/1999] (Sargent House)
Legendary Tacoma, Washington mathcore/hardcore/metal band Botch’s second and final full-length album We Are the Romans was originally released in 1999 to critical acclaim, and is now reissued and remastered with a new song, their first in 20 years, called “One Twenty Two.” Bassist Brian Cook, guitarist David Knudson, drummer Tim Latona, and vocalist Dave Verellen formed Botch in 1993, becoming one of the most ground-breaking and influential bands during a pivotal shift in heavy music. The members would go on to play in These Arms Are Snakes, Minus the Bear, and Russian Circles, among others, with acclaim for the band coming mostly post-breakup. We Are the Romans went on to become one of the most influential albums ever for the genre garnering posthumous acclaim across the board. 

LEE FIELDS – Sentimental Fool LP (Daptone)
LP now available! Lee Fields reunites with Daptone Records and producer Gabriel Roth to bring us Sentimental Fool, a deep, blues-tinged, wholly-conceived soul album. From his first line to his final plaintive lyric, the beauty, power, and raw humanity of Lee’s voice is on full display here; the culmination of an astounding career that has seemed to defy gravity, rising to only greater and greater heights.

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE – Old Dead Young: B-Sides and Rarities LP (Arts and Crafts)
Named by Pitchfork as one of the Most Important Artists of the last 25 years, Broken Social Scene set the gold standard for indie rock in the 21st century. Old Dead Young: B-Sides & Rarities is a career-spanning collection of B-sides, rarities, and outtakes pulled from 20 years of 7-inches, compilations, soundtracks, unreleased music, and hard-to-find releases. The collection includes never-before-heard music – all released on vinyl for the first time. Includes Download Card.

WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS – Covers Vol 1 LP (Nettwerk)
The appeal of William Fitzsimmons’ sound is indicative of his unique upbringing and consequent life experience. Over the course of his career, Fitzsimmons has made his living writing a specific brand of honest and inward-looking folk songs that fearlessly and candidly examine the evolving self while dexterously communicating his talent for robust melodies and catchy instrumentation. He puts that skill on display throughout this collection of cover songs. Featuring songs by Joy Division, Sufjan Stevens, R.E.M, Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers, Iron & Wine, & more!

PJ HARVEY – B-Sides and Demos 3xCD/6xLP (Island)
The final reissue of PJ Harvey’s back catalog on vinyl, this 59-track collection spans decades, with most of the songs previously unavailable physically or digitally, and 14 tracks either previously unreleased or in previously unreleased versions. Most of the songs are currently unavailable physically or digitally, 14 are previously unreleased. Mastering by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering, under the guidance of long time PJ Harvey producer John Parish. Artwork overseen by Maria Mochnacz with Rob Crane, and will feature previously unseen archive photography.

BOBBY HUTCHERSON – Stick Up LP (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)
Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson had a profound influence over the sound of Blue Note Records in the 1960s, with his distinctive vibes elevating a wide range of all-time classics from Grant Green Idle Moments to Eric Dolphy Out To Lunch. His fifth Blue Note session as a leader, 1966’s album Stick-Up! found Hutcherson in the company of a new band line-up with Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, McCoy Tyner on piano, Herbie Lewis on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums. The versatile quintet covers a vast expanse of post-bop territory on this excellent six-song set which opens with a spirited romp through Ornette Coleman’s “Una Muy Bonita.” Five Hutcherson originals follow, including the hard driving “8/4 Beat,” the dreamy ballad “Summer Nights,” and the expansive “Verse.”

JUNIOR BOYS – Waiting Game LP (City Slang)
Six years since their last album, 2016’s Big Black Coat, Waiting Game finds producers Jeremy Greenspan and Matt Didemus in a tender and contemplative mood; a switch-up from their punchy, R&B-infused dance melodics. In this uncertain period, drawing from Didemus’s co-writing and musicianship, Greenspan wrote and recorded Waiting Game. The album’s additional musicians are Canadians, too; Caribou collaborator Colin Fisher performs saxophone throughout and Bonjay frontwoman Alanna Stuart sings alongside Greenspan on the song “Yes 2”.

STEVE LACY – Gemini Rights LP (RCA)
Gemini Rights is the second studio album by musician Steve Lacy. It follows Lacy’s debut album Apollo XXI (2019), and was preceded by the singles “Mercury”, “Bad Habit” and “Sunshine”. The album includes guest appearances from Fousheé, and Lacy’s The Internet bandmate, keyboardist Matt Martians. Incorporating a variety of genres, the album has been described as an amalgamation of indie rock and alternative R&B, with elements of funk, jazz, and psychedelia.

PHOENIX – Alpha Zulu CD (Glassnote)
CD available now, LP due in January 2023. Alpha Zulu is the first album from the French indie-pop outfit since 2017’s Ti Amo. Self-produced by Phoenix and recorded in Paris’ Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the album features the single “Tonight,” featuring Ezra Keonig (Vampire Weekend), marking the first time the band has featured a guest vocalist. 

LONE BELLOW – Love Songs For Losers CD/LP (Dualtone)
Throughout their lifespan as a band, The Lone Bellow have cast an indelible spell with their finespun songs of hard truth and unexpected beauty, frequently delivered in hypnotic three-part harmony. In a departure from their past work with elite producers like Aaron Dessner of The National and eight-time Grammy-winner Dave Cobb, the Nashville-based trio struck out on their own for their new album Love Songs for Losers, dreaming up a singular sound encompassing everything from arena-ready rock anthems to the gorgeously sprawling Americana tunes the band refers to as “little redneck symphonies.” Recorded at the possibly haunted former home of the legendary Roy Orbison, the result is an intimate meditation on the pain and joy and ineffable wonder of being human, at turns heartbreaking, irreverent, and sublimely transcendent.

MENZINGERS – On The Impossible Past LP anniversary reissue (Epitaph)
Limited tangerine colored vinyl LP pressing. 10th Anniversary. On the Impossible Past is the third studio album by The Menzingers, originally released in 2012. The album was met with widespread acclaim by music critics.

PRINCE – Hits 1 2xLP [Reissue/1993] (Sony Legacy)
PRINCE – Hits 2 2xLP (Sony Legacy)
LP reissues of the first Prince compilation records, containing the hits and more from the first half of his career. 

VARIOUS ARTISTS – Stranger Things Season 4 2xLP (Lakeshore)
Stranger Things Season 4 will include key music covering various classic eras and styles as featured in the show’s fourth season. Features Kate Bush, Talking Heads, Journey, The Cramps, & more. 

BIG JOANIE – Back Home CD/LP (Kill Rock Stars)
Formed in the heart of London’s DIY punk scene, Big Joanie (featuring guitarist Stephanie Phillips, bassist Estella Adeyeri, and drummer Chardine Taylor-Stone) are a Black feminist punk band whose passionate live shows and moreish blend of nineties riot grrrl and synth-heavy post punk, have seen them steadily rise to become one of the most championed bands of the current era.

DAVID SYLVIAN – Blemish LP (UME)
Limited 180g vinyl LP pressing. Contains the bonus track “Trauma,” not featured on the CD release. Blemish was David Sylvian’s first solo album to be released on his own Samadhisound label following his departure from Virgin Records in 2003.

TINARIWEN – Aman Iman LP [Reissue/2007] (Craft)
Double 180g vinyl LP pressing. Critically acclaimed Saharan Tuareg group Tinariwen’s third album, Aman Iman: Water Is Life, is being reissued on vinyl for the first time. Released internationally in 2007 via Independiente, the album was produced by long-time associate Justin Adams and features the voice and guitar of founding member Mohammed Ag Itlale. The GRAMMY-winning collective perform a guitar-centric branch of Malian music known as Tishoumaren – a percussive, rock-oriented desert blues.

TINARIWEN – Imidiwan Companions LP [Reissue/2009] (Craft)
Double 180g vinyl LP pressing. Critically acclaimed Saharan Tuareg group Tinariwen’s fourth album, Imidiwan: Companions, originally released in 2009. The album hypnotically blends Malian desert blues with twanging guitar-led Tishoumaren music to create a sound altogether unique.

TINARIWEN – Kel Tinariwen LP (Wedge)
Vinyl LP pressing. A revelatory discovery in the Tinariwen archives, Kel Tinariwen is an early cassette tape recorded in the early 90s that never received a wider release, and sheds new light on the band’s already rich history. Not having yet developed the fuller band sound that they became internationally established with, Kel Tinariwen features their trademark hypnotic guitar lines and call-and-response vocals weaving in between raw drum machine rhythms and keyboard melodies that almost evoke an Arabic take on 80s synth-pop.

MOUNT KIMBIE – MK 3.5: Die Cut | City Planning LP (Warp)
The musical duo Mount Kimbie present a the double album, MK 3.5: Die Cut | City Planning, highlighting the individual work and production styles of Dom Maker and Kai Campos. Die Cuts showcases Dom’s work as a producer; skipping between hip-hop, RnB, and electronic pop, the album combines high class songcraft with a delicate leftfield touch, and featuring a cast of vocalists. Kai’s City Planning twists avant-garde signifiers into a deft and refined statement with sleek beats and stuttering arpeggios layered with scuzz and personality, making for an album that’s warm and inviting even at its most confrontational. MK 3.5: Die Cut | City Planning shows how Dom and Kai have grown over the past decade, and demonstrates the two sides of Mount Kimbie’s aesthetic coin.

IRIS DEMENT – Infamous Angel LP [Reissue/1992] (Yep Roc)
Iris DeMent released Infamous Angel in 1992. Nearly 30 years later, the album remains among the most singular and fully realized singer-songwriter debuts since the invention of that category in the early ’70s. The abiding strengths of the album are especially impressive ‘ even a bit startling ‘ because 1992 is not a moment usually associated with her intimate brand of acoustic country music. In country history, the year 1992 is most immediately affiliated with Garth Brooks, whose album, The Chase, topped both the country and pop album charts that year, and with Billy Ray Cyrus’ ‘Achy Breaky Heart,’ which fueled a line dance craze. Squeezed into a playlist alongside such hits, DeMent’s doleful, hushed ‘Our Town’ would’ve sounded as if it were being broadcast from another planet. ‘People call me country,’ she told journalist Ben Thompson while on tour in Britain a couple years later. ‘But country doesn’t call me country.’

TOM SKINNER – Voices Of Bishara CD/LP (Nonesuch)
2022 release from drummer, composer, and producer Tom Skinner (The Smile, Sons of Kemet). The first recording under Skinner’s own name is a reference to an album he listened to repeatedly during the COVID-19 lockdown: cellist Abdul Wadud’s 1978 solo album By Myself, which was privately pressed on Wadud’s label, Bishara. The common Arabic name has the intention or meaning of “good news” or “the bringer of good news.” The album features Shabaka (Sons of Kemet) and Nubiya Garcia.

SETH AVETT – Sings Greg Brown CD/LP (Ramseur)
New solo album from Seth Avett of the Avett Brothers (his first in 5 years), featuring songs written by lauded folk singer Greg Brown, whose songs have also been performed and recorded by Joan Baez, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Carlos Santana, Ani DiFranco, Gillian Welch, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and more. 

VINCE STAPLES – Ramona Park Broke My Heart LP (Motown)
Vinyl LP pressing. Esteemed hip-hop artist Vince Staples follows up his intimate self-titled album with Ramona Park Broke My Heart. “There’s a direct correlation,” Staples says of the two records. “They were kind of created at the same time. I was in a similar state of mind. This album will make even more sense if you heard the previous one, but this one has more answers.” Long Beach’s Ramona Park neighborhood is dear to Vince’s heart. “It’s symbolic of home,” he says of why he dedicated the album to it.

NINA NASTASIA – Riderless Horse LP (Temporary Residence)
The first new album in over a decade from world-renowned singer-songwriter, Nina Nastasia. Produced by Steve Albini. “Riderless Horse is my first solo record, and it’s the first record my former partner, Kennan Gudjonsson, didn’t produce. I haven’t made an album since 2010. I decided to stop pursuing music several years after my sixth record, Outlaster, because of unhappiness, overwhelming chaos, mental illness, and my tragically dysfunctional relationship with Kennan. Creating music had always been a positive outlet during difficult times, but eventually it became a source of absolute misery. Riderless Horse documents the grief, but it also marks moments of empowerment and a real happiness in discovering my own capability. Steve Albini produced this record with me, and Greg Norman assisted. It was exactly the right environment to work on this record. We all had meals together, cried, laughed, and told stories. It was perfect. It made me realize how much I love writing, playing and recording music. Terrible things happen. These were some terrible things. So, what to do – learn something valuable, connect with people, move the fuck out of that apartment, remember the humor, find the humour, tell the truth, and make a record. I made a record.

SLOPPY JANE + PHOEBE BRIDGERS – My Misery Will Bury You 7” (Saddest Factory)
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Madison, Dahl has teamed up with former Sloppy Jane bass player, Phoebe Bridgers, for a limited-edition 7” featuring two versions of Madison’s focus track, “Wilt.” With the original track on Side A and Bridgers’ stripped-back version on Side B, this anniversary release captures the essence of Madison in collaboration with one of its earliest members.

TIM KASHER – Middling Age LP (15 Passenger)
Middling Age is the new album from indie rocker Tim Kasher, also known as the front man for Cursive and the Good Life. On his anticipated follow up to No Resolution, Kasher dives head on into the painful realities and struggles of navigating life as the years climb. Featured artists on the album include: Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!), Jeff Rosenstock, Jayson Gerycz (Cloud Nothings) and Macy Taylor (Bright Eyes, The Mystic Valley Band).

COMING NEXT WEEK!

ALICE COLTRANE – Ptah The El Daoud LP
JD BECK & DOMI – Not Tight LP
CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS – Redcar Les Adorable Etoiles CD/LP
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Only The Strong Survive CD/LP
BILL FRISELL – Four CD/LP
BAD RELIGION – How Could Hell Be Any Worse LP reissue
CERBERUS SHOAL – Farewell To Hightide LP
CERBERUS SHOAL – Homb Rouge LP
DROPKICK MURPHYS – This Machine Still Kills Fascists LP
GOGOL BORDELLO – Super Taranta LP reissue
JJ GREY + MOFRO – Country Ghetto LP reissue
REVOLTING COCKS – Beers, Steers and Queers LP
BOBBY OROZA – Get On The Otherside (Instrumental) LP
ATARIS – End Is Forever LP reissue
BORN RUFFIANS – Pulp LP reissue
DEERTICK – Divine Providence LP
FRANKIE AND THE WITCH FINGERS – Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters LP
FRUITBATS – Tripper LP reissue
MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA – Black Mile To The Surface LP reissue
JOHNETTE NAPOLITANO – Exquisite Corpse CD/LP
NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE NIGHT SWEATS – Future LP
DAVE ALVIN – Eleven Eleven CD/LP
ROBERT GLASPER – Black Radio (10th Anniversary deluxe reissue) LP
CHARLIE HUNTER – Bing Bing Bing LP reissue
HANK III – Straight To Hell LP reissue
RECOIL – LP reissues