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New Music Releases Thread

Arkle said:
A high quality and high quantity week for me. My usual weekly review:

Witch: 70s Zamrockers return magnificently. I'm not massively familiar with their earlier work but some of this reminds me a little of Goat. Highly recommended.
Rufus Wainwright: after his own songs, operas etc., he's made a covers album loosely based on folk tunes and heavy on guest spots. There are many highs but the duet with Chaka Khan on "Cotton Eyed Joe" (yes, that one) is up there.
Baxter Dury: short, not so sweet but very, very good. He's continuing down his idiosyncratic path. Nobody else really sounds quite like him.
Cowboy Junkies: excellent, as expected. Doesn't break the mold of their other recent albums but they're very, very good at what they do.
Vulture Feathers: this is a stonker of an album. Indie-rock with strange vocals. Really, really liking this. They're a new name to me.
Protomartyr: see my Cowboy Junkies review (they're nothing like Cowboy Junkies but you get the point).
Foo Fighters: not a band I regularly listen to but I thought I'd give this album a shot based on some very good reviews. Big epic stadium things that do not that much for me until the last couple of tracks, which are both ace.
Tanya Tucker: the veteran (ish, she's 64) country artist continues her fine recent form. There's warmth and humour on here.
RVG: their third album and probably the best (debut was promising and full fo top songs, second had more budget and better production but not the songs, this has both). Aussie indie rock essentially.
Beach Fossils: retro indie-rock with harmonies to the forefront. Pretty good.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: again, giving it a listen based on decent reviews. I'm more likely to listen to it again than Foo Fighters' latest. It's maybe a song or two overlong and obvious rhymes are obvious. First song sounds like Shack.
BCUC: (or Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness in full). They get described as "afro-psychedelic future pop". This, like their previous releases, is exhilerating and fun. Good live as well, if you get the chance.
Lanterns on the Lake: a little more up tempo than their previous releases, if not any more upbeat. Really good, as usual.
Bully: the fourth album of what is, fundamentally, Alicia Bognanno's solo project. As usual, high quality grungey alt-rock.
Band of Holy Joy: I'm not even going to try and count the number of albums they've now released. As ever, Johny Brown and gang give us their post-punk, urban folk, Brechty sound with lovely lyrics and top tunes.
Jack Cooper: the Modern Nature main man goes classical. Pretty good.
Wave Temples: ambient electronica. As befits their name, water is heavily involved. It's really good. The tracks are mostly short and mostly incredibly beautiful. I've seen a couple of reviews making a Boards of Canada comparison. I'm not sure they're quite that but there is a vibe here.

Album of the week: I could probably pick any of 10 or 11 of these but will, by a narrow margin, say Vulture Feather as they're a new name to me.
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This round up you do is indispensable mate. I've just discovered this thread recently and it is very much appreciated . Please keep up the good work
 

Arkle said:
The Guardian's albums of the year so far:

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Quite a few covered by this thread. Sluice, who sound up my street, and some of the hip-hop had passed me by though.
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That list is 100% different to mine :lol:
 
Arkle said:
The Guardian's albums of the year so far:

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Quite a few covered by this thread. Sluice, who sound up my street, and some of the hip-hop had passed me by though.
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The Lil Yachty album might actually be one for most on here. It's a decent project (and by a decent distance his best one because everything he's done as a rapper is outright not good) and a fun listen, he worked with Tame Impala not long ago and yeah you can't half tell when you listen to it.

If you ignore his name it's probably the best way to go about it, there's nothing even remotely in the album that's rap or Hip Hop.
 
Looks like it's another busy week for new releases. There are albums tomorrow from Amaarae, Christine & the Queens, Decisive Pink, Dream Wife, Extreme, feeble little horse, Gengahr, Godflesh, Janelle Monae, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Jayda G, Jenny Lewis, Jess Williamson, Jonny Greenwood & Dudu Tassa, Keaton Henson, King Krule, Lightning Dust, Niall Horan, Nicholas Allbrook, Olof Dreijer & Mt Sims, Rob Grant (Lana del Rey's dad), Squid, Teke::Teke, The Boo Radleys, This Is The Kit, Youth Lagoon, Sam Blasucci, Strange Pilgrim, Anna St Louis, James, Laura Cantrell and Robert Ellis.
 
Arkle said:
Looks like it's another busy week for new releases. There are albums tomorrow from Amaarae, Christine & the Queens, Decisive Pink, Dream Wife, Extreme, feeble little horse, Gengahr, Godflesh, Janelle Monae, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Jayda G, Jenny Lewis, Jess Williamson, Jonny Greenwood & Dudu Tassa, Keaton Henson, King Krule, Lightning Dust, Niall Horan, Nicholas Allbrook, Olof Dreijer & Mt Sims, Rob Grant (Lana del Rey's dad), Squid, Teke::Teke, The Boo Radleys, This Is The Kit, Youth Lagoon, Sam Blasucci, Strange Pilgrim, Anna St Louis, James, Laura Cantrell and Robert Ellis.
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Wasn’t aware Squid had a new one

There is a lot there, nothing I’m mega excited about sadly!
 
Arkle said:
Looks like it's another busy week for new releases. There are albums tomorrow from Amaarae, Christine & the Queens, Decisive Pink, Dream Wife, Extreme, feeble little horse, Gengahr, Godflesh, Janelle Monae, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Jayda G, Jenny Lewis, Jess Williamson, Jonny Greenwood & Dudu Tassa, Keaton Henson, King Krule, Lightning Dust, Niall Horan, Nicholas Allbrook, Olof Dreijer & Mt Sims, Rob Grant (Lana del Rey's dad), Squid, Teke::Teke, The Boo Radleys, This Is The Kit, Youth Lagoon, Sam Blasucci, Strange Pilgrim, Anna St Louis, James, Laura Cantrell and Robert Ellis.
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Jason Isbell is the main one for me. I don’t usually like Industrial music but for some reason Godflesh are the exception to that rule so I’ll probably check them out. Jenny Lewis, Janelle Monae and TITK also on my list
 
Arkle said:
There's a lot that I like but not so much that I love. Anna St Louis and the Jonny Greenwood & Dudu Tassa albums are probably the things I'm looking forward to most.
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What’s the greenwood album about?
Mickdundee said:
Janelle Monae
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Is she the one who’s quite big at the moment? Happened across a video to a single which I’m guessing is her, but the video was border line porn.
 
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errant said:
What’s the greenwood album about?

Is she the one who’s quite big at the moment? Happened across a video to a single which I’m guessing is her, but the video was border line porn.
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It's a collaboration with an Israeli Arab, Dudu Tassa, and is a collection of songs from across the Middle East sung by different vocalists:

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Janelle Monae's been around for a good while now. Not sure how big she is.
 
errant said:
What’s the greenwood album about?

Is she the one who’s quite big at the moment? Happened across a video to a single which I’m guessing is her, but the video was border line porn.
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She’s been quite big for quite a while, never really “singles charts big” (I don’t even think she’s had a top 40 single) but has had a few Grammy nominations and a top 10 album. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a music video of hers but she’s about my age (mid-late 30s) so think it’s probably unlikely to be borderline porn.
 
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Mickdundee said:
She’s been quite big for quite a while, never really “singles charts big” (I don’t even think she’s had a top 40 single) but has had a few Grammy nominations and a top 10 album. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a music video of hers but she’s about my age (mid-late 30s) so think it’s probably unlikely to be borderline porn.
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She also acts. Had an acclaimed role in Moonlight and prominent/lead roles in Hidden Figures, Antebellum and Glass Onion, amongst others.
 
Mickdundee said:
She’s been quite big for quite a while, never really “singles charts big” (I don’t even think she’s had a top 40 single) but has had a few Grammy nominations and a top 10 album. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a music video of hers but she’s about my age (mid-late 30s) so think it’s probably unlikely to be borderline porn.
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The Lipstick Lover video was what had peaked my interest… (age restricted! :lol: )
Arkle said:
She also acts. Had an acclaimed role in Moonlight and prominent/lead roles in Hidden Figures, Antebellum and Glass Onion, amongst others.
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Ah, Glass Onion… a knew I knew her face from somewhere. Had no idea about Hidden Figures mind, which is a wonderful movie!
 
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Like what I've heard of the new King Krule record. Will also check out Squid. I liked their first one and I have an eye on their Boiler Shop gig in October.
 
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