This Week's New Releases
Another big and hopeful week with some big acts, both old and new, coming out with new music.
Individual Releases on Spotify:
- Lana Del Rey – Watercolor Eyes {pop, rock} A song made for an HBO series? So what, it’s Lana
- Pavement – Be the Hook {indie rock} New music from Pavement in what feels like 15 years? Yes please.
- Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – Chocolate Hills {indie, alternative}
- Stromae – L’Enfer {electronic} Another new single and a full summer tour, in Europe at least, must a new full length album soon
- Lane 8 – Reviver {electronic}
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Butterfly 3001 {psychedelic rock, electronic} The DJ Shadow cut from a couple of weeks was on fire, and if the rest are even half as good, this will be great
- Beach House – Once Twice Melody: Chapter 3 {indie pop} With Chapter 3, we now have the complete 3 chapter release on Spotify
- AURORA – The Gods We Can Touch {electronic} I’ll always think of how blown away I was by Running with the Wolves when I saw her touring supporting All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend
- Band of Horses – Lights {alternative}
- Bastille – Shut off the Lights {alternative rock}
- Birdy – Air: Aquarius’ Songs {indie pop}
- Goose – Borne {rock}
- Keb’ Mo’ – Good To Be… {blues, rock}
- Paul Oakenfold – Shine On {dance, electronic} Some interesting collaborations on this album of original material including: Benny Benassi, Zhu and CeeLo Green
- Black Country, New Road – Snow Globes {art rock, rock}
- Greensky Bluegrass – Stress Dreams {bluegrass, rock}
- Anxious – Little Green House {emo, alternative, indie rock}
- Pedro the Lion – Havasu {indie rock}
- The Jesus and Mary Chain – Live at Barrowland {rock, shoegaze}
- Seba – Ingaro {drum and bass}
- Birds ov Paradise – Memorial {deep techno, electronic}
All the releases in one playlist for easy consumption:
Last Week's Distilled Gems
As hoped and expected, last week was a winner with many perennial favorites coming through for us.
Individual Releases on Spotify
- Bonobo – Fragments {deep house, electronic} As always, Simon Green puts out another stellar release
- Hypernatural – Hypernatural {electronic} Excellent Cut Copy side project.
- Bob Moses – Love Brand New {electronic, indie rock}
- Röyksopp – The Ladder {electronic}
- Mitski – Love Me More {indie, alternative}
- Sneaker Pimps – Rework Collection 3 {electronic} The Love Me Stupid (AMP remix) is spectacular
- Spoon – Wild {alternative, indie rock} Execllent tracks and new album should be great
- Lucius – Next to Normal {indie pop, indie rock}
- Midlake – Bethel Woods {alternative , rock, folk}
- Jack White – Love Is Selfish {rock}
- Shamir – Reproductive {alternative, indie rock}
- Parquet Courts – Watching Strangers Smile {alternative, indie rock}
- Garcia Peoples – Dodging Dues {rock}
- Cat Power – Covers {indie rock, alternative}
- The Wombats – Fix Yourself, Not The World {indie rock, alternative}
- The Lumineers – BRIGHTSIDE {alternative}
- Fontaines D.C. – Jackie Down The Line {alternative}
- Joseph Ray & Lakou Mizik – Leave the Bones (Remixed) {electronic, melodic house} Execellent afrobeat-house
- Idris Elba & Lime Cordiale – Cordi Elba {alternative, indie}
- Sun June – Somewhere (Expanded with extra songs) {indie pop, indie rock}
- BAYNK – ADOLESCENCE {electronic}