This Week's New Releases
Better late than not at all after some tech hiccups earlier, and then a fantastic day at the beach. Thanks for your understanding, and now back to business.
This week sees some great new releases from favorites Thom Yorke (need a Radiohead album and show very soon), José Gonzalez, Arcade Fire, and Midlake. Lots of electronic and house with Deorbiting, Blue States, Roland & Albert with The Orb, Alan Fitzpatrick, Kasablanca, Crackazat, Demarkus, Tejada, and many more. Also, curious to see if Rosalia can follow up her excellent last record.
Individual Releases on Spotify:
- Thom Yorke – 5.17 {electronic}
- José González – El Invento EP {downtempo}
- Arcade Fire – The Lightning I, II {alternative, indie rock}
- Bon Iver & Ethan Gruska – So Unimportant {indie}
- Midlake – For The Sake of Bethel Woods {alternative}
- The Lumineers – where we are (acoustic) {alternative}
- King Princess – For My Friends {indie pop}
- Blue States – World Contact Day {electronic}
- Yumi Zouma – Present Tense {indie pop}
- Weezer – A Little Bit of Love {pop, rock}
- Causeway – Birthday {electronic, synthpop, indie pop}
- Deorbiting – Space House {electronic, chill house}
- Rosalía – MOTOMAMI {latin, pop} Saw her at Coachella a few years ago and she killed it. Malamente is a fantastic track. Recent singles have been a bit suspect, though. We’ll see
- Roland & Albert – Roland & Albert Meet the Orb Upcountry in Uganda {electronic, afrobeat} New collab from The Orb? Yes, please.
- Alan Fitzpatrick – Machine Therapy (Remixed) {house, electro} Anjunadeep comp of remixes by CamelPhat, Genix et al of last year’s album
- Kasablanca – Immunity {electronic, house, trance} Anjunabeats fam
- Crackazat – Beacon of Light EP {house, deep house} Paired up with Ron Trent on Freerange Records for these jazzy house tracks
- Demarkus Lewis – On My Mind {deep house}
- Kerri Chandler – Lost & Found EP Vol. 1 {house}
- John Tejada – Sleepwalker {electronic, house}
- Nathalie Duchene – Praia EP {nu disco, deep house}
- Jet Hammer – Last Night EP {indie dance, electronic}
- Theo Parrish – Weirdo {electronic, deep house}
- Theo Parrish – It’s Out Of Your Control {electronic, deep house}
- Theo Parrish – Ooh Bass {electronic, deep house}
- Kenneth Bager – Copenhagen 2022, Vol. 1 {electronic, house, world, downtempo} Music For Dreams comps always have a few winners – think Café del Mar for direction
- Lemongrass – Flow {chillout, downtempo, electronic}
- HEALTH & EKKSTACY – STILL BREATHING {alternative, electronic}
- Pitch Black – Mixes + Mavericks {electronic, dub, downtempo}
- Little Boots – Tomorrow’s Yesterdays {nu disco, pop}
- Feeder – Torpedo {britpop, alternative}
- Sonic Youth – In/Out/In {experimental, alternative} Archival release of recordings from 2000-2010
- Broadcast – Maida Vale Sessions {alternative, electronic} An archival release of live studio performances from 1996 – 2003
- µ-ziq – Goodbye {electronic}
- Kungs – Club Azur {italo disco}
- Kollmorgen – 1243 {electronic, house}
- Brad Mehldau – Jacob’s Ladder {jazz}
- Cypress Hill – Back in Black {hip hop} No it’s not an AC/DC covers album, although that would most likely be more interesting than straight up new music.
- Charli XCX – CRASH {pop} Pretty much know how this is going to go but she brought in Rina Sawayama, Christine and the Queens & Caroline Polachek as guests so will give this a listen
All the releases in one playlist for easy consumption: MUSIC:reflections for 2022-03-18 Spotify Playlist
Last Week's Distilled Gems
Black Keys, Father John Misty and Florence + The Machine all put out great teasers to (hopefully) coming full lengths. The Bolis Pupul & Charlotte Adigéry album was great funky electro.
Individual Releases on Spotify
- The Black Keys – Wild Child {blues rock, alternative}
- Father John Misty – Goodbye Mr. Blue {indie rock}
- BOLIS PUPUL & Charlotte Adigéry – Topical Dancer {synthpop} On Soulwax’s Deewee label
- Belle and Sebastian – If They’re Shooting At You {indie pop}
- Florence + The Machine – My Love {pop, alternative}
- The Boo Radleys – Keep on with Falling {britpop, alternative} New music from 90’s britpop artists always brings me back, and they delivered a good album.