This Week's New Releases
Long anticipated albums from Destroyer and Kavinsky, with quite a few new singles from long time favorites, and the annual from Anjunadeep should make this a great weekend and week. Some wildcard releases from Tahiti 80, Cannons, and Placebo could really put this week’s list over the edge.
Individual Releases on Spotify:
ODESZA – Love Letterelectronic
Spoon – Wild EPalternative
Soccer Mommy – Shotgunindie rock, alternative
beabadoobee – Talkindie pop, alternative
Cassandra Jenkins – Pygmalionalternative, indie
Destroyer – LABYRINTHITISindie rock, alternative
Channel Tres – Acid / Ganzfeldhouse, electronic
Jazzanova – Saturday Night Specialnu jazz, electronic
Kavinsky – Rebornelectronic, synthwave First new album in 9 years
Digitalism – Diytalism EPelectronic, house
James Grant & Jody Wisternoff – Anjunadeep 13deep house, progressive house Annual Anjunadeep compilation
Tahiti 80 – Here with Youindie, alternative
Cannons – Fever Dreamalternative
Moses Sumney & Son Lux – Fencealternative
Placebo – Never Let Me Gorock, alternative
Aldous Harding – Warm Chrisindie, alternative
BANKS – I Still Love Youpop, alternative
JARV IS… – This Is Going to Hurtalternative Jarvis Cocker is back, with a TV score?
Birdy – Fire: Aries Songsindie pop,, indie folk
Jimi Jules – +electronic, deep house
Prins Thomas – 9electronic, deep house
Compost Records – 12 Compost Disco Years Vol. 3 disco, electronic, house
Leon Vynehall – fabric presents Leon Vynehallelectronic, afro-house
Above & Beyond & Darren Tate – The Last Glaciers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)electronic, ambient
Lens – Hospital Mixtapedrum and bass New comp from preeminent d’n’b label Hospital Records
DJ Fede – Ibiza Sleepless Selectiondeep house
Interstellar Funk – Into The Echoelectronic, techno
Jori Hulkkonen – The Songs Birds Refused to Remixelectronic, trip hop
Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricityelectronic, disco, psychedelic Shockingly on Merge Records
Phife Dawg – Foreverhip hop Posthumous album from member of A Tribe Called Quest (whom I loved). As with all posthumous releases, YMMV.
Cowboy Junkies – Songs of the Recollectionalt country, rock Curious to hear what they’re doing now
Michael Bublé – Higherpop Want to hear what he’s doing with that voice
Everything in one playlist for easy consumption:
Last Week's Distilled Gems
The Midlake album was truly excellent – so good having new music (and a tour) from them. Deorbiting, Blue States and Yumi Zouma all put out albums I kept going back to, and Arcade Fire’s Lightning II was fire.
Individual Releases on Spotify
- Midlake – For The Sake of Bethel Woods {alternative}
- Deorbiting – Space House {electronic, chill house}
- Blue States – World Contact Day {electronic}
- Yumi Zouma – Present Tense {indie pop}
- Arcade Fire – The Lightning I, II {alternative, indie rock}
- Crackazat – Beacon of Light EP {house, deep house}