CLEVELAND, Ohio — A posthumous release from Dr. John, something new from Will and Jada Smith’s daughter Willow and the return of 5 Seconds of Summer top this week’s batch of new releases (all subject to change)…
Album of the Week: After six decades of musical rabble-rousing, you didn’t think Dr. John would go quietly, did you? The New Orleans legend and 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (aka Mac Rebennack Jr.) had one more album in the can at the time of his passing in June of 2019 at the age of 77, and “Things Happen That Way” (Rounder) comes out this week, a 10-track set featuring collaborations with Willie Nelson, Aaron Neville and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real. Any opportunity to hear this will be the right place AND the right time.
Album Title of the Week: Joshua Bassett, “Sad Songs in a Hotel Room” (Warner)
Did Ya Know?: As its title suggests, the Smithereens’ “Lost Album” (Tollie/Sunset Blvd.) compiles 1983 recordings the quartet, including late frontman Pat Di Nizio, made while between label deals, some of which never made it onto subsequent albums.
New & Noteworthy:
Kelsea Ballerini, “Subject to Change” (Black River Entertainment)
Vieux Farka Toure and Khruangbin, “Ali” (Dead Oceans)
5 Seconds of Summer, “5SOS5″ (BMG)
Anthony Gomes, “High Voltage Blues” (Rat Pak)
Lukas Graham, “4 (The Pink Album)” (Warner)
Grateful Dead, “In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ‘81, ‘82, ‘83″ and “Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (3/9/81)” (Dead.net/Rhino)
Billy Idol, “The Cage EP” (BFI/Dark Horse/BMG)
Beth Orton, “Weather Alive” (Partisan)
Weezer, “Autumn” (Atlantic)
Hot New Singles: Ann-Marie and Aitch, “Psycho;” Babyface, “Game Over” featuring Queen Naija; Stu Brooks, “Frontline” featuring Angelo Moore; Bush, “Heavy is the Ocean;” Crush, “Rush Hour” featuring J-hope; deadmau5 and Kaskade, “Take Me High;” Dean Fertita, “Double Blind;” Becky G, “Amantes” featuring Daviles de Novelda; Gigi, “Glue;” Grayson Jenkins, “Little Things”/”Tulsa Time;” Jaeger Henry, “Hate Me;” Julio Iglesias, Jr., “Into the Night” featuring Benny Mardones; Illenium and Skylar Grey, “From the Ashes;” Jun (of Seventeen), “Limbo;” Kelela, “Washed Away;” The 1975, “All I Need to Hear;” Rising Appalachia, “Thank You Very Much;” Smashing Pumpkins, “Beguiled;” Thrice, “Open Your Eyes and Dream;” Tiffany, “I Like the Rain;” Fresco Trey, “7/11;” Jamie xx, “Kill Dem;” Indy Yelich, “Threads”
Also Out:
Alain Zane, “Right Before Your Eyes” (Spinside)
Alex Acuna, “Gifts” (Le Coq)
Alphaville, “Eternally Yours” (earMUSIC/BFD)
Jochen Arbeit and Sonja Kosche, “Tier Macht Toene” (Dymaxion Groove)
Arkells, “Blink Twice” (Virgin/Universal)
Jay B, “Be Yourself” (CDNZA)
Kelsea Ballerini, “Subject to Change” (Black River Entertainment)
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, “Orlando: Le Forme dell’Amore” (InsideOut)
Peter Matthew Bauer, “Flowers” (self-released)
The Blackheart Orchestra, “Hotel Utopia” (Ceandar)
Blackstarkids, “Cyberkiss” (Dirty Hit)
Jason Blake, “The Compromise Rationale” (Wayfarer)
Broken Jaw, “Purge Yourself” (Oracle)
Tim Burgess, “Typical Music” (Bella Union)
Eric Buschmann, “Blue Spells” (Reflektor)
Buzzcocks, “Sonics in the Soul” (Cherry Red)
Alina Bzhezhinska & HipHarpCollective, “Alina Bzhezhinska & HipHarpCollective” (BBE)
Chris Canterbury, “Quaalude Lullabies” (Rancho Deluxe/BFD)
Christine and the Queens, “Redcar les adorables etolles” (Because Music)
carpetgarden, “WTF is Even Going On?” (House Anxiety)
Beth Nielsen Chapman, “CrazyTown” (Cooking Vinyl)
Cinis, “Lies That Comfort Me” (Selfmadegod)
Louis Cole, “Quality Over Opinion” (Brainfeeder)
The Comet is Coming, “Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam” (Impulse!/Verve)
The Company Stores, “The Family Album” (self-released)
Michael Compton, “Wooden Spoon” (self-released)
Daredevil Falls, “Daredevil Falls” (MRI)
Divino Nino, “Last Spa on Earth” (Winspear)
Dre’es, “Your Summer With Me” (Running Forever)
DWY, “Self-Contained” (self-released)
Editors, “EBM” (Play It Again Sam)
Eerie Wanda, “Internal Radio” (Joyful Noise)
Tommy Emmanuel, “Accomplice Series Vol. 3″ (CGP)
Nils Frahm, “Music For Animals” (Leiter)
Frayle, “Skin & Sorrow” (Aqualamb)
Tomo Freund, “The Year I Spent in Space” (self-released)
Future Teens, “Self Help” (Triple Crown)
Alex G, “God Save the Animals” (Domino)
Sam Gellaitry, “VF Vol II” (FFRR/Parlophone/Warner)
Gematria, “Gematria II: The Spindle of Necessity” (Nefarious Industries)
Karine Hannah, “21st Century Pop” (Heart Songs Music Group)
Corey Harper, “Future Tense” (Range/Virgin)
Boney James, “Detour” (Concord)
Jaywall, “Til We Meet Again II” (The Orchard)
Kid Kapichi, “Here’s What You Could Have Won” (Spinefarm)
Kings of Mercia, “Kings of Mercia” (Metal Blade)
Corey Harper, “Future Tense” (Range/Virgin)
Virgil and Steve Howe, “Lunar Mist” (InsideOut)
Boney James, “Detour” (Concord)
Kario, “Audition” (Lepel)
Dermot Kennedy, “Sonder” (Island)
Nikki Lane, “Denim & Diamonds” (New West)
Daniel Lanois, “Player, Piano” (Modern Recordings/BMG)
Chad Lawson, “breathe” (Decca)
Liar Thief Bandit, “Diamonds” (The Sign)
Living Wreckage, “Living Wreckage” (M-Theory Audio)
Locos Por Juana, “Redemption” (self-released)
Luci, “Juvenilia” (Don’t Sleep)
Maddie & Tae, “Through the Madness Vol. 2″ (Mercury Nashville)
Magdalena Bay, “Mercurial World Deluxe” (Luminelle)
Makaya McCraven, “In These Times” (International Anthem/Nonesuch/XL)
Manhattan Transfer, “Fifty” (Craft Recordings/Concord)
Mr. Sam & the People People, “People, People, People, People!” (self-released)
The Mommyheads, “Genius Killer” (self-released)
Moonspell, “From Down Below — Live 80 Meters Deep” (Napalm)
Musiquita, “Musiquita” (Chiquirriquitica)
Nordjever, “Gnavhol” (Indie Recordings)
Odunsi (The Engine), “Denim” (RCA)
OvO, “Ignoto” (Artoffact)
Mark Owen, “Land of Dreams” (BMG)
Petbrick, “Liminal” (Neurot)
Rebecca Pidgeon, “Parts of Speech Pieces of Sound” (Hot Milk)
Ramirez, “Tragedy of a Clown” (G59)
Razor, “Cycle of Contempt” (Relapse) first in 25 years
Rickshaw Billy’s Burger Patrol, “Doom Wop” (Invisible Oranges)
Sofie Royer, “Harlequin” (Stones Throw)
Sharky, “Night on My Mind” (self-released)
Todd Snider, “Live: Return of the Storyteller” (Aimless/Thirty Tigers)
Jesse Jo Stark, “Doomed” (self-released)
Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues, “More Different Voices” (Dawnserly)
Slander, “Thrive” (SoundCloud)
The Soft Moon, “Exister” (Sacred Bones Records)
Space of Variations, “Imago” (Napalm)
Sports Team, “Gulp!” (Bright Antenna)
Stratovarius, “Survive” (earMUSIC)
Strom, “Strom” (Black Lodge)
Sunny Sweeney, “Married Alone” (Aunt Daddy/Thirty Tigers)
Tagua Taguo, “Tanto” (Wonderwheel)
Talk Show, “Touch the Ground” (Missing Piece)
Daniel Tashian, “Night After Night” (Yellow Dog Music)
Benjamin Tod, “Songs I Swore I’d Never Sing” (Anti-Corp Music)
Steve Turre, “Generations” (Smoke Sessions)
Upon Wings, “Last Love” (Sword of the Spirit)
Venom Inc., “There’s Only Black” (Nuclear Blast)
Darryl Way, “The Rock Artist’s Progress” (Spirit of Unicorn/Cherry Red)
The Wonder Years, “The Hum Goes on Forever” (Loneliest Place on Earth)
Young Jesus, “Shepherd Head” (Saddle Creek)
From The Vaults:
Alice in Chains, “Dirt (30th Anniversary VinylEdition)” (Columbia/Legacy)
Bethlehem Asylum, “Commit Yourself” (Liberation Hall)
Blur, “Bustin’ + Dronin’” (Parlophone)
Ray Charles and the Count Basie Orchestra, “Ray Sings, Basie Swings” (Tangerine)
Chick Corea, “Chick Corea: The Montreux Years” (BMG)
Crazy Swedes, “Crazy Swedes (Deluxe Edition)” (self-released)
Dio, “Dio at Donnington” (Niji Entertainment/BMG)
Gentle Giant, “Front Row Center (US Dates 1976-1980)” (Madfish)
Josh Groban, “Josh Groban (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (Reprise)
Humble Pie, “I Need a Star in My Life” (Cleopatra)
Iceage, “Shake the Feeling: Outtakes & Rarities 2015-2021″ (Mexican Summer)
Joni Mitchell, “The Asylum Albums (1972-1975)” (Warner/Rhino)
Motorhead, “Iron Fist: 40th Anniversary Editions” (BMG)
Stone Temple Pilots, “Core: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition” (Run Out Groove/Rhino)
Sueco, “It WAs Funk While It Lasted (Deluxe)” (Atlantic)
Ultravox, “Rage in Eden (Deluxe)” (Chrysalis)
Van der Graaf Generator, “Patterns — The Recordings 2005-2015″ (Esoteric Recordings)
Venom, “In Nomine Satanas” (BMG)
Neil Young, “Time Fades Away (Remastered)” (Reprise)
Soundtracks:
“Confess, Fletch (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (Blue Note)
