Valerie June – Owls, Omens and Oracles (Concord)
Valerie June just wants us all to just get along and the music she makes on this, her 8th album, might make that happen.
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Bon Iver – Sable fable (Jagjaguwar) 13th Floor Album Review)
Bon Iver’s latest release, Sable, fable, arrives like a whisper in the dark—quiet, rich, and demanding your attention. Sonically, it returns to familiar folk roots while venturing outward, closing one chapter and tentatively opening another.
Black Country, New Road – Forever Howlong (Ninja Tune)
British band Black Country, New Road are a fairly recent phenomena, formed in Cambridge by a group of classically trained students in 2019 who released two albums before band leader/frontman and guitarist Isaac Wood abruptly departed four days before the release of their sophomore effort Ants From Up There.
The Waterboys – Life, Death And Dennis Hopper (Sun) (13th Floor Album Review)
Mike Scott and his current band of Waterboys take on the life and times of actor, director (and photographer) Dennis Hopper with a double album devoted to the “colourful” screen legend.
Elton John & Brandi Carlisle – Who Believes In Angels? (Island/EMI)
If this turns out to be Elton John’s final studio album, well, at least, he went out on a high note.
Marlon Williams – Te Whare Tīwekaweka (13th Floor Album Review)
Marlon Williams, of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāi Tai descent, skillfully weaves his Māori heritage with his diverse musical experiences in his fourth album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka.
The Nightingales – The Awful Truth (Fire) 13th Floor Album Review
The Nightingales have never been ones for nostalgia, but they’ve earned theirs. Formed in the embers of The Prefects, they emerged as part of the original UK punk explosion, appearing on the legendary White Riot tour in the late ’70s alongside The Slits, The Clash, and Subway Sect.
Mekons – Horror (Fire) 13th Floor Album Review
UK Punks The Mekons were born in 1976, during 1970s crisis Britain, their resistance narrative was steeped in Cultural Marxism (think Democratic Socialism in the 21st Century) and shaped by music, art and literature.
Lucy Dacus – Forever Is A Feeling (Geffen)
Lucy Dacus has never been one to shout. Over the course of her three previous albums, No Burden, Historian, and Home Video, she has mastered a quiet, clear-eyed form of storytelling, drawn from memories, contradictions, and restrained revelations.
Dean Wareham – That’s The Price of Loving Me (Carpark Records)
For some reason I have yet to fully fathom, Dean Wareham’s music strikes me as very seasonal.