ALBUMS
Miles Kane. Change The Show. British retro rock at its best.
James McMurtry. The Horses And The Hounds. Literary Western songs from writer Larry McMurtry's son. Liked his song "State Of The Union", released last year, which explored the red and blue divisions in rural American families.
Ryley Walker. So Certain (EP).
Black Country, New Road. Their second album Ants From Up There is due on Friday and it's good, but late breaking news reveals lead singer Isaac Wood has quit the band, and their U.S. tour has been cancelled. The band vows to carry on without him... Looks for their limited release EP Never Again featuring a cover of Abba's "Mamma Mia".
Elvis Costello. The Boy Named If. Sounds like classic Elvis. Love it.
John Mellencamp. Strictly A One-Eyed Jack. Not bad...
Pedro The Lion. Havasu.
Jake Xerxes Fussell. Good And Green Again. I like this but what I found really extraordinary was "The River St. Johns" from his Tiny Desk Concert:
Janis Ian. The Light At The End Of The Line. Awesome singer-songwriter; great new album. "Better Times Will Come", indeed...
Steve Gunn. Nakama (EP).
John Mayall. The Sun Is Shining Down. One of the original British blues rockers delivers a helluva album at the age of 88.
Beirut. Artifacts.
Destroyer. Labyrinthitis.
Yard Act. The Overload. Loud British sing-talking poem-songs about this and that. Good.
ARCHIVAL
Mike Bloomfield. The Bottom Line '75 (Live).
PJ Harvey. Let England Shake Demos. The informative demos for this 2011 classic, a meditation on war (you know, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.) and what it does to people.
Faces. Live at John Peel's Sunday Concert, 13 May 1971. Classic.
The Beatles. Get Back (Rooftop Performance).
Linda Ronstadt. This Heart Of Mine (Live, Los Angeles '76).
Harry Chapin. Some Wisdom (Live Ohio '79). Great!
Lowell Goerge, Bonnie Raitt, John Hammond, Jr. Blow My Blues Away (Live Long Island '72)
Rare Earth. Different Strokes. (Live California '74). "I Just Wanna Celebrate" another day of living...
SINGLES
Lana Del Rey. "Watercolor Eyes" (Euphoria soundtrack).
Cassandra Jenkins. "It's You".
Big Thief. "Simulation Swarm". New (double) album sounds like it's going to be great!
The Dead South. "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"/"You Are My Sunshine". Interesting takes on two classics.
Pavement. "Be The Hook". Get ready for the reunion.
Jack White. "Love Is Selfish"
Idles. "Danny Nedelko". This 2018 pro-immigrant song is everything pop music should be.
Fontaines D.C. "Jackie Down The Line".
Rowan. "Irish To My Bones"
Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder. "Hooray Hooray". Rising Sons rise again!
Arab Strap. "Aphelion".
Hamish Imlach. "Cod Liver Oil and Orange Juice"
Parquet Courts. "Watching Strangers Smile" (SINGLE OF THE WEEK!!!). They just released an album not long ago, and this single wasn't on it. Return to form? Got their Mojo back? Seems to be the case...
Highly Anticipated February Releases:
Big Thief. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (February 11, 4 AD).
Spiritualized. Everything Was Beautiful (February 25, Fat Possom).
Johnny Marr. Fever Dreams Pts. 1 - 4. (February 25, New Voodoo Limited).
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"Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh" [ft. Phoebe Bridgers]
02 Solid Jackson
03 A Celebration Upon Completion
04 Falling Out of Love at This Volume
05 Exaltation on a Cool Kitchen Floor
06 Double Joe (Simon Joyner cover)
01 The Difference in the Shades
02 The City Has Sex [ft. Waxahatchee]
03 Contrast and Compare [ft. Waxahatchee]
04 Kathy With a K’s Song [ft. M Ward]
05 St. Ides Heaven [ft. Phoebe Bridgers] (Elliott Smith cover)
06 June on the West Coast [ft. Becky Stark]
Fevers and Mirrors: A Companion EP:
01 Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh [ft. Phoebe Bridgers]
02 A Scale, a Mirror, and Those Indifferent Clocks [ft. Phoebe Bridgers]
03 Arienette
04 Hypnotist (Song for Daniel H) (Lullaby for the Working Class cover)
05 When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass [ft. Phoebe Bridgers]
06 A Spindle, a Darkness, a Fever, and a Necklace [ft. Phoebe Bridgers]
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