BEST NEW ALBUM (TIE): PJ Harvey. I Inside The Old Year Dying.
BEST NEW ALBUM (TIE): Blur. The Ballad Of Darren. Out-takes "Sticks And Stones", "The Rabbi" & "The Swan" also out now.
Grian Chatten. Chaos For The Fly. Fontaines D.C. frontman's debut solo album. Change of pace from the band's heavy sound. One of the surprise hits of summer.
Paul Simon. Seven Psalms. Very good.
Bully. Lucky For You. Rock n roll. Female singer.
Ben Harper. Wide Open Light. Calm and calming.
Bob Dylan. Shadow Kingdom. The soundtrack of last year's concert film of the same name. Dylan reworks some of his all-time classics.
Queens Of The Stone Age. In Times New Roman... Another classic from QOTSA....
Tinariwen. Amatssou. Sahel desert revolution.
Bonnie “Prince” Billy. Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You. Soothing acoustic sounds.
Kevin Morby. More Photographs: A Continuum. Good stuff!
Sparks. The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte. Pure Pop Classic!
The Hives. The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons. Sweden's finest hard rockers are back.
Toro Y Moi. Mahal (Live From Big Sur). Sounds of the 70s but today.
Bush Tetras. They Live In My Head. Punk vets reunite for very decent album.
Juan Wauters. Wandering Rebel.
Wye Oak. Every Day Like the Last.
Bonny Doon. Let There Be Music. Former backing band for Waxahatchee steps out on their own.
M. Ward. Supernatural Thing.
Andrew Bird. Outside Problems. An album of instrumentals.
Rancid. Tomorrow Never Comes.
Rufus Wainwright. Folkocracy. Surprisingly good take on some cool classics. Unexpected.
Bonny Doon. Let There Be Music.
Witch. Zango. Cool sounds from Zambia.
Various Artists. The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake. Covers of Nick Drake songs by Fontaines D.C., Ben Harper, Liz Phair, and others.
Various Artists. Playing For The Man At The Door: Field Recordings From Mack McCormick, 1958-1971. Feat. Lightnin' Hopkins, Mance Lipscomb, and other classic recordings by the infamous late blues documentarian Mack McCormick, who had a hellhound on his trail.
Rest In Peace....
Mississippi Fred McDowell. Jesus On The Mainline. Two live shows: April 14, 1971 in Tacoma and November 5, 1971 at the Gaslight in New York City (Fred's final recording).
Billie Holiday. Live in Los Angeles 1946. Simply great.
Kak. Kak-Ola (1968). Psychedelic classic. Gary Lee Yoder went on to play with Blue Cheer.
The Who. Back At The Fillmore. (1969). Great.
The Who. Who's Next: Life House. Not sure when I'll get to hear the entire 11-disc box set of Who's Next-era demos, out-takes, and live cuts (1970-1972) since it costs $300, but I'm sure it's great. I've only heard the first disc and a few other songs so far.
Nina Simone. You've Got To Learn. (Live Newport Jazz Festival 1966)
Neil Young. Chrome Dreams.
Iggy Pop. Rare Trax. Alternate versions of some the classics including "China Girl" and "Lust For Life".
The Clash. London Calling (Expanded Edition). A good excuse to go back and listen to this classic album, along with the rehearsal recording The Vanilla Tapes (1979).
Big Joe Williams. Back To The Roots. Big Joe Got The Blues. And he wants to give them to you.
Sister O.M. Terrell. Sister O.M. Terrell. Reminds me of Memphis Minnie and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Michael Bloomfield. Living In The Fast Lane (Expanded Edition)(1981). One of the best guitarists ever just hanging out and playing songs.
John Coltrane. Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy. (1961)
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED LATE SUMMER/EARLY FALL RELEASES
Hiss Golden Messenger. Jump For Joy [Merge] August 25
Buck Meek. Haunted Mountain. Big Thief's guitarist solo debut. [4AD] August 25
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