Remember last week we were saying it was a slow week? Well, this week is a bit of an avalanche of new music and a lot of it very good indeed!
It is good news but it makes it more than a bit difficult to pick the best album! There are new releases from Fleet Foxes (technically released Tuesday), Bob Mould, IDLES, Sufjan Stevens and the bold Róisín Murphy. More than a few of them will end up in the ‘Album of the Year’ lists but just because they have a very special place in our hearts we’ve gone for some local ladies!
Album of the Week – In Waiting by Pillow Queens
“In Waiting is Pillow Queens’ debut album, the result of four years of brotherly love in a sisterly unit from Ireland’s most urgent, yearning, rock band. Crafted from our lives, and honed in a studio in rural Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, this is a record by queens in waiting and kings in the making.
It’s an album about love; self-love, queer love, the anxiety-inducing faultlines of romantic love, and the love for a city and a country that simultaneously has your back and is on your back.”
Albums of Note:
— Thurston Moore – By the Fire
— Fleet Foxes – Shore
— Deftones – Ohms
— Bob Mould – Blue Hearts
— IDLES – Ultra Mono
— Sufjan Stevens – The Ascension
— Pillow Queens – In Waiting
— Róisín Murphy – Róisín Machine
September 22nd:
— Babybird – King of Nothing
— Donald Johnson – A Certain Slant
— Fleet Foxes – Shore
— Gatecloser – From the Wasteland
— Ossuary Anex – Obscurantism Apogee
— Whiskey Jennings Bryan – All We Need
September 25th:
— 2 Chainz – So Help Me God
— A Certain Ratio – ACR LOCO
— A.R. Booth – Bashful Rhino
— Action Bronson – Only For Dolphins
— Affliction Vector – Death Comes Supreme EP
— Ai Aso – The Faintest Hint
— Alpha Wolf – a quiet place to die
— Angelic Desolation – Quorum of Unspeakable Curses
— Anna Von Hausswolff – All Thoughts Fly
— Annihilus – Ghanima
— Anteloper – Tour Beats Vol. 1
— Anya Maria – Queen of the Night
— A$AP Ferg – Floor Seats II
— Asy Saavedra (of Chaos Chaos) – Trover Saves the Universe
— ATHON – ATHON
— Attic Salt – Get Wise
— Austin Archer – Beautiful Things
— Ayreon – Transitus
— B & The Hive – Heart Beat EP
— The Band of Heathens – Stranger
— Bella White – Just Like Leaving
— Bendrix Littleton – Deep Dark South
— Benjamin Gordon – Live Sessions EP
— Benjamin Koppel & The Art of the Quartet – Ultimate Soul & Jazz Revue
— Bette Smith – The Good, The Bad, and The Bette
— Between the Buried Me – Alaska (Vinyl Reissue)
— Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Transmissions: The Music of Beverly Glen-Copeland
— Big Scenic Nowhere – Lavender Blues EP
— Billy Lemos – Wonder
— Bismut – Retrocausality
— Blackevil – Forever Baptised in Eternal Fire
— Blazon Rite – Dulce Bellum Inexpertis EP
— Blue Hawaii – Under 1 House
— Bob Mould – Blue Hearts
— Boy Becomes Hero – Escape Artist
— Brendon Randall-Myers – Dynamics of Vanishing Bodies
— Bright Dog Red – Somethin’ Comes Along
— The Buckleys – Daydream
— Buildings and Food – Up Down Strange Charm
— Bullion – Heaven Is Over EP (Digital Release)
— Cabbage – Amanita Pantherina
— Caitlyn Smith – Supernova (Deluxe)
— Carl Stone – Stolen Car
— Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – Chicago Waves
— Carrie Underwood – My Gift
— Cayucas – Blue Summer
— Cherry Ames – No Breaks EP
— Christian Death – Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ (Vinyl Reissue)
— Christian Machado – Hollywood y Sycamore
— Christian McBride Big Band – For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver
— Christopher Parker & Kelley Hurt – No Tears Suite
— Christopher the Conquered – I Am Christopher
— Chrome Waves – Where We Live
— Chubby Checker – Dancin’ Party: The Chubby Checker Collection (1960 – 1966)
— Chubby Checker – Twist with Chubby Checker (60th Anniversary Reissue)
— Classified –Time EP
— Concetta Abbate – Mirror Touch
— Connor Bracken and The Mother Leeds Band – Nightbird Motel
— Cosmos Island – Someplace EP
— Cristian Machado – Hollywood Y Sycamore
— Crypt Walk – Rot Gut Prophecies
— Crystal Spiders – Molt
— D.A. Stern – Mmxxtape
— Dashboard Confessional – MTV Unplugged 2.0 (Vinyl Reissue)
— Dead Low – Listen Up! EP
— Death Bells – New Signs of Life
— Deftones – Ohms
— DeLange – Images
— Devenny and Bathwater 404 – Paradise Drive
— Diana Demuth – Misadventure
— Diana Krall – The Dream of You
— Diana Ross & The Supremes – Diana Ross & The Supremes Sing and Perform Funny Girl: The Ultimate Edition
— Didirri – Sold For Sale EP
— Dosem – Dream Decoder
— Douaumont – DSCH: String Quartet No. 8
— Dropdead – Demoes 1991
— DVNA – All My Friends EP
— Dystopia – Geen Weg Uit
— Early Moods – Spellbound
— Eli Gardiner – The Fire and the Medicine
— Elme – Departures EP
— Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite – 100 Years of Blues
— Elzhi – Seven Times Down Eight Times Up
— Emile Mosseri – Kajillionaire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
— Eve Maret – Stars Aligned
— Eyes – Underperformer
— FISH – Weltschmerz
— Fleetburner – Fleetburner
— Flica – Tapsskog EP
— Fish – Weltschmerz
— Floorbird – Fall Apart Anywhere EP
— Four Stroke Baron – Monoqueen
— The Freedom Affair – Freedom Is Love
— Fuller – Crush Me EP
— Gamblers – Small World
— Genevieve Dawson – Letters I Won’t Send
— Ghost of Vroom (feat. Mike Doughty) – Ghost of Vroom 2 EP
— Gloom Balloon – So Bergman Uses Bach To Get His Point Across, I Feel Like I Have Chosen Rock But At What A Cost
— Grand Master – I Am Living
— Grand Nathaniel – At the Lagoon
— Grateful Dead – Dick’s Picks 26 – 4/26/69 Electric Theater, Chicago, IL 4/27/69 Labor Temple Minneapolis, MN (Vinyl Reissue)
— Gravité – Gravieté
— Grendel’s Sÿster – Myrtle Wreath / Myrtenkranz EP (Vinyl Reissue)
— Gridfailure – Epicenter MMXX: Quarantine Instrumentals
— Haider – The Muses Come Out At Night EP
— Half Stack – Wings of Love
— Heavy Salad – Cult Casual
— Hecate Enthroned – Virulent Rapture (Reissue)
— Hen Ogledd (feat. Richard Dawson) – Free Humans
— Henge – ExoKosm
— Herbie Hancock – My Point of View (Vinyl Reissue)
— Hexecutor – Beyond Any Human Conception of Knowledge
— Hexx – Entangled In Sin
— The Hives – Live At Third Man Records
— Horace Silver – Further Expectations (Vinyl Reissue)
— Horsewhip – Laid to Waste
— IDLES – Ultra Mono
— Irontom – Cult Following
— Jaah SLT – 9-25-20
— Jadu Heart – Hyper Romance
— Jake Winstrom – Circles
— James Kennedy – Make Anger Great Again
— Jarrod Dickenson – Under A Texas Sky EP
— Jason Nix – Money On You EP
— Jay Bremer – Everybody’s Getting Married
— Jimmy Chamberlin Complex – Honor
— Jimmy Smith – Prayer Meetin’ (Vinyl Reissue)
— Joe McAlinden – Edit
— Joe Nolan – B-Sides EP
— John Prine – Souvenirs (Vinyl Reissue)
— Joji – Nectar
— Jordan Tice – Motivational Speakeasy
— Just Before Dawn – An Army at Dawn
— Karl Blau – Live From the Void
— Kataklysm – Unconquered
— Kellee Patterson – Maiden Voyage (Vinyl Reissue)
— Khushi – Instincts EP
— Kirk Fletcher – My Blues Pathway
— KTL (Peter Rehberg and Stephen O’Malley) – VII
— Kraków Loves Adana – Darkest Dreams
— La Cerca – A Nice Sweet Getaway
— Laser Dracul – Hagridden
— Left at London – Transgender Street Legend Vol. 2 EP
— Lethian Dreams – A Shadow of Memories
— Logan Smith – Feels Right EP
— Los Blenders – Mazune 2016
— Los Natas – Corsario Negro (Reissue)
— Lou Reed – New York: Deluxe Edition
— Lydia Loveless – Daughter
— Machine Gun Kelly – Tickets to My Downfall
— Madrost – Charring the Rotting Earth
— Makaya McCraven – Universal Beings E&F Sides (Physical Release)
— Marcelyn, the band – Monstrous Existence
— Marche Funebre – Einderlicht
— Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu – Renegade Breakdown
— Masma Dream World – Play At Night
— Matthieu Bordenave – La traverse
— Matveï – Summer Collection
— Maxwell Stern – Impossible Sum
— MBNel – Child of the Trenches EP
— Memoira – Carnival of Creation
— The Menzingers – From Exile (Digital Release)
— Merzbow, Mats Gustafsson, Balázs Pándi – Cuts Open
— Mihai Popoviciu – Motion Manifold
— Minerva – Enigma Adamantine
— Mint Field – Sentimento Mundial
— Misty Boyce – Genesis
— Model Child – Dropout
— Montaña Sagrada – The Living Green EP
— Mos Generator and Di’Aul – Mos Generator and Di’Aul
— Muck and the Mires – Take Me Back to Planet Earth EP
— Mountain Tamer – Psychosis Ritual
— Mt. Doubt – Doubtlands
— My Kid Brother – My Kid Brother EP
— Nasty – Menace
— Neffex – New Beginnings
— The Neighbourhood – Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones
— Nicolas Michaux – Amour Colère
— Night Shop – The Fountain EP
— Nightjacket – Following the Curve EP
— Nina Simone – I Put A Spell On You (Vinyl Reissue)
— Nina Simone – Pastel Blues (Vinyl Reissue)
— object blue x TSVI – Hyperaesthesia EP
— Obsidian Kingdom – Meat Machine
— The Ocean – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
— Okvsho – Kamala’s Danz
— Opus Vitae – Gramercy
— Orava – Behind the Wave
— Orchestra Baobab – Specialist In All Styles (Vinyl Reissue)
— Orplid – Deus Vult
— Orplid – Legatum
— P.J. Farley – Accent the Change
— Painted Doll – How to Draw Fire
— Paris – Safe Space Invader
— Peter Gabriel – Live in 1987 (Vinyl Reissue)
— Pillow Queens – In Waiting
— Places Around the Sun – Places Around the Sun
— Porcelan – Mood Ring
— Preach – Likör
— The Pretty Things – Bare As Bone, Bright As Blood
— Prince – Sign O’ The Times (Super Deluxe Edition)
— Profligate – Too Numb to Know
— Psychic Temple – Houses of the Holy
— Public Enemy – What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down
— Rachel Lark – Sex and Balances EP
— The Raymond Scott Big Band – Hemidemisemiquaver: Buried Treasures of the Raymond Scott Big Band
— Realize – Machine Violence
— Reef – Replenish (25th Anniversary Reissue)
— Repentance – God For A Day
— Reternity – A Test of Shadows
— The Reticent – The Oubliette
— Ric Robertson – Strange World
— Richard Skelton – These Charms May Be Sung Over a Wound
— Riches – Fantasy Chapel
— Ricky Bird – Sobering Times
— Riley Pearce – Maybe I Can Sleep It Off EP
— Rituals of Mine – Hype Nostalgia
— Róisín Murphy – Róisín Machine
— The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels Live
— Rucci – Midget
— Rumours – Neither Innocent Nor Wavering
— Ryan and Pony – Moshi Moshi
— SaD – Saturn Rules The Material World
— SAD13 (Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis) – Haunted Painting
— Sam Baird – Lines and Ripples
— Sam Interface – Pink Dolphins EP
— Sango – Da Rocinha 4
— Sara Marie Barron – Existential Glam
— Sarah Kirkland Snider – Mass for the Endangered
— Schlammpeitziger – Ein Weltleck in der Echokammer
— Scordatura – Mass Failure
— The Search – Heart’s Racing
— Seth Bogart – Seth Bogart Presents….Men On The Verge Of Nothing
— Shannon LaBrie – Building
— Shay Lia – Solaris EP
— ShitKid – 20/20 ShitKid
— Shotgun Rodeo – Double Barreled Vengeance
— Shy Boys – Talk Loud
— The Silent Years – Spider Season
— Simon Alexander – A Place to Call Home
— Sing Leaf – Not Earth
— Sizzy Rocket – Anarchy
— SKÁLMÖLD – 10 Year Anniversary – Live In Reykjavík
— SkeleToon– Nemesis
— Sol Invictus – In A Garden Green (Vinyl Reissue)
— Sola Rosa – Chasing The Sun
— Sons On Fire – Faded EP
— Sophia Loizou – Untold
— Sofheso – A Record (記録)
— South of Salem – The Sinner Takes It All
— Spatial Relations (Nicholas Principe and Peter Silberman) – Talking to Strangers: The Companion Album
— SpellBook – Magick & Mischief
— Spillage Village – Spilligion
— Squirrel Nut Zippers – Lost Songs of Doc Souchon
— Starley – One of One
— Sufjan Stevens – The Ascension (Digital Release)
— Super M – Super One
— Surfer Blood – Carefree Theatre
— Svalbard – When I Die, Will I Get Better?
— Sweater Curse – push//pull EP
— Sylvan Esso – Free Love
— T Truman (The Vaccines’ Timothy Lanham) – Born To Be Right EP
— Tailbird – Lost Pet Poster Template
— Tashi Dorji – Stateless
— Télépopmusik – Everybody Breaks the Line
— Tems – Broken Ears EP
— Terri Clark – It’s Christmas… Cheers!
— Texas Hill – Texas Hill EP
— Thomas Csobra – Thomas Csobra
— Thomm Jutz – To Live in Two Worlds Volume 2
— Thurston Moore – By the Fire
— Tim Heidecker – Fear of Death
— Trevor Hall – In and Through the Body
— Tristan Welch – Capitalist Teeth
— Troi Irons – flowers, the album
— Tusks – Live At Village Underground
— Twin God – Deaths EP
— TWRP – Over the Top
— Uada – Djinn EP
— UFO95 – Popularity is Overrated
— Ultraviolence – Sally Would Say…
— Undead – Existential Horror (Vinyl Release)
— Urte – Permafrost
— Varathron – Glorification Under the Latin Moon
— Various Artists – Blue Note Re:imagined
— Various Artists – Mafia: Deluxe Edition
— Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas (Vinyl Reissue)
— Violent Night – A N T I H E R O E S
— Vous Autres – Sel de Pierre
— Vrîmuot – O Tempora, O Mores!
— The War and Treaty – Hearts Town
— Wax Chattels – Clot
— White Dog – White Dog
— whiterosemoxie – grae ceilings
— Will Butler (of Arcade Fire) – Generations
— Wilmette – Wilmette EP
— Wylie Cable – Shimmer, Then Disappear
— Y-Dapt – Love and Lost EP
— Yves Jarvis – Sundry Rock Song Stock
— Zach Heckendorf – HAWK TALK
— Ziemba – True Romantic
— ZZ Top – Live From Texas (Vinyl Reissue)
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