Album of the Week – 04/10/24

What a week! We’ve new releases from A Place to Bury Strangers (Synthesizer), Godspeed You! Black Emperor (NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD), The Bug (Machine), and Caribou (Honey).

You want super groups? We’ve got super groups, with The Hard Quartet (feat. Stephen Malkmus, Emmett Kelly, Matt Sweeney, and Jim White) and Human Impact (feat. members of Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop, and Daughters) with their new album Gone Dark.

You want live albums? We’ve got live albums with Animal Collective (Sung Tongs Live at the Theatre at Ace Hotel) and Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Live From the Ryman Vol. 2

You want to smile? Check out what Johnny and Tom are up to with their second album since last March.

Album of the Week – The Smile – Cutouts

Albums of Note:

— Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition)

— A Place to Bury Strangers – Synthesizer

— Animal Collective – Sung Tongs Live at the Theatre at Ace Hotel

— Godspeed You! Black Emperor – NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD

— The Bug – Machine

— Caribou – Honey

— David Shaw (of The Revivalists) – Take A Look Inside

— The Hard Quartet (feat. Stephen Malkmus, Emmett Kelly, Matt Sweeney, and Jim White) – The Hard Quartet

— Human Impact (feat. members of Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop, and Daughters) – Gone Dark

— Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Live From the Ryman Vol. 2

— The Smile – Cutouts

— Public Service Broadcasting – The Last Flight

October 4th:

— 1349 – The Wolf and the King

— 310babii – 310degrees

— A Place to Bury Strangers – Synthesizer

— Ada Lea – notes EP

— Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Jazz is Dead JID021

— AFI – All Hallows E.P. (25th Anniversary Edition)

— Alessandro Cortini – Nati Infiniti

— Alison Moyet – Key

— All Feels – This Place Is a Message

— Amnesia Scanner and Freeka Tet – HOAX

— Animal Collective – Sung Tongs (Vinyl Reissue)

— Animal Collective – Sung Tongs Live at the Theatre at Ace Hotel

— Anna Butterss – Mighty Vertebrate

— ANTISECT – In Darkness, There Is No Choice (Reissue)

— Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition)

— Balance and Composure – With You in Spirit

— Better Than Ezra – Friction, Baby (Vinyl Reissue)

— The Blood Brothers – Crimes (Vinyl Reissue)

— Blood Incarnation – Absolute Elsewhere

— Brooke Alexx – Big Mouth

— The Bug – Machine

— Caribou – Honey

— Casual Male – Casual Male

— The Clearwater Swimmers – The Clearwater Swimmers

— Coldplay – Moon Music

— cumgirl8 – [the] 8th cumming

— Cuneiform – Dark New Reward

— David Shaw (of The Revivalists) – Take A Look Inside

— Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn – Quiet in a World Full of Noise

— Devarrow – Heart Shaped Rock

— The Devil Wears Prada – With Roots Above and Branches Below (Vinyl Reissue)

— Don Henley – Building the Perfect Beast (40th Anniversary Edition)

— Drug Church – PRUDE

— Fever 333 – Darker White

— FINNEAS – For Cryin’ Out Loud

— Foreigner – Turning Back the Time

— Genevieve Stokes – With A Lightning Strike

— Geordie Greep (of black midi) – The New Sound

— Godspeed You! Black Emperor – NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD

— Good Neighbours – Good Neighbours EP

— Half Waif – See You at the Maypole

— The Hard Quartet (feat. Stephen Malkmus, Emmett Kelly, Matt Sweeney, and Jim White) – The Hard Quartet

— Hanson – Underneath: Complete

— Harriet – Trying To Get The Feeling Again

— Hazlett – Goodbye to the Valley

— Hermano (feat. Kyuss’ John Garcia) – when the moon was high…

— High Reeper – Renewed By Death

— Hiro Ama – Music for Peace and Harmony

— Human Impact (feat. members of Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop, and Daughters) – Gone Dark

—  I Ya Toyah – DRAMA

— Ivy 2 – Less Precious

— Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Live From the Ryman Vol. 2

— Joan Shelley – Mood Ring EP

— Johnny Yukon – i’m having fun ❤ EP

— Jonah Yano – Jonah Yano & The Heavy Loop

— Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980)

— Joyer – I See Forward and Back EP

— Katastro – Until the End of Time

— Leon Bridges – Leon

— Lisa Schonberg – Old Growth Playback

— Little Big Town – The Christmas Record

— LIVLØS – The Crescent King

— The Low Sixes – The Oshawa Tree

— Master Peace – How To Make A(nuva) Master Peace EP

— Mastodon –  Crack The Skye (15th Anniversary)

— Maya Hawke – Clipped Wings EP

— mclusky – the difference between me and you is that i’m not on fire (Vinyl Reissue)

— Memorials – Memorial Waterslides

— Michael Love Michael – Bruiser

— Midland – Fragments

— Mötley Crüe – Cancelled EP

— Naked Giants – Shine Away

— Nate Smith – California Gold

— Neil Young – Arc (Vinyl Reissue)

— Neil Young – Freedom (Vinyl Reissue)

— Neil Young – Ragged Glory (Vinyl Reissue)

— Neil Young – Weld (Vinyl Reissue)

— Nick Ward – House with the Blue Door

— Nonconnah – Nonconnah vs. The Spring of Deception

— OneDa – Formula OneDa

— Orla Gartland – Everybody Needs A Hero

— Palomino Blond – You Feel It Too

— Pharmakon – Maggot Mass

— Powers Pleasant – Life Sucks

— Presence – Tears in the Moshpit!

— Public Service Broadcasting – The Last Flight

— Rat Boy – Suburbia Calling

— Rod Stewart – Merry Christmas, Baby (Anniversary Edition)

— Rome Streetz and Daringer – Hatton Garden Holdup

— Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Heavier Yet lies the Crownless Head

— Sex Swing – Golden Triangle

— SIRA* – Songs for the End of the World

— Sixpence None the Richer – Rosemary Hill EP

— Sleater-Kinney – Little Rope Deluxe

— The Smile – Cutouts

— Spencer Sutherland – The Drama

— Steve Kilbey (of The Church) – Bespoke Wheels and Winged Heels

— Suede – Dog Man Star (30th Anniversary Edition)

— Telescreens – 7

— Temples – Other Structures EP

— Thee Sacred Souls – Got A Story to Tell

— Tony Vaz – Pretty Side of the Ugly Life

— Various Artists – Bad Monkey (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)

— Various Artists – Better Than Jail

— The Wild Feathers – Sirens

— Weval – Night Versions EP

— Wild Pink – Dulling the Horns

— Yasmin Williams – Acadia

— yunè pinku – Scarlet Lamb EP