Album of the Week – 18/10/24

This week, there’s a remastered and expanded version of the 1991 album Artistic Vice (called Artistic Vice Collector’s Edition) by the wonderful Daniel Johnston.

For new music, we have Cunningham Bird, in which Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham explore Buckingham Nicks’ 1973 debut album. It’s quite lovely, actually.

While we almost always talk about new albums here, there’s a new EP from Bon Iver called SABLE.

In terms of Irish music, it’s all about HousePlants and their new album Half Known Things. HouePlants are, of course, the collaborative project of Bell X1 frontman Paul Noonan and producer Daithí, and this is their second album! They’re also great live.

There are also new releases from Fantastic Negrito, Confidence Man and Japandroids.

For our album of the week, we’ve gone for Tim Heidecker and his new release Slippin Away. You can check it out below…

Album of the Week – Tim Heidecker – Slipping Away

After the breakthroughs of 2020’s wistfully lush Fear of Death, and 2022’s High School, whose tales of nostalgia were never quite as distant as they seemed, the multi-hyphenate comedian and songwriter Heidecker has reached a new peak with Slipping Away, his warmest and fullest record to date. While all of his albums are concept records to some degree, this one tells a story on a larger scale, offering an imagistic framework that allows for some of his brightest melodies, heaviest themes (the feeling of before the fall and after), and most direct and vulnerable lyrics.

Albums of Note:

— Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham – Cunningham Bird

— Tim Heidecker – Slipping Away

— Bon Iver – SABLE, EP

— Black Pus (Lightning Bolt’s Brian Chippendale) – Terrestrial Sightings

— Fantastic Negrito – Son of a Broken Man

— Daniel Johnston – Artistic Vice Collector’s Edition

Cunningham Bird by Andrew Bird

— Confidence Man – 3AM (LA LA LA)

— HousePlants – Half Known Things

— Japandroids – Fate & Alcohol

— Kelly Lee Owens – Dreamstate

October 18th:

— Aaron Parks – Little Big III

— Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan – In Session (Reissue)

— American Football – American Football (25th Anniversary Edition)

— Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham – Cunningham Bird

— The Armed – Everlasting Gaze EP

— The Awakening – The Awakening

— Barenaked Ladies – Barenaked for the Holidays (Vinyl Reissue)

— Bear’s Den – Islands (10th Anniversary Edition)

— Bear Hands – The Key to What

—  Benny The Butcher & 38 Spesh – Stabbed & Shot 2

— Berries – Berries

— Bishop Briggs – Tell My Therapist I’m Fine

— Black Pus (Lightning Bolt’s Brian Chippendale) – Terrestrial Sightings

— bôa – Whiplash

— Bon Iver – SABLE, EP

— BONZIE – When I Found the Trap Door

— Breland – Project 2024 EP

— Breymer – When I Get Through

— Bronski Beat –  The Age of Consent (40th Anniversary Edition)

— Bryce Fox – The Butterfly EP

— Chinese American Bear – Wah!!!

— Christopher Owens – I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair

— Cloud Nothings – Here and Nowhere Else – 10th Anniversary (Vinyl Release)

— Confidence Man – 3AM (LA LA LA)

— The Copyrights – Ghosts EP

— Cortez – Thieves and Charlatans

— Crash Harmony – No One Asked For This

— Daniel Johnston – Artistic Vice Collector’s Edition

— Dean Lewis – The Epilogue

— Desert Liminal – Black Ocean

— Ella Raphael – Mad Sometimes

— Emily James – The aLtErNaTeS Pt. 2 EP

— Emma Anderson (of Lush) – Spiralée: Pearlies Rearranged

— ENSIFERUM – Winter Storm

— Fantastic Negrito – Son of a Broken Man

— Frenzee – What’s Wrong With Me

— Frost* – Life In The Wires

— Frozen Crown – War Hearts

— George Michael – Careless Whisper EP

— Gracie Abrams – The Secret of Us Deluxe

— Greg Mendez – First Time / Alone EP

— Guy Blakeslee – Extravision

— High Vis – Guided Tour

— Hildegard (Ouri and Helena Deland) – Jour 1596

— Honey Dijon – DJ-Kicks

— Humdrum – Every Heaven

— ian – Goodbye Horses

— Immortal Bird – Sin Querencia

— Imogen Clark – The Art of Getting Through (Expanded Edition)

— Implants – Annihilation

— Isabel Dumaa – Just My Nature EP

— Iris DeMent – My Life (30th Anniversary Edition)

— J Spaceman and John Coxon – Music for William Eggleston’s Stranded in Canton

— Jaden – 2024: A Case Study of the Long Term Effects of Young Love

— Jake Shimabukuro and Mick Fleetwood – Blues Experience

— James Blunt – Back to Bedlam (20th Anniversary Edition)

— Japandroids – Fate & Alcohol

— Jean Dawson – Glimmer of God

— Jennifer Hudson – The Gift of Love

— Jerry Cantrell (of Alice in Chains) – I Want Blood

— Joe Jonas – Music For People Who Believe in Love

— Jordana – Lively Premonition

— Joy Oladokun – OBSERVATIONS FROM A CROWDED ROOM

— Karate – Make It Fit

— Karl Blau – Vultures of Love

— Kelly Lee Owens – Dreamstate

— Kramer – POE – To One in Paradise (for Hal Willner)

— Kurious – Majician

— Kylie Minogue – Tension II

— La Fleur – Väsen

— Landon Conrath – Employee of the Year

— Lil Durk – Deep Thoughts

— Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis – Warriors

— Lisel – The Vanishing Point

— LP Giobbi – Dotr

— Machine Girl – MG Ultra

— Mariah Carey – Rainbow: 25th Anniversary Expanded Edition

— Mary Gauthier – Drag Queens In Limousines (Vinyl Reissue)

—  Maverick Sabre – Burn The Right Things Down

— Mc5 – Heavy Lifting

— Nap Eyes – The Neon Gate

— Nicolas Michaux – Vitalisme

— NRBQ – Brass Tracks (10th Anniversary Edition)

— Office Culture – Enough

— Ohvaur – Intertwined

— Oryx – Primordial Sky

— Pete Townshend – The Iron Man: The Musical By Pete Townshend (Vinyl Reissue)

— Pete Townshend – Psychoderelict (Music Only) (Vinyl Reissue)

— Phantogram – Memory of a Day

— Phoebe Rings – Phoebe Rings EP

— Pinhead Gunpowder (feat. Greenday’s Billie Joe Armstrong) – Unt

— Pipe-eye – Pipe-defy

— Porridge Radio – Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me

— Remo Drive – Mercy Deluxe

— Rockabye Baby! – Lullaby Renditions of Taylor Swift Volume 2 (Vinyl Release)

— ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – APT

— Rubblebucket – Year Of The Banana

— Samora Pinderhughes – Venus Smiles Not in the House of Tears

— Seafoam Walls – Standing Too Close To The Elephant In The Room

— Shower Curtain –  words from a wishing well

— Shrines – Seasons EP

— Skegss – Pacific Highway Music

— Silverbacks – Easy Being a Winner

— Skinkane – We Belong – Extended Version

— Snowgoose – Descendant

— Sofía Valdés – Sofía Valdés

— Spiral XP – I Wish I Was A Rat

— Stars – Set Yourself On Fire (Vinyl Reissue)

— Susanna Hoffs – The Lost Record

— Swallow the Sun – Shining

— TAAHLIAH – Gramarye

— Tim Heidecker – Slipping Away

— Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Long After Dark (Deluxe Edition)

— Twisted Pine – Love Your Mind

— Utah Saints – Utah Saints (Reissue)

— Various Artists – American Football (Covers)

— Various Artists – Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996

— Various Artists – Songs For Sex

— Various Artists – Tonight I’ll Go Down Swingin’: A Tribute to Don Heffington

— W.H. Lung – Every Inch of Earth Pulsates

— Why Bother? – HEY, AT LEAST YOU’RE NOT ME

— Wild River – Better Now

— Wyatt Flores – Welcome To The Plains

— YDE – 8 EP