Album of the Week – 12/06/25

There’s a nice release from Alexis Taylor (of Hot Chip) and Mike Simonetti, but it’s an EP, so not in the running here! You can still enjoy it below.

There are also new releases from Jon Spencer (Songs of Personal Loss and Protest), Pussy Riot (CYKA) and YHWH NAILGUN (Magazine).

For our album of the week, it’s Joan As Police Woman looking at her debut release, Real Life (which was released on June 12, 2006) in a whole new way…

Album of the Week – Real Life Evolution – Joan As Police Woman

“Music has saved my life. I am a devotee. It’s not something I can even choose or not choose, it’s just what it is. The album Real Life holds the key to my whole life. At the time I felt compelled to get it all into one record because I couldn’t imagine a world where I’d make another.
Now twenty years later (and twelve albums into my career) the dream continues to unfold.

Twenty years in the making.Developed through countless nights on stage, these new arrangements of Real Life (2006) are illuminated by the musical brilliance of the players who helped define the sound.”

Albums of Note: 

— Alexis Taylor (of Hot Chip) and Mike Simonetti – I See A Darkness / Perfect Kiss EP

— Joan As Police Woman – Real Life Evolution

— Jon Spencer – Songs of Personal Loss and Protest

— Olivia Rodrigo – you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love

— Pluralone (Josh Klinghoffer) –  A Drop In The Ocean

— Pussy Riot – CYKA

— YHWH NAILGUN – Magazine

June 12th:

— Alex Amen – Sun of Amen

— Alexis Taylor (of Hot Chip) and Mike Simonetti – I See A Darkness / Perfect Kiss EP

— Andrew Jim Gannon – Hydrate Those Folds!

— The Army The Navy – Fake Brave Life

— Audioslave – Out of Exile (Vinyl Reissue)

— Baauer – U

— BabyChiefDoit – RAMBO

— Bandits on the Run – Rough Magic

— Bebe Rexha – DIRTY BLONDE

— bed – 円相 ｜Enso EP

— Berndt / Schmidt – Cloud Machines

— BIG|BRAVE – in grief or in hope

— Big D and the Kids Table – The Good Ole American Saturday Night

— BLXST – Labor of Love

— Bob Wagner – I’ve Been Down

— The Bobby Lees – New Self

— Bolan (Rachel Bolan of Skid Row) – Gargoyle of the Garradden State

— Brenn! – AMATEUR AT BEST

— CFCF –  L.U.V.

— Defiled – Altered State

— Des Rocs – To Hell and Back

— Dirty Heads – 7 Seas

— Duane Betts – Isle of Hope

— Fruit Bats – The Landfill

— G Herbo – Lil Herb: Lil Heroin Edition

— Genghis Tron – Signal Fire

— George Thorogood and the Destroyers – The Baddest Show on Earth

— Goose – BIG MODERN!

— Horse Lords – Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!

— Infinity Song – Infinity Song

— Jesse Welles – Masks Off

— Jessie Reyez – A Little Vengeance

— Joan As Police Woman – Real Life Evolution

— Johnny Orlando – Songs For Young Lovers

— Jon Spencer – Songs of Personal Loss and Protest

— josh conway (of The Marías) – plum

— Joshua Crumbly – How I Feel Sometimes

— Kaleo – A/B (10th Anniversary Edition)

— Keith Urban – Flow State

— Kelsey Lu – So Help Me God

— Koe Wetzel – The Night Champion

— Kit Major – Miss Ego EP

— La Sécurité – Bingo!

— Leenalchi – Here Comes That Crow EP

— Mekons – HORRORble (mekons Vs. Tony Maimone In Dub Conference)

— Meltt – Pathwaysau

— Midland – Stages

— Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs – Mission of Mercy

— Mon Laferte – Femme Fatale Vol. 2

— Mono – Snowdrop

— Myles Smith – My Mess, My Heart, My Life

— Olivia Rodrigo – you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love

— Paycheque – Paycheque

— Piebald – Tales For The Rages

— Pluralone (Josh Klinghoffer) –  A Drop In The Ocean

— Pussy Riot – CYKA

— Rone – Megaptera

— Ruel – Kicking & Screaming

— Sleeping with Sirens – An Ending In Itself

— Spacey Jane – Exit Wounds EP

— Stitched Up Heart – MEDUSA

— Sublime – Until the Sun Explodes

— Telescreens – Why The Lights Flicker

— Theatre – Incarnate EP

— Tim Barry – Clear Blocks Ahead

— Tony Njoku – A World of Bodies on Fire EP

— Tori Kelly – God Must Really Love Me

— Vitamin String Quartet (VSQ) – VSQ Performs SZA

— Wiki – Ancient History

— YES – Aurora