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new music 2022

Dope Lemon – Rose Pink Cadillac : expanding into new territory (that I’m not too into…)
Miles Kane – Change the Show : fun swinging Brit pop
Fickle Friends – Are We Gonna Be Alright : 80s pop, modernized
Cat Power – Covers : ho hum
California Honeydrops, the – Covers from the Cave : easy-listening, #greatbarband
FKA Twigs – Caprisongs : chaotic experimental/modern r&b
Chastity – Suffer Summer : ho-hum emo-pop
Yndling – Yndling : gauzy Norwegian dream-pop
Blood Red Shoes – Ghosts On Tape : very boring electro-pop/indie
Blaudzun – Lonely City Exit Wounds : nice radio-ready Euro-rock


Tape Toy – Honey, WTF : Dutch nu-grunge/pop
Kids On A Crime Spree – Fall In Love Not In Line : diverse, fun guitar-rock; #findingasound
Cory Wong – Wong’s Cafe : a bit too “j crew funky”
Beach House – Once Twice Melody : sounds good, doesn’t inspire; #needssomehooks
Weeknd, the – Dawn FM : “if I had to I wouldn’t really mind”
Lumineers, the – Brightside : fun, loose, and radio-ready; #rightdownthemiddle
Bodega – Broken Equipment : smart, sharp, and snappy post-rock/new-wave
Dave Depper – Moon Safari : inventive and honest interpretations of a set of bangers
Destroyer – Labyrinthitis : ‘uniquely Destroyer’; very odd sounds, feelings, beats, melodies, and puzzling lyrics
Eels – Extreme Witchcraft : oddball pop-rock from a weirdo master


Elvis Costello & The Imposters – The Boy Named If : very fun modern indie rock; #legacycontinues
Gabriella Cohen – Blue No More : bright and enjoyable genre-hopping modern pop/folk/rock
Ludovico Einaudi – Underwater
MØ – Motordrome : at-times-compelling modern pop
Night Crickets – A Free Society : art-rock collab with #DavidJ and #VFemmes
Penny And Sparrow – Olly Olly : mildly interesting ‘adult pop’
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – The Alien Coast : very weird turn toward nu-disco/modern R&B
Toundra – Hex : towering, very-serious instrumental post-rock via #Mexico
Twin Atlantic – Transparency : quite fun and varied ‘indie’ sounds
Yard Act – The Overload : very, very fun Brit-pop married to (post-Brexit-)post-punk


Blues Against Youth, the – As the Tide Gets High and Low : always love one-man-band-blues; #ramshackle
Diasonics, the – Origin of Forms : instrumental funk via #Moscow
DJ Cam – Tropical Gypsy : mostly ho-hum downtempo tunes; #nottropical
Kid Loco – Born in the 60’s : fun downtempo’ed classic rock covers
Leo Sayer – Northern Songs : beatles covers…
North Mississippi Allstars – Set Sail : fun contemporary roots-blues, the party-starters are fun
Paul Draper – Cult Leader Tactics : satirical new new wave wave how-to
Wovenhand – Silver Sash : dark and brooding psychedelic neo-folk/rock
A Place to Bury Strangers – See Through You : noisy, jagged and droning psych/post-punk
Funki Porcini – Where The Sauce Is Deluxe : nicely chilled-out downbeat/nu-jazz/ambient/…


Animal Collective – Time Skiffs : back-to-form weirdo AnCo; #pitchforknailedit
Mississippi Nova – The Desert in Winter : messy, sludgy garage/heavy-blues
Bastille – Give Me The Future : well done modern pop; #varietyandhooks
Hippo Campus – LP3 : sometimes fun indie-pop
Imaad Wasif – So Long Mr. Fear : sophisticated pop for grown-ups; #soserious
Mitski – Laurel Hell : shrugging pop music
Los Bitchos – Let the Festivities Begin! : very fun party-starter retro instrumental psych-surf
Reds, Pinks And Purples, the – Summer At Land’s End : lovely bedroom-pop with an 80s new-age vibe
Dan Andriano And The Bygones – Dear Darkness : loose fun
High Water Marks, the – Proclaimer Of Things : bubbly, lively, varied and compelling indie-rock/power-pop


Spoon – Lucifer On the Sofa : continuing their fantastic catalog with a career highlight
Alt-J (∆) – The Dream : occasionally brilliant, often soggy
Andy Bell – Flicker : nostalgic psych-pop. done very well; #Erasure
Eddie Vedder – Earthling : diving back into rock; #abithohum
Hembree – It’s a Dream! : loose, funky dance-rock
Johnossi – Mad Gone Wild : energetic and fun guitar-driven indie-rock
Urge Overkill – Oui : earnest attempt
Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You : I can’t believe this thing is so popular; #goodnotTHATgood
Frank Turner – FTHC : ‘punk folk’; alternately emo-ish and shouty
Black Country, New Road – Ants from Up There : professionally boring attempt at ‘interesting’; #alarminglypopular


Blushing – Possessions : very well done dream-pop-gaze; #textbookindierock
Dean Owens – Sinner’s Shrine : AZ desert rock aka Calexico lite
Dumpster Pop – Punch The Clown : goofy little throwaway punk tracks; #wellnamed
Foxy Shazam – The Heart Behead You : theatrical, glammed-up garage-rock; #artificeorart
Hurray for the Riff Raff – Life on Earth : mostly-compelling indie-pop/folk-punk with a perspective; #soserious #’naturepunk’
James Hunter Six, the – With Love, The James Hunter Six : fun retro love ballads; #fucklove
Methyl Ethel – Are You Haunted : kinda-interesting indie-pop; #femvox
Midnight Oil – Resist : fine sendoff
Night Shop – Forever Night : super-well-done, emotive, widescreen s/s guitar-rock
River Dreams – Small Paintings : nice roots/classic-rock via #Australia


Sarah Borges – Together Alone : spirited s-s/country-rock/Americana outing
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – Nightroamer : nice country-tinged roots-rock
Shout Out Louds – House : very, very lovely indie-pop via #Sweden
Society of Rockets, the – Unearthed : fun, jangly countrified indie/guitar/psych-pop/rock; #slackerrock
Steve Poltz – Stardust and Satellites : cleverly contemplative beach-bum rock; #inthebestway
Swans – Is There Really A Mind : lo-fi solo acoustic fundraiser for a real album
William Loveday Intention, the – Cowboys Are SQ : more excellent ramshackle blues/folk/rock/dirt; #BillyChildish #’multi-hyphenate’
Beechwood – Sleep Without Dreaming : very enjoyable punk-leaning power-pop/indie
Beth Hart – A Tribute To Led Zeppelin : fun, powerful tributes
Chords UK, the – Big City Dreams : really great high-energy diverse power-pop delights


Die! Die! Die! – This Is Not An Island Anymore : aggressive, punky and noisy rock with clever melodies
Half Man Half Biscuit – The Voltarol Years : mostly fun high-energy pub rockers
Heavy Hours, the – Gardens : occasionally groovy indie in a wash of crap arena-rock
Johnny Marr – Fever Dreams Pts 1 – 4 : lots of experimenting with sounds and styles, to mostly very good effect
Maita – I Just Want To Be Wild For You : intimate modern pop; well instrumented!
Minders, the – Psychedelic Blacktop : very enjoyable 60s-flecked psych-pop; #Elephant6
Sea Power – Everything Was Forever : wide-screen genre-hopping indie, at times great
Shybits – Body Lotion : nice quiet-loud 90s-influenced guitar pop-rockers
Superchunk – Wild Loneliness : typically infectious and catchy; #abitsubdued
Swami John Reis – Ride The Wild Night : boogie/garage sauciness plus pop delight


Tears For Fears – The Tipping Point : beautifully executed ho-hum tunes
Ty Segall – Whirlybird OST : really great and unexpectedly exciting
Band Of Heathens, the – Remote Transmissions, Vol. 1 : nice open covers; #countrytinge
Band of Horses – Things Are Great : a lovely, reed-smooth voice over ho-hum songs
Beachheads – Beachheads II : superty-duperty fun power-pop via #Norway
Bonobo – Fragments : chilled-out downbeat; #nottoointeresting #NinjaTune
Cloud Cult – Metamorphosis : delicate bedroom/orchestral pop-rock
Dip, the – Sticking With It : warm, retro r&b/soul; #hohum
Diplo – Diplo : TIL they still make house records
Dolly Parton – Run, Rose, Run : #whodesntlovedolly #notmuchhere #abitsilly


Eades – Delusion Spree : fun, grooving guitar-first indie-rockers
El Ten Eleven – New Year’s Eve : groovy, motorik heart detected
Emily Wells – Regards to the End : kinda-interesting orchestral pop; #adventurous
Friendship Propaganda – Songs for the Expiration of an Anxiety Pioneer : propulsive mid-fi early-rock-band outing; #gottagoforit
Gang of Youths – Angel in Realtime : interesting and fairly compelling charisma storytelling rock
Guided By Voices – Crystal Nuns Cathedral : another very excellent outing; #thefutilityofgbvreviews
John Zorn – A Garden Of Forking Paths : incredible modern classical/folk/adventure compositions beautifully played
Melt Yourself Down – Pray for Me I Don’t Fit In : wacky and propulsive sax-forward jazz-rock
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs – External Combustion : nice groovy classic-rock; #tompetty
Nilüfer Yanya – Painless : really great, diverse very modern pop-rock


No Ceremony/// – In Anticipation Of An Ending : slinky synthwave
Peach Pit – From 2 to 3 : fun and jangly summery pop-rock
Robert Glasper – Black Radio III : easy-cool throwback nu-R&B/soul/downbeat
Scorpions – Rock Believer : sure. #whatyearisit
Sean O’Brien And His Dirty Hands – Negative And Clear : nice broad collection of varied rock sounds
Stereophonics – Oochya! : perfectly ok collection of varied indie-rock styles, all well done.
Thank – Thoughtless Cruelty : Noise. And politics. And dumb. #superBritchaos
Vaguess – Nothing’s Secret : jittery summery punk-rawk(-lite)
Blue States – World Contact Day : ho-hu spacious baroque-ish pop
Boo Radleys, the – Keep On With Falling : varied approaches to ‘adult-pop/rock’ + power-pop


Cowboy Junkies – Songs Of The Recollection : good covers keeping the CJ ‘voice’
Dexy – Sleeping Through Summer : loose ‘americana’ tinged with power-pop; #getssappy
Districts, the – Great American Painting : extremely well done anthemic rock from the heart
Drug Couple – Stoned Weekend : very compelling and super-listenable gently-psych indie-rock/americana
Feeder – Torpedo : propulsive return-to-action; #moreemothanineed
Gasoline – The Orange Album : energetic garage rock
Guerilla Toss – Famously Alive : wacky, experimental art-rock
Helen Love – This Is My World : very fun and listenable folk/punk-pop/rock; #superBritish
Hoodoo Gurus – Chariot Of The Gods : sharp, tight, well-written indie/garage-rock
JARV IS… – This Is Going To Hurt : wide-ranging, occasionally genius


Jenny Hval – Classic Objects : lovely, delicate, intimate art-pop
Lady Pills – What I Want : enjoyable, personal indie-rock; #pandemicsurvival #femvox
Lee Rogers – The City In You : well done mildly experimental thoughtful indie-rock
Legendary Pink Dots, the – The Museum of Human Happiness : experimental, slowed a bit, synth-forward and lyrically ‘heavy’; #touchingpostpunk
Loop – Sonancy : decent widescreen indie-gaze
M Ross Perkins – E Pluribus M Ross : delightful, retro, and eclectic bedroom-pop
Mattiel – Georgia Gothic : vibrant and fun dusty alt-rock
Midlake – For The Sake Of Bethel Woods : like the experimental feel, a couple high spots
Monochrome Set, the – Allhallowtide : quirky arty chamber-pop; #punkatheart
Mysterines, the – Reeling : energetic grunge/classic-rock


Niña Coyote eta Chico Tornado – Niña Coyote eta Chico Tornado vs. Don Condor eta Ñora Alacran : punk/heavy rock b/w/ electric cumbia?
Peter Doherty And Frédéric Lo – The Fantasy Life Of Poetry And Crime : at times extremely interesting, at others dead dull
Pictish Trail – Island Family : cool ‘electro-acoustic psychedelic pop’; #verypandemic
Pinch Points – Process : aggressive socio-political (post-)punk
Rex Orange County – Who Cares? : very peppy indie-pop ear worms
Young Guv – GUV III : very enjoyable power-pop
Messer Chups – Visiting The Skeleton In The Closet : straightforward fun surf-rock via #Russia; #boorussia #yeahukraine
Mint Julep – Covers : pretty great dream-pop-gaze covers
Night Palace – Diving Rings : lovely atmospheric-pop/rock
Papercuts – Past Life Regression : loaded up with wobbly, folky, dream-pop references; #bitofasnooze


Pillow Queens – Leave The Light On : warm and inviting indie rock; #verynice
Pup – The Unraveling Of Puptheband : fun, interesting and energetic guitar pop-punk
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Unlimited Love : back to the funk, the good is OK the bad is horrible
Ryan Adams – Chris : approachable, well-executed s/s-indie; #dontcallitacomeback
Sam Jr. – Sam Jr : crisp and flowing fuzzed-out psych-rock with drone/noise/pop elements
Sea Girls – Homesick : ho-hum pop-rock
Sexy Zebras – Calle Liberación : heavy rocking party rock via #Madrid
Shooter Jennings & Yelawolf – Sometimes Y : A for effort, C for quality; #intriguing
Skrizzly Adams – Foolish : bubbly and lively pop-rock; #10songs29minutes
Snake And Jet’s Amazing Bullit Band – Sphere : meandering ‘bachelor pad’ art-pop via #Denmark


Sondre Lerche – Avatars Of Love : lovely Norwegian indie-pop; #lightlytwee
Spaceface – Anemoia : late night psych-pop bangers; #discotastic
Spiral Drive – Visions In Bloom : diverse, occasionally quite good, psychedelic space-rock; #overlong
Star Party – Meadow Flower : full-tilt lo-fi garage rock; #poppiestisbestiest
Stone Foundation – Outside Looking In : enjoyable pop-funk
Tahiti 80 – Here with You : percolating pop fun via #France
Taylor McCluskey – Justify : super-derivative ‘mall rock’; #notterrible
Thornbird – ThornBird : lovely open-heart folk; #Aussie #TheWaifs
Wallows – Tell Me That It’s Over : dancey modern pop
Walt Disco – Unlearning : thrilling electro-operatic-avant-goth-pop-glam-dance-punk


Warmduscher – At the Hotspot : wacky post-punk; #grotty
Wednesday – Mowing the Leaves Instead of Piling ’em Up : rough indie-rock cover set
Widowspeak – The Jacket : lush and elegant americana-folk-indie; #femvox
William Loveday Intention, the – The Baptiser : #BillyChildish bringin’ the gospel of bluesy folk-rock
Wrest – End All The Days : nice, ‘classic’ Scottish indie-rock
Anadol – Felicita : fascinatingly exploratory Turkish-pop steeped in psychedelia, ‘world sounds’, jazz and atmospherics
Bart Davenport – Episodes : lovely blend of coffeehouse jazz, acoustic porch tunes, and 60s brit-folk
Bedroom Eyes – Sisyphus Rock : solid indie-rock via #Sweden
Club d’Elf – You Never Know : varied noodle-y meanderings
Why Bonnie – 90 in November : dream-pop-gaze/indie with a country tinge


Dan Melchior – Loud Version : super-lo-fi fuzzed-out swamp/garage-rock
Dead Melodies – Memento : deeeep couch-drone post-rock ambient; #airplane
Dead Tongues, the – Dust : gentle nighttime drive soundtrack
Duster – Together : despair brought to life; #gothslowcore
Fatherson – Normal Fears : very vanilla singalong indie-pop
Get Well Soon – Amen : dynamic electro-driven indie-rock
Gnod – Hexen Valley : grinding noise rock; #pocketsofgold
Go Cactus – We Have Wasted The Chance But We Are Fine : fun and jangly guitar-rock via #Spain
Hellacopters, the – Eyes of Oblivion : very fun high-energy heavy-rock via #Sweden
High Keys, the – A Little Too Heavy : recorded 1970, released 2022; #retrorock


Hot Water Music – Feel the Void : punchy, crunchy melodic punk
Joan Jett – Changeup : some great versions
John Zorn & Bill Laswell – The Cleansing : maybe a tad to far into the skronk for me…
Jon Spencer & the HITmakers – Spencer Gets It Lit : kitschy art-punk-blues-noise-pop
Laurels, the – Homecoming : very interesting mix of gauzy indie-rock and psych jams
Tree River – Time Being : anthemic indie/emo
Arre! Arre! – We Ride the Universe : snarling biker-gang-themed garage-punk via #Sweden
Basically Nancy – Basically Nancy : punchy, aggressive all-fem rockers
Calexico – El Mirador : back to the best of their dusty AZ mariachi mysteries
Drug Church – Hygiene : booming, hooky hardcore rockers


Envy of None – Envy of None : hodge-podge of pop-rock sounds looking for an audience; #CANsupergroup
Good Looks – Bummer Year : engaging and thoughtful gently-indie rockers
Health – Disco4::Part II : grimly dark electro-industrial-art-noise
Jack White – Fear Of The Dawn : deliriously weird blues-rock-punk-art
Linda Lindas, the – Growing Up : rambunctious angsty teenage pop-rock; #femvox
Lucius – Second Nature : tight, fun vocal-pop
Mondo Cozmo – This is for the Barbarians : well done folk-rock; #channelingDylan
Orville Peck – Bronco : gorgeous, dramatic and powerful modern country, with a twist
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong – Perspective : frat-party electro-funk jamzzz
Regrettes, the – Further Joy : mixed-results move toward a more pop sound; #heartstillthere


Space Ghost – Private Paradise : chilly bleep-bloop
Wasted – Modern Lie : nice enough indie-punk/rock via #Finland
Wet Leg – Wet Leg : really high highs, otherwise dull
Wet Tuna – Warping All By Yourself : crazy psych-funk-experiment from the inimitable MV
3rd Secret – 3rd Secret : “grunge supergroup” plays middling indie-folk
50 Foot Wave – Black Pearl : I <3 Kristin Hersh. Full stop.
Demons Of Ruby Mae – What Goes Unseen : egad
Freddie Steady Revue, the – Dandy : midling americana/soul ‘revue’
George Is Lord – My Sweet George : great songs, but why bother really?
Japanese Television – Space Fruit Vineyard : pretty great motorik space-surf instrumentals


Jewel – Freewheelin’ Woman : quite original and adventurous step forward (into the past?)
Kurt Vile – (watch my moves) : offbeat, languid and stoned folk-rock; #airplane
Psychic Graveyard/USA Nails – split LP : punk noise
Savak – Human Error/Human Delight : extremely well-executed wide-ranging post-punk touching many styles
Vundabar – Devil For The Fire : very very well-done indie-pop/rock; #cleantwists
Wheeler Walker Jr. – Sex, Drugs And Country Music : INCREDIBLY FUCKING STUPID
!!! – Let It Be Blue : blase ‘dance-rock’; #dadfunk
Altameda – Born Losers : lovely-sounding Canadian ‘americana’/alt-country
Arcade Fire – We : hohum at best
Awolnation – My Echo, My Shadow, My Covers & Me : 80s covers; #wobbly


Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse – Good Times End Times : LA-inspired indie-rock; #subdued
Belle And Sebastian – A Bit of Previous : straightforward s/s indie-pop; #nobangers
Biznaga – Bremen No Existe : really good guitar rock via #Madrid
Black Keys, the – Dropout Boogie : fun blues adventures, channeling 70s backyard bbqs
Bloc Party – Alpha Games : their NY post-punk/dance sounds return
Bonnie Raitt – Just Like That : quite nice driving/radio blues-rock
Bowling for Soup – Pop Drunk Snot Bread : stupid, as designed
Carla Geneve – Learn To Like It : nicely done Aussie s/s
Chainsmokers, the – So Far So Good : over-the-top EDM-pop; #fuckautotune
Church Of The Cosmic Skull – There Is No Time : very fun ‘retro-psychedelic prog’ steeped in classic/arena-rock


Color Fred, the – A Year And Change : pure emo
Dale Watson – Jukebox Fury : kitchy fun, but why not?
Dan Melchior – CB Odyssey : lo-fi straight-to-record singsong garage-rock
DITZ – The Great Regression : angular, arty noise-rock/metal
Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed – Down Every Road : solid & enjoyable r&b
Erasers – Constant Connection : hypnotic synth-drone
Ex Norwegian – Spook Du Jour : fun, quick little art-rock/pop blasts; #powerpopatheart
Feeling, the – Loss. Hope. Love : radio pop-rock
Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia : experimental and forward-moving post-punk
Frog Eyes – The Bees : off-the-beaten-path indie via #Canada


Greyboy Allstars, the – Get A Job : organ-driven jazz-funk covers; #itsajam
Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers : lots of guests and interesting beats; #doesnotconnect
Kevin Morby – This Is A Photograph : easy-going rock jangles
Kikagaku Moyo – Kumoyo Island : very engaging psych via #Japan
King Dude & Der Blutharsch and the Infinite Church of the Leading Hand – Black Rider On the Storm : dark folk drone gaze
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Omnium Gatherum : typically adventurous psych workouts; #epicopener #20records10years
Kongos – 1929, Pt. 3 : quite catchy adventures in alt-rock sounds and styles; #transformationunderway
Lara Rosseel – Hert : lovely emotive groovy/jazzy fun
Lazy Eyes, the – SongBook : lovely symphonic psych-pop/rock via #Australia
Lyle Lovett – 12th of June : Solid


Mall Girl – Superstar : adventures in art/pop ;#decent
Mandy Moore – In Real Life : decent radio pop
Melody’s Echo Chamber – Emotional Eternal : very intriguing, occasionally awesome; #’beauiful’
MNNQNS – The Second Principle : moody post-punk/new-wave via #France; #plodding
Monophonics – Sage Motel : dinner-party r&b/psych-soul
My Idea – Cry Mfer : quite nice little bedroom-pop; #couplestherapy #fuckautotune
Noon Garden – Beulah Spa : trippy psych dance indie
Orions Belte & Oyvind Blomstrom – Oyvind Blomstrom : groovy, freaky, smooth and motorik
Otoboke Beaver – Super Champon : ho-hum high-energy punk, the squeaky vox is the draw??
Particle Kid – Time Capsule : “you miss all the shots you don’t take”


Pink Mountaintops – Peacock Pools : pointedly weird alt-indie
Pkew Pkew Pkew – Open Bar : fun tight bursts of classic-rock/power-pop/punk
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Night Gnomes : heavy psych delights ;#oddsignatures #meandering
Rain Perry – A White Album : sensitive adult pop-rock
Red Snapper – Everybody Is Somebody : dubby and laconic Brit/alt hip-hop neo-jazz
Roger Eno – The Turning Year : intriguing modern compositions
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Endless Rooms : guitar-first indie-pop/rock; #abitvanilla
Shilpa Ray – Portrait Of A Lady : entertaining punk/art
Sir Woman – Sir Woman : loose carefree and fun soulful r&b; #paintbynumber
Slackers, the – Don’t Let The Sunlight Fool Ya : chill alt/punk-ska


Sons – Sweet Boy : intriguing psych-garage via #Belgium
Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems : amusing (in small doses) hardcore
Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful : subdued psych/gospel
Sticky Fingers – Lekkerboy : decent if subdued #Aussie rockers
Sunflower Bean – Headful of Sugar : hard-charging for ‘different’, not really pulling it off
Surfrajettes, the – Roller Fink : very fun, but tame, instrumentals; #wellnamed
Tigris – Hop Hop : instrumental electro-funk/jazz/pop jamz via #Mali and #Israel
Trombone Shorty – Lifted : ho-hum soul/r&b/funk; #straightnoswing #whitepeoplefunk
Ball Park Music – Weirder And Weirder : very varied alt/indie/pop; #wellnamed
Body Type – Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing’s Surprising : propulsive and adventurous debut with a post-punk flava


Dehd – Blue Skies : well-done, subdued indie; #kidspirit
Delta Spirit – One is One : earnest as ever this time a radio pop sound; #pass
JennyLee – Heart Tax : ok s/s-indie; #Warpaint #RSD22
John Doe – Fables In A Foreign Land : lovely Sunday porch tunes
Loyal Seas, the – Strange Mornings in the Garden : somewhat nondescript americana; #tanyadonelly
Tess Parks – And Those Who Were Seen Dancing : delicious psych-pop/rock
Tim Armstrong – Who Stole The Colours : terrible radio pop; #notrancid
Van Morrison – What’s It Gonna Take? : ho-hum; #sigh
Ventilateur – Hoofdplaat : noodly jazz/rock fusion
Vero – Unsoothing Interior : very enjoyable indie rock, at times SY-esque


Warpaint – Radiate Like This : dynamic and soothing indie-rock
Wave Pictures, the – When The Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings : oddly paced at times fun; #confusing
Widespread Panic – Miss Kitty’s Lounge : 90s noodling unleashed; #southernrock
Wilco – Cruel Country : quiet-leaning variants of texture and vibration; #somegoodies
William Loveday Intention, the – Paralysed by the Mountains : keep it comin’, this one exra-bluesy; #BillyChildish
You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown – Âmbar : dance-inflected indie via #Lisbon
Andrew Bird – Inside Problems : straightforward, refreshing and gorgeous
Angel Olsen – Big Time : elegantly crafted and executed americana-pop; #mostlyboring
Anton Barbeau – Power Pop!!! : energetic glam-80s pop-rock; #sepiatone
Dream Machine – Living the Dream : occasionally great power-pop/glam/80s; #warmsoda


Dream Syndicate, the – Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions : nostalgic VU/Eno/Bowie style psychedelics 60s-inflected rock
Drive-By Truckers – Welcome 2 Club XIII : subdued release, still quite good
Elephant – Big Thing : indie psych rock, not much of note…
Envy Corps, the – Born in Fog : straightforward easy-indie pop-rock
Fantastic Negrito – White Jesus Black Problems : exciting and emotional multi-genre ride
Federico Aubele – The Holographic Moon : “Parisian-cafe” acoustic guitar pop
Fixx, the – Every Five Seconds : fine
Hanging Stars, the – Hollow Heart : lazy Sunday psych-country jamz
Kamikaze Nurse – Stimuloso : noise-art-rock sound blasts
Kelley Stoltz – The Stylist : quite good 70s-touched pop-rock


Poliça – Madness : very interesting with unique production sounds; #allovers
Sam Cohen – Slow Fawn : contemplative bedroom pop
Shaggy Dogs – Sorry for the Delay! : local-bar rockabilly
Sheepdogs, the – Outta Sight : 70s party atomsphere on wax; #sosolid
Suffers, the – It Starts with Love : soulful roots r&b
Tommy and The Ohs – Mariposa Gold : fun avant-everything pop-rock; #hippies…
Vance Joy – In Our Own Sweet Time : that anthemic-folk space between Beam and Mumford
Weird Nightmare – Weird Nightmare : adventurous and buzzing super-diverse noise-pop; #metz
Yama Warashi – Crispy Moon : weird kaleidoscopic art-pop via #Japan
µ-Ziq – Magic Pony Ride : too clubby, not enough dubby


Inflorescence, the – Remember What I Look Like : pick-a-style alt-rock
Baby Strange – World Below : bratty, shouty, danceable post-punk; #resultsvary
Bartees Strange – Farm to Table : an exuberant and vivid ‘alternative’ rock adventure
Brian Jonestown Massacre, the – Fire Doesn’t Grow On Trees : rough and loose garage-psych
Burning Hell, the – Garbage Island : quirky & fun bedroom pop-rock
Damien Jurado – Reggae Film Star : cinematic melancholy well executed; #tooemotionallyheavy
Dan Reed Network – Let’s Hear It For The King : pretty dumb 80s rock-pop-‘funk’
Day Wave – Pastlife : bouncy synth+guit dream-pop
Doc Flippers – Human Pork : very odd and highly propulsive indie/post-punk
El Perro – Hair Of : heat-seeking heavy fuzz-guitar-driven psych-rock jamz; #radiomoscow


Flasher – Love Is Yours : fun summer electro-guitar-pop
G. Love & Special Sauce – Philadelphia Mississippi : silly retro folk/blues+rap; #31
Golden Apples – Golden Apples : great 90s lo-fi jangle-pop/rock with a psychedelic overlay
Goose – Dripfield : goofy jammy backyard bro bbq vibes
Guided By Voices – Tremblers And Goggles By Rank : power-pop + lots of prog; up-and-down
Jack Johnson – Meet The Moonlight : ho-hum beach/make-out slacker tunez
Jaguar Sun – All We’ve Ever Known : lovely pastoral dream-pop
Johnny Hunter – Want : well-done dynamic center-cut pop-rock
Martin Courtney – Magic Sign : casual bedroom indie
Muna – Muna : over-the-top radio pop; #purposefullydumb


Oso Oso – Sore Thumb : goofy fun emo/pop-rock
Pete Yorn – Hawaii : ho-hum adult pop-rock
Petrol Girls – Baby : chaotic, dark and abrasive British post-punk; #politicalfirebombs
Shadowgraphs – Shadowgraphs : decent, varied psych-pop/indie
Soccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever : singer/songwriter-gaze? #goodnotgreat
Spencer Krug – Twenty Twenty Twenty Twenty One : disconnected moments of adventure
Tijuana Panthers – Halfway to Eighty : varied surf-ish guitar indie-rock
Whorses – Whorses : half clattering punk-chaos, half lo-fi bedroom pop
Young Guv – Guv IV : very compelling indie-pop/power-pop; #easylisten
Abronia – Map Of Dawn : interesting and hypnotic drone/psych-rock; #uneven


Camp Trash – The Long Way, The Slow Way : homogenous emo/pop-punk
Deadly Cliffs – Shut Your Ears! : some interesting ideas buried in heaps of garbage; #keeptrying
Delicate Steve – After Hours : delicately intricate instrumental rock virtuosity
Ghost Woman – Ghost Woman : a hazy, kinetic, post-punk psychedelic adventure
Imagine Dragons – Mercury: Acts 1 And 2 : technically I only needed to listen to the second half; #morethanenough
James Righton – Jim, I’m Still Here : intriguing synth-based ‘movements’; #klaxons
Los Daytonas – Troublemaker : VERY fun and light instrumental-rock via #Madrid; #25thyear
Metric – Formentera : move-along-nothing-to-see-here adult indie-pop; #wildlyuneven
Momma – Household Name : fuzzy, 90s-indebted alt.rock; #soundslikemarketing
Mush – Down Tools : quirky and spontaneous art-rock/post-punk


Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Seven Psalms : can the light of humanity be uncovered via darkness?
Paolo Nutini – Last Night in the Bittersweet : diverse adult-cocktail-party tunez
Pit Pony – World to Me : infectious fuzzed-out indie-garage/rock
Slang – Cockroach In A Ghost Town : interestingly wobbly ‘college rock’
Smoke Point – Smoke Point : not quite enough ‘chill’ for my ears
Space Invaders – Garden Of The Wizard : space/psych/noise/prog-rock; #blacklight
Spiral Stairs – Medley Attack : really, really fantastic 70s-80s rock sounds; #nopavementhere
Tosca – Osam : avant-garde, experimental dynamically-chill downbeat/dub/soothe
U.K. Subs – Reverse Engineering : punk.
Viagra Boys – Cave World : political satire wrapped in genius post-punk chaos


Wild Wild Wets – Love Always : thoroughly enjoyable propulsive psych-rock
…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – XI: Bleed Here Now : bloated and over-long space-prog
Ambient Jazz Ensemble – London Fields: not-very-interesting jazz/ambient noodling
Beabadoobee – Beatopia : an artist looking for a ‘forever sound’, dropping gems along the way
Berries – How We Function : well-done early-band indie-rock; #femvox
Black Midi – Hellfire : avant-prog-pop preening; #overserious #maybeimtooold
Daphne and the Fuzz – Bluffs: wildly diverse and fun indie-rock/pop via #Greece
Dave Cope and the Sass – Pied Piper : political protest songs through a classic psychedelic-folk lens
Elf Power – Artificial Countrysides : fun, gentle psych-pop/rock/folk; #E6!forever
Gabbard Brothers, the – The Gabbard Brothers : lively backyard-psych-folk-rock; #70s #hippies


Interpol – The Other Side of Make-Believe : very-medium-average-pretty-decent
Jazzual Suspects, the – Diggin’ Deeper : chill downbeat mix
Joyride! – Miracle Question : very very fun, high energy indie-rock; #tiringontheears
Lizzo – Special : upbeat and hooky pop/r&b; #goodisgood #feelsplastic
Ozomatli – Marching On : just go see the live show…
Queen Kwong – Couples Only : over-serious, over-dark woe-is-me
Routes, the – The Twang Machine: Kraftwerk reconfigured into 60s surf rock, via #Japan
Titus Haug – Shaky Sighs : ho-hum bedroom s/s with some ‘beach warmth’
Beach Bunny – Emotional Creature : highly polished buzzy & propulsive indie; #femvox
Bear’s Den – Trying Season 3 OST : lovely pop-rock, paced like #moviemusic


Ben Harper – Bloodline Maintenance : personal cocktail sounds, loosely blues-rock
Bengoa – Music For Your Red Parts : silky downtempo grooves
Blckwlf – One : very ho-hum try-it-all rockers
Bryde – Still : waiting for it to do something…
Dawes – Misadventures Of Doomscroller : easy-breezy soft-rock
Everything Everything – Raw Data Feel : fucking idiotic
Ezra Cohen – The Sweet Million : ‘solidly ok’ indie-rock/alt-rock
Gemma Rogers – No Place Like Home : fun and playful art/indie/folk/alt-rock
Jack White – Entering Heaven Alive : jumping, loose and shambling; #loveit
Jamie T – The Theory Of Whatever : very British s/s-pop/rock


Kooks, the – 10 Tracks To Echo In The Dark : lightweight, positive and enjoyable pop-rock
Launder – Happening : 90s indie-gaze
Nebula – Transmission From Mothership Earth : sludgy, stoner heavy-psych; #recordedinamudpuddle
Nick Dittmeier & The Sawdusters – Heavy Denim : highly professional casual blues/rock
Odesza & Olafur Arnalds – Light Of Day : electro jamz; #ihavenoidea
Pool Kids – Pool Kids : big ol’ loud/soft emo
Ryan Adams – FM : fun 70s FM (sic) radio rockers
Ryan Adams – Romeo & Juliet : quite good with a classic-rock feel; #loooong
Sadies, the – Colder Streams : genius-level authentic country/folk/rock; #RIPDallas
She And Him – Melt Away: A Tribute To Brian Wilson : cute


Soft Hills, the – Viva Chi Vede : gently-psych indie-folk/rock/pop; #filmmusic
Traams – Personal Best : pulsating contemplative post-punk
Ty Segall – ‘Hello, Hi’ : a clean acoustic+electric folk-inspired outing
Beyoncé – Renaissance : if club music is your thing…
Color Green – Color Green : eclectic back-porch 70s-rock melange; #sowelldone
Confederate Dead, the – It Was Meant to Happen : enthralling reverb-heavy(!) psych-rock
Dune Rats – Real Rare Whale : super-fun bratty high-energy surf punk
Josh Rouse – Going Places : very lovely and simple s/s vignettes
Maggie Rogers – Surrender : exceptionally well done vibrant modern rock-pop


Matt Nathanson – Boston Accent : really well executed, sounds great
Mix Master Mike – Ready Slayer One : wacky turntable magic; #crazyretardedscratch
Murder By Death – Spell-Bound : silky and dramatic indie; #mellifluous
of Montreal – Freewave Lucifer f-ck f^ck f-ck : very weird, very eclectic, natch.; #e6
Ólafur Arnalds – Surface : interesting chill beats + neoclassical pop figures
Pretty Lightning – Dust Moves : “meandering desert blues, strung-out psych-rock and widescreen, hypnotic drones.” via #Germany
Sarah Bethe Nelson – Mental Picture : “groovy folk with heavy country and psych inflections”; #earworms
Sator – Return Of The Barbie-Q-Killers : awesome garage/glam/indie obscure covers via #Sweden
Sparklers, the – Miss Philadelphia : fun, rough energetic bar-rock/MSP-punk
Tallies – Patina : delightful vintage (80s) dream-pop(-gaze); #TheSundays


Triptides – So Many Days : lovely, lilting and lively psychedelic-rock; #LAsummersound
Unlikely Candidates, the – Panther Island : solid radio rock-pop; #bythenumbers
Bones Shake – Bleed : gritty garage-blues-rock
Born Under A Rhyming Planet – Diagonals : intriguing dub/glitch/jazz/techno/…
Cheerbleederz – Even In Jest : cute indie/punk
Danger Mouse – Cheat Codes : solid, tight, collab-heavy grooves
Dirtwire – Embers : intriguing ‘back-porch space-cowboy blues’
Dust Star – Open Up That Heart : fun, exciting lo-fi rock/power-pop; #bettersongsplz
Fanclubwallet – You Have Got to Be Kidding Me : perfectly-nice-enough pop-rock; #starteralbum
Guards – More Cover Songs : fun filler


Interrupters, the – In The Wild : fun, bouncy punk-ska-pop
Kae Tempest – The Line Is A Curve : brit conscious electro-pop/hip-hop
Kasabian – The Alchemist’s Euphoria : mildly interesting, but the bad is very horrible
Kiwi Jr. – Chopper : gloriously sharpened up slacker-indie/power-pop
Lee Bains + The Glory Fires – Old-Time Folks : okay southern-flavored rockers
Mountain Goats, the – Bleed Out : really really good; modes of disco and sensitivity blends with absurd realism
Osees – A Foul Form : crazy hardcore
Panda Bear And Sonic Boom – Reset : sample-fueled take on 60s pop
Phony – At Some Point You Stop : well-executed honest indie/emo
Plastic Picnic – As Long as You Need : dream-pop w/ some americana vibes


Reds, Pinks And Purples, the – Still Clouds At Noon : sad/slow dream-pop; #hohum
Vintage Crop – Kibitzer : energetic, fun brit pub-punks
Waax – At Least I’m Free : fun raw punk/rock via #AUS
Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time : keep on keepin on
Bandaid Brigade – Sex Is Terrifying : frustrating genre-mix-and-max #occasionalpowerpop #mostlyyuck
Ben Lee – I’m Fun! : fun little indie-pop/rock ditties
Berries, the – High Flying Man : cool melange of guitar-rock styles; #verywelldone
Butch Walker – Butch Walker As… Glenn : really fun power-pop concept
Cass McCombs – Heartmind : complex and subtle s/s tunes wrapped in easy-going melodies
Chats, the – Get Fucked : snappy and bratty af aussie beach punk


Chloe Kimes – Chloe Kimes : occasionally brilliant nashville country
Dangerous Summer, the – Coming Home : paint-by-number emo/alt-rock
David West – Jolly in the Bush : creatively expansive s/s lite-rock
Dead Rabbits – A Different Place : goodly deep psych
Embrace – How To Be A Person Like Other People : big anthemic ballads
Eyedress – Full Time Lover : very experimental broken art-pop; #overlong #uneven
Ezra Furman – All Of Us Flames : the growth/transformation/rebirth of an artist writ large
Flowertruck – Partly Cloudy : easy-breezy indie/garage=pop
Ghost Of Paul Revere, the – Goodbye : sensitive campfire Americana
Golden Dawn Arkestra – The Gold Album : funky cosmic disco


Happy Fits, the – Under The Shade of Green : thoroughly enjoyable modern pop-rock
Harlan T. Bobo – Porch Songs : earthy s/s; #welltitled
Hu, the – Rumble Of Thunder : throaty growls and heavy riffage
Imaginary Tricks – Watch It : jammy prog-y rock
Julia Jacklin – Pre Pleasure : perfectly nice indie pop; #misstheedge
King Buffalo – Regenerator : psych-blues/nu-metal/jam-rock
Lauran Hibberd – Garageband Superstar : quite fun and scruffy rock/pop
Lean Year – Sides : extreme minimalist/meditative pop
Living Hour – Someday Is Today : folky dream-pop with a touch of -gaze
Mo Troper – MTV : very fun, very lo-fi power-pop


Moth Cock – Whipped Stream And Other Earthly Delights : fucking bonkers electro-acoustic meanderings
Motorpsycho – Ancient Astronauts : layered, propulsive psych/prog/rock adventuring
Muse – Will Of The People : pretty bad arena-rock grab-bag
Pussy Riot – Matriarchy Now : protest dance-pop; #famousforthenarrative
Russian Circles – Gnosis : meandering ‘post-metal’
Silversun Pickups – Physical Thrills : ho-hum at best; #blah
Snakes Dont Belong in Alaska – Interstellic Psychedelic : droning, hypnogogic psych-rock cycles
Stella Donnelly – Flood : really great loose Aussie s/s rockers
Thee Sacred Souls – Thee Sacred Souls : sacharine-sweet 60s’ style soul stylings
Thick – Happy Now : sing-song accessible-punk; #femvox


Two Door Cinema Club – Keep On Smiling : very ho-hum upbeat pop-rock
Unkle – Rōnin II : sniffing the it-thing skirt
Dentist – Making a Scene : percolating, upbeat indie-pop/rock
Parker Gispert – Golden Years : solid catchy indie-rock
Schizophonics, the – Hoof It : promising garage-soul sound, but ho-hum execution
Unloved – The Pink Album : brilliantly assembled, super diverse and highly cinematic sonic adventures
A Mountain Of One – Stars Planets Dust Me : gently psychedelic electro pop/rock
Afghan Whigs, the – How Do You Burn
Al Lover – Cosmic Joke : electro-psych club-gaze soundscapes; #airplane
Beths, the – Expert in a Dying Field : bubbly, honest and fun indie-rock via #NZ; #touchofemo


Black Angels, the – Wilderness Of Mirrors : reverb-fueled psych; #theirsound
Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness, the – The Third Wave Of : breezy, jangly, sunny guitar-pop
Brad Oberhofer – The Andy Warhol Diaries OST
Built To Spill – When The Wind Forgets Your Name : super-well-done indie rock; #legends
Crime of Passing – Crime of Passing : manic, pulsating post-punk
Crippled Black Phoenix – Banefyre : intriguing prog/metal/post-rock
Dadar – Iron Cage : charming peppy garage-punk via #Italy; #shortbutsweet
Death Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows : very professional open-heart emo/indie-rock; #greatnapmusic
Future Suck – Simulation : ripping(!) hardcore-punkers
Gogol Bordello – Solidaritine : gypsy-punk ‘natch; #Ukraine


Haase One Man Band – Don’t Leave Me Baby : straight one-man-blues sounds
House Of Love, the – A State Of Grace : dark goth-gaze-pop
Ill Globo – If The Phone Doesn’t Ring, It’s Me : wacky #Aussie punk-rock
Interstellar Gator – Interstellar Gator : mildly schizophrenic indie-rock; #veryBritpop #viaAUS
Jesca Hoop – Order Of Romance : fun, quirky, and arty experimental pop
Jonathan Personne – Jonathan Personne : “equal parts languid dream pop, swirling psychedelia, and classic pop”
Kold Front – Kold Front : darkly etherial post-punk via #Denmark
KT Tunstall – NUT : directed but hit-or-miss
Lissie – Carving Canyons : quite lovely country-ish indie-pop/folk/s-s
Crack Cloud – Tough Baby : uber-creative, mixed-genre “capital A” Art-rock adventuring


Fake Palms – Lemons : very entertaining choppy and propulsive indie/post-punk
Marcus Mumford – (self-titled) : very, very, very, very serious stuff
Mars Volta, the – The Mars Volta : wait, what?
Massy Ferguson – Joe’s Meat And Grocery : in-or-not country rock
Murlocs, the – Rapscallion : crunch-with-hooks glam/garage/punk
No Age – People Helping People : jagged, stuttering, lo-fi, and very unique
Oceans, the – Love Above All : cute indie-pop via #Denmark
Peace De Résistance – Bits And Pieces : fuzzed-out lo-fi post-punk glam-rock
Rhett Miller – The Misfit : 70’s inflected, mildly psych, pop/rock
Sick Thoughts – Heaven Is No Fun : fun power-pop/punk blasts; #upmyalley


Sleeping Witch & Saturn – The Divine Madness of Spring : well-executed, fun, indie-rock/new-wave
Starcrawler – She Said : solid, enjayable, straightforward indie-rock; #femvox
Suede – Autofiction : blah; #soanyway
Tai Verdes – HDTV : pretty-darn-compelling modern pop
Turin Brakes – Wide-Eyed Nowhere : sounds exactly like Turin Brakes; #noeasyfeat
Tyler Bryant And The Shakedown – Shake The Roots : rough-esque sawdust-floor-bar blues-icana
Whitney – Spark : sterile-by-design?
Young Gods, the – Play Terry Riley In C : surprisingly interesting/intriguing
Added Dimensions – Added Dimensions : jittery upbeat indie-pop/rock; #femvox
Arkells – Blink Twice : pop-rock via #Canada


Baseball Gregg – Pastimes : delicate literate gems of indie-pop/rock; #pastimesarepasttimes
Beth Orton – Weather Alive : immersive, personal s/s-folk
Bill Baird – Eternal Space Bar : enjoyable & fun diverse psych-pop/rock
Bluetones, the – A New Athens : delicately constructed pop-rock
Buzzcocks – Sonics In The Soul : #whybother
Comet Is Coming, the – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam : hyper (heh) jazz-rock adventuring
Courting – Guitar Music : brash, overdriven hyper-pop/post-punk; #borderlinechaos
Editors – EBM : big arena-style post-pop/dance; #sodull
Excuses Excuses – Listen Up! : big git riff hard hitting pop-punk rockers
Future Teens – Self Help : punch emo; #bummerpop


Hickeys – Fragile Structure : enjoyable indie-rock via #Spain
Low Res – Marvin Gaye’s Trouble Man : really great renditions
Monowhales – Tunnel Vision : brash arena-ready alt-rock via #Canada
New Mastersounds, the – The Deplar Effect : funky jazz/r&b/rock; #chillparty
Nils Frahm – Music For Animals : meandering interesting tunes; #airplane #impossiblylong
Pete Astor – Time On Earth : lovely/delicate C86-inflected adult-pop
Peter Matthew Bauer – Flowers : decent, personal indie-s/s; #Walkmen
Pleasure Center – Pity in Jangle City : uneven but occasionally great power-pop; #hintofemo
Say Sue Me – The Last Thing Left : very lovely cerebral fuzzed-out pop-surf/rock via #SKorea; #surffuzzpop
Sports Team – Gulp! : anthemic high-energy guitar-rock


Steef – Post F : spastic art-wave punk; #hotnspicy
Tim Burgess – Typical Music : super-diverse multi-genre modern rock; #charlatans #doublealbum
Vieux Farka Touré‚ & Khruangbin – Ali : great album honoring Pops’ influence
1975, the – Being Funny In A Foreign Language : high-gloss pre-manufactured modern-pop
2nd Grade – Easy Listening : fun, propulsive power-pop
Alvvays – Blue Rev : delightful and charming indie-pop/rock
Archers Of Loaf – Reason In Decline : nice 90s rock; #welcomeback
Attawalpa – Presence : very intriguing art-pop-rock
Audhentik – Hypno : awesome dark ambient dub atmospheres
Babe Rainbow – The Organic Album : sunny electro psych-rock #Aussie vibes


Beak> – Kosmik Musik : motorik soundtrack; #wellnamed
Big Moon, the – Here Is Everything : really lovely garden-party indie-rock/pop; #adultpopvibes
Björk – Fossora : So weird. Beautiful, but weird
Black Lips, the – Apocalypse Love : fun, restrained (?) garage-rock
Black Lizard – Heads : rollicking fuzzed-out garage-psych-rock via #Finland
Black Market Karma – Aped Flair and Hijacked Ideas : kaleidoscopic 60s-style meandering psych-folk
Bobby Lees, the – Bellevue : max effort garage-punk; #hooksgalore
Broken Bells – Into The Blue : nice but fairly ho-hum; #rollerrinkrock
Cult, the – Under The Midnight Sun : muscular full-throated (melo)dramatic rock; #sameasiteverwas
Disq – Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet : fun indie-rock/power-pop; #collegerock


Dungen – En Ar For Mycket Och Tusen Aldrig Nog : gently low-key #German s/s-folk
Emancipator And Lapa – 11th Orbit : very chill fun and funky late-night downbeat
Foxy Ladies, the – Not Sorry : grungy strip-mall-rock via #France
Ghost Light – The Healing : perfectly nice soft-rock/pop; #70s
Glaas – Qualm : manic, frenzied post-punk; #lofi
High Vis – Blending : very solid, expansive, and melodic post-hardcore
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava : “the jam band one”
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Laminated Denim : two meandering improv psych-rock tracks; #pumpingthemout
Lambchop – The Bible : a wild melancholy ride; Pixies:quiet/loud::Lambchop:lush/sparse
Milky Chance – Trip Tape II : intriguingly fun ‘bedroom-hiphop'(?) mixtape


Milly – Eternal Ring : diverse and very modern emo/indie/math/sludge/* -rock
My Kid Brother – Happy.Mad.Weird.Sad : meticulously constructed hook-laden indie-pop/rock; #occasionalbrightness
Mythic Sunship – Light/Flux : jazzy, proggy psych-rock
No. 2 – First Love : punchy punk-inflected power-pop; #reunion #soundslikeE6 #isntE6
OFF! – Free LSD : old school hardcore punk
Øresund Space Collective – Oily Echoes of the Soul : interesting meandering space-rock; #three20minuteplustracks
Pixies – Doggerel : nice but why bother
PJ Harvey And Tim Phillips – Bad Sisters : fantastically interesting
Plastic Mermaids – It’s Not Comfortable To Grow : somewhat over-the-top experimental pop/rock; #bedroompsych
Pretty Sick – Makes Me Sick Makes Me Smile : hooky 90s-grunge style rockers; #femvox


Qitsch – Everything Is Like Everything : really enjoyable noise-rock/post-punk; #lofi
Rangers, the – Your Own Time : interesting diverse and dynamic pop/rock
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Return Of The Dream Canteen : sounds like demo tapes from a shitty RHCP tribute band
Reds, Pinks And Purples, the – They Only Wanted Your Soul : chiming pastoral indie-pop/folk; #dull
Ryan Adams – Devolver : very nice, simple, straightforward guitar-rock songs
Sammy Hagar & The Circle – Crazy Times : old-skool knuckle-dragging rock
Second – Flores Imposibles : very well executed pop-rock; #enespanol
Snuts, the – Burn The Empire : try-hard arena indie-rock via #Scotland; #notallbad
Sonic Flower – Me and My Bellbottom Blues : back-bar blues-psych-rock; #onenote
Sorry – Anywhere But Here : modern-rock, tamed and lamed. #maybestillpromising


Sparta – Sparta : cathartic guitar-rock ;#posthardcore
Sun Voyager – Sun Voyager : up-tempo garage psych
Bunny House – All OK : enjoyable, melodic noise-pop-gaze via #Japan
Head Cut – Head Cut : darkly dancey rock/post-punk; #SoCal
Plains – I Walked with You a Ways : classic country Sunday-drive album; #quitedelicious
Supertights, the – 2 : groovy/funky r&b; #funkyflute
Surf Curse – Magic Hour : guitar-first bit-of-everything rock
Tank and The Bangas – Red Balloon : “Starbucks album of the week” r&b
Titus Andronicus – The Will to Live : fun, rollicking and diverse rockers; #classicrockvibes
Todd Rundgren – Space Force : always interesting 70s-sounding rock


Vacant Lots, the – Closure : nice psych-ed electro-post-punk
Well Wisher – That Weight : fun punk/pop/rock; #femvox #youngband
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down : 100% art rock, approached differently; #surprising
Yumi And The Weather – It’s All In My Head : delightfully fuzz-filled catch indie-rock
Andy McCoy – Jukebox Junkie : eclectric covers; #hanoirocks
Arctic Monkeys – The Car : indie-lounge
Babehoven – Light Moving Time : delicate light-psych indie
Backseat Lovers, the – Waiting to Spill : super solid guitar pop/rock/-cana
Bedouin Soundclash – We Will Meet In A Hurricane : clever, playful indie-pop
Benjamin Clementine – And I Have Been : delicate ‘chamber’ s/s; #gorgeousvoice


Black Space Riders – We Have Been Here Before : well-conceived alt-rock/alt-metal; #derivative
Brant Bjork – Bougainvillea Suite : boogie butt-rock blues
Bvdub And James Bernard – Departing In Descent : lush ambient+
Caleb Landry Jones – Gadzooks Vol. 2 : wacky freak/60s brit/psych-folk
Casual Dots, the – Sanguine Truth : hooky indie-rock; #femvox
Dazy – OutOfBody : buzzy garage-rock/power-pop
Drake & 21 Savage – Her Loss : stuupid; #NOTfresh
Drugdealer – Hiding in Plain Sight : easy AM soft rock
Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork : simple yet intricate art-rock, highly engaging
Field Guide – Field Guide : sensitive reed-voiced American pop


First Aid Kit – Palomino : mystical harmonies built into lovely tunes
Frankie Cosmos – Inner World Peace : fun, bright, 70s-ish guitar rock/pop; #girlgrowsup
German Army – Allocations Of The American Nile : slick industrial-ish ambient
Ghost Car – Truly Trash : lively new-wave punk; femvox
Ghost Funk Orchestra – A New Kind Of Love : amazing jazz/soul/funk
Gift – Momentary Presence : very nice psych-rock/pop/*gaze via #France
Goat – Oh Death : gloriously weird psych/art/rock experiments
Grogans, the – Which Way Is Out : very entertaining varied ‘beach’ rock
Here Come The Mummies – House Party : so gloriously fun and funky
Honey B. & T-Bones – Buzzing! Vol.2 : entertaining eclectic rock via #Finland


Joji – Smithereens : intriguing pop/busted r&b via #Japan
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Changes : interesting, complex psych-mood exploration
La Femme – Teatro Lúcido : clubby latin-pop takes via #France
Lee Fields – Sentimental Fool : honest retro/blues-y R&B
Lord, the & Petra Haden – Devotional : dark sonics meet light vox
Los Dorados – Nueva Luz : cinematic, mid-tempo latin-inspired instrumental soundscapes via #MexicoCity
Luke Haines & Peter Buck – All The Kids Are Super Bummed Out : very, very weird garage/power-pop
One Eleven Heavy – Poolside : “gothic western romp through cartoon dreams”; #stonerfun
Petite League – Thrill Seekers : enjoyable indie guitar pop
Phoenix – Alpha Zulu : interesting, percolating, danceable electro-pop/rock


Robyn Hitchcock – Shufflemania! : clever little bits of fun
Scout Gillett – No Roof No Floor : warm, intimate indie-folk
Sniffany & the Nits – The Unscratchable Nits : over-the-top chaos punk
Soft Kill – Canary Yellow : mildly goth indie-rock
Split System – Vol. 1 : fun high-energy 3-chord garage-rock
Stargazer Lilies, the – Cosmic Tidal Wave : expansive, cosmic(sic) psych/shoegaze
Taylor Swift – Midnights : extremely ouside my demo; #funpop
Terrys, the – True Colour : diverse and playful garage/surf rock
Trampled by Turtles – Alpenglow : wistful, sensitive folk/bluegrass
Tropical Gothclub – Tropical Gothclub : grab-bag of interesting rock tunes; #qotsa


Young The Giant – American Bollywood : adventurous, no-label pop/rock
µ-Ziq – Hello : bleep blip
Avril Lavigne – Love Sux : ear-tiring pop-punx
Dred Buffalo – The Dark Age : occasionally interesting sludgy rock
Duke Garwood – Rogues Gospel : captivatingly fascinating blues-influenced dusty rock
Dumb – Pray 4 Tomorrow : punchy fun post-punk; #onetowatch
Fenella – The Metallic Index : spaced out gauzy experimental trickles and breezes
Fitz and The Tantrums – Let Yourself Free : sometimes fun summery arena-pop
Giovanni Napolano – Le Macerie di Babilonia : lovely and interesting modern-classical/experimental; #airplane
Gladie – Don’t Know What You’re In Until You’re Out : enjoyable toe-tapping indie-rock; #femvox


Heavenchord – Citadel Of Silence : sometimes brilliant smoky soundscapes
Herman Düne – Petaouchnok : lovely and nuanced soundtrack
Jemma Freeman and the Cosmic Something – Miffed : walking a cheezy-rock tightrope; #somethingthere
LowLife – Payday : stoopid; #noragrats
Nix & the Nothings – Here Goes Nothing : a fun, wild, garage-rock party via #Norway
Smashing Pumpkins, the – Atum Act I : #betterthanexpected
Smut – How The Light Felt : 90s lite-rock/4AD soundz
St. Lucia – Utopia : ho-hum “upscale mall muzak” pop
Stone Foxes, the – On The Other Side : easy summer rockers
These New South Whales – TNSW : fun loose rock/post-punk; #comedyrelated


Uni Boys – Do It All Next Week : guitar-first power-pop/indie-rock
Why Bother? – Lacerated Nights : quite good energetic take on mutant post-punk
Wild Billy Childish & The Singing Loins – The Fighting Temeraire : #IlistenIlike
Brendan Benson – Low Key : very BB, fun and poppy
Dead Meadow – Force Form Free : leaning into the drone
Popular Creeps – All of This Will End in Tears : really fun power-pop/college-rock
Sault – Today And Tomorrow : fun and experimental funk/rock/jazz/r&b/++
Tobacco – Skids And Angels : super experimental, occasionally brilliant
Vagina Lips, the – Negative Feelings : 90s-ish gith-ish indie #toughsearch
White Lung – Premonition : punchy garage-po/rock #noisymix


Wino-strut & Friends – Contemporary Blazin’ : loose fun bar-rockers
Reds, Pinks and Purples, the – Mountain Lake Park : very lovely, sleepy jangle-pop/ambience
Blackbirds FC – Magiclands : low-key (ho-hum) folksy-adult-rock




 



-live-


Billy Strings – Capitol Theatre, Port Chester NY 02-04

Lemonheads, the – Stubbs, ATX SXSW 03-17

Golden Smog – First Avenue, Minneapolis MN 04-02 (night one)
Golden Smog – First Avenue, Minneapolis MN 04-03 (night two)
Savak – Tubby’s, Kingston NY 04-08
Jack White – Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit MI 04-08 (night one)
Jack White – Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit MI 04-09 (night two)
Jack White – Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids MI 04-10
Jack White – Credit Union 1 Arena, Chicago IL 04-12
Jack White – Icon Music Hall, Cincinnati OH 04-13
Jack White – Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh PA 04-14
Wet Tuna – Three Lobed Recordings 21st Anniversary, Duke University, Durham NC 04-16
Jack White – Place Bell, Laval, Quebec 04-16
Jack White – Agganis Arena, Boston MA 04-17
Jack White – The Anthem, Washington DC 04-19
Jack White – Barclays Center, Brooklyn NY 04-21
Jack White – Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion, Portsmouth VA 04-23
Jack White – High Water Music Fest, Riverfront Park, N. Charleston, SC 04-24
Jack White – The Tabernacle, Atlanta GA 04-26 (night one)
Jack White – The Tabernacle, Atlanta GA 04-27 (night two)
Jack White – The Tabernacle, Atlanta GA 04-28 (night three)
Jack White – Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville TN 04-30 (night one)

Jack White – Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville TN 05-01 (night two)
Jack White – The Pavilion At Toyota Music Factory, Irving TX 05-23
Jack White – Bok Center, Tulsa OK 05-24
Jack White – Moody Center, Austin TX 05-25
Jack White – Arizona Federal Theatre, Phoenix AZ 05-28
Jack White – El Paso County Coliseum, El Paso TX 05-27
Jack White – The Chelsea, Las Vegas NV 05-29
Jack White – YouTube Theater, LA CA 05-31 (night one)

Jack White – YouTube Theater, LA CA 06-01 (night two)
Jack White – L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris FR 06-18
Jack White – L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris FR 06-19
Jack White – L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris FR 06-20

Minus 5 – Captol Theatre, Olympia WA 08-04
Dominick and the Family Band – Deep in the Valley fest, Red Hook NY 08-20

Jack White – Bourbon And Beyond Festival, Louisville KY 09-15
Jack White – Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe NM 09-29
Pavement – Kings Theatre, Brooklyn NY 09-30

Pavement – Kings Theatre, Brooklyn NY 10-01
Pavement – Kings Theatre, Brooklyn NY 10-02
Pavement – Kings Theatre, Brooklyn NY 10-03

Jack White – Samsung Hall, Manila PH 11-05


Jesus And Mary Chain, the – Live At Barrowland [reissue]
Fucked Up – David Comes to LIVE: Live at Warsaw, Brooklyn November 2011
Lyle Lovett – The Road To Pasadena (Live 1988)
Beatles, the – Get Back: The Rooftop Performance
Sheepdogs, the – Live At Lee’s
Luna – Live Penthouse
Georgia Satellites – Lightnin’ in a Bottle: The Official Live Album
Roky Erickson – Live at the Whisky 1981
Miley Cyrus – Attention Miley Live
Aerosmith – 1971: The Road Starts Hear : very, very, very early


Tinariwen – The Radio Tisdas Sessions [remaster, orig 2001]
Luna – Live Rendezvous
Bob Mould – Live FM Radio Broadcast 1989
Orions Belte – The Scenic Route Pt. II (live)
Pearl Jam – Gigaton (live) (tour ed)
Armed, the – Ultrapop: Live at the Masonic : just wow
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Live At Bonnaroo ’22
Bad Brains – Live at the Old Waldorf, SF 1982
Elvis Presley – Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite [remaster] (orig 1973)
Judy And The Jerks – Live + Hardcore


Kris Kristofferson – Live at Gilley’s Pasadena TX 15-Sep-1981
Reigning Sound – Memphis in June (live)
Wall Of Voodoo – Post Mortem (Live 1982)
Can – Live in Cuxhaven 1976
Moon Duo – Live At Levitation
Night Beats – Live At Valentine
Psychic Ills – Live At Levitation
White Stripes, the – The Fillmore at Irving Plaza New York NY 19-Jun-2007
Barbra Streisand – Live at the Bon Soir 1962
Grateful Dead – MOJO Presents: From The Bay To The Pool (Live 1971-1978)


Wand – Spiders In The Rain [live]
White Stripes, the – Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland ME 22-July-2007
MGMT – 11-11-11 (live)
White Stripes, the – Shaw Conference Center, Edmonton AB 30-June-2007
Dr. Dog – Four Nights Live In San Francisco
Third Sound, the – Fuzz Club Session (live)


 

-re-release/comps/mixes-

Broken Social Scene – Old Dead Young (B-Sides & Rarities)
David Bowie – Toy [Box]
Fruit Bats – Sometimes A Cloud Is Just A Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits And Lost Songs (2001-2021)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Butterfly 3001
Beatles, the – Get Back: The Rooftop Performance
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake [demos]
Viagra Boys – Welfare Jazz [deluxe ed] (orig 2021)
va – MOJO Presents: The Best Of 2021 [Jan22]
Florence And The Machine – Water To Drink Not Write About
va – 2021 David Bash’s Top 25 : #topnotchnatch


Moving Sidewalks – Flash (reissue, orig 1969)
Circle Jerks – Wild in the Streets [40th anniv ed]
Tame Impala – The Slow Rush B-Sides And Remixes
va – Ocean Child: Songs Of Yoko Ono
Daft Punk – Homework [25th anniv ed] (orig 1997)
Supernaturals, the – It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (expanded reissue, orig 1997)
Billy F Gibbons – Vagabond Man [JA release]
Calibro 35 – Traditori Di Tutti [deluxe reissue] (orig 2013)
Come – Peel Sessions ’91-’93
Five Day Rain – Good Year: The Five Day Rain Anthology


va – Fantastische Frauen
Betterdays, the – Hush Your Mouth: The Betterdays Anthology
Los Lobos – Vientos Del Pueblo [Remasterizado, orig 1972]
PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project [demos]
DJ Jazzy Jeff – The Return Of The Magnificent (Instrumentals) [orig 2007]
Loud Family, the & Anton Barbeau – What If It Works [reissue, orig 2006]
Sonic Youth – In-Out-In
UNKLE – Rōnin I (Instrumentals)
va – Black Lives: From Generation to Generation
va – First Six Dischord Records [vinyl box]


va – ReWiggled
Fucked Up – Do All Words Can Do
Hoodoo Gurus – Poptastic Volume 1
Leslie West – Legacy: A Tribute to Leslie West
Tinariwen – Amassakoul [remaster, orig 2004]
va – The Many Sides of Shake Some Action
Love Tractor – Themes From Venus [remaster, orig 1988]
Pavement – Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal (orig 1999)
va – C91
Franz Ferdinand – Hits To The Head


David Dondero – Number Zero With A Bullet [remaster, orig 2010]
Suzi Quatro – The Rock Box 1973-1979
va – Third Man Records Mix (JWhite cd2)
Brian Auger – Search Party (orig 1981)
Nightingales, the – King Rocker OST : great tunes, now I’m interested in the film…
Scott McCarl – Play On (reissue, orig 1997)
Calibro 35 – Decade (reissue, orig 1998)
Dodgy – The A&M Years [box]
Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (MFSL remaster, orig 1974)
T. Rex – Strange Orchestra Volume One


T. Rex – Strange Orchestra Volume Two
va – Dave Brock Presents… This Was Your Future: Space Rock & Other Psychedelics 1978-1998
va – DJ Kicks: Cinthie
va – Take Me To The River: New Orleans
Muffs, the – Really Really Happy (orig 2004)
Camera Obscura – Making Money (4AD B-Sides and Rarities)
Robert Pollard – Our Gaze (reissue, orig 2007)
va – If You Gotta Go-Go, Go-Go Now: A Tribute To The Go-Go’s
William Loveday Intention, the – Early Demos, Vol. 1 [Vipers Tongue]
Neko Case – Wild Creatures


Fuzztones, the – Encore
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express – Voices Of Other Times [orig 1999]
Kills, the – No Wow (The Tchad Blake Mix 2022) (orig 2005)
va – Tribute To The Byrds: Fifth Dimension Redimensioned
va – Summer Breeze
Beck – Guerolito
Twink – You Reached For The Stars: The Best Of Twink
va – Americana Railroad
Odd Nosdam – Odd Nosdam Is at Home Wasted on a Waterbed
Shirelles, the & King Curtis – The Shirelles And King Curtis Give A Twist Party [remaster] (orig 1962)


Manic Street Preachers – Covers : …Tues night at Bennigan’s…
Wedding Present, the – Locked Down And Stripped Back, Vol. 2
va – Heroes And Villains: The Sound of Los Angeles 1965-68
DIIV – Sometime/Human/Geist
Miklos Rozsa – Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid OST
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Toast
va – An Ode To Their Heroes Vol. 3
va – Can the Glam: 80 Glambusters
va – MOJO Presents: Hello Operator! The Songs Jack White Taught Us
Bill Frisell & Hunter S. Thompson – The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent And Depraved [reissue] (orig 2012)


DJ Sundae – Live At Oddity Radio [Mixtape]
Elevator Through – Vague Premonition [Expanded Ed] (orig 1999)
Heathen Apostles – Bloodgrass, Vol. 3 & 4
Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera – Long Nights of Summer: The Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera Anthology
John Coltrane – My Favorite Things [remaster] (orig 1961)
Psychic Ills – FRKWYS Vol. 4.5 Nowhere In The Night
Smithereens, the – Especially For You [reissue] (orig 1986)
va – Jon Savage’s 1977-1979: Symbols Clashing Everywhere
va – Miles Out To Sea: The Roots Of British Power Pop 1969-1975
va – MOJO Presents: Break It Up!: New York Art, Rock, Poetry And Noise 1956-2022 [Aug 2022]


va – Tribute To The Byrds: Younger Than Yesterday Today
va – MOJO Presents: Cover Me: The Springsteen Songbook [Sept 2022]
Matt Nathanson – Last Of The Great Pretenders [reissue] (orig 2013)
Flyying Colours – Flyying Colours {EP comp}
Gang Of Youths – Triple J: Like A Version Sessions
Jungle Giants, the – Love Signs Remixed (orig 2021)
Sasha Miller – Yes Funk [remaster] (orig 2020)
Ruby – Salt Peter 25 (orig 1995)
Tom Vek – Newer Symbols (orig 2020)
Black Diamond Heavies – All To Hell/Their Baddest And Greasiest


Blondie – Against the Odds 1974-1982
Cure, the – Japanese Whispers [reissue] (orig 1983)
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Night Walker/Death Waltz : brilliant; #collectedEPs
Journey – Escape [remaster] (orig 1981)
Judy and the Jerks – Total Jerks
Sleep – Dopesmoker [remaster] (orig 2003)
Stereolab – Pulse Of The Early Brain (Switched On, Vol. 5)
National, the – Cherry Tree Vol. 4
va – 100 Greatest Christmas Songs Ever
va – Afro Psych: Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa 1972-1977


va – Cafe del Mar vol. 28
va – Jem Records Celebrates Pete Townshend
va – Ladies Sing The Boss
va – MOJO Presents: Thunder In Our Hearts (A Kate Bush Companion) [Oct2022]
va – No Panties: Dirty Rap
va – Paradise: Compilation of 1950’s R&B
va – They Turn Turn Turn All Around The Byrds
va – Uncut: Now Playing [Oct2022]
Chemical Brothers, the – Dig Your Own Hole [25th anniv ed]
Cults – Host B-Sides And Remixes


Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros – Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years
Lou Reed – Words & Music, May 1965
Stars On 45 – 40 Years Anthology
Sweet, the – Platinum Rare Vol. 2
va – Birthday Blues: 33 Artists Interpret The Music Of James Toth
David Bowie – Moonage Daydream OST
C.V.E. – Chillin Villains: We Represent Billions
Coins Parallèles – Démo : adventurous #French post-punk
Dr. John – Things Happen That Way
Herman Düne – The Portable Herman Düne, Vol.1 : occasionally delightful


Johnossi – Mad Gone Wild [deluxe ed]
Smithereens, the – The Lost Album
va – Confess, Fletch OST
va – Funky Kitchen 2
We Dream Of Eden – Garden Heart: Reworks : gorgeous ambience #airplane
Vundabar – Good Old
Frowning Clouds, the – Gospel Sounds & More from the Church of Scientology (orig 2013)
Space Daze – Prior To Being
Calibro 35 – Scacco Al Maestro Volume 1
Calibro 35 – Scacco Al Maestro Volume 2


King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Willoughby’s Beach EP (reissue, orig 2011)
va – Blue Note Re:imagined II
va – Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen
va – Instant This-Instant That: NY NY 1978-1985
va – Now Yearbook 85 (4cd)
va – Punk 45: I’m a Mess! D-I-Y Or DIE! Art, Trash & Neon (Punk 45s in the UK) 1977-78
va – Rodney Bingenheimer Presents Rodney on the Rock! Vol. 4
va – Smoking Reefers And Kicking The Gong
va – Uncut: Big Time Sounds [Nov 2022]
Casual Dots, the – The Casual Dots [reissue, orig 2004]


Jay-Jay Johanson – Portfolio : silky smooth jazz/soul/pop collection
Secret Machines – Secret Machines [remaster, orig 2008]
Smashed Gladys – Raw
Melody’s Echo Chamber – Unfold
Beatles, the – Revolver (Super Deluxe Remaster, orig 1966)
Bo Grumpus – Before the War [remaster] (orig 1968)
Honey B. & T-Bones – Buzzing! 40th Anniversary Album
Josh Kelley – Under The Covers, Vol. 2
Leaf Library, the – Library Music Volume One
Libertines, the – Up the Bracket Demos, Radio Sessions, B-Sides & Live


Mountain Goats, the – The Jordan Lake Sessions: Vol. 5
Spoon – Lucifer On The Moon
va – Dig Me In: A Dig Me Out Covers Album
va – Eins und Zwei und Drei und Vier, Vol. 2 Deutsche Experimentelle Pop-Musik 1978-1987
va – The Skippy White Story: Boston Soul 1961-1967
William Fitzsimmons – Covers, Vol. 1
Jon Brion – Meaningless [reissue, orig 2001]
Guided By Voices – Scalping the Guru
Paul Weller – Will Of The People
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Oddments [reissue, orig 2014]


Alex Chilton – Feudalist Tarts (expanded reissue, orig 1985)
Cure, the – Wish (30th anniv ed)
David Bowie – Divine Symmetry: The Journey to Hunky Dory
Elvis Costello – The Boy Named If (Alive At Memphis Magnetic)
Michael Jackson – Thriller 40 [reissue, orig 1982]
Pomplamoose – Daft Pomp
Queen – The Miracle [Collectors reissue, orig 1989]
Trashmen, the – The Best of The Trashmen
va – A Jazzy Swingin’ Christmas!
va – A Soulful Christmas


va – Big Big Wave
va – Bubblerock Is Here to Stay Volume 2: The British Pop Explosion 1970-73
va – Hey Bettie! A Rockin’ 1950s Christmas Rhythm And Blues Party!
va – It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
va – Kids On The Street: UK Power Pop And New Wave 1977-81
va – Pillows And Prayers: Cherry Red Records 1981-1984 [40th Anniv Ed]
va – Under the Bridge
Mary Lou Lord – She’d Be A Diamond
Esquivel – Exploring New Sounds in Stereo [remaster, orig 1978]
Ryan Adams – Nebraska


Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs, the – All The Covers (And More)
va – A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto: To the Moon and Back
va – Deep in the Woods: Pastoral Psychedelia & Funky Folk 1968-1975
va – DJ-Kicks: Cinthie
va – Electric Gods Series Vol. 1: A Tribute To Eddie Van Halen
va – Electric Gods Series Vol. 2: A Tribute To Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page
va – Electric Gods Series Vol. 3: A Tribute To Motley Crue’s Mick Mars
va – Electric Gods Series Vol. 4: A Tribute To Guns N Roses’ Slash
va – Electric Gods Series Vol. 5: A Tribute To Bon Jovi’s Richie Sambora
va – Electric Gods Series Vol. 6: A Tribute To Queen’s Brian May


va – Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas Volume I
va – Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas Volume II
va – Live at KEXP Volume 10
va – Southeast of Saturn, Vol. 2
William Loveday Intention, the – Early Demos, Vol. 2 (The Devil and God Entwined)

 

-singles/EPs-

Ryley Walker – So Certain EP
Robin Guthrie – Springtime EP
Lime Cordiale & Idris Elba – Cordi Elba EP
Steve Gunn – Nakama EP
Pom Poko – This Is Our House EP
Senior Service, the – A Little More Time With EP
Marissa Nadler – The Wrath Of The Clouds EP : #manymanylevelsofboring
Yard Act – Rich EP
Sebastien Tellier – Symphonic EP
Sofia Bolt – Soft Like a Peach EP


Afternoon Men – AM:EP
Allison Moorer – Wish for You EP
Bob Mould – The Ocean EP
Elephant Stone – Le Voyage De M. Lonely Dans La Lune EP
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – Texas Moon EP
NewDad – Banshee EP
Orville Peck – Bronco: Chapter 1
Reds, Pinks And Purples, the – Slow Torture Of An Hourly Wage EP
Wave Pictures, the – Winter EP
Mr. Oizo – Voila EP


Babehoven – Sunk EP
Bambara – Love On My Mind EP
David Bowie – Shadow Man (Unplugged & Somewhat Slightly Electric Mix) 7”
JEFF the Brotherhood – Ye Olde… EP : ambient/krautrock?
Naked Gypsy Queens – Georgiana EP
Arcade Fire – The Lightning I, II single
Burial – Nova / Moth single
Gruff Rhys – People Are Pissed single
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Made In Timeland single
Left Banke, the – High Flyer EP


Orville Peck – Bronco Chapter 2 EP
Spoon – Wild EP
Sundara Karma – Oblivion! EP
Weezer – SZNZ: Spring EP
Belligerents, the – Another Way Of Living EP
Dream Widow – Dream Widow EP : pedal to the floor; #foofighters
µ-Ziq – Goodbye EP
Sprints – A Modern Job EP
Tropical Fuck Storm – Satanic Slumber Party single
Vaccines, the – Planet Of The Youth EP


Kongos – Interference EP
Black Midi – Cavalcovers EP
Blackberry Smoke – Stoned EP
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Room At The Top EP
Kongos – Flash Flood EP
Ólafur Arnalds – Sunrise Session II EP
Typhoon – Underground Complex No. 1 EP
Black Crowes, the – 1972 EP
Daisy Brain – Disconnected Happy EP
Dead Horse One – When Love Runs Dry EP


Division of Laura Lee – Last Light EP
Folk Implosion – Feel It If You Feel It EP
Garbage, the & the Flowers – Cinnamon Sea EP
Hoodoo Gurus – On The Heavy Side 2 EP
Kirk Hammett – Portals EP
Panic Shack – Baby Shack EP
Paolo Nutini – Through The Echoes/Lose It single
Parquet Courts – Plant Life single
Primus – Conspiranoid EP
Space Daze – Remote View EP


Sei Still – Fuzz Club Session EP
Bryan Ferry – Love Letters EP
Lou Barlow And Company – Only Fading / Sacrifice single
Mando Diao – Stop The Train, Vol. 1 EP
Xani Hall – Glasshouse EP : buzzy indie via #NewZealand
Hoodoo Gurus – Punk Rock Gurus Volume 2 EP
Hovvdy – Billboard for My Feelings EP
Supercrush – Melody Maker EP
Bobby Lees, the – Hollywood Junkyard EP
Hazel English – Summer Nights EP


Heavy Heavy, the – Life and Life Only EP
Revivalists, the – Made In Muscle Shoals Vol. 2 EP
Weezer – SZNZ: Summer EP
Bull – Stuck Between The Virtual And Physical World EP
Hoodoo Gurus – Flipsides To Flip Over EP
JD McPherson – The Warm Covers, Vol. 2 EP
Mary Onettes, the – What I Feel In Some Places EP
Zoon – Big Pharma EP
Bacon Brothers, the – Erato EP
Night Moves – The Redaction EP : good but over-the-top 80s rock; when they’re not The Boss, they’re Fleetwood Mac


Sebastien Tellier – Extatic EP
Billie Eilish – Guitar Songs EP
Nataly Dawn – Gardenview EP (Immersive ed)
Sweaty Lamarr – A Little Bit Cuntry, A Little Bit Rock & Roll EP
Mal de Mer – Sanguine EP
Jon Batiste – The Evening Collection EP
Happy Mondays – Tart Tart EP
Young the Giant – Act II: Exile EP
Young the Giant – Act I: Origins EP
Circa Waves – Hell On Earth EP


Front Bottoms, the – Theresa EP
Judy and the Jerks – Music to Go Nuts EP
Matthew E. White – Only In America EP
Mdou Moctar – Niger Vol. 1 EP
Packs – Woah EP
Rouge – Rouge EP
Santa Monica Dub Association – Depth Lurker EP
Surf Ghost – Surf Ghost EP
Tropical Fuck Storm – Moonburn EP
Audio Research Council – Studies No. 1 EP


Neutrals – Bus Stop Nights EP
Vices, the – I Had A Name EP
Blood Orange – Four Songs EP
Catastrophic Dance Ensemble – Panko bw Sad Machine single
Catastrophic Dance Ensemble – Vol. 1 EP
Coach Party – Nothing Is Real EP
Iron And Wine – Lori EP
Ringo Starr – EP3
Rifle – Holloway demos
Kat Haus – Flesh EP


Kat Haus – Manic EP
Billy Idol – The Cage EP
Snoozers – Snoozers EP vol 2
Weezer – SZNZ: Autumn EP
Yellow Days – Inner Peace EP
Games We Play – Get A Job EP
Keg – Girders EP
Band Of Heathens, the – Cutting Room Floor EP
Bitchin Bajas – Bajascillators EP
Brian Jonestown Massacre, the – Fudge single


Feral Joy – EP
Fucked Up – Oberon EP
Heart Shaped – No Contact single
Lauren Preuss – Give Me What I’m Missing! EP : very very lovely indie-pop
Lo-Fang – I Can’t Control My Head EP
Natural Lines, the – First Five EP : ex-Matt Pond PA
No Knuckle – No Knuckle 2 EP
Old Mervs – Get Better EP
Paul Weller – Whoosh EP
Pond – Live At The BBC EP


Ruth Radelet – The Other Side EP
Sun Spots – Loosey EP
Wand – Melted Rope (Live) single
Wilderado – OurVinyl Sessions EP
Young The Giant – Act III: Battle EP
Society – All Flies Go to Hell EP
Private Lives – Private Lives EP
Andy Bell – The Grounding Process EP
Average Sex – Spit In My Mouth/Kiss Me Again EP
Customer – Floorboards b/w Absolutely Nothing single


De Staat – Yellow EP
Graywave – Rebirth EP
Have Gun, Will Travel – Silver Sounds EP
Jeff Rosenstock & Laura Stevenson – Younger Still EP
John Doe – 3sirens Session EP
Mdou Moctar – Niger EP Vol. 2
Split System – Split System EP
Sufjan Stevens – Fourth of July EP
Native Sun – Off With Our Heads EP
Evolfo – The Changer EP : wacky 60s-esque fuzzy garage-psych


Montell Fish – Her Love Still Haunts Me Like A Ghost EP
Yonatan Gat – American Quartet EP
Martin Jarl – Numinös EP
Andy Bell – Untitled Film Stills EP
Best Bets – Minor Leagues EP
Doe St – The Old Guard b/w Lost and Found single
D;B;R – Boogie Nights EP
Future Girls – Year Long Winter EP
Hunny – Homesick EP
Phoebe Bridgers – So Much Wine EP


Walt Disco – Always Sickening EP
Lake Street Dive – Fun Machine: The Sequel EP
Reds Pinks And Purples, the – Everything You Ever Loved EP
Tanzos – Win Fight Dream Lose EP


 
 
 

 
 
 

SXSW22