NEW ALBUMS
LOU BARLOW – REASON TO LIVE
Reason to Live is the fourth solo album (or not. It’s hard to determine if you count the albums credited to Lou B’s Acoustic Sentridoh or Louis Barlow Acoustic Sentridoh or Lou Barlow and Friends, et al.) from the prolific Dinosaur Jr./Folk Implosion/Sebadoh member.
Stream • Joyful Noise Recordings • 2021
black midi – CAVALCADE
black midi had one of the most buzzed about and critically acclaimed albums (Schlagenheim) of 2019, which appeared on countless end of the year best albums list. Needless to say, black midi fans and music critics alike have been salivating after sophomore album, Cavalcade.
Stream • Rough Trade • 2021
BLACKBERRY SMOKE – YOU HEAR GEORGIA
Georgia quintet, Blackberry Smoke, are back with their seventh LP of stellar Southern rock.
Stream • Thirty Tigers • 2021
THE DATSUNS – EYE TO EYE
New Zealand rockers The Datsuns took sometime off in recent years, but they’ve come roaring back with Eye to Eye; their first new album since 2014’s Deep Sleep.
Stream • Hellsquad Records • 2021
MOBY – REPRISE
Moby revisits his back catalo with acoustic and orchestral arrangements. Reprise features many guest vocalists including Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Mark Lanegan (Mad Season, Gutter Twins, Queens of the Stone Age) and country music legend Kris Kristofferson.
Stream • Deutsche Grammophon • 2021
SINGLES / EPs
GWAR – THE DISC WITH NO NAME EP
GWAR unplugs for The Disc With No Name EP and reimagines, with acoustic arrangements, four classic songs from their back catalog.
Stream • Pit Records • 2021
SPIRITBOX – SECRET GARDEN
Vancouver metal trio, Spiritbox have announced their highly-anticipated debut album, Eternal Blue. With the annoucement comes the release of new single “Secret Garden”. Eternal Blue arrives September 17th.
Stream • Rise Records • 2021