NEW ALBUMS
EELS – EXTREME WITCHCRAFT
Extreme Witchcraft is the fourteenth album for Los Angeles’ Eels, and the first Eels album co-produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Sparklehorse) since 2001’s Souljacker.
Stream • E Works, PIAS • 2022
PJ HARVEY – LET ENGLAND SHAKE (REISSUE + DEMOS ALBUM)
PJ Harvey‘s Let England Shake was called the best album of 2011 the year by NME, The Quietus, musicOMH, Mojo and The Guardian. The landmark album has now been reissued along with an LP of demos and unreleased tracks from the Let England Shake sessions.
Stream • UMC/ Island • 2022
JETHRO TULL – THE ZEALOT GENE
Not including The Jethro Tull Christmas Album from 2003, The Zealot Gene is Jethro Tull‘s first new album since 1999’s J-Tull Dot Com.
Stream • Inside Out • 2022
AARON LEWIS – FRAYED AT BOTH ENDS
Aaron Lewis (frontman for Staind) continues his foray into country music with his fourth such solo release, Frayed at Both Ends.
Stream • Big Machine • 2022
PINEGROVE – 11:11
It’s an even numbered year, which means a new one from New Jersey indie rockers, Pinegrove. The band previously released Meridian in 2012, the acclaimed Cardinal in 2016, Skylight in 2018, Marigold in 2020, and now they’ve released 11:11 in 2022.
Stream • Rough Trade • 2022
PIXIES – LIVE IN BRIXTON BOXSET
Live In Brixton is a beautiful boxset documenting Pixies‘ four legendary reunion shows at Brixton Academy in 2004. The boxsets are available on 8CDs or 8LP colored vinyl, as well as streaming digitally.
Stream • Pixies Music • 2022
ST. PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES – THE ALIEN COAST
After three albums of horn-drenched southern soul, St. Paul & the Broken Bones have reinvented themselves on The Alien Coast with songs that are a “fever dream convergence of soul and psychedelia, stoner metal and funk.” (Glide Magazine)
Stream • ATO • 2022
URGE OVERKILL – OUI
Oui, the seventh album from Chicago’s Urge Overkill, is the band’s first new album in 12 years, and only the second since reuniting in 2004.
Stream • Omnivore Recordings • 2022