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CD Reviews:
New Music: Kings of Leon, Drake, Paul Stanley, Quinn XCII, more...
By Gary Graff
ggraff@medianewsgroup.com, @GraffonMusic on Twitte
Posted: Monday, March 8, 2021 |
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Checking out this week's new music releases (all subject to change)...
Album of the Week: Kings of Leon follows up 2016's "Walls" -- the first No. 1 album of its career -- with "When You See Yourself" (RCA), an 11-track set recorded at Nashville's Blackbird Studios, returning to "Walls" Grammy award-wining producer Markus Dravs.
Album Title of the Week: Damien Jurado, "The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania" (Maraqopa)
Did Ya Know?: After a quick sell-out (less than 24 hours) for its initial run in November, Neil Young's 10-disc "Archives, Vol. II (1972-1976)" (Reprise) surfaces again in both its opulent original packaging and a smaller (and less costly) "retail edition."
New & Noteworthy:
A Day to Remember, "You're Welcome" (Fueled By Ramen);
Chevelle, "NIRATIAS" (Epic);
Drake, "Scary Hours 2" (OVO Sound/Republic);
Elizabeth & the Catapult, "sincerely, e" (Compass);
Fruit Bats, "The Pet Parade" (Merge);
Judith Hill, "Baby, I'm Hollywood"
Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird, "These 13" (Wegawam Music Co./Southern
Paul Stanley's Soul Station, "Now and Then" (UMe);
Quinn CXII, "Change of Scenery II" (Columbia)
Also Out:
Susan Anders, "13 Women" (Zanna Discs);
Arab Strap, "As Days Get Dark" (Rock Action);
Badlands, "Djinn" (RITE);
Annicia Banks, "Up Front" (Raw Vue);
Laurie Berkner Band, "Let's Go" (Concord);
Camilo, "Mis Manos" (Sony Music Latin/Hecho a Mano);
Chase Atlantic, "Beauty In Death" (Fearless);
Chiasm & John Fryer, "Missed the Noise" (COP International);
Croc Shop, "Perpetual Sequence" (Metropolis);
Demon Hunter, "Songs of Death and Resurrection" (Solid State);
DMA's "Live at Brixton" (I Oh You/Infectious Music);
dodie, "Build a Problem" (doddleoddle);
Adam Douglas, "Better Angels" (Compro);
Jaz Elise, "The Golden Hour" (Digg Nation Collective/Six Course Music/RCA);
Fastest Land Animal, "Fastest Land Animal" (Listen);
Gabrielle, "Do It Again" (BMG);
Ron Gallo, "Peacemeal" (New West);
Jay Gonzalez, "Back to the Hive" (Middlebrow);
Tom Grennan, "Evering Road" (Insanity);
Joy Harjo, "I Pray For My Enemies" (Sunyata/The Orchard);
Ken Hensley, "My Book of Answers" (Cherry Red)
Judith Hill, "Baby, I'm Hollywood" (The Regime);
Johnny Ironsights, "Murder Mountain" (Flamma);
Conrado Isasa, "Isasa" (self-released);
iskwe, "The Stars" (iskwe Music);
Kash'd Out, "Casual Encounters" (LAW);
Zara Larsson, "Poser Girl" (Black Butter/Epic);
Charlotte Lawrence, "Charlotte" (Atlantic);
Leon III, "Antlers in Velvet" (Monosonic);
Joe Macre, "Bullet Train" (self-released);
Sandy McKnight with Fernando Perdomo, "San Fernando Beat" (self-released);
Billy Nomates, "Emergency Telephone" (self-released);
Painted Shrines, "Heaven and Holy" (Woodist);
Charlie Peacock, "Trout Creek Ranch" (Twenty Ten Music);
Anna Phoebe, "Icons" (Eat the Peach);
Photay, "On Hold" (Mexican Summer);
The Reasoning, "Battles Fought and Conquests Won" (self-released);
The Record Summer, "Lay It Bare" (Bodan Kuma);
Jason Ringenberg, "Rhinestoned," (Courageous Chicken);
Nacho Szulga 5, "Entramados Homeostaticos" (ears&eves);
SOM, "Awake" (Blood Blast/Pelagic);
Garrison Starr, "Girl I Used to Be" (self-released);
Ian Sweet, "Show Me How You Disappear" (Polyvinyl);
Thirdface, "Do It With a Smile" (Exploding in Sound);
Tigers Jaw, "I Won't Care How You Remember Me" (Hopeless);
Alyssa Trahan, "Baby Blues & Stilettos" (self-released);
The Vaccines, "Cozy Karaoke Vol. 1" (Super Easy);
Various Artists, "Gang Affiliated" (4Hunnid/Epic);
Visionist, "A Call to Arms" (Mute);
William the Conqueror, "Maverick Thinker" (Chrysalis);
Witherfall, "Curse of Autumn" (Century Media);
Wolfheart, "Skull Soldiers" (Napalm);
Youth Code x King Yosef, "A Skeleton in the Doors of Depression" (self-released)
From The Vaults:
Hasaan Ibn Ali, "Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album" (Omnivore);
Black Sabbath, "Heaven and Hell: Deluxe Edition," "The Mob Rules: Deluxe Edition" (Rhino/Warner);
Brandy Clark, "Your Life is a Record (Deluxe)" (Warner);
Georgia Satellites, "Ultimate Georgia Satellites" (Lemon)
Japan, "Quiet Life (Box Set)" (BMG);
My Morning Jacket, "At Dawn (20th Anniversary Edition)" (Daria);
Todd Rundgren, "A Wizard, A True Star...Live" (Cleopatra);
Stereolab, "Electrically Possessed (Switched Vol. 4)" (Warp)
Tokyo Police Club, "Champ (10th Anniversary Edition)" (Mom + Pop);
Various Artists, "Greg Belson's Divine Funk" (Cultures of Soul)
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Gary Graff
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