Hey look — we have reached the second week of May, which means more new releases! A curated list below featuring info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard of (but should know) – with audio & video for your listening and viewing pleasure. Steve Aoki, Neon Future II (Dim Mak/Ultra)
Banditos, Banditos (Bloodshot Records)
Barbarossa, Imager (Memphis Industries)
Tyondai Braxton, HIVE1 (Nonesuch)
Chappo, Future Former Self (Votiv Music)
Leonard Cohen, Can't Forget: A Souvenir Of The Grand Tour (Sony Legacy)
[Live album]
Crocodiles, Boys (Zoo Music)
David Duchovny, Hell Or Highwater (ThinkSay Music)
Yes, that David Duchovny.
Eskimeaux, O.K. (Double Double Wammy)
Deliciously saccharine indie pop from the recording project of songstress/producer Gabrielle Smith, a founding member of Brooklyn-based collective, The Epoch. Check out "Broken Necks" below.
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, The Traveling Kind (Nonesuch)
Pfarmers, Gunnera (Jurassic Pop)
The collab LP by Danny Seim of Menomena, Dave Nelson (Sufjan Stevens, and the National's Bryan Devendorf. Intriguing. Check out "You Shall Know the Spirit" below.
Prefuse 73, Rivington Não Rio (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Power In The Blood (True North)
Snoop Dogg, Bush (Columbia)
Snoop gets all '70s soulful-funky with his 13th and latest LP. Pharrell Williams produces and guests include Stevie Wonder —"California Roll," take a listen below — Charlie Wilson, Kendrick Lamar & Rick Ross, and Gwen Stefani.
Soley, Ask The Deep (Morr Music)
Another experimental pop songstress out of Iceland. RIYL: Bjork, Hundred Waters. Check out the lovely "Follow Me Down" below.
J.D. Souther, Tenderness (Sony Masterworks)
Spirit Club, Spirit Club (Ghost Ramp)
The new experimental pop/rock project from Nathan Williams (Wavves), Joel Williams (Sweet Valley) and Andrew Caddick (Jeans Wilder). "Bless This Mess" below; full album stream HERE.
Surfer Blood, 1000 Palms (Joyful Noise)
The Tallest Man on Earth, Dark Bird Is Home (Dead Oceans)
Patrick Watson, Love Songs For Robots (Domino)
Juan Wauters, Who Me? (Captured Tracks)
The Weather Station, Loyalty (Paradise of Bachelors)
Dar Williams, Emerald (Razor & Tie)
Yardlets, Good Hangs (Hobo Slang/WhiteWhale)
There's something about Yardlets, the Montreal duo made up of Sam Goldberg Jr. (Broken Social Scene, Hawaii) and Jeff Edwards (Shot While Hunting); their sound is kinda Dark Wave-y, experimental, loud, and just plain good. Listen to "Baby Deer" below.
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
Blanck Mass, Dumb Flesh
The Early November, Imbue
B. Forrest, Back To Bodhi
Great Peacock, Making Ghosts
Grounders, Grounders
Hinder, When The Smoke Clears
The Holydrug, Couple Moonlust
Icky Blossoms, Mask
Lakker, Tundra
Pat McGee, Pat McGee
Duff McKagan, How To Be A Man EP
Rhett Miller, The Traveler
Mondo Drag, Mondo Drag
Novella, Land
The Present, FSG
Prurient, Frozen Niagara Falls
Veil Of Maya, Matriarch
Steve Von Till, A Life Unto Itself
Your 33 Black Angels, Glamour