CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Drake, Slash, Hank Williams Jr., Brett Eldredge, UB40 and others are among this week’s new releases (all subject to change) alongside this year’s second Record Store Day...
Album of the Week: Train songs have been part of the music landscape in all genres for decades, and a new compilation -- “Americana Railroad” (Renew/BMG) -- breathes a little locomotive breath with contributions from John Fogerty, Dave Alvin, Rocky Burnette, Dom Flemons, Peter Case and others. Co-produced by Carla Olson and Saul Davis, it was issued in limited vinyl edition for Record Store Day last fall and now punches its ticket for a wide release.
Album Title of the Week: Plato III, “The Devil Has Texas” (Polyvinyl)
Did Ya Know?: Hank Williams Jr, recorded his “Rich White Honky Blues” (Easy Eye Sound/Concord) with the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach at his Easy Eye studio in Nashville. Auerbach assembled some of musicians from the Keys’ 2021 set “Delta Kream” for these covers of songs by Lightnin’ Hopkins, Muddy Waters, R.L. Burnside and others.
Record Store Day: This year’s second RSD takes place Saturday, June 18, at an independent record shop near you, with scores of special releases from the likes of Pearl Jam, Keith Richards, Prince, Creedence Clearwater Revival and many more. Visit recordstoreday.com for a full list and for participating stores.
New & Noteworthy:
“A Strange Loop (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (Ghostlight)
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, “Speed of Heat” (Renew/BMG)
Black Uhuru, “New Day” (LAW)
Drake, “Honestly, Nevermind” (OVO, Republic)
D.R.U.G.S., “Destroy Rebuild” (Equal Vision/Velocity)
Brett Eldredge, “Songs About You” (Warner Music Nashville)
Rise Against, “Nowhere Generation II” (Loma Vista)
Calum Scott, “Bridges” (Capitol)
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators, “Live at Studios 60″ (Gibson/BMG)
UB40 featuring Ali Campbell& Astro, “Unprecedented” (UMe)
The Womack Sisters, “The Womack Sisters” (self-released)
Hot New Singles: Steve Aoki and Taking Back Sunday, “Just Us Two;” Casi, “Everything’s Fine;” Jacob Collier, “Never Gonna Be Alone” featuring Lizzy McAlpine and John Mayer; Consequence, “Blood Stain;” Danger Mouse and Black Thought, “Because;” deadmau5, “XYZ;” The Devil Wears Prada, “Salt;” Mike Dimes, “Talk2Me;” Dino, “High-Five;” Dr. John, “Sleeping Dogs Best Left Alone;” Fitz and the Tantrums, “Sway;” Five Finger Death Punch, “Welcome to the Circus;” Gorillaz, “Cracker Island;” Capella Grey, “OT” featuring Ty Dolla $ign; Jimmy Eat World, “Something Loud;” Journey, “Don’t Give Up On Us;” Kid Cudi, “Do What I Want;” Chris Lane and Lauren Alaina, “Dancin’ in the Moonlight;” Jon Langston, “Beers Got Drank;” Lizzo, “Grrrls;” Machine Gun Kelly, “More Than Life;” NLE Choppa, “Apart From Me;” Odesza, “Wide Awake;” Pixies, “There’s a Moon On;” Simple Minds, “Vision Thing;” Regina Spektor, “Loveology;” SwaVay, “JUGG;” Serj Tankian, “Amber;” Teddy Swims, “2 Moods;” Tiesto and Charli XCX, “Hot In It;” Jack White, “If I Die Tomorrow;” Wonho, “Crazy;” Young Guv, “Nervous Around U”
Also Out:
Coffey Anderson, “Come On With It” (self-released)
Tony Baltimore, “Let’s All Go Insane” (Conch Town)
Tim Bowness, “Butterfly Mind” (InsideOutMusic)
Chastity Brown, “Sing to the Walls” (Red House/Compass)
Chaos Magic, “Emerge” (Frontiers)
Circus Mind, “Bioluminate” (Outhouse Music)
John-Henry Crawford, “Corazon” (Orchid Classics)
The Damn Quails, “Clouding Up Your City” (Honky Tonk Laboratory)
Omar Doom, “Straight Razor Vol. 2″ (Negative Gain)
Karen Elizabeth, “Homecoming” (Label-Logic)
Hazel English, “Summer Nights” (self-released)
Fashion Club, “Scrutiny” (Felte)
Flasher, “Love is Yours” (Domino)
Kevin Gates, “Khaza” (Bread Winner Alumni/Atlantic)
girlfriends,”(e)motion sickness” (Big Noise)
Pasquale Grasso, “Be-Bop!” (Sony Music Masterworks)
Grey Daze, “The Phoenix” (Loma Vista/Concord)
Emma Guzman, “Something Less Than Alone” (self-released)
Hercules & Love Affair, “In Amber” (Skint/BMG)
Iconic, “Second Skin” (Frontiers)
Joe Iconis & Family, “Album” (Ghostlight)
J Rocc, “A Wonderful Letter”(Stone’s Throw)
Jorn, “Over the Horizon Radar” (Frontiers)
Kid Moxie, “Better Than Electric” (Pasadena)
LIt, “Tastes Like Gold” (Round Hill)
Bernie Maupin & Adam Rudolph, “Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef” (Strut)
Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin, “Kingdom Book 1 (Tribal/Fo Yo Soul/RCA Inspiration)
Beth McKee, “Monday After Sunday” (Swampgirl Music)
Alice Merton, “S.I.D.E.S.” (Mom+Pop/Paper Plane)
Mt. Joy, “Orange Blood” (Island)
Nova Twins, “Supernova” (Marshall Music)
Oni, “Loathing Light” (Ironshore)
Bobby Orza, “Get on the Otherside” (Big Crown)
Nerina Pallot, “I Don’t Know What I’m Doing” (Idaho)
Perfume Genius, “Ugly Season” (Matador)
Plato III, “The Devil Has Texas” (Polyvinyl)
Pollyanna, “Slime” (I Surrender)
Greg Puciato, “Mirrorcell” (Federal Prisoner)
Pharis and Jason Romero, “Tell ‘Em You Were Gold” (Smithsonian Folkways)
Rise Against, “Nowhere Generation II” (Loma Vista)
ry x, “Bloodmoon” (BMG)
Joe Samba, “Far From Forever” (LAW)
Seven Kingdoms, “Zenith” (Distortion Music Group)
Severe Torture, “Fisting the Sockets!” (Seasons of Mist)
Silver Lake 66, “The Space Between Us” (self-released)
Heather Sommer, “One Size Fits All” (Repost)
Oscar Stembridge, “Thir13en” (Corite)
Bartees Strange, “Farm to Table” (4AD)
Tafoya, “Freedom” (self-released)
Tino G’s Dumpster Machine, “G.T.O.” (Funky D)
Tungsten, “Bliss” (Arising Empire)
James TW, “Heartbeat Changes” (Island)
Various Artists, “Hey Doll Baby” (Gibson/Warner)
Various Artists, “The Strongman Blues Remedy, Volume 1″ (Stony Plain)
Various Artists, “Ziggy Stardust: 50 Years Later” (Pale Wizard)
Vatican, “Ultra” (UNFD)
Vypera, “Eat Your Heart Out” (Frontiers)
The Waterboys, “All Souls Hill” (Cooking Vinyl)
Aaron Watson, “Unwanted Man” (Adub)
The Womack Sisters, “The Womack Sisters” (self-released)
Wild Up, “Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy” (New Amsterdam)
YGTUT, “In My Head” (Same Plate Entertainment/RC/)
YoungBoy Never Broke Again, “Green Flag Activity” (Never Broke Again/Motown)
From The Vaults:
The Beach Boys, “Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of the Beach Boys (Expanded Edition)” (Capitol/UMe)
David Bowie, “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust...” (50th Anniversary Edition)” (Rhino/Parlophone)
Ray Charles, “A Message From the People” (Tangerine)
Dire Straits, “Money For Nothing” (Warner/Rhino)
George Duke, “The Best of the MPS Years” (MPS) and “No Rhyme, No Reason: The Elektra/Warner years/1985-2000″ (Soul Music/Cherry Red)
The Everly Brothers, “Hey Doll Baby” (Rhino/Warner)
Kool & the Gang, “The Albums Vol. 1 (1970-1978)” (Edsel/Demon)
Oscar Peterson, “The Best of the MPS Years” (MPS)
Prince, “The Gold Experience” (NPG/Legacy)
Slade, “Slade Alive (Deluxe Edition),” “Old New Borrowed and Blue (Deluxe Edition)” and “Slade in Flame (Deluxe Edition)” (BMG)
Soulfly, “The Soul Remains Insane: The Studio Albums 1998 to 2004″ (BMG)
Various Artists, “BubbleRock is Here to Stay, Volume Two: The British Pop Explosion 1970-73″ (Grapefruit/Cherry Red)
Various Artists, “Rare Early SSR Electronica 1988-94″ (Crammed Discs)
Young-Hold Unlimited, “Plays Super Fly” (Liberation Hall)
Frank Zappa, “Zappa/Erie” (Zappa/UMe)
Soundtracks:
“A Strange Loop (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (Ghostlight)
“Spiderhead: Original Motion Picture Score” (Netflix)
“Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Expanded Edition)” (Legacy)
“Under the Banner of Heaven (Music From and Inspired by the FX Original Limited Series)” (Disney)
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