New Release Round-Up 06-16-23
Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman... - Matador
‘In Times New Roman...’, the 8th studio album from Queens Of The Stone Age is raw, brutal & rough around the edges but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen — and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme’s lyrics are as witty and withering than ever. The results are instantly identifiable; QOTSA’s sonic signature, expanded and embellished with new and unprecedented twists in virtually every song, a live in-a-room recording that showcases a band at the height of their creative powers. ‘In Times New Roman...’ is a party for the obscene and the clean, the outcasts and the weirdos, and anyone and everyone in between. One of the most important bands in recent rock history is B A C K but it’s no exaggeration to call this album a devastating rebirth."
Sammy Rae & The Friends - Chapter One - Nettwerk Records
Singer/songwriter, bandleader, and human being Samantha Bowers first began writing songs at age 12 while taking piano lessons and listening to Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Freddie Mercury playing on the family stereo. By 16, she developed a love of jazz and began to study the great female vocalists of the century (mainly Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James and Sarah Vaughn). She and her eight-piece group make music that has elements of pop, soul, funk, rock and jazz and focus on themes like coming-of-age, defiance, and self-expression. Their genre blending performances are high-energy, honest and quirky, influenced by the great performances of those childhood classic rock heroes.
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
Bonny Doon - Let There Be Music
Django Django - Off Planet [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White 2 LP]
Yusuf / Cat Stevens - King of a Land
Maisie Peters - The Good Witch [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Swan Dive White LP]
Little Simz - No Thank You [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Red/ Opaque Yellow 2LP]
Sturgill Simpson - High Top Mountain: 10 Year Anniversary Edition [Translucent Black LP]
John Mellencamp - Orpheus Descending
Owl City - Coco Moon
MAN ON MAN - Provincetown
Hand Habits - Sugar The Bruise
Gov't Mule - Peace Like A River [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Orange w/Red Smoke 2LP]
Yeat - Afterlyfe
Drive-By Truckers - The Complete Dirty South
The Alarm - Forwards [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Green LP]
Rae Sremmurd - Sremm 4 Life
Son Volt - Day of the Doug
Arkona - Kob’
Finger Eleven - Greatest Hits
Deer Tick - Emotional Contracts [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Red/Black LP]
Brad Mehldau - Largo
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Lucky Rainbow LP]
Kool Keith - Black Elvis 2
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