Month: September 2020

Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels, but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can come in the form of rock music, pop, or folk. In a sense, it says as much about the people that are drawn to it as it does about the people that make it.

Every week, Uproxx is rounding up the best new indie music from the past seven days. This week we got the back-to-basics new LP from Angel Olsen, the anticipated debut from Samia, and the arrival of Knot, the second coming of cult indie band Krill. Check out the rest of the best new indie music below.

Angel Olsen – Whole New Mess

After the shimmering, grand arrangements of her 2019 album All Mirrors, Angel Olsen returned to the inspiration of her earlier records on Whole New Mess. Many of album tracks feature little more than an acoustic guitar and Olsen’s haunting vocals as she reconciles with the dissolution of a romantic relationship that also cost her friendships in the process. The simplicity of the record helps to give Olsen’s storytelling new dimensions, taking the listener on a journey through her psyche.

Narrow Head – 12th House Rock

This record sounds like it was made in 1994, and that’s a great thing. With an emphasis on big riffs and Liam Gallagher-esque vocal drawl, Narrow Head has delivered one of the most raw and exciting alternative rock records of recent memory. Across its thirteen tracks, you can hear some Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies, and more, all rolled into one very good band.

Samia – The Baby

On her debut full-length album, Samia revels in learning how to be yourself, with no one’s help but your own. On The Baby, Samia’s world is lush and ambient, filled with biting lyrics delivered across a spectrum of different vocal stylings. It’s a truly special album, one that won’t going to soon leave the regular rotation.

Knot – Knot

Five years after the dissolution of cult indie band Krill, its members have formed a new project called Knot. On their self-titled debut, the quartet takes a more mature approach to their music, going into it without a set goal and letting the music take them wherever it might. The resulting effort is freewheeling and thrilling.

Oceanator – Things I Never Said

It’s hard to tell that Oceanator’s debut album Things I Never Said was written and recorded mostly by one person (with drums and bass performed by the outfit’s touring members). The songs sound so full of collaborative energy that you’d just assume there was a full-fledged band behind it. But Elise Okusami’s songs just have a natural kick to them, as her debut full-length tackles the anxieties of early adulthood head-on.

Phony – Knock Yourself Out

You might know Neil Berthier from his work in indie-punk band Donovan Wolfington, but his solo music doesn’t sound like his former project. Knock Yourself Out is his second LP under the name Phony, and one that takes on a more experimental edge, while still staying true to his inspirations of artists like Pinback, Pile, and Elliott Smith. It’s a vulnerable and hard-hitting album, one that is sure to get Phony on the map.

Deli Girls – Boss

This electronic noise punk duo has been making waves in the New York City DIY scene for some time now, and their third album is quick to show you why. Boss boasts a unique and urgent sound, with noisy instrumentation and harsh vocals. It’s a record that’s instantly engaging and quite unlike anything else we have on this list.

Yo La Tengo – “Wasn’t Born To Follow” (The Byrds cover)

Ever-prolific, Yo La Tengo have announced a new EP called Sleepless Night. The EP is comprised of five covers and one new original song, and The Byrds’ “Wasn’t Born To Follow” is the first taste of what we can expect from the covers section. Yo La Tengo’s version is a pretty faithful rendition of the fifty-year-old track, although with the pristine audio quality of modern production.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Actress and comedian Milana Vayntrub, who starred in Yahoo’s sadly short-lived Other Space and voices Squirrel Girl (sorry, Anna Kendrick) for the Marvel Rising franchise, is best known to millions as Lily, the so-called AT&T girl. Lily made her first enthusiastic appearance in 2013, and Vayntrub reprised the role earlier this year in a series of COVID-themed commercials. The popular character’s resurgence has led to the actress being sexually harassed online, as she explained in a recent Instagram livestream.

“Maybe it just has to do with being a person on the internet, or maybe it’s specific to being a woman on the internet,” Vayntrub said. “But all of these comments… it hurts my feelings. I’m hurting and it’s bringing up, like, a lot of feelings of sexual assault. I am just like, you know, walking my dog and getting messages from people who have distorted my pictures to get likes on their accounts.” She added that the comments about her body, in particular the references to one gross meme, are “dehumanizing, a little objectifying, and sad. It makes me sad. I know what you guys are trying to do is be funny, and connect to each other and get props from your friends, but it bums me out.”

AT&T has been deleting inappropriate comments on videos featuring Lily (she’s appeared in over 40 spots), “and we will continue to fight to support her and our values, which appreciate and respect all women,” the company said in a statement.

RMR and Westside Gunn hustle their way out of the projects in the motivational video for RMR’s “Welfare.” The song is taken from the masked rapper/singer’s June EP, Drug Dealing Is A Lost Art, and finds the pair ruminating on the things they had to do to make it out of poverty — namely, well, dealing drugs.

The video opens with shots of a housing projects somewhere in the US, featuring children playing, laundry drying on the metal clotheslines that stand in for mechanical dryers in the projects, and a cloud of smoke leaving an older man’s gold-toothed mouth. The shots set the scene; while humanizing the people who come from such conditions, it ensures viewers know what the conditions are.

Then, Gunn appears, sitting atop a mountainous stack of cash. The video then intercuts shots of RMR and Gunn performing their verses while motorbikes circle them with ones of RMR mugging the camera while flanked by his similarly-masked goons. The contrast between the earlier scenes paints the rags-to-riches tale from both ends, leaving the viewer to fill in the middle part (i.e.: drug dealing).

RMR’s breakout began earlier this year with the release of his “Rascal” video, which went massively viral, paving the way for “Dealer,” “I’m Not Over You,” a “Racal” remix featuring Young Thug, and of course, Drug Dealing Is A Lost Art.

Watch RMR’s “Welfare” video featuring Westside Gunn above.

RMR is a Warner Records artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Kevin Morby’s latest album, 2019’s Oh My God, is barely a year old, but he already has another ready to go. Today, Morby announces Sundowner, his upcoming sixth studio album. This news is accompanied by an outdoorsy video for “Campfire.” The clip features Katie Crutchfield (aka Waxahatchee), and perhaps as a reference to her album Saint Cloud, a vintage Ford pick-up truck makes an appearance.

Morby says of the album:

“It is a depiction of isolation. Of the past. Of an uncertain future. Of provisions. Of an omen. Of a dead deer. Of an icon. Of a Los Angeles themed hotel in rural Kansas. Of billowing campfires, a mermaid and a highway lined in rabbit fur. It is a depiction of the nervous feeling that comes with the sky’s proud announcement that another day will be soon coming to a close as the pink light recedes and the street lamps and house lights suddenly click on.”

Press materials also provide a dictionary definition for “sundowner,” which is, “One who feels increased melancholy during twilight hours.” The term originated after Morby moved from Los Angeles to an empty house in his hometown of Kansas City, Kansas in 2017. The press materials note, “Kevin’s isolation was given a subtle lift when Katie Crutchfield began visiting. She would stay weeks at a time, living quietly beside him — their love taking shape in a quiet refuge from their lives on the road. They shared many things, including a mutual melancholy that seemed to appear every night around sunset. They began to refer to themselves as ‘sundowners.’”

Additionally, Morby has announced a run of virtual performances on upcoming Thursdays, and each show will see a complete performance of one of Morby’s albums.

Watch the “Campfire” video above, and below, find the Sundowner art and tracklist, as well as the dates of Morby’s upcoming virtual performances.

1. “Valley”
2. “Brother, Sister”
3. “Sundowner”
4. “Campfire”
5. “Wander”
6. “Don’t Underestimate Midwest American Sun”
7. “A Night At The Little Los Angeles”
8. “Jamie”
9. “Velvet Highway”
10. “Provisions”

09/10 — Harlem River
09/17 — Still Life
09/24 — Singing Saw
10/01 — City Music
10/08 — Oh My God
10/15 — Sundowner

Sundowner is out 10/16 via Dead Oceans. Pre-order it here.

The end of August is the unofficial end of summer for many. This year, the rap world ended the season in strong form, with compelling projects from a variety of artists. Nas’ King’s Disease was his first project since 2018’s Nasir. Young Dolph came back from a 2-year-hiatus of his own with Rich Slave. Newcomers Mulatto and KenTheMan dropped projects, as did Duckwrth. There were also releases from Vic Mensa, Jaden and Burna Boy. There was a lot of great music, but only 10 could make the list. Here they are:

Coi Leray — Now Or Never

Coi Leray impresses throughout Now Or Never. On “Slide” with Gunna, she longs to “make your dreams come true” alongside a slinky Gunna verse. On the breezy “Fuq Boa,” she asserts that she’s not for the games while crooning about a situation where “nobody know what we do.” But the mood isn’t all good on the project, as she laments a relationship where “all the back and forth just depressin’” on album closer “Messy.” Coi Leray’s steadily gained a following that’s drawn to her melodic, genre-bending style, and the syrupy Now Or Never is a potential breakout project that will endear her to more new fans.

Duckwrth — SuperGood

Duckwrth has been one of the most exciting, genre-bending artists in the game for some time. There may be some who are just getting acquainted with Duckwrth on his major-label debut SuperGood, and they got an impressive exhibition on what they’ve been missing out on. The 16-track album is an exhilarating ride full of fun, with dancefloor-ready beats from the smooth “Quick” to the rambunctious “Say What U Mean.” The project features a range of guests, such as Jean Deaux on the feel-good “Money Dance” and Earthgang, who matched his charismatic presence on the aptly-named “Super Bounce.”

Lecrae — Restoration

Leave it to Lecrae to give a crummy year a shot in the arm with Restoration, a cathartic project where he explores his mental health battle, a struggling marriage, and the chaotic world that those hardships took place in. “Set Me Free” with YK Osiris is a triple-pronged plea to shake the shackles of the industry, society, and the temptations of evil. “Self-Discovery” isn’t just a curious excavation into who he is today, but where he came from. John Legend’s chorus soars on “Drown,” a track where Lecrae lyrically navigates his way to the light from “deep in the darkness.” Restoration is an inspiring listen devoid of finger-wagging or dogma, just forthright narratives of Lecrae’s social and spiritual journey over a smooth, modern soundscape.

The Lox — Living Off Xperience

Sure, The Lox’s latest project came out on the last weekend of August, but it didn’t take long to realize that the Yonkers legends impressed again. Living Off Xperience is what the LOX acronym means, and it’s also the primary theme for their 14-track album. The trio’s rhymes are as pristine as ever, as evidenced by going toe-to-toe with Benny The Butcher on “Think Of The Lox,” which is buoyed by a charismatic Westside Gunn appearance. They also impress on “Story,” an impeccably narrated track that’s immediately one of the year’s most memorable offerings. T-Pain, Jeremih, and Ruff Ryder comrade DMX, who tore the frames off of “Bout Sh*t,” all show up to help.

Nas — King’s Disease

There’s not much bad that can be said about Nas the musician, besides one glaring gripe from even ardent fans: his beat selection. He got with revered producer Hit-Boy to clear that up on Kings Disease. He’s lyrically locked in throughout the project, most notably spitting toe-to-toe with Firm partners AZ, Cormega, and Foxy Brown on their reunion track “Full Circle.” Hit-Boy’s beats are a masterful fusion of the modern and classic, typified by “Ultra Black,” “Car #85.” and “Spicy,” where talks his sh*t alongside Fivio Foreign & ASAP Ferg. Bolstered by other guests like Lil Durk, Anderson .Paak, and Big Sean, pieces of Nas’ latest entry are sure to be in the rotations of fans of all ages.

Quando Rondo — Diary Of A Lost Child

Savannah, Georgia’s Quando Rondo is one of the rap game’s most heartfelt, honest MCs. He decided to get more personal than ever on Diary Of A Lost Child, a 16-track scribe that serves as his life and testament to this point. Rondo used his vulnerable lyricism and knack for melody to delve as deep as he ever has on the album, with songs like “Depression,” “Materialistic Pain,” and “Felon,” where he notes “I ain’t have a dollar to my name, when I called you, you wasn’t there.” Rondo is one of many young rappers being forthright about the painful toll of the streets, contextualizing an everlasting struggle for a generation for a new generation.

Rich Brian — 1999

Rich Brian has come a long away from his entry into the rap game. He was at one time polarizing, and still may be to many, but the only adjectives needed to describe 1999 are pleasant ones. The 88 Rising artist’s first project of 2020 is a lush, melodic showcase of his sonic growth. He displays his improving lyricism and earworm harmonies throughout the project — showing off both skills on most tracks. When he rhymes “I don’t care if I fail, I’mma make this jump” on album intro “Sometimes,” he set a bold precedent. Luckily for him, he soars through the rest of 1999

38 Spesh — 6 Shots

38 Spesh is as busy as ever, steadily releasing collaboration projects with the likes of Che Noir and Rasheed Campbell. With 6 Shots, however, Spesh is on a solo mission. There are features from Ransom on the piano-driven “Mind Over Matter” and Eto on the stirring “Flour City,” but the rest of the project is a head-nodding exhibition of 38 trying to outwit himself bar after bar. On “The Showdown,” he rhymes he’s in a “car so clean, when I drive it I like to wear slippers.” And on “Overkill,” he stays true to the song title by letting us know, “your b*tch don’t care if the kids is sleep.” There are few doing it as prolifically, consistently, and hilariously as 38 Spesh at this moment.

Vic Mensa — V Tape

Vic Mensa’s sonic ambition is polarizing. Some fans love to see the Chicago artist exploring the different sides of his artistry, while others just want to hear him spitting the way he was when they were introduced to him. He fed those latter purists on V Tape, a seven-song reminder that the bars are intact. Mensa fuses smooth tracks like “Machiavelli” and “XGames” with lyrical exercises such as the Hit-Boy-produced Dirt On My Name, where he lets us know “I’m sprayin’ everything I ‘on’t need a aim.” He puts his demons in the crosshairs on project closer “Rebirth,” where he explores the turmoil of his earlier career, poignantly reflecting on “throwin’ up the Roc as I stood on stage with Hov / while my own father could barely walk like he two years old.” But luckily, it seems like he’s in a better place now.

Young Dolph — Rich Slave

As is the case with most rappers, when Young Dolph announced his retirement from the rap game, it mostly led fans to ponder when his next project was coming. Luckily for them, Rich Slave dropped in August and it wasn’t a disappointment. The Memphis MC came back as impressive as ever on the 16-track project, feeding his fans flashy, gritty lyricism over thumping production. On “RNB,” Megan Thee Stallion take turns talking that “rich sh*t” over frenetic, 808-based production. But it isn’t all good in Dolph’s paradise, as the album title suggests. On “The Land,” he delves into the stress of Blackness, lamenting, “I keep pourin’ lean to take away the pain, but I gotta quit it,” and reflecting on when “the police pulled me over for nothin’, just because she racist.” Rich Slaves serves his fans exactly what they were expecting, but also offers nuggets of insight that reflect artistic growth and a desire to reflect the times.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Instead of focusing on the, let’s say, polarizing final season, let’s remember the good times on Game of Thrones. The first five seasons are unimpeachable, with some of the most thrilling scenes (the Red Wedding, the Red Viper vs. the Mountain, Joffrey getting slapped, etc.) in TV history. Keep that “Hardhome is a masterpiece” positivity in mind before reading the rest of this sentence: Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss are adapting Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem novels into a Netflix series.

The trilogy, also known as Remembrance of Earth’s Past, depicts humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization, and as Benioff and Weiss wrote in a statement, “Liu Cixin’s trilogy is the most ambitious science-fiction series we’ve read, taking readers on a journey from the 1960s until the end of time, from life on our pale blue dot to the distant fringes of the universe. We look forward to spending the next years of our lives bringing this to life for audiences around the world.” They will be joined by writer-producer Alexander Woo (True Blood) and executive producer Rian Johnson (The Last Jedi).

“As ardent fans of the books, it was especially meaningful to us to get the support of Liu Cixin who created this expansive universe. Cixin has gone one step further and has joined as a consulting producer alongside Ken Liu, who wrote the English translation for The Three-Body Problem and Death’s End. Having Cixin and Ken involved will help ensure that the spirit of the books remains intact,” Netflix’s VP of original series Peter Friedlander wrote. The rights didn’t come cheap: Amazon was reportedly set to spend $1 billion to adapt the series in 2018, but two years later, Netflix swooped in.

The Three-Body Problem does not currently have a premiere date or announced cast.

(Via Netflix and EW)

In his new interview with Vulture about his upcoming album Detroit 2, Big Sean addresses many of the rumors that have followed him in his music career, including one about one of his biggest hits. “IDFWU,” a feisty breakup anthem produced by Mustard and featuring E-40 from 2015’s Dark Sky Paradise, has long been attributed to his then-recent breakup with TV star Naya Rivera. In Vulture, however, Sean denies that the song is about her and admits that had he known how things would ultimately play out, he wouldn’t have released the song in the first place.

“I don’t feel comfortable talking about it because I want to respect her,” he confesses. “She’s made such an impact on people, and she’s done so many great things in her life and her career that it was hurtful to even have that [song] be associated with her. It wasn’t a diss to her. I truly made the song and played it for her. She knew about it, and she liked it. We had a breakup that was very public, and we were young and we forgave each other and moved on from that. If I would have known something this tragic would have happened, I would have never made the song.”

Sean also addresses rumors about a July tweet some fans thought was about Kanye West, as well as the long-speculated-upon “beef” between Sean and Kendrick Lamar after K. Dot demolished Sean’s 2013 hype single “Control.”

Read the full interview here.

Keeping track of all the new albums coming out in a given month is a big job, but we’re up for it: Below is a comprehensive list of the major releases you can look forward to in September. If you’re not trying to potentially miss out on anything, it might be a good idea to keep reading.

Friday, September 4

• Alright — I’m Doing This To Myself (Self Aware Records)
• Annie Dessner — Coffee At The Corner Bar (Annie Dressner)
• Barely Civil — I’ll Figure This Out (Take This To Heart)
• Big Sean — Detroit 2 (GOOD Music/Def Jam)
• Bill Callahan — Gold Record (Drag City)
• Billy Pilgrim — Time Machine (Honest Harry Records)
• Carolina Story — Dandelion (Black River Americana)
• Chaser — Look Alive EP (Thousand Islands Records)
• Cold Years — Paradise (Original Rock)
• Corey Flood — Hanging Garden (Fire Talk)
• Declan McKenna — Zeroes (Tomplicated)
• Denis Sulta — This Moment Of Silence EP (Sulta Selects)
• Dirk Powell — When I Wait For You (Compass Records)
• Dirty Projectors — Super João EP (Domino Recording Company)
• Drew Danbury — Icarus Phoenix (Drew Danburry)
• Dukes Of Chutney — Hazel (Beats in Space Records)
• Elrichman — Heaven’s Mayor (Bobo Integral)
• Grant-Lee Phillips — Lighting, Show Us Your Stuff (Yep Roc Records)
• Grant Pavol — Album A Year (Accidental Popstar Records)
• Greta — Ardent Spring (Celebration Records)
• Hannah Georgas — All That Emotion (Brassland)
• Hannah Grace — Remedy (Never Fade Records)
• The Hawkins — Silence Is A Bomb (The Sign Records)
• Hayden Calnin — Soon Forever EP (Nettwerk)
• Home Counties — Redevelopment EP (Alcopop Records)
• Initiates — Esoteric Pop (PNKSLM Recordings)
• Japanese Television — EP III (Tip Top Recordings)
• Jarv Is… — Beyond The Pale (Rough Trade Records)
• Josiah Johnson — Every Feeling On A Loop (ANTI‐)
• Korine — The Night We Raise Out (Born Losers & Data Airlines)
• Lauren Alaina — Getting Over Him EP (19 Recordings/Mercury Nashville)
• Lomelda — Hannah (Double Double Whammy)
• Luka — First Steps Of Letting Go (Snowstar Records)
• Max Bessesen — Trouble (Ropeadope)
• Michael Rider — Temptation (1426857 Records DK2)
• Michael Rother — Solo II (Groenland Records)
• Muzzle Tung — Gannet (Big Potato Records)
• Native Harrow — Closeness (Loose Music)
• Phew — Vertigo OK (Disciples)
• Phil Madeley — Century Witch Hunt EP (Nice Swan Records)
• The Pineapple Thief — Versions Of The Truth (Kscope)
• Rocket Pengwin — Planet Earth EP (Ultra Records)
• San Cisco — Between You And Me (Nettwerk)
• Scott Helman — Nonsuch Park (Warner Music Canada)
• Shlohmo — Heaven Inc. EP (Friends of Friends Music)
• Simon Collins — Becoming Human (Frontiers Records)
• St. Panther — These Days EP (How So Records)
• Tangents — Timeslips (Temporary Residence Limited)
• Tennessee Jet — The Country (Tennessee Jet Music, LLC)
• Tekashi 69 — TattleTales (Create Music Group)
• Total Revenge — Total Revenge (Forged Artifacts)
• Tricky — Fall To Pieces (False Idols)
• Vaya Futuro — El Peso Del Mundo (Devil In The Woods)
• Watertank — Silent Running (Atypeek Music)

Friday, September 11

• Attaboy — Big Heart Manners (Atta Boy)
• Blitzen Trapper — Holy Smokes Future Jokes (Yep Roc Records)
• Brian Cullman — Winter Clothes (Sunnyside)
• The Brothers Keg — Folklore, Myths And Legends Of The Brothers Keg (838258 Records DK)
• Chad Lawson — You Finally Knew (Chad Lawson)
• Conway The Machine — From King To A God (Drumwork/Griselda/EMPIRE)
• Delta Spirit — What Is There (New West Records)
• Doves — The Universal Want (Imperial Distribution)
• Elizabeth Cook — Aftermath (Agent Love Records)
• The Flaming Lips — American Head (Bella Union)
• Granville Automatic — Tiny Televisions (Start Swimming)
• Haai — Put Your Head Above The Parakeets EP (Mute)
• Jeremy Gara — Passerine Finale (Invada Records)
• Manikineter — Copper Fields (Atypeek Music)
• Marilyn Manson — We Are Chaos (Loma Vista)
• Mastodon — Medium Rarities (Reprise Records)
• Matt Costa — Yellow Coat (Dangerbird Records)
• Mickey Guyton — Bridges (Capitol Nashville)
• Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters — Rise Up (Stony Plain Records)
• Susanna — Baudelaire & Piano (SusannaSonata)
• Two Bird Stone — Hands & Knees (Wondermore)

Friday, September 18

• AG Cook — Apple (PC Music)
• Al Riggs And Lauren Francis — Bile And Bone (Horse Complex Records)
• American Authors — Counting Down EP (Island Records)
• Armon Jay — The Dark Side Of Happiness (Armon Jay)
• Ava Max — Heaven & Hell (Atlantic Records)
• Be No Rain — Strawberry Backstory (One Two Many Records)
• Bear’s Den — Fragments (Caroline International)
• Brennen Leigh — Prairie Love Letter (Brennen Leigh)
• Brother Firetribe — Feel The Burn (OMN Label Services)
• Carnation — Where Death Lies (Season of Mist)
• Cindy Blackman Santana — Give The Drummer Some (Present Future, LLC)
• Daniel Romano’s Outfit — How Is They World Is Ordered (You’ve Changed)
• David Broza — Casa Limón (S-Curve Records)
• Deradoorian — Find The Sun (ANTI‐)
• Derek Sherinian — The Phoenix (Insideout Records)
• Dig Nitty — Reverse Of Mastery (Exploding In Sound Records)
• Dylan Thomas Griffin — Our Age EP (Friends of Friends Music)
• Ed Harcourt — Monochrome To Colour (Point Of Departure)
• El Ten Eleven — Tautology III (Joyful Noise Recordings)
• Elliott Brood — Keeper (Six Shooter Records)
• Emma Kupa — It Will Come Easier (Fika Recordings)
• Fenne Lily — Breach (Dead Oceans)
• Gus Dapperton — Orca (AWAL)
• Hey Elbow — We Three (Adrian)
• Hollis Parker — Newscapism (SoSure)
• Ian Wayne — Risking Illness (Whatever’s Clever)
• Into It. Over It. — Figure (Triple Crown Records)
• James Williamson & Deniz Tek — Two To One (Cleopatra Records)
• Jealous Of The Birds — Peninsula (Atlantic Records)
• Joan Osborne — Trouble And Strife (Womanly Hips Records)
• Joe Wong — Nite Creatures (Decca Records)
• Joshua Speers — Summerland EP (Warner Records)
• Keith Urban — The Speed Of Now Part 1 (Capitol Records Nashville)
• Kelly Lang — Old Soul (Leopard Entertainment)
• Kev Sherry — Foxy Orthodoxy (Here Be Apples Records)
• Knuckle Puck — 20/20 (Rise Records)
• Luke Wild — Easier To Lie EP (Terrible Records)
• Matt Berry — Phantom Birds (Acid Jazz UK)
• Michel Benita Quartet — Looking At Sounds (ECM)
• MJ Guider — Sour Cherry Bell (Kranky)
• Movements — No Good Left To Give (Fearless Records)
• Namir Blade — Aphelion’s Traveling Circus (Mello Music Group)
• Osees — Protean Threat (Castle Face Records)
• Peter Bibby’s Dog Act — Marge (Spinning Top)
• Photo Ops — Pure At Heart (Western Vinyl)
• Popcorn Fiend — Distance (Pure Moth)
• Reverend John Wilkins — Trouble (Goner Records)
• The Ries Brothers — Paint Your Emotion (Controlled Substance Sound Labs)
• Rose Bonica — Tears For The Tea Maker (Roses Are Red)
• Rudy De Anda — Tender Epoch (Karma Chief)
• Ryan Hamilton & The Harlequin Ghosts — Nowhere To Go But Everywhere (Wicked Cool Records)
• Semisonic — You’re Not Alone EP (Pleasuresonic Recordings)
• Shira — Birds Of A Feather EP (Fairy Folk Publishing)
• Stephen Clair — The Small Hours (Rock City RC 2020)
• Sumac — May You Be Held (Thrill Jockey)
• Sundressed — Home Remedy (Rude Records)
• Tender Creature — An Offering EP (Island Records)
• Tobin Sprout — Empty Horses (Fire Records)
• Trae Sheehan — Postcards From The Country (Half Moon Records)
• Warren Wolf — Christmas Vibes (Mack Avenue)
• Yours Truly — Self Care (UNFD)
• Yusuf / Cat Stevens — Tea For The Tillerman² (A&M Records)
• Ziggy Marley — More Family Time (Tuff Gong Worldwide)
• Zoe Graham — Gradual Move EP (Zoe Graham)

Friday, September 25

• 2 Chainz — So Help Me God (Def Jam)
• Anna Von Hausswolff — All Thoughts Fly ((RED) Southern Lord)
• Asy Saavedra — Trover Saves The Universe (Mondo)
• Attic Salt — Get Wise (Jump Start Records)
• The Band Of Heathens — Stranger (BOH Records)
• Big Scenic Nowhere — Lavender Blues EP (Heavy Psych Sounds)
• Billy Lemos — Wonder (AWOL)
• Blue Hawaii — Under 1 House (Arbutus Records)
• Bob Mould — Blue Hearts (Merge Records)
• Bright Dog Red — Something Comes Along (Ropeadope)
• The Buckleys — Daydream (Petrol Records)
• Carrie Underwood — My Gift (Capitol Nashville)
• Cayucas — Blue Summer (Park The Van)
• Christian McBride Big Band — For Jimmy, Wes And Oliver (Mack Avenue Music Group)
• Christopher Parker & Kelley Hurt — No Tears Suite (Mahakala Music)
• Christopher The Conquered — I Am Christopher (Grand Phony)
• Chrome Waves — Where We Live (Disorder Recordings)
• Connor Bracken And The Mother Leeds Band — Nightbird Motel (self-released)
• Cristian Machado — Hollywood y Sycamore (Coconut Bay)
• D.A. Stern — Mmxxtape (Slumberland Records)
• Dead Low — Listen Up! EP (Audio Epidemic Records)
• Deftones — Ohms (Reprise Records)
• Diana Krall — The Dream Of You (Verve Records)
• Eve Maret — Stars Aligned (Whited Sepulchre Records)
• Gamblers — Small World (Gamblers)
• Haider — The Muses Come Out At Night EP (Warehouse Music)
• Half Stack — Wings Of Love (Forged Artifacts/Breakfast Records)
• Heavy Salad — Cult Casual (Mal Loco)
• Idles — Ultra Mono (Partisan Records)
• Jadu Heart — Hyper Romance (VLF Records)
• Jake Winstrom — Circles (817649 Records DK2)
• Jason Nix — Money On You EP (Platoon)
• Jimmy Chamberlin Complex — Honor (Make Records)
• Joji — Nectar (88rising Music)
• Jordan Tice — Motivational Speakeasy (Padiddle Records)
• Kirk Fletcher — My Blues Pathway (Cleopatra Blues)
• Lydia Loveless — Daughter (Honey, You’re Gonna Be Late Records)
• Machine Gun Kelly — Tickets To My Downfall (Bad Boy/Interscope Records)
• Marie Davidson & L’œil Nu — Renegade Breakdown (Ninja Tune)
• Masma Dream World — Play At Night (Northern Spy Records)
• Matthieu Bordenave — La Traverse (ECM Records)
• Mos Generator And Di’aul — Mos Generator And Di’aul (Argonauta Records)
• The Neighbourhood — Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones (Columbia Records)
• Nicolas Michaux — Amour Colère (Capitane Records)
• Night Shop — The Fountain EP (Night Shop/Salinas)
• P.J. Farley — Accent The Change (Highvolmusic)
• Paris — Safe Space Invader (Guerrilla Funk)
• Ric Robertson — Strange World (Free Dirt Records)
• Riley Pearce — Maybe I Can Sleep It Off EP (Nettwerk)
• Rituals Of Mine — Hype Nostalgia (Carpark Records)
• Róisín Murphy — Róisín Machine (Skint Records)
• Ryan And Pony — Moshi Moshi (Pravda Records)
• Sad13 — Haunted Painting (Wax Nine)
• Sam Interface — Pink Dolphins EP (R&S Records)
• Shannon Labrie — Building (Moraine Records)
• Shy Boys — Talk Loud (Polyvinyl Record Co.)
• The Silent Years — Spider Season (Love Is EZ)
• Sola Rosa — Chasing The Sun (Way Up Recordings)
• Sophia Loizou — Untold (Houndstooth)
• Spatial Relations — Talking To Strangers: The Companion Album (People Teeth)
• Squirrel Nut Zippers — Lost Songs Of Doc Souchon (Southern Broadcasting)
• Sufjan Stevens — The Ascension (Asthmatic Kitty Records)
• Surfer Blood — Carefree Theatre (Kanine Records)
• Sylvan Esso — Free Love (Loma Vista Recordings)
• Tashi Dorji — Stateless (Drag City)
• Thurston Moore — By The Fire (Daydream Library)
• Tim Heidecker — Fear Of Death (Spacebomb Records)
• Trevor Hall — In And Through The Body (Trevor Hall)
• The War And Treaty — Hearts Town (Rounder Records)
• Wax Chattels — Clot (Captured Tracks)
• Will Butler — Generations (Merge Records)
• Yves Jarvis — Sundry Rock Song Stock (ANTI‐)
• Ziemba — True Romantic (Sister Polygon Records)

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Jurassic World: Dominion is still shooting in the U.K. after rebooting production in July, and Bryce Dallas Howard showed off the bruises that she was happy to acquire since it meant getting back to the business of running from dinos, possibly while wearing heels. That movie won’t arrive for awhile (June 2021), but fortunately, franchise fans can get a fix from an animated series is coming to Netflix, so we can watch dinosaurs terrorize humans afresh. It never gets old, does it?

The cautionary tale is still alive, this time with parents sending their children off to a luxurious, all-access camp set on Isla Nublar. As one always expects from this franchise, there’s no real peace to be found after cuddling little baby reptiles that can eventually grow up to rip one’s heads off. This trailer is everything that one would expect and more, since the DreamWorks Animation visuals might be even more striking than what we’ve seen in the live actions. Is it kid-friendly? Mostly, although Steven Spielberg (who’s executive producing, along with Colin Trevorrow, and Frank Marshall) has been scaring kids’ pants off since 1993’s Jurassic Park, so take that as you will.

The show’s a Netflix original (at the behest of at the behest of Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment), so it’ll be bingeable stuff, and the streamer has also set up an interactive site for users to explore treetop cabins and a zip line. From the synopsis:

Set against the timeline of the blockbuster film Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous follows a group of six teenagers trapped at a new adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar. When the events of the film unfold and dinosaurs are unleashed across the island, each kid realizes their very survival rests on the shoulders of themselves and their fellow campers. Unable to reach the outside world, our six teens will go from strangers to friends to family as they band together to survive the dinosaurs and uncover hidden secrets so deep they threaten the world itself.

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous arrives on September 18.

The BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge is famous for the covers it has yielded, and now it’s back for more. Miley Cyrus was the latest guest, and she offered her rendition of Billie Eilish’s “My Future,” a performance that took on a more upbeat energy than Eilish’s laid back original.

Before the cover, Cyrus was asked if she sees any of herself in Eilish, and her response was full of praise for the young artist:

“I see my little sister a lot, and I see that generation [that has] that awareness that I think is so new and fresh. I love the idea that we are falling in love with ourselves, and I think that’s something so important. Right now, I think there are so many unrealistic ideals of what women should be or should look like or what our priorities are. For me, I grew up in an era where it wasn’t OK to wear sweatpants on stage. I grew up in a time where you were supposed to have on a bedazzled body suit and go out and do choreography. It is a different generation of this time. A lot of the female artists are regaining that power and saying, ‘I’m an artist and I look the way that I want to reflect who I am.’ I see a really healthy role model for the girls like my little sister. So, to that, I kind of do see something that I identify with because I feel like I did have a lot of awareness. I just encourage artists using their voice, not just to sing and entertain us, but to make change. I always see Billie out there being an activist first.”

Cyrus played more than just the Eilish cover, so listen to the full performance here and watch some clips above and below.