PRESS PLAY: New Albums out March 3rd

This week’s most notable new releases aren’t new at all; following years of ongoing legal disputes, clearance issues, and, sadly, the early February death of founding member Trugoy the Dove, De La Soul‘s 1989-2001 catalog finally arrives on streaming services today. This long-overdue move coincides with the 34th anniversary of the trio’s landmark debut, 3 Feet High and Rising, which itself receives an expanded reissue today.

Joining those De La classics in today’s roundup is the FOREGROUND MUSIC, latest post-post-post-modern rock salvo from Philly favorite Ron Gallo. Australian songwriter Jen Cloher explores asserting electronic textures on their fifth solo album, I Am the River, the River is Me. Bay Area singer Hannah van Loon’s second LP as Tanukichan, GIZMO, is packed with effervescent indie pop and, like her 2018 debut, was produced by Chaz Bear of Toro y Moi. As showcased at today’s Free at Noon concert, Philly crew Mo Lowda & the Humble bring abundant energy to their self-titled fourth album.

On his fifth solo LP, Brothers & Sisters, Steve Mason revels in the quiet anthems and acoustic percussion loops that have been his calling cards since his days as lead singer of The Beta Band. Abstract song structures and mind-bending melodies form the heart of Russian artist Kate NV‘s bold and adventurous WOW. On I Don’t Know a Thing About Love, Willie Nelson pays tender tribute to prolific Nashville songwriter Harlan Howard’s six-decade long career.

PRESS PLAY on these new releases below. Listen for spotlights on new records like these (and more) every Friday on the XPN Morning Show and Indie Rock Hit Parade.

Ron Gallo – FOREGROUND MUSIC
CHECK OUT: “ENTITLED MAN” “FOREGROUND MUSIC”

Jen Cloher – I Am the River, The River is Me
CHECK OUT: “My Witch” “Being Human”

Tanukichan – GIZMO
CHECK OUT: “Don’t Give Up” “Thin Air (feat. Enumclaw)”

Mo Lowda & the Humble – Mo Lowda & the Humble
CHECK OUT: “Restive” “O.O.Y.O.”

Steve Mason – Brothers & Sisters
CHECK OUT: “The People Say” “No More (feat. Javed Bashir)”

Kate NV – WOW
CHECK OUT: “meow chat” “oni (they)”

Willie Nelson – I Don’t Know a Thing About Love
CHECK OUT: “Streets of Baltimore” “Tiger By the Tail”

FURTHER LISTENING…
ALO – Silver Saturdays, De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising (Reissue), Dry Cleaning – Swampy EP, Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach – The Songs of Bacharach & Costello, Fake Names – Expendables, Full of Hell and Primitive Man – Suffocating Hallucination, Genesis – BBC Broadcasts, Hans Zimmer – Hans Zimmer Live, Hello Mary – Hello Mary, Jackie Mendoza – Galaxia de Emociones, Kali Uchis – Red Moon in Venus, Macklemore – Ben, Maraschino – Hollywood Piano, Marc Broussard – S.O.S. 4: Blues for Your Soul, The Mavericks – In Time (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), The Minks – Creatures of Culture, Object of Affection – Field of Appearances, Porcupine Tree – Deadwing (Deluxe Edition), The Reverend Horton Heat – Roots of the Reverend (Volume One), Roge – Curyman, slowthai – UGLY , Spektral Quartet, Julia Holter, and Alex Temple – Behind the Wallpaper, Taleen Kali – Flower of Life, Xiu Xiu – Ignore Grief, Zulu – A New Tomorrow