Willie Nelson | photo by Pamela Springsteen | courtesy of the artist

Friday is new release day! Each week we feature a selection of new albums being released and songs we LOVE.  It’s a wide range of music this week, from psychedelic blues rock of The Black Pumas to in-your-face punk anthems of Titus Andronicus.  Plus, check out the return of The Raconteurs, a new album from Willie Nelson, and more!

WILLIE NELSON Ride Me Back Home

We LOVE: “Ride Me Back Home”; “Come on Time”

THE RACONTEURS Help Us Stranger

We LOVE: “Now That You’re Gone”; “Help Me Stranger”; “Sunday Driver”

FRUIT BATS Gold Past Life

We LOVE: “The Bottom of It”; “Gold Past Life”

HATCHIE Keepsake

We LOVE: “Obsessed”; “Without A Blush”

BLACK PUMAS Black Pumas

We LOVE: “Colors”; “Black Moon Rising”

BUDDY & JULIE MILLER Breakdown on 20th Ave. South

We LOVE: “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me”; “War Child”

TITUS ANDRONICUS An Obelisk

We LOVE: “Troubleman Unlimited”; “Just Like Ringing a Bell”