Starcrawler | photo by Ashley Gellman for WXPN | agellmanphotos.com

Happy Release Day to Starcrawler, Big Thief, Son Little, Joseph Arthur and more! It’s been a busy few weeks for new albums and this Friday is no exception. In addition to the aforementioned artists, we put our ears to a revamped Trigger Hippy line-up, an emo-inspired collection of covers from Ruston Kelly, the debut solo album from Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon and more!

STARCRAWLER Devour You

We LOVE: “Hollywood Ending”; “Bet My Brains”; “No More Pennies”

BIG THIEF Two Hands

We LOVE: “Not”; “Forgotten Eyes”

RUSTON KELLY Dirt Emo, Vol. 1

We LOVE: “Teenage Dirtbag”; “Screaming Infidelities”

SON LITTLE Invisible EP

We LOVE: “Hey Rose”

ILLITERATE LIGHT Illiterate Light

We LOVE: “Better Than I Used To”; “Sometimes Love Takes So Long”

JOSEPH ARTHUR Come Back World

We LOVE: “Streetcar”; “Mayor of the Lower Eastside”

KIM GORDON No Home Record

We LOVE: “Air BNB”

ALLAH-LAS Lahs

We LOVE: “In the Air”

ELBOW Giants of All Sizes

We LOVE: “Dexter & Sinister”

TRIGGER HIPPY Full Circle & Then Some

We LOVE: “Don’t Wanna Bring You Down”