PRESS PLAY: 9 New Albums out April 23rd!

Familiar faces and newcomers alike deliver on this week’s batch of new albums. For their fifth album since reuniting in 2005, Dinosaur Jr team up with Kurt Vile on the inviting Sweep it Into Space. Though it’s hardly lacking in heavy riffs, the album is a warm and welcoming return from the legendary trio. Speaking of collaborations, genre-hopping Irish singer Imelda May‘s 11 Past the Hour features guest spots from Noel Gallagher and Ronnie Wood. You’ve been hearing the enigmatic Canadian performer Art d’Ecco on the air for a bit, and this week he releases In Standard Definition. New Orleans icon Ivan Neville’s latest with Dumpstaphunk, Where Do We Go From Here, is a politically-minded set with appearances by Marcus King and Trombone Shorty. Few artists can boast careers as long and as varied as Tom Jones, whose Surrounded by Time finds the 80-year old singer tackling Bob Dylan, Terry Callier, and more. Recently heard on World Cafe, Jupiter & Okwess enlist guests from around the world on Na Kazonga. Longtime XPN favorite Citizen Cope returns to his solo acoustic roots with The Pull of Niagara Falls. Brothers Peter and David Brewis turn in another energetic Field Music record, Flat White Moon. Finally, Satomimagae layers ethereal folk with electronic textures on the enchanting Hanazono. PRESS PLAY on these new albums and more below…

Dinosaur Jr – Sweep it Into Space 
WE LOVE: “I Ran Away” “Take it Back” “Garden”

Imelda May – 11 Past the Hour 
WE LOVE: “Just One Kiss” “Made to Love”

Art d’Ecco – In Standard Definition 
WE LOVE: “Head Rush” “Desires”

Dumpstaphunk – Where Do We Go From Here 
WE LOVE: “United Nations Stomp” “Do You”

Tom Jones – Surrounded by Time 
WE LOVE: “No Hole in My Head” “One More Cup of Coffee”

Jupiter and Okwess – Na Kozonga 
WE LOVE: “No Kozonga” “Bolenge Seben”

Citizen Cope – The Pull of Niagara Falls
WE LOVE: “A Time Comes Around” “Scared of Heights”

Field Music – Flat White Moon 
WE LOVE: “Do Me a Favour” “Not When You’re in Love”

Satomimagae – Hanazono  
WE LOVE: “Houkou” “Numa”

Yellow Ostrich – Soft 
WE LOVE: “Julia” “Birds”

EXTENDED PLAYS (a few more interesting things out this week):
DāM-FunK  – Architecture III, Rag ‘n’ Bone Man – Life by Misadventure, Jeff Rosenstock – Ska Dream,  Hannah Jadagu – What is Going On? EP, Lady Dan – I Am the Prophet, Peter Frampton – Peter Frampton Forgets the Words, Remember Sports – Like a Stone, Alan Vega – Mutator,  Steve Cropper – Fire It Up, Eydís Evensen – Bylur, Kero Kero Bonito – Civilisation II EP