PRESS PLAY: 8 New Albums out November 12th!

Familiar voices express themselves in fresh ways in this week’s batch of new albums. Courtney Barnett steers a new set of wry observations on Things Take Time, Take Time. Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak channel their retro forebears with their long-awaited debut as Silk Sonic. Bristol combo IDLES unleash Crawler, their latest batch of thoughtful thrashers. Eclectic production duo Soulsavers team up with Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan for the intense and atmospheric Imposter.

Led by the similarly named singer, Danish indie pop group Pip Blom charm on their second album, Welcome Break. Longrunning duo the Dodos find explore new territories on their eighth LP, Grizzy Peak. True to its name, Jake & Friends finds ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro collaborating with Willie Nelson, Billy Strings, and fellow Hawai’ians Bette Midler, Jack Johnson and Paula Fuga. Pacific Northwest soul stirrer Allen Stone enters his second decade of recording with the acoustic turn Apart. PRESS PLAY on these new releases (and more) below…

Courtney Barnett – Things Take Time, Take Time
CHECK OUT: “Write a List of Things To Look Forward To” “Rae Street” “Before You Gotta Go”

Silk Sonic – An Evening with Silk Sonic
CHECK OUT: “Skate” “Leave the Door Open”

IDLES – Crawler
CHECK OUT: “Car Crash” “The Beachland Ballroom”

Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Imposter
CHECK OUT: “Metal Heart” “Dark End of the Street”

Pip Blom – Welcome Break
CHECK OUT: “Keep it Together” “It Should Have Been Fun”

The Dodos – Grizzly Peak
CHECK OUT: “Annie” “With a Guitar”

Jake Shimabukuro – Jake & Friends
CHECK OUT: “Stardust (feat. Willie Nelson)” “A Place in the Sun (feat. Jack Johnson and Paula Fuga)”

Allen Stone – Apart
CHECK OUT: “Is This Love” “The Wire”

EXTENDED PLAYS:
Aesop Rock and Blockhead – Garbology, Amanda Shires – For Christmas, Bush Tetras – Rhythm & Paranoia: The Best of Bush Tetras, Corrina Repp – Island, Curse Reverser – Paper Dinner, Damon Albarn – The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows, Geographer – Down and Out in the Garden of Earthly Delights, Gov’t Mule – Heavy Load Blues, Holly Humberstone – The Walls Are Way Too Thin EP, Joni Mitchell – Live at Carnegie Hall, February 1, 1969, Justin Courtney Pierre – Ghost World EP, Keys & Krates – Original Classic, Laraaji & Arji OceAnanda – Circle of Celebration, Land of Talk – Calming Night Partner EP, Lee Ranaldo – In Virus Times, Lightleak – Tender Fits, Lionlimb – Spiral Groove, Melanie Charles – Y’all Don’t (Really) Care About Black Women, NRBQ – Dragnet, Portico Quartet – Monument, Queen of Jeans – Covers EP, Rod Stewart – The Tears of Hercules, Sam Outlaw – Popular Mechanics, Seafoam Walls – XVI, She & Him – A Very She & Him Christmas (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), Shilpa Ray – Bootlickers of the Patriarchy 7″, Speedy Ortiz – The Death of Speedy Ortiz & Cop Kicker…Forever (Reissue), Susanna Hoffs – Bright Lights, Taylor Swift – Red (Taylor’s Version), They Might Be Giants – BOOK, The Clean – Boodle Boodle Boodle EP (Reissue), Walk the Moon – Heights