PRESS PLAY: New Albums out September 23rd!

After an XPNFest weekend that still has everyone buzzing, it’s time to welcome the first new albums of Fall 2022. Philadelphia DIY hero Alex G shakes off the sand for his clear and confident ninth album, God Save the Animals (read a review by our Sean Fennell here). With the past several years punctuated by personal and professional struggles and loss, Beth Orton reemerges with her first self-produced album; Weather Alive is a rich blend of atmosphere and rhythm. More than a decade into her reign as ‘Highway Queen,’ Nikki Lane enlists Josh Homme to produce her barnstorming fourth LP, Denim & Diamonds. Guitar worlds collide on Ali, with globetrotting Texas trio Khruangbin supporting Vieux Farka Touré in a tribute to Malian blues patriarch Ali Farka Touré. 

Jersey Girl finds Nashville singer Jessie Baylin returning to her Garden State roots. A highlight from this year‘s festival, Egyptian-born singer Tamino swoons on his graceful second album, Sahar. A surprise release for his new home label, The Tallest Man on Earth covers Lucinda Williams, Yo La Tengo, and more on Too Late for Edelweiss. Though it arrives a few years after his death, Dr. John finally achieves his lifelong desire to release a country-inspired album with the intimate Things Happen That Way. More than half a century after its release, the self-titled debut by motorik pioneers NEU! still sounds futuristic; a new box set offers fresh remasters of the band’s first three LPs along with covers and remixes by members of New Order, Hot Chip, and others. PRESS PLAY on these new releases (and more) below… 

Alex G – God Save the Animals
CHECK OUT: “Runner” “Cross the Sea” 

Beth Orton – Weather Alive
CHECK OUT: “Fractals” “Friday Night” 

Nikki Lane – Denim & Diamonds
CHECK OUT: “First High” “Born Tough” 

Khruangbin and Vieux Farka Touré – Ali
CHECK OUT: “Tongo Barra” “Savanne” 

Jessie Baylin – Jersey Girl
CHECK OUT: “That’s the Way” “Cloud Nine” 

Tamino – Sahar 
CHECK OUT: “Fascination” “Cinnamon” 

The Tallest Man on Earth – Too Late for Edelweiss
CHECK OUT: “Tears Are in Your Eyes” “Metal Firecracker” 

Dr. John – Things Happen That Way
CHECK OUT: “End of the Line (feat. Aaron Neville and Katie Pruitt)” “Gimme That Old Time Religion (feat. Willie Nelson)” 

NEU! – NEU! 50!
CHECK OUT: “Im Glück (The National Remix)” Guerilla Toss – “Zum Herz” 

FURTHER LISTENING:
Alphaville – ETERNALLY YOURS, Arkells – Blink Twice, Billy Idol – The Cage EP, Bloods – Together, Baby!, The Comet is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam, Daniel Lanois – Player, Piano, De Lux – Do You Need a Release?, Dermot Kennedy – Sonder, Divino Niño – Last Spa on Earth, Douglas Andrew McCombs – VMAK<KOMBZ<<<DUGLAS<<<6NDR7<<<, Editors – EBM, Eerie Wanda – Internal Radio, Fujiya & Miyagi – Slight Variations, Future Teens – Self Help, Grateful Dead – In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83, Iceage – Shake the Feeling: Outtakes & Rarities 2015-2021, Joni Mitchell – The Asylum Albums (1972 – 1975), Magdalena Bay – Mercurial World (Deluxe Edition), Makaya McCraven – In These Times, Marisa Anderson – Still, Here, Maya Hawke – MOSS, Motörhead – Iron First (40th Anniversary Edition), Nils Frahm – Music for Animals, Peter Matthew Bauer – Flowers, The Smithereens – The Lost Album, The Soft Moon – Exister, Tim Burgess – Typical Music, Todd Snider – Live: Return of the Storyteller