It’s almost Father’s Day, so here’s your cake: As previewed at this year’s NonComm, Rhode Island roots rockers Deer Tick bring troubadour charm to their eighth album, Emotional Contracts. In the wake of several personal trials and tribulations, Josh Homme’s Queens of the Stone Age are reinvigorated on In Times New Roman…, their first in six years. A continuation of her loose series of tribute albums, Bettye LaVette celebrates the Randall Bramlett alongside John Mayer, Steve Winwood, and Ray Parker Jr. on LaVette!.
Announced less than 24 hours ago, ÁTTA is the first album in a decade from Iceland’s premiere post-rock outfit, Sigur Rós. Guest vocalists like Self Esteem and Jack Peñate are caught in the orbit of Django Django‘s galactic disco on the multi-part Off Planet. Detroit’s Bonny Doon follow their journey serving as Waxahatchee’s backing band with their long-awaited third album, Let There Be Music.
With stories pulled from the Quran as well as his own journal, Yusuf‘s King of a Land is a gentle offering from the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens. New Jersey singer Donna Missal explores the neon-lit nocturne on her third album, Revel.
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Deer Tick – Emotional Contracts
CHECK OUT: “Forgiving Ties” “The Real Thing”
Queens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman…
CHECK OUT: “Emotion Sickness” “Paper Machete”
Bettye LaVette – LaVette!
CHECK OUT: “Hard to Be a Human” “Plan B”
Sigur Rós – ÁTTA
CHECK OUT: “Blóðberg” “8”
Django Django – Off Planet
CHECK OUT: “Complete Me (feat. Self Esteem)” “No Time (feat. Jack Peñate)”
Bonny Doon – Let There Be Music
CHECK OUT: “Crooked Creek” “Let There Be Music”
Yusuf / Cat Stevens – King of a Land
CHECK OUT: “Take the World Apart” “All Nights, All Days”
Donna Missal – Revel
CHECK OUT: “Flicker” “Out of Me”
FUTHER LISTENING:
Balmorhea – Pendant World, Ben Howard – Is It?, Boris and Uniform – Bright New Disease, Bright Eyes – Cassadaga: A Companion EP / Noise Floor (Rarities 1998 – 2005): A Companion EP / The People’s Key: A Companion EP, Caroline Spence – True North (Deluxe Edition), Chocolate Hills – Yarns from the Chocolate Triangle, Creep Show – Yawning Abyss, Damian Lewis – Mission Creep, Dirty Heads – Midnight Control (Deluxe Edition), The Drive-By Truckers – The Complete Dirty South, Far from Saints – Far from Saints, The Flaming Lips – Hypnotist EP, Gov’t Mule – Peace… Like a River, hand habits – Sugar the Bruise EP, Home is Where – The Whaler, Kaiser Cartel – March Fourth, Killer Mike – Michael, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation, Man on Man – Provincetown, Maisie Peters – The Good Witch, Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book, The Offspring – Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (15th Anniversary Reissue), Pelicanman – Planet Chernobyl, Pet Shop Boys – SMASH: The Singles 1985-2020, Peter Lewis – Imagination, Pickle Darling – Laundromat, Silversun Pickups – Acoustic Thrills EP, Son Volt – Day of the Doug, Spoon – Memory Dust EP, SunYears – Fetch My Soul!, The Teskey Brothers – The Winding Way, Texas – The Very Best of 1989 – 2023
