PRESS PLAY: New Albums out November 15th

Just when you thought it was safe to finalize your year-in-review playlist, this week’s (and next week’s) slate of new albums is sure to give you a last-minute change of mind. With new translations by filmmaker Alan Del Rio Ortiz, St. Vincent delivers a full Spanish-language reimagining of All Born Screaming as Todos Nacen Gritando. Nearly every pianist carefully studies the works of Beethoven, but Jon Batiste isn’t just any pianist; the decorated songwriter folds modern rhythms into a mix of timeless compositions on Beethoven Blues (Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1). Dolly Parton teamed with multiple generations of her musical family, including archival recordings of relatives long since passed, for Smoky Mountain DNA: Family, Faith & Fables.

It’s been almost a decade since Dwight Yoakam’s last album, but the country-rock legend remains rough and ready on his 21^st original studio LP, Brighter Days. Vienna-based Sofie Royer shifts gears from fizzy art-pop to club-ready anthems that double as a parable for contemporary femininity on Young-Girl Forever. Led by Joseph Arthur and Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson (and featuring members of R.E.M. and Screaming Trees), Silverlites deliver the kind of melodic pop that only comes from combined decades of craft.

Listen for spotlights on new records like these (and more) every week on the XPN Morning Show and Indie Rock Hit Parade.

PRESS PLAY on these new releases

St. Vincent – Todos Nacen Gritando
CHECK OUT: “Hombre Roto” “El Mero Cero”

Jon Batiste – Beethoven Blues (Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1)
CHECK OUT: “Für Elise – Batiste” “5^th Symphony in Congo Square”

Dolly Parton & Family – Smoky Mountain DNA: Family, Faith & Fables
CHECK OUT: “I Will Know” “Smoky Mountain DNA”

Dwight Yoakam – Brighter Days
CHECK OUT: “I Don’t Know How to Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom) (feat. Post Malone)” “Wide Open Heart”

Sofie Royer – Young-Girl Forever
CHECK OUT: “I Forget (I’m So Young)” “Young-Girl (Illusion)”

Silverlites – Silverlites
CHECK OUT: “Don’t Go, Don’t Stay” “Dark and Magic Sky”

The PRESS PLAY-list

FURTHER LISTENING

070 Shake – Petrichor, Adrian Younge – Linear Labs: São Paulo, Andrew Gabbard – Ramble & Rave On, Anthony Raneri – Everyday Royalty EP, BANKS – Goddess Unplugged, The Black Keys – Ohio Players (Trophy Edition), Bryan Adams – Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2024, Carlita – Sentimental, Denzel Curry – King of the Mischievous South, Erick the Architect – I’ve Never Been Here Before (Deluxe Edition), Euphoria Again – Waiting on Time to Fly, Fazerdaze – Soft Power, Full of Hell and Andrew Nolan – Scraping the Divine, George Harrison – Living in the Material World (50^th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), Glosser – Angel Dust EP, Gwen Stefani – Bouquet, half•alive – Persona, HOMER – Ensatina, K.Flay – I’m Making Friends with the Silence EP, Jai Wolf – The Red Eye Home, Jin – Happy, John Cale – The Academy in Peril (Remastered) / Paris 1919 (Deluxe Edition), John Wetton – Concentus: The John Wetton Live Collection, Volume I, Las Palabras – Fe, Lunar Noon – A circle’s round, Major Lazer – Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do (15^th Anniversary Edition), Mary J. Blige – Gratitude, Mathieu Santos – Fan Fiction, MF DOOM – MM..FOOD (20^th Anniversary Edition), The Red Clay Strays – Live at the Ryman, Steel Panther – Feel the Steel (15^th Anniversary Edition), Tomo Katsurada – Dream of the Egg EP, TV on the Radio – Desperate Youth, Bloodthirtsy Babes (20^th Anniversary Edition), Vera Sola – Ghostmaker EP, Wallice – The Jester, Wussy – Cincinnati Ohio, Xeno & Oaklander – Via Negative (in the doorway light)