PRESS PLAY: New Albums out May 8th

Mayday! Mayday! First new albums of the month incoming!!

Employing medieval imagery for a parable that feels strangely contemporary, Tori Amos spins tales of caution and community on In Times of Dragons. The Black Keys take another run through their deep knowledge of blues rock on the covers collection Peaches!. Leaning back into her earlier country style, Kacey Musgraves sounds perfectly at home on Middle of Nowhere. Joined by collaborators like Bruce Hornsby, Iron & Wine, and members of Dawes and Bonny Light Horseman, MC Taylor finds himself in good company on Hiss Golden Messenger’s I’m People.

Acting as sole producer for the first time in her career, Jesca Hoop steps out of her comfort zone on Long Wave Home. Originally recorded in 2010, Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band deliver surprises on Time, including a previously unreleased Bill Withers composition. Weird Nightmare began as the solo project of METZ’s Alex Edkins; on Hoopla, the Toronto musician goes all-in on melodic noise-pop. On their self-titled third album, youbet breathe fresh life into grungy, guitar-forward shredders.

PRESS PLAY on these new releases

FURTHER LISTENING

American Football – American Football (LP4), Arturo Sandoval – SANGÚ, The Boo Radleys – In Spite of Everything, The Claypool Lennon Delirium – The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy, DoYeon Kim – Wellspring, Easy Honey – Plaid EP. Eli Moore – The Power Line, Eric Gabriel – Lucky Day Roadrunner, Face of Ancient Gallery – Like Kites, Florence Dore – Hold the Spark, Furii – Pyromancy, Gemma – Be About It, Gottleib – The Far Fallen Fruit, The Head and the Heart – The Head and the Heart (Deluxe Edition), The High Curbs – HIGH SPEED, Jump Source – Fold, The Klezmatics – We Were Made for These Times, La Doña – Corrientes, Laibach – Musick, Lip Critic – Theft World, Modern Woman – Johnny’s Dreamworld, Moon Walker – Wasteland Country, Mýa – Retrospect, Paisley Fields – Are U Mad at Me, Pope – BFM, Portrayal of Guilt – …Beginning of the End, Ritchie Newtown – Higher Power, The Saddest Landscape – Alone with Heaven, Scott Fisher – A Billion Suns, The Sleeves – The Sleeves, Sub*T – How My Own Voice Sounds, Toadies – The Charmer, Valley Boy – Children of Divorce, Young the Giant – Victory Garden, Various Artists – Let’s Go Dancing: Stopped a Freight Train with a Grain of Sand