New Releases for June 16, 2023

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE IN TIMES NEW ROMAN… - MATADOR CD/LP

Now more than two decades since their formation, Queens of the Stone Age provide new tunes for a new apocalypse with In Times New Roman…. The band has moved away from their roots in some regards, but remain completely the same in others; throughout its ten songs, the new LP takes their unique alternative rock to new dimensions, swapping uptempo rock n' roll jolts for a slow-yet-unnerving new groove. - Exclaim!


LITTLE SIMZ NO THANK YOU - FLO/AWAL CD/LP

On NO THANK YOU she stashes the fanfare and goes back to rap basics, blasting the industry that will claim to have made her but in reality has left her drained. In doing so, she adds her voice to a chorus of Black British artists whose calls for reparations are only getting louder. - PITCHFORK


DEER TICK EMOTIONAL CONTRACTS - ATO CD/LP

They are trying their best to follow their dreams in a world of complicated relationships. Like McCauley sings on the song, “If She Could Only See Me Now,” “Now that I’ve finally been set free / She’d know exactly what she means to me.” Or like D. Ryan sings on the next song, “I keep on running / Running from love.” They switch writers and singers regularly on the album, but the themes of social angst and the fight for love all meld well together, and the production is top notch. - Northern Transmissions


HAND HABITS SUGAR THE BRUISE - FAT POSSUM LP

…with Sugar the Bruise, a record that is not the coming out party that Fun House was but is just as essential in Duffy’s catalog—and was just as freeing to make. Who will overlook the project because it did not have a lead single like “Aquamarine,” which leveled the direction that Duffy wanted to take Hand Habits in? What do we make of a project that has no lyrical throughline within except Duffy’s existence itself? I work for a music magazine, so I know the real answer. But, as a queer person in an industry that is relatively straight and cis, I’m even more interested in Sugar the Bruisethan I was Fun House. There is something beautiful and underserved about a project made after an opus. Where do we run once we’ve scattered ourselves across the table? - PASTE



AUGUSTUS PABLO PABLO MEETS MR BASSIE 7”

ALVA NOTO KINDER DER SONNE CD/LP

BONNY DOON LET THERE BE MUSIC CD

DEER TICK EMOTIONAL CONTRACTS CD/LP

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS COMPLETE DIRTY SOUTH CD

FRED AGAIN.. / BRIAN ENO SECRET LIFE CD/LP

GOV'T MULE PEACE LIKE A RIVER CD/LP

MEIKO KAJI HAJIKI UTA CD/LP

LITTLE SIMZ NO THANK YOU CD/LP

NATURAL INFORMATION SINCE TIME IS GRAVITY CD/LP

MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO OMNICHORD REAL BOOK CD/LP

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE IN TIMES NEW ROMAN.. CD/LP

STERNENMADCHEN GILLES ZEITSCHIFF 2 CD/LP

HAKO YAMASAKI TOBIMASU CD/LP

HAKO YAMASAKI TSUNAWATARI CD/LP

GRACIE ABRAMS GOOD RIDDANCE LP

THE ALARM FORWARDS LP

ALVA NOTO / MARTIN GORE SUBTERRANEANS LP

OREN AMBARCHI GRAPES FROM THE ESTATE LP

ASELEFECH ASHINE BEAUTIES LP

AT MIND PALACE MUSIC LP

ALBERT AYLER IN GREENWICH VILLAGE LP

BAILEY'S NERVOUS KATS THE NERVOUS KATS LP

BETHS WARM BLOOD LP

BORIS & UNIFORM BRIGHT NEW DISEASE LP

GLENN BRANCA SYMPHONY NO. 1 LP

BRIGHT EYES CASSADAGA. LP

BRIGHT EYES CASSADAGA: A COMPANION LP

BRIGHT EYES NOISE FLOOR LP

BRIGHT EYES NOISE FLOOR: A COMPANION LP

BRIGHT EYES PEOPLE'S KEY LP

BRIGHT EYES PEOPLE'S KEY: A COMPANION LP

BROWN SPIRITS SOLITARY TRANSMISSIONS LP

CHOCOLATE HILLS / THE ORB YARNS FROM THE CHOCOLATE TRIANGLE LP

COLDPLAY PROSPEKT'S MARCH LP

J. COLE BORN SINNER LP

TONY CONRAD / ARNOLD DREYBLATT / JIM O’ ROUKE TONIC 19-01-2001 LP

ALESSANDRO CORTINI FORSE ONE LP

CHRISTOPH DE BABALON IF YOU'RE INTO IT I'M OUT OF IT LP

DEEP LISTENING NEEDLE DROP JUNGLE LP

MAC DEMARCO FIVE EASY HOT DOGS LP

MARCEL DETTMANN ELECTRIC DRIVE LP

DISCORDANCE AXIS JOUHOU LP

DJANGO DJANGO OFF PLANET LP

DREXCIYA NEPTUNE'S LAIR LP

JULIUS EASTMAN FEMENINE LP

THE FLAMING LIPS PSYCHEDELIC HYPNOTIS DAYDREAM LP

GREG FOAT / GIGI MASIN DOLPHIN LP

ROBERT GLASPER IN MY ELEMENT LP

MILFORD GRAVES / ARTHUR DOYLE / HUGH GLOVER CHILDREN OF THE FOREST LP

HACK-POETS GUILD BLACKLETTER GARLAND LP

KEIJO HAINO / JIM O'ROURKE / OREN AMBARCHI IN THE PAST…. LP

HAND HABITS SUGAR THE BRUISE LP

NATALIE IMBRUGLIA LEFT OF THE MIDDLE LP

ELTON JOHN 21 AT 33 LP

ELTON JOHN FOX LP

ELTON JOHN ICE ON FIRE LP

ELTON JOHN JUMP UP LP

ELTON JOHN LEATHER JACKETS LP

ELTON JOHN REG STRIKES BACK LP

BRENNEN LEIGH AIN'T THROUGH HONKY TONKIN’ YET LP

LIL KIM HARDCORE LP

LOGIC COLLEGE PARK LP

LYDIA LOVELESS DAUGHTER LP

MADLIB SHADES OF BLUE LP

MAGICAL POWER MAKO SUPER RECORD LP

KJETYIL MULELID WHO DO YOU LOVE THE MOST? LP

MYTHOS DREAMLAB LP

NORMAL NADA THE KRAXMAXTER TRIBAL PROGRESSIVE HEAVY METAL LP

THE OFFSPRING. RISE AND FALL, RAGE AND GRACE SONGS LP

OMD LIVE - ARCHITECTURE AND MORALITY AND MORE LP

PET SHOP BOYS SMASH - THE SINGLES LP

MAISIE PETERS GOOD WITCH LP

PICKLE DARLING LAUNDROMAT LP

ALAIN PIERRE DES MORTS (OF THE DEAD) LP

TERRY RILEY RAINBOW IN CURVED AIR LP

RODEO BOYS HOME MOVIES LP

THE ROLLING STONES BIG HITS LP

THE ROLLING STONES FLOWERS LP

SCORPIONS IN TRANCE LP

SCORPIONS TAKEN BY FORCE LP

SCORPIONS TOKYO TAPES LP

SCORPIONS VIRGIN KILLER LP

YASUAKI SHIMIZU KAKASHI LP

SIGH LIVE : THE EASTERN FORCES OF EVIL 2022 LP

SILBERLAND 2: DRIVIN SILBERLAND LP

STURGILL SIMPSON HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN LP

SNAPPED ANKLES BLURTATIONS LP

ALLEN STONE BUILDING BALANCE LP

ALLEN STONE RADIUS. LP

JANAKA STUCKY ASCEND ASCEND LP

SUNSET RUBDOWN SNAKE'S GOT A LEG LP

SUNYEARS COME FETCH MY SOUL! LP

JUNKO TANGE TOLERANCE LP

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS SPINE LP

TROUBLE RUN TO THE LIGHT LP

LEROY VINNEGAR LEROY WALKS! LP

YEAT AFTERLYFE LP

YOURS ARE THE ONLY EARS WE KNOW THE SKY LP

YUSUF ( CAT STEVENS) KING OF A LAND LP