New Releases for January 19, 2023
SLIFT ILION - SUB POP CD/LP
Slifts third album and first to be released through Sub Pop, Ilion, is their strongest and most fully realized set of astral sojourns to date—even if it’s a good three minutes shorter than its predecessor, 2020’s Ummon. Deceptively massive in its sound for being the work of a trio, Ilion filters the influence of Joseph Campbell and Homer’s Odyssey into eight sprawling tracks that waste precious little space in their seemingly limitless expanse. Even as their dirges unfold seemingly unto infinity, the journey’s never less than exhilarating. - TREBLEZINE
GREEN DAY SAVIORS - REPRISE LP/CASSETTE
This isn’t the first time in recent history that a new Green Day album’s been hailed as the “best since American Idiot,” and it remains to be seen if Saviors ends up having more longevity than, say, Revolution Radio. But right now, it’s pretty easy to imagine people shouting along to some of these choruses at a stadium near you this summer, and that’s nothing to scoff at–even if it’s because of how much they sound like they could already be Green Day songs. - BROOKLYN VEGAN
SLEATER- KINNEY LITTLE ROPE - LOMA VISTA CD/LP
Little Rope is not an optimistic record, but for all the alienation in its circling riffs and martial beats, its existence stands as a challenge to everything that would take you down. Hell is probably round the corner, but here, at least, Sleater-Kinney burn with a fire that’s all their own. - MOJO
OLAFUR ARNALDS FOR NOW I AM WINTER LP
BAILEFUNK KAKEKO DEMONIO PRAZER CASSETTE
BERHANA AMEN (THE NOMADS DREAM) LP
BOLTS OF MELODY FILM NOIR (CVNL) LP
CLIFFORD BROWN MEMORIAL ALBUM (BLUE) LP
DANNY BROWN QUARANTA CD/LP (RED)
CANNONS FEVER DREAM LP
CANNONS HEARTBEAT HIGHWAY LP
COBRAH SUCCUBUS LP
DAY SOUL EXQUISITE SANGUINE & CARDAMOM CASSETTE
DEAD BOYS YOUNGER LOUDER & SNOTTIER CASSETTE
DIRE STRAITS LIVE 1978-1992 (BOX) LP
DIRTY ART CLUB HEAVY STARCH LP
EARTHTONES/LIDO PIMIENTE LA MUJER SERPIENTE 7”
FATHER SHEED WAIT FOR YOU 7”
FINISHING MOVE CALLISTO PROTOCOL LP
FORTNITE: BEST OF THE LOBBY VINYL LP
JERRY GARCIA RUN FOR THE ROSES LP
GRANDSON I LOVE YOU, I'M TRYIN LP
GREEN DAY SAVIORS LP/CASSETTE
GRUPO NUEVO DE OMAR CRYPTOMNESIA LP
GYPSY FARI GYPSY FARI 7”
MARY HALVORSON CLOUDWARD LP
HOLLOW KNIGHT PIANO HOLLOW KNIGHT PIANO LP
AKIRA ISHIKAWA HIS AFRICAN ROCK LP
KRAAK & SMAAK TWENTY - THE REMIXES LP
MID-AIR THIEF CRUMBLING LP
NIKITA KRYUKOV MILK OUTSIDE A BAG OF MILK OUTSIDE A BAG OF MILK LP
MORRIS MOBLEY MEDITATIONS CASSETTE
BUD POWELL THE AMAZING BUD POWELL LP
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA RODRIGO Y GABRIELA LP
OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FUNGUS LP
OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ BIRTH OF A GHOST LP
OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ BLIND WORMS, PIOUS SWINE LP
OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ CALIBRATION (IS PUSHING LUCK AND KEY TOO FAR) LP
OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ CELL PHONE BIKINI LP
OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ DOOM PATROL LP
OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ LOVEJOY LP
OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ A MANUAL DEXTERITY: SOUNDTRACK VOL. 1 LP
OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ MINOR CUTS AND SCRAPES IN THE BUSHES AHEAD LP
OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ ROMAN LIPS LP
THE ROLLING STONES HACKNEY DIAMONDS (LIMITED) CD
SEATBELTS COWBOY BEBOP: TANK! LP
SLEATER-KINNEY LITTLE ROPE CD/LP
SLIFT ILION CD/LP
BRITTNEY SPENCER MY STUPID LIFE LP
SWERVEDRIVER 99TH DREAM (COLV) LP
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE SHOUT SISTER SHOUT LP
TIBBS AIN'T IT FUNNY LP
VANILLA POINTBREAK LP
COLTER WALL COLTER WALL (COLV) LP
COLTER WALL IMAGINARY APPALACHIACHIA LP
COLTER WALL SONGS OF THE PLAINS LP
COLTER WALL WESTERN SWING AND WALTZES LP
WORLD OF WARCRAFT LP
HIROSHI YOSHIMURA SURROUND - BLUE LP
JOHN ZORN HERMETIC ORGAN CD