FYI Schedule of Upcoming Releases, Feb. 4, 2021

By Kerry Doole

Covid-19 has impacted many facets of the music biz, but new releases and reissues continue apace. Notables this week include Foo Fighters, Nancy Sinatra, A.J. Croce, Uncle Walt's Band, Bob Marley, Black Country, New Road, Slowthai, and John Williams.

The Canadian contingent features The Weeknd, The Weather Station, Alfie Zappacosta, Strippers Union, Bet Smith, and Alex Southey.

February

2: Bet Smith - Downer (Pine Lake Records)

2: Mister K - In Event of Moon Disaster

2: Leeann Atherton - Fallen Angel

3: Misc - Partager l’ambulance( Bonsound)

4: The Neighbourhood Watch - Lost In Bloom (LP)

5: The Weeknd - Highlights  ( XO/Republic Records/Universal Music Canada)

5: Friendly Rich / David Sait & {An} EeL - S/T  (Bandcamp)

5:  Nancy Sinatra: Start Walkin’ 1965-1976. (Light In The Attic)

5: Misc - Partager l’ambulance  (Bonsound)

5: A.J. Croce - By Request (Compass Records)

5: The Bona Fide Scoundrels - Bone Fidelity (Bandcamp)

5: James McMurtry- Soundcheck at the Gallery 

5: CYRRCA - S/T

5: Frontside -Closer to Closure (Revival Recordings)

5: Dan McCarthy - A Place Where We Once Lived 

5: Bob Marley - Songs of Freedom: The Island Years -box set (UMC)

5: John Williams - John Williams In Vienna- fan edition (UMC)

5: Alex Southey - ...And the Country Stirred

5: Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight 

5: Jeremy Zucker & Chelsea Cutler - brent ii 

5: Uncle Walt's Band- Recorded Live at Waterloo Ice House (Omnivore Recordings)

5: Rod Abernethy - Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore 

5: Common- A Beautiful Revolution (Pt. 1) (Loma Vista)

5: Alfie Zappacosta - Saved (ALMA Records/UMC)

5: slowthai - Tyron  (Method Records/Universal Music Canada)

5: Strippers Union -The Undertaking Part 1

5: Nick Schofield - Glass Gallery

5: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) (Daptone)

5:  Charles Ellsworth - Honeysuckle Summer 

5: The Weather Station - Ignorance (Next Door Records)

5: Demon Hunter -  Songs of Death and Resurrection

5: Rough Dreams -From The Graves Of Better Days

5: Black Country, New Road - For the first time (Ninja Tune)

5: Puma Blue  In Praise of Shadows 

5: Miguel Rios - Slaughterhouse Road (Laughing Outlaw Records)

5: Sarah Mary Chadwick -Me And Ennui Are Friends Baby ( Ba Da Bing)

12: The Deathray Davies - Time Well Wasted  (We Know Better Records)

12: Django Django-  Glowing in the Dark

12: Sia Music - Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture (Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic)

12: Small Sins -  Volume II 

12: Stretch Panic - Glitter & Gore

12: Thug Shells - Rainy Day

12: Matt Mays -From Burnside With Love

12: Noble Oak - Stories (Last Gang Records)

12: The Pretty Reckless - Death by Rock and Roll

12: Early Times and the High Rollers - The Corner (VizzTone)

12: Dead Poet Society - The Exclamation Album

12: Arc of Life - S/T (Frontiers Music Srl)

12: Rest Easy - Sick Day EP vinyl (Mutant League Records)

12: Drones -  Our Hell Is Right Here  (Thousand Islands Records)

12: Florida Georgia Line - Life Rolls On  (BMLG Records)

12: Dan Hill - On The Other Side Of Here  (Sun and Sky Records, distributed by Warner Music/ ADA)

12: Bailter Space -Wammo (Remastered)  (Matador)

12: The Jacksons- The Jacksons, Goin’ Places, and Destiny  (Epic Records/Legacy Recordings)

12: Harry Dean Stanton With the Cheap Dates - S/T (Omnivore)

12: Bodies of Water - Is This What It's Like (Thousand Tongues)

12: The Lilys - A Brief History of Amazing Letdowns (Frontier Records)

12: Sirenia - Riddles, Ruins & Revelations (Napalm Records)

12: God Is An Astronaut- Ghost Tapes #10 ( Napalm Records). 

12: Robert Berry and 3.2  -Third Impression (Frontiers Music srl)

12: The Band - Stage Fright - 50th anniversary edition - Capitol/UMe

12: Durbin - The Beast Awakens (Frontiers Music Srl)

12: Marie-Clo - Shell(e) Pt III (EP)

12: Kat Danser - One Eye Open (Black Hen)

12: Robin Thicke -  On Earth, and in Heaven

14: Arsenic Tea Party - The Really Not Good Times EP

14: Little Hurt -Better Drugs

14: Boniface - S/T  (Transgressive)

19: Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights (Royal Mountain Records)

19: Austin Meade - Black Sheep (Snakefarm Records )

19: Laure Briard - Eu Voo (Michel Records)

19: Various Artists - Brighter Days Ahead (Colemine/Karma Chief)

19: Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians -  Hunter and Dog Star

19: The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy

19: Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - Swing From The Sean Delear (In The Red Records)

19: Icon For Hire - Amorphous

19: Spencer Burton  - Coyote, (Still Records)

19: Valley Maker - When The Day Leaves  (Frenchkiss Records)

19: Tash Sultana-  Terra Firma

19: Tami Neilson – Chickaboom – deluxe version (Outside Music)

19: Cloud Nothings-  The Shadow I Remember

19: Alicia Clara  -  Outsider/Unusual  (Hot Tramp)

19: SG Lewis - times  (Republic Records)

19: Whitesnake - The Blues Album (Rhino)

19: Al Muirhead - Live From Frankie’s & The Yardbird  

19: Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs -  Real One Out (Dine Alone)

19: Cameron Graves- Seven (Artistry Music)

19: Veronica Lewis - You Ain’t Unlucky, (Blue Heart Records)

19: Blessed -  iii.(Flemish Eye)

19: Emily Franke - The Summer That Stood Still: Reality

19: Jess Moskaluke - The Demos (MDM Recordings Inc./Universal Music Canada)

19: Lainey Wilson - Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’ ( BBR Music Group/Broken Bow Records)

19: Stretch Panic - Glitter & Gore

26: Roosevelt - Polydans (City Slang / Greco-Roman)

26: Leahy - Good Water

26: Smerz  - Believer  (XL Recordings)

26: Altin Gün - Yol (ATO Records)

26: Dan Edmonds-- Good Fortune Assembly

26: Gerd Janson - Polydans (City Slang)

26:  Bob Dylan - 1970 (50th Anniversary Collection) (Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings)

26:  Rick Holmstrom - See That Light

26: Hailey Whitters - Living The Dream  (Pigasus Records / Big Loud Records / Songs & Daughters)

26: Neil Young - Way Down in the Rust Bucket (Reprise)

26: Flyying Colours - Fantasy Country

26: Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains - Banane Bleue

26: Barry Paquin Roberge - Exordium To Extasy ( Costume Records)

26: BAD CHILD  Free Trial (UMC)

26: Mo Kenney -Covers

26: TiKA - Anywhere But Here  (Next Door Records)

26: Pinegrove  - Amperland NY (2LP)  (Rough Trade)

26: Edwin Raphael - Staring At Ceilings (Dine Alone Records)

26: The Wedding Present – Locked Down And Stripped Back (Scopitones)

26: Maxïmo Park - Nature Always Wins  (Prolifica Inc)

26: Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker deluxe reissue. 

26: A Better Hand - Cheap Smokes and Champagne (Mutant League Records)

26: Julien Baker  - Little Oblivions (Matador)

26: Einherjer - North Star (Napalm)

26: Devan - Pink Noise 

26: Richard Pryor - S/T and Craps (After Hours)  (Omnivore Recordings)

26: Celeste - Not Your Muse

26: Jimmy Edgar - Cheetah Bend (Innovative Leisure)

26: The National  -Cherry Tree EP (Remastered)  (4AD)  

26: The National  - The National  (Remastered)  (4AD)

26: The National  - Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers (Remastered)  (4AD) 

26: Moonspell - Hermitage ( Napalm Records)

26:  EINHERJER - North Star

26: A Winged Victory for the Sulle- Invisible Cities (Artificial Pinearch Manufacturing)

26: Nirvana - Songlife 1967-72- 6 LP vinyl Deluxe Box (Madfish Music)

26: Russell Louder - Humor  (Lisbon Lux Records)

26: Black Nash - S/T ( Ramp Local)

March

5: Rutger Hoedemaekers - The Age Of Oddities  (130701)

5: Bernice - Eau de Bonjourno (Telephone Explosion)

5: A Day to Remember - You’re Welcome

5: Monowhales - Daytona Bleach 

5: Max Foreman -Underground.

5: Tokyo Police Club  -Champ - The 10th anniversary edition (Dine Alone)

5: Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules - deluxe edition reissues   (Rhino)

5: Barra Brown - LFT:RT  (Cavity Search Records)

5: Visionist -A Call to Arms (Mute)

5: Wolfheart  Skull Soldiers  (Napalm Records!)

5: Kash'd Out  Casual Encounters (LAW Records)

5: YUNGMORPHEUS - Thumbing Thru Foliage (Bad Taste )

5: POSTDATA - Twin Flames

5:  Thirdface - Do It With A Smile (Exploding In Sound Records)

5:  Zara Larsson - Poster Girl (TEN/Epic Records)

5: Max Foreman - Underground 

5: Ariel Posen - Headway

5: Demon Hunter - Songs of Death and Resurrection (Solid State Records)

5: Japan - Quiet Life  (BMG)

12: Doohickey Cubicle - Don't Fix Anything

12: Lake Street Dive  =Obviously  (Nonesuch Records)

12: Thierry Larose - Cantalou (Grosse Boite)

12: Heart Healer - The Metal Opera by Magnus Karlsson (Frontiers Music Srl)

12: Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - The Complete Capitol Singles: 1957–1976, (Omnivore Recordings)

12: Strippers Union - The Undertaking Part 2

12: Blackmore’s Night - Nature’s Light (earMusic (distributed by BFD)

12: Saga -Symmetry (earMUSIC.)

12: Dulcie Taylor - Rediscovered (Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings)

12: Melody Duncan - Wolf Song

12: Serena Ryder - The Art of Falling Apart (ArtHaus)

12: Secret Sphere - Lifeblood (Frontiers SRL)

12: Yevae  - S/T

12: Valerie June -The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers (Fantasy Records)

12: Gizmachi -Omega Kaleid (CEN/The Orchard)

12: Conan -  Live At Freak Valley,  (Napalm)

12: Marianas Rest -  Fata Morgana (Napalm)

12 Various Artists -Down Where the Valleys Are Low: for Judee Sill, (StorySound Records) 

12: Dead Poet Society -   -!- 

12: HAERTS -  Dream Nation

12: Dollar Signs -  Hearts Of Gold (Pure Noise Records)

12: Rylan Brooks - If Wishes Were Horses

19: Papa Roach - Greatest Hits Volume 2 – The Better Noise Years

19: Triptides -Alter Echoes (Alive Naturalsound Records)

19: Les Shirley - Forever Is Now 

19: Chad VanGaalen  - World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener (Flemish Eye/Sub Pop).

19: Joe Pug -The Diving Sun

19: Colin Miller - Hook EP ( Oof Records)

19: Jane Inc. - Number One (Telephone Explosion Records)

19: Batiste - We Are

19: A.A. Williams - Songs From Isolation (Bella Union)

19: Loretta Lynn - Still Woman Enough, A Celebration of Women in Country Music  (Legacy)

19: New Age Steppers-  Four studio LPs reissued plus anthology box set  (On-U Sound)

19: Daniel Lanois - Heavy Sun 

19: Son of the Velvet Rat  -Solitary Company (Fluff & Gravy Records)

19: TuneTown -Entering Utopia (Three Pines Records)

19:  Real Numbers - Brighter Then (Slumberland Records)

26: As Everything Unfolds - Within Each Lies The Other (Long Branch Records)

26: Renée Reed  - S/T  (Keeled Scales)

26: Ben Howard - Collections From the Whiteout (UMC)

26: Clark - Playground In A Lake (Deutsche Grammophon)

26: Xiu Xiu - OH NO (Polyvinyl)

26: Joe Strummer -  Assembly (Dark Horse Records )

26: Skegss – Rehearsal ( Loma Vista Recordings.)

26: Greenleaf -  Echoes From A Mass  (Napalm Records)

26: Guitarmy of One - The Spy Detective Collective 

26: Death From Above 1979 - Is 4 Lovers (Spinefarm)

26: Space Cadet - Lion On A Leash (Wiretap Records)

26: Payday - P.U.K.E Tapes Volume 3

26: Modesty Blaise -The Modesty Blaise (From Lo-Fi to Disco!  

26: Esther Rose - How Many Times (Father/Daughter Records & Full Time Hobby)

26: Sarah Jerrom -  Dream Logic ( Three Pines Records) 

26: Justin Rutledge - Islands

26: New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers - Vol. 2 (Stony Plain Records)

26: David Olney and Anana Kaye - Whispers and Sighs (School Kids Records)

26: tune-yards  sketchy.  (4AD)

26: Memoriam - To The End (Reaper Entertainment)

26: The Armadillo Paradox - Out of Gas in Oil Country

26: Annabelle Chvostek - String of Pearls,

26: Carrie Underwood  - My Savior (UMC)

26: Emily Moment - The Party's Over  

26: Anna Fox Rochinski -  Cherry

26:  ‘68 - Give One Take One (Cooking Vinyl)

26: The Wanted - Strange Flight

26: Spoon - Gimme Fiction (Red & White vinyl edition)  (Matador)

26: Suzi Quatro- The Devil in Me (SPV/Steamhammer)

26: John Smith -  The Fray

26: Brigitte DeMeyer- Seeker (BDM Music)

26: Jerry Leger - Time Out For Tomorrow, deluxe edition

26: Architects -  For Those Who Wish to Exist

April

2: Glasvegas-  Godspeed

2: The Holly Cole Trio - Montreal (UMC) 

2:  Hope Dunbar - Sweetheartland

2: The Natvral -Tethers (Kanine)

2: Cristina Vane - Nowhere Sounds Lovely

2: MØAA- Euphoric Recall WWNBB (We Were Never Being Boring)

9: The Fratellis -  Half Drunk Under a Full Moon

9:The Treatment -Waiting For Good Luck (Frontiers Music Srl )

9: Dallas Moore -The Rain 

9: Beverly Glenn-Copeland - reissue Keyboard Fantasies (Transgressive)

9: Nick Waterhouse - Promenade Blue (Innovative Leisure)

16: Sleeps Society - S/T  (Spinefarm Records)

16: Alex Henry Foster - Standing Under Bright Lights (Hopeful Tragedy)

16: The Brother Brothers - Calla Lilly  ( Compass Records)

16: Holding Absence - The Greatest Mistake Of My Life ( Sharptone Records)

16: Greta Van Fleet - The Battle At Garden's Gate

16: Julia Stone - Sixty Summers  (Arts & Crafts)

16: The Vintage Caravan -  Monuments (Napalm Records)

23: Randy McAllister - Paperbag Salvation (Reaction Records)

23: Peter Frampton - Frampton Forgets the Words (Universal Music)

23: Rag‘n’Bone Man - Life By Misadventure ( Columbia)

23: glimmers- Worlds Apart (Common Ground Collective)

23: Art d'Ecco - In Standard Definition (Paper Bag Records)

23: Pet Shop Boys  - Discovery: Live in Rio 1994 concert.

30: Amy Shark - Cry Forever

30: Amy Speace and The Orphan Brigade -There Used To Be Horses Here

30: Kristian North –Passion Play (Mothland)

30: Royal Blood - Typhoons (UMC)

30: Joseph Shabason - The Fellowship (Telephone Explosion)

30: Paul Jacobs  - Pink Dogs on The Green Grass

30: Evile -  Hell Unleashed (Napalm Records)

30: Nick Hudson - Font Of Human Fractures 

May

7: GHOST IRIS - Comatose (Long Branch Records)

21: Gary Numan - Intruder

21: San Holo - bb u ok? (bitbird/Counter Records)

21: CHAI - Wink (Sub Pop)

June

18:  Rory Feek -Gentle Man  (Gaither Music)

July

30: Nobody's Girl - Folk and Heavenly Pop  ( Lucky Hound Music)

Canadian artists marked in red