FYI Schedule of Upcoming Releases, May 20, 2021
Covid-19 has impacted many facets of the music biz, but new releases and reissues continue apace. Notables include Lambchop, Gary Numan, Chrissie Hynde, Monster Magnet, Graber Gryass, Sly & Robbie, Twenty One Pilots, Pop Evil, Gruff Rhys, and Counting Crows. A strong week for Canadian releases includes albums by Art Bergmann (pictured), Scott B. Sympathy, Ken Tizzard, PACKS, Kelly McMichael, Cat Clyde and Jeremie Albino, Allison Russell, Alex Cuba, Bùmarang, and Betty Moon.
By Kerry Doole
Covid-19 has impacted many facets of the music biz, but new releases and reissues continue apace. Notables include Lambchop, Gary Numan, Chrissie Hynde, Monster Magnet, Graber Gryass, Sly & Robbie, Twenty One Pilots, Pop Evil, Gruff Rhys, and Counting Crows.
A strong week for Canadian releases includes albums by The Tragically Hip, Art Bergmann, Scott B. Sympathy, Ken Tizzard, PACKS, Tim Hicks, Kelly McMichael, Cat Clyde and Jeremie Albino, Allison Russell, Alex Cuba, Heather Valley, Bùmarang, and Betty Moon.
May
17: Amanda Hagel - Be the Light
17: Heather Valley - Covers
18: Ken Tizzard - All Together Now
20: Amai Kuda et Les Bois - EmUrgency!
20: Kelly McMichael - Waves
21: Gary Numan - Intruder
21: The Tragically Hip - Saskadelphia (Universal Music Canada/UMe)
21: Bùmarang - Echo Land (Fallen Tree Records)
21: Kaktus Einarsson -Kick The Ladder (One Little Independent Records)
21: Cave States -Says EP
21: Tim Hicks - Campfire Troubadour (Open Road)
21: Audrey Nuna - a liquid breakfast (Arista Records)
21: Chrissie Hynde - Standing In The Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan (BMG) ,CD and vinyl LP release on Aug. 20.
21: Monster Magnet - A Better Dystopia (Napalm Records)
21: My Bloody Valentine - Catalog released on vinyl (Domino)
21: We Were Sharks - New Low (Revival Recordings)
21: Graber Gryass Spaceman’s Wonderbox
21: Sly & Robbie - Red Hills Road
21: Ayron Jones - Child of The State (Big Machine/John Varvatos Records)
21: Nineteen Hand Horse - Revel
21: Scott B. Sympathy - Neil Yonge Street - reissue (Curve Music/Warner)
21: Scott B. Sympathy - Drinking With The Poet- reissue (Curve Music/Warner)
21: Georgia Anne Muldrow - VWETO 111 (Foreseen Entertainment / Epistrophik Peach Sound)
21: The Palace Guard -All Night Long: And Anthology, 1965-1966 (Omnivore)
21: Vexed - Culling Culture (Napalm)
21: We Were Sharks - New Low (Known Accomplice)
21: Allison Russell - Outside Child (Fantasy Records)
21: Koo Koo Kanga Roo -Slow Clap
21: Alex Cuba - Mendó
21: Big Chief Monk Boudreaux - Bloodstains & Teardrops
21: Betty Moon - Cosmicoma (Evolver Music)
21: Pop Evil - Versatile (eOne)
21: Cat Clyde and Jeremie Albino - Blue Blue Blue (Cinematic Music Group)
21: Gavin Preller There Is Wonder (Shimmy-Disc/Joyful Noise Recordings)
21: Rod Picott - Wood, Steel, Dust & Dreams
21: Jordan Davis - Buy Dirt (UMC)
21: Eamonn McCormack - Storyteller (BEM Records/Amplified Distribution)
21: Jim McCulloch - When I Mean What I Say (Violette Records)
21: Hotel California - Orange
21: Ducks Ltd. - Get Bleak (Royal Mountain Records (Canada)
21: Kaktus Einarsson - Kick The Ladder ( One Little Independent)
21: Twenty One Pilots -Scaled And Icy (Fueled By Ramen)
21: CHAI - Wink (Sub Pop)
21: Mdou Moctar Afrique Victime (Matador)
21: Yoo Doo Right - Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose (Mothland)
21: PACKS -take the cake (Fire Talk/Royal Mountain Records)
21: Gruff Rhys - Seeking New Gods (Rough Trade)
21: Bob Malone -Good People
21: Lambchop Showtunes (Merge)
21: Art Bergmann - Late Stage Empire Dementia (Weewerk/Porterhouse Records)
21: San Holo - BB U OK? (Counter Records)
21: Counting Crows - Butter Miracle, Suite One (BMG)
21: Kaktus Einarsson - Kick The Ladder (One Little Independent Records)
22: Clem Chesterfield - Of Lures & Love...with The LA-Z Boy Recliners
23: Pennies By The Pound -Heat Death of the Universe
25: Nina Simone: The Montreux Years (Montreux Jazz Festival and BMG)
25: Etta James: The Montreux Years (Montreux Jazz Festival and BMG)
25: Annette Peacock - X-Dreams (Sundazed)
25: Various Artists A Sweet Relief Tribute to Joey Spampinato (True North)
25: Spitboy- Body of Work (1990-1995)
28: André Ethier- Further Up Island (Telephone Explosion)
28: Portico Quartet - Terrain (Gondwana Records)
28: Winterforever- Laevitas
28: Status/Non-Status - 1, 2, 3, 4, 500 Years EP (You've Changed records)
28: Masayoshi Fujita - Bird Ambience (Erased Tapes)
28: Shannon McNally - The Waylon Sessions
28: k.d. lang - makeover (Nonesuch)
28: Jamestown Revival - Fireside With Louis L’Amour
28: Stormruler- Under The Burning Eclipse (Napalm Records)
28: DMX - Exodus (Df Jam)
28: John Dwyer and Kyp Malone - Moon-Drenched (Castle Face Records)
28: black midi - Cavalcade (Rough Trade)
28: Khasi-Cymru Collective - Sai-thaiñ ki Sur - the weaving of voices (Naxos World)
28: Various Artists Folk Music of China, Vol. 13 – Songs of the Tibetan Plateau (Naxos World)
28: Fiona Brown- Mundane
28: Kill The Imposter - The Violence Sessions
28: Ben Brown - Sayonara Sorrow
28: Kandle Osborne -Set The Fire
28: Pulley - Different Strings (SBÄM Records)
28: Mustafa - When Smoke Rises
28: Serlin Greaves- Sad Songs For Sale (Fifth Kid Records)
28: Sef Lemelin - Modulation (Hopeful Tragedy)
28: GWAR -The Disc With No Name (Pit Records)
28: Beth Whitney - Into the Ground
28: Emma Currie - Welcome to the Wild
28: Patti Parks - Whole Nother World (Booga Music/VizzTone)
28: Elgin - Weightless / Still (Pixie Pace Records)
28: Hillsburn - Slipping Away (LHM Records)
28: Nadjiwan - Star Nation (Heading North Music)
28: Various artists - Moon-Drenched (Castle Face Records)
28: Asleep at the Wheel - EPThe Better Times
28: The 456 - Simple Songs
28: Texas - Hi ( BMG)
June
1: SUPERBLOOM - Pollen
1: Hannes Grossmann - To Where The Light Retreats
4: Satsang - All. Right. Now. (SideOneDummy Records)
4: Dobet Gnahoré - Couleur (Cumbancha)
4: Colin Hay - Going Somewhere (vinyl) (Compass Records)
4: cleopatrick-Bummer (Nowhere Special Recordings/Thirty Tigers)
4: The Mumps- box set reissue (Omnivore Recordings)
4: Reid Zoé -Shed My Skin
4: Van Canto- To The Power Of Eight (Napalm Records)
4: Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend (RCA)
4: Brett Young - Weekends Look A Little Different These Days ( BMLG Records)
4: Talk Show Host - Mid Century Modern (Wiretap Records)
4: Billy Gibbons -Hardware (Concord Records)
4: Dobet Gnahoré'- Couleur (Cumbancha)
4: Woody & Jeremy - Gravy in my Coffee
4: Black River Delta - Shakin' (Sofaburn Records)
4: Jonny Kosmo - Pastry (Feeding Tube)
4: Circus Rhapsody - Just Kidding ( Mannequin Vanity Records)
4: Sojourner - Perennial
4: Colin Hay - Going Somewhere- vinyl (Compass)
4: Van Canto - To The Power Of Eight ( Napalm Records)
4: Children of Zeus - Balance (First Word Records)
4: Mndsgn - Rare Pleasure (Stones Throw Records)
4: Hildegard - S/T (Chivi Chivi)
4: Angela Autumn - Frontiers Woman
4: Squarepusher -Feed Me Weird Things 25th Anniversary Edition (WARP)
4: Pan Daijing -Jade 玉观音
4: Rod Stewart 1975-78 Box Set Vinyl (Rhino)
4: Pote - A Tenuous Tale Of Her (Outlier)
4: Atreyu - Baptize (Spinefarm Records)
4: Ormiston - Hammer Down (Lisbon Lux Records)
4: Loraine James - Reflection (Hyperdub)
4: Peter Kater - Rapture
4: easy life - life’s a beach (Interscope Records)
4: Liz Phair - Soberish (Chrysalis Records)
4: Paris Pick -Hope For The Best (Care Records)
4: Various Artists - Unbroken | Empty Room, Full Circle (Grand Ole Opry)
4: Crowded House - Dreamers Are Waiting (BMG)
5: Daniel M. Griffin - You're Gonna Lose Your Mind
10: Brad Sucks - A New Low In Hi-Fi
11: Hammer King - S/T ( Napalm)
11: The High Hawks - S/T
11: Marina - Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land (Warner)
11: Jim Ward - Daggers (Dine Alone Records)
11: Various Artists - First Six Dischord Records - 7" Inch Box Set (Dischord)
11: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real - A Few Stars Apart (Fantasy Records)
11: Brother Against Brother - S/T (Frontiers Srl)
11: Six Organs of Admittance- The Veiled Sea (Three Lobed)
11: The Narcotix - Mommy Issues EP
11: AFI - Bodies (Rise Records)
11: Sinoptik - The Calling (OneRPM)
11: Sammy Sadler - 1989 (BFD/Audium Nashville)
11: Kiss -Off The Soundboard
11: RARELYALWAYS - Manic (Innovative Leisure)
11: Deb Ryder - Memphis Moonlight
11: Def Leppard -Def Leppard – Volume Three (UMe/Virgin)
11: Jesse Royal - Royal (Easy Star)
11: Dennis DeYoung - 26 East, Vol. 2 (Frontiers Music Srl)
11: Islands - Islomania (Royal Mountain Records)
11: Moral Pleasures- Sleepy Songs for Dying Loves
11: Ruth B. - Moments In Between ( Downtown Records)
11: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band’s ‘Live’ Bullet 2LP format (Capitol Records/UMe)
11: Courtney Wolfe- New Moon
11: The Wirelight - Megaturquoise
11: Stephanie Erin Wittmer - Pilot
11: Dany Laj and the Looks - Ten Easy Pieces, (We Are Busy Bodies)
11: The Hello Darlins - Go By Feel!
11: Crypta - Echoes of the Soul (Napalm Records)
11: AFI- Bodies (Rise Records)
11: The Scientists - Negativity (In The Red Records)
11: K-Flay EP (BMG)
11: Garbage - No Gods No Masters
12: Warpaint The Fool - Andrew Weatherall Mixes (Rough Trade)
12: Mark Lanegan Here Comes That Weird Chill (Beggars Banquet)
12: Tune-Yards - whokill (10th Anniversary Splattered Vinyl Edition) (4AD)
12: Jeffrey Lee Pierce - Soulsuckers On Parade (Minky Records)
12: Perfume Genius - Immediately Remixes (Matador)
13: Josh Ritchie - S/T
18: Rory Feek -Gentle Man (Gaither Music)
18: Rocket Report - Overmorrow
18: Whispering Sons - Several Others ( [PIAS] Recordings)
18: Authority Zero - Ollie Ollie Oxen Free
18: Subway to Sally - Eisheilige Nacht - Back to Lindenpark (Napalm)
18: Tara Williamson - Enough
18: The Rare Occasions - Big Whoop
18: Hannah Georgas - Versions EP (Arts & Crafts / Brassland)
18: De Wayne - Stains (Hopeless Records)
18: Mykki Blanco - Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep (Transgressive Records)
18: Amythyst Kiah - Wary + Strange (Rounder)
18: Tigercub - As Blue As Indigo (Blame Recordings)
18: Ashley Riley - Set You Free
18: Various Artists- Alligator Records -- 50 Years Of Genuine Houserockin’ Music. (Alligator)
18: The Rare Occasions - Big Whoop
18: Jayli Wolf EP Wild Whisper (Fontana North)
18: Jad Fair & Kramer - The History of Crying, Revisited (Shimmy-Disc/Joyful Noise)
18: Nick Ferrio - Television Of Roses
18: Half Moon Run - Inwards & Onwards
18: Joan Armatrading - Consequences (BMG) -Aug. 13 for CD/LP
24: Loony - soft thing
25: Evidence - Unlearning Vol. 1
25: Dana Sipos - The Astral Plane (Roaring Girl)
25: Janette King - What We Lost (Hot Tramp Records)
25: Modest Mouse The Golden Casket (Epic Records)
25: Dave Kalz - Relish (Gulf Coast Records)
25: JP Saxe - Dangerous Levels of Introspection
25: Felix Cartal -Expensive Sounds For Nice People (Physical Presents)
25: Blinker the Star - Arista
25: Eli & Fur - Found In The Wild (Anjunadeep)
25: Spitboy - Body of Work (1990-1995)
25: Devora - Outlaw (Tiger Tone Records)
25: LoneLady - Former Things (Warp Records)
25: Polo & Pan - Cyclorama
25: MAITREYA - Hyper Reels
25: The Murlocs- Bittersweet Demons (ATO Records)
25: Lake and Lyndale -In the Nude Vol. 1
25: Fargo - Strangers D'Amour
25: waants - Love u Forever (LHM Records)
25: The Rubinoos -The CBS Tapes (Yep Roc)
25: Lara Hope & the Ark-Tones - Here to Tell the Tale
25: Wild Pink - 3 Songs ( Royal Mountain Records)
25: Mother Mother -INSIDE (Warner)
25: Stompin’ Tom Connors - Unreleased Songs From The Vault Collection Vol. 4: Let’s Smile Again (Anthem)
25: Neufeld - Craig's OTHER Brother - vinyl ( Thousand Islands Records)
25: Peter Murphy - Cascade (2LP) (Scarlet vinyl) reissue ( Beggars Banquet)
25: Peter Murphy - The Last and Only Star Rarities ( Beggars Banquet)
25: Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant (Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune)
25: Ellis - nothing is sacred anymore EP
25: GoldenOak - Room To Grow
25: Helvetia- Essential Aliens (Joyful Noise)
25: Hiraes -Solitary (Napalm Records)
25: Tom Odell - monsters (Columbia)
25: The Murlocs Bittersweet Demons (ATO)
25: I M U R - My Molecules
25: Joni Mitchell - The Reprise Albums (1968-1971)- Song to a Seagull, Clouds, Ladies of the Canyon, and Blue 4 CD set
26: Jeremy Jay - Devils Daughters (Switchblade Sound)
30: Ida Maria - Dirty Money
30: Trio Nilo - Planeta Desierto
July
2: MOONSPELL Extinct and 1755 reissues (Napalm)
2: Cub Scout Bowling Pins- Clang Clang Ho (Rockathon Records)
2: Steve Marriner - Hope Dies Last (Stony Plain Records)
4: Maxi Glamour - Modernadada (Trans Trenderz)
9: Powerwolf- Call Of The Wild (Napalm Records)
9: L.A. Guns - Cocked & Loaded Live(Frontiers)
9: Lex Leosis -Terracotta
9: Royal Canoe - Sidelining
9: Andrew Bryant - A Meaningful Connection
9: Roger Street Friedman - Come What May
9: The Flatlanders - Treasure of Love (Rack'em Records/Thirty Tigers)
16: Stephen Fretwell -Busy Guy (Speedy)
16: Mike Zito - Resurrection
16: Velvet Insane - Rock n' Roll Glitter Suit
16: Tedeschi Trucks Band - Layla Revisited (Live At LOCKN') - (Fantasy Records)
16: Boy Golden - Church of Better Daze (Six Shooter)
16: Debra-Jean Creelman - Threshold, (Laundry Recording Club)
16: John R. Miller - Depreciated (Rounder Records)
17: Qasim Naqvi - Chronology -vinyl (Erased Tapes)
17: War - Give Me Five: The War Albums (1971-1975)
23: Darkside - Spiral (2Lp) (Matador)
23: Various Artists -Bills & Aches & Blues (2LP 4AD 40th Anniversary Compilation) (4AD)
23: 2Pac - Until The End Of Time (UMC)
23: Vaines -Electric Blue (Hopeless Records)
23: Jxst J - How To Pronounce Jxst J
23: Left Field Messiah - In Praise of Bombast (Riptide)
23: Erika de Casier - Sensational” (Clear vinyl) (4AD)
30: The Effens - Eventually (Hidden Pony/LootBag Records)
30: Nobody's Girl - Folk and Heavenly Pop ( Lucky Hound Music)
30: Bleachers -Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night (RCA Records)
30: Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever (UMC)
30: Los Lobos - Native Sons (New West)
30: Paper Birch morninghairwater (Reckless Yes)
30: Lump - Animal' (Partisan/ Chrysalis)
30: Dot Allison - Heart-Shaped Scars (SA Recordings)
30: Alex Rex -Paradise (Neolithic Recordings )
30: Prince - Welcome 2 America
August
6: John Moods -So Nice (Arbutus Records)
6: Ishmael Ensemble - Visions of Light (Severn Songs)
6: Lakou Mizik and Joseph Ray -Leave the Bones
6: Bigmcenroe - Brandon
6: summersets -small town sunday
13: Jungle - Loving In Stereo (AWAL)
13: Lucinda Chua Antidotes (4AD)
13: Wednesday- Twin Plagues (Orindal Records)
13: Suzie Ungerleider - My Name is Suzie Ungerleider (MVKA)
20: LTtheMonk - On The Wall (Sonic Unyon Records)
20: Anderson East - Maybe We Never Die ( Elektra/Low Country Sound)
20: Shannon & The Clams - Year Of The Spider (Easy Eye Sound)
20: Malcolm Holcombe - Tricks of the Trade
20: Villagers - Fever Dreams (Domino)
20: Manny Blu - DEViL
20: Martha Wainwright - Love Will Be Reborn (Pheromone Records/Cooking Vinyl)
24: School of X - Dancing Through The Void
27: Danko Jones - Power Trio (Sonic Unyon)
September
17: Melissa Etheridge - One Way Out (BMG)
17: Karaboudjan - Imago
21: Andrew W.K. - God Is Partying ( Napalm Records )
24: A Pale Horse Named Death - Infernum In Terra (Long Branch Records / SPV)
October
1: Moist - End of the Ocean (Known Accomplice)
8: Bardo Pond - Amanita 2LP 25th Anniversary Reissue (Matador)
22: Duran Duran - Future Past (TAPE MODERN/BMG)
Canadian artists marked in red