Apologies if already started. I couldnae find it.
Not a marquee week on paper, but maybe something to discover between the sunshine, the beers and the football.
For example the new Molly Tuttle, which links bluegrass and pop. Theres banjo on this, and a Charli XCX cover.
Molly Tuttle - So Long Little Miss Sunshine
Good day of rap…
Evidence - Unlearning Vol. 2
Cities Aviv - Electric Chair
Rarely Always - Paid Annual Leave
Marissa Nadler - New Radiations
10th album of minimal dreamy, ethereal folk. I do like a bit of Marissa Nadler
Chance the Rapper – Star Line
Chance returns SIX FUCKING YEARS after The Big Flop, the wait ensuring that he slide into complete irrelevancy. Is this going to be his redemption? I’m not sure we’ll ever get the artist Chance might have been, but it’s hopefully a step in the right direction.
Dijon - Baby
Merging Americana, bedroom pop and neo-soul, Dijon’s debut made for one of the most interesting US pop debuts of 2021. This one comes with little forbearing and no singles, but I feel pretty confident he’ll have something interesting to say.
Joey Vance and Brae – Hyperyouth
You possibly know if you love or hate these guys by now. It’s the Beastie Boys… again! Barrelling down an alternate reality where a style of rap that was well aged by the mid-90s continued evolving so that collaborations with the likes of JPEGMAFIA and Rebecca Black could exist, these guys are in your face but never dull.
Kaytranada - Ain’t No Damn Way!
Haitian multi-talented producer, who’s equally comfortable making rnb, hip hop, house, and exploring all the spaces in between, making dance records that feel best listened to at home, and typically littering his albums with a lot of high profile guest stars.
Evidence – The Unlearning vol. 2
Rapper, producer, former Dilated Person and pretty ever reliable underground hip hop stalwart Evidence returns with a sequel to one of his best albums, 2021’s unsurprisingly titled The Unlearning vol. 1.
Gabe 'Nandez and Preservation – Sortilège
Bubbling under in the underground hip hop scene in the last few years, Gabe 'Nandez now teams up with one of its best, most consistent and most prolific producers. It contains BOTH a feature from Billy Woods and from Armand Hammer, which is quite a cosign I guess.
Murs - Love & Rockets 3:16 (The Emancipation)
Vet of the LA alt-rap scene Murs has flirted with retirement for a long time and become increasingly quiet where he was once prolific. Mello Music call this album “a grand finale, a reflection on a storied career marked by honesty, humour, and razor-sharp lyricism” and hopefully it sees him return to form.
Kerosene Heights - Blame it on the Weather
New album from one of the best of the current wave of emo bands. Hooky, punchy, mathy Midwest influenced. FFO Joyce Manor, Michael Cera Palin
Body in the Thames - á plus tard pétard
7 crunchy bangers - stripped down and straight to the point.
Deep house, electronica, euphoric hands-in-the-air piano lunacy and a techno roller
97 - 132bpms
Bandcamp only for now as I can’t find a distributor that will let me specifically not have it on Spotify
AMA
Alison Goldfrapp - Flux
Her second solo album goes a little less dancefloor than the first one, still in pristine electro pop territory with Richard X again on production.
Cassandra Jenkins - My Light My Massage Parlour
Cassandra Jenkins reworks her album from last year into a peaceful instrumental chillout album for some reason.
Purchased, can’t wait to get stuck in
Digging this track 
Linda Smith & The Smashing Times - Split EP
Lo-fi indie. Two new songs by the Baltimore 80s/90s bedroom pop singer songwriter Linda Smith and two wistful 60s style psych pop tracks from fellow Baltimore band The Smashing Times.
Fell Omen - Caelid Dog Summer
Elden Ring themed blackened thrash/punk with dungeon synth elements
Phosphorus - Frail Grasp of Broken Hands
German blackened/death-tinged post metal
Pool Kids - easier said than done
Superb new wave emo/mathy guitar brilliance turns even more pop on their debut on epitaph.
Their sophomore s/t was brilliant. Very high hopes for this!
Ninth(!) album of twisty-turny, inventive post-hardcore from Pile. Really liked the couple of early singles I’ve listened to and Rick Maguire’s voice sounds in as good a form as ever so looking forward to this.
Can’t believe nobody’s mentioned it yet
Insane Clown Posse - The Naught
Good day to be a juggalo
I was waiting for someone to post the hail to the thief live session to ratio, but I’ll applaud this record any way it comes.
Radiohead – Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009)
Live Radiohead from the era of their second best album after A Moon Shaped Pool
Witch Post – Beast
Full-length alternative debut from 90s alt rock duo. For fans of Thy Slaughter, Clothesline from Hell, and This Is Lorelei
Looking forward to Molly Tuttle & KAYTRANADA. Also:
Cass McCombs - Interior Live Oak
Warm folky grooves from Cali singer-songwriter. Gets five stars in the Guardian review.
