Sneak Peaks: New Album Releases 6-16-17 – 6-22-7

Written by Iman Lababedi | June 12, 2017 5:05 am | No Comments

Alison Moyet – Other

Arve Henriksen – Towards Language

Avenue Eight – Funk Me Up

Beth Ditto – Fake Sugar

Big Boi – Boomiverse

Chain & The Gang – Chain and the Gang The Best of Crime Rock

Chihei Hatakeyama – Mirage

Com Truise – Iteration

Dead Heavens – Whatever Witch You Are

Denai Moore – We Used to Bloom

Dyslexic Postcards – Joe Frazier

Ekoplekz – Bioprodukt

Goldie – The Journey Man

Hey Violet – From the Outside

Hidden Orchestra – Dawn Chorus

Hundredth – RARE

Iced Earth – Incorruptible

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – The Nashville Sound

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – On The Echoing Green

Kevin Morby – City Music

Lorde – Melodrama

Michael Nau – Some Twist

Nickelback – Feed the Machine

Oh Wonder – Ultralife

Palm – Shadow Expert

Peacers – Introducing The Crimsmen

Peaking Lights – The Fifth State of Consciousness

Portugal. The Man – Woodstock

Regina Spektor – Live on Soundstage

Ride – Weather Diaries

Royal Trux – Platinum Tips & Ice Cream

Royal Blood – How Did We Get So Dark?

Steffi – Fabric 94

The Drums – “Abysmal Thoughts”

Tombs – The Grand Annihilation

UMFANG – Symbolic Use Of Light

White Suns – Psychic Drift

Comment: Least Anticipated Album Of The week is won by Nickelback but with the hipster delight bearded folkers Fleet Foxes a close second. Most anticipated album of the week is a not really difficult but I’ll walk you through it anyway. The Drums last album was brilliant but what I’ve heard of the new one is disappointing, Royal Trux are a great rock band who we haven’t heard much from, Regina is a live take of a sad concert tour, Goldie is a UK legend for excellent reason -a drums and bass master, Beth Ditto splits the singles already released but she has the voice to carry anything, ditto Alison Moyet. But it is between Jason Isbell and Lorde. The four singles I’ve heard off this album, even though none is as great as “24 Frames,” they are much more consistent than the last album. Any other week I’d go with Jason for MAAOTW, however…  Lorde was superb at Governors Ball last week, and every song off the new album kicks in hard eventually and the latest “Sober,” no less than any of the others. Melodrama is the most anticipated album of the week.