FYI Schedule of Upcoming Releases, Jan. 19, 2018
Ear-catchers this week include First Aid Kit, Glen Hansard, The Shins, Joe Perry, Fall Out Boy, Phillip Phillips, Shudder To Think, Belle & Sebastian, Gord Bamford, Bahamas, Cadence Weapon, and Andre Ethier.
By Kerry Doole
The holiday drought of new album releases is definitely over, with a treasure trove of offerings clamouring for your attention this week.
Eye-catching international names include First Aid Kit, Glen Hansard, The Shins, Joe Perry, Fall Out Boy, Phillip Phillips, Shudder To Think, Belle & Sebastian, and up 'n comers Starcrawler.
A potent Canadian lineup is headed by Gord Bamford, Bahamas, Cadence Weapon, Anvil, and Andre Ethier.
Notable reissues range from Gary Numan's pioneering synth-pop to classic Stax soul.
Happy listening
January
19: Glen Hansard - Between Two Shores (Anti-)
19: François Richard Quartet – Libération (Effendi/Naxos)
19: Porches -The House (Domino)
19: Sarah Cripps - S/T (Indie)
19: Joe Perry -Sweetzerland Manifesto (Roman Records)
19: Hyvmine - Earthquake (Indie)
19: Anvil - Pounding The Pavement (Steamhammer)
19: Sonic Prophecy - Savage Gods (Rockshots Records)
19: R. Finn- Collecting Trip (Indie)
19: John Gorka -True In Time (Red House)
19: Andre Ethier - Under Grape Leaves (Telephone Explosion)
19: Black Label Society - Grimmest Hits (eOne Music)
19: Dinola - Up High (Saustex Records
19: First Aid Kit - Ruins (Sony)
19: Phillip Phillips - Collateral (Interscope)
19: SiR - S/T (TDE)
19: Gord Bamford - Neon Smoke (Sony)
19: Cadence Weapon - S/T (eOne Music)
19: Tommy Emmanuel - Accomplice One (Mascot Label Group)
19: Bahamas - Earthtones (Brushfire/Republic/UMC)
19: ShitKid - Is It (PNKSLM Recordings)
19: Sterling Ball, John Ferraro & Jim Cox - The Mutual Admiration Society (Mascot Label Group)
19: Various Artists - Stax Singles Vol. 4 (UMC)
19: Fall Out Boy - Mania (Island Records)
19: Tune-Yards - I Can Feel You Creep Into My PrivateLife (4AD)
19: Starcrawler - S/T(Rough Trade)
19: Thompson Egbo-Egbo - A New Standard (Entertainment One Music Canada)
19: Gary Numan - Dance Deluxe 2 LP reissue (Beggars Arkive)
19: Belle & Sebastian - How To Solve Our Human Problems Part 2 (Matador)
19: The Go! Team - SemiCircle (Memphis Industries)
19: Sly & Robbie meet Dubmatix - Overdubbed ( Echo Beach Records)
19: Van William- Countries (Fantasy Records)
19: Mudhoney - LiE (“Live in Europe”) (Sub Pop)
19: Lanco - Hallelujah Nights (Arista NV)
19: The Bird and The Bee- Dearest Everybody (Indie)
19: Shudder to Think - Ten Spot (Dischord) - vinyl
19: Grace Basement - Mississippi Nights (Indie)
19: The Shins - The Worm's Heart
26: Corey Gulkin - All The Things I’ll Forget (Indie)
26: The Fugitives - The Promise of Strangers (Borealis Records)
26: Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us (Anti-)
26: Leaving Thomas - S/T (MDM Recordings Inc./Universal Music Canada)
26: Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Black Coffee (J&R Adventures)
26: Ampline - S/T (Sofaburn Records)
26: Emma-Lee - Fantasies: Volume 2 (Special Agent Records)
26: Django Django - Marble Skies (Indie)
26: Omhouse - Eye to Eye (Indie)
26: Collette Savard - Collette Savard and the Savants (Indie)
26: Holy -All These Worlds Are Yours (PNK SLM)
26 Andy Cooper -The Layered Effect (Rocafort Records)
26: Easy - A Heartbeat From Eternity (A Turntable Friend Records)
26: Idan Raichel- Idan Raichel - Piano - Songs (Cumbancha)
26: EXEK - Ahead of Two Thoughts (W.25TH )
26: The Jim Cuddy Band - Constellation (Warner)
26: Jeffrey Gaines Alright'(Omnivore)
26: Ben Miller Band- Choke Cherry Tree (Indie)
26: Humans -The Feels (Indie)
26: Blushing - Weak ( Austin Town Hall Records)
26: Nils Frahm - All Melody (Erased Tapes)
26: Jonathan Kawcuhuk - North (Paper Bag)
26: The Prefab Messiahs - Psychsploitation Today (Lolipop/Burger Records)
26: Laila Biali - S/T (Indie)
26: Mary Gauthier - Rifles and Rosary Beads (In The Black/Thirty Tigers)
26: Backtrack Blues Band - Make My Home in Florida (Harpo Records)
26: Danielle Duval - Lose It (Indie)
26: Grand Analog -Survival (Indie)
27: Hegarty - Selling Your Soul To Sanity (Indie)
31: Zaki Ibrahim - Secret Life of Planets (Indie)
February
2: Hillsburn -The Wilder Beyond (Indie)
2: Raven and Red - We Rise Up (Line Crossing Records)
2: Hookworms- Microshift (Domino)
2: Kyle Craft - Full Circle Nightmare ( Sub Pop)
2: Johnny Dowd - Twinkle, Twinkle ( Mother Jinx Records.)
2: Justin Timberlake - Man of the Woods (RCA)
2: The Confabulation - Tunnels and Visions (Indie)
2: Emma Cook -Living Proof (Indie)
2: Caracol - A Paraitre (Indica)
2: Field Music -Open Here (Memphis Industries)
2: DZ Deathrays- Bloody Lovely Out (Dine Alone)
2: The James Hunter Six - Whatever It Takes (Daptone)
2: John Oates - Arkansas (Thirty Tigers)
2: Jesse Roper -Access To Infinity (Blue Heron Music)
2: Jann Arden - These Are The Days (Indie)
2: Bat Fangs - S/T (Don Giovanni)
2: Milk & Bone - Deception Bay (Bonsound)
2: Ellen Doty - Come Fall ( Alma/UMC)
2: The Sheepdogs - Changing Colours (Warner)
2: Suuns - Felt (Secret City)
2- Moaning - S/T (Sub Pop)
2: Rhye - Blood
9: Joan as Police Woman - Damned Devotion (Play It Again Sam)
9: Ezra Furman- Transangelic Exodus (Bella Union)
9: Jimi Hendrix - Both Sides of the Sky (Legacy)
9: MGMT - Little Dark Age (Columbia Records)
9: Toto - 40 Trips Around The Sun
9: The Rough & Tumble - We Made Ourselves a Home When We Didn’t Know (Indie)
9: Will Varley - Spirit Of Minnie (Xtra Mile Recordings)
9: The Wombats - Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life (Kobalt Music Recordings)
9: The Olympic Symphonium - Beauty In The Tension (Forward Music)
9: Niklas Paschburg - Oceanic (Indie)
9: Dashboard Confessional - Crooked Shadows (Dine Alone Records)
9: Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending (Domino)
9: Leonard Cohen - The Archives (6CD classic broadcast recordings set - Sony)
9: Good Lovelies - Shapeshifters (Independent)
9: Bradford -Thirty Years Of Shouting Quietly (A Turntable Friend Records)
9: Legend of the Seagullmen -S/T (Dine Alone)
11: Midnight Shine - High Road (Indie)
16: Michael W. Smith - A Million Lights
16: The Choir - Artifact: The Unreleased Album (Omnivore Recordings)
16: Erica Blinn - Better Than Gold (Curry House Records)
16: Born Ruffians -Uncle, Duke & The Chief (Paper Bag)
16: Wild Beasts - Last Night All My Dreams Came True (Domino Documents)
16: Sameer Gupta - A Circle Has No Beginning (Indie)
16: Belle & Sebastian - How To Solve Our Human Problems Part 3 (Matador)
16: Belle & Sebastian - How To Solve Our Human Problems Compilation (Matador)
16: I'm With Her - See You Around (Indie)
16: Misty Boyce - Get Lost (Indie)
16: U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited (Royal Mountain / 4AD)
16: Ought - Room Inside The World (Royal Mountain)
16: Pop Evil - S/T ( Entertainment One)
19: Francis Macdonald -Hamilton Mausoleum Suite (Indie)
20: Harvey McLaughlin - Tabloid News (Saustex)
23: Caleb Caudle - Crushed Coins (Indie)
23: Charlotte Day Wilson - Stone Woman (Indie)
23: Various Artists -Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of WWII (Six Degrees)
23: Beams - Teach Me To Love (Indie)
23: The Koch Marshall Trio - Toby Arrives (The Players Club)
23: The Doors - Live At The Isle of Wight 1970 (Eagle Rock)
23: Patrick Coman - Tree of Life ( For the Sake of the Song)
23: Lo Moon - S/T (Columbia Records)
23: Mayhemingways - Skip Land (Indie)
23: Big Little Lions - Alive and Well (Far Flung)
23: Grounders Coffee & Jam (Nevado Music)
23: Cindy Lee - Act of Tenderness (Superior Viaduct)
23: Frigs - Basic Behaviour (Arts & Crafts)
23: Justin Hinds - Travel With Love and Know Jah Better (Omnivore)
23: Renata Zeiguer - Old Ghost (Indie)
23: John Mayall- Three for the Road (Forty Below Records)
23: Shy Kids - In A State (Indie)
March
2: Sue Foley - The Ice Queen (Stony Plain)
2: Kae Sun - Whoever Comes Knocking (Moonshine)
2: Jonathan Wilson - Rare Birds (Bella Luna)
2: Superorganism - S/T (Domino)
2: UB40 - A Real Labour Of Love (Universal Music )
2: Joan Baez - Whistle Down The Wind (Bobolink)
2: Lance Lopez Tell The Truth (Provogue/Mascot Label Group)
2: Chris Smither - Call Me Lucky (Signature Sounds/Mighty Albert,)
2 - Moby - Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt ( Arts & Crafts)
2: Pedigo's Magic Pilsner - S/T (Indie)
2- Prism Tats -Mamba (Anti-)
2: Rachel Beck - S/T (Indie)
9: The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling - The High Cost Of Low Living (Alligator)
9: Liza Anne - Fine But Dying (Arts & Crafts)
9: Scenic Route to Alaska - Tough Luck (popTrip Records)
9: Judas Priest - Firepower (Epic)
9: Ross Cooper - I Rode The Wild Horses (Indie)
9: David Byrne - American Utopia (Todomundo/Nonesuch Records)
9: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Tearing at the Seams (Stax)
9: Torgeir Waldemar Jamais Vu ( Jansen Records)
9: Ensign Broderick - Feast Of Panthers (Six Shooter)
16: Hot Snakes - Jericho Sirens (Sub Pop)
16: Scotty McCreery Seasons Change (Triple Tigers Records)
16: Rich Aucoin - Hold (Indie)
23: Kasbo - Places We Don’t Know (Counter Records)
23: Yamtantaka // Sonic Titan - Dirt (Paper Bag Records)
23: Foreign Films -The Record Collector (Indie)
23: Cavern of Anti-Matter - Hormone Lemonade (Duophonic)
23: Jack White - Boarding House Reach (Third Man/Columbia)
23: Mathew V - The Fifth (Indie)
23: Preoccupations - New Material (Flemish Eye)
23: The Kris Barras Band - The Divine And Dirty (Provogue/Mascot Label Group)
30: Broken Records -What We Might Know (Indie)
30: Lindi Ortega - Liberty (Indie)
30: Frankie Cosmos - Vessel (Sub Pop)
April
6: Young Galaxy - Down Time (Indie)
6: Hey Ocean! - The Hurt of Happiness (Indie)
6: Royal Wood - Ever After The Farewell (Indie)
6: EELS - The Deconstruction ( E Works/[PIAS])
13: Concrete Knives - Our Hearts (Room Records)
13: Josh Rouse -Love In The Modern Age (Yep Roc)
20: Kimbra - Primal Heart
20: Old Crow Medicine Show - Volunteer (Columbia Records Nashville)
27: Dr. Dog - Critical Equation (Thirty Tigers)
Canadian releases are in red
