This week’s New Music Friday is substantially busier than usual and should remain this way for the next bit. Gotta get out all those records before the end of the year and starting setting things up for January and February, you know?
Singles
1. Steve Mahabir, Away (AMG/UNI. Big Canoe Music)
Steve has been around the Canadian scene for a long time, first coming to our attention with the beloved Toronto indie band, Groovy Religion. He’s now found a new direction and is working toward an album entitled Peace Love War & Hate, which is still scheduled to come out sometime this fall. This is the third advance single. When the snow hits, this will sound especially good.
2. Perry Farrell and Carl Cox, Joya (Awesome Soundwave
While Perry is locked in suits and countersuits with his Jane’s Addiction bandmates, he’s working with techno DJ Carl Cox, which is an interesting juxtaposition. It’s far more dance-y than anything Jane’s would do, but it works.
3. Good Kid, Wall (Good People Record Co.)
Have you ever run into an ex who you really, really thought was The One? That’s what Toronto Good Kid are channeling with this one. As the self-proclaimed “world’s most creator-friendly band,” all their material is Content ID- and DMCA-free, which allows anyone to use their music for things like gaming and online creator projects. Coders and influencers love their generosity and have returned the favour. That how they got to 2.7 million monthly Spotify listeners. For this video, there’s a one-of-a-kind contest where a fan will be animated into the story.
4. Malinowski, Shipwrecks feat. Aimee Interrupter (Dine Alone)
You’ll know Jay Malinowski from Toronto’s Bedouin Soundclash. This time, he’s on his own again and working towards a new album sometime in the near future. For this song, the second from the still-to-be-announced album, features Aimee Interrupter from ska kings The Interrupters. The band’s guitarist Kevin Bivona, also helps out. Jay says this is his Peter Pan song, a manifestation to live forever in Never Never Land.
5. Men Without Hats, In Glorious Days (ShoCore Music)
If you’ve seen Ivan and the band perform over the last couple of years, you’ll know that it’s a real treat with plenty of energy and fun, something that was personified in I ❤️ The 80s, a single released earlier this year. A new album entitled On the Moon will be here November 14. Meanwhile, have a new single.
6. Portugal. The Man, Angoon (KNIK Records/Thirty Tigers)
The fascinating thing about Portgual. The Man is that you never know what they’re going to sound like from album to album or even song to song. Their newest single–the last advance song before the new Shish album comes out on November 7, is is “an excoriation of an American political system – one that now wants to pretend borders matter after grabbing the land, lives and ways of so many others. At the core of the track, singer John Gourley reflects on the list of items his father would take into the woods on a six-foot toboggan—some grape jelly, a tarp, a hatchet.”
7. The Rural Alberta Advantage, Falling Apart (Paper Bag)
This is the first new music from the group in about two years, something that came out of a playing a string of summer festivals across the country. A European tour begins in December and after Christmas, they’re heading to America for the month of February.
Albums
1. All Time Low, Everyone’s Talking! (Basement Noise Records/Photo Finish/Virgin)
Baltimore’s ATL keep hammering away, reaching their tenth album. Things are off to a big of a rough start–singer Alex Gaskarth had vocal issues and had to cancel a show in Seattle, but it is cold and flu season. A doctor told him he had a nasty infection, but nothing that couldn’t be treated with rest and a few antibiotics. Nobody’s talking for a bit, but it’ll be fine.
2. Biohazard, Divided We Fall (Frontiers Music s.r.l.)
Brooklyn’s Biohazard hasn’t released an album for about a decade, so this is a welcome return for fans. It’s also a reunion of the original band line-up. Given the political climate today, you can see why they’d return with a song like this.
3. Bob Moses, BLINK (AWAL Recordings)
Still more Canada, this time from Vancouver. Bob Moses–not a band but an electronic duo feature Jimmy Vallance and Tom Howie) have just released their first album in three years, their fifth album (or sixth, depending how you count them). The title refers to the themes throughout the record, namely the fleeting nature of life. Blink and it’s gone. This single is so lovely and smooth.
4. Chrissie Hynde & Pals, Duets Special (Rhino/Parlophone)
Chrissie has temporarily shed The Pretenders in favour of doing an album featuring duets with some of her favourite people. And what a line-up: Debbie Harry, Brandon Flowers, Dave Gahan, Lucinda Williams, k.d. lang, Rufus Wainwright, Shirley Manson, Julian Lennon, Cat Power, and more. It’ll take some time to properly absorb this album.
5. Miles Kane, Sunlight in the Shadows (Easy Eye Sound/Concord)
Miles Kane of Britain’s Last Shadow Puppets (a band he formed with Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys more than 15 years ago) has returned with his sixth solo album, one produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. There’s plenty of swagger here.
6. The Last Dinner Party, From the Pyre (Island)
After months of teasing, Britain’s latest answer to Kate Bush and Bjork (and a good one at that) have finally released a sophomore record. The producer is Markus Dravs, someone who has worked with Coldplay, Arcade Fire, Bjork, Mumford & Sons, Kings of Leon, and more. He replaced original producer James Ford, who had to bow out of the project when he was diagnosed with leukemia. Island Records has a lot of belief in this band. Let’s see where this goes
7. Of Monsters and Men, All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade (Skarkali Records)
That’s quite a title, but we’ve long since learned that they do things differently in Iceland. If you’re a fan, you’ll notice a difference in the band’s sound. It’s somehow more refined and perhaps slightly slicker from their more folkier roots. This could be a calming record for a quiet winter’s night.
8. Tame Impala, Deadbeat (Columbia)
I can’t think of another album that’s been hyped to this extent this fall. Kevin Parker hasn’t released a Tame Impala record in five years and fans have been frothing to hear it. Now that it’s out, teased by three advance singles, does it live up to expectations? It’s certainly very personal and emotional. If you’re feeling vulnerable and need something to soundtrack a sad night, this might help.
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