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Laura Marling’s new album “Patterns in Repeat” is released today.
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NPR Music’s Ann Powers and Hazel Sills are your guide to the week’s most exciting new releases. This week, that list includes Banjo Hero’s album, which is full of mythological inspiration. The Nashville-based indie songwriter’s work shifts from a swirling sonic realm to a more streamlined (if not exactly stripped-down) sound. There are many more, including the work of a veteran British folk singer who found inspiration after becoming a mother.
MORE: Do you feel like the way musicians are getting their music out into the world is getting more creative, and maybe even more elusive? Earlier this summer, Jack White released a surprise solo album, No Name. ”, which was initially available only on vinyl and was only available for free if purchased at record stores affiliated with his label, Third Man. A new album by mysterious British duo Two Shells will be widely released this week, but it hasn’t been available for months on flash drives, left on dance club floors or sold via the group’s Bandcamp page. It was sometimes buried inside a rock. Are these artists disrupting the streaming ecosystem? Are they emphasizing the importance of physical media? Do they just want to create memorable experiences for their fans? Whatever it is, we accept it.
Featured albums • Amidist Kia, Still + Bright• Soccer Mommy Evergreen• Laura Marling, Pattern in Repeat• Hermine, you can do it anyway.• Anna Butters, Powerful Vertebrates
Other albums will be released on October 25th
pop
• Bryan Ferry, Retrospective: Selected Recordings from 1973 to 2023
• Florence + The Machine, Symphony of Lungs – BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall
• Gavin Friday, Ecke Homo
• Halsey, the great impersonator
• Judelin, Bodelia
• What a relief, Katie Gavin (MUNA)
• Luan, Solo
• Megan Thee Stallion, Megan: ACT II
• Oscar and the Wolf, Taste
• Queen, Queen I (Collector’s Edition)
• Tears for fear, songs for nervous planets.
Rock/Alternative/Indie• 2nd grade, planned explosion.• 311, full bloom• Amil and the Sniffers, the darkness of comics• Anthony Moore, Home of the Demos• Bastille, “&”• Ben Folds, slider• Blackmoss Super Rainbow, Demon’s Glue• Courtenays, Pink Catcas Cafe• Euro Childs, Beehive Beach• Fievel is Glauke, Ron Wakeness• Hammock, from the void• LL State Help• Little Moon, Dear God• Give your naked roommate a loofah.• Peach pit, magpie• Pixies, The Night the Zombies Came• Pom Pom Squad, the mirror starts moving even without me.• Slint, Tweez (Tweez mix)• St. Lenox, 10 Modern American Work Songs• Tess Parks, Pomegranate• They may be giants, horned beasts.• Trauma ray, chameleon• Wiccan Phase Springs Eternal, Midnight at the Castle Moorland
Americana/Folk/Country
• Angie K, s/t
• Chapel Heart, Heartfelt Family Christmas
• Chuck Prophet, Wake the Dead
• Fancy Hagood, American Spirit
• Hannah Scott, “Absence of Doubt”
• Joe Nichols, Honky Tonks and Country Songs
• Kelsea Ballerini, Patterns
• Laney Gardner, Songwriter’s Diary
• Paul Causen, Black on Black
• Tyler Halverson, Western Americana (Pt. 2)
• William Harries Graham, Annie’s House
hip hop• Che Noir, Lotus Child• Cochise, why is it always me?・G Herbo, Big Swerve 2.0• Funsho, thank God• Kembe X, It’s Not That Deep EP• Reggie Snow, PEACE 2 DA WORLD
R&B/Soul
• Allen Stone, Mystery
• Ruthven, Rough & Ready
jazz
• Abishai Cohen, Brightlight
• BADBADNOTGOOD, Mid-Spiral
• Charlie Parker, Bird in Kansas City (live)
• Jazzmaia Horn, Message
classic
• Bryce Dessner, Katia & Marielle Labecque, David Charmin, Sonic Wires
• Caroline Shaw, Leonardo da Vinci (original score)
Electronic/Out There
• Further selections from “Electric Harpsichord” by Katherine Christer Hennix
• DJ Lycox, Ghetto Star
• Sea of Earth, Memories
• Felicia Atkinson, “The Universe as a Tool”
• Morn, you’ll never finish.
• Details of Eaze and Kaho Matsui, computers and recording works for girls
• Nicolas Cruz, Kinesia
• Shigeto, Cherry Blossom Baby
• Thaw, 15 days
• Two shells, s/t
• Underworld, Strawberry Hotel
