Sneak Peaks: Upcoming New Albums 3-24-23 – 3-30-23
Angel Bat Dawid: Requiem for Jazz [International Anthem]
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily: Love in Exile [Verve]
Ben Sloan: Muted Colors [New Amsterdam]
Caroline Rose: The Art of Forgetting [New West]
Debby Friday: Good Luck [Sub Pop]
Depeche Mode: Memento Mori [Columbia] – a remembrance for their keyboard player and intro to a new tour
Elton John: Honky Château (50th Anniversary Edition) [UMe] – back then it was one of his greatest achievements, today “Rocket Man” is well tired by “Honky Cat” is just about perfection -it’s like drinking to drink whiskey from a bottle of wine…
Fall Out Boy: So Much (for) Stardust [Fueled by Ramen/Elektra] – pop punk was 2022 but FoB are big enough to survive their lateness
The Hirs Collective: We’re Still Here [Get Better]
Icecoldbishop: Generational Curse [Epic]
Jpegmafia & Danny Brown: Scaring the Hoes [AWAL] – I love both rappers but I didn’t love the single -it is exciting but slight, so can they survive an entire album? Can they thrive??
The Kinks: The Journey, Pt. 1 [BMG] – down to greatest hits, etc
Kool Keith & Real Bad Man: Serpent [Real Bad Man]
Lana Del Rey: Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd [Interscope] – when on earth did Lana become a bore?
Lankum: False Lankum [Rough Trade]
Liturgy: 93696 [Thrill Jockey]
Lucinda Chua: Yian [4AD]
Luke Combs: Gettin’ Old [River House Artists/Columbia Nashville] -aren’t we all but can he compete with Morgan?
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: Nancy & Lee Again (Remastered) [Light in the Attic]
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (Live at Wembley 1974) (2023 Master) [Sony]
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (50th Anniversary) (2023 Remaster) [Sony]
The Reds, Pinks & Purples: The Town That Cursed Your Name [Slumberland]
Rosalía & Rauw Alejandro: RR EP [Columbia] = the biggest couple in Latin pop with an EP
Sharon Van Etten: Tramp (Anniversary Edition) [Jagjaguwar]
Yaya Bey: Exodus the North Star EP [Big Dada]
6lack: Since I Have a Lover [LVRN/Interscope] – the title single was a magnificent return
