A lot of good music is coming our way in this week’s batch of new releases, a sign of the impending holiday season. Highlights include the latest from Migos’ Offset, a surprise from Bad Bunny, a 10-year anniversary revision of the last solo album by ABBA’s Agnetha Faltskog, another EP from Ringo Starr and titles from Margo Price, Rick Astley, boygenius, Metric, Troye Sivan and more (all subject to change)…
Album of the Week: Migos’ Offset drops his second solo outing, “Set It Off” (Motown) this week — his first since the birth of his second child with Cardi B and since the murder of his group mate Takeoff last November. The 21-track set started life as “Blame It On Set” and was due out 11 months ago but postponed after Takeoff’s death. It includes two collaborations with Cardi B, including the first single “Jealousy,” as well as guest appearances by Travis Scott, Future, Don Toliver, Latto, Mango Foo, Young Nurdy and Chloe.
Album Title of the Week: False Fed, “Let Them Eat Fake” (Neurot)
Did Ya Know?: “The Prize” (Flatiron Recordings/Strawberry Moon), the latest album from South Carolina singer and songwriter Hannah Wicklund, leader of the Stepping Stones, is the first production by Greta Van Fleet’s Sam Kiszka, who enlisted bandmate Danny Wagner to play drums on its 10 songs.
New & Noteworthy:
Rick Astley, “Are We There Yet?” (BMG)
Bad Bunny, “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mariana (Nobody Knows What Will Happen Tomorrow)” (Rimas Entertainment)
boygenius, “The Rest” (Interscope)
Zach Bryan, “Zach Bryan” (Belting Bronco/Warner)
Agnetha Faltskog, “A+” (BMG)
Riley Green, “Ain’t My Last Rodeo” (Big Machine)
Holly Humberstone, “Paint My Bedroom Black” (Darkroom/Geffen/Polydor)
Wiz Khalifa, “Khali Sober” (Taylor Gang)
Gucci Mane, “Breath of Fresh Air” (1017 Global Music/Atlantic)
Metric, “Formentera II” (Metric Music International/Thirty Tigers)
Margo Price, “Strays II” (Loma Vista)
Troye Sivan, “Something to Give Each Other” (Capitol)
Ringo Starr, “Rewind Forward” (UMe)
Tomorrow X Together, “The Name Chapter: Freefall” (BigHit Music)
Charlie Worsham, “Compadres” (Warner Music Nashville)
Hot New Singles: Kevin Abstract, “Blanket;” Amigo The Devil, “Cannibal Within;” James Arthur, “Just Us;” Ashbury Heights, “Ghosts Electric;” ATL Jacob, “MF Problem;” Willow Avalong, “Stranger;” Fredo Bang, “Sideways” featuring NLE Choppa; Gabby Barrett, “Cowboy Back;” Nessa Barrett, “Club Heaven;” Bel Biv DeVoe, “Act Like You Know” featuring Rev Run; Binoy, “BoysBoysBoys;” Blackberry Smoke, “Little Bit Crazy;” Black Pumas, “Angel;” Blink-182, “Dance With Me;” Blossoms, “To Do List (After the Breakup);” Blues Traveler, “Qualified;” VV Brown, “History;” David Broza, “Girl;” Cannons, “Crush;” Cher, “DJ Play a Christmas Song;” Clinton Kane, “Bittersweet;” Crossbone Skully, “The Boom Went the Boom” featuring Phil Collen; Rosie Darling, “I’m Different Now;” Rezzmau5 (Rezz and Deadmau5), “Infraliminal;” The Dwarves, “We Will Dare;” The Effect, “Unwanted;” English Teacher, “Nearly Daffodils;” Charles Esten, “Somewhere in the Sunshine;”
Felicity, “She’s Nuclear;” Flarelight, “Glimmer” featuring Brian May; Kidd G, “Silverado in the Sky;” Kenya Grace, “Only in My Mind;” Laura Jane Grace, “Dysphoria Hoodie;” Tee Grizzley, “Grizzley 2 Tymes” featuring Finesse2Tymes; The Gulls, “Sanitation;” House Parties, “Braindead;” James Hype, “Drums” featuring Kim Petras; Jay, “Back;” Jennie (of Blackpink), “You & Me;” Judas Priest, “Panic Attack;” Lake Street Dive, “Neighbor Song” featuring Madison Cunningham; The Lane Brothers, “Got Your Number;” The Last Dinner Party, “My Lady of Mercy;” Joseph Lawrence, “My Church, My Lady;” Maggie Lindemann, “deprecating;” Will Linley, “Maybe;” Marco Luka, “protect;” Lauren Mayberry, “Shame;” Megan Thee Stallion, “Out Alpha the Alpha;” mehro, “dopamine;” Morat, “Someone I Used to Know;” Kacey Musgraves and Noah Kahan, “She Calls Me Back;”
NewJeans, “Gods;” Leslie Odom Jr., “Show Me;” Palace, “Rabid Dog;” Pattern Seeking Animals, “Underneath the Orphan Moon;” Plain White T’s, “You Plus Me;” Gruff Rhys, “Celestial Candyfloss;” Royel Otis, “Fried Rice;” SaxkBoy KD, “Candy (Sweet & Juicy)” featuring La Pat;” Anna Shoemaker, “Not Coming Back;” Sipho., “Run For Your Life” featuring Shae Universe; Joanna Sternberg, “Neighbors;” The String Revolution and Tommy Emmanuel, “Folsom Prison Blues;” Tems, “Me & You;” Tess & the Details, “Sing in the Key of the Dead;” Ana Tijoux, “Tania;” Fresco Trey, “Not No Mo;” Undrheaven, “Adding Up to Nothing;” Michael Voss, “Rockers Rollin’;” Junior Wells, “It’s Your Voodoo Working;” Wish Queen, “Grievances;” The Woggles, “Mr. Last Chance;” Lizz Wright, “Sweet Feeling;” Allie X, “Black Eye”
Also Out:
A Beacon School, “yoyo” (Grind Select)
Aesop Rock, “By the River” (Rhymesayers)
Aga Khan Master Musicians, “Nowruz” (Smithsonian Folkways)
Allah-Lahs, “Zumba 86″ (Hopeless)
Alula, “Captivity” (Ropeadope)
Amorphis, “Queen of Time (Live at Tavastia 2021)” (Atomic Fire)
Betraying the Martyrs, “Godspeed” (Out of Line)
Ronnie Atkins, “Trinity” (Frontiers)
Frederico Aubele, “Time Drips on My Bed” (self-released)
Beartooth, “The Surface” (Red Bull)
Ron Blake, “Mistaken Identity” (7ten33 Productions)
Blessed Curse, “Pray For Armageddon” (M-Theory Audio)
Blue Ocean, “Fertile State” (Slumberland)
The Bones of J.R. Jones, “Slow Lightning” (Tone Tree Music)
Boston Flowers, “Mondegreen” (self-released)
The Breath, “Land of My Other” (Real World)
Cafune, “Love Songs For the End” (300Elektra)
Caskey, “Cadillac Music” (self-released)
Celia, “Complete in Box” (AWAL)
CMAT, “Crazymade, For Me” (CMATBABY limited/AWAL)
Coma Girls, “Crystal Pistol” (Baby Robot_
Con Brio, “Scream At It” (self-released)
Will Joseph Cook, “Novella” (Bad Hotel/The Vertex)
Corner Club, “in the rearview mirror” (self-released)
Creeper, “Sanguivore” (Spinefarm)
(Crosses), “Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete” (Warner)
Chelsea Cutler, “Stellaria” (Mercury/Republic)
Dear Dear, “death of a fairytale” (self-released)
Helena Deland, “Goodnight Summerland” (self-released)
The Dollyrots, “Night Owls” (Wicked Cool)
The Drums, “Jonny” (Anti0)
Edge of Forever, “Ritual” (Frontiers)
Roger Eno, “the skikes, they shift like chords” (Deutsche Grammophon)
Everybody’s Side Project, “The Thought” (self-released)
The Exbats, “Song Machine” (Goner)
False Fed, “Let Them Eat Fake” (Neurot)
The Feelies, “Some Kinda Love” (Bar/None)
The Fierce and the Dead, “News From the Invisible World
Free Throw, “Lessons That We Swear to Keep” (Wax Bodega)
Frenship, “Basecamp” (Onerpm)
Geese, “4D Country” (Partisan/PIAS)
Paul Giallorenzo Trio, “Play” (Delmark)
Goat, “Medicine” (Rocket Recordings)
Charles Wesley Godwin, “Family Ties” (Big Loud)
Grrrl Gang, “Spunky!” (Kill Rock Stars)
Abby Hamilton, “#1 Zookeeper (of the San Diego Zoo)” (Blue Gown)
Hand of Juno, “Destroy the Line” (Out of Line Music)
Hooveriii, “Pointe” (The Reverberation Appreciation Society/Levitation)
Hunxho, “For Her” (300 Entertainment)
Husbands, “Cuatro” (Cowboy 2.0/Thirty Tigers)
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, “Live in London” (Alligator)
Irontom, “Gel Pt. 1″ (self-released)
IVE, “I’ve Mine” (Starship Entertainment)
Benjamin Jayne, “Broken” (WhatABoutMusic)
Jini, “An Iron Hand in a Velvet Glove” (United Artist Prod.)
Kacey Johansing, “Year Away” (Night Bloom)
Juicebumps, “Jumbo” (Rocks in Your Head)
Milos Karadaglic, “Baroque” (Sony Classical)
Dave Kerzner, “The Eye” (Sonic Elements)
Kings Crown, “Closer to the Truth” (Frontiers)
Krieg, “Ruiner” (Profound Lore)
Land of Talk, “Performances” (Saddle Creek)
Lillian Leadbetter, “State of Romance” (Lillian and the Muses)
Leon III, “Something is Trying to Change My Mind” (Monosonic/Soundly Music)
Lightheaded, “Good Good Great!” (Slumberland)
Terra Lightfoot, “Healing Power” (Sonic Union)
Brian Lisik & Hard Legs, “Nu Wreckard” (Cherokee Queen)
Daniel Reyes Llinas, Harvey Valdes and Elliot Sharp, “String Schemes” (7D Media)
Lonesome Ace Stringband, “Try to Make it Fly” (self-released)
Loose Fang, “Live Wire, Black Sheep” (self-released)
Omri Mar & Yosef Gutman, “Melodies of Light” (Soul Song)
The Mary Wallopers, “Irish Rock ‘n’ Roll” (BC)
John McCutcheon and Tom Paxton, “Together” (self-released)
Joe McLeod, “The Dancer and the Bear” (We Are Busy Bodies)
Adam Melchor, “Fruitland” (self-released)
The Menzingers, “Some of It Was True” (Epitaph)
Metric, “Formentera II” (Metric Music International/Thirty Tigers)
The Mighty Flashlight, “Meets the Mighty Flashlight” (Drag City)
Milliseconds, “So This is How it Happens” (Spartan)
Laura Misch, “Sample of the Sky” (One Little Independent)
Land of Talk, “Performances” (Saddle Creek)
Laura Misch, “Sample the Sky” (One Little Independent)
Mom Rock, “Now That’s What I Call Mom Rock” (self-released)
Morlocks, “Praise the Iconoclast” (Metropolis)
Kyle Morgan, “Making It Up as I Go” (EMI Nashville)
Quinsin Nachoff, “Stars and Constellations” (Adyharopa)
Carrie Newcomer, “A Great Wild Mercy” (Available Light)
Caleb Nichols, “Let’s Look Back” (Kill Rock Stars)
Nitrate, “Feel the Heat” (Frontiers)
Alex Pop Norris, “Chess Moves” (Steeple Chase)
Odumobublvck, “EZIOKWU” (Native/Def Jam)
Olson, Van Cleef, Williams, “Unleash the Hoofs Revenge” (Den of Wax)
Harper O’Neill, “Dark Bar Daisy” (self-released)
ONI, “The Silver Line” (self-released)
PAPA, “Dig Yourself or Dig a Hole” (self-released)
The Pairs, “When Will We Found Our Way?” (self-released)
Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus, “Big Red Gibson” (Berkalin)
poptropicaslutz!, “Face For Radio” (Epitaph)
Paynuka, “Not in the Sense That We Did Something Wrong” (Translation Loss)
Jimmy Rankin, “Harvest Highway” (Linus)
Rave The Reqviem, “Ex-Eden” (Out of Line)
Lou Ridley, Hellhound” (self-released)
Sarcastic Sounds, “Haunt You Forever” (Columbia)
Eric Sardinas, “Midnight Junction” (earMUSIC)
Zander Schloss, “California’s Burning” (Blind Owl)
John Scofield, “Uncle John’s Band” (ECM)
Zach Seabaugh, “Mr. Nobody” (self-released)
shallow pools, “I Think About it All the Time” (Equal Vision)
Jake Shars, “Last Man Dancing” (Mute)
Troye Sivan, “Something to Give Each Other” (Capitol)
Slothrust, “I Promise” (Dangerbird)
Squirrel Flower, “Tomorrow’s Fire” (Polyvinyl)
Harriet Stubbs, “Living On Mars” (self-released)
Suicide Puppets, “Beyond the Veil” (self-released)
telly, “Episode 1″ (self-released)
Theocracy, “Mosaic” (Atomic Fire)
Thetan, “Grand Ole Agony” (Anti-Corporate Music)
TOBi, “Panic” (RCA)
Tomorrow X Together, “The Name Chapter: Freefall” (Big Hit Music)
Twin Temple, “God is Dead” (self-released)
Upchuck, “Bit the Hand That Feeds” (Famous Class)
Chad Vangaalen/Astral Swans, “Split” (Stoner Bird)
Varg, “Ewige Wacht” (Napalm)
Various Artists, “Rare wavs Vol. 2″ (Foreign Family Collective)
Venera, “Venera” (Ipecac)
The Vintage Caravan, “The Monuments Tour (Live)” (Napalm)
The Voynich Code, “Insomnia” (Unique Leader)
Wimps, “City Lights” (Youth Riot)
Jamila Woods, “Water Made Us” (Polyvinyl)
X-Press 2, “Thee” (Acid Jazz Acquisitions Ltd.)
Yesung, “Unfading Sense” (SM Entertainment)
Kimberly Morgan York, “Devil Songs and other Such Nonsense” (self-released)
From The Vaults:
Algiers, “Shook (Deluxe Edition)” (Matador)
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire, “Oh! The Grandeur” (Org Music)
Johnny Cash, “…Sings the Songs that Made Him Famous” (Sun)
Chvrches, “The Bones of What You Believe (10th Anniversary Special Edition)” (Glassnote)
The Cranberries, “To the Faithful Departed (Deluxe Edition)” (Island/UMe)
Jim Croce, “The Definitive Croce” (BMG)
Jackie DeShannon, “Little Bit of Heaven: The 1964 Metric Music Demos” (Teensville)
Keith Emerson, “Variations” (Spirit of Unicorn)
Fatboy Slim, “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby: 25th Anniversary Edition” (Astralwerks)
King Crimson, “Larks Tongues in Aspic (50th Anniversary Edition)” (Panegyric)
Dave London, “Wild River (Deluxe)” (English Electric Recordings)
Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Fyfty” (Geffen/UMe)
Gary Moore, “Back to the Blues (Vinyl Edition)” (BMG)
Joy Olodakun, “Proof of Life (Deluxe)” (Verve Forecast/Republic)
Art Pepper, “The Complete Maiden Voyage Recordings” (Omnivore)
Edith Piaf, “Symphonic” (Rhino)
Pink Floyd, “The Dark Side of the Moon (50th Anniversary Remaster)” (Pink Floyd/Legacy)
Sevendust, “Seven of Sevendust” (BMG)
Whitesnake, “The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition” (Rhino)
New Holiday Albums:
Gavin DeGraw, “A Classic Christmas” (Sony Music Nashville)
Judy Garland, “Judy Garland Christmas Album” (BFD)
Adam Hawley, “What Christmas Means to Me” (MBF Entertainment)
Johnny Mathis, “Christmas Time is Here” (Columbia/Legacy)
Christian Sands, “Christmas Stories” (Mack Avenue)
Soundtracks:
“Castlevania: Nocturne (Original Series Soundtrack)” (Lakeshore)
“Clotida: Last American Slave Ship (Original Soundtrack)” (Hollywood)
The Lamplighters League — Original Soundtrack” (Lakeshore)
“My Animal (Original Score)” (Nude Club)
“The Royal Hotel — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (Lakeshore)
