NEW ALBUMS
BLACK FUTURES – NEVER NOT NOTHING
Black Futures are a duo from London. The debut album, Never Not Nothing, was produced by Dave Catching of Eagles of Death Metal and Queens of the Stone Age, and features Doomtree rapper P.O.S. on one track.
They describe their sound as:
A no-holds-barred aural assault of Anarchic Electro Psych Punk Noise that is something like Death From Above and the Chemical Brothers‘ bastard offspring
BON IVER – I,I
Bon Iver released album #4 digitally at the beginning of the month.
For those of us who still by physical albums, and are fans of Bon Iver, today’s the day you can own i,i on vinyl and CD
JESSE MALIN – SUNSET KIDS
D Generation frontman Jesse Malin has released his eighth solo album (7 of original songs, 1 covers album).
Sunset Kids was produced by Lucinda Williams, features Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day on the track “Strangers and Thieves”; and as a whole, the album is dedicated to everyone close to Malin who passed away in the time it took him to record and complete the new album.
NIRVANA – LIVE AND LOUD
Nirvana‘s Live and Loud was recorded less than a month after their seminal MTV Unplugged in New York performance, and a mere 16 weeks before Kurt Cobain‘s death.
Live and Loud aired on MTV on New Years Eve 1993, but remained officially unavailable on CD/DVD until the 20th Anniversary reissue of In Utero.
Today, it is now finally available on vinyl for the first time!
SONS OF APOLLO – LIVE WITH THE PLOVDIV PSYCHOTIC SYMPHONY
Sons of Apollo are a supergroup consisting of members of Dream Theater, Mr. Big, Guns‘N Roses, and Journey. Those members being Mike Portnoy, Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, Billy Sheehan & Jeff Scott Soto.
They released their debut album, Psychotic Symphony in 2017. Today, they’ve released the live album Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony. Check out the trailer below.
TOOL – FEAR INOCULUM
You’re not blindsided by this one, are you?
The new Tool album, their first in 13 years, is finally a thing that exists for you to have and to hold and to allow into your ear canals as you wish.
SINGLES
BLINK-182 – DARKSIDE
Nine is blink-182‘s eighth album, but ninth release if you count the 1993 demos album, Buddha. It’s their second album with guitarist/singer Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio).
This week, they released the official video for “Darkside”. If you have kids who love Fortnite, they’ll probably be dancing along to this video
LIAM GALLAGHER – ONE OF US
Liam Gallagher‘s second solo offering, Why Me? Why Not. will arrive on September 20. Second single, “One of Us”, was released on August 16. This week, we have the official music video.