What To Look For – Fall 2021

There just might be a light at the end of the COVID tunnel (Delta variants and anti-vaxers notwithstanding) - here's what to listen to along the ride....
What To Look For
What To Look For

There just might be a light at the end of the COVID tunnel (Delta variants and anti-vaxers notwithstanding) – here’s what to listen to along the ride.


SEPTEMBER

3rd
Big Boi & Sleepy BrownThe Big Sleepover
Iron MaidenSenjutsu
LANYgg bb xx
Little SimzSometimes I Might Be Introvert
Manic Street PreachersThe Ultra Vivid Lament
Meatbodies333
Pearl & The OystersFlowerland
SUUNSThe Witness
WarmyearI Wear the Memory
10th
Ross AdamsEscaping Southern Heat
ALMAMosiac
Amyl & The SniffersComfort To Me
Riddy ArmanRiddy Arman
J BalvinJosé
BerryVault of Light
James BluntFriends That Break Your Heart
CommonA Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2
Elvis Costello & Sebastian KrysSpanish Model
Dead SaraAin’t It Tragic
face to faceNo Way Out But Through
Samantha FishFaster
GWARScumdogs Live
Heartless BastardsA Beautiful Life
King KruleYou Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down (live)
Lord BaltimoreAngel
LowHEY WHAT
MetallicaThe Metallica Blacklist
more2/2 EP
Kacey MusgravesStar-Crossed
Pere UbuPennsylvania (reissue)
Pere UbuSt Arkansas (reissue)
Diana RossThank You
Saint EtienneI’ve Been Trying To Tell You
Martin SextonVision 2020 EP
Sleigh BellsTexis
SlothrustParallel Timeline
Sneaker PimpsSquaring the Circle
The StranglersDark Matters
The VaccinesBack In Love City
Andrew W.K.God Is Partying
Rufus WainwrightUnfollow the Rules: The Paramour Sessions
We Were Promised JetpacksEnjoy the View
17th
The Album LeafOne Day XX
The BethsAuckland, New Zealand (live)
Don BrocoAmazing Things
Kirby BrownBreak Into Blossom
Lindsey BuckinghamLindsey Buckingham
Cold BeatWar Garden
Melissa EtheridgeOne Way out
The Felice BrothersFrom Dreams To Dust
Nik FreitasSearching For Device EP
José GonzálezLocal Valley
Hamish HawkHeavy Elevator
Lydia HolSome Dreamers of the Golden Dream
Bren HolmesEverything You Never Wanted
Billy IdolThe Roadside EP
Lil Nas XMontero
Colin LindenbLOW
Mild High ClubGoing Going Gone
MONOPilgrimage of the Soul
Daniel RomanoCobra Poems
Smoke BellowOpen For Business
Sweet Nobody We’re Trying Our Best
ThriceHorizons/East
Adia VictoriaA Southern Gothic
You, Me and Everyone We KnowSomething Heavy
24th
Absolutely FreeAftertouch
Angels & AirwavesLIFEFORMS
Boys Noize+/-
Ryan James BrewerRender
Alessia CaraIn the Meantime
Cold War KidsNew Age Norms 3
Spencer CullumSpencer Cullum’s Coin Collection
ElkeNo Pain Here
Brittany HowardJaime Reimagined
JoyerPerfect Gray
Ada Leaone hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden
Jesse MalinSad and Beautiful World
Mac McCaughanThe Sound of Yourself
The MuslimsFuck These Fucking Fascits
The OpheliasCrocus
Matt Pond PAThe State of Gold (reissue)
Public Service BroadcastingBright Magic
QuicksandDistant Populations
Michael SeyerA Good Fool
SOJABeauty In the Silence
Ringo StarrChange the World EP
Christopher Paul StellingForgiving It All
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo de AugustineA Beginner’s Mind
Super Furry AnimalsRings Around the World (20th Anniversary Edition)
SurfbortKeep On Truckin’
Third Eye BlindOur Bande Apart
Amon TobinHow Do You Live

OCTOBER

1st  
Arkells Blink Once
Asleep At the Wheel Half a Hundred Years
Black Marble Fast Idol
Jake Bowen The Daily Sun
Brandi Carlile In These Silent Days
The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live at The Apollo
The Doobie Brothers Liberté
Ducks Ltd. Modern Fiction
Erasure Ne:EP
Explosions In the Sky Big Bend (Original Soundtrack for Public Television)
Film School We Weren’t Here
Foamboy My Sober Daydream
JW Francis WANDERKID
Goodbye Honolulu Goodbye Honolulu
Hovvdy True Love
illuminati Hotties Let Me Do One More
Inner Wave Apoptosis
Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett Love For Sale
Meek Mill Expensive Pain
Me Lost Me The Circle Dance
Ministry Moral Hygiene
Petite Amie Petite Amie
Pond 9
Mark Rogers Rhythm of the Roads
SHAD TAO
The Specials Protest Songs 1924-2012
Strand of Oaks In Heaven
Sun Atoms Let There Be Light
Graham Wright The Cost of Doing Business
Yes The Quest
   
   
   
   

 

8th
Alice TMLittle Body In Orbit
BADBADNOTGOODTalk Memory
Billy BraggThe Million Things That Never Happened
EfterklangWindflowers
Sam FenderSeventeen Going Under
Dave GrohlThe Storyteller (book)
The High 70sGlitter Box
Lala LalaI Want the Door Open
NothingThe Great Dismal B-Sides
PorchesAll Day Gentle Hold !
Josefin RunsteenHana – Three bodies (original soundtrack)
Sam HimselfPower Ballads
TarakaWelcome To Paradise Lost
TriviumIn the Court of the Dragon
John Patrick WalkerThe Rented Tuxedo & Other Songs
We Are ScientistsHuffy
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To DieIllusory Walls
15th
BedouineWaysides
Frank Carter & The RattlesnakesSticky
The CharlatansA Head Full of Ideas (vinyl box set)
ColdplayMusic of the Spheres
Chelsea CutlerWhen I Close My Eyes
The DarknessMotorheart
Dos SantosCity of Mirrors
FinneasOptimist
FotoformHorizons
Gone To ColorGone To Color
Charlotte GreveSediments We Move
Hank (!)Guilty Pleasures (Are the Best Ones)
Judas Priest50 Years of Heavy Metal Music (box set)
Pokey LaFargeIn the Blossom of Their Shade
Johnny MarrFever Dreams Pts 1
The MelvinsFive Legged Dog (acoustic collection)
Buffalo NicholsBuffalo Nichols
Old Man of the WoodsVotives
Xenia RubinosUna Rosa
Julia ShapiroZorked
TK & The Holy Know-NothingsThe Incredible Heat Machine
Dean WarehamI Have Nothing To Say To the Mayor of L.A.
WilderadoWilderado
Remi WolfJuno
Young ThugPunk
22nd
AbbreviationsABBV
BedouineWaysides
BelaverLain Prone
Black MarbleFast Idol
Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsB-Sides & Rarities (box set)
Circa SurviveA Dream About Love EP
ClinicFantasy Island
Clockwise On FireClockwise On Fire
The CopyrightsAlone In a Dome
DeerhoofActually, You Can
DinnerDream Work
DummyMandatory Enjoyment
Duran DuranFuture Past
Every Time I DieRadical
Good MorningBarnyard
Good PostureChangin’
Jacques GreeneANTH01
GrouperShade
Guided By VoicesIT’S NOT THEM. IT COULDN’T BE THEM. IT’S THEM!
Helado NegroFar In
The High StrungHannaH
Hiss Golden MessengerO Come All Ye Faithful
HonneLet’s Just Say the World Ended a Week From Now, What Would You Do?
Jackson+SellersBreaking Point
Elton JohnThe Lockdown Sessions
La LuzLa Luz
LewisbergIn Your Hands
My Morning JacketMy Morning Jacket
Okay KayaThe Incompatible Okay Kaya
Oscar and the WolfThe Shimmer
Parquet CourtsSympathy For Life
Power SupplyIn the Time of the Sabre-Toothed Tiger
Said the WhaleDandelion
She/BeastViolent Tendencies
SuperchunkHere’s to Shutting Up (reissue)
Together PangeaDYE
Trace MountainsHouse of Confusion
Wye OakCivilian (10th anniversary special edition)
Xeno & OaklanderVi/deo
29th
Richard AshcroftAcoustic Hymns Vol 1
Bremer/McCoyNatten
Hayes CarllYou Get It All
Death Cab for CutieThe Photo Album (Deluxe Edition)
Joan As Policewoman / Tony Allen / Dave OkumuThe Solution Is Restless
LoticWater
Reno McCarthyRun Up River
Minus the BearFarewell (live)
Marissa NadlerPath of the Clouds
NaytronixOther Possibilities
Of Monsters and MenMy Head Is An Animal (10th Anniversary Edition)
Pretty EmbersUnder
Salt AshesKilling My Mind
Ed Sheeran=
SUSTOTime In the Sun
Thao & The Get Down Stay DownTemple (Deluxe Edition)
They Might Be GiantsBook
ThuyI Hope You See This EP
Velvet StarlingsTechnicolour Shakedown
Anna VincentUnder the Glass
The War On DrugsI Don’t Live Here Anymore

NOVEMBER

5th
AminéTWOPOINTFIVE
Jess ChalkerHemispheres
Chime SchoolChime School
John DeNicolaShe Said
Noga ErezKIDS (Against the Machine)
Neal FrancisIn Plain Sight
FURWhen You Walk Away
God of LoveDo Your Worst
Gold & YouthDream Baby
Curtis HardingIf Words Were Flowers
HoundmouthGood For You
Holly HumberstoneThe Walls Are Way Too Thin EP
Kenneth IshakNative Tongue
Joan As Policewoman, Dave Okumu and Tony AllenThe Solution Is Restless
Nick MalkinNothing Blues
Aimee MannQueens of the Summer Hotel
METZLive at the Opera House
Connan MockasinJassbusters Two
MUNAVoyage to Mars
Dan MunkusThe Edge of the High Trace
Nation of LanguageA Way Forward
Jennifer O’ConnorBorn At the Disco
Penelope IslesWhich Way To Happy
RadioheadKid A Mnesia (21st Anniversary Triple Album Edition)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsThe Future
Emma Ruth RundleEngine of Hell
serpentwithfeetDeacon’s Grove EP
Silk SonicAn Evening With Silk Sonic
Snail MailValentine
TashaTell Me What You Miss the Most
Dlina VolnyDazed
Hana VuPublic Storage
12th
Gracie AbramsThis Is What It Feels Like
Damon AlbarnThe Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
Alberta & The Dead EyesYou Said Something
BanoffeeTeartracks
Courtney BarnettThings Take Time, Take Time
Rush Davis + KingdomTransmission
The DodosGrizzly Peak
French For RabbitsThe Overflow
GeographerDown and Out In the Garden of Earthly Delights
Gov’t MuleHeavy Load Blues
Devin HoffVoices From the Empty Moor (Songs of Anne Briggs)
Keys N KratesOriginal Classic
IAMXMachinate
L.A. GunsCheckered Past
Land of TalkCalming Night Partner EP
LightleakTender Fits
LionlimbSpiral Groove
Manchester OrchestraChristmas Songs, Vol. 1
Nick VividNo More Secrets
NirvanaNevermind (30th Anniversary Edition)
Pip BlomWelcome Break
She & HimA Very She & Him Christmas (10th anniversary edition)
Allen StoneApart
Warbly JetsMonsterhouse
Harrison WhitfordAfraid of Nothing
19th
The Album LeafIn An Off White Room EP
The AntlersLosing Light EP
Beach FossilsThe Other Side of Life: Piano Ballads
ConvergeBloodmoon: I
Robert DeLongWalk Like Me
elbowFlying Dream 1
Fine PlaceThis New Heaven
JamesThe Campfire EP
Willie NelsonThe Willie Nelson Family
Papercuts“Baxter’s Bliss” EP
Andy ShaufWilds
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts (CD/DVD)
StingThe Bridge
WhoopWhoop!
26th
Black Label SocietyDoom Crew Inc.
Julie DoironI Thought of You
The KVBUnity
A Place To Bury StrangersHologram: Destroyed & Disassembled
Fionn Regan100 Acres of Sycamore (vinyl reissue)
RikiGOLD

(updated as more release dates are made known)

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