Darius Rucker returns to his country career this week with a new solo album, joining new releases by Drake, Rick Astley, Reba McEntire, Kirk Franklin, Old Dominion and more. (all subject to change)…
Album of the Week: We’ve waited six years and a Hootie & the Blowfish reunion for Darius Rucker’s eighth solo album, “Carolyn’s Boy” (Capitol Nashville). Named after and dedicated to Rucker’s late mother, whose died before his success in the music industry; her photo also graces the cover, the 14-song set kicks off with the 2020 hit “Beers and Sunshine” (featuring backing vocals by Lady A) and includes 11 Rucker co-writes, including with Ed Sheeran on “Sara.” Other guests include Chapel Heart, John Osborne of the Osborne Brothers and Charlie Worsham.
Album Title of the Week: Teddy Swims, “I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1)” (Warner)
Did Ya Know?: It’s been a minute — actually 23 years — since Dogstar has released any new music. So for those who have forgotten, this is the trio that actor Keanu Reeves, playing bass and singing, formed with drummer Robert Mailhouse during 1991 in Los Angeles. It releases its third album, “Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees” (Dillon Street), the follow=up to 2000′s “Happy Ending,” on Friday, Oct. 6.
New & Noteworthy:
Omar Apollo, “Live For Me” (Warner)
Rick Astley, “Are We There Yet?” (BMG)
Joe Bonamassa, “Blues Deluxe Vol. 2″ (J&R Adventures)
Drake, “For All the Dogs” (OVO Sound/Republic)
Kirk Franklin, “Father’s Day” (Fo Yo Soul/RCA)
Incubus, “Moring View XXIII” (Virgin Music)
Reba McEntire, “Not That Fancy” (Rockin’ R)
Old Dominion, “Memory Lane” (Columbia Nashville/Sony Music Nashville)
Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist, “Voir Dire” (Tan Cressida/ALC/Warner)
Roger Waters, “The Dark Side of the Moon Redux” (Cooking Vinyl)
Hot New Singles: AJR, “Yes I’m a Mess;” Steve Aoki and Danna Paola, “Paranoia;” Apashe, “Human” featuring Wasiu; Blake Burrow, “Don’t Blame It on the Bar;” Coma Girls, “33;” Barnes Courtney, “Young in America;” The Cruelty, “Hand in Hand;” Czarface, “You Know My Style” featuring Nems; DaBaby, “Trickin’;” Patrick Davis, “Wrong Side of the Tracks” featuring Branford Marsalis; Maya Delilah, “Necklace;” Econoline Crush, “Locked in Your Stone;” Enhyphen, “-You-;” Europe, “Hold Your Head Up;” 49 Winchester, “Everlasting Lover” and “Chemistry;” 408, “Break Up With Your Girlfriend;” frex, “Postcards;” Hannah Grae, “It Could’ve Been You;” Tyler Gunn, “A Million Miles;” Taylor Holder, “Someone You Knew;” Zandi Holup, “Gas Station Flowers;” Joe Jackson, “Health & Safety;” Jet, “Little Fish;” Jax Jones, “Won’t Forget You” featuring D.O.D. and Ina Wroldsen;
Kid Bloom, “Afterlife;” Kid Cudi and Lil Durk, “Guitar in My Room;” Kneck Deep, “It Won’t Be Like This Forever;” Greg Kuehn, “Medicine Man;” Lady London, “Yea Yea” featuring Dreezy; Leave, “I Just Feel Worse;” Dean Lewis, “Trust Me Mate;” Bernie Marsden, “Being Famous;” Marzz, “Switching Sides” featuring Dee Gatti; Mildreda, “Friendly Fire;” Ash Molloy, “Viv;” Nervous Eaters, “Kelly’s Sixteen;” Odd Robot, “Anti-Revolution” featuring Poli van Dam; The Paranoid Style, “Print the Legend;” Promiseland, “3D Flower” featuring Julian Casablancas;
Josh Ross, “Ain’t the One;” Mike Shinoda, “Already Over;” Sipho, “Run For Your Life” featuring Shae Universe; Shane Smith & the Saints, “The Greys Between;” Brittney Spencer, “Bigger Than the Song;” Bruce Springsteen, “Addicted to Romance;” Amandla Stenberg, “Wicked Animal;” Valee x MVW, “Tailor Swift;” Video Age, “Golden Sun;” Vixen, “Red;” Whokilledxix, “Go!” featuring Benkro; Victor Wooten and the Wooten Brothers, “Sweat;” Young Franco “Daydreaming” featuring Franc Moody; Zacari, “Reverse” featuring James Fauntleroy
Also Out:
Michael Abdow, “Séance in Black” (Couch Cat)
Otto Aday, “Persona” (Bay Street)
Aiza, “Sovereignty” (self-released)
The Anchoress, “Versions (Drowned in Sound)
&Team, “First Howling: We” (Hybe)
Axis: Sova, “Blinded By Oblivion” (Drag City)
Baby Queen, “Quarter Life Crisis” (Polydor)
Victoria Bailey, “A Cowgirl Rides On” (Rock Ridge Music)
beabadoobee, “Live in London” (self-released)
Mare Berger, “Dreaming Blue” (Clandestine)
Berger, Jolliff and Spiegelman, “Standards on Snare, Mandolin and Bass Clarinet” (Adhyaropa)
best ex, “With a Smile” (Iodine Recordings/Alcopop!)
Bewilder, “From the Eyrie” (Tiny Engines)
Aidan Bissett, “Supernova” (Capitol)
P.J.M. Bond, “In Our Time” (Concerto)
Christina Booth, “Bar Room Prophet” (Tigermoth)
Boywithuke, “Lucid Dreams” (Mercury/Republic)
Butcher Brown, “Solar Music” (Concord Jazz)
Billy Don Burns, “I’ve Seen a Lot of Highways” (Black Country Rock)
Tre Burt, “Traffic Fiction” (Oh Boy)
Colbie Caillat, “Along the Way” (Blue Jean Baby/DFD)
Camylio, “before we say goodbye” (Mercury/Republic)
The Casanovas, “The Devil In Me;”
Cat & Calmell, “How Do You Feel” (Island)
Citizen, “Calling the Dogs” (Run For Cover)
Jim Clayton, “Look Out!” (Clay-Tone)
Steve Cole, “Without a Doubt” (Artistry/Mack Avenue)
Creation Rebel, “Hostile Environment” (On-U Sound)
Daisy The Great, “Tough Kid” (self-released)
Dead Alright, “Dancing Through the End Days (Thousand Island)
DPR Ian, “Dear Insanity…” (The Orchard)
Jeremy Dutcher, “Motewolonuwok” (Secret City)
Eleanor, “A Late Bloom” (Terafe Sounds)
Ernest, “Ernest & the Fellas Unplugged” (Big Loud)
Ethan P. Flynn, “Abandon All Hope” (Young)
Neil Frances, “It’s All a Bit Fuzzy” (Nettwerk)
Fresh Start Worship, “He Is Here” (RCA Inspiration)
frex, “Clementine Drive” (Uptown/Republic)
Games WE Play, “Life’s Going Great” (Fueled By Ramen/DCD2)
Genn, “unum” (Liminal Collective)
(G)I-DLE, “Heat” (Cube Entertainment/88rising Music))
Georgia Gets By, “Fish Bird Baby Boy” (Luminelle Recordings)
Glasser, “crux” (One Little Independent)
Natalie Grant, “Seasons” (Curb/Word Entertainment)
Goatwhore, “Angels Hung From the Arches of Heaven” (Metal Blade)
Golden Vampire Experience, “Polaris” (Erototox)
Gyasi, “23″ (Alive Naturalsound)
Haidee, “This Shouldn’t Be Typical” (self-released)
Jason Hawk Harris, “Thin Places” (Bloodshot)
Hayfitz, “Everything Else” (SeaYou)
Hello June, “Artifacts” (31 Tigers)
Tom Heyman, “24th Street Blues” (self-released)
Hiromi, “Sonicwonderland” (Telarc)
Jolie Holland, “Haunted Mountain” (self-released)
Hunny, “Hunny’s New Planet Heaven” (Epitaph)
Ilsey, “From the Valley” (Elektra)
iogi, “we can be friends” (Raw Tapes)
Iration, “Daytrippin” (Three Prong)
Instant Smile, “4×2″ (Slow N Sober)
Elijah Johnston, “Hometown Vampire” (Strolling Bones)
Darryl Kissick, “Goodbye Patterns” (self-released)
Alex Lahey, “The Answer is Always Yes (Expanded Edition)” (Liberation)
Mary Lattimore, “Goodbye, Hotel Arkada” (Ghostly International)
The Keening, “Little Bird” (Relapse)
Kerrigan, “Bloodmoon” (High Roller)
Lilac Haze, “My Dreamworld” (self-released)
Candice Ivory, “When the Levee Breaks: The Music of Memphis Minnie” (Little Village Foundation)
Kanga, “Under Glass” (Artoffact)
Linus Klausenitzer, “Tupa” (AOP)
Inger Lorre, “Gloryland” (Kitten Robot)
Leo Lyons, “Movin’ On” (Flatiron)
Ida Mae, “Thunder Above You
Iron Savior, “In the Realm of Heavy Metal” (AFM)
Isley, “From the Valley” (Elektra)
It Bites, “Live From the Black Country” (Tigermoth)
Jelusick, “Follow the Blind Man” (Deko Entertainment)
Elijah Johnston, “Hometown Vampire” (Strolling Bones)
The Keening, “Little Bird” (Relapse)
Kilkenny Cats, “Hands Down” (Propeller Sound)
Linus Klausenitzer, “Tulpa” (AOP)
LANCO, “Run, Run, Baby” (Riser House)
Larkin Poe, “An Acoustic Companion” (Tricki-Woo)
Chien Chien Lu, “Built-In System (Live From New York)” (Giant Step Arts)
Lilac Haze, “My Dreamworld” (self-released)
Lily & Madeleine, “Nite Swim” (self-released)
Charlie Mars, “Times Have Changed” (Foxgate)
The Mary Walloper, “Irish Rock ‘n’ Roll” (BC)
Hank May, “Tails (Dangerbird)
Micah McLaurin, “Diamonds” (self-released)
Meadowlark, “Hiraeth” (Fieldfare)
Meernaa, “So Far So Good” (Keeled Scales)
Allison Miller, “Rivers In Our Veins” (Royal Potato Family)
Alex Miller, “Country” (self-released)
Jamie Miller, “The Things I Left Unsaid” (BMG)
John R. Miller, “Heat” (Rounder)
Millsart, “Morning Glory” (Axis)
Gal Musette, “Pendulum” (self-released)
Neil Frances, “It’s All a Bit Fuzzy” (Nettwerk)
Haru Nemuri, “In Saint” (self-released)
Olivia Newton-John, “Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection (Volume Two)” (Primary Wave)
NYTT Land, “Torem” (Napalm)
Hank May, “Tails” (Dangerbird)
Jade Novah, “Where Have I Been?” (Varick Street)
Odumodublvck, “Eziokwu” (Native/Def Jam)
Of Mice & Men, “Tether” (Sharptone)
Orions Belte, “Women” (Jansen)
Powfu, “Gathered By the Lantern” (self-released)
Prong, “State of Emergency” (Steamhammer/SPV)
Princess Goes, “Come of Age” (So in De Groot)
Trevor Rabin, “Rio” (InsideOutMusic)
Rain Was, “Captain Obvious” (Switch Hit)
Miki Ratsula, “i’ll be fine if i want to” (Nettwerk)
Claire Rosinkranz, “Just Because” (slowplay/Republic)
Mitch Rowland, “Come June” (Giant Music/Erskine)
The Rural Alberta Advantage, “The Rise & the Fall” (Saddle Creek/Paper Bag)
A. Savage, “Several Songs About Fire” (Rough Trade)
S.C.R.A.M., “The Inner City” (Tumbril’s Wedge)
Screaming Jets, “Professional Misconduct” (self-released)
The Seshen, “Nowhere” (self-released)
Anoushaka Shankar, “Chapter I: Forever, For Now” (self-released)
Siamese, “Live at Roskilde Festival” (Long Branch)
Arielle Silver, “Watershed” (self-released)
Claire Siobhan, “Seek the Sun” (self-released)
Snailmate, “Stress Sandwich” (Hairless)
Lecx Stacy, “A Glint in the Holocene!” (THANKS Recordings)
Stahlmann, “Addendum” (Out of Line Music)
The Steel Woods, “On Your Time” (Woods Music/Thirty Tigers)
Sufjan Stevens, “Javelin” (Asthmatic Kitty)
Joe Sumner, “Sunshine in the Night” (Rooley/BFD/The Orchard)
Ed Sweeney, “A Sunday Drive (self-released)
Teeth of the Sea, “Hive” (Rocket Recordings)
Teho, “Hiraeth Remixes” (Ki)
Tele Novella, “Poet’s Tooth” (Kill Rock Stars)
Tiger Moth Tales, “The Turning of the World” (White Knight)
Andrea Vaneziani, “The Lighthouse” (self-released)
Daniel Villarreal, “Lados B” (International Anthem)
Virta, “Horros” (Svart)
Ghalia Volt, “Shout Sister Shout!” (Ruf)
Raia Was, “Captain Obvious” (Switch Hit)
The Wheel, “The Wheel” (Lakeshore)
Drake White, “The Bridge” (Reverend White)
Austin Williams, “Wanna Be Saved” (Truth or Dare)
This Winter Machine, “The Clockwork Man” (White Knight)
Nate Wooley, “Four Experiments” (Pleasure of the Text)
World’s First Cinema, “Palm Reader” (Fearless)
Yam Haus, “Stupid and Famous” (Big Loud Rock)
From The Vaults:
Laurie Berkner, “Buzz Buzz (25th Anniversary Edition)” (Kidz Bop)
Blondshell, “Blondshell (Digital Deluxe Edition)” (Partisan)
John Carpenter, “Anthology II (Movie Themes 1976-1988″ (Sacred Bones)
The Damned, “The Best of the Damned” (Ace)
The Darkness, “Permission to Land: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition” (Rhino)
Duke Jupiter, “Duke Jupiter 1″ (Iconoclassic)
Amy Grant, “Lead Me On Live 1989″ (self-released)
Heatmiser, “The Music of Heatmiser” (Third Man)
Howard Jones, “Celebrate It Together: The Very Best of Howard Jones 1983-2023″ (Cherry Red)
Joni Mitchell, “Archives — Volume 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)” (Rhino/Warner)
Dieter Moebius, “Aspirin” (Curious Music)
Sleeping With Sirens, “Complete Collapse (Deluxe Edition)” (Sumerian)
311, “Music (30th Anniversary Edition)” (Volcano/legacy)
Van Halen, “The Collection II” (Warner/Rhino)
Various Artists, “NOW That’s What I Call Hip-Hop at 50″ (SME/UMe)
Tom Waits, “Bone Machine” and “The Black Rider” (Island/UMe)
The White Stripes, “The Complete John Peel Sessions” (Third Man/Legacy)
Yes, “Yessingles” (Rhino)
Hiroshi Yoshimura, “Surround” (Temporal Drift)
Soundtracks:
“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Vinyl Edition)” (Real Gone Music)
“The Deepest Breath (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (Lakeshore)
New Holiday Titles:
Various Artists, “The Alligator Records Christmas Collection (Vinyl Edition)” (Alligator)
Various Artists, “NOW That’s What I Call a Most Wonderful Christmas” (UMe/SME)
