The mid-summer season is still seeing a slowing in new releases from the major labels, but the independents out there ensure there is still a plethora of new listening options over the next few months.

There are plenty of keenly-awaited Canadian releases, while notable new additions to the sked this week include new offerings from Kesha, Tyler The Creator, Damian Marley, and LCD Soundsystem.

Happy listening!

July

7: Offa Rex - The Queen of Hearts  (Nonesuch)

7: The Melvins - A Walk With Love And Death

7: The Kit --Moonshine Freeze (Rough Trade) 

7: The Nursery - Life After Wartime (Silent Phenomena) 

7: Quantum Tangle - Shelter as we go (Coax Records) 

7: The Last Dinosaur – The Nothing (Naim Records)

7: Haim - Something To Tell You (Columbia Records)

7: Lucy Rose -- Something's Changing (Arts & Crafts)

7: Eden Sela -Snake Mother (Cadence Music)

7: Quake Matthews - Celebrate The Struggle (Independent)

7: Whitehorse--Panther In The Dollhouse (Six Shooter)

7: Broken Social Scene - Hug Of Thunder (Arts & Crafts)

7: Public Service Broadcasting -Every Valley (Play It Again Sam)

7: Toro y Moi- Boo Boo (Car Park Records)

14: Alan Vega - IT (FADER)

14: Shabazz Palaces – Quazaraz (Sub Pop)

14: Boris - dear (Sargent House)

14: Cheap Whine - s/t (Independent)

14: Mura Masa - s/t (Interscope)

14: The Vamps - Night & Day (UMC)

14: RAC - Ego (Counter)

14: Lo Tom - s/t (RedEye)

14: Tucci - Olivia (Hideaway Records)

14: Korby Lenker - Thousand Springs (Soundly Music)

14: Dayseeker - Dreaning Is Sinking  (Spinefarm)

14: French Montana - Jungle Rules (Bad Boy/Epic)

14: John Murry - A Short History Of Decay (Latent)

14: Joey Wright - Country, Music (Black Hen)

14: Don Drummond - Don Cosmic (RedEye)

14: Nick Lowe- Nick The Knife -reissue (RedEye)

14: Nick Lowe- The Abominable Showman- reissue (RedEye)

14: Silverstein-Dead Reflection (New Damage)

14: Neil Young- Hitchhiker (Reprise/Warner) 

14: The Dears-Times Infinity Volume Two (Paper Bag)

14: Andy Gabbard - Plenum Castle (Alive Natural Sound)

14: Melanie Peterson- Two  (Independent)

14: In The Valley Below -Elephant (Arts & Crafts)

14: Twinsmith- Stay Cool

14: Waxahatchee- Out In The Storm (Merge)

14: Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds From Another Planet

16: Portugal. The Man  - Woodstock (Warner)

17: Iguana Lovers- Surfing Caos  (Pinkie Records)

21: Foster the People - Sacred Hearts Club (Columbia Records)

21: Dele O - 20/20 (Independent)

21: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band -- Lay It On Down (Provogue/Mascot Label Group)

21: Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life (Polydor)

21: Avey Tare - Eucalyptus (Domino)

21: Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley -Stony Hill (Republic Records/UMC)

21: Hans Zimmer - Dunkirk soundtrack (Sony)

21: Raleigh - Costume Party (Independent)

21: Change of Heart - Smile vinyl reissue (Label Obscura)

21: a l l i e - Nightshade (Independent)

21: The Nighthawks-  All You Gotta Do (EllerSoul Records)

21: Goldtop - You Possess Me (Independent)

21: Daphni - Fabriclive 93 (Independent)

21: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood- Barefoot In The Head  (Silver Arrow Records)

21: To Speak Of Wolves- Dead In The Shadow (Solid State)

21: Tyler, The Creator - Scum Fuck Flower Boy (Columbia)

21: Goldfinger - The Knife (Rise)

21: Sara Evans - Words (Born To Fly)

28: Mappe Of -A Northern Star, A Perfect Stone (Paper Bag)

28: Arcade Fire - Everything Now (Columbia)

28: Ontario Kelly & Caravan Haylan - Highway 7 Project  (Booth Street Records)

28: Cage The Elephant - Unpeeled (RCA)

28: Humble Fire - Builder (Independent)

28: Rex Brown- Smoke On This (eOne)

28: Aminé - Good For You (Columbia)

28: Accept -The Rise Of Chaos (NuclearBlast)

28: Alice Cooper- Paranormal (Earmusic)

28: Joywave- Content  (Cultco Music/Hollywood Records)

28: Madchild - The Darkest Hour (Battle Axe)

28: Prong- Zero Days (Steamhammer)

28: Manchester Orchestra- A Black Mile To The Surface (Loma Vista)

August

4: Walter TV- Carpe Diem (Sinderlyn)

4: Hard Working Americans - We’re All In This Together  (Melvin/Thirty Tigers)

4: Preoccupations - Cassette EP on vinyl (Flemish Eye)

4: Def Leppard - Hysteria (reissue) (Universal)

4: The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Lime and Limpid (ATO)

4: Spacewave - Space Dubs (MDW)

4: Steve Adey - Do Me A Kindness (Grand Harmonium)

4: Brother Octopus - Serenaded Through Seaweed (Independent)

4: Moon King - Hamtramck '16 (Arbutus)

4: Johnson Crook - The Album (Coalition)

4: The Milligan Vaughan Project - MVP (Mark One Records) 

4: Brian Eno -- vinyl reissues of Another Green World, Before And After Science, Here Come The Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (UMC/Virgin)

8: Unbuttoned-  Liquid (Round 4  Records)

11:  Slow Leaves -Enough About Me (Independent)

11: 5 Billion In Diamonds - S/T (100% Records)

11: Kesha - Rainbow (Kemosabe)

11: Oneohtrix Point  - NeverThe Good Time [OST]

11: Frankie Rose - Cage Tropical (Slumberland/Grey Market)

11 David Rawlings - Poor David's Almanack (Acony)

11: Hymn River Suite - Hundred Proof (CEN/The Orchard)

11: Peter Himmelman - There is No Calamity (Independent)

11: Chris Fullerton - Epilepsy Blues (Eight 30 Records)

11: Paul Kelly - Life Is Fine (Cooking Vinyl)

11: AJ Croce- Just Like Medicine (Compass Records)

11: Jason Wilber - Reaction Time (Independent)

18: Interpol - Our Love To Admire - reissue (UMC)

18: Grizzly Bear -- Painted Ruins (RCA)

18: Rick Estrin - Groovin' In Greaseland (Alligator)

18: Kacy & Clayton-- The Siren's Song (New West)

18: Camille DeLean- Music on the Grey Mile (Independent)

25: Iron & Wine - Beast Epic (Sub Pop)

25: Fairbanks & the Lonesome Light -Nothing to Escape (Independent)

25: Wild Ponies - Galax (Gearbox Records)

25: Leif Erikson - s/t (Arts & Crafts)

25: Buffalo Sunn- The Long Road (Reekus Records)

 

September

1: Goodbye Honolulu-No Honey (Fried Records)

1: Bicep -s/t (Ninja Tune)

1: Tender - Modern Addiction (Culvert Music)

1: LCD Soundsystem - American Dream (DFA/Columbia)

1: Walter Trout - We're All In This Together  (Provogue/Mascot Label Group)

8: Alvvays - Antisocialites  (Royal Mountain Records)

8: Mon Doux Saigneur - S/T (Grosse Boite)

8: Jonny Lang - Signs (Concord)

8: The Dream Syndicate-  How Did I Find Myself Here? ( ANTI-)

8: Pierre Kwenders -MAKANDA at The End of Space, the Beginning of Time (Bonsound)

8: Odesza - A Moment Apart (Counter)

8:  Francesco Tristano - Piano Circle Songs (Independent)

8: Bash & Pop - Friday Night Is Killing Me (Omnivore Recordings)

8: Nosaj Thing - Parallels (Innovative Leisure)

8: Tom Russell - Folk Hotel (Proper Records)

8: Nice Horse - s/t (Independent)

8: Comeback Kid- Outsider (New Damage)

8: Chad VanGaalen -Light Information (Sub Pop)

15: The Lone Bellow - Walk Into a Storm (Independent)

15: Wyclef Jean -Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee (Legacy)

15: Stacey-  First Move EP (Independent)

15: Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold (Roswell/RCA)

15: David Myles - Real Love (Little Tiny Records)

22: JP Cooper - Raised Under Grey Skies (Island Records)

22: Haley Reinhart - What’s That Sound?( Concord)

22: Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun (Sargent House)

29: Young'Uns - Strangers (Hereteu)

29: Vessels - The Great Distraction (Different Recordings)

29: Wolf Alice- Visions Of A Life (Dirty Hit/RCA)

29: Mo Kenney- The Details (Pheromone)

29: Shania Twain- Now (UMG)

 

Canadian releases are in bold