FYI Schedule of Upcoming Releases, April 6, 2018

By Kerry Doole

This is one of the busiest weeks of the year for new releases by Canadian artists. That impressive list includes Sloan, Young Galaxy, Royal Wood, Dusted, Jeremy Dutcher, Hey Ocean!, Lowell, Megan Bonnell, Kune, and Flash Lighnin'.

Notable international names include Underoath, Kylie Minogue, Eels, and Thirty Seconds to Mars.

April

6: Young Galaxy - Down Time (Indie)

6: Soft as Snow -Deep Wave (Houndstooth)

6: Sloan - 12 (Universal)

6: UNDERØATH- Erase Me (Epitaph)

6: Will Stewart - Country Seat (Cornelius Chapel Records)

6: Various Artists - Elton John- Revamp (Universal)

6: Various Artists -'Hummingbirds & Helicopters Vol. 1: A Benefit for South Texas (Indie)

6: Dusted - Blackout Summer (Royal Mountain Records/Polyvinyl)

6: Hey Ocean!  - The Hurt of Happiness  (Indie)

6: Royal Wood - Ever After The Farewell (Outside)

6: Rosie & the Riveters - Ms. Behave (Indie)

6: Juliet Quick - Changeling EP  (Indie)

6: Ultimate Painting - Up!  (Bella Union)

6:  Lowell  - Lone Wolf (Arts & Crafts)

6: Book Club  Dust of Morning (Indie)

6: Abi Wade - Beautifully Astray (Indie)

6:  Kylie Minogue -Golden (BMG)

6: Paul Brandt -The Journey YYC, Vol. I (Indie)

6: To the Trees - S/T (Indie) 

6: Flash Lightnin'  - Homage (Pheromone Recordings)

·6: EELS - The Deconstruction ( E Works/[PIAS])

6: Jeremy Dutcher - Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (Arts & Crafts)

6: Rafiq Bhatia  Breaking English (ANTI- Records)

6: Andreas Varady  -The Quest (Red Cat Records)

6: To The Trees - S/T (Indie)

6: Goat Girl - S/T ( Rough Trade)

6: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers- Years  (Bloodshot)

6: Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley: The Searcher (The Original Soundtrack) (RCA/Legacy Recordings)

6: Mien - S/T (Rocket Recordings)

6: Little Boots - Burn EP (Indie)

6:  Hinds - I Don’t Run

6: David Vest   S/T  (Cordova Bay Records)

6: Megan Bonnell- Separate Rooms  (Cadence)  

6: Camaromance - Chasing Clouds  (Simone Records)

6: Ben de la Cour - The High Cost of Living Strange (Indie)

6: Lisa Stansfield - Deeper (Edel)

6: Kune - Canada's Global Orchestra - S/T (Universal)

6: Thirty Seconds to Mars -  AMERICA (Interscope Records/Universal Music Canada,)

13: Concrete Knives - Our Hearts (Room Records)

13: Mr. Fingers-  Cerebral Hemispheres ( Alleviated Records

13: Ally Venable - Puppet Show Spectacular  (Connor Ray Music)

13: Jessie Stein & Pietro Amato - After Language ( Paper Bag Records)

13: The Sorority - Pledge (Indie)

13:  Papermaps -  Confessions : To Each Their Own Rapture (Sparks Music) Digital. Vinyl out April 20

13: Don Gibson - Best Of Hickory Records 1970-78 reissue (Omnivore)

13: Greyhounds - Cheyenne Valley Drive  (Dine Alone)

13: Mr. Fingers - Cerebral Hemispheres  (Alleviated Records)

13: John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness

13: Jaunt - Cue (Indie)

13: Casanova Prof - Pookie Baby (Rhymesayers Entertainment)

13: Josh Rouse – Love In The Modern Age (YepRoc)

13: The Damned - Evil Spirits (Search And Destroy/Spinefarm Records)

13: Pentatonix - PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I (RCA Records)

13: Nino Tempo - Purveyor of Balladry: The Best of Nino Tempo on Atlantic (Omnivore)

13: Beth Hart - Live From New York - Front & Center (Provogue Records/Mascot Label Group)

20: Alexis Taylor -Beautiful Thing (Domino)

20: Cloud Castle Lake - Malingerer ( Bright Antenna Records)

20: Kimbra - Primal Heart

20: Drinks - Hippo Lite (Drag City)

20: Charlie Overbey - Broken Arrow (Indie)

20: iLLvibe - Antigravity ( Heavy Aux / Fontana North)

20: Michael Kaeshammer - Something New (Linus Ent)

20: Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness - Journey To The Beginning: A Steel Guitar Tribute To The Byrds (Coastal Bend Music)

20: Old Crow Medicine Show - Volunteer (Columbia Records Nashville)

20: Pennywise  Never Gonna Die  (Epitaph )

20: Eric Corne - Happy Songs For The Apocalypse (Forty Below Records) 

20: Sting & Shaggy - 44/876 (A&M/Interscope Records/Universal Music Canada)

20: A Perfect Circle -  Eat The Elephant (BMG)

20: Elke Bad Metaphors (Indie)

20: Small Wars - S/T   (Indie Vision Music)

20: Ruins  - Sample Size (Indie)

20: Young Valley - S/T' (Dial Back Sound)

20: Andie Duquette -Here We Are (Spectra Music Group)

20: Nightseeker - 3069: A Space-Rock Sex Odyssey (Royal Mountain)

20: Joe Goldmark - Shines Like Blue Steel  (Lo-Ball Records)

20: Pete Townshend - Who Came First (UME)

20: Ryan Vail  -Distorted Shadows  (Quiet Arch)

20: Beat Degeneration -Searching For Some Heaven (Jigsaw Records)

20: Attack In Black - Fake Love Songs EP - vinyl (Dine Alone)

20: Andrew Rathbun - Atwood Suites  (Origin Records )

20: Donovan Woods - Both Ways (Indie)

20: The Gladiators - Symbol of Reality and Serious Thing reissues (Omnivore)

20: Faces On TV - Night Funeral (Unday Records)

20: Walter “Wolfman” Washington -My Future Is My Past (Anti_)

20: Ellevator - S/T (Arts & Crafts)

20: Young Valley - S/T (Dial Back Sound)

20: Brothers Osborne  - Port Saint Joe (UniversalCraft Recordings)

20: Marcia Ball - Shine Bright (Alligator) 

21: Peach Kelli Pop - Which Witch (Mint Records)

25: Ban Bianca Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (Indie)

27: Halie Loren- From The Wild Sky (Justin Time)

27: Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita - SOAR (Bendigedig)

27: Dr. Dog - Critical Equation (Thirty Tigers)

27:  Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks - Powerful Stuff!, (Landslide)

27: Lee Aaron -  Diamond Baby Blues ( ILS/Universal Music)

27: Okkervil River - In The Rainbow Rain (ATO Records)

27: Tebey Love A Girl ( Road Angel Entertainment/Warner Music Canada)

27: Forth Wanderers - S/T (Indie)

27: Cicada Rhythm - Everywhere I Go (Indie)

27: Jonas Bonnetta - All This Here (Indie)  

27: Van Morrison - You're Driving Me Crazy  (Sony Legacy Recordings)

27: Bad Breeding - Abandonment ( One Little Indian Records)

27: Life In Vacuum - All You Can Quit  (New Damage Records)

27: Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer (Bad Boy Records)

27: Must Build Jacuzzi - Last Place  (Indie)

27: Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog - YRU Still Here?  (Northern Spy Records) 

27: Willie Nelson - Last Man Standing (Sony)

27: Aaron Allen  Judgement Day (Shakey Wheel Records)

27: Tom Rush - Voices (Appleseed Recordings)

27: Bossie -  Not Pictured (Culvert Music)

27: Kid Koala -  Floor Kids Original Video Game Soundtrack  (Arts & Crafts)

27: Jennifer Warnes -  Another Time, Another Place (BMG)

27: The Russian Futurists - Let's Get Ready To Crumble - vinyl reissue (Paper Bag Vintage)

27: Acid Test- Jus’ Rite (Indie)

27: The Beat Escape-  Life Is Short the Answer’s Long  (Last Gang/Bella Union)

27: Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar -Run to Me (Indie)

27: Scott Matthews- The Great Untold ( Shedio Records)

May

1: D.O.A.- Fight Back (Indie)

4: Shakey Graves  - Can’t Wake Up ( Dualtone)

4: Middle Kids - Lost Friends (Domino)

4: Kiran Ahluwalia  7 Billion (Six Degrees)

4: Frank Turner  -Be More Kind

4: Reuben and the Dark - Arms Of A Dream (Arts & Crafts)

4: Pinkshinyultrablast - Miserable Miracles (Indie)

4: The Young Novelists -  in city & country (Indie)

4:  Parkway Drive Reverence (Epitaph)

4: Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders - Blue Poles  (Terrible Records)

4: Birds of Chicago - Love in Wartime (Signature Sounds Recordings)

4 The Lay Awakes - Home Away From Home- (Indie)

4: Matthew Barber - Phase Of The Moon (Outside)

4: Brian Eno- Music For Installations (UMC)

4: Ihsahn -  Àmr ( Candlelight/Spinefarm)

4: Mount Kimbie - Love What Survives - Remixes 

4: Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs - Clippety Clop (Transdreamer Records via The Orchard)

4: Royce 5’9”  - Book of Ryan, (Entertainment One/Heaven Studios, Inc.)

11: Ry Cooder - The Prodigal Son ( Fantasy Records) 

11: Molly Johnson - Meaning To Tell Ya (Universal Music Canada)

11: Ellen Starski - The Days When Peonies Prayed for the Ants (Indie)

11: Beatrice Deer  - My All To You (Indie)

11: GOSH! - Odyssey  ( Nicey Music)

11: Little Junior - Hi (Royal Mountain)

11: Silver Dapple  Moody Boots (Indie)

11: Jerry Granelli - Dance Hall -vinyl version  (Justin Time Records)

11: Hit Bargain - Potential Maximizer (Buzz)

11: The Vintage Martins - Traveled (Eastwood)

11: Hawktail - Unless (Indie)

11: Jean-Michel Blais - Dans ma main (Arts & Crafts)

11: Matt Finucane- Ugly Scene (Indie)

11: Loreena McKennitt Lost Souls (Indie)

11: Beach House  7

11: Red Hare - Little Acts of Destruction (Dischord/Hellfire)

11: Serge Fiori and Richard Séguin - Deux cents nuits à l’heure XL (Sony)

11: Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - The Complete Capitol Singles: 1967–1970 (Omnivore)

18: The Lucky Losers Blind Spot -(Dirty Cat Records)

18: Bruce Springsteen -The Album Collection Vol. 2, 1987-1996 (Columbia)

18: Some Professional Help - S/T (Indie) 

18: Clarence Bucaro   Passionate Kind ( 20/20 Records)

18: Gretchen Peters- Dancing With The Beast (Proper Records)

18: The Sidekicks  Happiness Hours (Indie)

18: Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Are YOU One of Jay's Kids?  (Manifesto Records)

18: The Holy Gasp - The Love Songs Of Oedipus Rex (Indie)

18 Pharis & Jason Romero - Sweet Old Religion (Indie)

18: Pink Floyd - PULSE reissue (Sony)

18: Ray LaMontagne - Part Of The Light (RCA)

18: Steve Dawson - Lucky Hand (Black Hen)

18: Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel (Mom + Pop/Milk! Records)

18: Steve Miller Band  Complete Albums Volume 1 (1968-1976)

18: Jennifer Castle - Angels of Death (Paradise of Bachelors / Idée Fixe)

18, Paul McCartney - NEW, Chaos And Creation In The Backyard, Wings Greatest, Thrillington Reissues (MPL/Capitol)

18: Michael Rault - It's A New Day Tonight  (Sleepless Records) 

18: POSTDATA -  Let's Be Wilderness ( Paper Bag Records)

18: James Bay - Electric Light  (Republic Records/Universal Music Canada)

18: The Kut - Valley of Thorns (Cargo)

18: Astral Swans Strange Prison (Saved By Vinyl)

18: Frog Eyes -Violet Psalms  (Indie)

19: Wire-  Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, 154. Special edition reissues (pinkflag)

21: Anndy Negative - S.O.S. (Indie)

25: Fortunate Ones  - Hold Fast  (Old Farm Pony Records)

25: Jo Passed - Their Prime  (Royal Mountain Records)

25: Bernice - Puff (Arts & Crafts)

25: Del McCoury Band - Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass

25: Chad Valley - Imaginary Music (Paper Bag) 

25:  Michael Feuerstack - Natural Weather (Indie)

25: Kamaal Williams - The Return (Black Focus Records)

25: Long Branch -Found the Setting Sun (Indie)

25: For Esmé - Righteous Woman (Indie)

25: L Con - Insecurities In Being ( Wildlife Sanctuary Sound)

25:  Bonjay - Lush Life (Mysteries of Trade)

June

1: Natalie Prass -The Future and The Past (ATO Records)

1: Warmduscher - Whale City (Leaf)

1: Karen Jonas - Butter (Indie)

1: Nicki Bluhm - To Rise You Gotta Fall (Compass)

1: Neko Case - Hell-On (Anti_)

1: Tami Neilson - Sassafrass! ( Outside Music)

1: Animal Parts -La Jeunesse / Wysteria (Indie)

1: Def Leppard Rock Of Ages  Box Sets, Volume One

1: Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of  (Warp Records)

2: Eamon McGrath -Tantramar  (Saved By Vinyl)

15: The Mallett Brothers Band-  Vive L’Acadie (Indie)

15: Dos Santos-  Logos (International Anthem)

15: Danny Mulhern - Safe House  1631 Recordings)

15:  Ben Caplan Old Stock (Rhyme and Reason Records)

15: Culture Abuse - Bay Dream (Indie)

15: The Slocan Ramblers - Queen City Jubilee  (Indie)

22: Field Division - Dark Matter Dreams (Bella Union)

22: James Williamson and the Pink Hearts- Behind the Shade  (Leopard Lady Records)

29: Let's Eat Grandma -  I’m All Ears (Transgressive Records)

July

13: Breathe Panel - S/T  (FatCat Records)

13: Wilder Maker - S/T (Northern Spy)

Canadian releases are in red