Covid-19 has impacted many facets of the music biz, but new releases and reissues continue, after a lull over the holiday season. Notables this week include James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra, Japan, Bicep, Nervosa, and Richard Hell & The Voidoids.

A Canadian contingent is led by Kiwi Jr., Rhye, Mireille Boily, and Len Mizzoni.

 

January

18: Len Mizzoni  - S/T(Current Records)

22: Lonely The Brave - The Hope List 

22: Phantom Elite - Titanium

22: Japan - Quiet Life-  3CD/1LP Boxed set

22: The Dead Daisies  - Holy Ground 

22: Wig Wam - Never Say Die

22: Palberta -  Palberta5000 (Wharf Cat Records)

22: Moon Taxi - Silver Dream

22: Estère - Archetypes (Blue Riot Records)

22: Azmari -Samā'ī’ ( Sdban UItra)

22: Justin Moses - Fall Like Rain 

22: Kris Ulrich - Pacific Central (Birthday Cake)

22: Adam Klein - Little Tiger 

22: Juana Everett - Move On

22: Ektomorf -  Reborn (Napalm Records)

22: Mireille Boily - Refuges mouvants (Effendi Records/Naxos Jazz)

22: Speed Stick - Volume One (Don Giovanni Records)

22: Jamie Richards - The Real Deal (Okie Ranch Music)

22:  Nervosa- Perpetual Chaos  (Napalm Records)

22: Real Numbers - Brighter Then  (Slumberland)

22: Bicep - Isles ( Ninja Tune)

22: Jason Bieler and The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra - Songs For The Apocalypse (Frontiers Srl)

22: Kiwi Jr. - Cooler Returns (Kiwi Club/Sub Pop)

22: Real Numbers - Brighter Then (Slumberland)

22: James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra- The Wide, Wide River 

22: Richard Hell & The Voidoids -  Destiny Street Complete- expanded  (Omnivore)

22: Rhye - Home (Last Gang Records)

26: Bill Jr. Jr. - Homebody

27: Julie Neff - Over It  (Independent)

29: The Barettas - All Is Fair In Love And Rock & Roll

29: Selwyn Birchwood = Living In A Burning House  (Alligator)

29: Puma Blue  - In Praise of Shadows (Blue Flowers)

29: Ani DiFranco - Revolutionary Love

29:  Weezer - OK Human (Crush Music/Atlantic)

29: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - New Fragility

29: Balthazar - Sand (Play It Again Sam)

29: Divide and Dissolve - Gas Lit (Invada) 

29: The Wardens  Sold Out At The Ironwood 

29: Steven Wilson - The Future Bites (Arts & Crafts)

29: Marcus James RYZN - Warning Sign (Physical Presents!)

29: St. Germain - Tourist - 20th Anniversary edition

29: Counterpunch - Handbook For The Recently Debriefed (Thousand Islands Records)

29: Goat Girl  - On All Fours  (Rough Trade)

29: Ghalia Volt  One Woman Band'

29: Arlo Parks - Collapsed In Sunbeams (Transgressive Records)

29: Divide and Dissolve - Gas Lit (Invada Records)

29: Amanda Tosoff – Earth Voices (Empress Music)

29: Black Pistol Fire - Look Alive (  Black Hill Records)

29: The Vaughns -Rom-Com  + take-out (Equal Vision Records)

29: Lilly Winwood -Time Well Spent 

29: Lucero - When You Found Me (Liberty and Lament/Thirty Tigers)

29: The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings (Flemish Eye)

29: Malamorte - God Needs Evil 

February

2: Bet Smith - Downer (Pine Lake Records)

2: Mister K - In Event of Moon Disaster

3: Misc - Partager l’ambulance( Bonsound)

5: Nobody's Girl - S/T ( Lucky Hound Music)

5:  Nancy Sinatra: Start Walkin’ 1965-1976. (Light In The Attic)

5: A.J. Croce - By Request (Compass Records)

5: CYRRCA - S/T

5: Frontside -Closer to Closure (Revival Recordings)

5: John Williams - John Williams In Vienna- fan edition (UMC)

5: Alex Southey - ...And the Country Stirred

5: Foo Fighters - Medicine at Midnight 

5: Jeremy Zucker & Chelsea Cutler - brent ii 

5: Uncle Walt's Band- Recorded Live at Waterloo Ice House (Omnivore Recordings)

5: Rod Abernethy - Normal Isn’t Normal Anymore 

5: Alfie Zappacosta - Saved (ALMA Records/UMC)

5: slowthai - Tyron  (Method Records/Universal Music Canada)

5: Strippers Union -The Undertaking Part 1

5: Nick Schofield - Glass Gallery

5:  Charles Ellsworth - Honeysuckle Summer 

5: The Weather Station - Ignorance (Next Door Records)

5: Demon Hunter -  Songs of Death and Resurrection

5: Rough Dreams -From The Graves Of Better Days

5: Black Country, New Road - For the first time (Ninja Tune)

5: Sarah Mary Chadwick -Me And Ennui Are Friends Baby ( Ba Da Bing)

12: The Deathray Davies - Time Well Wasted  (We Know Better Records)

12: Django Django-  Glowing in the Dark

12: Sia Music - Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture (Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic)

12: Small Sins -  Volume II 

12: Stretch Panic - Glitter & Gore

12: Noble Oak - Stories (Last Gang Records)

12: The Pretty Reckless - Death by Rock and Roll

12: Early Times and the High Rollers - The Corner (VizzTone)

12: Dead Poet Society - The Exclamation Album

12: Arc of Life - S/T (Frontiers Music Srl)

12: Drones -  Our Hell Is Right Here  (Thousand Islands Records)

12: Florida Georgia Line - Life Rolls On  (BMLG Records)

12: Bailter Space -Wammo (Remastered)  (Matador)

12: Harry Dean Stanton With the Cheap Dates - S/T (Omnivore)

12: Bodies of Water - Is This What It's Like (Thousand Tongues)

12: Sirenia - Riddles, Ruins & Revelations (Napalm Records)

12: God Is An Astronaut- Ghost Tapes #10 ( Napalm Records). 

12: Robert Berry and 3.2  -Third Impression (Frontiers Music srl)

12: The Band - Stage Fright - 50th anniversary edition - Capitol/UMe

12: Durbin - The Beast Awakens (Frontiers Music Srl)

12: Kat Danser - One Eye Open (Black Hen)

12: Robin Thicke -  On Earth, and in Heaven

14: Little Hurt -Better Drugs

14: Boniface - S/T  (Transgressive)

19: Wild Pink - A Billion Little Lights (Royal Mountain Records)

19: Austin Meade - Black Sheep (Snakefarm Records )

19: Laure Briard - Eu Voo (Michel Records)

19: Various Artists - Brighter Days Ahead (Colemine/Karma Chief)

19: Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians -  Hunter and Dog Star

19: The Hold Steady - Open Door Policy

19: Spencer Burton  - Coyote, (Still Records)

19: Valley Maker - When The Day Leaves  (Frenchkiss Records)

19: Tash Sultana-  Terra Firma

19: Tami Neilson – Chickaboom – deluxe version (Outside Music)

19: Cloud Nothings-  The Shadow I Remember

19: Alicia Clara  -  Outsider/Unusual  (Hot Tramp)

19: SG Lewis - times  (Republic Records)

19: Whitesnake - The Blues Album (Rhino)

19: Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs -  Real One Out (Dine Alone)

19: Cameron Graves- Seven (Artistry Music)

19: Veronica Lewis - You Ain’t Unlucky, (Blue Heart Records)

19: Blessed -  iii. (Flemish Eye)

19: Valley Maker - When The Day Leaves ( Frenchkiss Records)

26: Roosevelt - Polydans (City Slang / Greco-Roman)

26: Leahy - Good Water

26: Smerz  - Believer  (XL Recordings)

26: Altin Gün - Yol (ATO Records)

26: Gerd Janson - Polydans (City Slang)

26:  Bob Dylan - 1970 (50th Anniversary Collection) (Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings)

26:  Rick Holmstrom - See That Light

26: Hailey Whitters - Living The Dream  (Pigasus Records / Big Loud Records / Songs & Daughters)

26: Neil Young - Way Down in the Rust Bucket (Reprise)

26: Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains - Banane Bleue

26: Mo Kenney -Covers

26: TiKA - Anywhere But Here  (Next Door Records)

26: Pinegrove  - Amperland NY (2LP)  (Rough Trade)

26: The Wedding Present – Locked Down And Stripped Back (Scopitones)

26: Maxïmo Park - Nature Always Wins  (Prolifica Inc)

26: Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker deluxe reissue. 

26: Edwin Raphael- Staring At Ceilings ( Dine Alone Records)

26: A Better Hand - Cheap Smokes and Champagne (Mutant League Records)

26: Julien Baker  - Little Oblivions (Matador)

26: Devan - Pink Noise 

26: Richard Pryor - S/T and Craps (After Hours)  (Omnivore Recordings)

26: Celeste - Not Your Muse

26: Jimmy Edgar - Cheetah Bend (Innovative Leisure)

26: The National  -Cherry Tree EP (Remastered)  (4AD)  

26: The National  - The National  (Remastered)  (4AD)

26: The National  - Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers (Remastered)  (4AD) 

26: Moonspell - Hermitage ( Napalm Records)

26:  EINHERJER - North Star

26: A Winged Victory for the Sulle- Invisible Cities (Artificial Pinearch Manufacturing)

26: Nirvana - Songlife 1967-72- 6 LP vinyl Deluxe Box (Madfish Music)

26: Russell Louder - Humor  (Lisbon Lux Records)

26: Black Nash - S/T ( Ramp Local)

March

5: Rutger Hoedemaekers - The Age Of Oddities  (130701)

5: Bernice - Eau de Bonjourno (Telephone Explosion)

5: A Day to Remember - You’re Welcome

5: Monowhales - Daytona Bleach 

5: Tokyo Police Club  -Champ - The 10th anniversary edition (Dine Alone)

5: Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules - deluxe edition reissues   (Rhino)

5: Barra Brown - LFT:RT  (Cavity Search Records)

5: Wolfheart  Skull Soldiers  (Napalm Records!)

5: POSTDATA - Twin Flames

5:  Thirdface - Do It With A Smile (Exploding In Sound Records)

5:  Zara Larsson - Poster Girl (TEN/Epic Records)

5: Max Foreman - Underground 

5: Demon Hunter - Songs of Death and Resurrection (Solid State Records)

5: Japan - Quiet Life  (BMG)

12: Doohickey Cubicle - Don't Fix Anything

12: Lake Street Dive  =Obviously  (Nonesuch Records)

12: Strippers Union - The Undertaking Part 2

12: Blackmore’s Night - Nature’s Light (earMusic (distributed by BFD)

12: Saga -Symmetry (earMUSIC.)

12: Melody Duncan - Wolf Song

12: Secret Sphere - Lifeblood (Frontiers SRL)

12: Yevae  - S/T

12: Gizmachi -Omega Kaleid (CEN/The Orchard)

12: Conan -  Live At Freak Valley,  (Napalm)

12: Marianas Rest -  Fata Morgana (Napalm)

12: HAERTS -  Dream Nation

19: Papa Roach - Greatest Hits Volume 2 – The Better Noise Years

19: Triptides -Alter Echoes (Alive Naturalsound Records)

19: Les Shirley - Forever Is Now 

19: A.A. Williams - Songs From Isolation (Bella Union)

19: Loretta Lynn - Still Woman Enough, A Celebration of Women in Country Music  (Legacy)

19: New Age Steppers-  Four studio LPs reissued plus anthology box set  (On-U Sound)

19: Daniel Lanois - Heavy Sun 

19: TuneTown -Entering Utopia (Three Pines Records)

26: As Everything Unfolds - Within Each Lies The Other (Long Branch Records)

26: Renée Reed  - S/T  (Keeled Scales)

26: Sarah Jerrom -  Dream Logic ( Three Pines Records) 

26: Justin Rutledge - Islands

26: David Olney and Anana Kaye - Whispers and Sighs (School Kids Records)

26: Space Cadet -  Lion on A Leash (Wiretap Records)

26: Memoriam - To The End (Reaper Entertainment.)

26: Annabelle Chvostek - String of Pearls,

26: Carrie Underwood  - My Savior (UMC)

26: The Wanted - Strange Flight

26: Jerry Leger - Time Out For Tomorrow, deluxe edition

26: Architects -  For Those Who Wish to Exist

April

2: Glasvegas-  Godspeed

2: The Holly Cole Trio - Montreal (UMC) 

2: MØAA- Euphoric Recall WWNBB (We Were Never Being Boring)

9: The Fratellis -  Half Drunk Under a Full Moon

9: Beverly Glenn-Copeland - reissue Keyboard Fantasies (Transgressive)

9: Nick Waterhouse - Promenade Blue (Innovative Leisure)

16: Sleeps Society - S/T  (Spinefarm Records)

16: The Brother Brothers - Calla Lilly  ( Compass Records)

16: Holding Absence - The Greatest Mistake Of My Life ( Sharptone Records)

16: Greta Van Fleet - The Battle At Garden's Gate

23: Randy McAllister - Paperbag Salvation (Reaction Records)

23: Art d'Ecco  In Standard Definition (Paper Bag Records)

30: Amy Shark - Cry Forever

30: Amy Speace and The Orphan Brigade -There Used To Be Horses Here

30: Paul Jacobs  - Pink Dogs on The Green Grass

May

21: Gary Numan - Intruder

21: CHAI - Wink (Sub Pop)

Canadian artists marked in red