December 23, 2024

Marcus Mumford, Ringo Starr, Little Big Town, Blackpink lead this week’s new music releases

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Marcus Mumford steps out on his own, joining Little Big Town, Blackpink, Ringo Starr, Death Cab For Cutie and a Pink Floyd favorite among this week’s top music releases (all subject to change)…

Album of the Week: Marcus Mumford leaves the & Sons behind with this week’s release of “(self-titled)” (Capitol), a 10-track solo debut produced by Blake Mills and featuring guest appearances by Brandi Carlile, Phoebe Bridgers, Clairo and Monica Martin. The set has been preceded by two singles, “Cannibal” and “Grace,” with a North American tour to support it kicking off just a few days after its release.

Album Title of the Week: Clutch, “Sunrise on Slaughter Beach” (Weathermaker Music)

Did Ya Know?: Norwegian folk singer and Judy Collins collaborator Jonas Fjeld’s new “To the Bone” (self-released) is his first solo English album in more than 20 years and also commemorates his 70th birthday.

New & Noteworthy:

Blackpink, “Born Pink” (YG Entertainment)

Michelle Branch, “The Trouble with Fever” (Audio Eagle/Nonesuch)

Terri Lyne Carrington, “New Standards Vol. 1″ (Candid)

Noah Cyrus, “The Hardest Part” (RECORDS/Columbia)

Death Cab For Cutie, “Asphalt Meadows” (Atlantic)

Lang Lang, “The Disney Book” (Deutsche Grammophon)

Little Big Town, “Mr. Sun” (Capitol Nashville)

The Mars Volta, “The Mars Volta” (Clouds Hill)

Pink Floyd, “Animals (2018 Remix)” (Columbia/Legacy)

Ringo Starr, “EP3″ (UMe)

Hot New Singles: AB6IX, “Moonlight” featuring Reiley; Alter Bridge, “Sin After Sin;” The Bad Plus, “Not Even Close to Far Off;” Bjork, “atopos;” Blackstarkids, “Cyberkiss 2″ featuring beabadoobee; Black Star Riders, “Pay Dirt;” Lewis Capaldi, “Forget Me;” Death Cab For Cutie, “Rand McNally;” Deerhoof, “My Lovely Cat;” Brian Eno, “We Let It In;” 5 Seconds of Summer, “Older;” Randy Houser, “Rub a Little Dirt on It;” Floor Jansen, “Me Without You;” Kx5, “Take Me High;” Lamb of God, “Grayscale;” Niko Moon, “I Can’t Wait to Love You;” Billy Nomates, “Balance is Gone;” Dolly Parton and Kelly Clarkson, “9 to 5;” The Seekers, “Carry Me;” Chris Shiflett, “Born & Raised;” Sorn, “Nirvana Girl” featuring Yeeun; Spinall, Summer Walker and DJ Snake, “Power (Remember Who You Are)” featuring Ayanna; Joe Sumner, “Looking For Me, Looking For You;” Meghan Trainor, “Don’t I Make it Look Easy”

Also Out:

Air Apparent, “Chromatic” ((self-released)

Steve Aoki, HiROQUEST” (DJ Kid Millionaire Ltd/Dim Mak)

Bazzi, “Infinite Dream” (Atlantic)

Beau, “Life Twice” (Virgin)

Lorne Behrman, “A Little Midnight” (Sphaghetty Town)

The Beths, “Expert in a Dying Field” (Carpark)

The Black Angels, “Wilderness of Mirrors” (Partisan)

Blood Orange, “Four Songs” (RCA)

Blush Club, “Ornamental Ponds” (self-released)

Boy in Space, “Backyard” (self-released)

Butcher Brown, “…Presents Triple Trey featuring Tennishu and R4ND4ZZO BIGB4ND” (Concord Jazz)

Victoria Canal, “Elegy” (Parlophone)

Jimmy Carpenter, “The Louisiana Record” (Gulf Coast)

Quinn Christopherson, “Write Your Name in Pink” (Play It Again Sam)

Clutch, “Sunrise on Slaughter Beach” (Weathermaker Music)

Carl Cox, “Electronic Generations” (BMG)

Dailey & Vincent, “Let’s Sing Some Country” (BMG)

Dark Operative, Drag Your Coffin My Lord” (Pax Aeternum)

Dayglow, “Harmony House” (Very Nice)

Dear Boy, “Forever Sometimes” (Last Gang)

The Devil Wears Prada, “Color Decay” (Solid State)

Disco Boom, “Mr. Surreal” (Exploding in Sound)

DJO, “Decide” (self-released)

Fans of the Dark, “Suburbia” (Frontiers)

Kings Elliott, “Bored of the Circus” (Verve Forecast/Interscope)

The Erinyes, “The Erinyes” (Frontiers)

Fallujah, “Empyrean” (Nuclear Blast)

Fans of the Dark, “Suburbia” (Frontiers Music SRL)

Fletcher, “Girl of My Dreams” (Capitol)

The Fold, “Stereo Fire” (self-released)

Forrest Isn’t Dead, “The End of Everything” (Madison)

Ginevera, “We Belong to the Stars” (Frontiers)

Gogol Bordello, “Solidartine” (Casa Gogol/Cooking Vinyl)

Gwar, “The New Dark Ages” (Pit)

Steve Hackett, “Genesis Revisited Live: Seconds Out & More” (InsideOutMusic)

Jimmy Hall, “Ready Now” (KTBA)

The Harlem Gospel Travelers, “Look Up” (Coleman)

Hauser, “The Player” (Sony Music Masterworks)

House of Lords, “Saints and Sinners” (Frontiers)

The House of Love, “A State of Grace” (Cherry Red)

Samara Joy, “Linger Awhile” (Verve)

Kat & Alex, “Kat & Alex” (Sony Music Nashville)

Korean Boyfriend, “Yellow” (self-released)

KMFDM, “Hyena!” (KMFDM/Metropolis)

Julian Lage, “View With a Room” (Blue Note)

Maggie Lindemann, “Suckerpunch” (self-released)

Little Big Town, “Mr. Sun” (Capitol Nashville)

The London Suede, “Autofiction” (BMG)

Daniele Luppi & Gregg Gonzalez, “Charm of Pleasure” (slowplay/Verve)

Oliver Malcolm, “Act Two Project” (self-released)

Michael McArthur, “Milky Stars” (Transoceanic/Soundly Music)

Joe McCarthy’s New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band, “The Pan American Nutcracker Suite” (Angelface)

Mercyland, “We Never Lost a Single Games” (Propeller Sound Recordings)

Rhett Miller, “The Misfit” (ATO)

More Kicks, “Punch Drunk” (Dirtnap)

Mortuous, “Upon Desolation” (Carbonized)

Mura Masa, “demon time” (Anchor Point/Polydor)

The Murlocs, “Rapscallion” (ATO)

NCT 123, “2 Baddies” (SM Entertainment)

No Age, “People Helping People” (Drag City)

Gloria de Oliveira & Dean Hurley, “Oceans of Time” (Sacred Bones)

Mark Peters, “Red Sunset Dreams” (Sonic Cathedral)

Iggy Pop and Catherine Graindorge, “The Dictator”

Ravi, “Love&Holiday” (Groovl1n)

Amy Ray, “If It All Goes South” (Daemon)

Leann Rimes, “god’s work” (EverLe/Thirty Tigers/The Orchard)

Rocking Horse Music Club, “”Circus of Wire Dolls” (Plain Groovy/Rocking Horse Music)

Rina Sawayama, “Hold the Girl” (Dirty Hit)

Smith/Kotzen, “Better Days…And Nights” (BMG)

Ben Sidran, “Swing State” (Nardis)

Spiritus Mortus, “The Great Seal” (Svart)

Lecx Stacy, “Held My Gaze” (self-released)

Starcrawler, “She Said” (Big Machine)

Ringo Starr, “EP3″ (UMe)

Maeve Steele, “Overland” (self-released)

Summerlands, “Dreamkiller” (Relapse)

Sweet Undertow, “Skeletone Machine” (Mother West Music)

Mitchell Tenpenny, “This is the Heavy” (Riser House/Columbia Nashville)

Torpedo, “Orpeheo_Nebula” (Broken Clover)

Turin Brakes, “Wide-Eyed Nowhere” (Cooking Vinyl)

Aaron Turner & Jon Mueller, “Now That You’ve Found It” (American Dreams)

Steve Turre, “Generations” (Smoke Sessions)

Virtual Symmetry, “Virtual Symmetry” (Sensory)

Kim Ware & the Good Graces, “Ready” (self-released)

Eliri Ward, “Keep a Tender Distance” (Ghostlight)

We the Kingdom, “We the Kingdom” (Sparrow/Capitol Christian Music Group)

Weeping Wound, “idontbelonghere” (Blood Blast)

PJ Western “Here I Go” (New West)

What So Not, “Anomaly” (Counter)

Judy Whitemore, “Isn’t It Romantic” (self-released)

Wolfheart, “King of the North” (Napalm)

Wunderhorse, “Cub” (Communion)

From The Vaults:

Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll & the Trinity, “Far Horizons” (self-released)

John Coltrane, “Blue Train: The Complete Masters”” (Blue Note/UMe)

Creedence Clearwater Revival, “At the Royal Albert Hall: April 14, 1970″ (Craft/Concord)

Crowded House, “Crowded House” (Music on CD)

Miles Davis, “That’s What Happened 1982-1985: The Bootleg Series Vol. 7″ (Columbia/Legacy)

“DJ Drama Presents: Results Take Time (A Gangsta Grill Special Edition)” (Atlantic)

Marillion, “Holidays in Eden (Deluxe)” (EMI)

George Michael, “Older (Super Deluxe Edition)” (Legacy)

Monster Magnet, “Monolithic Baby!” and “4-Way Diablo” (Napalm)

The Ocean Blue, “See the Ocean Blue” (Korda)

Stacey Q, “Better Than Heaven (Expanded Edition)” Cherry Read)

Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers, “Rock ‘n’ Roll with the Modern Lovers” (Omnivore)

Patrice Rushen, “Feels So Real: The Complete Elektra Recordings 1978-1984″ (Strut)

Joe Strummer, “Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years” (Dark Horse/BMG)

Supergrass, “Supergrass (Bonus Tracks Edition” (Echo/BMG)

Various Artists, “Gotta Get a Good Thing Goin’: Black Music in Britain in the Sixties” (Strawberry/Cherry Red)

Wilco, “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Deluxe Edition)” (Nonesuch)

Soundtracks:

David Bowie, “Moonage Daydream” (Rhino)

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