7 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: Band of Horses, Garbage, Nite Jewel, and More
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes Band of Horses, Garbage, Nite Jewel, Peter Bjorn and John, Alexis Taylor, Allen Toussaint, and Dan Lissvik.
Band of Horses: Why Are You OK [Interscope]
Band of Horses’ follow-up to 2012’s Mirage Rock was produced by Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle. Frontman Ben Bridwell revealed that he wrote many of the demos for the new record in the middle of the night so that he could tend to his four children by day. The album is preceded by “Casual Party,” “In a Drawer” (with backing vocals from Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis, Sera Cahoone, and Jenn Champion), and “Whatever, Wherever.”
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Garbage: Strange Little Birds [STUNVOLUME]
Strange Little Birds is the self-produced follow-up to 2012’s Not Your Kind of People.
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Nite Jewel: Liquid Cool [Gloriette]
Nite Jewel’s Liquid Cool is the follow-up to 2012’s One Second of Love. It is her second release of 2016, following an EP with rapper/producer Droop-E as AMTHST. Read our review of Liquid Cool’s “Kiss the Screen.”
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Peter Bjorn and John: Breakin’ Point [INGRID]
Peter Bjorn and John’s first album since 2011’s Gimme Some features collaborations with several high-profile producers, including Paul Epworth (U2, Paul McCartney), Greg Kurstin (Adele), and Emile Haynie (FKA twigs, Lana Del Rey). It’s led by the single, “What You Talking About.”
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Alexis Taylor: Piano [Moshi Moshi]
Piano is the latest solo release from Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor. It follows his 2014 album Await Barbarians. Listen to the single “I’m Ready.”
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Allen Toussaint: American Tunes [Nonesuch]
Before his passing last November, Allen Toussaint finished his last album. American Tunes was recorded during two sessions with producer Joe Henry: at Toussaint’s New Orleans home studio in 2013, and then in Los Angeles in October 2015; guests Bill Frisell, Rhiannon Giddens, Charles Lloyd, Greg Leisz, and Van Dyke Parks joined for the second session. It features Toussaint’s solo performances of New Orleans singer/pianist Professor Longhair songs, as well as band arrangements of songs by Toussaint, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Paul Simon, and more. Listen to his take on “Big Chief” (composed by Earl King), and revisit our Afterword feature on Toussaint.
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Dan Lissvik: Midnight [Smalltown Supersound]
Swedish dance duo Studio called it quits back in 2012. Since then, Dan Lissvik has released music as D. Lissvik and Atelje, and last year, he released the Shuvit! EP–his first release under his own name. Midnight is his first full-length record as Dan Lissvik. Listen to “N” from the album.
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