Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I Made a Place (Drag City)

Arriving this afternoon! Will Oldham is the man who is destined to sing a darkness for the rest of time - but not now. Not today. For I Made a Place, his first album of new songs since 2011, he is bringing the lightness to new- and next-generations as well as his longtime friends and fans. This time, he brings the lightness, with help from a Louisville band including picker Nathan Salsburg, ex-Gary Burton Quartet drummer Mike Hyman and singer-songwriter Joan Shelley. Influenced by songwriters John Prine and Tom T. Hall and inspired by the state of Hawaii, it finds Bonny using his considerable powers for good.

Patrick Jennings - Immediate (Lets Pretend)

Patrick's latest effort, Immediate, much like the name implies, does not waste time. Non-stop hooks and well-crafted lyrics, delivered with his unique style, hit from the moment you press play. A no-frills recording adds to the urgency of the guitar-centered album. The sound is raw enough to evoke a live show, but recorded with attention to detail beyond the realm of lo-fi. His songs are not obvious reflections of a scene, do not rely on punk or rock formulas. Second verse not the same as the first. The not-so-secret weapon in his songwriting is his voice and delivery, which are on full display for this album. Vinyl or cassette tape.

Joe Henry - The Gospel According To Water (earMUSIC)

Joe's 15th studio album as a solo act. With only a handful of friends playing in support, Joe entered the studio and tore through these songs with determination and abandon, then went home. The next day he listened and understood that something had transpired that was more than he had bargained for. The songs were heard as complete and vividly so; the casual circumstances had not limited his expression but in fact liberated him from the cloying aim for posterity that can make weighty any session. Raw and wirey and spare because the songs insisted they be.

VA - WARP Sessions (Warp)

Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Seefeel, FlyLo, OPN... others available by request. WXAXRXP Sessions features ten specially selected sessions recorded for radio from across the history of the label, from Peel sessions in the very early days right up to the WXAXRXP x NTS weekend. In the age of immediate, unelected, often low-quality rips of anything that is broadcast, these releases present each session in the highest quality, adorned in beautiful packaging designed by Michael Oswell, with photography by Synchrodogs.

Steve Lacy - Apollo XXI (3QTR)

Steve Lacy is best known as the guitarist of space-soul band The Internet. At the ripe age of 20, the Grammy-nominated Compton native already has a veteran's resume; he was Wired Magazine's Tech Visionary, Time Magazine's Most Influential Teen, produced-written-featured with Solange, J Cole, Vampire Weekend, Blood Orange and produced some of Kendrick Lamar's Damn on his iPhone. He's also toured the world with his bandmates, given a TED Talk, and worked extensively with Louis Vuitton. Now we have his debut solo album.

Also New This Week

The Band - s/t [50th annv] (Capitol)
Big Bite - Trinity LP (Pop Wig)
Brainstory - Buck (Big Crown)
Jack Broadbent - Moonshine Blue (Crows Feet)
James Brown - Live At Home With His Bad Self (Polydor)
Molly Burch - Christmas Album (Captured Tracks)
Caracara - Summer Megalith (Memory)
Choir of Young Believers - This Is For The White In Your Eyes (Ghostly)
The Clash - London Calling: Scrapbook (Legacy)
Jamael Dean - Black Space Tapes (Stones Throw)
Everything but the Girl - Walking Wounded LP (EBTG)
False - Portent (Gilead)
Guerilla Toss - What Would The Odd Do? (NNA)
Half Handed Cloud - Gathered Out Of Thin Air (Asthmatic Kitty)
Steve Hauschildt - Nonlin (Ghostly)
Krallice - LP reissues (Gilead)
Jeffrey Lewis - Bad Wiring (Don Giovanni)
Look Mum No Computer - Look Mum No Mixtape (Auris Apothecary)
Mojo Magazine - Dec 2019: Neil Young (Mojo)
Moor Mother - Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes (Don Giovanni)
No Men - Hell Was Full So We Came Back (Lets Pretend)
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed [50th Annv Box] (Abkco)
Charles Rumback & Ryley Walker - Little Common Twist (Thrill Jockey)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives (Wewantsounds)
DJ Shadow - Our Pathetic Age (Mass Appeal)
Shigeto - Full Circle LP (Ghostly)
Chadwick Stokes - Chadwick Stokes & The Pintos (Ruff Shod)
Carl Stone - Himalaya LP (Unseen Worlds)
Tindersticks - No Treasure But Hope (City Slang)
Unwound - The Future of What LP (Numero)
Varsity - The Basement Takes LP (Run for Cover)
Ronnie Wood - Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry (BMG)
Xylouris White - The Sisypheans (Drag City)
Yellow Eyes - Rare Field Ceiling (Gilead)
VA - Jambu - E Os Miticos Sons da Amazonia (Analog Africa)
VA - Louisville In The 60s: The Lost Allen-Martin Tapes (Outsider)