Cat Power - Covers (Domino)

Chan Marshall's 3rd album of her celebrated reinterpretations of songs by classic and contemporary artists. Taking in everything from forgotten classics (country superstar Kitty Wells) to beloved classics (These Days by Nico), from obscure numbers by obscure artists (Pa Pa Power by Ryan Gosling's band Dead Man's Bones) to obscure numbers by the greats (Iggy Pop's The Endless Sea), it would be genre-spanning - there is jazz (Billie Holiday), pop (Lana Del Rey), R&B (Frank Ocean's Bad Religion), country, folk and punk- and era-traversing: every decade from the 1940s to the 2010s is represented. Limited Gold LP while they last!

The Lumineers - Brightside (Dualtone)

Coming off the success of their darkly cinematic third record III, Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites' latest work features alongside their ever-more-sophisticated songwriting and arranging, with production from longtime producer and friend Simone Felice. The lead single and title track "Brightside," recorded in just one day, sets off the album with an anthemic bang, touching on themes of love and American life and featuring the foot-stomping, arena-filling sound the band has become beloved for worldwide.

Jeff Tweedy - Chelsea Walls (Omnivore)

Soundtrack from Academy Award-nominated actor Ethan Hawke's 2001 film. Songs written by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy with the score performed by Tweedy and Glenn Kotche. Featuring two previously unissued bonus tracks and available on CD and (for the first time) Vinyl. Includes performances by Wilco, Billy Bragg, Robert Sean Leonard, "Little" Jimmy Scott, and more. Packaging features new liner notes from Ethan Hawke, Glenn Kotche, and a conversation between Jeff Tweedy and Grammy-winning set producer Cheryl Pawelski.

Bonobo - Fragments (Ninja Tune)

Fragments is the most emotionally intense record that he - aka Simon Green - has ever had to make. It's no surprise that it's also his masterpiece. The album features Jamila Woods, Joji, Kadhja Bonet, Jordan Rakei, O'Flynn and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Born first out of fragments of ideas and experimentation, the album ultimately was fused together in a burst of creativity fueled by both collaboration and Green's escape into the wild. Color vinyl or CD.

Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Boy Named If (Capitol)

The Boy Named If, from Elvis Costello & The Imposters, is an album of urgent, immediate songs with bright melodies, stinging guitar solos and a quick step to the rhythm. Costello says, "The full title of this record is 'The Boy Named If (And Other Children's Stories).' 'If' is a nickname for your imaginary friend; your secret self, the one who knows everything you deny, the one you blame for the shattered crockery and the hearts you break, even your own." Produced by Costello and Sebatian Krys.

Punch Brothers - Hell on Church Street (Nonesuch)

Hell on Church Street is the band's reimagining of, and homage to, the late bluegrass great Tony Rice's landmark solo album Church Street Blues. The record features a collection of songs by Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Bill Monroe, and others. Recorded at Nashville's Blackbird Studio in November 2020, during a time of great uncertainty, the album was intended as both its own work of art and a gift to Rice, who died that Christmas. Punch Brothers said of Tony Rice and Church Street Blues: "No record (or musician) has had a greater impact on us, and we felt compelled to cover it in its entirety, with the objective of interacting with it in the same spirit of respect-fueled adventure that Tony brought to each of its pre-existing songs."

Also New This Week

Beach Fossils - The Other Side of Life: Piano Ballads (Bayonet)
Jacob Bryant - Bar Stool Preacher (American Roots)
Grace Cummings - Storm Queen (ATO)
Disclosure - DJ Kicks (K7)
DVR - Dirty Tapes 12" (XL)
Eleventh Dream Day - Since Grazed (Comedy Minus One)
Bill Fay - Still Some Light (Dead Oceans)
Gang of Four - Entertainment LP (Matador)
Garcia Peoples - Dodging Dues (No Quarter)
Gizmos - In New York 1980-81 [tape] (Gulcher)
Grateful Dead - All The Years Combine: The Dvd Collection (Shout)
Baligh Hamdi - Modal Instrumental Pop Of 1970S Egypt (Sublime Freq)
Henhouse Prowlers - The Departure (self)
John Carroll Kirby - Cryptozoo (Stones Throw)
Mary Lattimore - Collected Pieces: 2015-2020 (Ghostly)
Tkay Maidza - Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3 (4AD)
My Morning Jacket - Okonokos [LP Box] (ATO)
Portrayal of Guilt - Christfukcer (Run for Cover)
Adam Roth - Down the Shore (HoZac)
The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Step Down 7" (Colemine)
Tears for Fears - Tipping Point [Cassingle] (Concord)
Thee Sinseers - What's His Name 7" (Colemine)
Underoath - Voyeurist (Fearless)
Kenneth Whalum - Broken Land 2 (Secretly Canadian)
VA - Phuong Tam: Magical Nights - Saigon Surf, Twist & Soul 1964-66 (Sublime Freq)
VA - The D-Vine Spirituals Story Volumes 1 & 2 (Bible & Tire)