New Music Weekend: Atmosphere, Of Montreal, and More!!!!

Hey there music lover! You like new stuff? Great! You’ve stumbled into the perfect corner of the internet.  Each week all sorts of audiolicious goodies are unleashed onto the masses and this is where they come to be judged. I’ll tell ya what’s good, what’s bad, and what’s a waste of your precious time. So strap on your headphones and let’s take a ride!

The Big News

Veteran Minnesota dope rappers Atmosphere return with their seventh release, Fishing Blues. Slug Mag says the album “has an inspired feeling to it, with elements of blues, gospel, and funk all taking part in creating the overall sound”.

Fun Fun Fun!!!

Rappers Rae Sremmurd release Sremlife 2.

Playful Brooklyn duo Savoir Adore give up The Love that Remains.

Indie Swirl

Indie shapeshifters Of Montreal keep churning out material, unveiling Innocence Reaches, the band’s fourteenth overall release and first in like 200 days.

Another collection of perpetually prolific pops, Thee Oh Sees, offer up A Weird Exits, their first since last year’s brilliant A Mutilator Defeated at Last.

Brendan Canning, of Broken Social Scene among others, announces his third solo set, Home Wrecking Years.

RIP

This is the part where we say goodbye to those who’ve hit their last high note. Rock on and rest in peace, brothers and sisters.

Songwriter Richard Fagan.

Jozef Laux of Hungarian rockers Omega.

Clarinetist Pete Fountain.

My Recommendation

I’ve yet to recommend a country dude, I think. Let’s go with this this week.

Next Week!!

Tune in next week, same new music time, same new music channel, for new stuff from album of the year contender Lydia Loveless!!!!