Excited about the new year? Dreading it? Either way, a litany of new releases confirmed for 2024 should delight you at least a little bit. Pay extra attention to the entries in bold — those are the releases that The Bad Penny is most looking forward to hearing.
January 5
Babys – Live at the Bottom Line, 1979 (Omnivore)
Children’s Hour – Going Home (Drag City)
Jordsjuk – Siste Skanse single (Indie)
Kevin Burt & Big Medicine – Thank You, Brother Bill; Tribute to Bill Withers (Gulf Coast)
Morgue Terror – s/t (self-release)
Oddeven – Darkness (Eclipse)
Pile – Hot Air Balloon EP (Exploding in Sound)
Sprints – Letter to Self (City Slang)
Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend (Slumberland)
APRIL 15
The Afghan Whigs – Do to the Beast (first new album in 16 years; Sub Pop)
The Both (Aimee Mann and Ted Leo) – s/t (SuperEgo)
• stream: “Milwaukee”
Crookes – Soapbox (Modern Outsider)
• stream: “Play Dumb”
• video: “Play Dumb”
Deleted Scenes – Lithium Burn (Park the Van/ Nevado)
• video: “Stutter”
• stream: “Stutter”
Ex-Cult – Midnight Passenger (Goner)
• stream: “Mister Fantasy” Continue reading
Byrds of Paradise – TBA (Don Giovanni)
• Bad Penny download: “Barefoot Generation”
Cut Copy – TBA (TBA)
Dave Hause (Loved Ones guitarist/vocalist) – TBA (Paper + Plastick)
Iron and Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean (Warner Bros.)
Haroula Rose – These Open Roads (TBA)
Spectrals – Spectrals Extended Play EP (physical version; previously available digitally; Moshi Moshi)
• Bad Penny download: “Chip a Tooth (Spoil a Smile)” Continue reading
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