Happy Friday and I hope you are enjoying the last official week of summer. But I also hope you aren’t trapped under a heat dome and are getting some cool nights to go along with the remaining warm days. Who knows though with global warming and the El Niño that we’re facing.
While it’s not fall till Monday, the fall release schedule has already hit and this week I review four albums, here listed in alphabetical order:
Boy Harsher - Get Mean
Echo & The Bunnymen - Apples for Isaac
Frankie Rose - HILA
JIM - The Curious Case of Existence
What will be album of the week? The answer will probably surprise you; it did me when I decided on it. You’ll have to subscribe to find out, and thank you if you already have and I hope you’ll consider it if you haven’t.
What else is going on?
Knoxville’s Big Ears festival released its 2027 lineup and there is lots of artists who readers of this newsletter should be excited about: Weyes Blood, Cornelius, Mouse on Mars performing this year’s amazing Spatial No Problem live with a full band (sadly no Lee Perry, RIP), Vanishing Twin, Sleaford Mods, Adrian Sherwood, SML, US Girls, Horse Lords, Liz Harris’ band Helen, L’Rain, Carla Dal Forno, and of course tons more (bigger and smaller).
Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul are finally back with new music. As usual, co-produced by Soulwax who are touring on the West Coast as we speak (and need to hit the East Coast please!).
RIP Les Rita Mitsouko’s Catherine Ringer and iconic illustrator Peter Max. Both forever cool.
I’m looking forward to what Zach Cregger will do with Resident Evil, which is out in theaters this weekend and I am going to see tonight.
Need something to watch at home this weekend? Anthony Bourdain sorta-not-really-biopic Tony has hit VOD, as has dinosaurs-in-the-suburbs flick The End of Oak Street which I was hoping to like more than I did.
On the TV side of things, after devouring new British series Small Prophets in one night (it’ll premiere on AppleTV+ on 10/7), I started watching creator Mackenzie Crook’s previous series, Detectorists, which is available to watch on Plex, Tubi and other free services and is terrific, low-key, and very British. Also: Slow Horses S6 is off to a good start.
OK that’s it for this week. Make the most of these last summer days and I’ll speak to you in the fall. Head below for this week’s reviews…
