INDISPENSABLE NEW MUSIC PICKS
November 2022
Kristine England
December 1, 2022 at 5:00:00 PM
The Pretty Reckless
Other Worlds
NYC’s The Pretty Reckless has released four studio records over the course of its 15 year run. The band’s latest release, Other Worlds, is a compilations of re-worked tracks from those albums plus cover of songs by Elvis Costello, Soundgarden and Bowie.
FEATURED TRACK: “Got So High”
Breanna Barbara
Nothin’ But Time
NYC’s Brenna Barbara has released a groovy, retro psychedelic surf record that is right up my alley. Her latest record is “anchored by her forceful vocals and unforgettable songwriting [and] sporting a sound that feels classic and of-the-moment at the same time…” (Tinnitist)
FEATURED TRACK: "Diamond Light"
Hundred Watt Heart
New Unknown
"Captain" Kirk Douglas is best known as the guitarist for The Roots. Here, under the name Hundred Watt Heart, he’s released his second solo album. A groovy, funky affair with incredible percussion and killer riffs, “A cinematic, 7/8 cocktail of funky rhythm work and syncopated wah stabs, [“We Can Be One” is] one of the best guitar tracks we've heard thus far…” (Guitar World)
FEATURED TRACK: “We Can Be One”
Ezra Collective
Where I’m Meant To Be
The celebrated quintet released its second album this month, and it has not surprisingly garnered rave reviews. The Guardian accorded the record five stars, raving, it’s “an exceptional album that centres joy and community, radiates positivity and youthful abandon.”
FEATURED TRACK: "Belonging"
Jim Keltner, Mike Watt, and Mike Baggetta
Everywhen We Go
Jazz guitarist Mike Bagetta has teamed up again with Jim Keltner ("the leading session drummer in America" -- Dylan biographer Howard Sounes), and bassist Mike Watt (yes, the same Mike Watt from the Minutemen) to produce a new record the Jazz Journal calls a “brooding, filmic set recalling Hank Marvin, Bill Frisell, Ry Cooder and Marc Ribot.”
FEATURED TRACK: "Everywhen We Go"