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March 13, 2022
Scott Foley, purveyor of dust
About three weeks from now, we'll be sharing our first guesses for our favorite records for the first third of the year. In the midst of nonstop festival and concert announcements, we'll carve out some time to look back at what's been a steady year for our kind of music. If you'd like a primer on what's been released and what's to come in 2022, you could do worse than click on A Routes & Branches Guide To Feeding Your Monster. Hot on the heels of her ACM Entertainer of the Year win, Miranda Lambert has announced the follow-up to her Marfa Tapes project. Palomino (Vanner, Apr 29) features collaboration with Jon Randall, B-52s and Luke Dick, and offers a cover of a song originally by Mick Jagger. Last year Black Keys paid tribute to their forebears with Delta Kream. Due on May 13 via Nonesuch, Auerbach and Carney will return to originals with Dropout Boogie. Following some lineup adjustments, Banditos will be sharing their first record since 2018's Visionland. The band's third project, Right On (Egghunt) lands wherever music matters on May 20. John Doe lands on the burgeoning Fat Possum label for his next collection. Fables in a Foreign Land (May 20) is reportedly a concept album, featuring collaboration with Shirley Manson, Los Lobos and Exene. Finally, back in 2017 we boldly declared Lee Bains III + Glory Fires' Youth Detention our favorite record of the year. Produced by David Barbe, their next volley will arrive in the form of Old-Time Folks (Don Giovanni, Aug 5).
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^ Lee Bains III & Glory Fires, "God's a Working Man" Old-Time Folks (Don Giovanni, Aug 5) D
- Tre Burt, "Know Your Demons" single (Oh Boy, 22) D
- Leyla McCalla, "You Don't Know Me" Breaking the Thermometer (Anti, May 6)
- Mapache, "I Love My Dog" Roscoe's Dream (Innovative Leisure, Jun 10) D
- Brad Armstrong, "Trailer Park" Heart Like a Sigil (Flower Moon, 22)
- S Carey, "Waking Up" Break Me Open (Jagjaguwar, Apr 22)
- Widowspeak, "Slow Dance" The Jacket (Captured Tracks, 22)
- Jo Schornikow, "Lose Yr Love" Altar (Keeled Scales, May 20)
- Dead Tongues, "Little Lies" Dust (Psychic Hotline, Apr 1)
- Caamp, "Believe" Lavender Days (Mom + Pop, Jun 24) D
- RF Shannon, "Dublin, TX" single (Keeled Scales, 22)
- Good Looks, "Bummer Year" Bummer Year (Keeled Scales, Apr 8)
- Banditos, "Here Tonight" Right On (Egghunt, May 20) D
- Wednesday, "Women Without Whiskey" Mowing the Leaves Instead of Piling 'em Up (Orindal, 22)
- Fantastic Negrito, "Oh Betty" White Jesus Black Problems (Storefront, Jun 3)
- John Doe, "Never Coming Back" Fables in a Foreign Land (Fat Possum, May 20) D
- Laney Jones, "Not Alone" Stories Up High (Tone Tree, May 20)
- Beau Jennings & the Tigers, "Bring a Little Light" Heavy Light (Black Mesa, Mar 25)
- Father John Misty, "Goodbye Mr Blue" Chloe and the Next 20th Century (Sub Pop, Apr 8)
- Seth Walker, "The Future Ain't What it Used to Be" I Hope I Know (Royal Potato, May 20) D
- Black Keys, "Wild Child" Dropout Boogie (Nonesuch, May 13) D
- Old Crow Medicine Show, "Honey Chile" Paint This Town (ATO, Apr 22)
- Mary Gauthier, "Amsterdam" Dark Enough to See the Stars (In the Black, Jun 3) D
- Orville Peck, "Trample Out the Days" Bronco (Columbia, Apr 8)
- Karl Blau, "The Reins" Love & Harm (Spiral Valley, 22) D
- Miranda Lambert, "Strange" Palomino (Vanner, Apr 29) D
- Drunken Prayer, "Landlines and Rabbit Ears" Name of the Ghost is Home (Fluff & Gravy, Apr 22)
- Walter Martin, "Hiram Hollow" The Bear (Family Jukebox, Mar 25)
- Maren Morris, "Nervous" Humble Quest (Sony, Mar 25)
- 49 Winchester, "Russell County Line" Fortune Favors the Bold (New West, May 13)
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