It’s a long weekend, so I’m not going to take up a bunch of your time (and mine) with a lot of blah-de-blah about new music. The short story: There are a bunch of singer-songwriters — including former AmIdol star Tori Kelly, Bruce Springsteen wannabe Sam Fender, Marika Hackman, Marc Cohn And The Blind Boys Of Alabama, and eternal underdog Pete Yorn. Rick Ross has a new album for the rap fans. And there are discs from Feeder, Spread Eagle, TC&I (Colin Moulding and drummer Terry Chambers) and Mary Timony’s new band Hammered Hulls for the rockheads. But the big dog of the week — the biggest and loudest by a long shot — is Slipknot’s new album. Check out the first videos below, and then peruse the rest of the week’s offerings. As always, don’t blame me if it all goes south. Now, back to the sunshine …
THE SHORT LIST
Slipknot
We Are Not Your Kind
THE PRESS RELEASE: “Slipknot’s sixth studio album was produced by the band themselves and Greg Fidelman. Guitarist Jim Root noted, “This is the most time we’ve had to write a record, and work stuff out together. One of my inspirations this time around was those artists that recorded full length albums – not just songs. While the industry is moving toward singles, Slipknot wanted to make an album experience, front to back.”
THE LONG LIST
Acres | Lonely World
Jeremie Albino | Hard Time
Texas Alexander | The Texas Alexander Collection 1927-51
Al Qahwa Ensemble | Cairo Moon
Ardours | Last Place on Earth
P.P. Arnold | The New Adventures of… P.P. Arnold
Bas | Spilled Milk Part 1
Berry Goodman | Sing Sing Sing
Besvärjelsen | Frost EP
Broken Hands | Split In Two
Byron the Aquarius | Astral Travelling
Isaac Butterfield | The Buttsmarn
Ceschi | Sans Soleil
Chali 2na & Krafty Kuts | Adventures Of A Reluctant Superhero
Che Apalache | Rearrange My Heart
Clarence Clemons | Who Do I Think I Am? DVD
Marc Cohn And The Blind Boys Of Alabama | Work To Do
The Contortionist | Our Bones
Spade Cooley | The Spade Cooley Collection 1945-52
Jon Crompton | Intuit
James Darren | The Complete Singles & Albums 1958-62
Jesse Dayton | Mixtape Vol. 1
Destruction | Born to Perish
Dirty Heads | Super Moon
Dovid Is Here | Wul-frick
Eartheater | Metalepsis Vinyl
East Forest & Ram Dass | East Forest & Ram Dass
Electric Youth | Memory Emotion
Feeder | Tallulah
Sam Fender | Hypersonic Missiles
Filter | Title of Record 20th Anniversary Reissue
500 Miles to Memphis | Blessed Be the Damned
Janie Fricke | It Ain’t Easy: The Complete Hits
JD Fuller | The Sun Rising in Your Eyes
Kevin George | My Darling’s A Demon
The Gerbils | Are You Sleepy Reissue
Beverly Glenn-Copeland | Primal Prayer
Gold Child | Gold Child
Steve Goodman | Santa Ana Winds Expanded
Steve Goodman | Unfinished Business Expanded
| Any Human Friend
Half Alive | Now, Not Yet
Hammered Hulls | Hammered Hulls EP
The Hip Abduction | To the Ends of the Earth
Horseburner | The Thief
Jake Hottell | Break the Chains
Infinity Crush | Virtual Heaven
INUS | Western Spaghettification
Tori Kelly | Inspired By True Events
Wayne King | The Wayne King 
Collection 1930-4
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Amy Klein | Winter / Time
Rocky Kramer | Firestorm
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross | The Early Years 1954-59
Olivia Lane | The One EP
The Last Martyr | Creatrix
Laughed the Boy | Change of Scenery
Lilith | Safer Off
Lord Of The Lost | Till Death Us Do Part
Maybe April | The Other Side
Men I Trust | Oncle Jazz
Junius Meyvant | Rearview Paradise EP
Hiroko Moriguchi | Gundam Song Covers
PJ Morton | PAUL
Matt Muse | Love & Nappyness
Mutlu | Good Trouble
1027 | Where Bliss and Politics Go to Die
Overt Enemy | Possession
Buck Owens & Merle Haggard | The Bakersfield Sound 
1940-1974
Purple Pilgrims | Perfumed Earth
Ra Ra Riot | Superbloom
Jonah Ray | You Can’t Call Me Ray
Fionn Regan | Cala
Regrettes | How Do You Love?
Reptile Room | Jade
Riff Raff | Arrogant American
Rocket Punch | Pink Punch
| Port of Miami 2
Rucci | Tako’s Son
SAFIA | Story’s Start or End
Sail By Summer | Casual Heaven
Seeker Lover Keeper | Wild Seeds
Seventeen | Hit
Nina Simone | The Complete RCA Albums Collection
Sleep Eaters | Holy Days
Slipknot | We Are Not Your Kind
Smooth Hound Smith | Dog in a Manger
Snow Patrol | Reworked EP 1
Spread Eagle | Subway To The Stars
Dakota Staton | The Complete Early Years 1955-58
Strung Out | Songs of Armor & Devotion
Suicide Commando | Hellraiser 2019
Tau Cross | Messengers Of Deception
TC&I | Naked Flames: Live at Swindon Arts Centre
Tora | Can’t Buy the Mood
Touché Amoré | Dead Horse X
Trippie Redd | !
Ufo361 | Wave
Ugly God | Bumps & Bruises
Valentine | Introspection
Various Artists | Bakersfield Sound: 1940-1974
Various Artists | Blinded By The Light Soundtrack
Various Artists | Woodstock — Back to the Garden: The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive
Gerald Walker | And Only a Few Ever Find It EP
Paul Wall | Frozen Face Vol 2 (Slowed)
Why? | AOKOHIO
Ainslie Wills | All You Have Is All You Need
Wilder Woods | Wilder Woods
Pete Yorn | Caretakers
Rob Zombie | House of 1000 Corpses Soundtrack
Rob Zombie | The Devil’s Rejects Soundtrack
Rob Zombie | 3 From Hell Soundtrack
