Music Adds Jan. 28, 2020

(Left): Andy Shauf, of Saskatchewan band Foxwarren, showcases the best of his unique lyricism and finely tuned songcraft on The Neon Skyline, a concept album based around running into your ex at a bar. (Right): Fellow Canadians Wolf Parade revive some of their former synth pop sounds with their new offering Thin Mind. (Below): Check out the video for “Rumbler,” from the new, twang-infused album by Black Lips, Sing In A World That’s Falling Apart.
**HIGHLIGHTS**

**Most lushly layered storytelling: Andy Shauf: The Neon Skyline
**Best sci-fi soundtrack to the present day: Wolf Parade: Thin Mind
**Best reason to go for tape over computers in the studio: Black Lips: Sing In A World That's Falling Apart
**Best blend of Lucinda Williams, the Good Be Tanyas, Cat Power, and Natalie Merchant: Anna Ash: L.A. Flame

BAND / ALBUM / LABEL / GENRE

Amber deLaurentis/Innocent Road/s/r/Singer Songwriter
Andy Shauf/The Neon Skyline/Anti-/Indie Rock
Anna Ash/L.A. Flame/s/r/Folk Rock
Black Lips/Sing In A World That's Falling Apart/Fire/Vice/Garage Twang
Bombay Bicycle Club/Everything Else Has Gone Wrong/Caroline International/Indie Pop
Drowns/Under Tension/Pirates Press/Ska/Punk
Elliot Moss/A Change In Diet/Grand Jury/Indie Pop
Isobel Campbell/There Is No Other/Cooking Vinyl/Indie Folk
Marinara/I Feel Like Dog/s/r/Indie Rock
Martha Wash/Love & Conflict/Purple Rose Records/Blues Rock
Motihari Brigade/Power From Below/Creative Destruction/Rock
My Baby/My Baby Live/Prehistoric/PIAS/ElectroRock
Nicolas Godin/Concrete and Glass/Because Music/ElectroPop
Red Mass/A Hopeless Noise/Label Etiquette/Garage Rock
Reverend Freakchild & Malcolm the Minister of Bass/Cold Turkey EP/s/r/Blues
Sy Somebody/Life is Cruel, Let's Be Friends.../s/r/Indie Rock
The Ballroom Thieves/Unlovely/Nettwerk/Indie Folk Pop
Tinsley Ellis/Ice Cream In Hell/Alligator/Blues
Tom The Suit Furst/World of Broken Hearts EP/Retro Records/Blues
TORRES/Silver Tongue/Merge/Indie PopRock
Wolf Parade/Thin Mind/Sub Pop/Indie Rock