Adrian Spinelli March 11, 2021Updated: March 14, 2021, 6:51 pm
Valerie June performs at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 2019. June’s latest album, “The Moon & Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers,” draws dreamy scenarios. Photo: Bobby Bank, Getty Images
The Chronicle’s guide to notable new music.
NEW ALBUMS
Valerie June, “The Moon & Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers” (Fantasy)
The fifth album from the Memphis singer-songwriter is more than just a roots music release. Blending the gospel and Appalachian folk sounds June has come to be known for, her latest release brings in imaginative producer Jack Splash (who has worked with Alicia Keys, Kendrick Lamar and St. Paul & the Broken Bones) for a richer treatment of these often psychedelic soul songs. Standout track “Call Me a Fool” features Stax Records legend Carla Thomas on backing vocals and is a perfect example of the dreamy pictures June paints throughout the album’s 14 tracks. She summed up her creati
Listen: John Legend, Ice-T globe-trot on Coming 2 America soundtrack, while Bad Bunny and Rosalía turn up the heat
sfchronicle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sfchronicle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Brijean project gives busy Oakland musicians in love a chance to make music together
sfchronicle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sfchronicle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Adrian Spinelli February 11, 2021
Sun June Photo: Santiago Dietche
The Chronicle’s guide to notable new music.
NEW ALBUMS
Sun June, “Somewhere” (Run For Cover/Keeled Scales)
Austin indie quintet Sun June’s 2018 album “Years” was one of that year’s hidden gems, filled with sweet and melancholy love songs led by singer Laura Colwell’s embracing voice aimed directly at a hopeful heart. Now on their second album, Colwell has found love with bandmate Stephen Salisbury and it’s reflected in songs like “Everything I Had,” “Real Thing” and “Everywhere.” The band has started expanding their sound into richer pop songs, but it’s Colwell’s voice that still channels the unmistakable nostalgia of young love in anyone who hears it.
Adrian Spinelli February 4, 2021Updated: February 5, 2021, 7:23 am
Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters are back with a new album. Photo: Kevin Winter, Getty Images for iHeartMedia
The Chronicle’s guide to notable new music.
New Albums
Foo Fighters, “Medicine at Midnight” (Roswell/RCA)
Recorded in early 2020, the Foo Fighters’ 10th studio album was primed for a raucous world tour as the Foos planned to celebrate their 25th anniversary as a band. Dave Grohl and company kept holding the album’s release in hopes of a reprieve from the pandemic but eventually decided there was no more sense in waiting.
“We finally realized that our music is made to be heard, whether it’s in a festival filled with 50,000 of our closest friends, or alone in your living room on a Saturday night with a stiff cocktail,” Grohl wrote in a Jan. 1 letter to fans.