Philadelphia musician, vocalist and songwriter Kurt Vile was once in the band The War On Drugs, but he's more likely to be known these days for collaborating with Courtney Barnett. That, plus his solo albums; Bottle It In is Vile's seventh studio release. It's entirely fitting that Vile opened for Neil Young a while back, playing for 90,000 people in Quebec. He's kind of a Neil-of-the-mid-70's type figure for the 21st century. Like Young, Kurt Vile takes inspiration from Americana in its many forms, including country music. He does a nice version of "Rolling With The Flow" for the only cover song on Bottle It In. And on planes, Vile says "For a while I was terrified of flying, so I would be listening to whatever country songs I was obsessed with. I'd have George Jones blasting in my ears."
Here are the Top 30 new album releases played on Studio One Tracks for the week ending Nov. 4, 2018:
1 Cat Power- Wanderer
2 Kurt Vile- Bottle It In
3 Elvis Costello & The Imposters- Look Now
4 Metric- Art Of Doubt
5 Phosphorescent- C'est La Vie
6 Tokyo Police Club- TPC
7 Interpol- Marauder
8 Mitski- Be The Cowboy
9 Paul McCartney- Egypt Station
10 Low- Double Negative
11 The Nude Party- The Nude Party
12 Ian Sweet- Crush Crusher
13 Papercuts- Parallel Universe Blues
14 Laura Gibson- Goners
15 Molly Burch- First Flower
16 Cloud Nothings- Last Building Burning
17 Buxton- Stay Out Late
18 Hymn For Her- Pop-N-Downers
19 Mr. Twin Sister- Salt
20 Saintseneca- Pillar Of Na
21 Valley Maker- Rhododendron
22 The Band Of Heathens- A Message From The People Revisited
23 Gold Star- Uppers And Downers
24 Slothrust- The Pact
25 The Marcus King Band- Carolina Confessions
26 Oh Pep!- I Wasn't Only Thinking About You
27 Death Cab For Cutie- Thank You For Today
28 Wild Nothing- Indigo
29 The Beths- Future Me Hates Me
30 The Smithereens- Covers