Week #24 June 15, 2010 New Releases

JUNE 15

1. AGAINST ME!-“WHITE CROSSES” (6/15)

2. CIBELLE-“LAS VENUS RESORT PALACE HOTEL” (6/15)

3. COLD CAVE-“LIFE MAGAZINE REMIXES” [EP] (6/8)

4. COWBOY JUNKIES-“RENMIN PARK” (6/15)

5. TAYLOR DEUPREE-“SHOALS” (6/8)

6. DEVO-“SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY” (6/15)

7. THE DREAM SYNDICATE-“MEDICINE SHOW” (20^TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) (6/15)

8. THE DRUMS-“DRUMS” (6/15)

9. FOALS-“TOTAL LIFE FOREVER” (6/15)

10. FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY-“SHIFTING THROUGH THE LENS” [EP] (6/8)

11. FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON-“VOL. 3 ENVIRONMENTS (IMPORT) (6/15)

12. THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM-“THE AMERICAN SLANG” (6/15)

13. THE GUGGENHEIM GROTTO-“THE UNIVERSE IS LAUGHING” (6/15)

14. ED HARCOURT-“LUSTRE” (6/15)

15. RICHARD HAWLEY-“FALSE LIGHTS FROM THE LAND” [EP] (IMPORT) (6/15)

16. CHAZ JANKEL-“SUBMARINE HAS SURFACED” (IMPORT) (6/15)

17. THE LIKE-“RELEASE ME” (6/15)

18. MATES OF STATE-“CRUSHES (THE COVERS MIXTAPE ALBUM)” (6/15)

19. SARAH MCLAUGHLAN-“LAWS OF ILLUSION” (6/15)

20. JOHN MELLENCAMP-“ON THE RURAL ROUTE 7609” (SPECIAL EDITION / 4-CDS BOX SET) (6/15)

21. MORCHEEBA-“BLOOD LIKE LEMONADE”(6/15)

22. OASIS-“TIME FLIES&1994-2009” (2-CD) (6/15)

23. OVAL-“OH!” (6/15)

24. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART-“SAY NO TO LOVE B/W LOST SAINT” (6/15)

25. PERNICE BROTHERS-“GOODBYE KILLER” (6/15)

26. TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS-“MOJO” (6/15)

27. ROBERT POLLARD-“MOSES ON A SNAIL” (6/15)

28. PUNCH BROTHERS-“ANTIFOGOMATIC” (6/15)

29. RASPUTINA-“SISTER KINDERHOOK” (6/15)

30. SCRITTI POLITTI-“ABSOLUTE: BEST OF” (import) (6/15)

31. SO PERCUSSION-“TREASURE STATE (RELEASE DATE 7/18)

32. SUCKERS-“WILD SMILE” (6/15)

33. TIEFSCHWARZ-“CHOCOLATE” (6/15)

34. TRACEY THORN-“WHY DOES TE WIND?” [EP] (6/15)

35. TRASH KIT-“S/T” (6/15)

36. TRENTEMOLLER-“INTO THE GREAT WHITE YONDER” (6/15)

37. UNKLE-“WHERE DID THE NIGHT FALL” (DELUXE EDITION 2-CD HAS BONUS DISC OF INSTRUMENTALS & BOOKLET) (6/15)

38. WE ARE SCIENTISTS-“BARBARA” (6/15)

39. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“EXPLORER’S CLUB” VOL. 4: ROME-BERLIN (4/5), VOL. 5: BERLIN-STOCKHOLM (5/3), VOL. 6: STOCKHOLM-BELFAST (6/7)

REVIEWS REVIEWS REVIEWS!!!

WHAT'S BEEN PLAYING IN MY EARS LATELY...

1. ELECTRIC PRESIDENT -"THE VIOLENT BLUE" (2010) *** 1/2

2. JAGA JAZZIST-"ONE ARMED BANDIT" (2010) SPECTACULAR! A TOP PICK****1/2

3. CHARLIE ALEX MARCH - "HOME/HIDDEN" (2010) ***1/2 VERY GOOD

4. VARIOUS ARTISTS - "SPIN MAGAZINE PRESENTS THE BEST SXSW BANDS 2010" (2-CD)

5. ALAN LICHT & LOREN CONNORS - "INTO THE NIGHT SKY" (2010) IT'S OK, BUT I CERTAINLY EXPECTED MORE...

6. SND - "STDIO" (2010) ***1/2

7. VARIOUS ARTISTS - "PASTE MAGAZINE SAMPLER 61" (MARCH 2010)

8. VARIOUS ARTISTS - "IODA SXSW OPENING DAY BASH SAMPLER 2010"

9. FRIGHTENED RABBIT - "THE WINTER OF MIXED DRINKS" (2010) **** TOP PICK!!!

10. JIMI HENDRIX - "VALLEYS OF NEPTUNE" (2010) **** SOUND IS EXCELLENT

11. TITUS ANDRONICUS - "THE MONITOR" (2010) ***1/2 LISTENING TO THIS EPIC ALL AT ONCE IS A BIT EXHAUSTING SO JUST IMAGINE HOW IT WAS FOR THE BAND TO MAKE THIS!

12. JJ - "JJ NO.3" (2010) ****

13. ZOLA JESUS - "STRIDULUM" [EP] (2010) ***** TOP PICK! INCREDIBLE!!

14. JOSH ROUSE - "EL TURISTA" (2010) *** 1/2 I WASN'T DYING OVER IT BUT IT DOES HAVE ITS MOMENTS. MY FAVOURITES WERE: COTTON EYE JOE & BEINVENIDO.

15. WHITE HINTERLAND - "KAIROS" (2010) *** 1/2

16. JASON COLLETT - "RAT A TAT TAT" (2010). ** CONSIDERING HOW MUCH I LOVE THE NEW BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE ALBUM, I EXPECTED JASON'S SOLO ALBUM TO BE EXCELLENT AS WELL. BOY, WAS I MISTAKEN. THERE ARE 3 REALLY GREAT SONGS ON HERE: RAVE ON SAD SONGS, COLD BLUE HALO, LONG MAY YOU LOVE AND THE REST IS JUST THERE. VERY DISAPPOINTING.

17. PATTY LARKIN - "25" (2-CD) (2010) **** THIS IS PATTY CELEBRATING HER 25 YEARS RECORDING MUSIC AND SHE DOES IT WITH STYLE AND CLASS AND ALL OF THESE TRAX ARE DUETS WITH OTHER AMAZING ARTISTS JUST LIKE PATTY!

18. COCTEAU TWINS - "LULLABYS TO VIOLANE" (THE BOX SET) (2006) ***** A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BANDS EVER. A MASTERPIECE.

19. DAFT PUNK - "HOMEWORK" (1996) ****1/2 A NEAR MASTERPIECE AND IT IS STANDING THE TEST OF TIME NEARLY 15 YEARS LATER. WOW, TIME FLIES ON BY....

20. DRIVE BY TRUCKERS - "THE BIG TO-DO" (2010) **** THE TRUCKERS DO IT ONCE AGAIN!

21. ELECTRONIC - "ELECTRONIC" (1991) ***** ANOTHER WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE AND THIS ALBUM IS A MASTERPIECE. ONE OF MY FAVOURITE ALBUMS.

22. THE RUBY SUNS - "FIGHT SOFTLY" (2010) **** EXCELLENT NEW ALBUM!!!

23. A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW - "NITETIME RAINBOWS" [EP] (2010) **** LOVE THIS!!!!

24. ANGUS & JULIA STONE - "DOWN THE WAY" (2010) ***** TOP PICK! BEAUTIFUL AND FULL OF SPECTACULAR MUSICIANSHIP

25. VARIOUS ARTISTS - "THE WIRE TAPPER SERIES #23" (FROM THE WIRE MAGAZINE APRIL 2010) ****

26. AFTERNOON SAINTS - "THE SHIRLEY JANGLE" (2010) *** BAND CONSISTS OF: LEE RANALDO, DAVID WATSON, CHRISTIAN MARCLAY & GUNTER MULLER

27. DAVID AUGUST - "SWEDEN ROOF" [EP] (2010) ***1/2 PUT ON YOUR DANCING SHOES...

28. A WEATHER - "EVERYDAY BALLOONS" (2010) ***** TOP PICK ALERT!!! THIS ALBUM IS TRULY FANTASTIC. I LOVE IT FROM START TO FINISH. MUST HAVE FOR 2010.

29. LOSCIL - "ENDLESS FALLS" (2010) **** GORGEOUS SOUNDSCAPES CRAFTED FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE...

30. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - "FURTHER" (SPECIAL AUDIO/VISUAL EDITION) (2010) ***1/2 NOT AS GOOD AS THE GOOD OLD CHEMICAL DAYS BUT THERE ARE MOMENTS HERE THAT SHINE. I'LL HAVE TO GIVE IT ANOTHER SPIN SOON...

31. PLANTS AND ANIMALS - "LA-LA LAND" (2010) ***1/2 I WANTED IT TO BE BETTER, BUT STILL IT'S PRETTY DARN GOOD

32. JONSI - "GO!" (2010) ****1/2 I THINK IT'S AS GOOD AS A NEW SIGUR ROS ALBUM COULD POSSIBLY BE. THANK YOU JONSI

33. DAUGHTERS - "DAUGHTERS" (2010) **** WOW! THIS IS EXHAUSTING! IT WILL PUMMEL YOU INTO SUBMISSION AND YOU MUST SUBMIT. DAUGHTERS HAVE AMPED UP THEIR GAME ON THIS NEW ALBUM AND IT'S BRUTAL. THINK OF THE FALL LEADING THE JESUS LIZARD AND YOU MAY BE ON TARGET. I WAS DEAF AFTERWARDS BUT I WAS STUNNED INTO SUBMISSION AND SO WILL YOU. :-)

34. MILES KUROSKY - "THE DESERT OF SHALLOW EFFECTS" (2010) ***1/2 ANYONE REMEMBER THE BAND BEULAH? WELL, I SURE DO AND THIS IS A GREAT RETURN FROM THE FORMER FRONTMAN OF THE BELOVED BEULAH. HE WORKED HARD ON THIS, I CAN TELL, SO YOU SHOULD HEAR IT TOO.

35. THE LOVE SUPREME - "NEW MILLENIUM FREAKS" (2010) ****1/2 OK, THIS IS MY NEW FAVOURITE RECORD!!!!!! FOR AT LEAST UNTIL THE NEXT SUPER FAVOURITE COMES AND IT'S ACTUALLY NEXT. BUT SERIOUSLY, THEY HAD ME BY THE SECOND TRACK "GOLD DUST" AND THEN AT TRACK 10 THEY DELIVER A GREAT COVER OF BAUHUAS' "BELLA LUGOSI'S DEAD". THIS IS REALLY GOOD STUFF AND AN EXCELLENT FLOW TO THE ALBUM. THANKS TO THE LOVE SUPREME FOR DELIVERING A NEW ALBUM THAT WAS CLEARLY MADE TO BE A GREAT ALBUM!! SURE TO BE ON MY FAVOURITES LIST OF 2010.

36. BOB MOULD BAND - "LIVE AT ATP (ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES) 2008" (2010). ***** ANOTHER TOP PICK. THIS WAS THE ONLY POSSIBLE ALBUM THAT COULD TOP THE PREVIOUS ONE! THIS IS SPECTACULAR LIVE GOODNESS AT ITS BEST. THE FINAL 5 TRACKS ALONE REVISIT HUSKER DU AND WILL PUMMEL YOU INTO SUBMISSION. I WANTED MORE MORE MORE. THANK YOU BOB.

37. TANLINES - "SETTINGS" [EP] (2010) **** VERY CREATIVE AND HAS A MEMBER FORMERLY OF BATTLES, STORM & STRESS AND BROTHERS. I REALLY LIKE IT.

38. VIA AUDIO - "ANIMALORE" (2010). * YIKES! AVOID. ONLY 1 GOOD SONG AND IT'S NOT AMAZING. WHATEVER!

39. TRACY SHEDD - "EP88" (2010). **** BEAUTIFUL. TRACY ALWAYS DELIVERS.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW AND IF YOU READ ALONG THEN I THANK YOU AND HOPE YOU WILL CHECK OUT SOME NEW MUSIC. I'M ALREADY ONTO THE NEW EP FROM THE BAND: WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS! WHEW!!

Week #23- June 8 2010 New Releases

JUNE 8

1. AGAINST ME!-“WHITE CROSSES” (6/8)

2. MARC ALMOND-“VARIETE” (6/8)

3. ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI-“BEFORE TODAY” (6/8) )

4. ANDY BELL-“NON-STOP” (6/8)

5. THE BELLES-“TIME FLIES WHEN YOU’RE LOSING YOUR MIND” (6/8)

6. BLITZEN TRAPPER-“DESTROYER OF THE VOID” (6/8)

7. BLK JKS-“ZOL!” (EP) (6/8)

8. CHANNEL X-“X-FILES 1” (6/8)

9. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS-“FURTHER” (ITUNES PASS VERSION) (6/8) (CD OUT 6/22)

10. SAMANTHA CRAIN-“YOU (UNDERSTOOD)” (6/8)

11. CRYSTAL CASTLES-“CRYSTAL CASTLES 2” (6/8)

12. THE CURE-“DISINTEGRATION – 3CD DELUXE EDITION” (6/8)

13. DEER TICK-“THE BLACK DIRT SESSIONS” (6/8)

14. DELTA SPIRIT-“HISTORY FROM BELOW” (6/8)

15. DRUMS-“DRUMS” (6/8)

16. DUOTEQUE-“DUOTEQUE MIXED BY DUSTY KID” (2-CD) (6/8)

17. EYELESS IN GAZA-“ANSWER SONG & DANCE” (6/8)

18. HERE WE GO MAGIC-“PIGEONS” (6/8)

19. KRISTIN HERSH-“CATS & MICE” (6/9)

20. HOT HOT HEAT-“FUTURE BREEDS” (6/8)

21. HUNGRY GHOST-“ILLUMINATIONS” (6/8)

22. RICHARD A INGRAM-“CONSOLAMENTUM” (HE’S FROM OCEANSIZE) (6/8)

23. KAISER CARTEL-“SECRET TRANSIT” (6/8)

24. KILL ME TOMORROW-“TRAP LIKE A STEEL MIND” (6/8)

25. MICHAEL MAYER-“IMMER 3” (6/8)

26. MOCK & TOOF-“TUNING ECHOES” (6/8) + “FAREWELL TO WENDO” (4-TRAX EP) (3/15)

27. NADA SURF-“IF I HAD A HI-FI” (COVERS ALBUM) (6/8)

28. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART-“SAY NO TO LOVE” (SINGLE) (6/8)

29. BRENDAN PERRY (DEAD CAN DANCE)-“ARK” (6/8)

30. GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS-“S/T” (3^RD ALBUM) (6/8)

31. RATATAT-“LP4” (12-CREDITS) (6/8)

32. RICHMOND FONTAINE-“POSTCARDS FROM PORTLAND – LIVE AT DANTE’S” (6/8)

33. WALTER SCHREIFELS-“AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SCENE” (6/8)

34. SCISSOR SISTERS-“K-MART DISCO” (IMPORT) (AUSTRALIAN PRESSING OF RARE 2007 RELEASE WITH 19 TRAX

35. SEINKING SHIPS-“MUSEUM QUALITY CAPTURE” (ERIC MATTHEWS & CHRISTOPHER SEINK) (6/8)

36. SIA-“WE ARE BORN” (6/8)

37. TEENAGE FANCLUB-“SHADOWS” (6/8)

38. TENDER FOREVER-“NO SNARE” (6/8)

39. TIESTO-“MAGIKAL JOURNEY (THE HITS COLLECTION)” (2-CD) (6/8)

40. TOKYO POLICE CLUB-“CHAMP” (6/8)

41. 22-20S-“SHAKE/SHIVER/MOAN” (5.99 ITD NOW) (OUT 6/22)

42. VIERNES-“SINISTER DEVICES” (6/8)

43. THE VILLAGERS-“BECOMING A JACKAL” (6/8)

44. WOLFGANG VOIGT-“FREILAND KLAVIERMUSIK” (6/8)

45. WRECKLESS ERIC & AMY RIGBY-“TWO-WAY FAMILY FAVOURITES” (6/8)

46. YO LA TENGO-“HERE TO FALL” (REMIXES) (6/8)

47. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE SOUNDTRACK” (DELUXE EDITION) (6/8)

48. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“BE YOURSELF – A TRIBUTE TO GRAHAM NASH’S SONG’S FOR BEGINNERS” (6/8)

49. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“CLICKS AND CUTS 5: PARADIGM SHIFT” (6/8)

50. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“TWISTABLE TURNABLE MAN: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO SHEL SILVERSTEIN” (6/8)

Week #22 - June 1 2010 New Releases

JUNE 1

1. THE ACORN-“NO GHOST” (BONUS VERSION) (6/1)

2. ACRE-“SACRIFICE” (6/1)

3. ACTIVE CHILD-“CURTIS LANE” [EP] (6/1)

4. ACTRESS-“SPLAZSH” (6/1)

5. OLAFUR ARNALDS-“…AND THEY HAVE ESCAPED THE WEIGHT OF DARKNESS” (6/1) + “DYAD 1909” [EP] (6/1) + “FOUND SONGS’ [EP] (2009)

6. THE BLUETONES-“NEW ATHENS” (IMPORT) (6/1) (THEIR 6^TH ALBUM)

7. BORN RUFFIANS-“SAY IT” (6/1)

8. CAGED ANIMALS-“CAGED ANIMALS” (6/1)

9. THE CHAP-“WELL DONE EUROPE” (6/1)

10. CHICKEN LIPS-“THE BEST OF CHICKEN LIPS” (6/1)

11. DEERHOOF-“SEALED WITH A KISS / ONE ONE THEME” (2-TRAX SINGLE) (6/1)

12. TAYLOR DEUPREE-“SNOW (DUSK, DAWN)” (1-TRACK 16 MN SINGLE) (6/1)

13. TODD EDWARDS-“SCION A/V REMIX: I MIGHT BE” (5/25)

14. EMERALDS-“DOES IT LOOK LIKE I’M HERE?” (6/1)

15. GOOD OLD WAR-“S/T” (6/1)

16. KRISTIN HERSH-“CATS AND MICE” (6/1)

17. ROWLAND S HOWARD-“POP CRIMES” (IMPORT) (6/1)

18. JIM KERR-“LOSTBOY!” (IMPORT) (6/1)

19. LADYTRON-“VELOCIFERO: REMIXED & RARE” (6/1)

20. AUDRA MAE-“THE HAPPIEST LAMB” (6/1)

21. LAURA MARLING-“RAMBLING MAN B/W MAMA HOW FAR I’VE COME” (6/1)

22. MELVINS-“BRIDE SCREAMED MURDER” (6/1)

23. TIFT MERRITT-“SEE YOU ON THE MOON” (6/1)

24. OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY-“SEEMINGLY SOLID REALITY” (6/1)

25. PEGGY SUE-“FOSSILS & OTHER PHANTOMS” (6/1)

26. THE PINEAPPLE THIEF-“SOMEONE HERE IS MISSING” (5/24)

27. NATHANIEL RATELIFF-“IN MEMORY OF LOSS” (6/1)

28. GEMMA RAY-“IT’S A SHAME ABOUT GEMMA RAY” (6/1)

29. ALASDAIR ROBERTS-“A SELECTION OF MARCHES, QUICKSTEPS, LAMENTS, STRATHSPEYS REELS AND COUNTRY DANCES” [EP] (6/1)

30. SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS-“WINDSTORM” [EP] (6/1)

31. SIGNALDRIFT-“BREMEN” [EP] (5/24) + “COMPASS” (5/24)

32. SIGNALDRIFT-“TWO AGENTS” (5/25)

33. SLEEPY SUN-“FEVER” (6/1)

34. SLEIGH BELLS-“TREATS” (6/1)

35. SWEETHEAD-“S/T” (MEMBERS OF QUEENS OF THE STONEAGE, MARK LANEGAN’S BAND & HANDSOME) (5/11)

36. TELEVISION PERSONALITIES-“MEMORY IS BETTER THAN NOTHING” (6/1)

37. TYCHO-“PAST IS PROLOGUE” (REISSUE) (2006/2010) (COMPARED TO BOARDS OF CANADA)

38. UNBUNNY-“MOON FOOD” (6/1)

39. PAUL WELLER-“WAKE UP THE NATION” (6/1)

40. WINTERSLEEP-“NEW INHERITORS (6/1)

41. WILD NOTHING-“GEMINI” + “CLOUDBUSTING B/W PROMISE” (2-TRAX SINGLE) (5/25)

42. WOVEN BONES-“IN AND OUT AND BACK AGAIN” (6/1)

43. WOVENHAND-“THRESHINGFLOOR” (IMPORT) (6/1)

44. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“COLETTE NO. 10” (COMPILATION) (6/1)

45. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“JAGJAGUWAR SPRING 2010 SAMPLER” (6/1)