NEW RELEASES WEEK #22 MAY 28, 2013

MAY 28 (WEEK # 22)

1.    ALICE IN CHAINS-“THE DEVIL PUT DINOSAURS HERE” (5/28) 

2.    ANIMAL COLLECTIVE-“MONKEY BEEN TO BURNTOWN” (SINGLE) (5/28)

3.    BATHS-“OBSIDIAN” (5/28) 

4.    THE BLACK DOG-“TRANKLEMENTS” (5/28) 

5.    BRAZOS-“SALTWATER” (5/28) 

6.    CLOUD BOAT-“BOOK OF HOURS” (5/28)

7.    COCOROSIE-“TALES OF A GRASSWIDOW” (5/28) 

8.    CRISTAL-“HOMEGOING” (5/28) (2013 release from this Electronic trio o featuring J. Anthony, G. Darden and R. Donne (Labradford, Spokane, ex-Aix Em Klemm). Homegoing is a journey through simmering electronic, wide-screen vistas to seismic, swelling and undulating soundscapes. From the shifting-sand textures of 'Yoke' (replete with deeply moving, melancholic cello sifting through the ether) and 'Streaming Wisdom,' to the ever-so-slightly somber tones of 'Dead Bird,' Homegoing is a wondrously thought-provoking, uplifting aural adventure - a technicolor travelogue of things possibly lost, possibly not. File alongside latter-day Biosphere, Deathprod (especially both Helge Sten and Cristal's attention to the minutest sonic detail), and the later, electronically based Zoviet France releases. Pour a glass of your finest tipple, sit back and be transported to a very special dimension. Cristal's Homegoing has it all, and more.

9.   CRYSTAL FIGHTERS-“CAVE RAVE” (5/28)

10. EISLEY-“CURRENTS” (DELUXE EDITION) (5/28) 

11. EX WIFE-“NEW COLORS” (5/28) 

12. FEATHERS-“IF ALL NOW HERE” (5/28) 

13. JULIA HOLTER-“MARIA” (5/28)

14. KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS-“HAUNTED HEAD” (5/28)

15. KING TUFF-“WAS DEAD” (2008 RELEASE REISSUED) (5/28) 

16. KODE9-“RINSE: 22” (COMPILATION SERIES) (5/28)

17. LOW SEA-“REMOTE VIEWING” (5/28)

18. LAURA MARLING-“ONCE I WAS AN EAGLE” (5/28)

19. MOUNT KIMBIE-“COLD SPRING FAULT LESS YOUTH” (5/28)

20. OBLIVIANS-“DESPERATION” (5/28) 

21. OCTO OCTA-“BETWEEN TWO SELVES” (5/28) 

22. OMD-“DRESDEN” (SINGLE REMIXED BY JOHN FOXX AND THE MATHS) B/W TIME BURNS” (5/27)

23. A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH-“LAY MY SOULD TO WASTE” (5/21) 

24. THE PASTELS-“SLOW SUMMITS” (5/28) 

25. PRINCESS CENTURY-“LOSSLESS” (5/28) (MAYA FROM AUSTRA)

26. SKINNY PUPPY-“WEAPON” (5/28)

27. TEEN-“CAROLINA” [EP] (5/28)

28. TERROR BIRD-“ALL THIS TIME” (5/27) 

29. TEXAS-“THE CONVERSATION” (DELUXE EDITION 2-CD W/ LIVE DISC) (5/28) 

30. TRIBES-“WISH TO SCREAM” (DELUXE EDITION) (5/28) 

31. TRICKY-“FALSE IDOLS” (5/28) 

32. U ZIQ-“XTEP” [EP](5/28) 

33. MIKA VAINIO-“KILO” (5/28) (ON BLAST FIRST PETITE)  + “OLENTO” (RECORDED FROM 1995) (3/11) 

34. THE VEILS-“TIME STAYS, WE GO” (2-CD) (5/28)

35. VISAGE-“HEARTS & KNIVES” (5/28)

36. WHEN SAINTS GO MACHINE-“INFINITY POOL” (5/28)

37. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“ARTS & CRAFTS: X” (5/28) (2013 collection from the Canadian label released to coincide with their 10th Anniversary. Features new collaborations from acts on the label's roster including new compositions and "fresh interpretations." Includes music from Broken Social Scene, Feist, Ra Ra Riot, Stars, Amy Millan, Apostle of Hustle, Snowblink, Chilly Gonzales, Dan Mangan, the Darcys, Gold & Youth, Jason Collett, the Hidden Cameras, Hayden, Timber Timbre, Still Life Still, Trust, Years, Zeus, and Zulu Winter.

NEW RELEASES WEEK #21 MAY 21, 2013

MAY 21 (WEEK # 21)

1.    ELLEN ALLIEN-“THE KISS / NEED REMIXES” [EP] (5/24) 

2.    ATTIC LIGHTS-“SUPER DE LUXE” (5/21) 

3.    BAPTIST GENERALS-“JACKLEG DEVOTIONAL TO THE HEART” (5/21)

4.    CARY BROTHERS-“LET ME BE” [EP] (5/14) 

5.   COME-“11:11 DELUXE 20^TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION” (2-CD) (5/21) 

6.    DAFT PUNK-“RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES” (5/21) 

7.    DEAD GAZE-“DEAD GAZE” (5/21) 

8.    DIRTY BEACHES-“DRIFTERS/LOVE IS THE DEVIL” (5/21)

9.    ELEVENTH DREAM DAY-“NEW MOODIO” (5/14)

10. GAYTHEIST-“HOLD ME…BUT NOT SO TIGHT” (5/21) 

11. GRIM TOWER-“ANARCHIC BREEZES” (5/21) ***GRIM TOWER is the collaborative project of BLACK MOUTAIN's STEPHEN MCBEAN (vocals/guitar/synths) and IMAAD WASIF (vocals/guitar). The album, called Anarchic Breezes, was written around the central idea of a New Acoustic Death Folk, yet could be heard as equal parts Harry Smith and Harry Pussy. Both songwriters, Canadians now based in Los Angeles, come together on Anarchic Breezes to explore a mutual interest in the darker traditions of song and detuning found in the American Primitive Archives. The album features the ancillary rhythm section of ROB BARBATO (bass) and DAN ALLAIRE (drums), also L.A. musicians with roots deep in the modern psych movement. Anarchic Breezes was recorded by S. McBean at his home studio, with additional recording by ROB CAMPANELLA at the Jonestown Studios. It contains nine originals and one cover, the obscure "Leaving My Old Life Behind" by Jonathan Halper as featured in Kenneth Anger's "Puce Moment." It was mixed by MARK NEVERS (Will Oldham, Silver Jews, Calexico, Vic Chesnutt) at Beech House Studios in Nashville. The two voices on this album serve as mediums to a yet unheard music. Let the free ride the breeze.

12. GROWLERS-“GAY THOUGHTS B/W UNCLE SAM’S A DICK” (SINGLE) (5/21)

13. LAUREL HALO-“BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR” [EP] (5/20) 

14. MILES KANE-“GIVE UP” [EP] (5/21) 

15. MAJICAL CLOUDZ-“IMPERSONATOR” (5/21) 

16. MARC HOULE & MISS KITTIN-“WHERE IS KITTIN?" (5/24) 

17. PAT METHENY & JOHN ZORN-“TAP: JOHN ZORN’S BOOK OF ANGELS, VOL. 20” (5/21)

18. THE NATIONAL-“TROUBLE WILL FIND ME” (5/21) 

19. THE 1975-“IV” [EP] (5/21) 

20. PRIMAL SCREAM-“MORE LIGHT” (DELUXE EDITION 2-CD) (5/21)

21. RADIATION CITY-“ANIMALS IN THE MEDIAN” (5/21) 

22. SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD TO ME-“ONE KISS ENDS IT ALL” (5/21)

23. SCOUT NIBLETT-“IT’S UP TO EMMA” (5/21) 

24. SHANNON AND THE CLAMS-“DREAMS IN THE RAT HOUSE” (5/21) 

25. UNCLE GREEN-“RYCOPA” (2-CD UNRELEASED FROM 1998) (5/21)

26. WOODEN INDIAN BURIAL GROUND-“S/T” (5/21)

NEW RELEASES WEEK #20 MAY 14, 2013

MAY 14 (WEEK # 20)

1.    ADULT.-“THE WAY THINGS FALL” (5/14) 

2.    SAM AMIDON-“BRIGHT SUNNY SOUTH” (5/14) 

3.    BEACHES-“SHE BEATS” (5/14)

4.    BIBIO-“SILVER WILKINSON” (5/14) 

5.    THE BLANK TAPES-“VACATION” (5/14) 

6.    THE BOXER REBELLION-“PROMISES” (5/14)

7.    RANDALL BRAMBLETT-“THE BRIGHT SPOTS” (5/14)

8.    THE BREEDERS-“LAST SPLASH” (LSXX SUPER DELUXE 20^TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) (5/14)

9.    BROTHER JT-“THE SVELTENESS OF BOOGIETUDE” (5/14) 

10. CLASSIXX-“HANGING GARDENS” (5/14) 

11. CLEANERS FROM VENUS-“THE CLEANERS FROM VENUS VOLUMES 1 & 2” (7-CD COLLECTION) (5/14) 

12. DEEP PURPLE-“NOW WHAT?!” (SPECIAL EDITION) (5/14) 

13. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN-“ONE OF US IS THE KILLER” (5/14) 

14. DUNGEONESSE-“DUNGEONESSE” (5/14) (JENN WASNER FROM WYE OAK)

15. ELUVIUM-“NIGHTMARE ENDING” (2-CD) (5/14)

16. BRIAN ENO / NICOLAS JAAR / GRIZZLY BEAR-“LUX B/W SLEEPING UTE” (SINGLE) (5/14) 

17. THE FALL-“RE-MIT” (5/14) 

18. THE FEATURES-“THIS DISORDER” (5/14)

19. THEA GILMORE-“REGARDLESS” (5/14)

20. JOHN GRANT-“PALE GREEN GHOSTS” (5/14)

21. THE HANDSOME FAMILY-“WILDERNESS” (5/14) 

22. JAGA JAZZIST-“LIVE WITH THE BRITTEN SINFONIA” (5/14)

23. KISSES-“KIDS IN LA” (5/14) 

24. MARK LANEGAN AND DUKE GARWOOD-“BLACK PUDDING” (5/14) Mark Lanegan has teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Duke Garwood to release Black Pudding.
Lanegan, never one to shy away from unique collaborations, has previously worked with Belle & Sebastian's Isobel Campbell, The Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli and as a member of The Screaming Trees, Soulsavers and Queens of the Stone Age.
Lanegan and Garwood met a few years ago while playing on the same bill and Garwood was again a frequent opener on Lanegan's recent European tour.
Garwood has often been described in the UK press as Lanegan's spiritual cousin across the Atlantic waters. He is praised in his home country as a master bluesman, with The Quietus saying the combination of Garwood's murmured vocals and the sound he gets out of his guitar - which ranges from a rolling, loose finger-picking to shuddering howls of feedback - has a hypnotic effect and The Mirror dubbing him as London's leading exponent of the wheezy broke-down blues.
Black Pudding was recorded at Pink Duck Studios in Burbank, Calif. by Justin Smith (Tegan and Sara, The Hives) and mixed by his Queens of the Stone Age associate Alain Johannes.

25. MINILOGUE-“BLOMMA” (5/14)

26. MS MR-“SECONDHAND RAPTURE” (5/14) 

27. PEALS-“WALKING FIELD” (5/14) 

28. PHARMAKON-“ABANDON” (5/14)

29. THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION-“FANDANGO” (4/30)

30. PURE X-“CRAWLING UP THE STAIRS” (5/14)

31. R.E.M.-“GREEN” (25^TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) (5/14)

32. SALTLAND-“I THOUGHT IT WAS US BUT IT WAS ALL OF US” (5/14) (REBECCA FOON OF ESMERINE,SILVER MT. ZION + JAMIE THOMPSON OF UNICORNS & ESMERINE) 

33. SCOUT NIBLETT-“IT’S UP TO EMMA” (5/14) 

34. SMALL BLACK-“LIMITS OF DESIRE” (5/14) 

35. SNOWDEN-“NO ONE IN CONTROL” (5/14) 

36. STANDISH/CARLYON-“DELETED SCENES” (5/14) (FORMER MEMBERS OF THE DEVASTATIONS) 

37. CHIP TAYLOR-“BLACK OUT THE SIRENS OF THIS LONELY WORLD” (5/14) 

38. VAMPIRE WEEKEND-“MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY” (5/14) 

39. WILD NOTHING-“EMPTY ESTATE” [EP] (5/14)

NEW RELEASES WEEK #19 MAY 7, 2013

MAY 7 (WEEK # 19)

1.    AM  & SHAWN LEE-“LA MUSIQUE NUMERIQUE” (5/7) 

2.    APPARAT-“KRIEG UND FRIEDEN (MUSIC FOR THEATRE” (2/19) (U.S. RELEASE 5/7)

3.    THE BEVIS FROND-“WHITE NUMBERS” (DELUXE EDITION 2-CD) (5/7)

4.    THE BLOW MONKEYS-“FEELS LIKE A NEW MORNING” (5/7)

5.    CHILD OV LOV-“CHILD OF LOV” (5/7) 

6.    THE COMPUTERS-“LOVE TRIANGLES, HATE SQUARES” (5/7) 

7.   MIKAL CRONIN-“MC II” (5/7)

8.   DEERHUNTER-“MONOMANIA” (5/7)

9.   DIAMOND VERSION-“EP 4” (5/7)

10. FITZ & THE TANTRUMS-“MORE THAN JUST A DREAM” (DELUXE EDITION) (5/7)

11. PATTY GRIFFIN-“AMERICAN KID” (5/7)

12. HERO & LEANDER-“TUMBLE” (5/10)

13. COURTNEY JAYE-“LOVE AND FORGIVENESS” (5/7) 

14. LETHERETTE-“LETHERETTE” (5/7)

15. LITTLE BOOTS-“NOCTURNES” (5/7)

16. SHANNON MCNALLY-“RUN FOR COVER” (5/7)

17. NOAH AND THE WHALE-“HEART OF NOWHERE” (5/7) 

18. PORTICO QUARTET-“LIVE / REMIX” (5/7) 

19. FRANCK ROGER-“EXTENSIONS OF YESTERDAY” (5/7)

20. SAVAGES-“SILENCE YOURSELF” (5/7) 

21. SEASICK STEVE-“HUBCAP MUSIC” (5/7) 

22. SECRET CIRCUIT-“TACTILE GALACTICS” (4/30)

23. SHE & HIM-“VOLUME 3” (5/7)

24. STILL CORNERS-“STRANGE PLEASURES” (5/7) 

25. ARMIN VAN BUUREN-“INTENSE” (5/7)

26. THE WONDER STUFF-“OH NOT ITS…THE WONDER STUFF” (5/7) 

27.  SHANNON WRIGHT-“IN FILM SOUND” (5/7)

NEW RELEASES WEEK #18 APRIL 30, 2013

APRIL 30 (WEEK # 18)

1.    ADVENTURE-“WEIRD WORK” (4/30)  + “THE OTHER SIDE” (4/2) 

2.    THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT-“SUCH HOT BLOOD” (4/30) 

3.    AKRON/FAMILY-“SUB VERSES” (4/30) 

4.    ALTAR OF PLAGUES-“TEETHED GLORY & INJURY” (4/30) 

5.    THE BACKHOMES-“ONLY FRIEND” (4/30) 

6.    BEACON-“THE WAYS WE SEPARATE” (4/30) 

7.    BIG BLACK DELTA-“BIG BLACK DELTA” (4/30) (JONATHAN BATES, FORMERLY MELLOWDRONE) 

8.    BIG COUNTRY-“THE JOURNEY” (4/30) (WITH THE ALARM’S MIKE PETERS ON VOCALS NOW) 

9.    (CHK CHK CHK) !!!-“THR!!!ER” (4/30) 

10. COLISEUM-“SISTER FAITH” (4/30)

11. COMA-“IN TECHNICOLOR” (4/30) (ON KOMPAKT) 

12. COYOTE CLEAN UP-“2 HOT 2 WAIT” (4/30) 

13. DAUGHTER-“IF YOU LEAVE” (4/30)

14. GUIDED BY VOICES-“ENGLISH LITTLE LEAGUE” (4/30) 

15. HANDS-“SYNESTHESIA” (4/30) 

16. HAWK AND DOVE-“THIS YESTERDAY WILL NEVER END” (4/30)

17. HIM-“TEARS ON TAPE” (DELUXE EDITION 2-CD) (4/30) 

18. IGGY & THE STOOGES-“READY TO DIE” (4/30)

19. MARK KOZELEK & JIMMY LAVALLE (OF THE ALBUM LEAF)-“PERILS FROM THE SEA” (4/30) 

20. DAVID LANG-“DEATH SPEAKS” (WITH: SHARA WORDEN, BRYCE DESSNER, OWEN PALLETT AND NICO MUHLY) (4/30) 

21. THE MELVINS-“EVERYBODY LOVES SAUSAGES” (COVERS ALBUM) (4/30)

22. MOBY & MARK LANEGAN-“THE LONELY NIGHT” (SINGLE EP) (4/30) 

23. NEON NEON-“PRAXIS MAKES PERFECT” (BONUS CD EDITION) (4/30) 

24. THE OLMS (PETE YORN & JD KING)-“THE OLMS” [EP] (4/9) 

25. CARLA OLSON-“HAVE HARMONY, WILL TRAVEL” (4/30) Carla Olson co-founded the critically acclaimed group The Textones (with future Go-Go s bassist Kathy Valentine), of which Mikal Gilmore said, Carla Olson (who, wouldn t ya know, comes from Texas, where many wonderful things come from) combines John Fogerty-style, working-man populist politics with a grand, Rolling Stones-inflected bent for hellfire rock n roll, then manages to make both influences seem secondary, with a raw, growling irruptive vocal style that owes acknowledgement to no influence other than its own zeal and compassion. The Textones 1985 major-label debut included Ry Cooder, Gene Clark and Barry Goldberg, and was followed by 1987 s Cedar Creek. Olson worked on albums with Don Henley, John Fogerty, Eric Johnson and Sky Saxon, and released her solo debut in 1988. Her latest album, Have Harmony, Will Travel, follows 2002 s The Ring of Truth and consists of twelve cover songs, each featuring a duet with a guest vocalist Richie Furay (Poco, Buffalo Springfield), Juice Newton, John York (Byrds), Peter Case, James Intveld, Rob Waller and more. Instrumental backing on the album is provided by Clem Burke, Cindy Cashdollar, Mike Clinco, Skip Edwards, Tom Fillman, Barry Goldberg, Rick Hemmert, Tony Marsico, Tom Jr Morgan, Richard Podolor, Marty Rifkin, Pat Robinson and Gregg Sutton.

26. PAN AMERICAN-“CLOUD ROOM GLASS ROOM” (4/30) 

27. THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION-“FANDANGO” (4/30) 

28. SANDWELL DISTRICT-“FABRIC 69” (4/30) 

29. SHARKS-“SELFHOOD” (4/30) 

30. SOLAR BEARS-“SUPERMIGRATION” (4/30)  ***A real sense of drama runs through Solar Bears' music, and Supermigration, their second album following 2010's critically lauded She Was Coloured In, is full of all kinds--from the intimate to the psychedelic, from the chase to the suppression.Supermigration is the result of a year and a half spent on / off in a state-of-the-art studio in the Wicklow Mountains (a far cry from the bedroom setup where they produced their debut). Compositions were road-tested through a steady stream of live performances that saw John Kowalski and Rian Trench expanding Solar Bears from a duo into a full-scale band featuring members of I Am the Cosmos, Jape, Ships and Great Lakes Mystery. And don't overlook the two vocal-led highlights of the album featuring special guest appearances from Sarah P of Keep Shelly in Athens and the legendary Beth Hirsch (whose work here recalls her appearance on Air's Moon Safari). Supermigration proves that despite the strong acclaim around their debut, this Ireland-based duo was simply warming up.Occasionally one hears parallels in approach to the recent work of Broadcast and the Ghost Box crew, and Solar Bears' music also possesses an electronic sci-fi sheen as rich as their Planet Mu peers, but an emotive, nostalgic side to Supermigration also transcends the now, cutting a path through their diverse inspirations that include everything from Erik Satie to the Incredible String Band, from Cluster to Madlib. Kowalski rightly notes, "It's fair to say we listen to a lot of music from decades gone, but we get inspired far more from spontaneity in the studio."If pushed, Kowalski might also admit the cut "Cosmic Runner" (leaked a while ago on various sites including Pitchfork) was inspired directly by Robert Anton Wilson's Cosmic Trigger and that "Rainbow Collision" came from a "psychedelic daydream of two stained glass rainbows colliding over a Technicolor ocean...." Solar Bears are all about layers, a sense of movement and drama, brought about by a deep process that has resulted in one of the most exciting sophomore albums this year. Welcome to the trip.

31. COLIN STETSON-“NEW HISTORY WARFARE VOLUME 3: TO SEE MORE LIGHT” (4/30) 

32. VALLEYS-“ARE YOU GOING TO STAND THERE AND TALK WEIRD ALL NIGHT” (4/30)

33. VANDAVEER-“OH, WILLIE, PLEASE…” (4/30)

34. VISAGE-“SHAMELESS FASHION” (REMIX EP) (4/29)

35. DENISON WITMER-“DENISON WITMER” (4/30) 

36. WOLF PEOPLE-“FAIN” (4/30)