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)