JUNE 25 (WEEK #26)
1.
MATIAS
AGUAYO-“VISITOR” (6/25)
2.
ALELA
DIANE-“ABOUT FAREWELL” (6/25)
3.
JAY
ARNER-“JAY ARNER” (6/25) (For years, Vancouver
multi-instrumentalist Jay Arner has teamed up with others to translate the
sounds in his head.He's fronted an indie rock band, played synthesizers and
samplers in a pop duo, manned the drums for a piano-punk songwriter, and held
down the bass in a eight-member collective. Along the way, he's also become a
sought-after producer and remix artist, working out of Vancouver's legendary
Hive Studios and recording acts like Mount Eerie, Apollo Ghosts, Rose Melberg,
No Gold and many more.Now, finally, he is going it alone. Every sound on his
eponymous debut album was self-recorded by Arner in his 72-square-foot practice
space using a precariously perched desktop computer and his home recording
gear. The sum of his many talents, these ten songs sizzle with DIY energy and
encompass the scope of the songwriter's diverse resume.Opener "Midnight on
South Granville" sets a dark tone with its coldly mechanical intro before
flourishing into a lush post-punk synthscape that reflects Arner's love of
analog electronics. Elsewhere, the bass-heavy pulse of "Broken Glass (In
the Hall of Shattered Mirrors)" draws on '70s pseudo-funk, while "Wildest
One" is an abrasive surge of distortion and "Don't Remind Me" is
a soaring pop anthem that recalls classic Murderrecords songcraft. The lyrics
are filled with self-doubt and wry cynicism, but don't expect confessional
heartbreak--these timeless melodies and intricately wrought arrangements are
filled with noisy pop sweetness, and there's not an acoustic guitar to be
found.Given that Arner wrote, performed, recorded and mixed every note on the
album, it's only fitting that it's self-titled. The cover artwork is a close-up
photograph of the man's face. This is him at his most unfiltered and
uncompromising, with only his musical whims to answer to."Jay Arner
engages in some scuzzy, towering power-pop - an ode to emotional pain,
smoldering guitars and a mile-long sludge of production that touches on a
foreign era. Mostly, though, it's just a catchy summer jam that could form a
perfect mixtape bridge.")
4.
BASS
DRUM OF DEATH-“BASS DRUM OF DEATH” (6/25)
5.
BLONDES-“SWISHER” (6/25)
6.
BOSNIAN
RAINBOWS-“S/T” (6/25)
7.
LLOYD COLE-“STANDARDS” (6/25)
8.
COUGH COOL-“29” (6/11)
9.
THE COURTNEYS-“THE COURTNEYS” (6/7)
10. DEVO-“HARDCORE
VOL. 1 AND VOL. 2” (6/25)
11. THE
EVERYWHERES-“THE EVERYWHERES” (6/25)
12. HUSKY-“HARD TO FIND” [EP] (6/25)
13. MATT
JOHN-“THE KEYS” (6/25)
14. KAROCEL-“PLAITED” (6/24) + “THIS
ONE” [EP]
15. DAVID
KILGOUR & THE HEAVY 8’S-“CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS” (SINGLE) (6/25)
16. LIGHT HEAT-“LIGHT HEAT” (6/25)
(Quentin Stoltzfus, formerly of Mazarin, has returned with a new exciting
outfit called Light Heat! His debut album was assembled with with his friends
The Walkmen as his backing band. Light
Heat was recorded in his hometown of Philadelphia, PA and circles around
influences such as The Byrds, Stereolab & Can.)
17. LIGHTNING DUST-“FANTASY” (6/25)
18. LOCRAIN-“RETURN TO ANNIHILATION”
(6/25)
19. CHEYENNE MARIE MIZE-“AMONG THE
GREY” (6/25)
20. MOOD
RINGS-“VPI HARMONY” (6/25)
21. MARK MULCAHY-“MARK J MULCAHY, I
LOVE YOU” (6/25)
22. OOOOO-“WITHOUT YOUR LOVE” (6/25)
23. OLD
CROW MEDICINE SHOW-“CARRY ME BACK TO VIRGINIA” [EP] (6/25)
24. THE
ORWELLS-“OTHER VOICES” [EP] (6/25)
25. PALMS-“PALMS” (6/25)
26. PIANO
MAGIC-“HEART MACHINERY (A PIANO MAGIC RETROSPECTIVE, 2001-2008)” (2-CD)
(6/23)
27. POPNONAME-“CHANGE”
(REMIXES) (6/25)
28. PROSTITUTES-“CRUSHED
INTERIOR” [EP] (6/25)
29. ROSE
WINDOWS-“THE SUN DOGS” (6/25)
30. RUBY
PINS-“RUBY PINS” (6/25) (On the excellent M’Ladys Records comes Ruby Pins,
a side project of Grass Widow drummer Lillian Maring. This is a lot darker than
Grass Widow for sure, full of detuned guitars and minor-key gloom — not unlike
the kind of thing Rough Trade might have put out in its earliest years (a lot
of this kind of reminds me of some lost, scuffed-up Joy Division demos or
something, albeit topped with Marin’s morose alto).
31. SELEBRITIES-“LOVELY
THINGS” (6/25)
32. SMITH
WESTERNS-“SOFT WILL” (6/25)
33. SPONGE-“STOP
THE BLEEDING” (6/25)
34. THE THREE O’CLOCK-“THE HIDDEN
WORLD REVEALED” (COLLECTION) (6/25) + THE THREE O’CLOCK-“LIVE AT THE OLD
WALDORF 1983” (4/23)
35. TOMORROW’S WORLD-“TOMORROW’S
WORLD” (6/25) (File : AIR. Debut 2013 album from Jean-Benoit Dunckel's side
project, teaming up with Lou Hayter from New Young Pony Club! Chic coldwave 'n'
ethereal electro-pop, for fans of Suicide and The Horrors.)
36. TREETOP FLYERS-“THE MOUNTAIN
MOVES” (6/25)
37. KT TUNSTALL-“INVISIBLE EMPIRE
/ CRESCENT MOON” (DELUXE EDITION) (6/25)
38. UNCANNY
VALLEY-“SPEAKING IN PROSTHETIC TONGUES” [EP] (6/25)
39. VATICAN
SHADOW-“SEPTEMBER CELL” (6/25) (DOMINICK FERNOW OF COLD CAVE &
PRURIENT)
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