NEW RELEASES WEEK #48 NOVEMBER 26, 2013

NOVEMBER 26 (WEEK #48)

1.    ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & SPACE PARANOID-“BLACK MAGIC SATORI” (11/26) 

2.    ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB-“DESTINY SNFU” (11/26)

3.    BEACHWOOD SPARKS-“DESERT SKIES” (11/27) (THEIR UNRELEASED DEBUT ALBUM FROM 1998!) 

4.    BEAT DETECTIVES-“MUSIC 2” (11/26) 

5.    NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS-“LIVE FROM KCRW” (11/26) 

6.    CHEAP TIME-“EXIT SMILES” (11/26) 

7.    DEAD MEADOW-“WARBLE WOMB” (11/27) 

8.    DESTROYER-“FIVE SPANISH SONGS” (11/25) 

9.    DIE KRUPPS-“THE MACHINISTS OF JOY” (11/26) 

10. FANFARLO-“THE SEA” [EP] (11/26) 

11. FAST TIMES-“BODY TALK” (11/26) 

12. NEIL FINN & PAUL KELLY-“GOIN’ YOUR WAY” (IMPORT 2-CD) (11/19) 

13. NILS FRAHM-“SPACES” (11/26) 

14. LISA GERRARD & KLAUS SCHULZE-“BIG IN EUROPE VOL. 1: WARSAW” (2-DVD, 1-CD) (11/29)

15. HAMMOCK-“OBLIVION HYMNS” (11/27) 

16. HEARTTHROB-“DISCOUNT DANCER” [EP] (11/26)

17. ITAL TEK-“CONTROL” (11/26) 

18. JUCIFER-“THERE IS NO LAND BEYOND THE VOLGA” (11/26)

19. A LILY-“LUPA” [EP] (11/12)

20. MANIC STREET PREACHERS-“ANTHEM FOR A LOST CAUSE” [EP] (11/26) 

21. MILOSH-“JET LAG” (11/26) (ONE HALF OF RHYE)

22. KEVIN MORBY-“HARLEM RIVER” (11/26)

23. NIGHTMARE BOYZZZ-“BAD PATTERNS” (11/26)

24. A PERFECT CIRCLE-“STONE AND ECHO” (LIVE) (11/24) 

25. PUSCIFER-“WHAT IS…PUSCIFER” (11/26) 

26. ALASDAIR ROBERTS-“HIRTA SONGS” (11/26)

27. SOUNDGARDEN-“SCREAMING LIFE / FOPP” (REISSUED) (11/26) 

28. SPAIN-“THE MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC SESSION” (11/26) 

29. TEENGIRL FANTASY-“NUN” [EP] (11/26) 

30. JOSH TILLMAN-“THE HISTORY OF CAVES” (SOUNDTRACK) (11/26) (AKA FATHER JOHN MISTY) 

31. THE WARLOCKS-“SKULL WORSHIP” (11/26) 

32. EMILY JANE WHITE-“BLOOD / LINES” (11/26) 

33. THE YOUNG KNIVES-“SICK OCTAVE” (IMPORT) (11/12) 

34. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“PUNK 45: KILL THE HIPPIES! KILL YOURSELF! THE AMERICAN NATION DESTROYS ITS YOUNG. UNDERGROUND PUNK IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, VOL. 1 1973-1987” (11/26) 

NEW RELEASES WEEK #47 NOVEMBER 19, 2013

NOVEMBER 19 (WEEK #47)

1.    ANDREW BIRD-“I WANT TO SEE PULASKI AT NIGHT” [EP] (11/19) 

2.    BLOOD ORANGE-“CUPID DELUXE” (11/19) 

3.    JAKE BUGG-“SHANGRI LA” (11/19) 

4.    CHVRCHS-“THE MOTHER WE SHARE” [EP] (11/19) 

5.    MATT ELLIOTT-“ONLY MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION CAN BREAK YOUR HEART” (11/19) 

6.    THE ENTRANCE BAND-“FACE THE SUN” (11/19)

7.    JOSEPHINE FOSTER-“I’M A DREAMER” (11/12)

8.    FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND-“BETWEEN ORDER & MODEL” (REISSUE 2004/2013) (11/19) 

9.    THE GROWLERS-“GILDED PLEASURES” (11/19) 

10. GLEN HANSARD-“DRIVE ALL NIGHT” [EP] (11/19)

11. M83-“YOU AND THE NIGHT” (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) (11/19) 

12. MAGIK MARKERS-“SURRENDER TO THE FANTASY” (11/19) 

13. NIGHT TERRORS OF 1927-“GUILTY PLEAS” [EP] (11/5) 

14. AMANDA PALMER & NEIL GAIMAN-“AN EVENING WITH AMANDA AND NEIL” (11/19)

15. A PERFECT CIRCLE-“THREE SIXTY” (DELUXE EDITION 2-CD) (BEST OF COLLECTION) (11/19) 

16. SHEARWATER-“FELLOW TRAVELERS” (COVERS ALBUM) Fellow Travelers finds Shearwater covering the songs of the artists they've toured with over the past decade. Shearwater leader Jonathan Meiburg invited each of the bands covered on Fellow Travelers to play on the album, provided they did not play on their own song. The result is an album that highlights the shared efforts and purposes of Shearwater and the artists with whom they perform. Fellow Travelers features Shearwater's take on songs by Sharon Van Etten, The Baptist Generals, Clinic, Coldplay, Xiu Xiu, Wye Oak and David Thomas Broughton and more. (11/23) 

17. TRAMPLED BY TURTLES-“LIVE AT FIRST AVENUE” (11/15) 

18. MICK TURNER-“DON’T TELL THE DRIVER” (11/19) 

19. KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS-“IT’S A BIG WORLD OUT THERE (AND I AM SCARED)” [EP] (11/19)

20. THE ZOLTARS-“WALKING THROUGH THE DARK” (11/19) + “SHOULD I TRY ONCE MORE?” (4/2)

NEW RELEASES WEEK #46 NOVEMBER 12, 2013

NOVEMBER 12 (WEEK #46)

1.    CHANTAL ACDA-“LET YOUR HANDS BE MY GUIDE” (11/12) 

2.    ANAMANAGUCHI-“ENDLESS FANTASY” (11/12) 

3.    AZARI & III-“BODY LANGUAGE 13” (11/12)

4.    BASIC HOUSE-“OATS” (11/12) (Basic House is the solo electronics project of Stephen Bishop, a mainstay of the DIY scene in the UK's North East and the brain behind the label Opal Tapes. Bishop works with equipment both rudimentary and highly technical which become aligned together without bias to create a singular sound that focuses on decay, stagnation and apathy towards clichés within the current climate of electronic music. Oats is his new full-length record with six deep compositions woven together to create seamless transitions between them. "AR II" opens the record with fragile and haunted electronics before developing into something almost melodic with an imposing 4/4 kick. "Child Confession" follows with dead electronic hums, whispered samples and a sluggish half-speed techno thud which gives way to a collage of cruddy noise and scalpel-sharp bursts of clatter and a crude non-rhythmic bass pulse before ending in the buzzing maelstrom of "Interiors," which is equal parts Florian Hecker and Andy Stott at his most visceral. "Est Oan" begins the second half of the record ominously with slightly absurd farmyard groans that eventually melt into hypnotic machine music. The industrial lurch of "B.G. Feathers" is the closest Bishop comes on this side to hitting anything resembling a groove and instead evokes the grinding power of Maurizio Bianchi's best '80s material.)

5.    BOOKA SHADE-“EVE” (11/12)

6.    BOY GEORGE-“THIS IS WHAT I DO” (11/12) 

7.    COKE WEED-“BACK TO SOFT” (11/12) 

8.    CONTROL-“TRANSGRESSION” (11/12) 

9.    TANYA DONELLY-“SWAN SONG SERIES” (VOL.1 & VOL. 2) (11/12) 

10. TANYA DONELLY-“SWAN SONG SERIES VOL. 3” (11/12) 

11. EMPTYSET-“RECUR” (11/12) 

12. GIRLS IN HAWAII-“EVEREST” (DELUXE EDITION BONUS DISC) (11/12) 

13. GIRLS IN HAWAII-“MISSES” [EP] (11/12) 

14. GRIZZLY BEAR-“SHIELDS: B-SIDES” (EXPANDED 2-CD EDITION) (11/12)

15. THE HUNT-“THE HUNT BEGINS” (2009/2013 RELEASE ON SACRED BONES) (11/12)

16. KEANE-“THE BEST OF KEANE” (2-CD) (11/12) 

17. STEVE KILBEY & MARTIN KENNEDY-“YOU ARE EVERYTHING” (U.S. EDITION) (11/12) 

18. THE KILLERS-“DIRECT HITS” (DELUXE EDITION) (11/11)

19. KILN-“MEADOW: WATT” (11/12)

20. CATE LE BON-“MUG MUSEUM” (11/12) 

21. LOS CAMPESINOS-“NO BLUES” (11/12) 

22. MANSIONS-“DOOM LOOP” (11/12) 

23. NOVELLER-“NO DREAMS” (11/12)

24. GARY NUMAN-“SPLINTER: SONGS FROM A BROKEN MIND” (DELUXE EDITION DEMOS BONUS DISC) (11/12) 

25. THE OPIUM CARTEL-“ARDOR” (11/12) 

26. PSAPP-“WHAT MAKES US GLOW” (11/11) 

27. RECONDITE-“HINTERLAND” (11/12) 

28. KATEY SAGAL-“COVERED” (11/11) 

29. SAPPHIRE SLOWS-“ALLEGORIA” (11/12) 

30. SONGS OHIA-“MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC COMPANY CO.” (DELUXE 2-CD REISSUE) (11/12)

31. STORNOWAY-“YOU DON’T KNOW ANYTHING” (11/12) 

32. SWANS-“NOT HERE / NOT NOW” (LIVE 2012 / 2-CD) (11/12) 

33. SWEARIN’-“SURFING STRANGE” (11/12) 

34. MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANNA HOFFS-“UNDER THE COVERS, VOL. 3” (11/12)

35. JOHN TALABOT-“DJ-KICKS” (COMPILATION SERIES) (11/12) 

36. THROWING MUSES-“PURGATORY / PARADISE” (11/11) 

37. VERONICA FALLS-“SIX COVERS” (VOL. 2) (11/12) 

38. WOODEN SHJIPS-“BACK TO LAND” (11/12) 

39. YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN-“UZU” (11/12) 

NEW RELEASES WEEK #45 NOVEMBER 5, 2013

NOVEMBER 5 (WEEK #45)

1.    ANYWHERE-“OLOMPALI” (11/5) (***ANYWHERE have returned! The sonic collective experimentation started by CHRISTIAN ERIC BEAULIEU (TRICLOPS!, PEACE CREEP), Cedric Bixler Zavala (The Mars Volta / Zavalaz), and Mike Watt (The Stooges / Minutemen) has expanded it's identity, unveiling the much anticipated four-song Olompali EP. The lineup this time around features Beaulieu with DALE CROVER (MELVINS, ALTAMONT), KRIST NOVESELIC (NIRVANA, SWEET 75), JONATHAN HISCHKE (HELLA, EV KAIN), ETHAN MILLER (COMEST ON FIRE, FERAL OHMS), TOSHI KASAI (BIG BUSINESS, Altamont), BRET CONSTATINO & MATT HOLLIMAN (SLEEPY SUN), and CYRUS COMISKY (DRUNK HORSE, HOWLIN' RAIN).

2.    BLANCHE BLANCHE BLANCHE-“BREAKING MIRRORS” (11/5) 

3.    BLISS-“SO MANY OF US” (11/5) 

4.    DAVID BOWIE-“THE NEXT DAY EXTRA” (BONUS CD) (11/5) 

5.    PAUL BURCH-“FEVERS” (11/5)

6.    CHATEAU MARMONT-“THE MAZE” (IMPORT) (11/5) 

7.    CLEM SNIDE-“SONGS FOR MARY” (11/5) 

8.    CUT COPY-“FREE YOUR MIND” (11/5) 

9.    DEMDIKE STARE-“TESTPRESSING (001-003” (11/5) 

10. DRAG THE RIVER-“DRAG THE RIVER” (11/5)

11. BOB DYLAN-“SIDE TRACKS” (2-CD COLLECTION) (11/5) 

12. HOWE GELB-“THE COINCIDENTALIST” (11/5) (The Arizona desert has been a predominant theme and source of inspiration for Howe Gelb, indie rock pioneer and founder of the band Giant Sand. Since 1985, Gelb, based in Tucson, AZ has brought the spirit of the southwest and high art to his DIY recordings. Gelb's newest recording, The Coincidentalist, is his first album for his new label, New West Records. Recorded with M. Ward and Steve Shelley (of Sonic Youth), Gelb brings together a set of songs that seem linked, like a novel but effortless stand on their own. The record also features guest contributions from Bonnie Prince Billy and KT Tunstall.)

13. GESAFFELSTEIN-“ALEPH” (IMPORT) (11/5) 

14. HUBBLE-“HUBBLE EAGLE” (FROM BEN GREENBERG OF THE MEN) (11/5) 

15. LILY & MADELEINE-“LILY & MADELEINE” (11/5) 

16. THE MELVINS-“TRES CABRONES” (11/5) 

17. MIDLAKE-“ANTIPHON” (11/5) 

18. MOUNT EERIE-“PRE-HUMAN IDEAS” (11/5) 

19. PET SHOP BOYS-“THURSDAY” [EP] (11/6) 

20. ROYKSOPP-“LATE NIGHT TALES” (MIX CD COMPILATION SERIES) (11/6)

21. SILVER SWANS-“TOUCH” (11/5)

22. TENNIS-“SMALL SOUND” [EP] (11/5)

23. STEVEN WILSON (PORCUPINE TREE)-“DRIVE HOME” [EP] (11/5) 

24. MAT ZO-“DAMAGE CONTROL” (11/5)