2014 NEW RELEASES WEEK #8 FEBRUARY 18, 2014

FEBRUARY 18, 2014 (WEEK #8)

1.    THE ALLMAN BROTHERS-“PLAY ALL NIGHT: LIVE AT THE BEACON THEATER 1992” (2-CD) (2/18)

2.    AZTEC CAMERA-“HARD LAND, HARD RAIN” (DELUXE 2-CD REISSUE) (2/18) In his liner notes for this re-issue, David Fricke calls High Land, Hard Rain "ten songs of anxious yearning, romantic urgency, big hurt and hard-won learning, distilled into compact dramas of buckskin-folk jangle and skewed-pop elegance." We call it the one of the greatest debut albums in the history of rock 'n' roll. That it was written and conceived by mastermind Roddy Frame when he was NINETEEN YEARS OLD, well that just defies all logic and sense of fair play. Completely remastered from the analog tapes this deluxe 30th anniversary edition of High Land, Hard Rain will not disappoint.

3.    MATTHEW BARLOW-“SUN SHOWERS” (2/17) 

4.    THE CASKET GIRLS-“TRUE LOVE KILLS THE FAIRY TALE” (2/13) 

5.    THE CIVIL WARS-“BETWEEN THE BARS” [EP] (2/11)

6.    COM TRUISE-“WAVE 1” (SINGLE) (2/18)

7.    CONVERGE-LIVE AT THE BBC 2010” (2/18) 

8.    ANDRE CYMONE-“THE STONE” (2/18)

9.    DUSTY KID-“III” (2/18)

10. WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS-“LIONS” (2/18) 

11. GUIDED BY VOICES-“MOTIVATIONAL JUMPSUIT” (2/18)

12. HANDS-“THE SOUL IS QUICK” (2/18) (Ecstatic welcomes The Field's Axel Willner to the fold with his debut record as Hands -- four tracks of plaintive devastation spread over 41 minutes, disintegrating synth melodies drifting over skittering percussion and whispered intonations. Axel Willner: "The Soul is Quick is a protest record for when you've had enough of how the world works. When you find yourself taking inspiration from human decay rather than brighter things.")

13. THE JEZABELS-“THE BRINK” (2/18) 

14. KRUSSELDORF-“FRACTAL WORLD” (2/13) 

15. DAWN LANDES-“BLUEBIRD (2/18) 

16. LOST IN THE TREES-“PAST LIFE” (2/18) 

17. LYDIA LOVELESS-“SOMEWHERE ELSE” (2/18)

18. MAXIMO PARK-“LEAVE THIS ISLAND” [EP] (2/18)

19. NO-“EL PRADO” (2/18)

20. ANGEL OLSEN-“BURN YOUR FIRE FOR NO WITNESS” (2/18) 

21. PHANTOGRAM-“VOICES” (2/18) 

22. PICASTRO-“YOU” (IMPORT) (2/18)

23. PLANNINGTOROCK-“ALL LOVE’S LEGAL” (2/18) 

24. EDDI READER-“VAGABOND” (2/11) 

25. SHOCKING PINKS-“GUILT MIRRORS” (2/18)

26. SOLIDS-“BLAME CONFUSION” (2/18) 

27. TALK WEST-“BLACK CORAL SPRIG” (2/18) 

28. KATE TUCKER AND THE SONS OF SWEDEN-“THE SHAPE THE COLOR THE FEEL” (2/18)

29. SUZANNE VEGA-“TALES FROM THE REALM OF THE QUEEN OF THE PENTACLES” (2/18)

30. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“KILLED BY DEATHROCK” (COMPILATION BY SACRED BONES LABEL) (2/18)