NEW RELEASES 2015 WEEK # 24 JUNE 16, 2015

JUNE 16, 2015 (WEEK # 24)

1.    KEN CAMDEN-“DREAM MEMORY” (6/16) (2015 release, the third album by guitarist Ken Camden. Dream Memory continues his explorations to seek out new techniques and sounds from the electric guitar. By utilizing both a steel slide and e-bow technique, Camden has moved into micro-tonal territory to bridge the textural gap between guitar and synthesizer while examining their inherent differences. The palette is further broadened by introducing an organic vocal sampling machine described as a Vocaltron. Much like a Mellotron, vocal samples (contributed by Emily Elhaj and Angel Olsen) are chromatically organized in half steps from the lowest note to the highest possible. Each set is specific to the contributor's range and each note is unedited to keep all original characteristics of that particular individual's voice. This organized organic information adds a contrast to the electric guitar and synthesizer arrangements on the album. The development of all of these systems gives Dream Memory a diversity throughout its tracks while maintaining an atmospheric bond that weaves the ideas into a thematic whole.)

2.    DONALD CUMMING-“OUT CALLS ONLY” (6/16) (LEAD SINGER OF THE VIRGINS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM)

3.    THE DREAM SYNDICATE-“THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES” [1981/2015 REISSUED EDITION] (6/16) (The Dream Syndicate’s debut album, The Days Of Wine And Roses, has long been considered a cornerstone release of the early ’80s Paisley Underground scene. However, it was more influential than that, and is one of indie-rock’s essentials. The original Steve Wynn/Karl Precoda/Kendra Smith/Dennis Duck line-up took seminal ’60s rock and filtered it through more modern sounds. In fact, it was Flesh Eaters’ front man Chris D., who produced The Days Of Wine And Roses, who got it released on Slash Records—one of the premier L.A. labels of the punk rock era. Despite its seminal status, The Days Of Wine And Roses has been out of print for the better part of a decade. With the rebirth of the band as a live/touring unit over the past two years, Omnivore Recordings has remastered and expanded this gem. Calling on the band’s long-time archivist Pat Thomas, the CD now contains a slew of never-before heard recordings that capture the first year of the classic Wynn/Precoda/Smith/Duck line up in all their lo-fi glory! Bonus tracks from previous editions have been replaced by rehearsal tapes that capture two songs that later turned up on Medicine Show, as well as four songs that no one has ever heard, including a nearly 10-minute Krautrock inspired jam! Long-time fans have often wondered what it would have sounded like had Kendra Smith stayed in the band for a second full-length album, now we have the answer— less ’70s FM rock, and far more Marquee Moon-era Television! A revamped booklet includes new notes that describe the source of the vintage recordings—plus fresh testimonies from their peers; members of the Rain Parade, The Long Ryders, Divine Weeks, and Sonic Youth weigh in about the first time they heard The Days Of Wine And Roses. This is a reissue that is essential for both fans who’ve already collected it all before and the new kids on the block—those discovering the soundtrack of ’80s college radio for the first time. We’ve experienced The Day Before Wine And Roses. Welcome to the new Days Of Wine And Roses.)

4.    TIM FOLJAHN-“FUCKING LOVE SONGS” (6/16) (FORMERLY TWO DOLLAR GUITAR) 

5.    FUCKED UP-“YEAR OF THE HARE” (6/16) 

6.    HEARTLESS BASTARDS-“RESTLESS ONES (6/16) 

7.    AMOS LEE-“LIVE AT RED ROCKS WITH THE COLORADO SYMPHONY” (6/16) 

8.    LEFTFIELD-“ALTERNATIVE LIGHT SOURCE” (6/16) 

9.    MARIBOU STATE-“PORTRAITS” (6/16)

10. MATES OF STATE-“YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE IT” [EP] (6/16)

11. PETER MURPHY-“REMIXES FROM ‘LION’” (6/16) 

12. OUTFIT-“SLOWNESS” (6/16) 

13. THE SILVER LAKE CHORUS-“THE SILVER LAKE CHORUS” (6/16) (THE SILVER LAKE CHORUS performs choral arrangements of indie music and exudes both the edgy, independent spirit of Silver Lake and the heart of community choral singing.
TSLC's upcoming album, produced by Aussie crooner Ben Lee, features rare and new tracks written exclusively for the chorus by the likes of Sia, Aimee Mann, The Bird and the Bee, Tegan and Sara, Ben Lee, The New Pornographers, Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), John Roderick (The Long Winters), The Flaming Lips, and Justin Vernon (Bon Iver).)

14. THIRD EYE BLIND-“DOPAMINE” (6/16) 

15. TOAD THE WET SPROCKET-“ARCHITECT OF THE RUIN” (6/16) 

16. YUKON BLONDE-“ON BLONDE” (6/16)