NEW RELEASES 2015 WEEK # 31 AUGUST 7, 2015

AUGUST 7, 2015 (WEEK # 31)

1.    AQUEDUCT-“WILD KNIGHTS” (8/7)

2.    ASHFORD & SIMPSON-“STAY FREE” (EXPANDED EDITION) (8/7) (Digitally remastered and expanded edition. Ashford & Simpson, simply put, are one of the best songwriting duos the world has ever seen. Former successful Motown writers, this powerhouse duo penned a string of hits for greats like Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross. It is little wonder that they were inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2002. Following the release of their first two Certified Gold albums, Send It and Is It Still Good To Ya, Ashford & Simpson would repeat their success with the release of their seventh album on Warner Records, Stay Free that would go gold in December of 1979. Singles Nobody Knows and Found A Cure would both have success in the US R&B chart with Nobody Knows reaching #19 while Found A Cure would scream all the way to #2 at the same time as gaining a top 40 spot on the US Pop chart. Nobody Knows, Found A Cure and Stay Free would all sit proud atop the US Disco Chart proving that Ashford & Simpson were truly working with an original and winning formula.)

3.    ESZTER BALINT-“AIRLESS MIDNIGHT” (8/7)

4.    MAC DEMARCO-“ANOTHER ONE” (8/7) 

5.    IRIS DEMENT-“THE TRACKLESS WOODS” (8/7)

6.    FAKE TEARS-“NIGHTSHIFTING” (8/7)

7.    JOHN FOXX-20^TH CENTURY: THE NOISE” (8/7) 

8.    THE FRAMES-“LONGITUDE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FRAMES” (8/7) 

9.    HANDS-“CAVIAR BOBSLED” (8/7) 

10. HEALTH-“DEATH MAGIC” (8/7) 

11. HEATHERED PEARLS-“BODY COMPLEX” (8/7) (For Jakub Alexander, the languages of music and visual art are permanently intertwined. And he's always been this way - from his birthplace in communist Poland, to growing up outside of Detroit, to his current home in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. "When music like Gas, early Dial Records, and Mille Plateaux releases in the 2000s popped up in my headphones," Alexander begins, "it was completely visual for me. Something clicked from collecting pages out of old Architectural Digest magazines and being completely overwhelmed with inspiration for my own visions of interior architecture." The concept carries on still, now as an integral part of Body Complex, his second album as Heathered Pearls, which also features contributions from fellow Ghostly artists The Sight Below, Shigeto, and Outerbridge (mem. Beacon). Body Complex represents a new form of Alexander's visually inspired sound creation, but just as it points to changes in direction for the ambient-inclined producer, it also revisits the past experiences that make his music possible.)

12. JACK + ELIZA-“GENTLE WARNINGS” (8/7)

13. THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN-“PSYCHCANDY LIVE AT BARROWLANDS” [3-CD BOX SET] (7/31) 

14. LA LUZ-“WEIRDO SHRINE” (8/7)

15. LANGHORNE SLIM AND THE LAW-“THE SPIRIT MOVES” (8/7)

16. MARK MORRISS (SINGER FOR THE BLUETONES)-“THE TASTE OF MARK MORRISS” (8/7)

17. THE MYNABIRDS-“LOVERS KNOW” (8/7)

18. NIGHT BEDS-“IVYWILD” (8/7)

19. ORANGE HUMBLE BAND-“DEPRESSING BEAUTY” [LIMITED EDITION] (8/7)

20. THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION-“GIVE UP YOUR DREAMS” (8/7)

21. PLACEBO-“B-SIDES” (8/7) 

22. TEEN DAZE-“MORNING WORLD” (8/7)

23. J TILLMAN-“MINOR WORKS” (8/7)

24. JONATHAN TYLER-“HOLY SMOKES” (8/7) (HOLY SMOKES is a rockin', groove-laden follow up to the rock opus PARDON ME, which put Tyler and his band The Northern Lights on the map when released in 2010. The new album reveals a more pensive and sophisticated Tyler who's learned his lessons while navigating the rollercoaster of life on the road, major festivals, major labels, drugs, booze, great love, great loss and the heartbreak of mistakes you can't change and time lost that you can't take back. The album was co-produced by Tyler and Thom Monahan (Chris Robinson, Devendra Banhart, Vetiver) in both Tyler's native Dallas, Texas and his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, California.)  

25. ULTIMATE PAINTING-“GREEN LANES” (8/7) (Second album from this London band featuring Jack Cooper (Mazes) & James Hoare (Veronica Falls/Proper Ornaments) that coalesces their amalgam of sounds from VU-hum to Feelies jangle into a more distinctive voice.)

26. CHELSEA WOLFE-“ABYSS” (8/7)