This week “Super Tuesday” will be an historic day when the country makes some important choices. I know there are a lot of strong releases from which to choose. Here are some of my favorites:
Jason Collett – Here’s To Being Here | buy it at amazon
Download “Out Of Time” (mp3)
The third Arts & Crafts release from this member of Broken Social Scene mixes poetic, guitar driven tunes with country influenced songs. Collett says, “I’ve always tried to make records with a classic sensibility, so that they’re records you can listen to 20 years from now.” Accompanied on this album by his live band, Paso Mino, he succeeds in sounding refreshingly familiar while retaining a modern individuality.
Dead Meadow – Old Growth | buy it at amazon
Download “What Needs Must Be” (mp3)
After a 3-year break from releases, this stoner rock band from DC has returned with another album. Moving to LA and regrouping as a trio again, Old Growth is full of droney, classic rock riffs.
Die! Die! Die! – Promises Promises | buy it at amazon
Download “Sideways Here We Come” (mp3)
This New Zealand punk trio releases an admirably assertive album. It is well produced and combines piercing and probing guitar with yielding but unwieldy bass and exacting drums. The album does a good job of merging primal energy and crisp sound quality.
Lightspeed Champion – Falling Off The Lavender Bridge | buy it at amazon
This album is full of diversified influences. Produced by Saddle Creek’s Mike Mogis, there are nonpareil orchestrations of horns, woodwinds, and pedal steel. As the project of Devonte Hynes, the former member of Test Icicle, the songs are lively and unrestrained.
After the jump, watch the video for “Galaxy Of The Love.”
Nada Surf – Lucky | buy the limited edition [2 discs]
Download “See These Bones” (mp3)
Nada Surf has not released an album since 2005’s The Weight Of The Gift. The trio returns with another set of catchy indie rock with some assistance from Juliana Hatfield, Ed Harcourt, Ben Gibbard, and others. Songs like “Whose Authority” and “Beautiful Beat” beckon back to the pop of Let Go. This album also shows some diversity with the Beatles-esque “Here Goes Something” and the tremelo’ed guitar of “The Fox.”
Say Hi – The Wishes And The Glitches | buy it at amazon
Download “Northwestern Girls” (mp3)
Download “Toil And Trouble” (mp3)
Download “Zero To Love” (mp3)
With this release the band officially abbreviated its name from Say Hi To Your Mom. It is still the moniker for Eric Elbogen, who plays most of the instruments on this synth heavy indie pop album. The band still self-releases their albums on their own label, Euphobia Records, but the band’s sound has progressed from the lo-fi sound that made it popular.
School Of Language - Sea From Shore | buy it directly from Thrill Jockey or go through amazon
Download “Rockist Part 1” (mp3)
Field Music announced in April 2007 that they were ending. Not breaking up, but using name Field Music to become a collaborative to allow the three core members to explore and expand their musical interests individually and as a group. This is the first release to come out of that as Field Music’s David Brewis releases an incredibly interesting album under the moniker School Of Language. It is fluid and incessant with its quirky style of indie pop.
After the jump, watch a video from Falling Off The Lavender Bridge and see a list of more albums released this week.
Lightspeed Champion’s “Galaxy Of The Lost” video:
Other releases from 5 February 2008:
Air Traffic – Fractured Life | buy it at amazon
Avantasia – The Scarecrow | buy it at amazon
The Belleville Outfit – Wanderin’ | www.bellevilleoutfit.com
Basia Bulat – Oh, My Darling | buy it at amazon
Sheryl Crow – Detours | buy it at amazon
Damemas – Let Your Tape Rock | buy it at amazon
Destroy Everything – Freedom Of Speech Means Talk Is Cheap | buy it at amazon
Die Form – Bach Project | buy it at amazon
Antoine Dufour – Existence | buy it at amazon
Edison Glass – Time Is Fiction | buy it at amazon
Ellis – Break The Spell | buy it at amazon
Grand Ole Party – Humanimals | buy it at amazon
Gwen Stacy – The Life I Know | buy it at amazon
Hanzel & Gretyl – 2012: Zwangaig Zwolf | buy it at amazon
Heaven Shall Burn – Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance) | buy it at amazon
Hooters – Time Stand Still | buy it at amazon
Horrorpops – Kiss Kiss Kill Kill | buy it at amazon
Hot Chip – Made In The Dark | buy it at amazon
Ivoryline – There Came A Lion | buy it at amazon
The Jet Age – What Did You Do During The War, Daddy? | buy it at amazon
Jack Johnson – Sleep Through The Static | buy it at amazon
Lenny Kravitz – It Is Time For A Love Revolution | buy it at amazon
Kronos Quartet and Wu Man – Terry Reilly: The Cusp Of Magic | buy it at amazon
k.d. lang – Watershed | buy it at amazon
The Loved Ones – Build & Burn | buy it at amazon
Aidan John Moffat – I Can Hear Your Heart | buy it at amazon
Bob Mould – Distinct Line | buy it at amazon
Ocrilim – Annwn | buy it at amazon
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Calibration (Is Pushing Luck And Key Too Far) | buy it at amazon
Mando Saenz – Bucket | buy it at amazon
SamAmidon – All Is Well | buy it at amazon
Arianna Solare – Book Of Us | buy it at amazon
Staring Problem – You’ll Always Be Sick | buy it at amazon
State Radio – Year Of The Crow |
buy it at amazon
Kelley Stoltz – Circular Sounds | buy it at amazon
Otis Taylor – Recapturing The Banjo | buy it at amazon
Jake Walden – Alive And Screaming | buy it at amazon
Warbringer – War Without End | buy it at amazon
Winds Of Plague – Decimate The Weak | buy it at amazon
Carolyn Wonderland – Miss Understood | buy it at amazon
Yip-Yip – Two Kings Of The Same Kingdom | buy it at amazon
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