New Releases - 25 March 2008

With The Raconteurs and Gnarls Barkley announcing that their albums were either pushed forward (in the case of Gnarls Barkley) or suddenly that they would be released (Raconteurs), this week became an more exciting week of new releases. here are a few of my favorite new albums from this week.

Elf Power – In A Cave | buy it at amazon
After being one of the original bands of the Elephant 6 collective, Elf Power is still making catchy, pop albums. In A Cave, their ninth releases, shows the band still having a bed of warm, fuzzy distortion and keyboards beneath the melodic lyrics on tracks like “Spiral Stairs,” “Paralyzed” and “Softly Through The Void.”

eMC – The Show | buy it at amazon
This album from the rap group of Masta Ace, Punchline, Wordsworth, and Strick has a chronological theme. It tells the story of a day with the band getting to and performing a show on the road. Full of solid beats, the album is enhanced by the thematic concept and allows the group to rap about subject matter not typically covered.

The Raconteurs – Consolers Of The Lonely | buy it at amazon
Obviously, every one was flabbergasted when The Raconteurs announced that their new album was completed and going to be released. With only one week’s notice, the band gave no interviews; there was just a press release and an announcement on their website. It only took minutes for the word to travel around the internet.
Fronted by Jack White and Brendan Benson, The Raconteurs are backed by the rhythm section of Cincinnati’s The Greenhornes, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler. On this album the band seems to show some growing room as they mature into a cohesive collective; their sound has become more of their own on this album. The sound is flushed out with more use of keyboards and fiddle, but is still rooted in their breed of blues-rock. The closing track, “Carolina Drama,” is a classic Jack White story-song of murder, family betrayal, and falls from grace.

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band – 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons | buy it at amazon
The first 1:16 of this album is filled with a single, dissonant whistle broken into 12 tracks. Then there are 4 songs, each over 13 minutes in length. With instrumentation that includes 2 guitarists, two violins, cello, contrabass, and drums, the band creates a sound that is part art rock and part folk rock while having the elongated sound of a prog rock band.

After the jump, there is a list of more new releases from this week.

Other releases from 25 March 2008:
Alaska In Winter – Dance Party In The Balkans | buy it at amazon
Alone At 3AM – City Out Of Luck | buy it at amazon
Attrition – All Mine Enemys Whisper: The Story Of Mary Ann Cotton | buy it at amazon
The B-52’s – Funplex | buy it at amazon
Matt Baldwin – Paths Of Ignition | buy it at amazon
Beans – Thorns | buy it at amazon
The Black Twig Pickers – Hobo Handshake | buy it at amazon
Boiled In Lead – Silver | buy it at amazon
Miller Carr & The Shalants – Passage Through Wilderness, Vol. III | buy it at amazon
The Cavalera Conspiracy – Inflikted | buy it at amazon
Counting Crows – Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings | buy it at amazon
Crash Romeo – Give Me The Clap | buy it at amazon
Dark Suns – Grave Human Genuine | buy it at amazon
Stuart Davis – Something Simple | buy it at amazon
De Novo Dahl – Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound | buy it at amazon
Justin Townes Earle – The Good Life | buy it at amazon
Esham – The Butcher Shop | buy it at amazon
Excepter – Debt Dept | buy it at amazon
Firewind – The Premonition | buy it at amazon
Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein – 2:10 Train | buy it at amazon
Genuine Sun – Return | buy it at amazon
Ghostface Killah – The Wallabee Champ | buy it at amazon
Gnarls Barkley – The Odd Couple | buy it at amazon
Grip Grand – Brokelore | buy it at amazon
Guilty Simpson – Ode To The Ghetto | buy it at amazon
Head Of Femur – Great Plains | buy it at amazon
The Heavy – Great Vengeance And Furious Fire | buy it at amazon
Hello Operator – The Breaks | buy it at amazon
Kingfisher Sky – Hallway Of Dreams | buy it at amazon
Korpiklaani – Korven Kuningas | buy it at amazon
Lach – The Calm Before | buy it at amazon
Lair Of The Minotaur – War Metal Battle Master | buy it at amazon
Leviathan – Massive Conspiracy Against All Life | buy it at amazon
Nalle – The Siren’s Wave | buy it at amazon
No Wings To Speak Of – No Wings To Speak Of | buy it at amazon
Tim O’Brien – Chameleon | buy it at amazon
Mike Oldfield – Music Of The Spheres | buy it at amazon
Morgan Page – Elevate | buy it at amazon
Panic At The Disco – Pretty. Odd. | buy it at amazon
Pennywise – Reason To Believe | buy it at amazon
Plants And Animals – Parc Avenue | buy it at amazon
RPWL – The RPWL Experience | buy it at amazon
Simply Saucer – Half Human, Half Live | buy it at amazon
Singer – Unhistories | buy it at amazon
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Cipher | buy it at amazon
Spitfire – Cult Fiction | buy it at amazon
{{{ Sunset }}} – Bright Blue Dream | buy it at amazon
Temple Of Soul featuring Clarence Clemons – Brothers In Arms | buy it at amazon
Temposhark – The Invisible Line | buy it at amazon
Triclops! – Out Of Africa | buy it at amazon
Tony Trischka – Territory | buy it at amazon
Two Dark Birds – Two Dark Birds | buy it at amazon
Under Byen – Siamesisk | buy it at amazon
Voyager One – Afterhours In The Afterlife | buy it at amazon
The Waybacks – Loaded | buy it at amazon
Geoff Westen – Vidiots-- Tune In!! | buy it at amazon

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