New Releases - 9 September 2008
There is a long list of new releases this week. That means there is a substantial list of recommended ones. Here are The Wheel’s Still In Spin’s suggested new releases.
The Broken West – Now Or Heaven | Amazon CD
Download “Auctioneer” (mp3)
On their second full-length album, The Broken West return to the power pop sound that made I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On so popular. Now Or Heaven, however, is not as much of a guitar-driven album as their debut. An inkling of maturity has been added to the sound while retaining the catchiness of 3 to 4 minute songs.
Calexico – Carried To Dust | Amazon CD
Download “Two Silver Trees” (mp3)
This band mixes the sounds of indie rock with Mexican mariachi. With of horns, percussion, and acoustic instruments, this album is full depth. The songs are enchanting and rooted in powerful dynamics and emotions.
The Donkeys – Living On The Other Side | Amazon CD
Download “Walk Through A Cloud” (mp3)
Download “Nice Train” (mp3)
This band distinctly sounds like the collective of all the folk rock and country rock bands from 70’s AM radio that preceded the alt country designation. It’s hard to listen to this tranquilly pleasant and not loose track of time leisurely staring out the window. The Donkeys remind me of the band The Court & Spark with the countrified pop part of The Grateful Dead’s sound.
Horse Feathers – House With No Home | Amazon CD
Download “Curs In The Weeds” (mp3)
This is a modern folk album is the vein of Iron & Wine, Bon Iver, and Loney, Dear. With impeccable string arrangements, this music sounds intricate, tactful, and deceptively simple. Full of swells and dramatically natural lifts, this music sounds evocative and effortless.
Okkervil River – The Stand Ins | Amazon CD
Download “Lost Coastlines” (mp3)
When Okkervil River recorded The Stage Names (TWSIS’s favorite album of 2007), Will Sheff said they had enough songs to release a double album. The Stand Ins constitutes the second part of that double album. Since this albums sounds and works as an extension of The Stage Names, it has to be recommended.
Take a moment to go to Okkervil River’s YouTube site. The have a collection of artists covering the songs from The Stand Ins including A.C. Newman, David Vandervelde, Bon Iver, Crooked Fingers, and more.
Static Radio NJ – Evening Of Bad Decisions | Amazon CD
Download “Marc” (mp3)
Download “Places” (mp3)
With 13 songs that smash into about 27 minutes of music, Static Radio NJ offers a very tight punk album with seamless fast tempo changes. An Evening Of Bad Decisions is a diverse set for the genre. This band is rooted in punk, but is versed in classic rock riffs, but you’ve got to listen hard to hear them wiz by.
After the jump, there is a list of more new releases from this week.
Other releases from 9 September 2008:
Josh Abbott – Scapegoat | Amazon CD
AIDS Wolf – Cities Of Glass | Amazon CD
Joan Baez – Day After Tomorrow | Amazon CD
Eric Benet – Love & Life | Amazon CD
Bigbang – From Acid To Zen | Amazon CD
The Bittersweets – Goodnight, San Francisco | Amazon CD
The Black & White Years – The Black & White Years | Amazon CD
Brittini Black – Good Happens | Amazon CD
Bound Stems – The Family Afloat | Amazon CD
The Broken West – Now Or Heaven | Recommended above
Calexico – Carried To Dust | Recommended above
Calhoun – Falter Waver Cultivate | Amazon CD
Callers – Fortune | Amazon CD
Greg Camp – Defektor | Amazon CD
Grayson Capps – Rott ‘N’ Roll | Amazon CD
Don Chambers & GOAT – Zebulon | Amazon CD
Civet – Hell Hath No Fury | Amazon CD
Colourmusic – F, Monday, Orange, February, Venus, Lunatic, 1 Or 13 | Amazon CD
Common Market – Tobacco Road | Amazon CD
Brian Cullman – All Fires The Fire | Amazon CD
Albert Cummings – Feel So Good [Live] | Amazon CD
Catie Curtis – Sweet Life | Amazon CD
D+ – What Is Doubt For? | Amazon CD
Aram Danesh & The Super Human Crew – The Grind | Amazon CD
The Dark Romantics – Heartbreaker | Amazon CD
Bart Davenport – Palaces | Amazon CD
Kimya Dawson – Alphabutt | Amazon CD
The Dead Science – Villainaire | Amazon CD
Angela Desveaux – Mighty Ship | Amazon CD
The Donkeys – Living On The Other Side | Recommended above
Chris Duarte – Vantage Point | Amazon CD
Liz Durrett – Outside Our Gates | Amazon CD
Enur – Raggatronic | Amazon CD
The Ettes – Look At Life Again Soon | Amazon CD
Michael Franti & Spearhead – All Rebel Rockers | Amazon Deluxe CD/DVD
Fujiya & Miyagi – Lightbulbs | Amazon CD
Garaj Mahal – W00t | Amazon CD
Growing – All The Way | Amazon CD
Gym Class Heroes – The Quilt | Amazon CD
Brian Head Welch – Save Me From Myself | Amazon CD
Helltrain – Rock N Roll Devil | Amazon CD
Josh Hoge – Everything She Was | Amazon CD
Horse Feathers – House With No Home | Recommended above
Hustle Simmons – Hustle Simmons | Amazon CD
I’m Not Jim – You Are All My People | Amazon CD
Iced Earth – The Crucible Of Man (Something Wicked Part II) | Amazon CD
Jesu – Why Are We Not Perfect? [EP] | Amazon CD
Damien Jurado – Caught In The Trees | Amazon CD
Kardinal Offishall – Not 4 Sale | Amazon CD
Kellarissa – Flamingo | Amazon CD
Hal Ketchum – Father Time | Amazon CD
Little Teeth – Child Bearing Man | Amazon CD
LL Cool J – Exit 13 | Amazon CD
The Lonesome River Band – No Turning Back | Amazon CD
Patty Loveless – Sleepless Nights | Amazon CD
The Lovely Sparrows – Bury The Cynics | Amazon CD
The Low Lows – Shining Violence | Amazon CD
Magic Slim & The Teardrops – Midnight Blues | Amazon CD
Paul Mark & The Van Dorens – Blood And Treasure | Amazon CD
MegaZilla – Please, Please, Sorry, Thank | Amazon CD
Meiko – Meiko | Amazon CD
Metallica – Death Magnetic | Amazon CD
Mogwai – Batcat [EP] | Amazon CD
The New Year – The New Year | Amazon CD
North Side Kings – Suburban Royalty | Amazon CD
Novillero – A Little Tradition | Amazon CD
Okkervil River – The Stand Ins | Recommended above
oRSo – Ask Your Neighbor | Amazon CD
Joan Osborne – Little Wild One | Amazon CD
Parenthetical Girls – Entanglements | Amazon CD
People In Planes – Beyond The Horizon | Amazon CD
Pontiak – Sun On Sun | Amazon CD
Portastatic – Some Small History | Amazon CD
Rafter – Sweaty Magic [EP] | Amazon CD
Rahim – Laughter | Amazon CD
Jason Reeves – Magnificent Adventures Of Heartache & Other Frightening Tales | Amazon CD
RKM & Ken-Y – The Royalty | Amazon CD
Scream! Hello – Everything Is Always Still Happening | Amazon CD
Serenity – Fallen Sanctuary | Amazon CD
The Shaky Hands – Lunglight | Amazon CD
Jules Shear – More | Amazon CD
Jessica Simpson – Do You Know | Amazon CD
The Sound Of Animals Fighting – The Ocean And The Sea | Amazon CD
A Static Lullaby – Rattlesnake! | Amazon CD
Static Radio NJ – Evening Of Bad Decisions | Recommended above
Static Thought – The Motive For Movement | Amazon CD
The Subways – All Or Nothing | Amazon CD
TGL – Sweeter As Fiction | Amazon CD
Emiliana Torrini – Me And Armini | Amazon CD
Tricky – Knowle West Boy | Amazon CD
Tweak Bird – Reservations [EP] | Amazon CD
United Nations – United Nations | Amazon CD
Chad VanGaalen – Soft Airplane | Amazon CD
Viarosa – Send For The Sea | Amazon CD
Dar Williams – Promised Land | Amazon CD
Woven Hand – Ten Stones | Amazon CD
Steve Wynn – Crossing Dragon Bridge | Amazon CD
Young Widows – Old Wounds | Amazon CD
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