DC July 26 New Release Recap

The slow summer doldrums have caught up to the release schedule but there are still are few choice picks you should know about, including Oh Minnows, Release the Sunbird (featuring Zach Rogue), Debbie Neigher and Vanessa Carlton. Check out our picks for this week's new releases -- and browse our full listing of DC-ish titles. Click below to read, link and stream:

Release The Sunbird -Come Back To Us (Brushfire/Universal) - Looking to try something new on his own, Rogue Wave frontman Zach Rogue opts for a blissfully breezy alt-pop outing on this new album that falls somewhere between a solo long player and side project...recorded at a friend's studio in Bloomington, IN, the album features local musicians Pete Shreiner (drums), Kenny Childers (bass/vocals) and Kate Long (vocals)...more DC

Oh Minnows - For Shadows (U.K.) - The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Chris Steele-Nicholson, formerly of the cult Brit indie band Semifinalists, is epic-sized, plugged-in art-pop drawn on a big, bold and colorful canvas...New album is the product of two years of work...a throwback to 80's synth-heavy production and electronically manipulated drums, these are songs that never met another layer of sound they didn't like...fortunately, there's enough muscle in the chuggin' guitar riffs in songs like "Another Volunteer" to balance the more ethereal elements...more DC

Debbie Neigher - Eclectic Bay-area musician/songwriter John Vanderslice came out of production retirement to take the helm of this promising debut from fellow San Francisco singer/songwriter Neigher -- "the luckiest freak accident" she says of the collaboration... intricately detailed, piano-based (sm)art/pop -- think Fiona, Regina as influences -- with a light, often jazzy touch, the ten tracks also utilize the Vanderslice connection to bring aboard the local Magic*Magic Orchestra for string arrangements...

America - Back Pages
BoDeans - Indigo Dreams
Beoga - How to Tune A Fish
Chuck Loeb - Plain n' Simple
Kindred the Family Soul - Love Has No Recession
Jeff Johnson - Shine
Jimmy Vaughan - More Blues, Ballads & Favorites
Joss Stone - LP1
Kelly Rowland - Here I Am
Mara Carlyle - Floreat (U.K.)
Queen - Expanded Catalog Remasters
The Horrors - Skying
Vanessa Carlton - Rabbits on the Run