DC August 2 New Release Recap

Another Tuesday, another list of DC recommended titles including featured artists Fountains of Wayne, John Hiatt, Mat Kearney and The Deep Dark Woods. Click the ol' "read more" bit below and see what we mean.

Fountains of Wayne - Sky Full of Holes (Yep Roc) - Venerable, beloved and Grammy-nominated NY/NJ power popsters led by Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood mark a 15th anniversary with their fifth studio album and first since 2009's well-received Traffic and Weather...FoW again show exactly how to create concise, witty, markedly melodic songs that meld finely crafted pop and rock elements and character-driven lyrical narratives into a seamless, smile-inducing amalgam...more DC

John Hiatt - Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns (August 2, New West Records) - Acclaimed veteran tunesmith, best known for "Have A Little Faith In Me" and called “…one of rock's most astute singer-songwriters of the last 40 years" by the L.A. Times, returns with a new rough-hewn rock and blues-driven album...produced by Kevin "Caveman" Shirley (Silverchair, Joe Bonamassa), the project follows up Hiatt's rejuvenated return to heartland roots rock via last year's The Open Road...more DC

Mat Kearney - Young Love (Universal/Aware) - Nashville-based singer/songwriter follows up his 2009 album City of Black and White with the new project once again with longtime friend, collaborator and producer Robert Marvin (and Jason Lehning) at the controls...'06 album Nothing to Lose has sold more than 450,000 copies...infectious, rousing new album is a self-described "documentary" as the songwriter lyrically looking back not only on his life but his family's as well...more DC

The Deep Dark Woods -  The Place I Left Behind (August 2, Six Shooter/Canada; US: October) - We're not sure just how much hometown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan plays into their sound, but we're guessing that this amiable, unpretentious and quietly disarming "Canadiana" folk/rock is probably in the water up there...2009 album Winter Hours proved a breakthrough, winning awards and receiving major critical praise...confident new self-produced project is layered with experimentation in sound and instrumentation that enriches rather than distracts...more DC 

Antigone Rising - 23 Red
Arcade Fire - Suburbs (Deluxe CD/DVD)
Beoga - How to Tune A Fish
Brian Keenan - Today This Year
Collections of Colonies of Bees - Giving
Fountains of Wayne - Sky Full of Holes DC
Fruit Bats - Tripper
Guster - On the Ocean (EP - B-sides)
Himalayan Bear - Hard Times
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Marble Son
John Hiatt - Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymns DC
Justin Hines - Days to Recall
Keb Mo - The Reflection
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - How I Go
Mat Kearney - Young Love DC
O.A.R. - King
Richard Buckner - Our Blood
Sleeping Bag - S/T
The Calm Blue Sea - S/T 
The Deep Dark Woods - The Place I Left Behind DC
The Wood Brothers - Smoke Ring Halo
Various - 'The Voice' Season 1 Highlights
Ximena Sariñana - S/T