DC August 30 New Release Recap
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 2:06PM
Welcome gentle readers to our weekly New Release Recap, a look at some key DC picks for the Tuesday onslaught of albums including new stuff from Astrid Williamson, The Latebirds and Mimi Goese and Ben Neill. You can also gaze longingly at our more complete (though shamelessly edited) list of releases such as new longplayers from John Doe, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lenny Kravitz, CSS, Edwin McCain, Beirut, Butch Walker, Ry Cooder and Mike Doughty. Dive in by clicking the "read more" thingy below...
Astrid Williamson - Pulse - We’re used to being surprised by this fine Scottish songwriter who has consistently impressed with a rare gift for moody and melodic folk/pop...But nothing quite prepared us for this bold creative left turn that takes Williamson’s songcraft and reinvents it in a completely new, electronically powered incandescent light. Working with producer and collaborator Leo Abrahams, best known for his work with ambient master Brian Eno, Williamson makes her adventurous and perfectly named Pulse (a title that could signify either electronic energy or the workings of the human heart) a glittering triumph of aural atmospherics and stellar songwriting...more DC
Mimi Goese and Ben Neill - Songs for Persephone - Five years in the making, this ambitious work of grand art/pop is a compelling and dramatic synthesis of Neill's sweeping electronica and swelling symphonic layers utilizing touchstones of 19th century romantic classics mixed with Goese's captivating vocals and lyrics: think Cocteau Twins meet Bat for Lashes...the project was originally commissioned for the NY indie stage and presented to rave reviews last year...more DC
The Latebirds - Last of the Good Ol' Days - Rootsy, Americana-styled music coming from Helsinki, Finland? Sure, why not? Producer Jim Scott (Wilco, Tom Petty, Sting) worked with Marcus Nordenstreng and band to hone their alt-country, retro folk/pop edge on their latest, released in Scandinavia last fall and finally given the green light for the U.S. this year..the band describes the project as a "70's styled concept album"...guests include Wilco-guitarist Nels Cline, singer/actress Minnie Driver and Heartbreaker Benmont Tench on keys...more DC
Ange Boxall - Writing Letters
Beirut - The Rip Tide
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix
Butch Walker & The Black Widows - The Spade
Catie Curtis - Stretch Limousine on Fire
Counting Crows - August & Everything After/Live
CSS - La Liberación
Dale Ann Bradley - Somewhere South of Crazy
Edwin McCain - Mercy Bound
Girls Guns and Glory - Sweet Nothings
Glen Campbell - Ghost on the Canvas
John Doe - Keeper
Lenny Kravitz - Black and White America
Luke Temple - Don't Act Like You Don't Care
Male Bonding - Endless Now
Mike Doughty - Yes and Also Yes
One Sixth of Tommy - You're In My Head (U.K.)
Peter Murphy - Ninth
Ray Bonneville - Bad Man's Blood
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You
Robert Earl Keen - Ready for Confetti
Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust & Sit Down
Sam Duckworth - Mannequin (UK)
The Wandas - S/T
Tom Morello/Nightwatchman - World Wide Rebel Songs
Tommy Keene - Behind the Parade
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