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Daniel Powter - Turn On the Lights (8/14)
Antje Duvekot - New Siberia (6/26)
Niki and the Dove - Instinct (8/7)
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Ami Saraiya & The Outcome - Soundproof Box (6/19)
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May 29

2:54 - S/T DC
Chantal Kreviazuk - In This Life
Dala - Best Day
Donavon Frankenreiter - Start Livin'
Edward Sharpe & Magnetic Zeros - HERE
Elenowen - S/T (EP)
Fort Atlantic - S/T
Gemma Ray - Island Fire
Island Twins - S/T
Joan Armatrading - Starlight
Julia Stone - By The Horns
Kalen Nash - Ukred
Ladyhawke - Anxiety
Lake Street Drive - Fun Machine (Covers EP)
Lemonade - Diver
Lucy Michelle & Velvet Lapelles - Heat
Marissa Nadler - The Sister
Matthew Perryman Jones - Land of the Living DC
Melody Gardot - The Absence
Paloma Faith - Fall To Grace (UK)
Preteen Zenith - Rubble Guts + BB Eye
P.S. I Love You - Death Dreams
Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven
Regina Spektor - What We Saw From the Cheap Seats DC
Rory Block - I Belong to the Band:Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis
Rumer - Boy's Don't Cry DC
Scissor Sisters - Magic Hour
Sigur Rós - Valtari
Sun Kil Moon - Among the Leaves
The Pond (w/ Kathryn Williams) - S/T (UK)
The Static Sea - Third Parties
The Walkmen - Heaven
Ultravox - Brilliant

June 5

A Silent Film - Sand & Snow
Alejandro Escovedo - Big Station
Amanda Mair - S/T DC
Anna Ternheim - The Night Visitor (US) DC
Brandi Carlile - Bear Creek
Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Big Moon Ritual
Dawn Landes - Mal Habillée
Dexys (Midnight Runners) - One Day I'm Going to Soar
Emeli Sande - Our Version of Events (US)
Haroula Rose - So Easy
Heart - Strange Euphoria (Box)
Ian McGlynn - Now We're Golden
Joe Walsh - Analog Man
Kelly Hogan - I Like to Keep Myself In Pain
Kelli Scarr - Dangling Teeth DC
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said (20th Anniv. Ed.)
Mad Staring Eyes - Talking to the Operator (UK)
Marley's Ghost - Jubilee
Masha Qrella - Analogies
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Americana
Patti Smith - Banga
Paul Simon - Graceland (Deluxe Edition, Box)
Rhett Miller - The Dreamer
River City Extension - Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Your Anger
Ryan Humbert - Sometimes The Game Plays You
Scott Lucas & The Married Men - Blood Half Moon
Sola-Mi - Nexus
Soulsavers - The Light the Dead See
The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio
The Hives - Lex Hives
The Mynabirds - GENERALS
The Rocketboys - Build Anyway DC
The Temper Trap - S/T
Various - Kin: Songs of Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell
Xavier Rudd - Spirit Bird
Yarbo - What Is Now EP (6/2 UK)
Zaz - Zaz (US CD)

June 12

Amy Macdonald - Life In A Beautiful Light
Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man In the Universe
BoDeans - American Made
Dent May - Do Things
Ed Sheeran - + (U.S.)
Emily Jane White - Ode To Sentience
Giant Giant Sand - Tucson
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - The Lion The Beast The Beat
Hannah Miller - Doubters and Dreamers EP
Hot Chip - In Our Heads
Jail - Traps
Jonathan Boulet - We Keep the Beat...
Jukebox the Ghost - Safe Travels
Lauren Housley - One Step Closer EP (UK)
Magic Trick - Ruler of the Night
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Ashes and Roses
Metric - Synthetica
Nouela - Chants
Oli Brown - Here I Am
POP ETC - S/T
Ryan Humbert - Sometimes the Game Plays You
Ryan Monroe (Band of Horses) - A Painting of a Painting On Fire
Spirit Family Reunion - No Separation
Stepdad - Wildlife Pop
The Constellations - Do It For Free
The dB's - Falling Off the Sky
The Hive Dwellers - Hewn from the Wilderness
The Hundred In the Hands - Red Night
The Inner Banks - Wild
The Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving Now
The Welcome Wagon - Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices
The Young - Dub Egg
Usher - Looking for Myself
Wintersleep - Hello Hum

June 19

Ami Saraiya & The Outcome - Soundproof Box
Boy - Mutual Friends DC
Chris Smither - Hundred Dollar Valentine
Delta Rae - Carry the Fire DC
Efren - Write A New Song
Ex Lovers - Moth
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
Glen Hansard - Rhythm and Repose DC
Jason Myles Goss - Radio Dial (6/17)
Justin Bieber - Believe
Kate Miller-Heidke - Nightflight
Kenny Chesney - Welcome to the Fishbowl
Maren Parusel - Tightrope Walker
Mary Epworth - Dream Life
Morning Parade - S/T
Nell Bryden - Shake the Tree (UK)
Richard Marx - A Night Out With Friends (CD/DVD)
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Seth Walker - Time Can Change
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
Sophie B. Hawkins - The Crossing
Vicci Martinez (The Voice) - Vicci
Walk the Moon - S/T
Zulu Winter - Language

June 26

A Place to Bury Strangers - Worship
Alisha Zalkin - March to a Different Beat (6/30)
Antje Duvekot - New Siberia
Beachwood Sparks - The Tarnished Gold
Blues Traveler - Suzy Cracks the Whip
Cassandra Wilson - Another Country
Catherine AD - Reprise
Chris Price - Homesick
Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons - Old Believers
Dive - Oshin
Echo Lake - Wild Peace
Edmund II - Floating Monk
Eugene McGuinness - Invitation to the Voyage (UK)
Gloriana - Thousand Miles Left Behind
Jay James Picton- Play It By Heart (U.K.)
Jesca Hoop - The House That Jack Built DC
Joe Jackson - The Duke (Ellington Tribute)
Jonathan Boulet - We Keep the Beat...
Levellers - Static On The Airwaves
Little Feat - Rooster Rag
Milk Maid - Mostly No
Mindy Smith - S/T
Maroon 5 - Overexposed
New Beard - New Beard City
Ry Cooder - Election Special
Sonny and the Sunsets - Longtime Companion
The Eastern Sea - Plague
The Henry Clay People - Twenty-Five for the Rest of Our Lives
The Offspring - Days Go By
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Throw It to the Universe
Vacationer - Gone

July 3

Easter Island - Frightened DC
Gold Motel - S/T
Honey Ryder - Marley's Chains (UK)
The View - Cheeky For A Reason

July 10

Clare & The Reasons - KR-51
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
Duran Duran - A Diamond in the Mind/Live
Eleni Mandell - I Can See the Future
Family of the Year - Loma Vista
Husky - Forever So
JJAMZ - Suicide Pact
Joshua Hyslop - Where the Mountain Meets the Valley DC
Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough? (UK) DC
Newton Faulkner - Write It On Your Skin (UK)
Summer Camp - Always EP
Zac Brown Band - Uncaged

July 17

Angus Stone - Broken Brights
Citizen Cope - One Lovely Day
Marc Berger - Ride
Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again (US) DC
Milo Greene - S/T DC
Missy Higgins - The Ol' Razzle Dazzle (US)
Soul Asylum - Delayed Reaction
Susanna Hoffs - Someday
The Drowning Men - All of the Unknown
The Farm - S/T
The Mommyheads - Vulnerable Boy
Various - Tribute to Fleetwood Mac

July 24

Anywhere - S/T
Delilah - From the Roots Up (U.K.)
Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
MoZella - The Brian Holland Sessions
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Young Moon - Navigated Like the Swan

July 31

Jesse Harris - Sub Rosa
Nolwenn Leroy - Nolwenn
River City Tanlines - Coast to Coast
Shovels and Rope - O' Be Joyful

Beyond

A Fine Frenzy - Pines (9/18)
Aimee Mann - TBA (9/18)
Alanis Morissette - Havoc & Bright Lights (8/28)
Angie Stone - Rich Girl (9/25)
Animal Collective - Centipede Hz (Sept. TBA)
Ben Taylor - Listening (8/14)
Cat Power - Sun (9/11)
Chilly Gonzales - Solo Piano II (8/27)
Daniel Powter - Turn On the Lights (8/14)
Dispatch - Circles Around the Sun (8/21)
Elton John - Diving Board (Fall TBD)
Eric Lindell - West County Drifter (8/22)
Freelance Whales - TBA (8/21)
Green Day - ¡Uno! (9/25) ¡Dos! (11/13) ¡Tré! (1/15)
Jay James Picton- Play It By Heart (8/6 U.K.)
Karima Francis - The Remedy (8/6 UK)
Kelly Joe Phelps - Brother Sinner & The Whale (8/22)
Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough? (8/7)
Luciana Souza - Duos III/The Book of Chet (8/28)
Matchbox 20 - North (9/4)
Mumford and Sons - TBA (9/25)
Nelly Furtado - The Spirit Indestructable (9/11)
Niki and the Dove - Instinct (8/7)
No Doubt - TBA (9/25)
Owl City - The Midsummer Station (8/14)
Rickie Lee Jones - TBA (8/14)
Sandi Thom - Flesh & Blood (8/14)
Selah Sue - S/T (8/21)
Sixpence None the Richer - Lost In Transition (8/7)
Spector - Enjoy It While It Lasts (8/11 UK)
Steve Vai - The Story of Light (8/14)
Swans - The Seer (8/28)
The Cast of Cheers - Family (8/21)
The Dirty Guv'nahs - Somewhere Beneath These Southern Skies (8/14)
The Darkness - Hot Cakes (8/21)
The Milk - Tales From The Thames Delta (9/3 UK)
The Old Ceremony - Fairy Tales and Other Forms of Suicide (8/21)
The Vaccines - Come of Age (9/3 UK)
Tidelands - We've Got A Map (8/7)
Tristan Prettyman - TBA (9/25)
Various - Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (John Mellencamp/Stephen King Musical)
White Violet - Hiding, Mingling (8/14)
Yeasayer - Fragrant World (8/21)

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Sep232011

RADAR: Michael Kiwanuka

DateFriday, September 23, 2011 at 11:17AM

Michael Kiwanuka has been turning heads with his own brand of vintage soul and loose-fitting Nick Drake-styled folk via a pair of pretty amazing EP's, the most recent of which -- I'm Getting Ready -- just dropped last week in the U.K. Kiwanuka, born of Uganda parents and raised in London, was handpicked by Adele to open for her on a series of continental shows and will also be playing support on her U.S. dates beginning October 7. Kiwanuka has been compared to iconic soulmen Bill Withers and Marvin Gaye with his laidback acoustic R+B and the warm vibe generated at his captivating live performances have made him one of the hottest tipped new artists in the U.K. and Europe. There's been a tendency to hang some ornamental retro-soul sounds (flutes anyone?) on Kiwanuka's productions -- and we can understand the desire to place his music in the glow of nostalgia. But we think the music is best unadorned and unfettered. You can compare with the two very different tracks below...

 

Michael Kiwanuka - "I'm Getting Ready"

 

Michael Kiwanuka - "Tell Me Tale"

 

 

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LOVE THIS GUY'S MUSIC!

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