June Releases
I’ve been working on the release posts all month, but with the server switch and other things that we had going on, they never saw the light of day. I’m going to correct that, by presenting you an entire month’s worth of releases at once. It pretty much goes without saying, that this is going to be the longest post in IA’s history. We’ll be back with the regularly scheduled weekly posts this week. Enjoy!
Week of June 24
I cannot say enough about the amount of great music out this month and the week of June 24 is no exception. The one album that I am playing over and over is by a new band from the UK, Passenger. Their Night Vision Binoculars EP is a beautifully crafted album. This week also featured a few hip-hop albums from RZA and Seattle favorites, The Saturday Nights. Au and Podington Bear released a couple of cute electronic albums.
Passenger
Night Vision Binoculars – “Do What You Like“
Other Notable Releases:
Calico Horse
Mirror – “Father Feed Me“
The Saturday Knights
Mingle (Buy) – Full Album Stream & “Part 2“
Sigur Ros
Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust – Full Album Stream
Jon Sonnenberg
Acoustic Selections – “DOA“
Podington Bear
The End – “Ebullience“
Au
Verbs – “Are Animals“
RZA
Digi Snax – Full Album Stream
G. Love & Special Sauce (Philly)
Superhero Brother – Full Album Stream
The Revisionists
The Revisionists – “Universal“
The Wombats
A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation
Electric President
Sleep Well – “Monsters“
Week of June 17
This week saw the return of local area bands to our release list and it helped prove that the summer is when all the best releases are. There are way too many releases that I enjoy listening to, so I won’t be able to pick any to feature.
Wolf Parade
At Mount Zoomer – “Call It A Ritual“
Bowerbirds
Hymns For A Dark Horse – “In Our Talons“
Computer Vs. Banjo
Computer vs. Banjo – “Give Up On Ghosts“
My Brightest Diamond
A Thousand Shark’s Teeth – “Inside a Boy“
The War On Drugs (Philly)
Wagonwheel Blues – “Taking the Farm“
Ponytail (Bmore)
Ice Cream Spiritual! – “Celebrate the Body Electric (It Came From an Angel)“
The Impossible Shapes
The Impossible Shapes – “Hey“
Adem
Takes – “Oh My Lover“
Tilly and the Wall
o – “Pot Kettle Black“
Silver Jews
Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea – “Strange Victory, Strange Defeat“
The Low Lows
Shining Violence – “Sparrow“
The Notwist
The Devil, You + Me – “Good Lies“
Stars Like Fleas
The Ken Burns Effect – “I Was Only Dancing“
Oh and Coldplay released an album this week as well. I guess that’s important to some people…
Coldplay
Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
Week of June 10
The only big name that released an album this week, was My Morning Jacket releasing Evil Urges. This week also featured many talented newcomers with some great folk and soft-indie albums for your listening pleasure.
My Morning Jacket
Evil Urges
The Awkward Stage
Slimming Mirrors, Flattering Lights – “Anime Eyes“
KaiserCartel
March Forth – “Oh No“
Ben Sollee
Learning To Bend – “A Change Is Gonna Come“
The Charlatans
You Cross My Path – “You Cross My Path“
Joan As Police Woman
To Survive – “To Be Loved“
My Education
Bad Vibrations – “Arch“
Rachael Sage
Chandelier – “Vertigo“
Unicycle Loves You
Unicycle Loves You – “Highway Robbery“
Twin Tigers
Curious Faces / Violent Future – “If“
The Swedes
Nothing Says Rich Like Golf Clubs – “Julie Walker“
Week of June 3
The first week of the month’s releases really took me by surprise, as the only band I was familiar with was Ladytron. To my complete delight, most of the other albums released this week were just great. My picks for this week include the aforementioned Ladytron album, along with a band I have never heard of. Oppenheimer came out with a quality electronic tinged indie rock album. Some of my other recommended albums are also in the electronic genre, but for those of you that like well written and sung folk songs, we have plenty for you as well.
Oppenheimer
Take The Whole Midrange And Boost It – “Steven McCauley For President“
Ladytron
Velocifero – “Black Cat“
Other Notable Releases:
The Pinker Tones
Wild Animals
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes – “White Winter Hymnal“
The Cool Kids
Bake Sale – “Basement Party“
The Ting Tings
We Started Nothing – “Great DJ“
Manu Chao
Politik Kills Remix EP – “Politik Kills w/ LKJ (Dennis Bovell Dub Vocal Remix)“
Aimee Mann
@#%&! Smilers
Baskervilles
Twilight – “Caught In A Crosswalk“
Shearwater
Rook – “Rooks“
Centro-matic/South San Gabriel
Dual Hawks – “I, The Kite” & “Trust To Lose“
The M’s
Real Close One – “Don’t Be Late“
Weezer
Weezer (Red Album)
The Futureheads
This Is Not The World - “Broke Up The Time“
thanks for amazing songs.
will be sure to bookmark and come back:)
Comment by Adrienne — August 10, 2008 @ 11:29 PM