photo by Stephen Berkman
The new releases on Largehearted Boy’s list this week seem to hearken back to days of yore, whether they be from veteran bands who are laying down vinyl for the first time in years (16 for B-52′s), reissuing remastered albums (5 of them by Jesus & Mary Chain), or repackaging older material (a collector’s edition from The Lemonheads, a full-length including songs released last year by De Novo Dahl, the “greatest hits” of Morrissey, and a live recording of songs by Under Byen). Heck, even newer artists are trying to sound old timey — the Raconteurs, who have tried to slip their latest under the radar of early leakers, cultivate an Antebellum attitude, while new-comer Justin Townes Earle, at 25 years of age, sounds like he was born in 1925. Besides those, though, there are some adventurous, forward-thinking new releases from Plants & Animals, The Heavy, Gnarls Barkley, and Voyager One. Stitch up your corset or buckle on your spats and be sure to check out these tracks before heading out to your local music merchant:
from Funplex on Astralwerks
Borko – Dingdong Kingdom (MP3)
from Celebrating Life on Morr Music
De Novo Dahl – Be Your Man (MP3)
from Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound on Road Runner Records
Justin Townes Earle – Hard Livin’ (MP3)
from The Good Life on Bloodshot
Elf Power- Spiral Stairs (MP3)
from In a Cave on Ryko
Excepter – Kill People (MP3)
from Debt Dept on Paw Tracks
Gnarls Barkley – Run
from The Odd Couple on Downtown/Atlantic
Head of Femur – Isn’t It a Shame (MP3)
from Great Plains on Greyday Records
The Heavy – That Kind of Man
from Great Vengeance and Furious Fire on Ninja Tune
Helvetia – Old New Bicycle (MP3)
from The Acrobats on Static Cult
Lemonheads – It’s a Shame About Ray
from It’s a Shame About Ray (Collector’s Edition with DVD)
Life in Bed – 1000 Reasons (MP3)
from Passed and Presents on Polar Recordings
Morrissey – That’s How People Grow Up
from Greatest Hits on Universal
Plants And Animals – Faerie Dance (MP3)
from Parc Avenue on Secret City
The Raconteurs – Salute Your Solution
from Consolers Of The Lonely on Third Man Records
Temposhark – Joy [demo] (MP3)
the mastered version is found on The Invisible Line on Paper & Glue
Triclops! – Freedom Tickler (MP3)
from Out of Africa on Alternative Tentacles
Under Byen – Af Samme Stof Som Stof (MP3)
the live version is found on Siamesisk on Paper Bag Records
Voyager One – The Future Is Obsolete (MP3)
from Afterhours In The Afterlife on Loveless Records
4 Comments
Foals! Foals!
Okay so maybe it’s not officially out in the US yet, but Antidotes did come out on iTunes yesterday for super cheap (5.99). And no I don’t work for them or Sub Pop, I just adore the band :)
Cheers,
Tonia
Because everything seems to have multiple release dates, I try to stick to the “official” release date, which seems to mean less and less. But yes, Foals are fantastic.
plants and animals! i can’t get enough of this band!
^^^
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