James Blackshaw, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Wand (aka James Toth of Wooden Wand), Sir Richard Bishop, Bachelorette, Sharon Van Etten... what’s everybody smoking these days? This week’s list of new releases contains a kind stash of of avant folk and psychedelia. Even perhaps the most anticipated album this week, Grizzly Bear‘s Veckatimest, fits in nicely with this hazy bunch. Other great releases this week come from Phoenix, Viva Voce, The Intelligence, Naomi Shelton, Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, Dave Alvin, Joyo Velarde (debuting solo from her usually work with Lyrics Born), and James Yuill, who will be live today on KEXP at 3PM! Crib a sheet from Largehearted Boy and head out to your favorite record dealer:
from Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women on Yep Roc Records
Dave Alvin & Various Artists - Frank’s Tavern (feat. Calexico) (MP3)
from Man of Somebody’s Dreams: A Tribute To Chris Gaffney on Yep Roc Records
Bachelorette - Mindwarp (MP3)
from My Electric Family on Drag City
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise (MP3)
from Eating Us on Graveface
James Blackshaw - Cross (MP3)
from The Glass Bead Game on Young God Records
Correatown - Green Cotton Dress (MP3)
from Spark. Burn. Fade on Another Room Music
The Decks - Skeleton (MP3)
from Breath and Bone on Cass Records
Grizzly Bear - Cheerleader (MP3)
from Veckatimist on Warp
The Intelligence - Thank You God for Fixing the Tape Machine (MP3)
from Fake Surfers on In The Red
Loxsly - Battalions (MP3)
from Tomorrow’s Fossils on Little Mafia Records
Opsvik & Jennings - September and Starry Eyed (MP3)
from A Dream I Used to Remember on Loyal Label
The pAper chAse - What Should We Do With Your Body (The Lightning) (MP3)
from Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1 on Kill Rock Stars
Phoenix - Lisztomania (MP3)
from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix on Glassnote
Naomi Shelton - What Have You Done (MP3)
from What Have You Done, My Brother? on Daptone Records
Sir Richard Bishop - Kaddak el Mayass (MP3)
from The Freak of Araby on Drag City
Paul “Snowflake” Taylor - Share It (MP3)
from Share It! on Makeshift Records
Tiga - Mind Dimension (MP3)
from Ciao! on Last Gang Records
Sharon Van Etten - For You (MP3)
from Because I Was in Love on Drag City
Joyo Velarde - Take You Home (MP3)
from Joyo Velarde EP on Quannum Projects
Viva Voce - Devotion (MP3)
from Rose City on Barsuk
Wand - Arriving (MP3)
from Hard Knox or, “Are You Sure Hank Jr. Done it This Way?” on Ecstatic Peace
War Tapes - Dreaming of You (MP3)
from Continental Divide on Sarathan Records
James Yuill - No Pins Allowed
from Turning Down Water For Air on Netwerk Music
Zap Mama - Hello To Mama
from ReCreation on Heads Up Records
3 Comments
‘Lisztomania (Phantom Eyes remix)’ can be heard at:
http://www.myspace.com/phantomeyes
or downloaded here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?k2rnnqttzwf
Dreaming of You is a great tune. There’s more by War Tapes that are good if anybody is interested...
http://www.myspace.com/wartapes
I also really like “Dreaming of You” by the War Tapes! I think their whole album “The Continental Divide” is good!