2013 may not be starting off with much musical gusto, but that doesn't mean there aren't some interesting new releases to be found in stores this week. Among a small handful is the latest release from Broadcast. No, it's not exactly a new album but rather a soundtrack begun before the untimely death of vocalist Trish Keenan in 2011. Written for the film Berberian Sound Studio, the fictional story of British sound recordist who mentally cracks up while working on an Italian horror flick, Broadcast's soundtrack is full of brief darkly atmospheric instrumental pieces, many less than a minute in duration, which don't typically make for good radio listening but when taken together tell a fascinating story of their own.
Also out this week is the latest from Wooden Wand, a.k.a. prolific singer-songwriter James Jackson Toth & co., whose Blood Oaths of the New Blues is, according to our Music Director, Don Yates, "a potent set of bluesy psych-folk, featuring sprawling, beautifully crafted songs with a spacious, mournful sound combining atmospheric guitars, organ, harmonium, stark percussion, ethereal harmonies and haunting lyrics." And the also extraordinarily prolific, but much longer lived, "avant-garage" rockers Pere Ubu return with Lady From Shanghai, their 17th studio album in the 35 years since their debut, The Modern Dance. Look for these plus the soundtrack to the first season of the HBO Original Series Girls stores today.
Broadcast - The Equestrian Vortex
Berberian Sound Studio - Gilderoy & Monica
Things are picking up! In the world of new releases, that is. 2013 has fully arrived, and as you head back to work, school or whatever your day-to-day, it's time to put record shopping back into your regular routine. The shelves of your favorite record shops are now being lined with anticipated new…
There are always one or two potentially great albums that get snuck in at the eleventh hour (or twelfth month), just as music critics and fans are putting together their year end lists. (Did you vote for yours yet, by the way?) Our Music Director, Don Yates, couldn't wait to hear the new Big Boi al…
