A long-awaited Longwave album tops the list of new releases you’ve been hearing lately on KEXP, along with Frontier Ruckus and Love Is All. Other albums worth considering on this Veterans Day week come from Razorlight, Barbara Morgenstern, Free Blood, Seattle’s own The Sight Below, and Au Revoir Simone, who offer up a gathering of remixes. And it’s a good week for Portland artists: check out Helios, Oh Captain My Captain, and The Battle of Land and Sea for a variety of PDX sounds. Also, it’s time to start thinking of your holiday shopping, and The Flaming Lips are here to remind you with their new DVD release of Christmas On Mars. Also to that end, expect the weeks that follow to be filled with box sets and special editions. This week is no exception with multi-disc collections from Abba, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, and Cheap Trick, as well as five sweet remastered albums from New Order. Take notes from Largehearted Boy’s list and get out there.
from Cover Story on Slanty Shanty Records
Au Revoir Simone - Lark (Ruff and Jam’s remix) (MP3)
from Reverse Migration on Our Secret Record Company
The Battle Of Land And Sea - The Beautiful Ones
from The Battle Of Land And Sea on Mis Ojos Discos
Beaten By Them - The Asiatic Capital Vista (MP3)
from Signs Of Life on Logic Pole
Chop Chop - Northern Armies (MP3)
from Screens on Archenemy Records
Creaky Boards - Brooklyn (MP3)
from the self-released album Brooklyn Is Love
Deer Tick - Standing at the Threshold (MP3)
from War Elephant on Partisan Records
Ford & Fitzroy - In Search of Canyons (MP3)
from Canyons on The Cougar Label
Frontier Ruckus - Orion Town 2 (MP3)
from The Orion Songbook on Quite Scientific
Gramercy Arms - Looking at the Sun (MP3)
from Gramercy Arms on Cheap Lullaby Records
Helios - Fourteen Days (MP3)
from Caesura on Type Records
Frank Hoier - Jesus Don’t Give Tax Breaks to the Rich (MP3)
from Lovers & Dollars on Platapus Records
The Homosexuals - 3 AM (Pink Pony) (MP3)
from Love Guns? on Serious Business Records
Jihae - Best Thing (MP3)
from the self-released Elvis Is Still Alive
Longwave - No Direction (MP3)
from Secrets are Sinister on Original Signal Recordings
Love Is All - Wishing Well
from A Hundred Things Keep Me up at Night on What’s Your Rupture?
Moon & Moon - Act II: Hands of a Man (MP3)
from VII Acts of an Iron King on La Société Expéditionnaire
Barbara Morgenstern - Come To Berlin
from BM on Monika Enterprise
Oh Captain My Captain - On My Mind
from Recklessly She Split the Sea on Bladen County Records
The Olympic Symphonium - Intentions Alone (MP3)
from More In Sorrow Than Anger on Forward Music Group
The Postmarks - 11:59 (MP3)
from By the Numbers on UnFiltered
Proud Simon - Clockwork On and On (MP3)
from the self-released album Night of Criminals
Razorlight - Wire to Wire
from Slipway Fires on Universal Records
Secret Dakota Ring - The Fade to Black (MP3)
from Cantarell on Serious Business Records
The Sight Below - Life’s Fading Light (MP3)
from Glider on Ghostly International/SMM
Spindrift - The New West (MP3)
from The West on Beat The World
Up The Empire - Last Of The Bullets (MP3)
from Loose Ends EP on The Cougar Label
Butch Walker - Weight Of Her (MP3)
from Sycamore Meadows on Original Signal Recordings
Wintersleep - Oblivion
from Welcome to the Night Sky on Labwork Music
Denison Witmer - Live Before Aesthetics (MP3) (courtesy of My Old Kentucky Blog)
from Carry The Weight on The Militia Group
