Are you as excited to see Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are as I am? The movie stills look absolutely gorgeous and the songs composed by Karen O seem as wild and fun as I hope the entire project will be. For the soundtrack, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman enlisted “The Kids,” composed of an untrained children’s choir along with many of her friends: Bradford Cox (Deerhunter), Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age, The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs), Aaron Hemphill (Liars), Greg Kurstin (The Bird and the Bee), Jack Lawrence (The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, The Greenhornes), Imaad Wasif (New Folk Implosion, Alaska), Nick Zinner, (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and more!
Those of you seeking further escapism will find adventure in the World-meets-Indie friendly acts including the anticipated debut from Fool’s Gold (our current Song of the Day podcast, in fact), the David Byrne-endorsed Forro in the Dark, the Brazilian stylings of Bebel Gilberto, and the groovy beats of Breakestra.
Those looking on our own dusty shores should pick up the latest from The Avett Brothers, Langhorne Slim, Richmond Fontaine, Frank Fairfield, and Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons. And save a bit of your weekly allowance for the new releases by Zero 7, Ghostface Killah, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions, 7 Worlds Collide. Take Largehearted Boy’s list as your map for adventure and stock up with these selected highlights before setting sail for your local record shop:
from All Nations (self-released)
Alice In Chains - A Looking In View
from Black Gives Way To Blue on Virgin Records
The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You
from I and Love and You on Sony Records
Bamboo Shoots - Hey Girl (MP3)
from Armour on Epic
Beat Circus – The February Train (MP3)
From The Boy from Black Mountain on Cuneiform Records
Beaujolais - All My Exorcisms (MP3)
from Admiration on Parasol Records
The Black Seeds - Slingshot (MP3)
from Solid Ground on Easy Star Records
Breakestra - Joyful Noise
from Dusk Till Dawn on Strut Records
Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons - Born Again (MP3)
from Death Won’t Send a Letter on Black Seal
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Cold Spring (MP3)
from Why There are Mountains (rerelease) on +1 Records
Dandelion Snow - So Disconnected (MP3)
from It’s Just a Bad Dream (self-released)
Drummer - Feel Good Together (MP3)
from Feel Good Together on Audio Eagle
The Ettes - No Home (MP3)
from Do You Want Power on Ingrooves
Frank Fairfield - Nine Pound Hammer (MP3)
from Frank Fairfield on Tompkins Square
Fool’s Gold - Surprise Hotel (MP3)
from Fool’s Gold on IAMSOUND
Forro in the Dark - Light a Candle (MP3)
from Light a Candle on Nat Geo Music
Ghostface Killah - Baby
from Ghostdini the Wizard of Poetry on Def Jam
Bebel Gilberto - Chica Chica Boom Chic (MP3)
from All in One on Verve
The Good Graces - Pretty Good Song (MP3)
from Bring on the Tambourines! on Eskimo Kiss Records
Will Hoge - Even If It Breaks Your Heart (MP3)
from The Wreckage on Rykodisc
Mittens on Strings - Big Brother (MP3)
from Let’s Go to Baba’s on Soungs
Karen O and The Kids - All Is Love
from Where The Wild Things Are Motion Picture Soundtrack on Interscope
OM - Cremation Chat II (MP3)
from God Is Good on Drag City
Panther - Love Is Sold (MP3)
from Entropy on Kill Rock Stars
Princeton - Calypso Gold (MP3)
from Cocoon of Love on Kanine Records
Pugwash - Apples (MP3)
from Giddy on Ape Records
Richmond Fontaine – You Can Move Back Here
from We Used to Think the Freeway Sounded Like a River on Arena Rock
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions – Trouble
from Through the Devil Softly on Nettwerk Music Group
7 Worlds Collide – Learn to Crawl
from Sun Came Out on !K7
The Shaky Hands - Allison and the Ancient Eyes (MP3)
from Let It Die on Kill Rock Stars
Langhorne Slim - I Love You But Goodbye (MP3)
from Be Set Free on Kemado Records
T.H. White - The Darkest Horse (MP3)
from Company Book on Dovecote Records
Zero 7 – Medicine Man (MP3)
from Yeah Ghost on Atlantic
