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June 16, 2008
This Week's Interesting CD Releases (June 17th, 2008)
Indie rock's premiere poet Dave Berman returns with his latest Silver Jews disc, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea this week. This disc, along with Wolf Parade's sophomore album, At Mount Zoomer, head up yet another strong summer music release week.
Other new releases I can strongly recommend this week include Eef Barzelay's (of Clem Snide) Lose Big, Impossible Shapes' self-titled album, My Brightest Diamond's A Thousand Shark's Teeth, Ponytail's Ice Cream Spiritual, Tilly and the Wall's O, and War on Drugs' Wagonwheel Blues.
I loved Bowerbirds' Hymns for a Dark Horse so much when it was first released last summer that I included it on my list of 2007 favorite albums. Dead Oceans is reissuing the disc this week with two bonus tracks. If you haven't heard it yet, give the album a listen and find out why the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle said of the band, "Only once every ten years or so does one hear a new band this good, this bursting with ideas, this audibly in love with music."
Another interesting reissue is Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue, which is available for the first time on CD in a special edition, 2-disc set.
What new releases have you excited this week? Are there any releases worth adding to the list?
this week's interesting CD releases:
Adem: Takes
Anthony David: Acey Deucey
Bowerbirds: Hymns for a Dark Horse (remastered with bonus tracks)
Bowerbirds: Hymns for a Dark Horse (reissued with bonus tracks) [vinyl]
The Briggs: Come All You Madmen
Bruce Haack: Haackula (reissue)
Butter 08: Butter 08 (reissue)
Byrds: Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971
Children of the Sixth Root Race: Songs From the Source
Chromeo: Fancy Footwork: Deluxe Edition
Clouds: We Are Above You
Coldplay: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Coldplay: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends [vinyl]
Confide: Shout The Truth
Dan Tyminski: Wheels
Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue - Legacy Edition
Eef Barzelay: Lose Big
Feelies: Only Life (reissue)
Genesis: From Genesis to Revelation (reissue with bonus tracks)
GridLink: Amber Gray
Head Like a Kite: There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere
Impossible Shapes: The Impossible Shapes
Interiors: The Interiors
Islands: Arm's Way [vinyl]
James Blackshaw: Litany of Echoes
jason Falkner: Bedtime With The Beatles 2
Jay Reatard: Always Wanting More / You Mean Nothing To Me 7"
Jeremy Jay: Alpharhythm 7" [vinyl]
Joshua James: The Sun Is Always Brighter [vinyl]
Judas Priest: Nostradamus
Kathy Griffin: For Your Consideration
Katy Perry: One of the Boys
King Khan and the Shrines: The Supreme Genius of King Khan
King Khan and the Shrines: The Supreme Genius of King Khan [vinyl]
Liquid Liquid: Liquid Liquid (reissue)
Low Lows: Shining Violence
Madonna: 4 Minutes (single) [vinyl]
Mick Hucknall: Tribute to Bobby
MIGGS: Unraveled
Mount Analog feat. Karl Blau: That's How I Got To Memphis 7" [vinyl]
My Brightest Diamond: A Thousand Shark's Teeth
My Brightest Diamond: A Thousand Shark's Teeth [vinyl]
Nada Surf: Lucky [vinyl]
Neon Neon: Stainless Style [vinyl]
NOMO: Ghost Rock
The Notwist: The Devil, You + Me
The Offspring: Ignition (remastered)
The Offspring: Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
The Offspring: Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace [vinyl]
Paul Weller: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Pogues: Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say...Pogue Mahone (5-CD import box set)
Ponytail: Ice Cream Spiritual
The Real Tuesday Weld: The End of the World
Reggie and the Full Effect: Last Stop: Crappy Town
The Runaways: Japanese Singles Collection (import)
Sally Shapiro: Remix Romance Vol. 2
Sian Alice Group: The Dusk Line EP
Sian Alice Group: The Dusk Line EP [vinyl]
Silver Jews: Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Silver Jews: Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea [vinyl]
Simple Minds: Themes, Vol. 5 (5-disc import box set)
Simple Minds: Themes, Vols. 1-5 (25-disc import box set)
Stars Like Fleas: Ken Burns Effect
Teddy Thompson: A Piece of What You Need
Thom Yorke: Harrowdown Hill/The Clock (import single) [vinyl]
Tilly and the Wall: O
Tilly and the Wall: O [vinyl]
Twine: Violets
Valient Thorr: Immortalizer
Valient Thorr: Immortalizer [vinyl]
Various Artists: The Love Guru (soundtrack)
War on Drugs: Wagonwheel Blues
War on Drugs: Wagonwheel Blues [vinyl]
Wolf Parade: At Mount Zoomer
Wolf Parade: At Mount Zoomer [vinyl]
also at Largehearted Boy:
previous CD & DVD release lists
Try It Before You Buy It (music from this week's CD releases)
tags: music cd list indie album releases
