Out This Week 1/19
This week features everything from long anticipated albums to new releases of the underrated and obscure. Austin’s indie darlings Spoon took a step back from their Top 10 Billboard 200 record Ga, Ga, Ga, Ga, Ga with their seventh studio album Transference. In fact, the quartet turned inside-out this time around, trading in their signature jovial melodies for shifting textures and undercooked rhythms. Beat master RJD2 breaks in his new record label, RJ’s Electrical Connections, with his forth album, The Colossus. Drawing on the multiplicity of sound and styles of his previous albums, RJ’s forth release is once again an example of his overachieving mentality, balancing forceful funk with moving ballads, not to mention he’s singing again. Birmingham, Alabama’s eccentric rockers Vulture Whale not only cranked out their Bamboo You EP, but truly morphed into a legitly tasteful pretend British band influenced by American music (think Guided By Voices). All six songs waver between humorous and deeply inspirational, complimented by frontman Wes McDonald’s entertaining faux British accent. CMJ band Surfer Blood has finally given the world some music with their debut release Astro Coast. Recorded in their University of Florida dorm room, the album has been compared to the Pixies, Vampire Weekend and even Weezer’s Blue Album-era. Self-recorded on a four track tape machine, EELS eighth studio record End Times, is a lovely “divorce record” about the personal trials and tribulations of the band’s leader Mark Oliver Everett aka E. But perhaps the most tantalizing albums of the week belongs to Seattle’s Feral Children and their second haunting LP Brand New Blood. A complete musical manifestation of the Pacific Northwest’s gloomy and mystifying territory, it’s definitely a soundtrack to what’s left of winter, which in our case will last for another six months. Get the full list from Largehearted Boy’s list before you head out to your local record shop (or use what’s left of your holiday gift certificates!). 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Matthew Caws & Khaela Maricich) (MP3) from El May (self-released) Feral Children - On a Frozen Beach (MP3) from Brand New Blood on Sarathan Records The Hot Rats - Drive My Car from Turn Ons on Fat Possum <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/t2Ak9eypq0U&rel=1&color1=d6d6d6&color2=f0f0f0&border=0&fs=1&hl=en&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&showsearch=0"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t2Ak9eypq0U&rel=1&color1=d6d6d6&color2=f0f0f0&border=0&fs=1&hl=en&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&showsearch=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/></object> Horse Stories - Hummingbird (We’ll Be Okay) (MP3) from November, November (self-released) Len Price 3 - After You’ve Gone (MP3) from Pictures on Wicked Cool Records Motion City Soundtrack - Disappear from My Dinosaur Life on Columbia <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p-mntwBFHHE&rel=1&color1=d6d6d6&color2=f0f0f0&border=0&fs=1&hl=en&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&showsearch=0"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p-mntwBFHHE&rel=1&color1=d6d6d6&color2=f0f0f0&border=0&fs=1&hl=en&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&showsearch=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/></object> RJD2 - Let There Be Horns from The Colossus on RJ’s Electrical Connections <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XVM4glts9FM&rel=1&color1=d6d6d6&color2=f0f0f0&border=0&fs=1&hl=en&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&showsearch=0"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XVM4glts9FM&rel=1&color1=d6d6d6&color2=f0f0f0&border=0&fs=1&hl=en&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&showsearch=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/></object> Ruby Isle - So Damn High (Will Eastman Club Edit) (MP3) from Night Shot: The Remixes on Kindercore Shapes Stars Make - album preview from These Mountains Are Safe on Facedown <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sU-S4zPGM8A&rel=1&color1=d6d6d6&color2=f0f0f0&border=0&fs=1&hl=en&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&showsearch=0"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sU-S4zPGM8A&rel=1&color1=d6d6d6&color2=f0f0f0&border=0&fs=1&hl=en&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&showsearch=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/></object> Spoon - Written in Reverse (MP3) from Transference on Merge Surfer Blood - Swim (MP3) from Astro Coast on Kanine Records Cortney Tidwell - 17 Horses (MP3) from Boys on City Slang / Removador Recordings Zoey Van Goey - City Is Exploding from The Cage Was Unlocked All Along on Chemikal Underground <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lkNgCnC5rQg&rel=1&color1=d6d6d6&color2=f0f0f0&border=0&fs=1&hl=en&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&showsearch=0"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lkNgCnC5rQg&rel=1&color1=d6d6d6&color2=f0f0f0&border=0&fs=1&hl=en&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3&showsearch=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/></object> Vulture Whale - The Pipe from Bamboo You EP on Skybucket Records
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