Recent Articles in CD Releases
UK’s Laura Marling Releases ‘Alas I Cannot Swim’ and Plays NYC Shows in June
Laura Marling is the ethereal UK 18-year-old folk singer/songwriter, caught for the first time by those of us “in the know” at SXSW in March and then when she opened for Adam Green this month. She will release her debut album, Alas I Cannot Swim, on the Astralwerks label on August 19th. (It’s [...]
Kathy Griffin’s up ‘For Your Consideration’ in June
Flame-haired comedienne ‘D-list’ Kathy Griffin has no shame. She’s fine with it, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is fine with it, and by all accounts, those of you who turn in to her award-winning exploits and sell-out her concerts are too. But Ms. Griffin isn’t content to just lord over the Emmys, or [...]
The Silent Years Put Their Spin on The Globe This Summer
They may hail from Detroit rock city, but The Silent Years are far from being a fuzzy garage band. Holding accolades such as “Underground Artist of the Year 2007″ (SPIN Magazine), their emotionally-intense sound falls somewhere between the most soaring, psychedelic reaches of The Flaming Lips and the intimate strains of Elliot Smith.
The Silent [...]
Beck and Danger Mouse Team Up for Album
In hindsight, this dream pairing blurs the line between obviousness and haven’t-they-already? territory, but this summer, Beck and Danger Mouse will release the result of their collaborative efforts. Last December, the duo finally nailed down studio time together, and after several months of mixing their kindred muses, 10 songs came out of it. Mooted to [...]
Jakob Dylan Announces Tour Dates for Debut Album
On May 17, former Wallflowers frontman Jakob Dylan will hit the road for his first tour as a solo artist in support of his debut album, Seeing Things, out June 10 via Columbia Records and Starbucks Entertainment. From there, Dylan will make appearances at Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits and the Newport Folk Festival among other [...]
Black Kids to Release Debut Album on July 22
They’ve been hard at work in London for several months with producer Bernard Butler, and now comes word that the debut album from Jacksonville, FL’s Black Kids, called Partie Traumatic, will drop July 22 on Columbia (U.S.) and July 7 “everywhere else” via Almost Gold Records. Check the video for lead single “I’m Not Gonna [...]
Albert Hammond Jr’s ‘Como Te Llama’ Out July 8
Details have emerged on Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr’s sophomore album, Como Te Llama. Out July 8, the set was produced by Hammond, drummer Matt Romano and engineer Gus Oberg, and recorded over five weeks at New York’s Electric Lady Studios. Look for “GfC” to be the first single, although Hammond counts “Borrowed Time,” “Victory At [...]
Patti Smith and Kevin Shields to Release Spoken-Word Album
On July 11, 2008 via their PASK label, Patti Smith and My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields will release a double-disc of their live readings and performances in 2005 and 2006 of Smith’s The Coral Sea, a “screaming requiem” of late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe’s terminal illness. Smith wrote the book in 1996 as a “posthumous homage” [...]
Conor Oberst Going Solo
Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst is officially “going solo” again (but with help of The Mystic Valley Band) on August 4th with the release of a collection of 12 new songs recorded earlier this year in the outskirts of Tepoztlán, Morelos, México. Of the recording process, for the seemingly self-titled affair, we are told that [...]
Islands Announce North American Tour
Canada’s mystical Calypso-proggers, first conjured by the venerable Nick Diamonds, are at it again! It seems like the Anti- label is scooping up all the hyped bands who are happily farthest afield from the norm (and who like to wear strange makeup: Man Man anyone?). It’s true indeed. Islands are next in their spring release [...]
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