Selected Releases: Monday 31 March

 
R.E.M.
Accelerate

 
The Black Keys
Attack And Release

 
Gnarls Barkley
The Odd Couple

 
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Frank Turner
Love, Ire And Song

 
Brian Jonestown
Massacre
My Bloody
Underground

 
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Sun Kil Moon
April

 
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Boy Kill Boy
Stars And The Sea

 
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Barry Adamson
Back To The Cat

 
Shooting At
Unarmed Men
Triptych

 
The Most
Serene Republic
Population

 
Windmill
Puddle City Racing
Lights

 
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Lowgold
Promise Land

To be honest, not a great deal out this week that excites me too much. Obviously, its always nice to have an R.E.M. album [...]

Ladytron - Black Cat

 
Ladytron are probably my most highly rated band still in operation. Well, it’s between them and Massive Attack. Imagine my sheer joy when this new track appeared on the Hype Machine’s most popular list. Black Cat is the opener from their fourth LP, Velocifero. Released June 3, it follows up Witching Hour (my fave album [...]

Fridays’ FTW #2

This week’s Friday hotties are brought to you on Sunday, in official British Summer Time! 

Lupe Fiasco - Superstar
Caught this on Radio 1’s 1Xtra live thing, and I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t someone completely shit. Catchy as syphilis.
Black Kids - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
Roll up, roll up, come see [...]

Selected Releases: Monday 24 March

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Foals
Antidotes

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Mystery Jets
Twenty One

The Raconteurs
Consolers Of
The Lonely

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Guillemots
Red

Does It Offend
You, Yeah?
You Have No Idea…

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The Whip
X Marks Destination

Son Lux
At War With Walls
And Mazes

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Beequeen
Sandancing

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Rameses III
Basilica

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Daniel Menche
Glass Forest

O. Rodriguez-Lopez
The Apocalypse
Inside An Orange

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Singer
Unhistories

If nothing else, this weeks’ releases have some awesome cover art, check out Daniel Menche, Rameses III, Guillemots and Mystery Jets and Son Lux in particular. Album of the [...]

Fridays FTW

These are the five tunes that have dominated my stereo habits this week: 

 Neon Neon - I Lust U
The catchiest track from Gruff Rhys and Boom Bip’s collaborative Neon Neon project. The album, Stainless Style, is a loose concept record based on the life of Ulster car-maker John De Lorean. He’s the chap that designed and [...]