This Week’s Album Releases: 31 January 2011
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A few big releases today The Go Team, visiting Australia in May to play Groovin the Moo, Chase and Status release their celebrity filled Drum and Bass effort and 2011 BBC Sound band Esben and the Witch release their debut. I have been listening to the latter for the past couple of days to review next week so you don’t. Early listens are leaving me unsatisfied.
Albums released today:
Aggro Santos – ‘Aggrosantos.com
Boy George – ‘Ordinary Alien – The Kinky Roland Files’
Eva Cassidy – ‘Simply Eva’
Chapel Club – ‘Palace’
Chase And Status ‘No More Idols’
Esben And The Witch – ‘Violet Cries’
The Go! Team – ‘Rolling Blackouts’
Hercules & Love Affair – ‘Blue Songs’
Jeff The Brotherhood – ‘Heavy Days’
Ben Marwood – ‘Outside There’s A Curse’
Portico Quartet – ‘Knee Deep In The North Sea’
Skepta – ‘Doin It Again’
Regina Spektor – ‘Live In London’
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This Week’s New Music Releases: 24 January 2011
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Adele releases her second album ’21’ today (January 24), with new albums from The Joy Formidable, Iron & Wine and Diddy Dirty Money also out.
I have bought the Joy Formidable to review this week, NME raved about it, although it seems like it is a bit of a greatest hits, even though its a debut it has songs going back a couple of years, the rest of the releases are
Adele – ’21’
Cloud Nothings – ‘Cloud Nothings’
Cold War Kids – ‘Mine Is Yours’
Diddy: Dirty Money – ‘Last Train To Paris’
Funeral Party – ‘The Golden Age Of Knowhere’
Gang Of Four – ‘Content’
Glamour Of The Kill – ‘The Summoning’
Iron And Wine – ‘Kiss Each Other Clean’
Wanda Jackson – ‘The Party Ain’t Other’
The Joy Formidable – ‘The Big Roar’
T.I – ‘No Mercy’
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- Music Review: Adele – 21 (blogcritics.org)
THIS WEEKS NEW ALBUM RELEASES 17/01/2011
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White Lies release second album ‘Ritual’ today (January 17), while Anna Calvi releases her self-titled debut album. There are also new releases from The Decemberists and Pearl Jam. Avril Lavigne drops her comeback single ‘What The Hell’, while there’s also a newie from Everything Everything with ‘Photoshop Handsome’, Adele puts out ‘Rolling In The Deep’ and PJ Harvey releases ‘Words Maketh Murder’. Albums released today: Anna Calvi – ‘Anna Calvi’ The Decemberists – ‘The King Is Dead’ Fujiya & Miyagi – ‘Ventriloquizzing’ Pearl Jam – ‘Live On Ten Legs’ Scarlette Fever – ‘Medication Time’ White Lies – ‘Ritual’
Having had a quick listen to White Lies, I am in the not sure camp at the moment, I loved the debut, but even some of that was Duran Duran esque, this is even more so, a full review at the end of the week.
Anna Calvi is garning rave reviews the NME dropped a 9 bomb on the album, it is on the wish list so should be reviewing it in the near future
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This Week’s New Music Releases: 10 January 2011
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The big new music releases today (January 10) come from British Sea Power, who release their fifth album ‘Valhalla Dancehall’, and frequent Timbaland collaborator Keri Hilson, who releases her second album ‘No Boys Allowed’
Albums released today:
British Sea Power – ‘Valhalla Dancehall’
Emma’s Imagination – ‘Stand Still’
Keri Hilson – ‘No Boys Allowed’
Suuns – ‘Zero, Qc’
Tu Fawning – ‘Hearts On Hold’
Wire – ‘Red Barked Tree’
A pretty disappointing lot of albums, with only the British Sea Power worthy of investment, I can’t believe its their 5th album, I have not heard any of their previous releases but hear good things about them.
They also play Glastonbury a lot so maybe its time I get my shit together have a listen and let the world know my point of view.
Photo attached today is of the Lead Singer of Australian band The John Steele Singers, a review of their recent live show will be my next blog.
Album Releases for Week 29/11/2010
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Duffy returns with her second album this week and a number of greatest hits. Yeah Xmas. I saw Duffy live at V Festival Sydney a couple of years ago and quite enjoyed it but won’t be buying the album.
NME this week has their top 50 albums of the year, that will be interesting, I am thinking that The National will beat Arcade Fire to No 1
Albums released in the UK today:
Harry Hill – ‘Funny Times’
Olly Murs – ‘Olly Murs’
Duffy – ‘Endlessly’
Black Eyed Peas – ‘The Beginning’
N-Dubz – ‘Love.Live.Life’
Bruce Springsteen – ‘The Collection: 1973-1984’
Glee Cast – ‘Glee: The Music – The Christmas Album’
Nelly Furtado – ‘Best Of’
Simian Mobile Disco – ‘Delicacies’
Alesha Dixon – ‘The Entertainer’
Robyn – ‘Body Talk’
Jenny And Johnny – ‘I’m Having Fun Now’
Gary Numan – ‘The Touring Principle ‘79’
Paul Weller – ‘Find The Torch, Burn The Plans’ (CD/DVD live album)
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Weekly Album Releases for Week 22/11/2010
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The major release of the week is from the Kings of Emo My Chemical Romance ( Yuck ) , Regina Spekto releases a live album.
I am going to get hold of Jenny and Johnny later today and will give you an un-depth review on Sunday
Albums released today: Jenny & Johnny – ‘I’m Having Fun Now’ Josh Groban – ‘Illuminations’ Kanye West – ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ Kate Rusby – ‘Make The Light’ Middle Class Rut – ‘No Name No Color’ My Chemical Romance – ‘Danger Days: True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys’ Nicki Minaj – ‘Pink Friday’ Regina Spektor – ‘Live In London’
NEW ALBUM RELEASES FOR WEEK 15/11/2010
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Looks like they are starting the countdown to Xmas with popular artist releases starting to happen. So no new purchase from this weeks releases for me.
I will review Biffy Clyro‘s latest on Sunday downloaded from itunes for 4.99. Is that value for money ?
Albums released today:
Brian Eno – ‘Small Craft On A Milk Sea’
Bruce Springsteen – ‘The Promise’
Nelly – ‘5.0’
Norah Jones – ‘Featuring’
Rihanna – ‘Loud’
Stereolab – ‘Not Music’
Take That – ‘Progress’
Tinchy Stryder – ‘Third Strike’
My Featured Photo is of Laura Marling who I caught at the BBC Introducing stage along with Broadcast 200 on the Sunday
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NEW ALBUM RELEASES FOR WEEK 08/11/2010
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This week’s releases must be the most underwhelming in the history of new album releases ever.
Glastonbury related releases include Jay Z’s Hit’s Collection, maybe worth a listen if you haven’t got any of the mans work. Ray Davies of the Kinks releases a solo album the week he says the Kinks will never reform and Stings daughter I Blame Coco releases The Constant.
I have gone back a couple of weeks and purchased Deerhunter’s Halcyon Digest releases on 27th of Sept on that great record label 4AD. I will be reviewing on Sunday.
Cee Lo Green – ‘The Lady Killer’
I Blame Coco – ‘The Constant’
Jay-Z – ‘The Hits Collection Vol. 1’
Kid Cudi – ‘Man On The Moon 2: The Legend Of Mr Rager’
Nadine Coyle – ‘Insatiable’
Ray Davies – ‘See My Friends’
Roll Deep – ‘Winner Stays On’
Weezer – ‘Death To False Metal’
ALBUM RELEASES FOR WEEK 01.11.2010
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Nothing to get me going at this stage from this week’s new releases, I have purchased The Foals first album, Antidotes and will be reviewing in the next week or 2.
Todays’s photo is of Frightened Rabbit, who are the next band up for review
Albums released today:
Cheryl Cole – ‘Messy Little Raindrops’
Elliott Smith – ‘An Introduction To… Elliott Smith’
Good Charlotte – ‘Cardiology’
Monster Magnet – ‘Mastermind’
Neil Diamond – ‘Dreams’
NERD – ‘Nothing’
Ne-Yo – ‘Libra Scale’
Ray Davies – ‘See My Friends’
Rumer – ‘Seasons Of My Soul’
Suede – ‘The Best Of’
ALBUM RELEASES FOR THE WEEK 18TH OF OCTOBER
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This weeks major release is from The Kings of Leon, a band who have defied the odds to step up into the major leagues.
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This was partly due to great albums and great fans but also Glastonbury picking them as a headlining act in 2008.
Before this they were hardly known in their own country. This is now their 2nd Major league album so it will be interesting to see how they have coped and survived. I will review the Kings of Leon on Sunday.
The rest of this weeks albums are
The Beatles – ‘1962-1966’ (The Red Album)
The Beatles – ‘1967-1970’ (The Blue Album)
Kings Of Leon – ‘Come Around Sundown’
Lil Wayne – ‘I Am Not A Human Being’
The Phantom Band – ‘The Wants’
Red Hot Chilli Pipers – ‘Music For The Kilted Generation’
Shontelle – ‘No Gravity’
Squarepusher: ‘Shobaleader One: d’Demonstrator’
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – ‘The Social Network’ (OST)
ALBUM RELEASES FOR WEEK 11TH OF OCTOBER
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Loads of Variety out this week, but nothing that really gets me going. As I have just got tickets to see The National in January, my album of the week , which I will review on Sunday is their 2007 release Boxer.
Antony & The Johnsons – ‘Swanlights’
Ash – ‘A-Z Vol. 2’
The Bees – ‘Every Step’s A Yes’
Belle & Sebastian – ‘Write About Love’
Chiddy Bang – ‘The Preview’
Gold Panda – ‘Lucky Shiner’
Magnetic Man – ‘Magnetic Man’
Ocean Colour Scene – ’21’
Paul Smith – ‘Margins’
Squeeze – ‘Spot The Difference’
Sufjan Stevens – ‘The Age Of Adz’
Syd Barrett – ‘An Introduction To’
The Walkmen – ‘Lisbon’
ALBUM RELEASES FOR 4TH OCTOBER 2010 WEEK
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This weeks major release is Carl Barat’s self titled debut album. This will be an interesting record and one that should find its way into plenty of homes also out is Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, if you haven’t read about what happened to their lead singer then goggle the bands name.
Not sure what I will get this week, there are plenty of live announcements for bands happening in Australia at the moment, including 2 happening tomorrow, so will wait to see who is coming over before buying anything.
Interpol have already been announced to play in January as have The National.
Anyway this weeks album releases in the UK are
Albums released today:Badly Drawn Boy – ‘It’s What I’m Thinking Pt.1 – Photographing Snowflakes’ Bob Geldof – ‘How To Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell’ Carl Barat – ‘Carl Barat’ Dinosaur Pile-Up – ‘Growing Pains’ The Divine Comedy – ‘Live At Somerset House’ Fran Healy – ‘Wreckorder’ Imelda May – ‘Mayhem’ John Lennon – ‘Power To The People: The Hits’ Lupen Crook – ‘The Pros And Cons Of Eating Out’ Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – ‘The Golden Year’ Performance – ‘Red Brick Heart’ Suzanne Vega – ‘Close Up Vol 2: People & Places’
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ALBUM RELEASES FOR WEEK 27 SEPT 2010
Nothing really gets me going this week, so will be looking back on my wish list for my album of the week, and like last week have settled on a band who I have been waiting to buy their album for a while, so I am going for We have Bands debut offering.
We have Band won the emerging band contest at Glastonbury 1 year and I have seen them 3 times over the last 2 years.
The album gets my full review on Sunday.
Anyway this weeks releases are,
Ben Folds & Nick Hornby – ‘Lonely Avenue’
Deerhunter – ‘Halcyon Digest’
Fenech-Soler – ‘Fenech-Soler’
Jimmy Eat World – ‘Invented’
Killing Joke – ‘Absolute Dissent’
Mark Ronson & The Business Intl – ‘Record Collection’
Neil Young – ‘Le Noise’
No Age – ‘Everything In Between’
Sia – ‘We Are Born’
Tricky – ‘Mixed Race’
Album Releases for the week 13th September 2010
A massive amount of Albums released this week, with Indie loves from New York Interpol heading the list. Also out this week is Robert Plants latest and Lloyd Cole, blasts from the past there. Will Led Zep ever reform for Glastonbury, my money is on No.
Linkin Park are back for the teenagers who love Metal/Rap and Nick Cave‘s latest incarnation Grinderman release their second well received album. Nick is a Legend, I saw him once at the Mean Fiddler in Harlesden, him and a piano and it was amazing.
New band wise Summer Camp seem to be the darlings of the late festival scene and they release an EP more than an album, I think, as it is only 6 tracks long.
But after all that I am going to go back earlier in the year for The Foals second album as my album of the week. I will post my review at the weekend.
Albums released today:
The Brute Chorus – ‘How The Caged Bird Sings’
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – ‘Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly’
Grinderman – ‘Grinderman 2’
Interpol – ‘Interpol’
Les Savy Fav – ‘Root For Ruin’
Linkin Park – ‘A Thousand Suns’
Lloyd Cole – ‘Broken Record’
Of Montreal – ‘False Priest’
The Pipettes – ‘Earth Vs The Pipettes’
Robert Plant – ‘Band Of Joy’
Robyn – ‘Body Talk Pt 2’
Royksopp – ‘Senior’
Summer Camp – ‘Young’
Underworld – ‘Barking’
Unkle – ‘The Answer’
The Vaselines – ‘Sex With An X’
Weezer – ‘Hurley’
Album Releases for 06 September 2010
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Biggest New release is from Killers frontman Brandon Flowers, I am one of the most devastated from the split up of the Killers , as I had tickets to see them play The Enmore Theatre 2 days later.
So although the NME have absolutely given the album a shut kicking , I have it already and will review it later in the week.
Hurts and the Charlatans also release albums this week which probably are worth a glance
This weeks releases are
Brandon Flowers – ‘Flamingo’
Brian Wilson – ‘Reimagines Gershwin’
The Charlatans – ‘Who We Touch’
Hurts – ‘Happiness’
James – ‘The Morning After’
The Like – ‘Release Me’
Stone Sour – ‘Audio Secrecy’
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Album Releases for the Week 01 September 2010
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I suppose the big new release from an indie standpoint is Everything Everything. However nothing I have heard from them yet has me out running to get this, certainly not this week anyway. I will be reviewing Best Coast this week. So come back on sunday if you have any interest on my thoughts of their album. Winners of the NME new band to watch competition. A band worth keeping your ear out for.
Of course the big record of the week is from Katy Perry and although I quite like her music I wouldn’t go out and buy an album of hers. One other album of interest is from Phil Selway who is the drummer from Radiohead. Drummers seem to love putting out their own albums these days.
Albums released today:
Everything Everything – ‘Man Alive’
Kano – ‘Method To The madness’
Katy Perry – ‘Teenage Dream’
Papa Roach – ‘Time For Annihilation: On The Record & On The Road’
Phil Selway – ‘Familial’
The Pretty Reckless – ‘Light Me Up’
Rose Elinor Dougall – ‘Without Why
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Album Releases for the week 23rd August 2010
The big new release this week is the Klaxons Surfing The Void, it has been a 3 year wait and everyone has been waiting with bated breath to see what they would do next. I have got a copy and will give you my synopsis later in the week.
Other interesting releases are from those Perth boys Tame Impala and The Eels.
I just happened to be walking past the Enmore theater 2 weeks ago and they were playing. Their was a big crowd queuing as well. I haven’t really got in to them since their early days and probably Won’t aging but who knows.on the why have they bothered front John Mellancamp who used to be a cougar releases a new album
This weeks album releases are
Klaxons – ‘Surfing The Void’
Eels – ‘Tomorrow Morning’
One Night Only – ‘One Night Only’
William Orbit – ‘Pieces In A Modern Style 2’
!!! – ‘Strange Weather Isn’t It’
Tame Impala – ‘Innerspeaker’
Various Artists – ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs The World OST’
Zola Jesus – ‘Stridulum II’
The Count & Sinden – ‘Mega Mega Mega’
The Union – ‘The Union’
John Mellencamp – ‘No Better Than This’
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Album Releases for the Week 16th August 2010
This weeks albums released in the UK are,
Dave Rotheray – ‘The Life Of Birds’
David Gray – ‘The Foundling’
DJ Fresh – ‘Kryptonite’
The Hoosiers – ‘The Illusion Of Safety’
I Am Arrows – ‘Sun Comes Up Again’
Iron Maiden – ‘The Final Frontier’
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan – ‘Hawk’
The Saturdays – ‘Headlines’
David Gray has a new one, not sure who this would now be targeted at. If you haven’t got White Ladder , I suggest that it is a compulsory purchase but stare clear of any future releases.
The Drummer from Razorlight releases his solo album under the name I Am Arrows he gets a surprisingly good review in The NME. The single is a free download on itunes this week, so you can get that and decide if your keen on the album.
Other releases are from Iron Maiden , whatever floats your boat, and The Saturdays.
Please if your planning on buying The Saturdays please stop reading my blog.
This week I am getting the Nationals album and will review it on the blog later in the week
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