A lovely new album from San Fran indie-folkers The Dodos
kicks off today's featured releases, but that's not even the half
of it. Yim
Yames (My Morning Jacket's Jim James) and
Julian
Plenti (Interpol's Paul Banks) both go solo, and the
world is richer for it.
Today we've got the debut from Liverpool singer-songwriter
Susan
Enan, whose duet with Sarah McLachlan was featured on
Bones; the new album from YACHT on DFA
Records; the soundtrack
for new rom-com Adam; some classic piano pop from
David
Mead; the debut full-length from Chicago house deejay
Bad Boy
Bill; and more!
In the time span of just a short 22 years, this bloke from the
great island of Great Britain has produced a lineup of whimsical
songs that have the depth and insight of many more years of life.
Ben
Howard describes his hometown as "nestled between the
moors and the sea," and paints his affection for the autumn months
and the outdoors in few words but with powerful sentiment.
New albums from Riceboy
Sleeps (Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi Birgisson and his
boyfriend Alex Somers), Historics (a
side project of the bassists from Maroon 5 and Amazing Baby,
featuring Kool Keith), Sugar Ray (you
probably know Sugar Ray), Greg Davis (a
classically-trained Kranky Records dronemeister), and more!
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Today brings the debut album from Nasvhille all-girl
country-rockers Those
Darlins (it rules), the newest from Def Jux rapper
Cage, heartbreaking
rock from Scots Broken
Records, and some classic jazz from the
Matt Wilson
Quartet!
Two exclusive pre-releases for you folks today! The long-awaited
LP from Discovery
(Vampire Weekend + Ra Ra Riot), and the debut from Brooklyn
"shwag-rockers" Motel
Motel.
Plus, an insanely good new release from Welsh (post-/meta-) punk
band Future of the
Left, a mixtape from Chicago rapper Naledge (1/2 of
Kidz
in the Hall), and more!
Boom! Today you can pick up the new album from Welsh
psych-rockers Super Furry
Animals, one of Beck's earliest
releases, the debut EP from Brooklyn's Suckers
(produced by Yeasayer's Anand Wilder), and
more!
Jon Pareles writes up Emilíana
Torrini's performance at NYC's Hiro Ballroom this past
Saturday:
"Although Ms. Torrini is from Iceland, her lyrics are in
English, and they are confessions of longing and loneliness, elated
infatuation or caffeinated uncertainty... It takes poise and
discreet determination to keep such wispy thoughts from turning
sentimental, and Ms. Torrini has both."
