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VINYL:

David Bazan – Curse Your Branches

Lou Barlow – Goodnight Unknown
Lou describes this as, “a cross between my later work with Folk Implosion and my earlier work with Sebadoh.”

Boston Spaceships – Zero To 99
Robert Pollard.

Califone – All My Friends Are Funeral Singers

The Clientele – Bonfires on the Health
The Clientele are cited as an influence by bands such as Spoon and the Fleet Foxes.

Feelies – Crazy Rhythms
Feelies – Good Earth
Each with downloadable bonus tracks.

The Jesus Lizard - Goat
The Jesus Lizard – Head
The Jesus Lizard – Liar
The Jesus Lizard – Down
HQ-120 vinyl editions have also been packaged in deluxe gatefold album jackets with 12” x 24” double-sided color inserts. All editions feature bonus tracks.

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THX Management, Aestheticized and even New Granada bring in a tidy bunch of indie acts to town. But more often than not, said acts genearlly opt for the Orlando stop instead — it’s close enough to draw folks from Tampa but far enough away to make the bands feel like they’re playing a big city. The worthiest of the 90-minute trek are Scotland’s indie rock foursome Frightened Rabbit, fronted by brothers Scott and Grant Hutchison (Tues., Sept. 29, The Social, Orlando, $12); chamber rockin’ Portland quintet The Decemberists and their “A Short Fazed Hovel” tour (Wed., Sept. 30, Hard Rock Live, Orlando, $26-$30); another Portland-nite, the folk-meets-Rolling Stoners Blitzen Trapper (pictured) (Tues., Oct. 06, The Social, Orlando, $12 in advance/$14 dos); the electro-dance punk freakers Ghostland Observatory (Thurs., Oct. 29, House of Blues, Orlando, FREE courtesy of Southern Comfort); and Grammy-winning New Orleans electro-psyche rockers MuteMath (Thurs., Nov. 05, House of Blues, Orlando, $20-$56).

This week’s recommended releases as well as a breakdown of other worthy albums available now.

Vinyl:

Arctic Monkeys – Humbug
The band’s third album is a set of songs both heavier and lush than in previous efforts but still full of the Monkeys’ punch and vitality.

Jeff Beck – Beck-Ola
Jeff Beck – Truth
Exact replicas now available on pristine HQ-180 vinyl. Taken from the original analog master tapes.

Chocolate Watch Band – No Way Out
Chocolate Watch Band – Inner Mystique
Hailing from San Jose, Calif., the Watch Band — featuring the pouting, Mick Jagger-influenced lead vocals of Dave Aguilar, the thrilling guitars of Sean Tolby and Mark Loomis, the solid bass of Bill Flores and the thumping drums of Gary Andrijasevich — made all the right scenes in San Jose, including appearances with the Syndicate of Sound and Count Five.

John Fogerty – Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
Among the special guests are Bruce Springsteen.

Fugazi – 3 Songs 7″
Remastered.

Woody Guthrie – Woody, Cisco And Sonny
Woody Guthrie – Woody The Agitator
Woody Guthrie – Woody’s Roots
Woody Guthrie – Woody’s Greatest Hits
Classic Guthrie vinyl reissues — now available.

Jet – Shaka Rock
bass, drums, guitars and vocals.

Willie Nelson – American Classic

Pearl Jam – The Fixer 7″
Two new tracks from their upcoming album on white vinyl with glow-in-the-dark ink on the label!

Chuck Ragan/Brian Fallon split 7″
They of Hot Water Music and Gaslight Anthem fame, respectively.

Reigning Sound – Love and Curses
New release — now available on vinyl.

The Smiths – The Smiths
The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
The Smiths – Queen is Dead
The Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
180 gram vinyl reissues. Remastering supervised by Johnny Marr. Read the rest of this entry »

I just spend the past few hours updating CL’s concert listings and in case you missed them, here’s the latest batch of additions from the past week for your concert planning convenience. For a complete breakdown of area shows, visit our Upcoming Concerts page; for last week’s most worthy additions, click here.

Friday, Sept. 04 Pitbull w/DJ Laz (The Ritz Ybor, Ybor City)

Tuesday, Sept. 08 Groundation (Plaza Theatre, Orlando)

Saturday, Sept. 19 Deva, Premal & Miten (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)

Friday, Sept. 25 Cowboy Mouth (State Theatre, St. Petersburg)

Tuesday, Sept. 29 Railroad Earth (Plaza Theatre, Orlando)

Thursday, Oct. 01 Side Door Jazz: Belinda Womack Quintet (Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)

Friday, Oct. 02 Alice Cooper Theatre of Death Tour ‘09 (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

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