New music releases Tuesday, April 7
April 7th, 2009 by Leilani Polk in NewsA selection of CDs, EPs, LPs, Digital Releases, DVDs and Box Sets that dropped today.
Arcade Fire, Miroir Noir DVD (Merge)
The Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, When Sweet Sleep Returned (Tee Pee)
Bat for Lashes, Two Suns (Astralwerks)
Black Dice, Repo (Paw Tracks)
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Vs. Children (Tomlab)
Crystal Antlers, Tentacles (Touch & Go)
Del the Funky Homosapien, Funk Man: The Stimulus Package (digital self-release)
Doves, Kingdom of Rust (Astralwerks)
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, A Stranger Here (Anti-)
Erasure, Total Pop! (Rhino) [box set]
The Felice Brothers, Yonder Is the Clock (Team Love)
Gliss, Devotion Implosion (Ryko / Cordless)
Grails, Acid Rain DVD (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
Grateful Dead, To Terrapin: Hartford ‘77 (Rhino)
The Hold Steady, A Positive Rage (Vagrant) [live CD/DVD]
It Hugs Back, Inside Your Guitar (4AD)
Jadakiss, The Last Kiss (Ruff Riders / Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam)
Jimmy Eat World, Clarity Live (self-released)
Junior Boys, Begone Dull Care (Domino)
Lady Sovereign, Jigsaw (Midget Records)
Mobb Deep, The Safe is Cracked (Siccness)
Bob Mould, Life and Times (Anti-)
Pele, A Scuttled Bender In a Watery Closet (Polyvinyl)
Pontiak, Maker (Thrill Jockey)
Qemists, Join the Q (Ninja Tune)
Rascal Flatts, Unstoppable (Lyric Street)
Sharam, Get Wild (Ultra)
Storsveit Nix Noltes, Royal Family-Divorce (FatCat)
Superchunk, Leaves in the Gutter EP (Merge)
Richard Swift, The Atlantic Ocean (Secretly Canadian)
The Thermals, Now We Can See (Kill Rock Stars)
Various Artists, SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers (Merge)
The Veils, Sun Gangs (Rough Trade)
James Taylor, Other Covers (Hear Music)
Vienna Teng, Inland Territory (Rounder)
Neil Young, Fork in the Road (Warner Bros.) [CD/DVD]
The Whitest Boy Alive, Rules (Bubbles Music)
April 7th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
I havent taken the time yet to see who Casiotone is, but this album really quite good. Subdued pop and a little funky ta boot. I’ve heard good things about the Richard Swift as well
April 7th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Bat for Lashes is rather intriguing, too. It’s a solo project of Brit musician Natasha Khan. The Crystal Antlers albums sounds like it might be a winner, too.
April 7th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
HOW in the world do you not have the new Bob Mould record listed here?!?
April 7th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
my bad. why don’t I add it?
April 8th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Beastie Boys Check Your Head remastered reissue with bonus tracks (16 b-sides and rarities!) is pretty hot stuff this week