New music releases Tuesday, April 21

Welcome aboard new Tampa Calling Contributor, Vinyl Fever’s Lee Wolfson, who will taking over on each week’s new music releases and other such interesting music tidbits, from what it’s like running an indie music store, to offering info on the latest in new music, to giving the inside scoop on any special promos or giveaways his store may be offering. Here’s his inaugural post, a list of new releases you may or may not be aware of.

Terry Adams (of NRBQ), Holy Tweet

Maria Bamford, Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome

Buju Banton, Rasta Got Soul

Behemoth, The Art of Rebelling Live (CD/DVD)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway (ahahahahahaha! yeah, really!)

Brian Blade, Mama Rosa

Booker T., Potato Hole (with Drive By Truckers and Neil Young, too — it’s REAL SWEET!)

The Boxmasters and Billy Bob Thornton, The Boxmasters

Braid, Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five (a re-release of the 1995 debut album comprised 26 tracks, each one named using a different letter of the alphabet.) Read the rest of this entry »

Another ‘Sound’ artist.

BBC continues its ‘Sound of 2009‘ series — which spotlights the hottest up-and-coming talent for the New Year — with its fourth selection, Empire of the Sun. The name should tell you something about the band, an Australian electro-pop duo who does the I’m-taking-myself-so-seriously-it’s-not-serious-anymore schtick ala Gil Mantera’s Party Dream complete with outrageous costumes and theatrics. Check out the video for Empire of the Sun’s October 2008 single, “Walking on a Dream.”

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