Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Mojo CD (Reprise)
Mojo showcases a wide variety of American music, from rock & roll to country and both electric and acoustic blues. It also has some sweet balladry for the slow dancers and even a whacked-out reggae number that is unlike anything that The Heartbreakers have done before. Vinyl and extra-special 5.1 audio Blu-Ray editions due June 29.
Gabor Szabo – Jazz Raga [Reissue] CD (Light In The Attic)
Digitally remastered edition of 1967 album from Hungarian guitarist Gabor Szabo. Jazz Raga brings together jazz, pop/rock, and his native European influence, along with hypnotic sitar, stoned bass vibrations, occasional psychedelic vocals, and the laidback, yet totally in the pocket, Latin/R&B infused backbeat of #1 session drummer, Bernard Purdie.
Drake – Thank Me Later CD (Cash Money)
Highly anticipated debut album from the rapper/singer/actor.
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavalie – Midnight Flyer CD (Stax)
Featuring Steve Cropper (guitarist for Booker T. & The MGs and one of the primary architects of the unmistakable Stax sound of the 1960s) and vocalist/keyboardist Felix Cavaliere (the voice of The Rascals and the pivotal figure in the blue-eyed soul movement of that same era).
Foals – Total Life Forever CD/2xLP+MP3 (Sub Pop)
Foals strip their sound back and turn themselves inside out searching for that invisible human thing. The result is an album as persuasive emotionally as Antidotes was physically. Whereas that album constantly reinforced its own presence by filling the air with yelping and polyrhythm, tracks on Total Life Forever such as the disarming opener “Blue Blood” are happier to leave gaps for the listener to explore in the mind’s ear and eye. [Read more…] about New Releases for June 15, 2010…
(((folkYEAH!))) Presents “The 2nd Annual Mother Hips Family Hipnic” @ Fernwood Resort in Big Sur, CA April 30 & May 1, 2010. Like last year, you’ll be under a canopy of majestic trees with the warm sounds of dazzling folk-rock in all its incarnations. Get away from the stress and take it down a 1,000. You’ll come back next week with your core centered, and the goofiest smile on your face. The event will take place at Fernwood Resort in Big Sur, CA over two days – April 30 & May 1, 2010. The other artists set to perform include Jackie Greene, Little Wings, Dawes, Neal Casal (The Cardinals), Farmer Dave Scher (Beachwood Sparks, All Night Radio), Elisa Randazzo (The Red Krayola), Parson Red Heads, Nicki Bluhm, Red Cortez, and Sparrow’s Gate.
