New Releases for November 26, 2013
CDs:
Aanipaa – Through A Pre-Memory CD/2xLP (Editions Mego)
New collaborative project from Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic) and Stephen O’Malley (Sunn0)))). The signature motifs of both players are to be found here: the sparse, crushing rhythms of Vainio’s minimalist techno alongside the black-hole drones of O’Malley’s guitar workouts.
Away – Cities CD (Utech Recordings)
Away is the solo project of Voivod drummer Michel Langevin. Recorded in and around Montreal and on the road with Voivod, Cities is an experience in travel via sound, capturing both the geography and the music of the locations visited. Local color and nature recordings clash with riots and discord, capturing the full human experience across the world. This tour is a fast paced one, rapidly weaving through the geographic locations building a diverse, yet consistently engaging experience.
Billy Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones – Foreverly CD (Reprise)
The result of a collaboration between Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Norah Jones, Foreverly is a collection inspired by Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, an album of traditional Americana songs reinterpreted, recorded and released by The Everly Brothers in 1958. The album captures the beauty of the Everly’s stunning close harmonies to create a moving and powerful testament to these traditional ballads.
Beachwood Sparks – Desert Skies CD/LP (Alive)
Previously unreleased debut album the by L.A.-based cosmic country-rock combo.
Danielle Bradberry – Danielle Bradberry CD (Republic)
This seventeen-year-old charmed her way into the national spotlight with a mix of country hits from several decades during Season 4 of The Voice.
Andre Bratten – Be A Man You Ant CD (Full Pupp)
‘80s synth pop sounds combined with the essence of analog dance music.
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Revolution Number Zero CDEP (A. Records)
This EP contains one track from the seminal Aufheben, the other three tracks are exclusive and unreleased to this release.
Harold Budd – Wind In Lonely Faces 2xCD (All Saints)
First ever career-spanning collection of this massively important figure in the history of ambient music and minimalism. Features tracks from classic albums such as Plateaux Of Mirror, The Pearl and Lovely Thunder and collaborations with Brian Eno, The Cocteau Twins and John Foxx.
Harold Budd – BuddBox 7xCD (All Saints)
Anthology box set containing seven hard-to-find and critically acclaimed albums, released on labels such as Cantil, Opal and All Saints. The Serpent (In Quicksilver) (1981), Abandoned Cities (1984), The White Arcades (1987), By The Dawn’s Early Light (1991), Music For 3 Pianos (1992), Through The Hill (1994, with Andy Partridge of XTC), and Luxa (1996). Also includes 76-page book compiling interviews and essays about Harold’s work from writers such as David Toop, Mark Prendergast and Mike Barnes.
New Releases for November 19, 2013
CDs:
Apocalyptica – Wagner Reloaded: Live In Leipzig CD (BMG Rights Management)
Finnish cello-based heavy rockers Apocalyptica want to be remembered as the band that brought balls back to heavy metal and the band that did so in a unique way. Twenty years into an inimitable and formidable career, they are still reinventing themselves and finding new sources of inspiration. The first new music from the band in three years is this live CD of their Wagner musical and theatrical project. Vinyl version due December 3.
AWOLNATION – Megalithic Symphony Deluxe 2xCD (Red Bull Records)
This Deluxe double-disc set contains their original 2011 studio album Megalithic Sypmphony paired with a second disc of rarities and B-sides. Package also includes a jacket patch as well as a limited edition AWOLNATION surf wax comb/bottle opener.
Beady Eye – BE CD/LP (Harvest)
Beady Eye was formed by the other three core members of the 1999-2009 incarnation of Oasis, namely singer Liam Gallagher, guitarist Gem Archer, and bassist Andy Bell, who switched back to guitar in Beady Eye, together with live drummer Chris Sharrock, who became a full time member of the new group. BE is their second full-length album and was produced by Dave Sitek of TV On The Radio.
Andrew Bird – I Want To See Pulaski At Night CDEP (Grimsey)
Beautiful new, mostly instrumental 7-song, 32-minute mini-album, that is both poppy and hypnotic at the same time. The only vocals appear on the title track, with Andrew pleading for a departed one to “Come Back To Chicago, City Of Light.” Bird builds five of the remaining tracks up from simple layered loops in the manner that we’ve all come to take for granted, but each song is really a small wonder of fragile beauty and joy. Lovely and trippy.
Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe CD/LP (Domino)
“On his second collection of melancholic ‘80s-inspired pop odes, the 27-year-old singer/songwriter/producer Devonté Hynes, aka Blood Orange, channels vagabond emotions into something universal and inviting. His Cupid Deluxe is an album that tenderly details heartbreak through the language of longing.” Best New Music [8.5] – Pitchfork
Bottle Rockets – Bottle Rockers/The Brooklyn Side [Reissue/1993/1995] 2xCD (Roadrunner)
The Deluxe double-CD set contains digitally remastered and expanded editions of the roots rock band’s seminal releases The Bottle Rockers (1993) and The Brooklyn Side (1995). The package also includes 19 previously unreleased tracks from the era these original recordings were made, along with an exhaustive 40-page booklet detailing the band and the scene, at the time.
Jake Bugg – Shangri La CD (Island)
The British singer/songwriter’s new album shares its title with the Malibu studio where it was made, once the ’70s haven of Bob Dylan and The Band, now the creative hub of legendary producer Rick Rubin. Rubin’s assembled wrecking crew of Shangri La session regulars includes guitarist Matt Sweeney, bassist Jason Lader, and drummers Chad Smith and Pete Thomas. Vinyl version due December 17.
