New Music Releases: Jan 31 and Feb 7
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Sunny hooks, exuberant melodies and Stuart Murdoch’s sneaky/clever lyrics make this latest LP from our favorite Scottish tweesters eminently enjoyable. Be sure to check out the special edition version, which includes a bonus disc featuring the band's live BBC recordings.
She Wants Revenge - She Wants Revenge
It was only mere months ago that this sharp LA quartet first played Austin, dazzling the crowd at Stubb's who's arrived to hear the Lovemakers. Think Joy Division without the Ian Curtis seizure dance, and you're just about there. Line most indicative of the album's overarching theme of sexual frustration: "She's in the bathroom, she pleasures herself / Says I'm a bad man, she's locking me out"
The Minus 5 - The Minus 5
What was originally a simple side project by Scott McCaughey, frontman of Seattle's The Young Fresh Fellows, has blossomed over the years (decades, really) into a fairly prolific endeavor. Now on Yep Roc, this latest release is packed with guest cameos, including The Decemberists' Colin Meloy and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, and - surprise, surprise - they're actually rather good.
The complete list of new releases, after the jump.
- Aceyalone w/ RJD2 - Magnificent City
- Andrea Bocelli - Amore
- Anga - Echu Mingua
- Barry Manilow - The Greatest Songs of the Fifties
- Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
- Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
- Centro-Matic - Triggers and Trash Heaps
- Charlie Hunter Trio - Copperopolis
- Clogs - Lantern
- Collective Soul - Home
- Deadboy & the Elephantmen - We Are Night Sky
- Dem Franchize Boys - On Top of Our Game
- Electric Six - Señor Smoke
- Erin Bode - Over and Over
- Gastr Del Sol - The Harp Factory on Lake Street
- Go-Betweens - That Striped Sunlight Sound
- Hamell on Trial - Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs
- Hem - No Word from Tom
- In Flames - Come Clarity
- J Dilla - Donuts
- Jason Collett - Idols of Exile
- Jim Gaffigan - Beyond the Pale
- Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches
- KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope
- Ladies - They Mean Us
- Lamb - Remixed
- Lesbians on Ecstasy - Giggles in the Dark
- Marty Stuart - Live at the Ryman
- Mastadon - Call of the Mastadon
- Matson Jones - Albatross Mates for Life But Only After a Lengthy Courtship That Can Take Up to Four Years EP
- Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll
- Oceansize - Everyone into Position
- Pistolita - Oliver Under the Moon
- Prefuse 73 - Security Screenings
- Prodigy - Their Law - The Singles 1990-2005
- Psychic Ills - Dins
- Ray Davies - The Storyteller
- Remembering Never - Suffocates My Words to You
- Richard Thompson - The Life and Music of Richard Thompson
- Rick Moranis - Agoraphobic Cowboy
- Roy Ayers - Virgin Ubiquity Remixed
- Sarah Harmer - I'm a Mountain
- Shannon McNally - North American Ghost Music
- She Wants Revenge - She Wants Revenge
- Sibylle Baier - Colour Green
- Soundtrack - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- Soundtrack - Sing-a-longs & Lullabies for the Film Curious George
- State Radio - Up Against the Crown
- Swearing at Motorists - Last Night Becomes This Morning
- Telepathe - Farewell Forest
- Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers - Pandelerium
- The Avett Brothers - Four Thieves Gone - The Robbinsville Sessions
- The Corrs - Home
- The Ladies - They Mean Us
- The Legendary Shack*Shakers - Pandelirium
- The Minus 5 - The Minus 5
- Train - For Me It's You
- Various Artists - A Case for Case – Tribute to Peter Case
- Various Artists - Breakfast Club – Paris
- Various Artists - Dream Brother – The Songs of Tim & Jeff Buckley
- Various Artists - Mews Too – An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation
- Various Artists - One Tree Hill, Vol. 2
- Various Artists - Rollergirls
- Various Artists - To - Elliott from Portland
- Venice Maki - Which Way Is Out?
- Wolfmother - Dimensions


