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Hang on to your wristbands, people, there's a lot going on this week in the world of legitimately released music!
The Rapture Pieces of the People We Love (UMVD)
The Rapture have finally caught up with their own hype following 2003's Echoes, working with producers Danger Mouse (Gorillaz/Gnarls Barkley), Paul Epworth (Bloc Party) and Ewan Pearson (UK DJ/Remixer) and delivering a disco, funk, punk and pop-influenced album worthy of all your parties, speedy drives across town and late night makeout sessions. "Get Myself Into It" and "The Devil" are standout tracks, but the whole album is brisk, clean and unbearably hip.
The Rapture Official Site
The Rapture MySpace
The Rapture "Get Myself Into It" (YouTube)
Xiu Xiu The Airforce (Kill Rock Stars)
Love them or hate them, Xiu Xiu have released their strongest album to date, full of intensity and fever. "Boy Soprano" thumps through its thick and persistent backdrop as Jamie Stewart ruminates over purity and escape. Love, sex, dominance and suicide themes swirl across the album, but the cohesive whole stands out as an inspiring listen.
Xiu Xiu Official Site
Xiu Xiu "Boy Soprano" (mp3)
Kill Rock StarsXiu Xiu "Boy Soprano" (YouTube)
Viva Voce Get Yr Blood Sucked Out (Barsuk)
Recorded and produced entirely within the confines of their Portland, Oregon home, Get Yr Blood Sucked Out is a masterful collection of psych-infused, folk tunes. As Viva Voce (Italian for "by word of mouth"), husband-and-wife duo Kevin and Anita Robinson manage to create pastoral, beautiful harmonies anchored by densely-layered instrumentation. Be sure to check them out in early October, when they'll be playing with Silversun Pickups.
Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds (Jive)
You've no doubt been forced to listen to "Sexy Back" by now, but Timberlake's album surpasses the purposefully dance club-ready first single. "FutureSex/LoveSound" is just plain good, and we have no problem claiming it as a 100% non-ironic top pick for this week.
Justin Timberlake Official Site
Justin Timberlake "FutureSex/LoveSound" (YouTube)
Zomba Label Group
Pick of the Week:
Junior Boys So This is Goodbye (Domino)
Undoubtedly one of the best albums of the year, regardless of what happens between now and December, So This is Goodbye is gorgeous, sexy and innovative. Rarely do artists present you with music that is utterly perfect for glistening dancefloor hookups and morning after shuffling. Incredible mood, irresistible beats and inspiring versions of electro-pop fill this album with song after perfect song. Stay tuned this week, Junior Boys are playing on Friday at Emo's, and we're going to give away a pair of tickets!
Junior Boys Official Site
Junior Boys MySpace
Junior Boys "In The Morning" (Alex Smoke Remix)
Junior Boys "The Equalizer" (Morgan Geist Graphic Remix)
The Album Leaf: Into the Blue Again (Sub Pop)
Angela Desveaux: Wandering Eyes (Thrill Jockey)
Asia: Definitive Collection (Geffen)
Bettie Serveert: Bare Stripped Naked [CD/DVD] (Minty Fresh)
Bill Frisell/Ron Carter/Paul Motian: Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (Nonesuch)
The Black Keys: Magic Potion (Nonesuch)
Black Label Society: Shot to Hell (Roadrunner)
Blondie: Live in Toronto (Movie Play)
Blood Meridian: Kick Up The Dust (V2)
Blowfly: Blowfly's Punk Rock Party (Alternative Tentacles)
Bobby Hutcherson: Happenings [RVG Edition] (Blue Note)
Branches: Grown in You (Contraphonic)
Branford Marsalis: Braggtown (Marsalis Music)
Brazilian Girls: Talk to La Bomb (Verve Forecast)
Brian McKnight: 20th Century Masters (Universal International)
The Capitol Years: Dance Away the Terror (Park the Van)
Carbon Leaf: Love Loss Hope Repeat (Vanguard)
Cat Power: Greatest [Special] (Matador)
Catfish Haven :Tell Me (Secretly Canadian)
Citizen Cope: Every Waking Moment (Arista)
Coach Fingers: No Flies on Frank (Locust)
Dark Globe: Nostalgia for the Future (Global Underground)
Daz: So So Gangsta (Virgin)
dc Talk: Early Years (Forefront)
Dead Moon: Echoes of the Past (Sub Pop)
Destroy the Runner: Saints (Tooth & Nail)
The Dirty Projectors: New Attitude (Marriage)
The Divinyls: Greatest Hits (EMI)
Donald Byrd: Off to the Races [RVG Edition] (Blue Note)
Dr. Dog: Takers and Leavers [EP] (Park the Van)
Dr. John: Definitive Pop (Rhino)
The Draft: In a Million Pieces (Epitaph / Ada)
The Duhks: Migrations (Sugar Hill)
Electric Six: Switzerland (Metropolis)
Envy: Insomniac Doze (Temporary Residence)
Eric Matthews: Foundation Sounds (Empyrean)
Ethan Rose: Ceiling Songs (Locust)
Everclear: Welcome to the Drama Club (Eleven Seven Music)
The Everly Brothers: Definitive Pop (Rhino)
Favourite Sons: Down Beside Your Beauty (Vice)
Fields: 7 from The Village (Vice)
Get Lit Crew: Ignite (Raptivism)
Governor: Son of Pain (Atlantic / Wea)
Great Lakes: Diamond Times (Empyrean Records)
Heavens: Patent Pending (Epitaph / Ada)
Hella: Acoustics [EP] (5 Rue Christine)
Ike Turner: Risin' with the Blues (Zoho Music)
Ima Robot: Monument to the Masses (Virgin)
Indian Jewelry: Invasive Exotics (Monitor)
The Isles: Perfumed Lands (Melodic UK)
James Brown: Soul Legends (Universal International)
James Kochalka Superstar: Spread Your Evil Wings and Fly (Rykodisc)
Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers: Mine Is Not a Holy War (Cordless Recordings)
John Mayer: Continuum (Sony)
Junior Boys: So This Is Goodbye (Domino)
Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveSounds (Jive)
KMFDM: Don't Blow Your Top (Metropolis)
KMFDM: UAIOE (Metropolis)
KMFDM: What Do You Know Deutschland? (Metropolis)
Koenjihyakkei: Viva Koenji (Skin Graft)
Kooks: Inside In/Inside Out (Toshiba EMI)
Kottak: Therupy (New Media Studio)
Kudu: Death of the Party
Kunek: Flying of the Flynns (Playtyme)
L.A. Guns: Loud & Dangerous (Shrapnel)
Laurent Garnier: Retrospective 1994-2006 (Mute U.S.)
Lionel Richie & the Commodores: Soul Legends (Universal International)
Lionel Richie: Coming Home (Island)
Lou Rawls: Merry Christmas, Baby (Capitol)
Lou Rawls: Lou Rawls Christmas (Time Life)
The Low Lows: Fire on the Bright Sky (Warm)
Madeleine Peyroux: Half the Perfect World (Rounder / Umgd)
Magnolia Electric Co: Fading Trails (Secretly Canadian)
The Mars Volta: Amputechture (Umvd Labels)
Marvin Gaye: Soul Legends (Universal International)
Mastodon: Blood Mountain (Reprise / Wea)
The Matches: Decomposer (Epitaph / Ada)
Miles Davis: Workin' (Prestige)
Miss Violetta Beauregarde: Odi Profanum Vulgus Et Arceo (Temporary Residence)
Mitchy Slick: Urban Survival Syndrome (Angeles)
Mojoe: Classic. Ghetto. Soul
Mono/World's End Girlfriend: Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain (Temporary Residence)
Mouse on Mars: Varcharz (Ipecac)
N.O.R.E.: N.O.R.E. y La Familia...Ya Tu Sabe (Roc-A-Fella)
Nicolay: Here (BBE)
Norm MacDonald: Ridiculous (Comedy Central Rec.)
Norma Jean: Redeemer (Tooth & Nail)
No Wait Wait: About You (Chairkickers Music)
From Low frontman Alan Sparhawk's label comes No No Wait.
Now It's Overhead: Dark Light Daybreak (Saddle Creek)
OOIOO: Taiga (Thrill Jockey)
Original Soundtrack: Science of Sleep (Astralwerks)
Original Soundtrack: Wassup Rockers (Record Collection)
Original Television Soundtrack: Grey's Anatomy, Vol. 2 (Hollywood)
Outerspace: Blood Brothers (Babygrande)
Page France: Hello, Dear Wind (Suicide Squeeze)
Papa Roach: Paramour Sessions (Geffen)
Peter Frampton: Fingerprints (New Door)
Pigeon John: Pigeon John...And the Summertime Pool Party (Quannum Projects)
Plain White T's: Every Second Counts (Hollywood)
The Poems: Young America (Minty Fresh)
The Purrs: Purrs (Sarathan)
The Rapture: Pieces of the People We Love (Umvd Labels)
R.E.M.: And I Feel Fine: Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 (Capitol)
Radio Citizen: Berlin Serengeti (Ubiquity)
Richard Buckner: Meadow (Merge)
Roger Joseph Manning Jr.: Land of Pure Imagination (Cordless Recordings)
Sandstone: Looking for Myself (Progrock)
Scott Walker: In Five Easy Pieces (Universal International)
Shape: UK: Sound Advise (Ultra)
Shawn Colvin: These Four Walls (Nonesuch)
Simon Dawes: Carnivore (Record Collection)
Skullflower: Tribulation (Crucial Blast)
Slumber Party: Musik (Kill Rock Stars)
Soulwax: Nite Versions (Modular / Interscope)
Starflyer 59: My Island (Tooth & Nail)
Subhumans: New Dark Age Parade (Alternative Tentacles)
Sugarcult: Lights Out (V2)
Swollen Members: Black Magic (Battle Axe)
Tall Firs: Tall Firs (Ecstatic Peace)
Tara Jane O'Neil: In Circles (Quarterstick)
TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain [Bonus Tracks] (Interscope)
Two Ton Boa: Parasiticide (Kill Rock Stars)
UNKLE: Self Defence (Global Underground)
Various Artists: Science Faction: Bmore Gutter Music (Breakbeat Science)
Various Artists: Science Faction: Dubstep (Breakbeat Science)
Various Artists: GU, Vol. 10 (Global Underground)
Veruca Salt: IV (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
Viva Voce: Get Yr Blood Sucked Out (Barsuk)
The Warlocks: Destroy and Rebuild (Bomp)
Warmer Milks: Radish on Light (Troubleman Unlimited)
Wax on Radio: Exposition (Downtown)
Xiu Xiu: Air Force (5 Rue Christine)
Yo La Tengo: I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
Young Widows: Settle Down City (Jade Tree)
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what about Bob Seger? and you call yourself a fan of rock & roll, maguire? for shame. ok.
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