Austinist Music Preview: New Release Tuesday
GoogTube! GoogTube! GoogTube! Here's what's new at the record store:
Annuals Be He Me (Ace Fu)
Because of (or in despite of) their popularity with the blogging set, Annuals' highly anticipated album, Be He Me, is sure to be a hit this week. For fans of Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, and yes, even Animal Collective, Annuals add a bit of punch to the whole "we're pretending to be lo-fi but really we spent a year in the studio" vibe that seems to be so popular now. The kids love quiet/loud songs, and "Brother" is one of the best out there, even if it turns out that the entire album can't live up to the "OMG Pitchfork freaked out" hype surrounding it.
Annuals "Brother" (mp3)
Annuals "Bleary Eyed" (mp3)
Annuals "Brother" (Live, YouTube)
Buy it @ Ace Fu
Goldfrapp We Are Glitter (Mute)
House, trance and several other descriptors you may or may not be wholly sure the meaning of influence the remixes you've no doubt been anticipating after being bombarded with Supernature, featuring the mixing artistry of he Flaming Lips, DFA, C2 (aka Carl Craig), Benny Benassi, Ewan Pearson, François K, and Alan Braxe & Fred Falke, among others. Album of the fall for Beauty Bar DJ rejects.
Goldfrapp "Oh La La" Remix (YouTube)
Stream "Ride a White Horse" (video)
Goldfrapp Official
Goldfrapp MySpace
Buy it @ Mute
Editor's Pick: Under Byen Samme Stoff Som Stof (Paper Bag)
Under Byen (pronounced Oh’nah-Boon) have created a masterful and unique work that is at once the lace glove and the wool mitten you've been longing for this fall. Full of experimental sound play that never sounds experimental, dual drummers that aren't redundant, and built microphones that distort lovely vocals into something even lovelier, Samme Stoff Som Stof begs to be considered as one of the year's most impressive works. Unlike so many bands that appear seemingly out of nowhere with the shelf life of a half-eaten apple, Under Byen offer a lush, incredibly dense and ethereal landscape of sound, with a style that stands in stark contrast to the rest of the world's perceptions. More impressive yet is the Canadian label's choice of Under Byen as their first international release: a testament to faith in good music against a sea of loud/quiet pseudo-vintage keyboard bands.
Under Byen Official
Stream Samme Stoff Som Stof at Paper Bag
But it @ Paper Bag
Local Release Not to Be Missed:
The Lovely Sparrows Pulling Up Floors, Pouring on (New) Paint (Abandoned Love)
Fresh off a show opening for Damien Jurado and Rosie Thomas, Austin's own Lovely Sparrows are enjoying the release of their impressive release, Pulling Up Floors, Pouring on (New) Paint, an EP rich with melody, story-telling and wonder. If you missed the show, we highly recommend checking out the CD or keeping up with their MySpace for an upcoming gig.
The Lovely Sparrows "If Love's A Sparrow" (mp3)
The Lovely Sparrows "Chemicals Change" (mp3)
The Lovely Sparrows Official
The Lovely Sparrows MySpace
Albert Hammond, Jr.: Yours to Keep (Rough Trade)
Amy Millan: Honey From the Tombs (Arts & Crafts)
Annuals: Be He Me (Ace Fu)
Bad Boy Bill: Behind the Decks Live [CD/DVD] (Thrive)
Badly Drawn Boy: Born in the U.K. (Astralwerks)
Barrington Levy: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection (Universal International)
Beno�t Pioulard: Pr�cis (Kranky)
Bert Jansch: Black Swan (Drag City)
Billy Bragg: Volume 2 (Yep Roc)
Blind Melon: Live at the Palace (Capitol)
Buju Banton: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection (Universal International)
Caural: Mirrors for Eyes (Mush)
Christopher Willits: Surf Boundaries (Ghostly International)
C-Murder: Tru Story: Continued (Koch)
Count Bass D: Act Your Waist Size (Fatbeats)
Darien Brockington: Somebody to Love (ABB Soul)
The Datsuns: Smoke & Mirrors (V2 International)
Dave Seaman: Therapy Sessions, Vol. 3 (Thrive)
Diddy: Press Play (Bad Boy)
DJ Jazzy Jeff: Hip Hop Forever, Vol. 3 (Rapster)
Dokken: Definitive Collection (Elektra / Wea)
Doleful Lions: Song Cyclops, Vol. 2 (Parasol)
Dosh: Lost Take (Anticon)
The End of the World: You're Making It Come Alive (Flameshovel)
Ensemble: Ensemble (Fat Cat)
Erasure: Acoustic Live (Live Here Now / Mute)
Erick "More" Morillo: Subliminal Sessions, Vol. 10 [3 Disc] (Subliminal)
Everclear: Best of Everclear (Capitol)
Fat Jon & Styrofoaming: Same Channel (Morr Music / M.M.)
Fats Domino: Christmas Is a Special Day (CSP)
Frank Tovey: Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey (Mute U.S.)
Frankie J: Priceless (Sony)
Glenn Danzig: Black Aria II (Mega Force)
Goldfrapp: We Are Glitter (Mute U.S.)
Gomez: Five Men in a Hut: Singles 1998-2004 (Virgin)
Hall of Justus: Soldiers of Fortune (ABB)
Hi-Tek: Hi-Teknology 2 (Babygrande)
Imitation Electric Piano: Blow It Up Burn It Down Kick It Til It Bleeds (Drag City)
IV Thieves: If We Can't Escape My Pretty (New West)
J. Rawls: Essence of Soul
James Brown: Fine Old Foxy Self (Universal International)
Jeremy Enigk: World Waits (Reincarnate Music)
Jeremy Spencer: Flee (Wounded Bird)
John Zorn: Astronome (Tzadik)
JoJo: High Road (Blackground)
Keak da Sneak: Thizz Iz Allndadoe (Thizz)
Kevin Devine: Put Your Ghost to Rest (Capitol)
Klaxons: Xan Valleys (Modular / Interscope)
K-Os: Atlantis: Hymns for Disco (EMI)
KT Tunstall: K.T. Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza (Virgin)
L.E.O.: Alpacas Orgling (Sidecho)
Layzie Bone: Cleveland (Siccness)
Loon: Wizard of Harlem (Siccness)
Louis Armstrong & the All-Stars: Live at the University of North Carolina (Avid UK)
Malajube: Tromp-L'Oeil (Ninja Tune)
Marvin Gaye/Teddy Pendergrass: Soul Duo (DeUce Boxed Sets)
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes: Love Their Country (Fat Wreck Chords)
Memphis Slim: Tribute to Big Bill Broonzy (Candid)
Mercury Rev: Essential: Stillness Breathes 1991-2006 (V2 International)
Mercury Rev: Hello Blackbird (V2 International)
The Muppets: Muppets Green and Red Christmas (Disney)
Nitzer Ebb: Body of Work 1984-1997 (Mute U.S.)
Original Soundtrack: Infamous (Milan)
Otis Rush: Otis Rush Live and In Concert from San Francisco (Blues Express)
Patsy Cline: Sweet Dreams: The Four Star Recordings 1955-1960 (DBK Works)
Percy Sledge: Percy Sledge Way/Take Time to Know Her (DBK Works)
Primus: They Can't All Be Zingers (Interscope)
Ruben Studdard: Return (J-Records)
The Sadies: Tales of the Rat Fink: Original Soundtrack (Yep Roc)
Sarah McLachlan: Wintersong (Arista)
Shiny Toy Guns: We Are Pilots (Universal)
The Slits: Revenge of the Killer Slits (Saf)
Squarepusher: Hello Everything (Warp)
Sun Ra: Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1 (Esp-Disk / Caliber)
Sun Ra: Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 2 (Esp-Disk / Caliber)
Tanya Donelly: This Hungry Life (Eleven Thirty)
Thunderball: Cinescope, Vol. 1 (Eighteenth Street)
Tim Hecker: Harmony in Ultraviolet (Kranky)
Trife: 718: Stapleton to Somalia (Koch)
Twisted Sister: Twisted Christmas (Razor & Tie)
Under Byen: Samme Stof Som Stof (U-music)
Various Artists: Day Hell Broke Loose, Vol. 3 (Asylum)
Various Artists: Day Hell Broke Loose, Vol. 3 [Chopped & Screwed] (Asylum)
Various Artists: Death Row Ghetto Mix (Death Row)
Various Artists: Infamy (Image)
Various Artists: Studio One Rude Boy (Soul Jazz)
Various Artists: John Peel: Right Time Wrong Speed (WEA International)
The Whitest Kids U Know: Whitest Kids U Know (What Are?)
Willie Nelson: 54 Songs: The Songwriter Sessions (DBK Works)
Xzibit: Full Circle (Koch)
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