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There are quite a few mentionables this week, including Dappled Cities' Granddance, produced by Jim Fairchild (of Grandaddy) and Peter Walker, and mixed by Jaquire King (Modest Mouse). Dappled Cities are an Australian indie rock band that we've grown rather fond of as of late, mostly because of "Fire, Fire Fire". Also of note this week is the latest from Ladybug Transistor and the latest Eccentric Soul compilation, The Prix Label. As usual, do your shopping locally when you can: get on your bike and head to Waterloo or End of an Ear and shop away.
Shellac Excellent Italian Greyhound (Touch & Go)
"This microphone turns sound into electricity!" is one of the first things we hear Steve Albini exclaim during Greyhound's opening bars, as part of a long (nearly 5 minute) introduction to the album. Always spitting in the face of expectation and convention, Albini, Weston and Trainer have written another brilliant album together, full of all the noise, angularity and frustration we've come to know and love. "Steady As She Goes" and "Elephant" stand out as testaments to Albini's dedication to form, while "Kittypants" flows almost like a love song. The band hasn't released anything since 1000 Hurts in 2000, but have been playing several songs from Greyhound in live sets the last few years, including "End of Radio" and "Paco". The album is named in honor of drummer Todd Trainer's Italian Greyhound, Uffizi, who is featured in the album art surrounded by fruits and vegetables. Oh, Uffizi.
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Pelican City of Echoes (Hydrahead)
Since we know how much Austin music lovers love the post-metal music scene, we'd be remiss not to mention the release of Pelican's latest full-length. For fans of Boris, Sun O))), Red Sparowes, Jesu and Isis, Pelican's sound won't necessarily sound like anything new, but wrapping all the good aspects of post-rock and metal into one (very) tight instrumental album is no small feat, considering the challenge for artists in this genre is to somehow bridge the gap between cinematic soundscapes and raw, guitar-driven pummelings. It's rough, but Pelican are fairly apt. The first few listens will be exciting for fans of the genre, but in the end we predict listeners will find themselves suffering from Explosions Syndrome: lacking heart and stuck in an elevator unable to get up or down.
Above & Beyond: Anjunabeats, Vol. 5 (Ultra)
The Afghan Whigs: Unbreakable: A Retrospective (Rhino)
The Aggrolites: Reggae Hit L.A. (Hellcat)
Amandine: Solace in Sore Hands (Fat Cat)
The Ants: Icebreaker (Sick Room)
Armin van Buuren: State of Trance 2007 (Ultra)
Avalanches: Ski Surfin' (Collectors' Choice Music)
The Beach Boys: Live at Knebworth (Recall)
The Bees: Octopus (Astralwerks)
Black Strobe: Burn Your Own Church (Play Louder)
Bonde do Role: With Lasers (Domino)
Bucky Johnson: Band Behind the Front (BBE/Beat Generation)
Carina Round: Slow Motion Addict (Interscope)
C-BO: West Side Ryders, Vol. 3: The Southeast Connection (West Coast Mafia)
Chris Cornell: Carry On (Interscope)
The Cinematic Orchestra: Ma Fleur [Digipak] (Domino)
The Clash: Singles [2007] (Epic)
Dalek: Purge of Dissidents (Ipecac)
Daniel Higgs: Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot (Thrill Jockey)
Dappled Cities: Granddance (Dangerbird)
David Bowie: Best of Sight and Sound (Virgin)
David Bowie: Young Americans [CD/DVD] (Virgin)
D-Block: Street Muzik
DJ Drama/Young Jeezy: I Am the Street Dream (BCD Music Group)
DJ Food/DK: Now, Listen! Again (Ninja Tune)
Dr. Dre: Dre's Second Drugstore (Hardwax)
Evidence: Red Tape Instrumentals (DeCon Inc)
The Foundry Field Recordings: Fallout Stations (Emergency Umbrella)
Funeral for a Friend: Back to the Bus (Back to the Bus)
Get Him Eat Him: Arms Down (Absolutely Kosher)
Girlyman: Joyful Sign
Hallelujah the Hills: Collective Psychosis Begone (Misra)
Ill Bill: What's Wrong with Bill? [Instrumentals] (Psycho Logical)
The Isley Brothers: Inside You/Real Deal (Beat Goes On)
Junior Boys: So This Is Goodbye [Deluxe Edition] (Domino)
Klute: Emperor's New Clothes (Breakbeat Science)
Kurupt/J Wells: Digital Smoke
Ladybug Transistor: Can't Wait Another Day (Merge)
Leyode: Fascinating Tininess (Eastern Developments)
Lil Wyte: One and Only (Asylum)
The Long Blondes: Someone to Drive You Home [Bonus Disc] (Beggars Banquet)
Marilyn Manson: Eat Me, Drink Me (Nothing)
matt pond PA: If You Want Blood (Altitude)
Montag: Going Places (Carpark)
N.W.A: Classic Collection (Hardwax)
Neurosis: Given to the Rising (Neurot)
O.A.R.: Live from Madison Square Garden (Atlantic / Wea)
The Ohio Players: Honey/Contradiction (Beat Goes On)
Oxbow: Narcotic Story (Hydrahead)
Pelican: City of Echoes (Hydrahead)
Pissed Jeans: Hope for Men (Sub Pop)
Poison: Poison'd! (Capitol)
Psycho Les: City Never Sleeps (Nature Sounds)
Rihanna: Good Girl Gone Bad (Island / Def-Jam)
Royce Da 5'9: Bar Exam (Traffic Ent.)
Rudy Ray Moore: Player Hustler (Traffic Ent.)
Sean Na-Na: Family Trees Or: Cope We Must (Dim Mak)
Shellac: Excellent Italian Greyhound (Touch & Go)
Signal to Noise: Kodiak (Eyeball)
Sister Hazel: BAM!, Vol. 1 (Rock Ridge Music)
Sonny Rollins: Jazz Biography (United Multi Consign)
Stan Getz/The Lighthouse All-Stars: Stan Getz and the Lighthouse All-Stars Live (Giant Steps)
The Temptations: Temptations Review Featuring Dennis Edwards (Soul Concerts)
Thelonious Monk: Finest in Jazz (Blue Note)
They Shoot Horses Don't They: Pick Up Sticks (Kill Rock Stars)
Tiger Army: Music from Regions Beyond (Hellcat)
T-Pain: Epiphany (Jive)
Turf Talk: West Coast Vaccine (The Cure) (Sick Wid It)
Various Artists: Artdontsleep Presents from LA with Love (Milan)
Various Artists: Gu Mixed (Global Underground)
Visioneers: Dirty Old Remixes (BBE/Beat Generation)
Von S�denfed: Tromatic Reflexxions (Domino)
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woah, there's a new Poison album?
I remember seeing Dappled Cities at the Aussie BarBQ last SxSW I think but were they called Dappled Cities Fly? maybe Fly was the band after them. Anyway, they were tight.