boring summer for new releases

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:09 pm

MandyMoore..Fvdge? Wrote:

I would be interested in these, though doesn't mean I am definitely going to get them (dates from Insound):

06/07 NEED NEW BODY - where is black ben (5ruechristine)
06/07 RACEBANNON - first there was the emptiness (secretly canadian)
06/28 DEERHOOF - green cosmos (killrockstars/5ruechristie)

NNB - I like this a lot. Typically awesome/awful album art. Maybe not as good an album as the previous two, though.

Racebannon - Good, but they've definitely improved since this. If you're like me, though, and just need more Racebannon, it's worth it. If you don't have their other two albums and even their Insound tour split, get those first.

Deerhoof - Couple of good tracks but too short to buy, IMO. I may YSI it sometime.

The only stuff I'm really looking forward to are some reissues, the Orange Juice comp, and the Sufjan Stevens album.

puma · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:32 pm

MandyMoore..Fvdge? Wrote:

I would be interested in these, though doesn't mean I am definitely going to get them (dates from Insound):

07/12 PREFUSE 73 - read the books e.p. (warp)
07/12 XIU XIU - la foret (5rc)

the prefuse 73 ep is worth getting (i'll hook you up if you want). the new xiu xiu is okay.

e-stone · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:05 pm

polly six Wrote:

Dudes... the Duke Spirit - Cuts Across the Land (!)

I'm not sure what the deal is in the States, but here in Canaduh, it's only available on import at the moment.

But man, I heard it at work and it's going to kick your rump around town.

i had to splurge for the UK import -- which comes with a tasty bonus cd t'boot.

but, yeah, this album kicks ass. top 10er for me.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:27 pm

pumachik Wrote:

the new xiu xiu is okay.

better or worse than their last one?

splates · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:41 pm

konstantinl Wrote:

My theory is there is always great music being released and you just have to be on the ball to track it down.

Fryxell · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:06 am

Bonor Obnerst Wrote:

Fryxell Wrote:

String Cheese Incident - One Step Closer (it's a cover album of all Linkin Park tunes...rawk out!)

You're kidding.

I think, I think Lightning Bolt is slated for sometime this fall, hopefully, fuck. Called Frenzy, it's apparently comprised of all improvized material. Sounds like a great concept, now give it to me. Of all the above-mentioned releases, this is the only one that excites me.

Wasn't there mention of a new ANIMAL COLLECTIVE album in the late summer?
And that BJORK soundtrack might be interesting.
Ooh, ooh, I'm dying to hear the IRON & WINE/CALEXICO collabo.

I don't know if any of these are summer.

Yes. If only it were true...

splates · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:17 am

New Lightning Bolt would be nice

Also new Goldfrapp i think

Odds Bodkins · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:06 am

The Holopaw is good, albeit short (33:00).

puma · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:02 pm

paladisiac Wrote:

pumachik Wrote:

the new xiu xiu is okay.

better or worse than their last one?

i haven't heard any of their other stuff, so i can't really compare it to anything. sorry, i'm no help.

wenchlette · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:04 pm

I read this thread the other day and said 'oooh' for a few things. I don't feel like going back through right now and picking them out, but considering I'm trying to save money and am not overwhelmed with summer releases, I'm okay with the few oohs.

seafoam · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:21 pm

Odds Bodkins Wrote:

The Holopaw is good, albeit short (33:00).

i read that it is a departure from their debut softness, true?

two guns holla · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:50 am

Didn't realize there was a new PAJO (Papa M, David Pajo) coming out in a few weeks. That's probably at the top of my list as far as new releases now.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Some potential interesting releases coming in August:

Richard Thompson
Fleshtones
Blasters
Public Enemy
Rodney Crowell (guests include Emmylou Harris & John Prine)
George Clinton (guest incl Prince & Parliament/Funkadelic members)
John Vanderslice

Folks should use the relative break to buy some older albums. Most of you guys focus too much on new releases rather than just good music that you don't own anyway (in this poster's opinion).

np: Spirit "Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus"

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:41 pm

konstantinl Wrote:

My theory is there is always great music being released and you just have to be on the ball to track it down.

seafoam · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:00 pm

billy g Wrote:

Folks should use the relative break to buy some older albums. Most of you guys focus too much on new releases rather than just good music that you don't own anyway (in this poster's opinion).
"

I have been doing this all year and have found great gems and new genres. It has also given me balance on not rushing to buy that new artist's record until that "new" sound steeps for a while. I love buying an album I know I will always enjoy down the road. I hate it when it dies out or smolders early on.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:20 pm

seafoamrush Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

Folks should use the relative break to buy some older albums. Most of you guys focus too much on new releases rather than just good music that you don't own anyway (in this poster's opinion).
"

I have been doing this all year and have found great gems and new genres. It has also given me balance on not rushing to buy that new artist's record until that "new" sound steeps for a while. I love buying an album I know I will always enjoy down the road. I hate it when it dies out or smolders early on.

my focus is about 50/50 old/new until sept/oct when i go for mostly-new stuff. i agree that it's easier to be happier longer with an older release than something brand-spanking-new-supposedly-the-next-great-thing.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:11 pm

Harlan T. Bobo Too Much Love

From Miles of Music: Harlan T. Bobo -- bassist with dirty Memphis rockers American Death Ray -- teams up with members of local brethren Reigning Sound for the decidedly tamer Too Much Love. With hints of Beck in his somewhat bedraggled voice, Bobo eases into the record with the gentle cowboy folk of "Only Love", timidly sweet with distant Hammond swells. The mood builds with the spare alt. country bounce of "Left Your Door Unlocked". However, the intensity builds round the middle as things become electrified. Then it takes on a sound more in line with what youd expect given those involved. The crunchy throb of organ and guitar pound on "Too Much Love" recalls Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Throughout, Bobo displays a rough hewn outpouring of vivid emotion in these songs about love, obsession and loss. Chris Davis, from the The Memphis Flyer boasts: "Bobos first solo effort is a treasure chest overflowing with melancholy gems and sunny offbeat love songs. Its romance distilled: tattered, delirious, fragile, sly, and disarming." (Goner Records)

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