More New Releases (10-5-2010)
The Ams - The Release of an American Soul (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Rock / Psychedelic
The Word: “Chicago indie rock duo explores a rich, multi-layered orchestral pop sound.”
American Aquarium - Small Town Hymns (Last Chance Records)
From: USA
Genre: Americana
The Word: “Recorded November 2009 while holed up in Oxford, Miss., Smalltown Hymns - American Aquarium’s fourth - won’t do much to shake neither the Springsteen or Ryan Adams associations, though Hymns has more in common with Nebraska and Heartbreaker than Born to Run and Faithless Street. The record was produced and engineered by Andrew Ratcliffe (Will Hoge, The Damnwells) and will be the band’s second for Last Chance Records.”
A Simple Colony – World Brand New (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Indie Pop / Folk
The Word: Acoustic fingerpicking and strumming swirl together with rich, multi-layered harmonized vocals.”
Christine Autumn - Black Matter (Dog Soldier)
From: USA
Genre: Jazz / Blues
The Word: “Breakout collection of 10 soul-bearing songs of the journey from the Gutters of Brooklyn to the tolerant sunshine of Taos, from a gifted voice who knows whereof she sings.”
Black Death All Stars - Transient Breakdown (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Punk / Bluegrass
The Word: "Black Death Allstars call their music deathgrass and have more in common with O’Death (whom they’ve opened for) than they say Bob Wills. Their songs harken back to an age when people brewed their own liquor, hoboed (sp?) around the country, and generally were anti-social unemployed deviants. Basically what we’ve got now in 2009." - songs:Illinois
Calafia - Sacred Profanities (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Americana
The Word: “With their self-produced, debut album, Calafia demonstrate their ability to craft songs encompassing hard-driving honky-tonk rock and roll, blues-based romps, saloon-era boogie woogies, and plaintive, bittersweet country ballads.”
Corporal – S/T (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Rock / Folk
The Word: “Overdriven folk-core ditties delivered with gritty acoustic guitar strums, like an ice cream social in the belly of the whale. Sometimes a soft number. The Replacements meets Steely Dan.”
Disassembler – What Is (Asociacion de GranadaJazz)
From: UK
Genre: Modern Jazz / Psychedelic
The Word: “Tortoise meets Zappa run over by Lester Bowie on the way… and a nod to Miles, Coltrane and Mingus of course…"
“A jewel of an album." - Allaboutjazz.com
"Warren's striking themes and rousing arrangements lift it far above the contemporary Euro-jazz throng." - The Guardian
Jon Garcia – The Lake (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Folk / Alternative
The Word: “The Lake is inspired by an actual house once lived in by songwriter Jon Garcia and the events that occurred in it. The songs are dynamic and vary from post-rock, Americana, and Rock influences throughout.”
Mary Gauthier - The Foundling (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Folk / Rock
The Word: “The Foundling in a song cycle, concept album about a child relinquished at birth who looks for family later in life and is unable to connect to them. Produced by Michael Timmons from The Cowboy Junkies, it's a folk rock story album.”
Paula Held – Drive (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Pop / Jazz
The Word: “Think Norah meets Joni. A gorgeous album combining the soulful jazz of Norah Jones and the poetic lyricism of Joni Mitchell.” “A beautifully produced folk-pop gem!” - Jim Patton, Edge City. “Excellent and bluesy.” - Barker House Concerts
Steve Inferno and The Hollywood Farmers - God is Young (Pen Knife Productions)
From: USA
Genre: Blues / Alternative
The Word: “A vaudeville eclectic mix, with sounds of the 20's, gypsy jazz, bluegrass, and hip-hop infused. Featuring a slew of instruments such as: ukulele, stand-up bass, violin, guitar, mandolin and and horns.”
Jumbling Towers – The Kanetown City Rips (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Noise Pop / Rock
The Word: “2nd Full-length by Jumbling Towers. A minimal, concept pop album composed from the perspective of the children of Kanetown City, who were involved in a mass youth exile in 1981. Historical records do not acknowledge these events.”
Kathy Kallick Band - Between the Hollow & the High-Rise (Live Oak Records)
From: USA
Genre: Country / Bluegrass
The Word: “Between the Hollow & the High-Rise is rooted in traditional bluegrass while encompassing contemporary concerns. The CD gives the listener a place to alternately relax and foot stomp, be uplifted, challenged, amused, and transported by songs that blend sweet harmonies, thoughtful lyrics, and kick-ass instrumentals.”
Robert Larisey – Nights Take Forever (Mud Music Records)
From: Canada
Genre: Alt. Country / Americana
The Word: “Robert Larisey writes great, REAL songs and sounds like Fred Eaglesmith in a Chris Knight head-lock. Robert deserves a seat at the songwriting table among the greats.”
Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra – Honker (Muckraker Records)
From: USA
Genre: Folk / Jazz
The Word: “Subversive and sophisticated, the best lounge act of 2009 (New York Magazine) goes intimate on this, their big-hearted, genre defying second full-length studio album. Guests include Matt Berninger of The National.”
Listen Like Thieves - Mediations between You and I (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Acoustic Rock
The Word: “Eclectic pop/rock colored by banjo, accordion and glockenspiel. Drawing from rock, pop, indie and traditional Irish influences among many others, it's foreign and familiar, accessible, dynamic, charming, surprising, and unapologetically hooky.”
Matt & The Dronings – For Torching (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Folk-Rock / Psychedelic
The Word: “A constantly changing blend of minimalist folk songs and indie experimentation by the reclusive Texas rockers in Matt & The Dronings.”
Madman Sam - I Feel So Evil (What In Sam Hell Productions)
From: USA
Genre: Country Blues
The Word: “Traditional acoustic, fingerstyle blues with slide and power vocals.”
Cassie Morgan and the Lonely Pine - Weathered Hands, Weary Eyes (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Folk Blues
The Word: “A lush and rustic sonic world of organic arrangements and delicate melodies with lyrics emotive of both weariness and child-like innocence. “Cassie Morgan doesn't make music for drinking and dancing‚ unless your idea of a cocktail is a cup of absinthe with a sweet tea chaser and you've mastered the art of the somnambulist two-step. Her sound won't make your toes tap; but you will be seduced to sashay through her dreamscape with her.”” - Roy Kasten, 88.1 FM, KDHX
Perrotta – Tonight (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Rock / Alternative
The Word: “A fashionable pop rock trio that combines songwriting aptitude with a grand and sweeping soundscape; romantic melodies and driving rhythms evoke an array of influences such as The Cure, Sigur Ros, Jeff Buckley, and Portishead.”
Rising Appalachia - The Sails of Self (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: World / Folk
The Word: “Lyrical harmonic sultry vocal play with fierce emphasis on the fusion of sounds and world instruments including banjo, kalimba, world beat percussion, harmonium, and spoken word. A journey of soul and spirit to uplift and unite.”
Sassparilla – Ramshackle (Panniculous)
From: USA
Genre: Blues / Folk
The Word: “Unruly country blues with punk sensibility. This Portland Or. five piece combines Washtub bass, five gallon bucket drums, resonator guitars, harmonica and washboard to create what has been described as Insurgent Blues.”
John Scarpulla - Before The Streetlights Come On (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Soul / Blues
The Word: “Soul driven, deep grooves rooted in blues, country urban folk and soul.”
Sound Refuge - Umbrellas In Winter (Independent)
From: Canada
Genre: Folk / Rock
The Word: “The Folk-Rock debut album from the Vancouver based artist. Music storytelling, fiction and non-fiction, but all something that speaks to the lives people lead, even possibly yourself.”
Sparrow – S/T (Independent)
From: UK
Genre: Ambient Pop
The Word: “Using natural, unprocessed sounds, resonant girl/boy harmonies and hypnotic rhythmic arrangements, Sparrow are challenging, addictive, spacious yet warm. Their innovative music looks at the everyday things that go uncelebrated in a cold modern world.”
The Whisky Richards – No. 1 (Independent)
From: USA
Genre: Alt. Country
The Word: “The Whisky Richards are proud to release their debut EP, recorded completely in the lost art of ANALOG. These six young, talented musicians came together through the San Francisco bluegrass scene and emerged with a fresh, energetic and exciting new sound for California alt-country and Americana music. They blend tradition with innovation in their mix of creative original music and fresh takes on classic country, bluegrass, and oldtime tunes. Telecaster twang, fiery fiddle, rowdy-as-hell harp, fine harmonies, and driving rhythm set the Whisky Richards apart from the pack.”
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