Posted in music | new releases on April 14, 2008

Black FrancisIt seems only fitting that the week after Kim Deal's Breeders released Mountain Battles that her Pixies bandmate Black Francis (aka Frank Black) releases his latest solo effort, sv n f ng rs.

Other new releases I have already heard and can recommend include the Brian Jonestown Massacre's My Bloody Underground, James McMurtry's Just Us Kids, Joseph Arthur's Crazy Rain EP, the US release of Kate Rusby's Awkward Annie, Kris Delmhorst's Shotgun Singer, the Kooks' debut album, M83's Saturdays=Youth, and Tristan Prettyman's Hello.

Two live releases are worth mentioning this week. Jason Isbell releases a five-song live EP, Live at Twist & Shout that showcases both music from his solo album and his Drive-By Truckers songs. Gossip's Live in Liverpool features a cover of George Michael's "Careless Whisper."

The most intertesting reissues are Air's three-disc remastered edition of Moon Safari (10th Anniversary 3-disc Deluxe Edition) and a vinyl two-disc edition of Whiskeytown's Strangers Almanac.

this week's interesting CD releases:

Air: Moon Safari (10th Anniversary 3-disc Deluxe Edition)
American Princes: Other People
Asia: Phoenix
The Autumns: Fake Noise From a Box of Toys
Black Francis: Svn Fngrs
The Brian Jonestown Massacre: My Bloody Underground
Can: Future Days (reissue)
Can: Monster Movie (reissue)
The Child Ballad: Cheekbone Hollows
Christopher Bissonnette: In Between Words
Does It Offend You Yeah?: You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
Elliott Murphy: Notes From The Underground
Everclear: The Vegas Years
Frightened Rabbit: The Midnight Organ Fight
Gossip: Live in Liverpool
James: Hey Ma (import)
James McMurtry: Just Us Kids
Jason Isbell: Live at Twist & Shout EP (live)
Jordan Zevon: Insides Out
Joseph Arthur: Crazy Rain and Boredom EP
Justin Nozuka: Holly
Kate Rusby: Awkward Annie
The Kooks: Konk
Kris Delmhorst: Shotgun Singer
M83: Saturdays = Youth
Mariah Carey: E=MC2
Opeth: Still Life (reissue)
Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark: Dazzle Ships (remastered with bonus tracks)
Ours: Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy)
Phantom Planet: Raise the Dead
The Plastic Constellations: We Appreciate You
REM: Supernatural Superserious EP [lp]
Robert Pollard: Weatherman and Skin Goddess EP
Rush: Snakes & Arrows (2-CD live album)
Sally Shapiro: Remix Romance, Vol. 1
The Silver State: Cut and Run
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: 1978: Live in Boston
The Sword: Gods of the Earth [lp]
Tristan Prettyman: Hello
Thrice: The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV: Air & Earth
Various Artists: Lord of the Rings - Original London Cast Recording
Various Artists: Migrating Bird: The Songs of Lal Waterson
Various Artists: Miles from India
Whiskeytown: Strangers Almanac (vinyl remastered reissue with bonus tracks) [lp]

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Comments (8)

correction needed, it's the KOOKS 2nd album, not their debut.

Posted by Anonymous | April 14, 2008 11:34 PM

Yeah, um The Kooks - Konk is their second US release.

try again numbskull.

Posted by Anonymous | April 15, 2008 12:14 AM

Everclear - still making "music" apparently...

Posted by Anonymous | April 15, 2008 11:02 AM

that's amazing.

Posted by Anonymous | April 15, 2008 11:30 AM

wanna bet that Breeders record does WAY better than Black Francis's but why didnt he let her write more songs in the Pixies???

Posted by Anonymous | April 15, 2008 1:48 PM

Juno is out on DVD!!!!

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