This week's Notable Releases include the gigantic sounding Inter Arma album, Anderson .Paak's quick 'Oxnard' followup, Damien Jurado's most bare-bones LP in years, and more.
Plus: Justin Townes Earle, Burna Boy, The Original Misfits, The Psychedelic Furs/James, Carly Rae Jepsen, Riceboy Sleeps, Los Campesinos!, and more tour-related news.
”The title is jokingly about when James Brown (a big influence for us) would fine his musicians on stage for mistakes they’d make while playing,” the band says.
Post-hardcore/punk greats Bear vs Shark reunited back in 2016, and now members are turning their attention back to offshoot band Bars of Gold for a new album...
Michigan's Bear vs. Shark had a brief career in the early/mid 2000s, with an EP and two full lengths -- 2003's Right Now, You're in the Best of Hands. And If Something Isn't Quite Right, Your Doctor Will Know in a Hurry and 2005's Terrorhawk -- before breaking up in 2005. The first is a raw math-punk basher and the second has artier tendencies and sharper production, and both are fantastic in their own ways...