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Lost In The Trees
A Church That Fits Our Needs
March 20, 2012The second album by celebrated North Carolina collective Lost In The Trees, A Church That Fits Our Needs, is a work of vaulting ambition, a cathedral built on loss and transformation.
In the summer of 2009 writer, composer, and general architect of the group, Ari Picker, lost his mother, …
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Tim Fite
Ain't Ain't Ain't
March 6, 2012The central focus of Ain't Ain't Ain't is the pain, hope and unbridled passion of one’s teenage years. “This record is shamelessly clad in the high hopes of high-school hot pants, just as much as it is ashamed of its insecurities and aging self-awareness,” Fite explains. “Like cafeteria lunch tables, …
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Galactic
Carnivale Electricos
February 21, 2012Call it Mardi Gras, or call it Carnivale. Galactic captures the modern vibrancy of this annual bacchanal - and blazes a trail to its future - on Carnivale Electricos, the group's most ambitious release to date. Over the course of thirteen tracks, Galactic explores the connections between the Mardi …
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Islands
A Sleep & A Forgetting (Deluxe)
February 14, 2012While 'A Sleep & A Forgetting' continues Islands' penchant for crafting adventuresome and infectious state of the art pop music, this time band leader Nick Thorburn has infused the songs with a personal introspection that gives the record a new and powerful emotional resonance.
“This album is far more personal …
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Wilco
The Whole Love (Deluxe)
February 9, 2012Recording their 8th album in their northside Chicago loft, the 12 new songs on The Whole Love capture the balance between the band's art sensibilities, their fondness traditional American music and their love of classic guitar driven pop rock. The Whole Love is a veritable sonic stew, showcasing Wilco's far …
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Dr. Dog
Be The Void (Deluxe Edition)
February 7, 2012While the band’s previous records boasted meticulously crafted symphonic pop, on 'Be The Void' the band turns up the guitars and delivers a truly great cathartic rock ‘n’ roll album played with near reckless abandon and passion.
With the addition of new drummer Eric Slick and electronics-percussionist-guitarist Dimitri Manos, the …
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Wilco
iTunes Sessions
January 24, 2012The bulk of the songs on this lovingly recorded iTunes Session come from Wilco's 2011 release The Whole Love, and it also features classic jams such as "Passenger Side" and "War On War." The live performances hew close to the originals but offer a few Easter eggs. One of …
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John K. Samson
Provincial
January 24, 2012John K. Samson, singer-songwriter for critically lauded indie rock band The Weakerthans, makes his full length solo debut with Provincial. The record contains newly recorded versions of songs from Samson’s previous two acclaimed EPs, “City Route 85” and “Provincial Road 222,” alongside a collection of beautifully evocative new tracks. …
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Islands
This is Not a Song (Single)
December 6, 2011Islands "This Is Not A Song" digital single
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Kate Bush
50 Words For Snow
November 22, 2011'50 Words For Snow,' the brand new studio album from the legendary Kate Bush, is available now. The album features 7 new tracks set against a background of falling snow, with a total running time of 65 minutes; through a highly evocative musical and lyrical landscape this haunting album once …
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Marketa Irglova
Anar
October 11, 2011Marketa Irglova, the 23-year old Academy Award winner and one half of The Swell Season, has released her first full-length solo album, titled 'Anar.' Citing references ranging from Otis Redding, to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, to the soundtrack from Jesus Christ Super Star, Irglova pulled from numerous influences …
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Joe Henry
Reverie
October 11, 2011Joe Henry's new album 'Reverie' is an all-acoustic production, though also a raw and raucous and messy affair. As Henry explains, "I knew it should be stripped and lean but not demur, sonically speaking; in black and white, but not without red blood in its veins."
The record came to …
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