Saturday, August 04, 2007

New Releases From The Past 2 Weeks

It has been crazy around IA lately and that has made us slow with keeping up with the new releases. So, here are two weeks worth. Hopefully, we will be back on track this week.


John Vanderslice released Emerald City. His singing and songwriting are always great to listen to and this disc continues that tradition.

The Canadian female duo Tegan and Sara gave us The Con. The girls' album is full of indie pop songs that don't seem to be anything special in the beginning, but once the full band breaks in, you realize they actually aren't half bad.

Brooklyn's Bishop Allen is this quirky little pop group that puts out fun songs that are great to listen to. They always seem to put me in a great mood and the music in the background has a very playful sound to it. The Broken String continues that tradition and improves upon it.

Tiny Vipers is a male and female duo from Seattle and they just release Hands Across The Void. Jesy has a beautiful voice that goes hand in hand with the music and speaks to those emotions deep within you. They will be here in DC at the Rock and Roll Hotel on August 26th.

Keeping with the one release for those who can appreciate some great electronic instrumentals and awesome dance beats, UNKLE just released War Stories. Unlike The Chemical Brothers, UNKLE is more trip hop and guitar oriented and has a dark edge to it. This release is definitely one of their best.

After teasing us since late last year, NYC's Robbers on High Street finally made Grand Animals available to the masses.

1990s released Cookies on Tuesday. If you are into the dance indie in the vein of Franz Ferdinand, I highly recommend this.

The last release, is the one that I most looked forward to. It is the Is Is EP from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The YYYs wanted to redo a few songs and make studio recordings of some live favorites. I feel that they did a great job capturing the more aggressive feel of their live show. I was listening to it in the car yesterday and I could barely keep my eyes on the road, because I just couldn't contain myself from rocking out.

John Vanderslice - Tablespoon of Codine
Tegan and Sara - The Con
Bishop Allen - Click Click Click Click
Tiny Vipers - On This Side
UNKLE - Burn My Shadow
Robbers On High Street - Crown Victoria
1990s - See You At The Lights
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Down Boy

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