June Releases

I've been working on the release posts all month, but with the server switch and other things that we had going on, they never saw the light of day. I'm going to correct that, by presenting you an entire month's worth of releases at once. It pretty much goes without saying, that this is going to be the longest post in IA's history. We'll be back with the regularly scheduled weekly posts this week. Enjoy!


Week of June 24

I cannot say enough about the amount of great music out this month and the week of June 24 is no exception. The one album that I am playing over and over is by a new band from the UK, Passenger. Their Night Vision Binoculars EP is a beautifully crafted album. This week also featured a few hip-hop albums from RZA and Seattle favorites, The Saturday Nights. Au and Podington Bear released a couple of cute electronic albums.

Passenger

Night Vision Binoculars - "Do What You Like"


Other Notable Releases:

Calico Horse

Mirror - "Father Feed Me"

The Saturday Knights

Mingle (Buy) - Full Album Stream & "Part 2"

Sigur Ros

Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust - Full Album Stream

Jon Sonnenberg

Acoustic Selections - "DOA"

Anthem In

Anthem In - "Down"

Podington Bear

The End - "Ebullience"

Au

Verbs - "Are Animals"

Cineplexx

Picnic - "Espiral"

RZA

Digi Snax - Full Album Stream

G. Love & Special Sauce (Philly)

Superhero Brother - Full Album Stream

The Revisionists

The Revisionists - "Universal"

The Wombats

A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation

Electric President

Sleep Well - "Monsters"


Week of June 17

This week saw the return of local area bands to our release list and it helped prove that the summer is when all the best releases are. There are way too many releases that I enjoy listening to, so I won't be able to pick any to feature.

Wolf Parade

At Mount Zoomer - "Call It A Ritual"

Bowerbirds

Hymns For A Dark Horse - "In Our Talons"

Computer Vs. Banjo

Computer vs. Banjo - "Give Up On Ghosts"

My Brightest Diamond

A Thousand Shark's Teeth - "Inside a Boy"

The War On Drugs (Philly)

Wagonwheel Blues - "Taking the Farm"

Ponytail (Bmore)

Ice Cream Spiritual! - "Celebrate the Body Electric (It Came From an Angel)"

The Impossible Shapes

The Impossible Shapes - "Hey"

Adem

Takes - "Oh My Lover"

Tilly and the Wall

o - "Pot Kettle Black"

Silver Jews

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea - "Strange Victory, Strange Defeat"

The Low Lows

Shining Violence - "Sparrow"

The Notwist

The Devil, You + Me - "Good Lies"

Stars Like Fleas

The Ken Burns Effect - "I Was Only Dancing"

Oh and Coldplay released an album this week as well. I guess that's important to some people...

Coldplay

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends


Week of June 10

The only big name that released an album this week, was My Morning Jacket releasing Evil Urges. This week also featured many talented newcomers with some great folk and soft-indie albums for your listening pleasure.

My Morning Jacket

Evil Urges

The Awkward Stage

Slimming Mirrors, Flattering Lights - "Anime Eyes"

KaiserCartel

March Forth - "Oh No"

Ben Sollee

Learning To Bend - "A Change Is Gonna Come"

The Charlatans

You Cross My Path - "You Cross My Path"

Joan As Police Woman

To Survive - "To Be Loved"

My Education

Bad Vibrations - "Arch"

Rachael Sage

Chandelier - "Vertigo"

Unicycle Loves You

Unicycle Loves You - "Highway Robbery"

Twin Tigers

Curious Faces / Violent Future - "If"

The Swedes

Nothing Says Rich Like Golf Clubs - "Julie Walker"


Week of June 3

The first week of the month's releases really took me by surprise, as the only band I was familiar with was Ladytron. To my complete delight, most of the other albums released this week were just great. My picks for this week include the aforementioned Ladytron album, along with a band I have never heard of. Oppenheimer came out with a quality electronic tinged indie rock album. Some of my other recommended albums are also in the electronic genre, but for those of you that like well written and sung folk songs, we have plenty for you as well.

Oppenheimer

Take The Whole Midrange And Boost It - "Steven McCauley For President"

Ladytron

Velocifero - "Black Cat"


Other Notable Releases:

The Pinker Tones

Wild Animals

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes - "White Winter Hymnal"

The Cool Kids

Bake Sale - "Basement Party"

The Ting Tings

We Started Nothing - "Great DJ"

Manu Chao

Politik Kills Remix EP - "Politik Kills w/ LKJ (Dennis Bovell Dub Vocal Remix)"

Aimee Mann

@#%&! Smilers

Baskervilles

Twilight - "Caught In A Crosswalk"

Shearwater

Rook - "Rooks"

Centro-matic/South San Gabriel

Dual Hawks - "I, The Kite" & "Trust To Lose"

The M's

Real Close One - "Don't Be Late"

Weezer

Weezer (Red Album)

The Futureheads

This Is Not The World - "Broke Up The Time"