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Oct 27, 2010

65DAYSOFSTATIC
Heavy Sky

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65daysofstatic - Heavy Sky

Everyone knows: 65daysofstatic more than prove their worth with the amount of passion they thrust whole-heartedly into their music. Their new EP, the last release from the bands Exploding Sessions, is a blend of six new tracks, along with a fresh edit of Tiger Girl. Despite not making the previous cut, the six new tracks were in the opinion of the band worthy enough to have made the album, and as a result Heavy Sky EP is almost an extension from their prior efforts.

ARTIST: 65daysofstatic
TITLE: Heavy Sky
LABEL: Hassle
RELEASE DATE: October 25, 2010
TIME: 33:26 min.
WEB: http://www.65daysofstatic.com/

01. Tiger Girl (wishful thinking edit) [03:36]
02. Sawtooth Rising [04:55]
03. The Wrong Shape [04:04]
04. PX3 [04:15]
05. Pacify [04:00]
06. Beats Like a Helix [02:09]
07. Guitar Cascades [10:27]


65daysofstatic - PX3

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Oct 26, 2010

AA.VV.
Germs of Perfection (a tribute to bad religion)

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AA.VV. - Germs of Perfection (a tribute to bad religion)

November 2010 celebrates 30 years of the iconic label Epitaph Records, tracing its rise from a DIY imprint founded by Brett Gurewitz to a powerhouse label that sent punk to the top of the charts.
Bad Religion (which included Gurewitz on guitar) were Epitaph’s marquee band, so to commemorate the label’s history, SPIN magazine rounded up top indie artists, including Tegan and Sara, Switchfoot, Ted Leo and New Politics, to record exclusive covers for a compilation album, Germs of Perfection: A Tribute to Bad Religion.

ARTIST: AA.VV.
TITLE: Germs of Perfection (a tribute to bad religion)
LABEL: Spin Magazine
RELEASE DATE: October 22, 2010
TIME: 33:36 min.
WEB: http://www.spin.com/

01. WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE – Don’t Pray On Me [03:08]
02. FRANK TURNER – My Poor Friend Me [02:52]
03. THE WEAKERTHANS – Sanity [03:16]
04. SWITCHFOOT – Sorrow [02:54]
05. TED LEO – Against the Grain [03:41]
06. CHEAP GIRLS – Kerosene [03:05]
07. NEW POLITICS – Generator [03:04]
08. COBRA SKULLS – Give You Nothing [02:09]
09. POLAR BEAR CLUB – Better Off Dead [02:40]
10. GUTTERMOUTH – Pity [02:41]
11. RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS – Heaven Is Falling [02:10]
12. TEGAN & SARA – Suffer [01:56]

Polar Bear Club – Better Off Dead

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Oct 25, 2010

SUUNS
Zeroes QC

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Suuns - Zeroes QC

Montreal’s Suuns possess a rare trait in rock music: restraint. They use it like an instrument, which makes their debut full-length Zeroes QC as unsettling as it is wonderfully exasperating. It’s immediately apparent in album openinig: something starting off like a robot breaking down in a hot desert with its mechanic beat ploding like iron-shoed footsteps as the melody of a wheezing synth mirrors the crackling sound of old transistors and circuitry being cooked in the sun. It’s deceptively lulling, the tension almost unnoticeably wrenching up and up until the track unexpectedly opens into a barrage of nose-diving guitar riffs and crashing drums.

ARTIST: Suuns
TITLE: Zeroes QC
LABEL: Secretly Canadian
RELEASE DATE: October 12, 2010
TIME: 37:41 min.
WEB: http://www.myspace.com/suuns_

01. Armed for Peace [03:37]
02. Gaze [03:57]
03. Arena [05:12]
04. Pie IX [03:16]
05. Marauder [01:50]
06. Sweet Nothing [07:03]
07. Up Past the Nursery [03:23]
08. PVC [03:40]
09. Fear [01:58]
10. Organ Blues [03:45]


Suuns - Arena

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Oct 22, 2010

THE CHARLATANS
Who We Touch

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The Charlatans - Who We Touch

With a career that has already spanned two decades, The Charlatans (Martin Blunt – bass, Jon Brookes – drums, Tim Burgess – vocals, Mark Collins – guitar and Tony Rogers – keyboards) release their new album Who We Touch. Their eleventh studio album was produced by Youth (Paul McCartney, Primal Scream and The Verve) and was recorded at Britannia Row in London, on the desk that New Order‘s Blue Monday was recorded on. Featuring eleven tracks, the album must surely rank as their boldest to date radically broadening, in places, their aesthetic remit. It is, says Burgess, “a soulful voyage”, a journey through moods uplifting and profound, dark and delirious, ultimately concluding in blissful optimism.

ARTIST: The Charlatans
TITLE: Who We Touch
LABEL: The End
RELEASE DATE: September 14, 2010
TIME: 111:38 min.
WEB: http://www.thecharlatans.net/

01. Love Is Ending [03:49]
02. My Foolish Pride [04:09]
03. Your Pure Soul [05:40]
04. Smash the System [03:35]
05. Intimacy [05:12]
06. Sincerity [06:29]
07. Trust in Desire [05:10]
08. When I Wonder [03:39]
09. Oh! [05:57]
10. You Can Swim / On the Threshold / Sing the Body Eclectic [13:02]

01. Love Is Ending (early version) [03:29]
02. Intimacy (early version) [03:54]
03. Smash the System (early version) [03:15]
04. These Things (studio out-take) [03:11]
05. Your Pure Soul (early version) [05:02]
06. Sincerity (early instrumental) [03:54]
07. Trust in Desire (alternate take) [05:12]
08. My Foolish Pride (early version) [04:10]
09. Lips That Would (early version) [04:50]
10. Who We Don’t Touch Don’t Mind (studio out-take) [04:53]
11. Don’t Know Where or When (studio out-take) [05:18]
12. Intimacy (alternate mix) [05:16]
13. Throbbing Genesis (studio out-take) [02:32]

The Charlatans – Love Is Ending
The Charlatans – Intimacy (alternate mix)

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Oct 21, 2010

DETACHMENTS
Detachments

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Detachments - Detachments

Sebastien Marshal (the creative force behind synth-pop troupe Detachments) has assembled quite the group of prominent followers. Former Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook is a fan, having invited them to join him for live performances; so, too, is ex-DFA Records producer Tim Goldsworthy. And now Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford, renowned for his work with the likes of Klaxons and Delphic, has produced their self-titled debut album. Endorsements from such stellar names could easily lumber Detachments with the unhelpful tag of being the industry’s latest buzz band, but there’s more to them than just a few golden handshakes with dance-rock glitterati. The snatches of electro-pop brilliance are vital in ensuring Marshal’s bleakness doesn’t consume all before it, though, it’s that blackened romanticism that gives Detachments so much of its poignancy.
It’s almost a shame that the singer possesses so many famous friends, because they only serve as a distraction from the luxuriant gloom on display here.

ARTIST: Detachments
TITLE: Detachments
LABEL: Music Response
RELEASE DATE: September 27, 2010
TIME: 53:33 min.
WEB: http://detachments.co.uk/

01. Audio Video [03:45]
02. I Don’t Want to Play [03:09]
03. Art of Viewing [04:08]
04. Holyday Romance [03:51]
05. You Never Knew Me [03:50]
06. Sometimes [04:20]
07. H.A.L. [03:18]
08. Circles [04:20]
09. Tread Along [04:25]
10. Fear No Fear [06:08]
11. Words Alone [12:19]


Detachments - Sometimes

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Oct 20, 2010

WARPAINT
The Fool

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Warpaint - The Fool

Warpaint weave intricate guitar lines, hypnotic vocals and driving post punk rhythms into gorgeous, sprawling songs that skirt the line between psychedelia and intimacy. Both live and on record, Warpaint sound like they’re channelling something truly otherworldly, mystical. The Fool is their utterly mesmeric debut full-length album roduced and mixed by Tom Biller (Liars, Jon Brion, Sean Lennon) in Los Angeles, with further mixes from Andrew Weatherall (Bjork, My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream) and Adam Samuels (John Frusciante, Daniel Lanois).
Delicious.

ARTIST: Warpaint
TITLE: The Fool
LABEL: Rough Trade
RELEASE DATE: October 25, 2010
TIME: 47:17 min.
WEB: http://www.warpaintwarpaint.com/

01. Set Your Arms Down [05:05]
02. Warpaint [05:55]
03. Undertow [05:53]
04. Love We Are [05:43]
05. Trying to Make It at Home [04:58]
06. Drawing the Lines [04:36]
07. For This Life [03:55]
08. Majesty [06:36]
09. Lissie’s Heart Murmur [05:12]


Warpaint - Undertow

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Oct 19, 2010

STEREOLAB
Not Music

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Stereolab - Not Music

Even with the band taking a break (see Laetitia Sadier solo release The Trip), Stereolab still have material from their previous recording sessions on  Chemical Chords to share. Not Music hits the world with its perfect Stereolab-style, including a remix by Atlas Sound.

ARTIST: Stereolab
TITLE: Not Music
LABEL: Chemical Chords
RELEASE DATE: November 16, 2010
TIME: 56:25 min.
WEB: http://www.stereolab.co.uk/

01. Everybody’s Weird Except Me [03:35]
02. Supah Jaianto [05:08]
03. So Is Cardboard Clouds [03:50]
04. Equivalnces [02:23]
05. Leleklato Sugar [03:05]
06. Silver Sands (emperor machine mix) [10:21]
07. Two Fingers Symphony [03:47]
08. Delugeoisie [03:42]
09. Laserblast [03:26]
10. Sun Demon [03:18]
11. Aelita [03:49]
12. Pop Molecules (molecular pop 2) [02:04]
13. Neon Beanbag (atlas sound mix) [07:57]


Stereolab - Laserblast

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Oct 18, 2010

MENOMENA
Mines

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Menomena - Mines

Portland based art-rock trio Menomena is among the leaders of the new school of indie rock musically complex, melodically and lyrically riveting, and unlike anything that has come before. Their breakthrough album Friend & Foe epitomized the artistry required to balance a modern band’s storm of ideas. Now the band’s newest work comes after a period of significant upheaval that has left them with no shortage of new ideas, and Mines is as good or better than anything they’ve done to-date.

ARTIST: Menomena
TITLE: Mines
LABEL: Barsuk
RELEASE DATE: July 27, 2010
TIME: 53:29 min.
WEB: http://menomena.com/

01. Queen Black Acid [04:47]
02. TAOS [05:00]
03. Killemall [04:06]
04. Dirty Cartoons [04:53]
05. Tithe [04:53]
06. BOTE [05:52]
07. Lunchmeat [05:52]
08. Oh Pretty Boy, You’re Such a Big Boy [05:19]
09. Five Little Rooms [04:57]
10. Sleeping Beauty [05:18]
11. INTIL [05:47]


Menomena - TAOS

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Oct 16, 2010

ERIC & MAGILL
All Those I Know

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Eric & Magill - All Those I Know

In June of 2007, Ryan Weber packed his bags and his laptop and moved to the Republic of Armenia for a year to volunteer as an instructor of audio design. It was in here in this foreign post within a city recovering from an earthquake, war and an energy shortage, that in his free time Weber began sketching what would become All Those I Know.  During this period Weber started bouncing ideas off of long time friend and guitarist Eric Osterman. It was through this process of writing songs over e-mail that spawned the idea of collaborating with everyone Weber knew. This is the way and the reason why All Those I Know features collaborations with artists responsible for creating such bands as Shearwater, The Dirty Projectors, Sufjan Stevens’ band, The Promise Ring, Vermont and so on. In addition to these musicians, Osterman and Weber created an Internet Choir comprised of over forty friends singing into their computers from around the world.
All Those I Know is a true testament to the power of technology and the strength of friendships and the shrinking planet. From its colorful and sweeping soundscapes down to its quiet whispers: it is an undeniably gorgeous record that will have you captivated from start to finish.

ARTIST: Eric & Magill
TITLE: All Those I Know
LABEL: self-released
RELEASE DATE: September 01, 2010
TIME: 29:52 min.
WEB: http://www.myspace.com/magillmagill

01. All Those I Know [03:49]
02. You Make It So Good [03:24]
03. Should We All Wake Up [02:09]
04. Grandpa’s Pink Wine [04:00]
05. Vegetables Gardeners [01:33]
06. I Hear Trumpets [03:10]
07. Pontoon Boats [02:30]
08. Gentle, Polite [03:02]
09. Old Man Winter [02:28]
10. Birthdays Are Important [03:43]


Eric & Magill - All Those I Know

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Oct 15, 2010

I’M NOT A GUN
Solace

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I'm Not a Gun - Solace

The fifth album from John Tejada and Takeshi Nishamoto‘s duo, I’m Not A Gun, Solace feels like a pronounced refinement of their work to date on the project. These two have been collaborating for some twelve years now, and clearly as musicians they compliment one another perfectly: there’s an easiness and fluency running through this album that doesn’t come over night, and track after track finds the collaboration reaching new heights of synergy and purpose. Solace surely captures this long-standing project at the summit of its powers.

ARTIST: I’m Not A Gun
TITLE: Solace
LABEL: City Center Offices
RELEASE DATE: September 17, 2010
TIME: 46:13 min.
WEB: http://www.myspace.com/imnotagunofficial

01. Turbine [04:45]
02. Big Steps [04:06]
03. Equal Path [04:49]
04. Colored Sky, Colored Mind [05:11]
05. In Sepia [04:02]
06. Music for Adults [04:43]
07. Runners [06:00]
08. Cold Dreams [04:09]
09. Red or Yellow and Blue [05:15]
10. Fields of Autumn [03:18]


I’m Not a Gun - Turbine

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