New Music Releases Thread

Arkle said:
Tomorrow's new releases include albums from Aaron Lewis. Anderson Paak, Bibio. Borken Social Scene (an EP), Bruce Hornsby, BTS, Damine Jurado, Escort, Glen Hansard, LSD (Labrinth, Sia and Diplo), Melissa Etheridge, Shovels & Rope, The Budos Band, The Chemical Brothers, Wyndham Garnett, Ifriqiyya Electrique, Chris Forsyth, Fontaines DC and Mekons.

There'll be a whole host of vinyl only releases on Saturday for record store day, of course. They include a new Flaming Lips album, which is slated for a full release later in the year.
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Chemical Brothers for me. Then possibly Shovels - name rings a bell as an upcoming support band for someone I'm seeing, but not sure whom...perhaps Mekons, for nostalgia reasons, and Hansard. Then certainly the Borkens ;)
 


Arkle said:
Theatrical score, I believe (stage version of All About Eve).I wasn't aware of it either.
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Yeah, but sadly no PJ Harvey vocals. The only songs with vocals feature the actresses, one of whom is Gillian Anderson (X-Files' Scully). Physical release still to come.
PJ Harvey's 'All About Eve' Score To Be Released Via Invada Records and Lakeshore Records

Aldous Harding has 'released' the second song from her third album that's out near the end of the April.
My review... I like it.
 
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Right then, the stuff I've been listening to over the weekend and today:

Fontaines DC: Fairly exciting, although a lot of it is familiar already. All about the singer's drawl and lyrics.
PJ Harvey: enjoyable enough for all, as @The Music Man says, there's no Peej vocals. A bit sort of folk-post rock.
Ifriqiyya Electrique: pretty amazing! There's not the what the hell is that shock of the previous album (as it's along the same lines) but it's relentless and addictive.
Shovels & Rope: a strong album of country rock duets by the husband and wife pairing.
Mekons: enjoyable. Basically, doing their folk/punk/country meld that they'vew had going on for years, again.
Broken Social Scene: disappointed by the lack of Swedish Chef. Pairs up with the part 1 EP, which I reckon is a bit stronger.
Chemical Brothers: probably the most straight ahead danceable album they've made in a while. Not many big name guests but some strong tracks and well chosen samples.
Damien Jurado: pretty much ace, if a tad short (27 mins or so). Simple songs with minimal instrumentation and great vocals.
Chris Forsyth: excellent guitars as always and a mix of long instrumentals and shorter, snappier post punk songs. It's quite a long album (a double in old money).
Sun Kil Moon: the man's an arse but he makes some good music. He's got the excellent Jim White (of The Dirty Three etc.) on drums here and Donny McCaslin, the saxophonist who played on some of the late period Bowie albums. There's a nice jazz feel to the instrumentation, the vocals and lyrics are standard Kozelek. As always, it's quite long. Five of the seven songs clock in at over 10 minutes and one of them is 23 mins long.
 

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