New albums this summer--what are you waiting for?

Tragabigzanda · Post by **Tragabigzanda** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:42 pm

In the interest of getting excited for new music, my list of summer releases. On a side note, I''ll be buying them all from my local record shop (except for maybe the Kelly Clarkson record, which I'm 100% comfortable with downloading from Limewire).

6/19 Bumps (John McEntire from Tortoise doing a funk trio, released by Stones Throw)
6/19 Daby Toure
6/26 Nels Cline
6/26 Beastie Boys instrumental record
6/26 Bad Brains (produced by Mike D from the B-Boys)
6/26 Kelly Clarkson (with Mike Watt playing bass on six tracks!!!)

7/17 Suzanne Vega
7/24 UNKLE (though I think it might wind up sucking)
7/24 Prince
7/31 Oh No (another Stones Throw release that sounds interesting)

8/21 MIA (have you heard "Bird Flu"?!?! That beat is fucking sick.

What are you all looking forward to hearing?

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:51 am

Right now I just want to get the new Shellac and the True West reissues.

I hear Steve Wynn might have a new one soon, and Black Crows, as well.

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:03 pm

7/10 - Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
7/10 - Darkest Hour - Deliver Us

two of my all-time favorite bands putting out albums on the same day? shazam!

is the smashing pumpkins album going to disappoint? probably. will i buy it anyways? absolutely.

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:57 pm

8/7 - Swivel Chair's The Slow Transmission (I engineered it)
8/21 - Caribou's Andorra

That's about it for me right off the top of my head. I'm just not that "in the know" right this second.

Jeff

MoreSpaceEcho · Post by **MoreSpaceEcho** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:26 pm

did caribou used to be manitoba or am i confused as usual?

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:55 pm

Yeah, Caribou used to be Manitoba. And Dan Snaith is both of them. And he is quite the talent.

Tragabigzanda · Post by **Tragabigzanda** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:03 pm

True West? Who are they?

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:07 pm

Suzanne Vega has a new one due in July?

*marks calendar*

Tragabigzanda · Post by **Tragabigzanda** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:09 pm

Can you tell me a bit about the Swivel Chair record? What sort of gear/techniques did you use? I love listening to records and knowing how the sounds were made...

Hell yes, new Suzanne Vega is supposed to be more like 99.9 farhenheit degrees, my favorite Vega record...

tonejunkee · Post by **tonejunkee** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:33 pm

hmmmm, can't wait for darkest hour and smashing pumpkins and MIA too - nels kline? that sounds interesting.

already heard beastie boys new one....it's pretty chill, all instrumental but not as good as the last instrumental. i wanna hear them rap, not wank on some ol school instruments....but, then again, there just doin' wtf they wanna do.

gave up on prince a while back, but maybe he'll change our minds and do something phone-key

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:17 am

tonejunkee wrote:hmmmm, can't wait for darkest hour and smashing pumpkins and MIA too - nels kline? that sounds interesting.

well, i've heard a bit of Darkest Hour's new one... and they're definitely keeping it real... every time they put out an album i worry there's going to be some big label vocal coaching BS involved that would screw everything up (anybody remember Hopesfall?), but this one is a solid release.

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:51 pm

Tragibigzanda wrote:True West? Who are they?

I have never heard them, but I have heard a lot about them.

Steve Wynn ( a fave) references them as a seminal Paisley Underground band, and I just read a positive review at allmusic that seems consistent.

I always wanted to have a band like The Dream Syndicate!

Phiz · Post by **Phiz** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:52 am

7/10 Jason Isabell

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:50 am

RefD wrote:Suzanne Vega has a new one due in July?

*marks calendar*

No kidding. There's one for me to get excited about.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:52 am

Hmmmm:

Recorded in both New York and London and produced by Jimmy Hogarth (Sia, Corinne Bailey Rae), "Beauty & Crime" is Vega's seventh album and her debut on the Blue Note label. The effort emerges after a long recording layoff following 2001's "Songs in Red and Gray."

She's on Blue Note now. Interesting.

No NC tour dates. Bummer.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

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