Here’s the list of independent music albums that are being released this week:
My Maudlin Career by Camera Obscura
As the title suggests, their new album shares with the listener an affectionate wit and a melancholy tendency towards life’s daily routines and relationships. Yet it also boasts and expands on the affected pop elements explored on their breakout album, "Let’s Get Out Of This Country". It’s no wonder Camera Obscura are often mentioned in the same sentences as fellow Scots Belle & Sebastian, indie rock faves The Lucksmiths, and music legends The Smiths
Maybe I’m Dreaming by Owl City
"It is distinctly obvious that Young has potential surpassed by few in his genre, and Maybe I’m Dreaming is an effective portrayal of how Young has progressed. The emotion is almost touchable, and the way Owl City picks you up, takes you on a journey of the sky and other surreal and abstract worlds, and then gently sets you down again, is amazing."
-AbsolutePunk.net
Touchdown by Brakesbrakesbrakes
Brighton, UK’s Brakes features former and current members of British Sea Power, Electric Soft Parade, and The Tenderfoot. Their third album polishes up their sound a bit without sacrificing any of the immediacy or jangle that makes their slightly countrified power-pop so appealing. An exuberant maelstrom of blazing riffs and relentless hooks, fuzz, and squall, with witty lyrics and sing along choruses that are sure to earn the band more devoted followers.
Come and Get It by Regrets
Alongside label mates like The Aggrolites and The Slackers, Boston’s Westbound Train is one of a new breed of bands closing the circle between classic soul, jazz, and reggae. On this release, producer Dave Hillyard of The Slackers brought out the loose vibe of classic soul and jazz the band had always loved. RIYL: Hepcat, The Slackers, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, or any artist released by Studio One, Treasure Island, or Trojan Records in the 60s.
What Is?! by King Khan / Shrines
King Khan and The Shrines seminal What Is?! album will finally be made available domestically come April 21 by Vice Records. Already legendary for their insane live show, What Is?! shows the band harnessing their live power into 14 blasts of pure punk-soul. Originally released on Germany’s Hazlewood imprint in July 2007, What Is?!
shows The Shrines at their best. Their unique Sun Ra cum Stooges take on psychedelic big band soul is full on here, a literal aural middle finger to the calculated garage rock taking over the malls of America. Time to re-do those best of lists from a few years ago.
Bullet In A Blindfold by Mercury Bullet
Hailing from the scorched earth of Fresno comes Southern California’s hottest new rock sensation…Mercury Bullet. Featuring an extremely talented band of musicians; vocalist Matt Cantu, guitarist Andrew Beasley, percussionist Jeremiah Dasalla, and Wes Coelho on bass. These rockers display an emotional bond between active rock, indie-pop and alternative, with powerful messages mixed in their sound. Mercury Bullet has had the honor of playing the Vans Warped Tour in 2005, 2006 and 2008. They have shared the stage with Pillar, Thousand Foot Krutch, Project 86, Static X, Eyes Set To Kill and The Human Abstract to name but a few.
Ode To The Inverse Of The Dude by The High Strung
"Ode" combines dreamy sounds and lyrics with the magnificence of the rock band that The High Strung is. Produced by David Newfeld (Broken Social Scene, Los Campesinos!) A musical/psychological triumph for both a producer who has worked his magic into the hearts of millions and a band who gets better with every album. RIYL: T. Rex, Guided By Voices, Los Campesinos!, Destroyer.
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You could put some links in the reviews, to videos of the songs, or to the songs themselves, couldn’t you? Just an opinion, it’s because I’m searching for new stuff on the internet, and something like this would help me a lot.
Anyway, thanks for the tips. Already dowloading Ode to the inverse =)
Great idea! We’ll do that for next week. Thanks for the feedback.