It's time for the titan release of the Autumn. Oasis will likely reassert their global dominance with seventh album "Dig Out Your Soul" which was originally going to be called "Bag It Up" until Noel Gallagher's girlfriend pointed out that this was a song by Geri Halliwell of The Spice Girls. Not wanting to be attached to a loud-mouthed throwback to outdated music, Gallagher changed the title.
For low key releases, this week is golden. For the punk minded amongst us, Rise Against give us some more hardcore to chew on. Mimas are preparing to startle with their astonishingly melancholic post-rock debut and if you happen to like crap, I Am Ghost have an album out too. So there's something for mum, something for dad, something for the trendy older sister, something for the punky middle brother and something for the death-fixated tweenie whose geography book is covered in doodles of coffins and bloodied hearts. Fun for the whole family there.
Manchester's most promising up 'n' coming act. We're interested to see if their retro-styled indie rock will catch on. Fronted by brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, they certainly seem like the type of lads you could take to go meet your grandmother. If she's not adverse to being set on fire that is.
Possibly one of those album covers made for mail-order. Unless you're the kind of person who can happily go to the shop checkout with a pair of pink handcuffs, four tubs of petroleum jelly, a rubber duck, marigold gloves, and a box of Ferrero Rocher. Nonetheless, the Nashville group blend alt. country with post-rock, soul and lounge music to impressive effect. It may be worth the trenchcoat.
If the sound of anything by post-"Take This To Your Grave" era Fall-Out Boy makes you want to sacrifice squirrels to the dark lord Acathla then the British slant of American pop-punk might be right up your street, along with your house.
One of the few politicised mainstream punk bands around today, Rise Against don't have the fringes, they probably don't have their own Hot Topic clothing line. What they do have is a brand new album of adrenalised melodic hardcore-punk tracks which is a parallel experience to being uppercutted with a compendium of Time magazine, and we mean that in a good way.
Not the offspring of the EU, but a Welsh singer-songwriter formerly of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. Yet another fourth album, this one is being released through Wichita Recordings. Home of splendid folk-pop.
"To everyone at Glasgow Academy last night please forgive my slightly controversial claim that you are all 'northern bastards'. I did of course mean, in my self-deprecating clumsy manner that I'm a southern jessy and you're all hard as nails! And yes I now also appreciate (as was explained to me by the venue's extremely forgiving security) you are all Scottish! And neither take kindly to being called 'northern' OR 'bastards'." How can you fail to love a band who insult the Scottish on their own territory? Let's hope they make it out alive.
Electronic-folk written by New York University duo (and room-mates) Daniel 'Grizzly Bear' Rossen and Fred Nicolaus.
Really? Still?
Americans, take a moment to consider how you pronounce this Sub-Pop experimental-indie band's home state of Oregon then, compare with your pronunciation of the herb Oregano. Doesn't make sense does it?
Indie-rock from Canada. There's a sentence you don't hear every day; unless you're us. With jazz-trained Elizabeth Powell at the front, and art grants providing their financial backing though, mainstream isn't something we'd expect to see from this trio in the near future.
With peace and tranquility being the order of the day, The Unbending Trees have made an album that can stop you in your tracks and make you think about life and love. The melodic tunes are graciously backed by Kristof Hajos baritone and meaningful lyricism.
"I'm paranoid, I'm paranoid and everybody's coming to get me". Harvey Dangers' drummer Evan Sult takes his drumming skills to Chicago quartet Bound Stems for their follow up to debut "Appreciation Night".
Oregon sends us another indie-folk album. There must be Jack Daniels in the water over there. Starting from Justin Ringle's love of performing at the local open mic show, musicians quickly flocked to play by his side and now Horse Feathers has expanded to a six-piece live band.
Imagine the gothic-punk of My Chemical Romance, the lyricism of Silverstein with the style of the black-clad eye-liner wearing kids you see on 'shockingly bad and generic MySpace emo band #24,908'. Now imagine you have a button which can order a napalm strike. Only then will happiness ensue.
A good reason to wear gloves then. Featuring members of Botch, Seattle show us once more how to do classy post-hardcore music. We listen with an attentive gaze and an affectionate ear. Play on.
Shoegaze continues its revival with Vivian Girls, a trio hailing from the East coast of America (NY). Backed by a strong initial response from local media, the girls give us their debut self-titled album.
Endorsement by the late-John Peel doesn't come easily. See what the kerfuffle is in aid of with London/Bolton lads Decoration as they unleash more alternative indie-pop into the world.
"Tabloid life surrounds us. Artifice has replaced art, style trumps substance. Sincerity and honesty got lost along the way. Once in a while though, something breaks through. It can crack the shell of bitterness and send a memo reminding us that it%u2019s entirely possible we haven%u2019t become too jaded, at least not yet. That%u2019s where The Uglysuit and their self-titled record come in," so they say. It may just be more psychedelic indie shenanigans.
Big Scary Monsters Records have gone searching once more for eclectic, yet artfully beautiful indie-rock, with the emphasis on the rock. They don't disappoint with Mimas, self-described as 'death-indie', this Danish foursome bridge the gap between Sigur Ros and Isis.
Octet built around prom-sweethearts Richard Edwards (vocals) and Emily Watkins (keys). The band's second album comes in two versions. The "Band Cut" which goes by the name of "Animal", and the record label approved version "Not Animal". Which will win the square-off, art or commerce? Vote with your wallets.
A co-operation between Scotland and Sweden, the sound of startling beauty is transposed to audio form via the trio's melancholic stab at indie-pop.
More emo-ish hijinx from the popular American band. Perhaps third album "Life Is Not A Waiting Room" will translate to this side of the pond.
Album number four for the sinking antipodeans. Was it worth the three months wait we here in Blighty has over the Australians and Americans? Probably not, but we doubt there are many who haven't made their minds up about these boys.
Vinyl and download only release limited to 5,000 copies. So get the Swedish men's fourth album while you still can. Vinyl orders are accompanied by a download code.
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Evan
commented 3 months ago
The Department of Eagles is good.
Blitzen Trapper-Furr is pretty tasty as well.
One of this years standout's is The Uglysuit's record. I have been loving it. Give it a few spins and listen intently and you'll be drawn in as I was. This is a band that makes music that makes you smile and will stick with you for a long time. Nothing Ugly about it.