Category: What We’re Into – Recent Interest
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The KANSAS BIBLE COMPANY is bringin’ surf, soul, prog, hip-hop, classical, pep band and good old rock and roll in one big groovy ball!
At their full-strength, the Kansas Bible Company sports three guitarists, two drummers and a five-piece horn section, and even if they aren’t that supersized when they take the stage at The Bohemian Cafe on Saturday, Oct. 15th at 3:30 p.m.,their stripped-down mode is seven pieces. The KBC will drop by the day after their psychedelic…
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NEW RELEASES, 9/30: DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, JOHN PRINE (!!!!), MANDOLIN ORANGE, PIXIES, BON IVER and a LOT more!
Holy cow, y’all, do we have some new stuff for you this week. We were already pumped about the new Drive-By Truckers, and then we got new John Prine, Mandolin Orange, The Growlers, The Pixies, Danny Brown, Van Morrison, and a wonderfully heartbreaking album by Luke Winslow-King. Read on… DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, American Band (CD/LP) Drive-By…
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NEW STUFF 9/23: WARPAINT, BEACH SLANG, GAME THEORY, JOHN SCOFIELD, RECKLESS KELLY & BRUUUUUUUCE!!!
Gracious! We’ve got new stuff from Warpaint, Dwight Yoakam, Beach Slang, Game Theory, a Billy Bragg/Joe Henry duo album and more, plus some great reissues from Fleetwood Mac and the legendary Elmore James. WARPAINT, Heads Up (CD/LP) Warpaint, Los Angeles-based mistresses of the art-rock slow jam, have made a sideways swerve on their third album.…
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NEW RELEASES 9/16: DAWES, AGAINST ME!, SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, ROBERT GLASPER, THE DEVIL MAKES THREE & more!
And the amazing crop of newness continues from last week to now. The new DAWES is out, along with the long-awaited AGAINST ME release, and stuff by AMANDA SHIRES, SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, THE DEVIL MAKES THREE, ROBERT GLASPER & more! DAWES, We’re All Gonna Die (CD/LP) On their four previous albums, Dawes were…
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NEW RELEASES 9/9: Holy cow, we’ve got new stuff galore by WILCO, NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, THE HEAD & THE HEART, ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES, DANIEL LANOIS w/ ROCCO DELUCA, JOSHUA REDMAN AND BRAD MEHLDAU and much more!
Lordy, do we have a pile of new stuff for you this week! WILCO! NICK CAVE! THE HEAD & THE HEART! ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES! JACK WHITE! DANIEL LANOIS! And a ton more, plus a JOSHUA REDMAN/BRAD MEHLDAU duo album to warm Gene’s heart and some incredible reissues! Read on… WILCO, Schmilco (CD/LP) After…
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NEW RELEASES 9/2: ANGEL OLSEN, NATHAN BOWLES, CHATHAM COUNTY LINE, FRIGHTNRS, BUTCH WALKER, THE WARLOCKS, and even a new FLESHTONES!
A small but fierce list of new stuff this week, including the lovely Appalachian drone of Nathan Bowles, a fantastic slice of alt-folk from Angel Olsen, some new dusty hardbitten gems from Butch Walker, and some truly raw reggae from the Frightnrs. ANGEL OLSEN, My Woman (CD/LP) Angel Olsen’s third album is immediately and enormously…
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NEW RELEASES 8/26: A wonderfully depressing new CASS MCCOMBS album, the first new DE LA SOUL record in 12 years, a platter of BAD PLUS classic pop reinterpretations, and more!
A small but fierce list of new stuff this week, including some jazzy re-interpretations of classic pop by The Bad Plus, another dark slice of life from Cass McCombs, the first new De La Soul album in 12 years and a virtuosic follow-up by Derrick Hodge, plus some classical goodies for Gene. Read on…. DE…
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NEW RELEASES 8/19: LYDIA LOVELESS’ “REAL” is finally here on CD & LP, there’s a new CRYSTAL CASTLES album out, not to mention stuff by the MINUS 5, JOHN PAUL WHITE, BLOOD ORANGE, STRAY BIRDS and SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS!
Despite its amazing “Real”-ness, we’re somehow not just about the incredibly Lydia Loveless album in this week’s New Releases. We’ve also got stuff by Blood Orange, John Paul White, the Minus 5, heck, there’s even a new Dolly! Read on…. LYDIA LOVELESS, Real (CD/LP) Real is one of those exciting records where you sense an…
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NEW RELEASES 8/12: JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD, OF MONTREAL, YOUNG THE GIANT, ATMOSPHERE, PAUL THORN, ANN WILSON & ZZ TOP!
This week’s batch of new stuff features the conclusion of JEFF The Brotherhood’s spiritual trilogy, Of Montreal’s unexpected trip into electronica, Atmosphere’s arrival at hip-hop middle age and a couple of classical gems to keep Gene happy! Read on… JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD, ZONE (CD/LP) Positioned as the final installment of a “spiritual trilogy” that also…
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NEW RELEASES 8/5: GOV’T MULE & WYE OAK turn back the clock, DINOSAUR JR moves ahead with their classic lineup, & MARK O’CONNOR keeps it in the family.
Some heavy stuff in the New Release pile this week, including a blast from the archival past from Gov’t Mule, a new reunion platter from Dinosaur Jr (with Lou Barlow back in the fold), a collective work from Mark O’Connor and family, a look back by Wye Oak and a new one from our Upstate…