Archive for the What We’re Into – Recent Interest Category

This week’s crop of new stuff includes Bob Mould’s stunning new album, some mellow introspective piano pop courtesy of Merge Records & Eric Bachmann, a new RJD2 album that snuck up on us and some Gene-centric jazz and classical goodness. Read on… NEW GOODIES: BOB MOULD, Patch The Sky (CD/LP) Bob Mould, the alternative-rock torchbearer, […]

This week in New Release-land, we’ve got a pot-pourri of good stuff in all kindsa genres. Damien Jurado has served up a dreamy slice of modern-day psychedelia, The Bonnevilles bring the dirty duo-blues, and Gene adores the electronic/classical hybrid of Max Richter. Read on…. DAMIEN JURADO, Visions Of Us On The Land (CD/LP/3x LP Deluxe […]

Horizon welcomes an eclectic slate of new releases this week, as the Queen Of Country, Loretta Lynn unveils her first new album in a decade, Frank Solivan gets out of the Dirty Kitchen, M Ward gives us the bad news, and Robert Pollard is guided by different voices. Read on…. NEW GOODIES   FRANK SOLIVAN, […]

This week, Mount Moriah stretches out the increasingly loose definition of  “Americana,” the Waco Bros. keep it gritty. Shooter Jennings goes disco (that is not a joke), we get some tasty Gene-jazz-and classical from Ralph Alessi and Tord Gustavsen, and Willie Nelson spends summertime with Mr. Gershwin. Read on…. NEW GOODIES MOUNT MORIAH, How To Dance (CD/LP) Mount […]

This week, Malcolm Holcombe invites us back into his world of indelibly drawn down-and-out, hard-luck characters, Carrie Rodriguez revisits her roots, Mavis Staples raises the roof, Peter Erskine stays true to his school and Matmos does some laundry. Read on…. NEW GOODIES CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, Lola (CD) As a singer-songwriter and violinist, Carrie’s repertoire includes country, […]

All that jazz in the New Release lineup this week? Sure. You’ll find new stuff by Michel Benita, Avishai Cohen and Michael Formanek to feed your brain. But we’ve also got Paul Carrack and Vince Gill to serve up some melodic comfort food of the pop-soul and country varieties. And that’s all without mentioning the […]

This is a big ol’ week we got here, folks, with the long-awaited new Lucinda Williams,a killer solo album from the North Mississippi All-Stars’ Luther Dickinson, a couple of blasts from the past from Bonnie Prince Billy and Dr. Dog, a pub-ready gem from James Hunter, and some veteran glam-and-classic rockers from across the pond, […]

The holiday craziness is over and we’re back to semi-normal, which for us means slingin’ the best selection of new and used vinyl and CD’s in town. And speaking of “new,” this week’s New Releases are topped by David Bowie, Esq.’s Blackstar, along with stuff by bluesman Bob Margolin and First Family Of Jazz drummer […]