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We Were Promised Jetpacks “These Four Walls” Fat Cat Records Genre: Rock : Indie UPC: 600116997227 Territories: North America, Australia Release Date: 7.7.09 |
Opening with a lone guitar line that itself has all the momentum of entire genres crammed into a single set of chords, We Were Promised Jetpacks’ These Four Walls – signifies a debut album that has the sort of peerlessness and potential to stand as a mainstay and luminary of indie music in the 21st century. |
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Chris Garneau “El Radio” Absolutely Kosher Genre: Indie : Pop-Folk UPC: 653225008322 Territories: North America, Australia Release Date: 7.7.09 |
El Radio is Chris Garneau’s follow-up to his acclaimed debut Music For Tourists. There is a poignant melancholy and bold sincerity throughout all of Garneau’s music, those qualities are augmented by a playfulness in his melodies and arrangements. |
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Keletigui et ses Tambourinis “The Syliphone Years” Sterns Genre: World : African UPC: 740042303126 Territories: US, Canada Release Date: 7.13.09 |
Whether it was with songs about incest and suicide, or through those praising a fruit-juice company, Keletigui et ses Tambourinis were at the heart of Guinea’s state-sponsored musical explosion in the 1960s and 70s. These two albums tell their story – a story that’s as vital and relevant today as it was then. |
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Rainbow Arabia “Kabukimono” Manimal Vinyl Records Genre: Alternative : Alternative Rock UPC: 879198003397 Territories: World Release Date: 7.20.09 |
The second release from Los Angeles duo, Rainbow Arabia comes in the form of Kabukimono. This 7 track album features 5 new recordings and 2 remixes of classic tracks from their 2008 debut, The Basta. Recorded between a grueling tour schedule with fellow exotic spice beat-makers, Gang Gang Dance. |
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Mantis “Still Life” Brick Records Genre: Hip-Hop : Rap UPC: 765481500233 Territories: World Release Date: 7.21.09 |
“Possibly one of Canada’s freshest offspring of the love triangle between funk, soul, and hiphop, rapper/producer Mantis is the essence of urban music personified.” -from Mantis’ Myspace |
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Dengue Fever (featuring Inara George) “Radio Dance Floor” Genre: Indie : Dance M80 UPC: 844185036900 Territories: US Release Date: 7.14.09 |
Radio Dance Floor transports Dengue Fever from their customary sound of psychedelic 60s Cambodia straight onto the late 70s New York Studio 54 dance floor, with the inclusion of the remix of “Clipped Wings” from Secret Circuit. |
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The Fresh & Onlys “The Fresh & Onlys” Howells Transmitter Genre: Indie : Pop UPC: 844185094900 Territories: World Release Date: 7.14.09 |
San Francisco’s next great band The Fresh and Onlys have turned out a fantastic new record riddled with 60’s psych Tambourine jams, contemporary garage rock classics, and formidable pop sensibilities. |
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra “Daphnis et Chloé” CSO Resound Genre: Classical : Orchestral UPC: 810449019064 Territories: World Release Date: 7.14.09 |
The Chicago Symphony Chorus takes center stage in two gorgeous French works from the twentieth century on CSO Resound’s newest release. The 150-voice choir, under the direction of Chorus Director Duain Wolfe, sings Poulenc’s effervescent update of the Latin Gloria with astonishing sensitivity and is the orchestra’s dynamic equal in Ravel’s ballet showpiece. |
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