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J. Tillman “Year in the Kingdom” Western Vinyl Genre: Indie : Psychedelic Folk UPC: 656605460222 Territories: Americas, Africa, Oceanian Islands Release Date: 09.15.09 |
Year In The Kingdom unravels some kind of galactic wilderness. Tillman’s 6th album lyrically borders on mystic; proffering a transcendent union, an effortlessness. Strange and honest, this song cycle inhabits it’s own idea-scape; one seemingly obsessed with wrestling death. These are afterlife dialogues of a mysterious future. Celestial badlands. |
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A Sunny Day In Glasgow “Ashes Grammar” Mis Ojos Discos Genre: Pop : Rock UPC: 616892049968 Territories: World Release Date: 09.15.09 |
At their core, A Sunny Day in Glasgow are a dream-pop band and Ashes Grammar is a dream-pop album but even at their most accessible, there’s an indescribable otherworldliness flowing through the band’s music. |
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Jack Savoretti “Harder Than Easy” De Angelis Records Genre: Pop : Pop-Folk UPC: 5050693241209 Territories: US, Canada Release Date: 09.15.09 |
Full of inspirational soul, rock and blues, the album takes you on a unique journey, showcasing Jack’s remarkable talent and re-introducing him as one of the foremost and significant artists in the musical world. Keeping his signature sound yet displaying a new found raw, grittiness, this album exposes Jack Savoretti, the man, the musician, in all his glory. |
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Vic Chesnutt “At the Cut” Constellation Genre: Folk-Rock : Avantgarde UPC: 666561006020 Territories: World Release Date: 09.21.09 |
Vic Chesnutt is the real deal, a man who lives for music and who has tirelessly deployed his impish, surly, witty, unflinching perspective in hundreds of songs featuring brilliantly unique wordsmithery and a profound playfulness that thumbs its nose at a life of seriously hard knocks. |
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The Twilight Sad “Forget the Night Ahead” Fat Cat Records Genre: Rock : Indie UPC: 600116997722 Territories: World ex- Europe, Au, NZ, Japan, Taiwan Release Date: 09.22.09 |
The Twilight Sad’s much-anticipated follow-up to 2007’s Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters is a dark and tumultuous listen. Produced by guitarist Andy McFarlane with Paul Savage (of Delgados) at Glasgow’s famed Chem 19 studios, Forget The Night Ahead retains the guitar-washed drama of their previous effort, with an added complexity both sonic and thematic. |
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Betty Davis “Is It Love or Desire” Light in the Attic Genre: Funk : Funk UPC: 826853004725 Territories: World Release Date: 09.22.09 |
Never bootlegged, never released, never heard until now, the secret story of this lost album will finally enter the history books and cement this bold soul sister’s contributions to music and popular culture. It’s time to get down… Long live Betty Davis! |
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Vybz Kartel “Pon di Gaza” Adidjaheim/Notnice Genre: Dance Hall : Reggae UPC: 844185079679 Territories: World Release Date: 09.22.09 |
Vybz Kartel, who is well known for his hard hitting ghetto lyrics, has been leaning towards more positive messages in his songs, with emphasis on respecting Women and Mothers and hints of Rasta-fari teachings. His latest release is an instant dancehall classic already blowing up the charts in Jamaica. |
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The Mumlers “Don’t Throw Me Away” Galaxia Genre: Indie : Alternative UPC: 702932003424 Territories: World ex- Japan Release Date: 09.08.09 (iTunes) |
“Vintage organs and amps lend Don’t Throw Me Away an “old soul” feeling, and Sprott’s voice has a world-weary timelessness that helps the ballads ache and the uptempo tracks swing. Beyond the fact that they sound aged, though, the songs also sound good. ” -Bay Bridged Podcast |
