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Asleep at the Wheel, Leon Rausch It’s a Good Day Bismeaux Records Genre: Americana : Swing UPC: 678572967023 Territories: U.S. Release Date: 07.20.10 |
It’s a match made in western swing heaven as the last of the great Texas Playboys, vocalist Leon Rausch joins Ray Benson and his team of musicians for some hot playing and some smooth singing. This is jazz with a cowboy hat! |
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Grand Mal Clandestine Songs Groover Recordings Genre: Alternative : Indie UPC: 7350025370453 Territories: U.S. Release Date: 07.20.10 |
Grand Mal is Bill Whitten. With the aid of almost every hipster in Brooklyn, he has recorded his best and most personal work ever. Whitten’s lyrics are as razor sharp as ever. Or as Pitchfork put it, “Whitten’s lyrics are about as sharp as they come. He packs more gritty urban drama into five minutes than Dick Wolf can spew forth in an entire season of Law & Order spinoffs” |
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Nick Rosen Into the Sky Porter Records Genre: Jazz : Orchestral UPC: 656605794822 Territories: World Release Date: 07.20.10 |
In his short career, multi-instrumentalist and composer Nick Rosen boasts an impressive resume many artists would envy. At 25, the Los Angeles native is ready to strike out on his own with his soul-bearing debut album, Into the Sky. On the album Rosen plays guitar, Rhodes piano, upright and electric bass, and synths throughout as well as sings on three tracks. |
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These United States What Lasts United Interests Genre: Alternative : Rock UPC: 744626010622 Territories: World Release Date: 07.20.10 |
What Lasts is a melting pot of folk, psychedelic, pop, and early rock-and-roll. Written during the summer of 2009 after surviving a near drowning on Lake Michigan, songwriter Jesse Elliott’s themes take a decidedly darker turn from the band’s 2009 release, Everything Touches Everything. |
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Phronesis Alive Edition Records Genre: Jazz UPC: 5065001530159 Territories: World Release Date: 07.26.10 |
Phronesis have the ability to excite, inspire and move people in a way that few bands are able to do. With a recent acclaimed performance at Banlieues Bleues Festival and their first appearance at the North Sea Jazz Festival just ahead, Phronesis release their third album Alive, which not only confirms their reputation but looks set to escalate them to the forefront of the European contemporary jazz scene. |
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Christopher Willits Tiger Flower Circle Sun Ghostly International/SMM Genre: Electronic : Alternative UPC: 804297811628 Territories: North America Release Date: 07.27.10 |
On Tiger Flower Circle Sun, Christopher Willits takes his attention to craft further than ever before, using the language of ambient, dream-pop, experimental electronic, and afro-latin music to explore themes of love, connectivity, and universal vibrations. Willits has created a diverse, effortlessly complex album of sublime beauty. |
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Moe Pope Life After God Brick Records Genre: Hip-Hop : Rap UPC: 765481010022 Territory: World Release Date: 07.27.10 |
2010 finds Moe Pope with a new production partner and a new label for his latest and most mature work to date: Life After God. Life After God is what contemporary Hip Hop should sound like; not scarred to take chances sonically but with its roots firmly planted in traditional Boom Bap and Rock. |
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Oh No Ono Internet Warrior Friendly Fire Recordings Genre: Indie : Electronic UPC: 847108071255 Territories: North America Release Date: 07.27.10 |
Following the glorious reviews showered on their extraordinary new album Eggs, Oh No Ono is back with a selection of stunning remixes from Caribou, Efterklang, the Phenomenal Handclap Band, the Depreciation Guild, and more. The North American version of this release includes remixes from Birds & Batteries and Higamos Hogamos that are not available anywhere else. |
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