Week three of September sees a ginormous number of new releases dropping. I’ve included info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard of (but should know), with audio & video for your listening and viewing pleasure. Click here to check out releases that dropped over the past few months.
The Album Leaf, Forward/Return EP (self-release)
Alt-J, An Awesome Wave (Canvasback Music)
Bad Powers, Bad Powers (The End)
Band of Horses, Mirage Rock (Brown/Columbia)
Becoming The Archetype, I Am (Solid State)
Ben Folds Five, The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind (ImaVeePee/Sony)
The first new album in more than 13 years by the piano rock trio, a return to form of sorts as well as a nice evolution. The music’s genesis took place via a successful grassroots direct-to-fans fundraising campaign on PledgeMusic. Check out the Ben Folds Five/Fraggle Rock collab in the video for “Do It Anyway” below.
Big & Rich, Hillbilly Jedi (Warner Bros.)
Big Scary, Vacation (Pieater Records)
Ryan Bingham, Tomorrowland (Axster Bingham Records)
Brother Ali, Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color (Rhymesayers)
Black Prairie, A Tear In The Eye Is A Wound In The Heart (Sugarhill)
The Burning Of Rome, With Us (Surfdog)
Cars & Trains, We Are All Fire (Fake Four Inc.)
Easton Corbin, All Over The Road (Mercury Nashville)
Mike Coykendall, Where the Wind Don’t Blow (Fluff and Gravy)
Devin Townsend Project, Epicloud (Inside Out)
Dinosaur Jr., I Bet On Sky (Jagjaguwar)
The third Dino Jr. album since the original trio of J. Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph reformed in 2005 and 10th overall.
Riley Etheridge Jr., The Arrogance of Youth (Rock Ridge Music)
Fourplay, Espirit De Four (Heads Up)
Nelly Furtado, The Spirit Indestructible (Interscope)
Gallows, Gallows (Bridge 9 Records)
Gaslamp Killer, Breakthrough (Brainfeeder)
Go Radio, Close The Distance (Fearless)
Grateful Dead, Spring 1990, So Glad You Made It (Grateful Dead/Wea)
Grizzly Bear, Shields (Warp)
The beloved indie psych-folk band from Brooklyn presents a much anticipated fourth full-length. Listen to first single “Yet Again” after the jump along with the rest of this week’s new releases.
This article appears in Sep 13-19, 2012.
