Looking for some good new music to blow your hard-earned cash on? Here's a couple new releases set to drop tomorrow that you may be interested in...
artist: Cat Power
album: Jukebox
label: Matador
Chan Marshall's second disc full of cover songs follows up where 2006's The Greatest leaves off, featuring the Dirty Delta Blues Band backing her up as she takes on James Brown, Frank Sinatra, and Hank Williams (among others). Reactions so far have been pretty mixed with most people saying it doesn't hold a candle to 2000's The Covers Record, but Chan's voice is still beautiful and this may well be worth a listen. Most intriguing to me is the limited bonus disc that finds her covering "I Feel" by the Hot Boys. Yeah, those Hot Boys.
artist: Black Mountain
album: In the Future
label: Jagjaguwar
sample: "Tyrants"
The week's release that I am personally the most excited about. Their 2005 self-titled album was an awesome exercise in psychedelic stoner rock, striking the perfect balance between bruising and cruising. This eagerly anticipated follow-up has been getting rave reviews, especially the 17-minute tour de force "Bright Lights". I've managed to hear most of it and let me tell you, it really rocks. Expect more from me in the days to come.
artist: The Whigs
album: Mission Control
label: ATO
I'm also pretty excited about this one too. I've been a fan of this Atlanta band (not to be confused with the more dour Whigs of the Afghan variety) since reviewing their last album, Give 'Em All A Big Fat Lip, for Static a couple years ago. It was a promising debut from some talented youngsters, and from everything I've heard this one looks to be even better. A good place to get your garage rock fix.
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