You have or will hear many of the artists releasing albums this week on KEXP. New York’s The Budos Band are releasing their aptly named third album, III. The 10+ member “Instrumental Staten-Island Afro-Soul” group will be joining KEXP live on air from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge on Saturday, 9/4, and will no doubt bring the funk. Also out this week is the new release from Dan Mangan, the songwriter from just across the border, whose anthemic “Road Regrets” was featured yesterday as our Song of the Day podcast. And recently featured on Audioasis, Portland’s Reporter are releasing their stunning album of dreamy synth electro dance pop, while new Hardly Art signee Woven Bones, who will be guests this Saturday night on Sonic Reducer, offer their latest single today.
Also out this week is the folky, majestic debut from U.K. band Stornoway. Eli “Paperboy” Reed throws down old-school soul, The New Pornographers’ Kathryn Calder proves she’s no mere stand-in for Neko Case with her own solo album, and the Chicago-based post-Silkworm project Bottomless Pit return with short but solid album of pummeling post-punk. If you’re looking for a bit more variety in one package, the soundtrack to Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is out today, with Beck leading the pack and contributing a few new tunes as the title character’s band Sex Bob-Omb. Metric, Broken Social Scene, Beachword Sparks, and The Black Lips are also featured. For more new releases out this week, check Largehearted Boy’s list and these sample tracks:
Sarah Blasko – NoTurning Back
from As Day Follows Night on Dramatico Entertainment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fve_ObZOfv4
Bottomless Pit – 38 Souls (MP3)
from Blood Under The Bridge on Comedy Minus One
The Budos Band – Unbroken, Unshaven (MP3)
from The Budos Band III on Daptone Records
Burnt Ones – Burnt to Lose (MP3)
from Black Teeth & Golden Tongues on Roaring Colonel Records
Kathryn Calder – Arrow (MP3)
from Are You My Mother? on File Under: Music
Elsinore – Yes Yes Yes (MP3)
from Yes Yes Yes on Parasol Records
Landing on the Moon – Bleeding Hearts (MP3)
from We Make History Now on Young Love Records
Lost in the Trees – Walk Around the Lake (MP3)
from All Alone In An Empty House on Anti-
Dan Mangan – Road Regrets (MP3)
from Nice, Nice, Very Nice on Arts & Crafts
The Mountains and The Trees – More & More & More (MP3)
from I Made This For You on Independent/Outside Music
Lee Scratch Perry – Psalm (MP3)
from Revelation on Megawave
PVT – Window
from Church With No Magic on Warp Records
Eli “Paperboy” Reed – Come and Get It
from Come and Get It on Capitol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5_p3iLqChQ
Reporter – Lab Test (MP3)
from Time Incredible on Holocene Music
Run On Sentence – Out in the Woods (MP3)
from You, the Darkness, and Me on Hush Records
Soft Metals – Love or Music (MP3)
from The Cold World Melts EP on Captured Tracks
Stornoway – Zorbing (MP3)
from Beachcomber’s Windowsill on 4AD
Stuyvesant – Bi-Polar Bears (MP3)
from Jihad Me At Hello on Dromedary Records
Titles – Pillowcase (MP3)
from Dirt Bell on Safety Meeting Records
Woven Bones – I’ve Gotta Get (MP3)
from I’ve Gotta Get 7″ on Hardly Art
VA – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
from the soundtrack on ABKCO Records