Tagged: cds

I'm pretty sure Julie Lee is a liar. The Nashville singer-songwriter claims her album, Julie Lee & The Baby-Daddies, won't be released until March 6th, but this gorgeous, classic folk song cycle sounds like it was recorded decades ago. Julie's band includes Lucinda Williams' guitarist, Kenny Vaughan, and Del McCoury Band member Mike Bub. Both [...]

For nearly two decades, the Chemical Brothers "mind-blowing" audiovisual live show has played to packed houses and festivals across the globe. But it has never been documented on film or ever released on a CD. The Live CD is special in electronic circles. For us, it started with Vitalic, then Daft Punk and finally with Justice - and it only seems fitting that the Chemical Brothers are the next act to try and bottle their live performance and, ultimately, do live show justice. In 2011, at the iconic Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, The Chemical Brothers [...]

The music blogosphere might seem like a cut-throat world of trolling and generally taking the piss - but behind the many personalities lies a pretty cool community of like-minded individuals - where we try, most of the time, to support each others endeavours. With many of the world's best blogs branching out into all spheres of the music world, it's great to see Electronic Rumors release a real compilation on where the artists actually get paid. Many people see bloggers as unscrupulous mp3-barrons, but we want to see artists succeed just as much as their respected labels and [...]

The Owls Are Not What They Seem Today I'm releasing my 5th album "The Owls Are Not What They Seem". Thank you everyone who pre-ordered the CD and to all my fans who pledged for the four EPs in L.O.V.E that preceded this album. (To make it clear for those of you who haven't heard the EPs - this is a totally different production.) I'm shipping all of the pre-ordered signed albums today. You who have pre-ordered will also get your download codes today. And for you who missed out on the physical release [...]

Here's a little video from Birmingham Sloss Furnaces where I play the song The War from my upcoming album "The Owls Are Not What They Seem" (TOANWTS). If you haven't already ordered your copy you can do it here ! Signed physical CDs are only available until the release date January 31st.

Sven Väth and his crew were even more excited about the live set of Eric Estornell aka Maetrik at Cocoon's Closing Party at Amnesia / Ibiza this year. The resulting live CD is reflecting that matchless mixture of pumping Deep House, energetic Soul and adrenaline-enriched Noise.

To say Anaïs Mitchell's fourth album, Young Man in America, was my most anticipated release of the new year would be a chasmic understatement. Listening to this worthy followup to 20102s spectacular "folk opera" Hadestown, I kept thinking Anaïs Mitchell is like a modern day Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan. Her epic lyrical narratives echo [...]

The New Mastersounds' Breaks from the Border is another album that's a little too jam bandish for my taste, but certain tracks stand out enough to make it worth reviewing. The four-piece funk band from Leeds plays a fun blend of retro soul, jazz and funk that's great to dance to. You can download two [...]

Carsie Blanton's new album, Idiot Heart, will be released on January 31st. Carsie has opened for Paul Simon and also performed in stage productions of Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown. Idiot Heart is an immensely charming collection of catchy jazz- and folk-influenced Americana. You can download two free, legal mp3s from the album below, then I suggest [...]

• Backseat
• Idiot Heart

The Souls Rebels' new album, Unlock Your Mind, will be released on January 31st. Overall the album isn't one I would listen to often due to the jam band style of most of the arrangments, but it's good for what it is. And the eight-piece ensemble's sizzling, swaying, big brass instrumental cover of The Eurythmics' [...]

Listen to Me: A Tribute to Buddy Holly was released so shortly after the Rave On Buddy Holly that it got lost in the shuffle of my review folder last year. Even months later, Listen to Me still suffers by comparison to the other Buddy Holly tribute. This is at least in part due to [...]

A stream of Leonard Cohen's new song, "Going Home," premiered today on The New Yorker. The lyrics of the song will be published in the January 23rd issue of The New Yorker and the song will be included on Cohen's upcoming studio album, Old Ideas. The album will be released on January 31st. Leonard Cohen [...]

We've been touring for little over a month now and gone from sunny Florida to cold North Carolina. I've overcome my fear of driving the RV and since Jonas fixed the cruise control I don't mind driving at all. But there's still one thing that scares me. What if the RV falls over. Every time we're on a sharp curve on a highway exit I dread this. Even though Jonas says there's no chance of that happening I still feel like it could happen. Me and Jonas in [...]

Brendan here. Grace Weber's debut album, Hope & Heart, is a soulful collection of old-fashioned love songs. The album opens strongly with "Stay or Leave," available as a free download if you provide your email address at Grace Weber's site. You can also download and stream several other tracks from the album via the widgets [...]

Post-post-Britpoppers Snow Patrol recently released their latest and sixth studio LP, Fallen Empires . In fine tradition the album celebrates the band's knack for crafting a unique style of rich, dramatic and epic pop (recall this gem ). We're giving away an autographed copy of the CD, signed by the band, for you or one of those superfans that you all know! Just give us a shout and we'll enter you to win our drawing. The winner will be picked at random Friday, January 6, 2012. Simple. Preview the album track [...]

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When I reviewed Tori Amos' new classical-inspired album, Night Of Hunters, I said: "I hope the powers that be at Deutsche Grammophon can convince Tori to record a purely classical album next time around." My wish has been granted with the label's release of an exquisite instrumental version of the album entitled Sin Palabras (Without [...]

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Escort is a seventeen-member "disc orchestra" led by singer Adeline Michele, and they're definitely one of the more unusual and delightful acts I've heard. Escort's self-titled debut will be released physically on January 31, 2012 and is already available digitally. I can't imagine a more fun and catchy album being released next year. Songs like [...]

• Escort - Caméleon Chameleon (Club Remix)
• Escort - Makeover