Albums in 2005

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  Everything I've read about the new Fountains of Wayne disc is that it's basically and emptying the vaults of all their mediocre stuff album. I think I'll wait until their next album.

isnt all thier stuff really the same anyway?  havent heard anything new but that "Maureen" song and its exactly what i expected from FOW.  i kinda like em.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I have all of their albums, and I thought Welcome Interstate Managers far exceeded their other albums. Their other albums had 3-4 great songs and a lot of filler. Welcome Interstate Managers was excellent all the way through until the last three songs or so, when it tailed off. I'm expecting an album filled with B-sides and other oddities would feel like an album full of filler to me.
 
 

Originally posted by sonickteam4:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  Everything I've read about the new Fountains of Wayne disc is that it's basically and emptying the vaults of all their mediocre stuff album. I think I'll wait until their next album.

isnt all thier stuff really the same anyway?  havent heard anything new but that "Maureen" song and its exactly what i expected from FOW.  i kinda like em. [/b]

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Won't be able to make the show tonight, but listening to this one
 
 http://www.matadorrecords.com/laura_cantrell/subway/launcher.html
 
 and trying to decide if her "major indie" debut is as good as her first two albums.

[SPARX]

Hey all,
 The Quarter After are supporting The BJM on the entire North American tour
 coming up here. The record doesn't hit the stores until July 12th but you
 can actually order it NOW directly from Parasol. It will ship in 2 days.
 
 http://www.parasol.com/catalog/catalog.asp?zoomtitle=72643&thepage=/catalog/cata\
 log.asp
 
 
 p.s.- BJM's 5-song e.p. "We Are The Radio" will be released July 19th.

[Jaguär]

I can't wait for the new Hope Chest, supposedly out sometime this July...but you know how those Indies are. I think this one is going to come through though as their momentum is picking up.

[kosmo vinyl]

got an early copy of E.Joseph's "Absinthe Minded" by  my favorite charm city singer/songwriters Ed Neenan.  Will get a MP3 or two up on my blog this weekend.
 
 my favorite lyric from the record "Something about low flying aircraft, makes me think bad things" - Low Flying Aircraft.

[vansmack]

Starsailor Get Political
 British band draws inspiration from Wainwright, Oasis on topical new album  
 
 British rockers Starsailor are wrapping up work on their third album, due for release this fall. Written in Wigan, England, and recorded in Los Angeles with producer Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith), the follow-up to 2004's Silence Is Easy is the young band's first politically charged work.
 
 "Getting married and having a kid was a huge influence on [Silence]," says singer/guitarist James Walsh. "[The new record] is more outward-looking, more influenced by what's going on in the world."
 
 The album's dozen tracks touch on war victims in the Middle East, the true account of a Jewish boy who died mysteriously after crossing paths with a neo-Nazi organization, and the ongoing Protestant-Catholic conflict in Walsh's adopted home of Belfast, Northern Ireland. This last clash comes to life on the lyrical song "Get Out While You Can," which tells of a family member's experience being bullied because of her religious persuasion.
 
 "I'm very aware of the fact that there are people who've been living here a lot longer than me and have a much better grip on the situation," Walsh says. "But there was one [instance] where my sister-in-law came back shaken up because she'd been verbally abused while waiting for a train for being on the 'wrong' side of Christianity. It was just fascinating, coming here and your political stance and religion becoming so important to people."
 
 Sonically, Walsh, keyboardist Barry Westhead, bassist James Stelfox and drummer Ben Byrne sought, are returning to the big choruses and raw emotions of their 2002 debut, Love Is Here. For Walsh, that meant taking inspiration from a host of critically acclaimed contemporaries. "You go into the vocal booth and think that this has got to be as pure and pristine as Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley -- but with the aggression and rock & roll attitude of [Oasis frontman] Liam Gallagher," he says. "Trying to find that balance can be like trying to achieve the impossible, but you've got to go for it."
 
 Having just turned twenty-five, Walsh says the new album represents a more mature Starsailor, no longer burdened by being labeled the "next big thing" in the U.K. press four years ago. "It's really bizarre to be so well-established [in Britain]," he says. "At times you feel that you're not allowed to progress, but now we feel confident that we're up there with the best of them."

[vansmack]

Death Cab for Cutie's new release, Plans, hits stores on August 30th.

[Bags]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  I have all of their albums, and I thought Welcome Interstate Managers far exceeded their other albums. Their other albums had 3-4 great songs and a lot of filler. Welcome Interstate Managers was excellent all the way through until the last three songs or so, when it tailed off. I'm expecting an album filled with B-sides and other oddities would feel like an album full of filler to me.

Holy Moly, I agree with every single thing you said.  Actually, I thought their first album had 5 or 6 great songs, and their second only a couple...
 
  I'd be happy for a new album, but though I know there are some cool rare finds on the B-sides album, I don't need as I think much would be just okay.

[kosmo vinyl]

As promised I've added some MP3s from the E.Joseph release on my blog, check 'em out if you are so inclinded.
 
 www.micropop.net

[ggw]

July 12, 2005
 
 Solid PR Presents (Volume 1): A Benefit For The Multiple Sclerosis Society:
 
 Disc 1
 1. The Unicorns - "I Was Born A Unicorn"
 2. Jesu - "Tired Of Me"
 3. Hella - "Song from Uncle"
 4. Man Man - "10lb. Moustache"
 5. An Albatross - "Lets Get on With it"
 6. Vanishing - "Cuckoo Spit"
 7. Year Future - "Nature Unveiled"
 8. Upsilon Acrux - "Ballet Instructor/Dracula (Slow Version)" *
 9. The Great Redneck Hope - "Pssst! Hey, the Lord is awesome, pass it on"
 10. S - "Falling"
 11. The A-sides - "Everybody Knows the Way"
 12. The Broadway Project - "I believe in Superman"
 13. The Post Office Gals - "Right Click My Heart, Save as Broken"
 14. Angel of the Odd - "The Loved Ones"
 15. Paper Lions - "Line Up"
 16. Lewis & Clarke - "Dead and Gone"
 17. Scouts Honor - "Nowhere is Always Somewhere" *
 
 Disc 2
 1. Crystal Skulls - "No room for change"
 2. I Am The World Trade Center - "Shoot You Down (minority report remix)"
 3. Discordance Axis - "Sega bass fishing"
 4. Mixel Pixel - "At The Arcade"
 5. Mommy and Daddy - "Street Cleaner Demeanor"
 6. Subtitle - "Subtalk"
 7. Ponies in the Surf - "Little Boy Lost" *
 8. Aqui - "Eye of The Battle"
 9. Oxbow - "The stick(live)"
 10. Shortstack - "El Saboteur" *
 11. The Static Age - "Vertigo"
 12. Rockethouse - "Lock 'N Load"
 13. My Epiphany - "Body Talk"
 14. Thunderball Fist - "G-G-Gotta G-G-Get" *
 15. Flashlight Arcade - "Dead to The World"
 16. All Parallels - "Work"
 17. The Braves - "Noble of Me" *

[xneverwherex]

The Lovemakers  new album "Times of Romance" will be released August 23 on Cherrytree / Interscope.  
 
 Have a very 80's/synth-pop sound and are getting compared to New Order and Berlin.

[slappy]

New Boards of Canada in October.
  Warp Records

[SalParadise]

Originally posted by slappy:
  New Boards of Canada in October.
  Warp Records

yay

[SPARX]

Guided By Voices : Suitcase II �?? American Superdream
 Wow
 
 The second set in the unearthing of recordings from
 Robert Pollard�??s Suitcase project. #37 in the Fading
 Captain Series. Like the previous Suitcase, each song
 here (100 of them) has been credited to a different
 band name, depending on the players involved. The
 recordings featured here date all the way back to the
 late 70's and are as current as Spring 2005. Demos,
 full band, live in the studio, discarded finished
 tracks, sketches of ideas...they are all here. The 4
 CD set will ship first week of October and will be in
 stores October 31st. They are very special deals for
 people ordering through LUNA. The first 900 copies of
 the box set will be hand signed by Bob.
 
 For more details and pre-ordering through Luna Music:
 
  http://robertpollard.net/luna.html
 
 Tracklisting to come!!
 
 
 And as with the previous Suitcase, there is also
 another Briefcase release!!
 
 #38 in the Fading Captain Series �?? Briefcase 2 �?? The
 Return of Milko Waif; a vinyl only �??best of�?� Suitcase
 release. This time Briefcase features TWO tracks that
 have never been released and are not on Suitcase.
 
 Track Listing
 
 SIDE ONE 1. HEADACHE REVOLUTION 2. I AM DECIDED 3.
 MANNEQUIN�??S COMPLAINT 4. YOUR CHARMING PROPOSAL 5.
 SUPERSONIC LOVE FUNKY LOVE GUN  6. SINISTER INFRARED
 HALO 7. PERCH WARBLE 8. WHAT ABOUT THE ROCK?
 
 SIDE TWO 1. LION W/ THORN IN PAW ** 2. INVISIBLE TRAIN
 TO EARTH 3. YOU�??RE NOT THE QUEEN ANYMORE 4. METRO XVI
 5. DAUGHTER OF THE GOLD RUSH 6. SORDID FORST 7. LONELY
 TOWN 8. MY DREAM MAKING MACHINE  9. SUPERWHORE ** 10.
 BYE BYE SONG
 ** Exclusive to the vinyl release  
 For more details and pre-ordering through Luna Music:
 
 http://robertpollard.net/luna.html