THIS WEEK’S TOP TEN
Massive Attack Heligoland (Virgin)
Blessure Grave Judged by Twelve Carried by Six (Alien 8)
Yeasayer Odd Blood (Secretly Canadian)
Midlake The Courage Of Others (Bella Union)
Bloom, Kath Thin Thin Line (Caldo Verde)
Watson Twins Talking to You, Talking to Me (Vanguard)
Retribution Gospel Choir 2 (Sub Pop)
MV & EE Home Comfort (Woodsist)
Iron Bong The Witchwoods (Lost)
Beach House Teen Dream (Sub Pop)
INCOMING!
New full length albums from Yeasayer, The Watson Twins, Blessure Grave, Bob Pollard, Daughters, Reckless Kelly, African Head Charge, Aidan Baker (Nadja dude), Hotrats (Supergrass blokes doin’ covers), Kath Bloom, Phantogram, Hot Chip, Galactic, GiGi, Massive Attack, AM, Josh Rouse, Ben & Vesper, Gonjasufi, an Aarktica remix album… On the reissue front we’ve got a trio of DCD from The Buzzcocks plus a Durutti Column boxset…
WAX ON
LPs by Midlake (later this week), Call Me Lightning, Yeasayer, Bob Pollard and Hot Chip; 45s by Best Coast, The Office and Nothing People; a 12″ from The Besnard Lakes (new album later this month), GiGi, MV & EE’s Barn Nova (w/poster) plus two new MV & EE live albums that totally slay. Plus reissue action from Miles Davis (Bitches Brew 180g Legacy DLP), MC5, Funkadelic, Love, Nirvana, Blue Cheer, Mazzy Star…
ROCKING OUR WORLD
Citay, Midlake, Imaad Wasif, MV & EE, That Petrol Emotion, Great Crusades, Grinderman, Love Is All…
(Ed. note: We know this is a thinly-veiled, unpaid advertisement, but we really think local record stores are important to the C-U community, so consider spending your music moneys at Exile or Parasol.)