Monday, April 27, 2009

This Week's Music (April 28, 2009)

Welcome back to the weekly new music roundup, where I will try highlighting some of tomorrow's interesting/major music releases.

This week sees the return of Bob Dylan, with Together Through Life. Numerous deluxe editions are available in addition to the main album itself.

In the meantime, Ben Folds will be presenting an album featuring a cappella interpretations of his music. As per Folds' website, "Amazed to discover the large amount of colleges that have very active a cappella groups on campus across the country (1,200 in the US alone), and, on top of this, how many of them love to cover his songs, Folds decided to A&R and produce a record gathering the best of these performances." [BenFolds.com] While the album will not feature this excellent rendition of Folds' cover of Dr. Dre's "Bitches Ain't Shit," it definitely has potential to be interesting!

This week will also mark the return of A Camp with their second album Colonia. The band, active since around 2001, is the solo/side project of Nina Persson (previously of The Cardigans). You can watch a video for the album's first single, "Stronger Than Jesus," below. As always, a list of other music releases follows.



Albums, Singles, EPs:
A Camp - Colonia
The Black Crowes - Warpaint (Live)
Ciara - Love Sex Magic (Single)
Samantha Crain - Songs in the Night
Bob Dylan - Together Through Life; Deluxe Edition; Vinyl LP with CD
Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella
Immaculate Machine - High on Jackson Hill
Mike Jones - The Voice
Ben Lee - The Rebirth of Venus
New Ruins - We Make Our Own Bad Luck
NOFX - Coaster
Pet Shop Boys - Love, Etc. (Import Single)
Pilot Speed - Wooden Bones
Robots in Disguise - Disguises
Rye Rye - Bang (Single; featuring M.I.A.)
Tosca - No Hassle; Amazon US Exclusive with bonus DVD; Vinyl

Box Sets, Reissues:
Joan Baez - Gone From Danger (2CD)
Joan Baez - Ring Them Bells (2 CD; live)
Thomas Dolby - The Singular Thomas Dolby + DVD (Import)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (Limited Edition Vinyl Import)
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (Limited Edition Vinyl Import)
Pulp - This is Hardcore (Vinyl)

DVDs:
Barbra Streissand - The Concerts
Wilco - Ashes of American Flags

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