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Sunday, March 5, 2017

New Music Album Releases: March 3, 2017

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The week of March 3rd, 2017 features new music album releases from Ed Sheeran, Grandaddy, Sabrina Claudio, deadmau5, Minus the Bear, Moonshine Bandits and Sondre Lerche.

Find out more about all the new music album releases after the jump.





DIVIDE (Ed Sheeran)

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Artist:
Ed Sheeran

Genre:
Pop, Singer, Songwriters

Total Length:
46:14

Label:
Atlantic Records

Purchasing Links:
CD (Deluxe Version), CD,
MP3 (Deluxe), MP3, Vinyl, iTunes


Product Description: One of the most anticipated global releases of 2017, "÷" sees the 25-year-old in his finest form yet. Drawing inspiration from a wide array of experiences and subjects, Sheeran takes you through a hugely personal journey; be that reflecting on past relationships, family memories, his musical career or his time off travelling the world in 2016. Musically, ÷ is a varied collection of beautifully orchestrated and emotive ballads, impassioned raps laid over hip hop beats, timeless acoustic guitar masterpieces, and innovative, idiosyncratic pop music. Constantly on the move, the album was recorded between LA, London, Suffolk and while crossing the Atlantic aboard the RMS Queen Mary 2. Executive produced by multi-GRAMMY winner Benny Blanco and Sheeran himself with additional production coming from frequent collaborator Johnny McDaid, GRAMMY winner Mike Elizondo, and BRIT-award winner Steve Mac. Sheeran also created the album artwork concept for "÷" , even painting the cover himself.

Unveiled in tandem last Friday, the album's first singles "Shape Of You" and "Castle On The Hill" highlight a clear divide to his musical spectrum - the former being an inventive dismantling and rebuilding of modern-pop using little more than a loop pedal juxtaposed by a stadium-ready, rocker with hdriving beats and Springsteen-esque riffs. Together the two singles logged over 13 million global streams in the first 24 hours, breaking Spotify's 'day 1' streaming record. With "Shape Of You" tallying 6,868,642 streams and "Castle On The Hill" landing 6,168,395 streams, both of the new tracks have individually had overtaken the previous 'day one' record holders (One Direction logged 4,759,698 streams with "Drag Me Down" in August 2015) marking another record-breaking milestone in his career. Meanwhile, the accompanying lyric videos received over 60 million combined hits, having amounted over 10 million views in the first 24 hours - these mark his fastest-ever video launches, with the accompanying official videos still to come.


TRACK LIST:

1. Eraser (3:47)

2. Castle on the Hill (4:21)

3. Dive (3:58)

4. Shape of You (3:53)

5. Perfect (4:23)

6. Galway Girl (2:50)

7. Happier (3:27)

8. New Man (3:09)

9. Hearts Don't Break Around Here (4:08)

10. What Do I Know? (3:57)

11. How Would You Feel (Paean) (4:40)

12. Supermarket Flowers (3:41)




LAST PLACE (Grandaddy)

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Artist:
Grandaddy

Genre:
Alternative Rock

Total Length:
43:54

Label:
30th Century Records, Columbia

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes


Product Description: Last Place, is the new album from Grandaddy: Jason Lyte (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Kevin Garcia (bass guitar), Aaron Burtch (drums), Jim Fairchild (guitar), and Tim Dreyden (keyboards). The band formed in Modesto, CA in 1992, and after four albums disbanded in 2006. Jason Lytle relocated to Montana, where he happily made two solo albums, and reconnected with the natural world around him. Eventually, though, life uprooted him again, taking him to Portland, Oregon until he eventually returned to his former home of Modesto. The return to California was practical (he needed to be near his bandmates) but also appropriate, as he had started writing songs that he felt would be fitting for another Grandaddy album. Following a second reunion tour in the summer of 2016, the band announced the new album would be released on Danger Mouse's 30th Century Records along with releasing a video for the single, "Way We Won't."

Last Place, is a perfect addition to the band's celebrated, critically-acclaimed catalogue, that includes their breakthrough sophomore album, Sophtware Slump, and their debut, Under the Western Freeway. It's a symphonic swirl of lo-fi sonics and mile-high harmonies, found sounds and electronics-gone-awry mingling with perfect, power pop guitar tones. Lytle's voice sounds as warm and intimate as ever, giving graceful levity to the doomsday narratives that have dominated the Grandaddy output. Last Place is written, performed, and produced by Jason Lytle.


TRACK LIST:

1. Way We Won't (4:22)

2. Brush with the Wild (4:08)

3. Evermore (4:39)

4. Oh She Deleter :( (0:52)

5. The Boat is in the Barn (4:38)

6. Chek Injin (2:09)

7. I Don't Wanna Live Here Anymore (2:32)

8. That's What You Get for Gettin' Outta Bed (3:35)

9. This is the Part (4:26)

10. Jed the 4th (2:04)

11. A Lost Machine (6:11)

12. Songbird Son (4:18)




CONFIDENTLY LOST (Sabrina Claudio)

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Artist:
Sabrina Claudio

Genre:
R&B, Soul

Total Length:
25:39

Label:
SC Entertainment

Purchasing Links:
MP3, Vinyl, iTunes

TRACK LIST:

1. Too Much Too Late (3:34)

2. Tell Me (3:38)

3. Runnin' Thru Lovers (4:28)

4. Confidently Lost (3:29)

5. Orion's Belt (3:17)

6. I Don't (3:53)

7. Tell Me (Acoustic) (3:20)




STUFF I USED TO DO (deadmau5)

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Artist:
deadmau5

Genre:
Dance

Total Length:
67:12

Label:
mau5trap Recordings Limited

Purchasing Links:
MP3, iTunes

TRACK LIST:

1. Messages from nowhere (5:00)

2. Digitol (3:55)

3. Screen door (4:38)

4. Squid (1:03)

5. Sometimes i fail (3:39)

6. 50 something cats (2:25)

7. Charlie can't dance (2:21)

8. My opinion (4:08)

9. HaxPigMeow (10:10)

10. Obsidian (6:32)

11. Long walk off a short pier (3:42)

12. Support (4:10)

13. Superlover (4:38)

14. Try again (2:52)

15. Creep (Alt. Version) (4:42)

16. Unspecial effects (3:17)




VOIDS (Minus the Bear)

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Artist:
Minus the Bear

Genre:
Indie Rock

Total Length:
46:08

Label:
Suicide Squeeze Records

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes


Product Description: On their sixth album VOIDS, Minus the Bear started with a blank slate, and inadvertently found themselves applying the same starting-from-scratch strategies that fueled their initial creative process. Album opener "Last Kiss" immediately establishes the band's renewed fervor. An appropriately dizzying guitar line plunges into a propulsive groove before the chorus unfolds into a multi-tiered pop chorus. From there the album flows into "Give & Take", a tightly wound exercise in syncopation that recalls the celebratory pulse of early Bear classics like "Fine + 2 Pts" while exploring new textures and timbres. "Invisible" is arguably the catchiest song of the band's career, with Jake Snider's vocal melodies and Knudson's imaginative guitar work battling for the strongest hooks. "What About the Boat?" reminds us of the "math-rock" tag that followed the band in their early years, with understated instrumentation disguising an odd-time beat. "Erase," recalls the merging of forlorn indie pop and electronica that the band dabbled with on their early EPs, but demonstrates the Bear's ongoing melodic sophistication and tonal exploration. By the time the band reaches album closer "Lighthouse," they've traversed so much sonic territory that the only appropriate tactic left at their disposal is a climactic crescendo, driven at its peak by Cory Murchy's thunderous bass. Not since Planet of Ice's "Lotus" has the Bear achieved such an epic finale. All in all, it’s an album that reminds us of everything that made us fall in love with Minus the Bear in the first place, and a big part of that appeal is the sense that the band is heading into uncharted territories.


TRACK LIST:

1. Last Kiss (4:31)

2. Give & Take (3:42)

3.Call the Cops (3:40)

4. Invisible (3:56)

5. What About the Boat? (5:07)

6. Silver (5:53)

7. Tame Beasts (4:20)

8. Erase (5:10)

9. Robotic Heart (4:27)

10. Lighthouse (5:22)




UYAI (Ibibio Sound Machine)

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Artist:
Ibibio Sound Machine

Genre:
Dance

Total Length:
47:16

Label:
Merge Records

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes


Product Description: Fronted by London-born Nigerian singer Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine is a clash of African and electronic elements inspired in equal measure by the golden era of West African funk, disco, modern post-punk, and electro. The intervening time since their self-titled debut album in 2014 has been spent forging a reputation as a high-energy live act appearing on stages such as Later… with Jools Holland, Glastonbury, Roskilde, and the BBC 6 Music Festival, as well as at iconic venues such as Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London as part of Lauren Laverne’s “Wonder Women” series. The album title Uyai means “beauty” in Ibibio language and refers to the strength and free spirit of women in general and, in particular, the courage of the women in Eno’s family, to whom she often refers in her writing. “It is a continuation of Ibibio Sound Machine’s story in which the worlds of West African highlife and electronic London collide via the storytelling lyrical thread of frontwoman Eno Williams’ vocals in the Ibibio language of Nigeria,” the band explains. “There is a darker, edgier quality to the sound that maybe reflects the difficult journey the band took from making the first album to completing the second one. The songs are based more around themes of empowerment, freedom, and the liberation of dance for women, and people in general.” The songs of Uyai tackle the stories of life—both large and small. The album opens with “Give Me a Reason,” a song about the 276 Chibok girls who were abducted in northern Nigeria in 2014 and remain missing to this day. Eno challenges, “Why should girls be denied the right to education, and why should people in general not be free to be who they want to be in their life?” On the lighter side, “The Pot Is On Fire” is a food dance celebrating the “happy place” when the food will be ready soon. “It’s also metaphorical,” Eno writes. “Something is brewing which will soon bear fruit.” Weird and wonderful folk stories, recounted to Eno by her family as a child in her mother’s Ibibio tongue, form the creative fabric from which the band’s unique musical tapestry is woven. Evocative poetic imagery and empowering messages set against an edgy, Afro-Electro soundscape give the band a unique space within the current wave of modern Afrocentric sounds sweeping across the globe. Ibibio Sound Machine is Eno Williams (vocals), Alfred Kari Bannerman (guitar), Anselmo Netto (percussion), Jose Joyette (drums), John McKenzie (bass), Tony Hayden (trombone, synth), Scott Baylis (trumpet, synth), and Max Grunhard (saxophone, synth).


TRACK LIST:

1. Give Me a Reason (4:17)

2. The Chant (Iquo Isang) (4:29)

3. One That Lights Up (Andi Domo Ikang Uwem Mi) (3:37)

4. The Pot Is On Fire (4:20)

5. Quiet (3:54)

6. Joy (Idaresit) (3:44)

7. Power of 3 (4:21)

8. Lullaby (4:05)

9. Guide You (Edu Kpeme) (3:13)

10. Sunray (Eyio) (4:27)

11. Cry (Eyed) (2:10)

12. Trance Dance (4:39)




BAPTIZED IN BOURBON (Moonshine Bandits)

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Artist:
Moonshine Bandits

Genre:
Country

Total Length:
55:44

Label:
Backroad Records/Average Joes Entertainment

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes

TRACK LIST:

1. The Sermon (Intro) (2:07)

2. I'm a HellRazor (feat. Crucifix) (3:13)

3. Red, White & Blue Collar (2:57)

4. Stomp Like Hell (3:22)

5. 51fifty (Feat. Bubba Sparxxx) (3:58)

6. Ain't Hearin' Nothin' (3:14)

7. Cards I Was Dealt (feat. The Lacs) (4:20)

8. Renegade Rides Again (3:26)

9. Hell on Heels (4:13)

10. Baptized in Bourbon (feat. Uncle Kracker) (4:06)

11. Dad's Pontoon (feat. Colt Ford & Outlaw) (3:43)

12. Shook It Up (feat. Matt Borden) (3:19)

13. I Don't Wanna Go Home (feat. Durwood Black) (3:49)

14. Take This Job (feat. David Allan Coe) (3:17)

15. Wild Ones (feat. Jelly Roll) (2:36)

16. Raised Up (feat. Demun Jones) (4:04)




VOLCANO (Temples)

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Artist:
Temples

Genre:
Alternative Rock

Total Length:
48:55

Label:
Fat Possum

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes

TRACK LIST:

1. Certainty (4:24)

2. All Join In (4:08)

3. I Wanna Be Your Mirror (4:46)

4. Oh the Saviour (3:45)

5. Born into the Sunset (4:46)

6. How Would You Like to Go? (3:35)

7. Open Air (4:47)

8. In My Pocket (3:03)

9. Celebration (4:19)

10. Mystery of Pop (3:24)

11. Roman Godlike Man (3:50)

12. Strange or Be Forgotten (4:08)




PLEASURE (Sondre Lerche)

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Artist:
Sondre Lerche

Genre:
Alternative Rock

Total Length:
46:16

Label:
PLZ

Purchasing Links:
MP3, iTunes

TRACK LIST:

1. Soft Feelings (5:48)

2. I'm Always Watching You (3:59)

3. Serenading in the Trenches (4:19)

4. I Know Something That's Gonna Break Your Heart (3:47)

5. Siamese Twin (5:18)

6. Bleeding Out into the Blue (3:41)

7. Reminisce (3:54)

8. Hello Stranger (4:02)

9. Violent Game (7:04)

10. Baby Come to Me (4:24)




MOH LHEAN (Why?)

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Artist:
Why?

Genre:
Alternative Rock

Total Length:
33:40

Label:
Joyful Noise Recordings

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes


Product Description: The final words sung on the sixth album by WHY? are an apt place to begin: "Hold on, what's going on?" Because while there's much familiar about the oddly named Moh Lhean - mastermind Yoni Wolf's sour-sweet croon, his deadpan poet's drawl and ear for stunningly fluid psych-pop-folk-whatever arrangement - a great deal has changed in the four years that've passed since 2012's Mumps, Etc., an LP that honed the band's orchestral precision and self-deprecating swagger to a fine point. It's significant that this is the first fully home-recorded WHY? album since the project's 2003 debut. Made mostly in Wolf's studio and co-produced by his brother Josiah, the result is obsessive, of course, but also intimate, and flush with warmth and looseness. But the biggest transformation is a bit subtler. After years of eying his world, in part, with a cynical squint, Wolf here learns a new mode. While Moh Lhean never stoops to outright optimism, it chronicles our hero finding peace in the unknowing, trading the wry smirk for a holy shrug, and looking past corporeal pain for something more cosmic and, rest assured, equally weird.


TRACK LIST:

1. This Ole King (4:38)

2. Proactive Evolution (4:37)

3. Easy (3:09)

4. January February March (0:40)

5. One Mississippi (4:38)

6. The Longing Is All (1:09)

7. George Washington (3:09)

8. The Water (3:22)

9. Consequence of Nonaction (3:21)

10. The Barely Blur (4:57)




ANTI-HERO (Kneebody)

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Artist:
Kneebody

Genre:
Crossover Jazz

Total Length:
57:36

Label:
Motema Music

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes

TRACK LIST:

1. For the Fallen (5:21)

2. Uprising (7:01)

3. Drum Battle (10:07)

4. Anti-Hero (5:59)

5. The Balloonist (3:31)

6. Mikie Lee (5:22)

7. Profar (4:43)

8. Carry On (3:03)

9. Yes You (6:23)

10. Austin Peralta (6:06)




ANN-MARGRET - THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

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Artist:
Ann-Margret

Genre:
Pop/Rock

Total Length:
01:23:31

Label:
Real Gone Music

Purchasing Links:
The Definitive Collection (2 CD)


Product Description: She was the ultimate bombshell, a Swedish seductress with hair of flame, a fulsome figure, and a taste for Triumph motorcycles. But with Ann-Margret, her irresistible beauty took a back seat to her incandescent talent; this was no mere starlet, but a performer whose singing, dancing, and acting skills—all imbued with a devil-may-care charisma—caused record execs to groom her as the female Elvis Presley. Now, finally, here is a comprehensive collection that captures those magical early days of Ann-Margret’s career, a 2-CD set that includes 30 tracks carefully chosen from her 1961-1966 RCA recordings. Among the featured tracks: chart hits like “I Just Don’t Understand,” “It Do Me So Good,” and “What Am I Supposed to Do;” her famous duets with Elvis from Viva Las Vegas, “You’re the Boss” and “The Lady Loves Me” (which, as legend has it, Col. Tom Parker withheld from commercial release because he was afraid Ann-Margret would overshadow The King); four tracks from Beauty and the Beard, her charting album with trumpeter Al Hirt; soundtrack recordings from Bye Bye Birdie, Every Night at Eight, Thunderball, The Swinger, and The Pleasure Seekers; and much more. In fact, these 30 songs—which include single sides as well—hail from nine different albums, and liner note writer Joe Marchese walks you through each and every one of them on this sumptuous package, which includes vintage album artwork. An earful and an eye-ful…viva Ann-Margret!


TRACK LIST:

Disc: 1

1. Teach Me Tonight
2. I Just Don't Understand
3. It Do Me So Good
4. Heartbreak Hotel
5. Fever
6. What Am I Supposed to Do
7. Bachelor in Paradise
8. Mr. Wonderful
9. Let Me Entertain You
10. How Lovely to Be a Woman
11. Bye Bye Birdie
12. Take All the Kisses
13. I'm in the Mood for Love
14. You're the Boss
15. The Lady Loves Me

Disc: 2

1. Man's Favorite Sport
2. I'm Nobody's Baby
3. Bill Bailey
4. My Baby Just Cares for Me
5. Mack the Knife
6. Love Makes the World Go Round
7. Our Language of Love
8. The Pleasure Seekers
9. Next Time
10. Something to Think About
11. Everything Makes Music When You're in Love
12. Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
13. That Old Black Magic
14. I Wanna Be Loved
15. The Swinger







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