It's Tuesday, time to get your new tunes on, and I have some intriguing jams for you to take a listen to on this third week of August, by a few artists you may know and a few you likely don't. Good lord, where has this year gone? Also included: a look at what's coming out this Fri., Aug. 21, along with added info and links to full album streams.The Sheepdogs, "Downtown"
Canadian boogie rockers The Sheepdogs are definitely channeling Lynyrd Skynyrd down to that band's warm vintage classic rock sound in bluesy driving "Same Old Feeling," the first single off forthcoming fifth album Future Nostalgia (out October 2 via Dine Alone Records). But, I can't fault 'em; sounds pretty good. And the official lyric video below was apparently produced to look like the video for "Crosstown Traffic" by Jimi Hendrix.
Diplo x CL x RiFF RAFF x OG Maco, "Doctor Pepper"
Not sure if I like this track, so much as I am a fan of Diplo, and can usually count on RiFF RaFF to amuse with lines like "No tint on the glasses ... Col. Sanders." CL is new to me — a South Korean recording artist who assumes her best badass-ittude in for this video, not to mention a rather skanky dye job. Put it on ice, bitch, Dr. Pepper...
Monogold, "Orchard Beach"
Today, I was introduced to (and am in turn, introducing you to) Brooklyn trio Monogold, which use live instrumentation (guitars, percussion, vintage organs and pianos, an assortment of woodwinds and brass, a harp) to get to the lush layers of prettiness you hear in "Orchard Beach," a warm, breezy, ethereal tune with pristinely harmonic chorals. Apparently it's a departure fro their signature shoe-gaze/psych-pop sound, but from what I can hear, it's a rather fine one. New full-length Good Heavens is released this Fri., Aug. 21,
DRINKS, "Hermits on Holiday"
DRINKS is the project of English/Welsh songstress Cate Le Bon and White Fence's prolific Tim Presley. “...let’s do something different. Let’s start a band, make it exciting and not obvious,” Presley told the LA Weekly in June of their decision to collaborate. The track is marked by Le Bon's distinctively accented and dulcet sweet coos, and almost seems like it's not really going to do much of anything until the weird bouncy instrumentals kick into gear, though it's still rather minimal. Hermits On Holiday drops this Fri., Aug 21, via Birth Records / Heavenly Recordings.
Hot Chip, "Started Right"
And finally, my favorite UK electro pop band released a video for my favorite track off their new LP, Why Make Sense?, which I am still on the fence about. Might be a little too polished for my taste, but "Started Right" has a few of the elements I love so much off their 2004 debut, Coming On Strong. Fun video, too. ALBUMS OUT THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
The Bohicas, The Making Of [Read more here.]
Bon Jovi, Burning Bridges
Cocksure, Corporate_Sting
Dark Sermon, The Oracle
Angel Deradoorian, The Expanding Flower Planet [Ex-Dirty Projectors]
Disturbed, Immortalized
The Fratellis, Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied
Gardens & Villa, Music For Dogs
Ghost, Meliora [Full Stream Here]
Noah Gundersen, Carry The Ghost
Hate Eternal, Infernus
Carly Rae Jepsen, E·MO·TION
Kid Cadaver, Roam EP
Land Lines, The Natural World
Briana Marela, All Around Us [Full Stream Here]
Wynton Marsalis & JLCO, Live In Cuba
Sarah McQuaid, Walking Into White
Method Man, The Meth Lab
Monogold, Good Heavens
MYRKUR, M
P.O.D., The Awakening
Permanent Makeup, Taker [New Granada Records; album release part at New World this Sat., Aug. 22; reviewing forthcoming]
Publicist UK, Forgive Yourself
Radkey, Dark Black Makeup [Full Stream Here]
Rivers of Nihil, Monarchy [Full Stream Here]
Whitney Rose, Heartbreaker of the Year
Royal Headache, High
Rubikon, Delta
Paul Smith and the Imitations, Contradictions [Of Maximo Park]
Jordin Sparks, Right Here, Right Now
The Sword High, Country
Rob Thomas, The Great Unknown [Make up date at Ruth Eckerd Hall Fri., Aug. 21]
Total Makeover, Total Makeover
The White Buffalo, Love And The Death Of Damnation