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February 21, 2007
New Album Releases, 2-20-2007: Charlie Louvin, Arab Strap, JJ Grey & Mofro I'm only seeing one even vaguely promising new record this week, and I'm skeptical of that. Seventy-nine year old Charlie Louvin has his first album in 10 years. His prime time was the 40s and 50s, with his late brother Ira. The only new song in this batch is a tribute to "Ira." On the other hand, he's got some groovy singing partners here, including Elvis Costello and Tom T Hall.
This includes a new recording of "The Great Atomic Power." The Amazon reviewer described "bursts of guitar feedback" on this as "absurd." I'd be interested in judging that for myself, however, as this has long been my favorite Louvin Brothers song - and one of the truly scariest country songs ever to me. It's not that it's about nuclear war, but that you can hear the conviction - quite reasonable for a believing Christian - that "God will surely save his children from this awful, awful fate" by calling the rapture and bringing the believers home when the bombs start flying.
Past that, the next most interesting thing for this batch would be to make fun of an Andy Dick standup comedy album, but I'm not going to. They're going to have to come up with more interesting records than this sub-K-Fed talent to even merit the effort of mockery.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases, courtesy AMG:
The High Llamas Can Cladders Drag City Indie Pop, Chamber Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock
Jesu Conqueror Hydra Head Doom Metal, Post-Rock/Experimental, Heavy Metal
Trans Am Sex ChangeThrill Jockey Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental
Aqueduct Or Give Me Death Barsuk Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic
Arab Strap Ten Years of Tears Chemikal Underground Slowcore, Indie Rock, Sadcore
The Ataris Welcome the Night Sanctuary Alternative Pop/Rock, Emo
BBC Symphony Chorus Judith Bingham: The Secret Garden; Salt in the Blood; First Light Naxos Contemporary Choral Music
Will Bernard Party Hats Palmetto Jazz-Funk, Contemporary Jazz, Soul-Jazz
Bob & Gene If This World Were Mine... Daptone Soul
Toni Braxton Essential Toni Braxton LaFace/Legacy Adult Contemporary, Urban, Contemporary R&B, Club/Dance
Jaki Byard Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner Highnote Post-Bop, Classic Jazz, Stride, Hard Bop, Swing, Bop
Comeback Kid Broadcasting... Victory Hardcore Punk
Bobby Conn King for a Day Thrill Jockey Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental, Singer/Songwriter
Jack Cooke Sittin' on Top of the World Pinecastle Traditional Bluegrass
Michel Corboz Voices of the Soul Virgin Sacred Choral Music
Jill Cunniff City Beach The Militia Group Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Dance-Pop, Indie Pop
Andy Dick Do Your Shows Always Suck? Oglio Observational Humor, Standup Comedy
Dir en Grey Marrow of a Bone Sony Power Metal, Japanese Rock, Progressive Metal, Alternative Metal, Post-Rock/Experimental, Heavy Metal, Death Metal/Black Metal, Hard Rock
Dolorean You Can't Win Yep Roc Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Slowcore
Ducks Deluxe The John Peel Sessions Hux Pub Rock, Rock & Roll
Electric Light Orchestra Out of the Blue [30th Anniversary Edition] Epic/Legacy Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
Roger Eno/Kate St. John The Familiar Gyroscope Experimental, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Ambient, Ethnic Fusion, Progressive Electronic, Instrumental Rock, Electronic, Avant-Garde
Erasure On the Road to Nashville Mute Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Dance
Everlife Everlife Buena Vista Teen Pop, Pop/Rock
Explosions in the Sky All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone Temporary Residence Post-Rock/Experimental, Indie Rock
Field Music Tones of Town Memphis Industries Indie Pop
The Frames Cost Anti Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Ron Franklin City Lights Memphis International Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Roots Rock
JJ Grey & Mofro Country Ghetto Alligator Garage Rock Revival, Roots Rock
Peter Himmelman My Green Kite Rounder Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
