New Album Releases July 28th 2009

Posted on 29. Jul, 2009 by refe in ARTISTS, NEWS

This week’s new releases include Amadou & Miriam with The Magic Couple, the Postal Service sound-alikes Owl City with the vinyl edition of Ocean Eyes, and a behemoth 13-Disc Rolling Stones box set.

One release that caught my eye is the new Starflyer 59 Ghosts of the Past. The album is aptly named – before revisiting them with Ghosts I hadn’t listened to Starflyer in years. I remember first being exposed to their material by an engineer at a studio I interned at back in the day, and seeing them perform live at several festivals after that. Ghosts of the Past is another solid offering from the 15 year-old band and worth checking out.

There are a few other notable reissues alongside the Rolling Stones box set, particularly Blur’s Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide to Blur. I’m always surprised at the depth of their catalogue beyond the 90′s alt-punk anthem Song 2, and this collection is designed to introduce listeners to some of their more obscure offerings.

The full list of new releases is below, with associate links to download the albums straight from iTunes, or purchase from Amazon in the case of box-sets and vinyl. I received quite a bit of positive feedback about these weekly new releases posts, which I appreciate. Keep it coming – let me know what would make this list more complete, or more helpful for finding new music.

Have you been anticipating any of these new albums? Have I missed anything you think should be included here? Leave your comments and let me know what you think.

July 28

10 Ft. Gangja Plant – Bush Rock (vinyl)
Amadou & Miriam – The Magic Couple
Anthem In – The Cloudbusting EP
Amazon Bad Secrets – Bad Secrets
Band of Skulls – Baby Darling Doll Face Honey (vinyl)
Amazon Beardfish – Destined Solitaire
Blur – Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide to Blur
Dogs Die in Hot Cars – Please Describe Yourself
Eureka – Shackleton’s Voyage
The Features – Some Kind of Salvation
Gang of Four – Return the Gift (2-Disc reissue)
George Thorogood & The Destroyers – The Dirty Dozen
Georgia Anne Muldrow – Umsindo
Howling Bells – Radio Wars
Iggy Pop – Iggy & Ziggy: Cleveland ’77
Amazon Indukti – Idmen
Iron Horse – A Boy Named Blue: The Bluegrass Tribute to Goo Goo Dolls
John Adams – Dr. Atomic Symphony/Guide to Strange Places
Kevin Hearn – Havana Winter (And Thinbuckle) EP
Amazon Kid British – It Was This or Football: First Half
Kieran Kane – Somewhere Beyond the Roses
Lou Reid & Carolina – My Own Set of Rules
Madness – The Dangermen Sessions, Vol. 1
Amazon Merzbow – 13 Japanese Birds, Vol. 7
Michael Jackson – The Stripped Mixes
Amazon Morphine – Yes (vinyl reissue)
Neon Horse – Haunted Horse: Songs of Love, Defiance…
The Octopus Project – Golden Beds
Owl City – Ocean Eyes (vinyl)
The Radio Dept. – David EP
Amazon The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones Box Set (13-Disc box set)
Starflyer 59 – Ghosts of the Past
Amazon The Trashcan Sinatras – In the Music
Trevor Hall – Trevor Hall (vinyl)
Amazon The Twang – Barney Rubble
Ty Segall – Lemons