New Release Highlights November 18th 2011 (November 21st for the UK)
The G-Man Release Of The Week is :
Slim enough pickings this week but Road Atlas 1998-2011, an eight vinyl box set of live albums that were only ever available at live concerts on cd, may have some Calexico fans drooling at the mouth.
Other ditties/releases of note this weekend including a few releases from last weekend when I was off galavanting, jazz-style…
King’s Daughters and Sons – If Not Then When
Chris Cornell – Songbook
Peaking Lights – 936
Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler – This Is Christmas
Throbbing Gristle – Heathen Earth: The Live Sound Of Throbbing Gristle
*If anyone is about Cork I recommend popping in to Jim and Albert in Plugd Records. The new store is up and running on Tobin Street as part of the new Triskel Arts Centre and you can even have a cup of tea and a bite to eat in their new café, Gulpd.
If you are located elsewhere I strongly recommend picking up at least one album when you can from your local independent store. Most independents now take orders by email and post out the stock if you are unable to get to the store so it may be worth checking out.
Current list of independent record stores in the Republic of Ireland (obviously still a work in progress):
Cork
Plugd Records – plugdrecords.blogspot.com
Dublin
Tower Records – www.towerrecords.ie
Elastic Witch – elastic-witch.tumblr.com
Galway
Bell, Book and & Candle – www.facebook.com/Bell-Book-and-Candle
Coming Soon :
A.A Bondy – Believers (November 25th)
Zomby – Nothing (November 25th)
The Unthanks – Diversions Vol 1.: The Songs Of Robert Wyatt And Antony & The Johnsons (Nov 25th)
Tunng – This Is Tunng…Live from the BBC (December 2nd)
Desertshore – Drawing of Threes (December 2nd)
Gruff Rhys – Atheist Xmas EP (December 16th)
First Aid Kit – The Lions Roar (January 20th)
Gonjasufi – Mu.zz.le (January 20th)
The Big Pink – Future This (January 2012)
Mark Lanegan – Blues Funeral (February 3rd)
*All dates subject to change
**If anything is missing please let me know, especially unsigned bands!