Kanye’s indie banner-waving and iconic photoshoot recreations made him and his 50 Cent sales showdown difficult to avoid, we know. But aside from the inevitable, forthcoming post about Curtis’s concession speech (and subsequent renege on his retirement vow), it’s safe to say you’re in the clear — it’s over. Also, as likely you’ve read but haven’t seen/heard, Kanye’s relationship with MTV is over, too…
But we digress — this one’s for the artists with 9/11 releases that don’t necessarily have the promo budget/foresight to concoct a headline grabbing “rivalry.” Avey, Panda, Deakin, and the Geologist’s excellent Jam is the obvious highlight, but there’s plenty more worth noting, including LPs from Alberta Cross, Black Lips, Black Francis, The Go! Team, Modeselektor, etc. After the jump, a stab at a comprehensive second-week-of-September record buyer’s guide.
Alberta Cross – The Thief & the Heartbreaker
Amber (Danish alt-rock trio) – One Minute Love Affair
Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam
Ann Wilson – Hope & Glory
B5 – Don’t Talk, Just Listen
Black Francis – Bluefinger
Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil
Bizzy Bone – Trials & Tribulations
Kenny Chesney – Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates
Vic Chesnutt – North Star Deserter
Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True: Deluxe Edition
Deadly Syndrome – The Ortolan
Ani DiFranco – Canon
Enuff Z’nuff – Tonight – Sold Out
40 Cal. (of The Diplomats) – Broken Safety 2
The Go! Team “Proof of Youth
Grand National – A Drink and a Quick Decision
Joe Henry – Civilians
The Holloways – So This Is Great Britain?
Hot Hot Heat – Happiness Ltd.
Jupiter Rising – Electropop
Brian Kent – Breathe Life
Scott Matthews – Passing Stranger
Modeselektor – Happy Birthday!
Orange – Escape From L.A.
Para One – Epiphanie
Pinback – Autumn of the Seraphs
Pitch Black – Revenge
The Proclaimers – Life With You
Qui (fronted by David Yow, formerly of Jesus Lizard) Love’s Miracle
Johnathan Rice – Further North
Henry Rollins – A Rollins In The Wry (2001 album)
Shout Out Louds – Our Ill Wills
Simian Mobile Disco – Attack Decay Sustain Release
Taken By Trees Open Field
The Bends – The Bends
Various Artists – Grey’s Anatomy, Vol. 3
Various Artists – Sowing the Seeds: The 10th Anniversary
Various Artists – The Anthems 07
Chris Volz – Redemption
X-Press 2 – Makeshift Feelgood
Who you buying/downloading? Since we’re sure to have missed a few, feel free to update the list with those we overlooked. As if we have to ask.
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The new Figurines comes out today too, if I’m not mistaken… and I only know about them because of an mp3 Stereogum posted
so you list the new records by kenny chesney and ani difranco, but not the new dirty projectors record? what the hell, brah?
the obvious highlight on that list is the elvis costello re-release.
animal collective, shout out louds, and taken by trees are all solid releases in my book
Nightmare Of You! Although I guess they aren’t cool enough for the list
> the obvious highlight on that list is the
> elvis costello re-release.
Yeah, I wanna hear that!
Rogue Wave’s new album Asleep at Heaven’s Gate is available on itunes today. Not sure if it’s available in stores yet. I’m amazed by the lack of coverage it’s getting, especially after their last album was the underdog quality album of the month it came out.
“Yeah, down with this hip-hop garbage!” I say as I kick off my slip on vans and cycle through the latest Stereogum and p4k postings, sprawled out on my ergonomic bamboo recliner, positioned perfectly in front of my brand new 24 inch iMac. I’m so looking forward to this new animal collective album that these jeans I bought in the girl section of the dept. store, can barely hold back my sexually inadequate package! God, I can’t wait to go down to the local cafe and discuss Dostoevsky and high brow politics over free-trade coffee brews, as I analyze the inner workings of this independent music masterpiece, that must’ve been created by God himself.
I will definitely be adding it to my iTunes Playlist “Too Cool For School” so I can blast out the equally amazing beauties Art Brut, Asobi Seksu, Interpol, The National, Arcade Fire & Beirut, all while watching Flight of the Conchords and munching my delicious vegan sandwiches, which are composed only of local ingredients gathered from within a 30-mile radius.
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I already got the Alberta Cross album a few months ago via their website…does anyone know if the US version is the same as the UK one?
(It’s a good album by the way)
Oakley Hall you reatards.
You forgot Le Loup! Their first album “The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly” came out today. Long title aside, it’s really good.
New Joe Henry and new Vic Chesnutt out on the same day? Welp, time to sell that other kidney.
Early predictions: Even though Kanye West is expected to win the sales match, neither disc will be the savior Universal Music was counting on. Why? Anyone who wanted these releases had them downloaded two weeks ago (and probably had the Chesney disc too)…
DwD
DIRTY PROJECTORSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Manual
I totally forgot Bluefinger was coming out today. I’ll probably pick that up and hope it doesn’t suck like I do with everything Frank Black Francis puts out. Animal Collective’s album I’m listening to and it’s phenomenal. I’m probably going to look into Modeslektor and Simian Mobile disco as they’re both artists I’ve been hearing about a lot of late. Finally, I know I’ll probably end up picking up Kanye’s album at some point like I usually do. He’s pretty much the biggest douchebag in music, but the man makes some enjoyable hip hop.
Maybe Kanye will win one for his next album:
“Kanye West- Whinny Little Bitch”
Of the ones i’ve heard on that list, including Strawberry Jam, the Go! team record is the best by a mile.
Furthermore, I think Stereogum should put together a weekly list of albums coming out worth mentioning each week. There may not always be blockbuster weeks like this one, but it would be a cool feature to keep people in the know.
Dirty Projectors
World/Inferno Friendship Society
Jenny Hoyston
Two Gallants
Oakley Hall were some oversights.
I’ll get some of those + Pinback & Jonathan Rice likely.
Kanye West isn’t being a whiney bitch. Most likely, he’s tired of how MTV treats artists, like jokes and playthings. I can’t say it from experience, but I’m pretty sure being up for something you put your all into year after year and then losing to shit like “My Humps” has to be frustrating. I’m glad he’s actually lashing out at MTV. People might be suprised by how much they bully the industry. You know all those snippets of songs they use in their shows? Any normal show, with the exception of news programs, has to pay to use a song. Not MTV though. They, in basic terms, tell labels that if they aren’t allowed to use something for free then they’ll black list not only the artist, but the entire label.
Fuckin’ internet, dude can’t even blow off steam without someone recording it and broadcasting it.
i just dont get why hes getting all worked up about, its a fucking vma award, who gives a shit if they give it to something like “My Humps” then it cant be that prestigous, and since when does MTV have to be the pinnacle of success? I get why hes pissed, i guess he really wanted to be honored for the album but if it was the album of the year like he said shouldnt that be enough for him?
It’s purely a matter of respect. Kanye’s is also addressing a larger problem. MTV used to be about music. Yes, I recognize this phrase has been used so many times its lost meaning, but it’s true. There was a time when the channel actually respected the artists they played. These days, artists are simply there for MTV to exploit. Kanye probably remembers the day when the VMA’s actually gave out real awards for real categories.
While the VMA’s may not be the most important award and the show may not draw people like it used to, he channel itself really is a barometer of culture. What did the VMA’s say about art an culture? “Shut up while these commercials play.” It was a complete show of how the dynamic and priorities of pop culture have shifted. It’s nice to see someone back out of bowing to MTV’s hold, even outwardly criticizing them. The fact that that program was even allowed on TV is astonishing. Apart from lukewarm talent, there were so many fireable offenses in the production department it was almost unbelievable. It showed that we’ll allow any mediocre bullshit onto our airwaves. Even shitty things in the past got mics to work, played the right songs with the right videos and told presenters what to do before they were handed the mic.
Kanye’s pissed because everyone likes respect when they do a good job. In fact, this may go to show that its still not about making money for him. He’s in it to make good music that people like, and he wants to be recognized for that. So maybe he should chill about the VMA itself, but he’s got a right to any tirade about MTV he wants to give.
Some of the most intelligent posts I’ve seen on stereogum! Nice stuff Stafford
I agree with everything you said, Stafford. You saved me a lot of energy =)
The Good Life! Even though I haven’t been super impressed by it yet, it still warrants mentioning.
Does anyone know when and where i’ll be able to find Fifty’s “resignation” from solo rapping?
Good Bad Not Evil by the Black Lips, fucking incredible.
Tutu to Tango by Axe Riverboy, which is an anagram for Xavier Boyer, Tahiti 80′s frontman.
The Carter Administration – Here Comes the Copout
best album released this week
The soundtrack to the film Kurt Cobain: About A Son came out today on Barsuck Records.
“Good Bad Not Evil by the Black Lips, fucking incredible.”
Seriously. This kicks ass, and it’s not getting enough attention.
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Oh man you are such a dick for not mentioning the Dirty Projectors. Such. A. Dick.
Proof of youth is solid, adn worth a purchase. The Holloways – so this is great britain has some brilliant pop-rock singles but also some awful filler.
Stopping home on a whim before hitting up the record shop, I find my free parking across the street from my building tainted with newly minted parking meters.
NOOOO! Suddenly I’m forced to pay $150 a month to park anywhere within 2 miles of my building. But relevantly sad, is that my CD buying budget went out the drain.
This may have been the first week in 4 or 5 years that I planned to purchase at least 6 CDs in one fell swoop. (most of which I’d had for months)
Now it’s like if God wants the music industry to fail (come to think of it, it’s been seeming like that for a while)
And for the record it was to go as follows:
Animal Collective
Kanye
Go! Team
Simian Mobile Disco
Black Lips
and Manu Chao (a week late, but still awesome)
wha?! all this and no mention of Film School’s Hideout? sad.
miseducation, why don’t you just get a bike or, omg! WALK
Hey Liz, I don’t get a bike or walk cause
A) My job is 7 miles away
and
B) most of the free parking is in Miami’s worst neighborhood, about a mile away from my house.
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The new Film School album is also out now. One of the guest performers on the record is My Bloody Valentine’s Colm O’Ciosoig.
miseducation – it’d take you 30 mins MAX to bike 7 miles. seriously, that is lazy.
What if miseducation doesn’t want to ride a bike? I had to stop riding my bike to work because it was too hot and I would sweat in my work clothes and not smell particularly fresh with clients. Taking a little sink shower and changing into work clothes when you get to the office isn’t worth riding a bike, it’s a hassle.
I recommend the Deadly Syndrome album. It’s pretty quality through-and-through. And I feel very confident in claiming that it’s better than vol. 3 of Grey’s Anatomy, based just on the fact that it will never force me to think of the name McSteamy. I have no idea why that show annoys me so much. But it does.
stop trying to push bike riding on everyone okay? what if miseducation has bad knees or, perhaps, no legs. hmmmm, mr smarty pants? what then? i like to drive my hummer around the neighborhood for no good reason while spraying hairspray all willy nilly into the air for, once again, no good reason. i really dont see the problem.
I was actually closely watching that heated Henry Rollins/Ani DiFranco rivalry. I heard it got REAL ugly…. Let’s just say that there was more than spoken word poetry exchanged.