FEATURED NEW RELEASES

WEEK OF AUGUST 14, 2007

Nina Nastasia & Jim White
You Follow Me
These songs are built like a Jenga game; it's hard to imagine subtracting a single piece without the whole thing falling apart. At a time when piling on wacky instruments often passes an excuse for lackluster songwriting, You Follow Me is incredibly refreshing. Like the best conversation partners it doesn't talk a lot, but it says a lot. - Pitchfork
Linda Thompson
Versatile Heart
Culture
Good Things
Culture delivers a stellar album and reinvents the sound of reggae along the way under the guiding hand of member Joseph Hill's phenomenal arrangements and productions. The entire set has a massive density to the sound, hearkening back to the heyday of roots; the coursing rhythms pay homage to the rockers style, while the ebullient brass section conjures up the heady melodies of the rocksteady age.
Oh No
Dr No's Oxperiment
Following in the tradition of other notable producers, Oh No flexes his talent on his third solo release, the beat record Dr. No's Oxperiment. Inspired by and sampled from Turkish, Lebanese, Italian, and Greek psychedelic rock, the album is much more melodic and full-sounding than anything Madlib might do, but Oh No's always been more tune-driven, and less concerned with jolty, sparse beats (though that kind of thing occasionally makes its way here) than his brother, and so looking for Beat Konducta Jr. material here would be a misguided approach.
12 Stones
Anthem for the Underdog
Bjork
Earth Intruders-Spank Rock / T...
Black Keys
Magic Potion
Blake Morgan
Burning Daylight
Captain Beefheart
Live at Bickershaw 1972
Chris Squire
Fish Out of Water
Coral
Roots & Echoes
Eisley
Combinations
Fleetwood Mac
Jumpin at Shadows: The Blues Y...
Fr David
Wheel
Gene Vincent
Outtakes
Groop
Harmonia
De Luxe
Hollies
Buddy Holly
Ian Moore
To Be Loved
Jody Grind
Interaction: An Anthology
Junior Senior
Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
Lee Rocker
Black Cat Bone
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Vaya Con Dios
Life Without Buildings
Live at the Annandale Hotel
Lori McKenna
Unglamorous
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Street Survivors
Manfred Mann
Down the Road Apiece
Matt Nathanson
Some Mad Hope
Matthews,Dave / Reynolds,Tim
Live at Radio City Music Hall
Robert Gordon & Chris Spedding
It's Now or Never
Rolling Stones
Paint It Black
Rutles
Stewart Copeland
Stewart Copeland Collection
Various
Your Time Is Gonna Come: Roots...
Various
Insane Times: 25 British Psych...
Various
Get Ready Here Come the 70S / ...
Yardbirds
Live at BB King Blues Club 200...
Benny Goodman
On Stage with Benny Goodman & ...
Count Basie
Basie at Birdland
Floratone
Joel Frahm
We Used to Dance
Kirk Whalum
Ultimate Kirk Whalum
Terence Blanchard
Tale of God's Will
Wallace Roney
Jazz
Calvin & His Blues Orchestra O...
Houston Is the Place to Be
Howlin Wolf
Back Door Wolf
Lowell Fulson
Hung Down Head
Reverend Raven
Big Bee
Ali & Gipp
Kinfolk
Ali & Gipp
Kinfolk
Common
Finding Forever (LP)
Master P
Featuring Master P
Natalie Cole
Inseparable
Geno Delafose
Cowboy Creole
Mary Jane Lamond
Storas
Charlie Sizemore
Good News
Ewan Pearson
Fabric 35
Junior Brown & Terry Lee
Terry's Cafe 10
King Britt
Cosmic Lounge 1
Paul Van Dyk
In Between
You Say Party We Say Die
Lose All Time
Fania All Stars
Live in Japan 1976
Larry Harlow
Herencia
Ray Barretto
Essential Ray Barretto: A Man ...
Various
High School Musical 2 / O.S.T.
Milkshakes
Play
Bobby Darin
Sings the Shadow of Your Smile...