#06148 Various

Various – Colours Are Brighter/Songs For Children And Grown Ups Too

UK: 16th Oct – Rough Trade

 

Thirteen artists offer their songs for the children in war areas, this album is donated to the Save The Children’s Rewitre The Future campaign.

 

            01. Four Tet featuring Princess Watermelon – Go Go Ninja Dinosaur
            02. Rasputina – A Skeleton Bang
            03. Franz Ferdinand – Jackie Jackson
            04. Snow Patrol – I Am An Astronaut
            05. The Divine Comedy – Three Cheers For Pooh, Cottleston Pie, Piglet Ho
            06. The Kooks – The King & I
            07. Half Man Half Biscuit – David Wainwright’s Feet
            08. The Barcelona Pavilion – Tidy Up Tidy Up
            09. Jonathan Richman – Our Dog Is Getting Older Now
            10. Ivor Cutler Trio – Mud
            11. Belle & Sebastian – The Monkeys Are Breaking Out The Zoo
            12. Kathryn Williams – Night Baking

#06145 The Holloways

The Holloways – So This Is Great Britain?

UK: 30th Oct – TVT

 

The Holloways name after a street in London where the band formed.

A joyful punk debut album comes after four singles release.

The band is already put into the new wave which Arctic Monkeys made early this year.

 

Outstanding track: ‘Dance Floor’.

 

#06144 Blackbud

Blackbud – From The Sky

UK: 31st Jul – Independiente

 

Bath’s Blackbud was one of the discoveries by Fierce Panda, after a one-off EP, they signed to Independiente.

Here comes their debut album, mixed with sounds from the 60’s and Jeff Buckley who the band is always being compared to.

 

#06143 Clinic

Clinic – Visitations

UK: 16th Oct – Domino

 

Almost the same as three previous albums, Liverpool art punker Clinic’s fourth

also brings another 12 tracks with weird sounds.

 

Outstanding tracks: ‘Harvest’ & ‘If You Could Read Your Mind’

 

#06142 My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade

US: 24th Oct – Reprise

UK: 23rd Oct – Warners

 

Third album from US Emo-Punk rockers, The Black Parade is a concept album with prog sounds.

#06140 Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker – Jarvis

UK: 13th Nov – Rough Trade

 

Jarvis Cocker, ex vocalist with the famous Brit-pop band Pulp, comes back with his formal debut album.

Simply titled Jarvis, the first new material in three years since his project Relaxed Muscle.

The album lasts the concept of Pulp’s last album We Love Life and brings Jarvis to a higher level of composing.

 

Outstanding tracks: ‘Don’t Let Him Waste Your Time’, ‘Heavy Weather’ & ‘Running The World’ [hidden track].

 

#06139 Albert Hammond Jr.

Albert Hammond Jr. – Yours To Keep

UK: 9th Oct – Rough Trade

 

Albert Hammond Jr., the son of the legendary singer Albert Hammond, now the guitarist with The Strokes.

Yours To Keep, his debut solo album which is recorded in the form of a trio with Albert on vocals.

The album is guest appeared by his bandmate Julian Casablancas, Jody Porter from Fountains Of Wayne, Sean Lennon, Ben Kweller…

 

Outstanding track: ‘Back To The 101’.

#06138 Jet

Jet – Shine On

AU: 30th Sep – Capitol

UK: 2nd Oct – Atlantic

US: 3rd Oct – Atlantic

 

Aussie Garage rockes Jet’s long awaited second album finally hit the streets three years later.

There are only two ways that Jet will play, smashing garage tracks like Are You Gonna Be My Girl,

the others are slow ballads like Look What You’ve Done. So do songs from Shine On.

Outstanding tracks: ‘Shine On’ & ‘All You Have To Do’.

 

#06137 Daniel Wylie

Daniel Wylie – The High Cost Of Happiness

UK: 31st Jul – Neon Tetra

 

Ex vocalist from Cosmic Rough Riders, Daniel Wylie’s second solo album still tasted like The Cosmics,

it’s a pity the music is not strong enough to be impressed.

 

Outstaning tracks: ‘That Was The Day’ & ‘Can You Feel The Love’.

 

#06136 The Boyfriends

The Boyfriends – The Boyfriends

UK: 2nd Oct – Bobbytrap

 

来自London的The Boyfriends又被称作是一支The Smiths味道的乐队, 从歌曲里可以感受到一点The Smiths的影子,

不过The Boyfriends更像是一支80年代的独立乐队.

 

Outstanding track: Once Upon A Tme