Lots of new releases, but not too many notable ones. Bruce Springsteen and Franz Ferdinand are the clear front-runners in my mind. I might check out the Omar Rodriguez-Lopez album too, since I’m a big fan of The Mars Volta.

Oh, and I put Hoobastank in there because I bet Ben Pike likes them. And the Incomplete Collection of Louisville Punk release is for Sean, obvs.

:: Anahita, Matricaria (Important)

:: Asa, Asa (Mercer Street/Downtown)

:: the bird and the bee, Ray Guns Are Not the Future (Blue Note)

:: Brotzmann/Nilssen-Love, Sweetsweat (Smalltown Superjazz)

:: Bruce Springsteen, Working on a Dream (Columbia)

:: Chris Duarte, 396 (Blues Bureau)

:: Circlesquare, Songs About Dancing and Drugs (!K7)

:: Cotton Jones, Paranoid Cocoon (Suicide Squeeze)

:: Dalek, Gutter Tactics (Ipecac)

:: Dan Deacon/Adventure, Split 12″ (Carpark)

:: De/Vision, Noob (Metropolis)

:: Doug Paisley, Doug Paisley (No Quarter)

:: Duncan Sheik, Whisper House (Victor)

:: Eliot Lipp, Peace Love Weed 3D (Old Tacoma)

:: Ethan Rose, Oaks (Holocene Music)

:: Franz Ferdinand, Tonight, Franz Ferdinand (Domino/Epic)

:: Freezepop, Form Activity Motion EP (Rykodisc)

:: The Full Blast, Black Hole (Atavistic)

:: Futurecop!, The Unicorn & The Lost City of Alvograth EP (IHEARTCOMIX/Southern Fried)

:: Gary Louris & Mark Olson, Ready for the Flood (New West)

:: Goblin Cock, Come With Me If You Want to Live (Robcore Records)

:: Godflesh, Songs of Love & Hate/Love & Hate In Dub CD/DVD (Earache)

:: Golden Boots, Winter of our Discotheque (Park the Van)

:: Gringo Star, All Y’All (self-released)

:: The Guggenheim Grotto, Happy the Man (United for Opportunity)

:: Headlights, Keep Your Friends and Loves Close, Keep The City You Call Home Closer EP (Polyvinyl)

:: Hoobastank, FOR(N)EVER (Island)

:: Hot Chip & Robert Wyatt, Hot Chip With Robert Wyatt and Geese EP (Astralwerks)

:: J. Tillman, Vacilando Territory Blues (Western Vinyl)

:: John Frusciante, The Empyrean (Adrenaline)

:: Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash Remixed (Compadre)

:: Kenneth Pattengale, Storied Places (Milan)

:: Kylie Minogue, Boombox: The Remix Album (Parlophone)

:: Lars Horntveth, Kaleidoscopic (Smalltown Supersound)

:: LeATHERMOUTH, XO (Epitaph)

:: Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Eye Legacy (Mass Appeal/Koch)

:: Lithops, Ye Viols! (Thrill Jockey)

:: Loney Dear, Dear John (Polyvinyl)

:: Loren Connors & Jim O’Rourke, Two Nice Catholic Boys (Family Vineyard)

:: LSD March, Under Milk Wood (Important)

:: Magnetic Morning, A.M. (Friend or Faux)

:: Mark Feldman, Secrets (Tzadik)

:: Merzbow, 13 Japanese Birds, Vol. 1 (Important)

:: Michael Zapruder, Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope (Sidecho)

:: Mothlite, The Flax of Reverie (Southern)

:: My Cat Is an Alien, Cosmic Debris, Vol. 4 (A Silent Place)

:: Nickel Eye, The Time of the Assassins (Rykodisc)

:: Of Montreal, Jon Brion Remix EP (Polyvinyl)

:: Omar Rodriquez-Lopez, Old Money (Stones Throw)

:: Owen, (the ep) (Polyvinyl)

:: Pat Green, What I’m For (RCA)

:: Peasant, On the Ground (Paper Garden)

:: Pegasuses-XL, Electro Agitators (Ernest Jenning Record Co.)

:: Plastic Crimewave Sound, Painted Shadows (A Silent Place)

:: Ran Blake, Driftwoods (Tompkins Square)

:: Roses Kings Castles, Roses Kings Castles (Sycamore Club)

:: RZA, Afro Samurai, The Resurrection (Wu Music)

:: School of Seven Bells, Alpinisms (Ghostly)

:: Sepultura, A-Lex (SPV)

:: Six Organs of Admittance, RTZ (Drag City)

:: Slim Twig, Derelict Dialect & Vernacular Violence (Paper Bag)

:: Steve Martin, The Crow New Songs for the 5-String Banjo (40 Productions)

:: Strand of Oaks, Leave Ruin (La Societe Expeditionnaire)

:: Strings of Consciousness and Angel, Strings of Consciousness and Angel (Important)

:: The Sway Machinery, Hidden Melodies Revealed (JDub)

:: Sylosis, Conclusion Of An Age (Nuclear Blast)

:: Taake, Taake (Century Media)

:: Woolfy vs. Projections, The Astral Projections of Starlight (Groove Attack)

:: Yelle, Ce Jeu EP (Caroline)

:: Zonaria, The Cancer Empire (Century Media)

:: Various Artists, Bold Beginnings: An Incomplete Collection of Louisville Punk 1978 – 1983 (Noise Pollution)

:: Various Artists, Just Like Heaven: A Tribute to the Cure (American Laundromat)

:: Various Artists, Putumayo Presents: African Reggae (Putumayo World Music)

Did I miss anything important? Post it up in the comments.

One Response to “New Releases: Bruce Springsteen, Franz Ferdinand, John Frusciante”

1. On 01/27/09 10:33 AM, Jay DiNitto said:

   

   Demon Hunter – Live In Nashville
   Frodus – FCI re-issue
   Ephel Duath – Through My Dog’s Eyes

   I care about the first two. The third is pending.

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