We had several hours of downtime last night, so posts might be a bit light today. Apologies to those who wanted to give us a piece of your mind. We won’t say anything bad about our awesome web host though. If we say nice things they might give us a deal.

And now back to your daily regimented diet of music news and useless opinion.

There’s a lot to filter through here this week. We’ve got the good (Akron/Family, St. Vincent, The Chariot, The Devil Wears Prada, Zao), the “sure why not” (Conor Oberst, Starfucker, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Isis, Hatebreed, Ben Harper) and plenty of other options with which you should practice discernment.

Just don’t say you weren’t warned about feeling slightly violated (and okay with it) after you listen to Larry Tee.

:: Abstract Rude, Rejuvenation (Rhymesayers)

:: Acid Mothers Temple, Lord of the Underground: Vishnu and the Magic Elixir (Alien8)

:: Akron/Family, Set Em Wild, Set Em Free (Dead Oceans)

:: Alasdair Roberts, Spoils (Drag City)

:: American Werewolves, The Lonely Ones (Robot Monster)

:: Arctic Monkeys, Arctic Monkeys at the Apollo CD/DVD (Warp Films)

:: Ben Harper, White Lies For Dark Times (Virgin)

:: Billy Pilgrim, Twice Born Men (Samadhi Sound)

:: British Sea Power, Man of Aran CD/DVD (Rough Trade)

:: Buckwheat Zydeco, Lay Your Burden Down (Alligator)

:: Cam’ron, Crime Pays (Asylum)

:: The Chariot, Wars And Rumors Of Wars (Solid State)

:: Chrisette Michele, Epiphany (Def Jam)

:: Christopher Tignor, Core Memory Unwound (Western Vinyl)

:: Combichrist, Heat EP: All Pain Is Beat (Metropolis)

:: Comet Gain, Broken Record Prayers (What’s Your Rupture)

:: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Outer South (Merge)

:: Cracker, Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey (429)

:: Crocodiles, Summer of Hate (Fat Possum)

:: Deradoorian, Mind Raft EP (Lovepump United)

:: The Devil Wears Prada, With Roots Above And Branches Below (Ferret Music)

:: Diamond Watch Wrists, Ice Capped at Both Ends (Warp)

:: Disappearer, The Clearing (Magic Bullet)

:: Double Dagger, More (Thrill Jockey)

:: Earth Crisis, To The Death (Century Media)

:: El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Cryptomnesia (Rodriguez-Lopez Productions)

:: Electric Owls, Ain’t Too Bright (Vagrant)

:: Fischerspooner, Entertainment (FS Studios)

:: The Gallows, Grey Britain (Reprise)

:: Gibson Brothers, Ring the Bell (Compass)

:: Hatebreed, For The Lions (Koch)

:: Hopewell, Good Good Desperation (Tee Pee)

:: The Horrors, Primary Colours (XL)

:: Isis, Wavering Radiant (Ipecac)

:: Jon Hopkins, Insides (Domino)

:: Jon Mueller, Physical Changes (Table of the Elements)

:: Katie Melua, Pictures (Dramatico)

:: Kevin Devine, Brother’s Blood (Favorite Gentlemen)

:: Kiila, Tuota Tuota (Fonal)

:: Kiki, Kaiku (Bpitch Control)

:: Kronos Quartet, Floodplain (Nonesuch)

:: Larry Tee, Club Badd (Ultra)

:: Magik Markers, Balf Quarry (Drag City)

:: Mika Miko, We Be Xuxa (PPM)

:: Nachtmystium, Doomsday Derelicts (Battle Kommand)

:: New York Dolls, ‘Cause I Sez So (Atco)

:: Niobe, Blackbird’s Echo (Tomlab)

:: Nomo, Invisible Cities (Ubiquity)

:: Our Brother the Native, Sacred Psalms (FatCat)

:: Ozric Tentacles, The Yum Yum Tree (Snapper)

:: Patrick Watson, Wooden Arms (Secret City)

:: Peaches, I Feel Cream (XL)

:: Pink Mountaintops, Outside Love (Jagjaguwar)

:: Popup, A Time & A Place (Team Love)

:: Psychostick, Sandwich (Rock Ridge)

:: Shout Out Out Out Out, Reintegration Time (2.O.G.)

:: Smithereens, Tommy (Koch)

:: St. Vincent, Actor (4AD)

:: Starfucker, Jupiter (Badman)

:: Steve Roach, Dynamic Stillness (Projekt)

:: Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky, The Grand Partition And The Abrogation Of Idolatry (Nuclear Blast)

:: Tara Jane O’Neil, A Ways Away (K)

:: The Vaselines, Enter the Vaselines (Sub Pop)

:: Warp 11, I Don’t Want to Go to Heaven, as Long as They Have Vulcans in Hell (Reboot)

:: Years, Years (Arts & Crafts)

:: Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Roadsinger (To Warm You Through The Night) (A&M)

:: Zao, Awake? (Ferret Music)

:: Ziggy Marley, Family Time (Tuff Gong)

:: Various Artists, 2131 South Michigan Avenue: 60’s Garage And Psychedelia From USA And Destination Records ()

:: Various Artists, Causes 2 (Waxploitation)

What did I miss? Post it in the comments!

12 Responses to “New Releases: The Chariot, Zao, The Devil Wears Prada”

1. On 05/5/09 8:12 AM, Jay DiNitto said:

   

   New Zao and xExCx seem okay. Will check them out.

   Will not touch the Chariot or TDWP.

   Holy crap…Ozric is still going.

   Fourth unrelated sentence.

2. On 05/5/09 8:41 AM, brian ayers said:

   

   You missed My Favorite Highway’s new Virgin release “How to call a bluff”

3. On 05/5/09 10:16 AM, The 1/3 said:

   

   You missed Candlemass – Death Magic Doom.

4. On 05/5/09 10:26 AM, Chris Berseth said:

   

   Listened to the entire ZAO album on their Myspace and it’s pretty damn good. Very different than what I’ve heard from them in the past.

5. On 05/5/09 3:08 PM, The 1/3 said:

   

   My review would be more like:

   Listened to the entire Zao album from the CD I bought and it’s pretty good. No significant deviations from what I’ve heard from them in the past.

6. On 05/5/09 3:37 PM, travis lee said:

   

   missed jeremy enigk – OK Bear. pretty damn good release, too.

7. On 05/5/09 6:50 PM, The 1/3 said:

   

   OK Bear is next week.

8. On 05/5/09 10:02 PM, Shawn Bradley said:

   

   i knew Johnny Hopkins in high school, total pot head

9. On 05/6/09 12:11 AM, Josh Mock said:

   

   WHAT A MUSICIAN THAT SMOKES POT MY WORLD IS COLLAPSING

10. On 05/7/09 11:52 AM, Jason said:

    

    I found the new Zao quite boring.

11. On 05/7/09 4:16 PM, Cool dude said:

    

    The new The Chariot album is awesome!

12. On 05/8/09 1:17 PM, scooter said:

    

    Love the new zao! Looking forward to hearing the new Ben Harper and Conor Oberst as well.

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