Lots to get stuck into this week, though I think it’s worth drawing special attention to the superb William Tyler EP and, in the week the Pixies announce a newish album, a pointedly excellent Kim Deal track with Morgan Nagler.
Watching the Gene Clark documentary the other week, I was reminded of an album I’ve spent a few years trying to track down; namely, the self-titled debut by “No Other”’s producer, Thomas Jefferson Kaye. I finally struck gold a couple of days ago, and it’s every bit as good as I hoped: a sort of cosmic Southern funk record – in the zone of Dr John, Leon Russell, Bobby Charles, maybe – given an expansive LA makeover by a crew that features Steely Dan and their associates. Can’t recommend this one enough; very much due a reissue, I think.
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1 The Wu-Tang Clan – Keep Watch (Featuring Nathaniel) (WuMusic Group)
2 Glenn Jones – Welcomed Wherever I Go (Thrill Jockey)
3 William Tyler – Lost Colony (Merge)
4 The Black Keys – Turn Blue (Nonesuch)
5 Brian Reitzell – Last Summer (Featuring Kevin Shields) (Smalltown Supersound)
6 Grandma Sparrow – Grandma Sparrow & his Piddletractor Orchestra (Spacebomb)
7 Willie Watson – Folk Singer Vol. 1 (Acony)
8 Fucked Up – Glass Boys (Matador)
9 Kim Deal & Morgan Nagler – The Root (Kim Deal Music)
Kim Deal and Morgan Nagler – ‘The Root’ [Official Video] from Kim Deal Music [Official] on Vimeo.
10 Watter – This World (Temporary Residence)
11 Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté – Toumani & Sidiki (World Circuit)
12 Rodrigo Amarante – Cavalo (Mais Um Discos)
13 Various Artists – Too Slow To Disco (How Do You Are?/City Slang)
14 Thomas Jefferson Kaye – Thomas Jefferson Kaye (Probe)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFef-3ssNac
15 Black Bananas – Electric Brick Wall (Drag City)
16 Bob Mould – Beauty & Ruin (Merge)
17 Gruff Rhys – American Interior (Turnstile)
18 Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal (Rough Trade)
19 Kim Deal – Are You Mine? (Kim Deal Music)
Kim Deal – Are You Mine? [Official Video] from Kim Deal Music [Official] on Vimeo.
20 Wooden Wand – Farmer’s Corner (Fire)
21 LCD Soundsystem – The Long Goodbye (Live At Madison Square Garden) (Parlophone)
22 Chuck E Weiss – Red Beans And Weiss (Anti-)
23 J Spaceman & Kid Millions – Misha (Northern Spy)
24 Håkon Stene – Lush Laments for Lazy Mammal (Hubro)
25 Pixies – Indie Cindy (Pixiesmusic)
26 Bo Ningen – III (Stolen)