CMJ New Music Report - March 2012 - Tasting Grace
CMJ New Music Report - March 2012 - Tasting Grace
CMJ New Music Report - March 2012 - Tasting Grace
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QuiCK PiCKS<br />
aMadou aNd MariaM<br />
Folila Because/Nonesuch<br />
The West African husband-andwife<br />
duo, self-dubbed the Blind<br />
Couple From Mali, releases its<br />
latest disc of global blues-rock,<br />
with contributions from Santigold,<br />
TV On The Radio, Nick<br />
Zinner and Theophilus London.<br />
aNdreW bird<br />
Break It Yourself Mom + Pop<br />
On his sixth studio album,<br />
Andrew Bird mixes his notorious<br />
whistling with raw dulcet<br />
harmonies on guitar and violin.<br />
Bird’s lyrics remain ingenious<br />
and frank as he shares a more<br />
veracious, welcoming side.<br />
JuStiN toWNeS earle<br />
nothing’s Gonna Change The Way<br />
You Feel About Me now Bloodshot<br />
For his fourth LP, Justin Townes<br />
Earle opts for a little less country,<br />
a little more rock ’n’ soul than<br />
his previous work without losing<br />
the intimacy as he reflects on<br />
old loves.<br />
MiiKe SNoW<br />
Happy To You Downtown/Universal<br />
Savvy Swedish producers and<br />
their golden-voiced Manhattan<br />
mate drop an ultra-lush sophomore<br />
album that unites clean<br />
keys, extraterrestrial synth and<br />
campfire sing/clap/whistlealong<br />
harmonies.<br />
SPiritualized<br />
Sweet Heart Sweet Light Fat Possum<br />
After some rough health years,<br />
Jason Spaceman returns with<br />
Spiritualized’s seventh album,<br />
a 10-song psych-rock romp<br />
with contributors ranging<br />
from Dr. John to Spaceman’s<br />
11-year-old daughter.<br />
10<br />
Web: amadou-mariam.com<br />
riYl: Manu Chau, Gorillaz, angelique Kidjo<br />
KeY taCKS: “Dougou Badia,” “Wily Kataso,” “oh amadou”<br />
tour diarY: The group will mostly be touring europe before touching down on american shores in<br />
late July for shows in Washington, D.C., <strong>New</strong> York City and San Francisco.<br />
hoMetoWN adVaNtage: Folila’s tracks were initially laid down in <strong>New</strong> York but were fully<br />
fleshed out in the Bamako, the capital of amadou and Mariam’s native Mali.<br />
fuN faCt: The couple met as teenage students at a school for the blind in Bamako in 1974.<br />
releaSe date: april 10<br />
radio: Graham MacRae, graham@amanaplanacanal.com<br />
Web: andrewbird.net<br />
riYl: Fleet Foxes, Sufjan Stevens, Laura Marling<br />
KeY traCKS: “eyeoneye,” “Lusitania,” “hole In The ocean Floor”<br />
tour diarY: andrew Bird will be touring North america from <strong>March</strong> 15 through May 12.<br />
hoMetoWN adVaNtage: The album was produced by Bird and was recorded in his Illinois barn.<br />
aS SeeN oN: a special package of Break It Yourself features a DVD with behind-the-scenes<br />
footage of Bird’s recording process.<br />
releaSe date: out now<br />
radio: Robb haagsman, robb@aaminc.com<br />
Web: justintownesearle.com<br />
riYl: a.a. Bondy, Townes Van Zandt, William elliott Whitmore<br />
KeY traCKS: “Maria,” “Down on The Lower east Side,” “Unfortunately, anna”<br />
MooNlightiNg: Besides having a flair for music, earle also has an eye for fashion: he<br />
was named one of GQ’s Most Stylish Men In The World in 2010.<br />
NaMe droPPiNg: Singer/violinist amanda Shires joins in on fiddle throughout the album.<br />
fuN faCt: The album was recorded live with no overdubs over a four-day period at an old<br />
converted church recording studio in asheville, NC.<br />
releaSe date: <strong>March</strong> 27<br />
radio: Joe Swank, joeswank@bloodshotrecords.com<br />
Web: miikesnow.com<br />
riYl: M83, Gotye, any Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix remixes<br />
KeY traCKS: “Devil’s Work,” “Bavarian #1 (Say You Will),” “Pretender”<br />
MooNlightiNg: as Bloodshy and avant, the band’s Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg<br />
have done production for J-Lo, Kylie and even Britney. You can thank them for “Toxic.”<br />
fuN faCt: “Miike” is a tribute to prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike. Watch his gory<br />
assassin flick Ichi The Killer if you want to be scarred for life.<br />
aS SeeN oN: In the band’s video for “Paddling out,” a crappy hangover escalates into<br />
magical dancing-shoe mayhem and intergalactic chainsaw surgery.<br />
releaSe date: <strong>March</strong> 27<br />
radio: The Syndicate, college@thesyn.com<br />
Web: spiritualized.com<br />
riYl: My Bloody Valentine, Super Furry animals, arctic Monkeys<br />
KeY traCKS: “hey Jane,” “Freedom,” “Mary”<br />
tour diarY: Spiritualized heads out on a North american tour this May that ends in Vancouver.<br />
hoMetoWN adVaNtage: Sweet Heart Sweet Light was recorded in Wales, Los angeles and<br />
Reykjavik and was mixed for a whole year by Spaceman in the confines of his own home.<br />
fuN faCt: Spiritualized took its name from a variation of text on the back label of a<br />
bottle of Pernod liquor.<br />
releaSe date: april 17<br />
radio: ellena osis, ellena_osis@redmusic.com
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