Round two of new releases for November; these albums came out on both November 11 and 12, but for simplicity's sake, we're gonna leave it at the 12th. Info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard of (but should know), with audio & video for your listening and viewing pleasure. Click here to check out releases that dropped over the past few months.
Ancient Sky, All Get Out (Wharf Cat Records)
Andrew Bird, I Want to See Pulaski at Night EP (Self-Release)
The whistling, violin string bowing and plucking singer-songwriter presents a seven-song EP made up of mostly instrumentals, with a single track ("Pulaski at Night") featuring Bird's lovely vocals. Listen below.
Counting Crows, Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow (Cooking Vinyl)
Cowboy Junkies, The Kennedy Suite (Latent Recordings)
††† (Crosses), †he Epilogue (Sumerian Records)
The Dark Flowers, Radioland (Liaison)
deadmau5, We Are Friends Vol. 2 (Astralwerks)
Dramady, Answer Only to the Sea (Cochon Records)
*ERAAS, Initiation (Felte)
The Brooklyn duo produces dark, gothic experimental electro with hip hop beats, spectral vocals, and ghostly atmospheres. Listen to the title track after the jump and find out what else has dropped this week...
Erasure, Snow Globe (Mute)
Flume, Flume Deluxe Reissue (Future Classic/Mom + Pop)
An expanded (four-disc) re-issue of the Australian electro producer's self-titled debut, which finds new guest recruits in Ghostface Killah, Killer Mike, Twin Shadow, M.O.P., and Autre Ne Veut, among others.
Chris Garneau, Winter Games (Private Friend)
Sebastien Grainger, Yours to Discover (Last Gang Records)
A solo record by one-half of Toronto duo Death From Above 1979.
Grizzly Bear, Shields B-Sides and Shields Expanded (Warp)
The Growlers, Gilded Pleasures EP (Everloving Records)
*Heidecker & Wood, Some Things Never Stay the Same (Little Record Company)
Comedian/writer/actor Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!) and his longtime musical collaborator composer/multi-instrumentalist Davin Wood present a sophomore album that expands upon the classic AM style of their debut, replete with horns and female back-up singers, all paying homage to great 1970's songwriters and featuring a few appearances by Aimee Mann, guitar and vocals from Eric Johnson (The Shins, Fruit Bats), and some performances by Pierre de Reeder (Rilo Kiley) among others. Check out "What Else Is New" below.
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, Demons EP (Instant Records)
The Hunt, The Hunt Begins (Sacred Bones)
ILLLS, Hideout From The Feeders (Sounds of Sweet Nothing)
Jeremy Jay, Abandoned Apartments (K Records)
Susanna Hoffs And Matthew Sweet, Under The Covers, Vol. 3 (Shout! Factory)
The third covers collaboration between Hoffs (The Bangles) and Matthew Sweet ("Girlfriend"), otherwise known as Sid n' Susie, pays tribute to the 1980s.
Mason Jennings, Always Been (Stats And Brackets / Thirty Tigers)
Jus Post Bellum, Oh July (self-release)
The Killers, Direct Hits (Island)
Lady Gaga, ARTPOP (Interscope)
Cate Le Bon, Mug Museum (Wichita/The Elite Meat Supply)
Less Than Jake, See The Light (Fat Wreck Chords)
MondreM.A.N., They Say I Struggle Rap (SWTBRDS)
Mount Eerie, Pre-Human Ideas (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
Phish, Niagara Falls (New Wave Dynamics)
Kellie Pickler, The Woman I Am (Black River Entertainment)
Passafire, Vines (Easy Star Records)
Pretty Boy Thorson & The Falling Angels, An Uneasy Peace (Kiss Of Death)
Psapp, What Makes Us Glow (State51 Conspiracy)
Psyclon Nine, [Order of the Shadow: Act I] (Metropolis Records)
Sampha, Too Much / Happens (Young Turks)
Tracy Shedd, Arizona (New Granada Records)
A dozen years after launching a solo career with Teen-Beat Records, multi-instrumentalist slowcore songstress Tracy Shedd — now repped by Tampa's own New Granada — presents a fifth full-length of acoustic duets with guitarist/husband James Tritten. The album includes new material as well as Shedd's re-imaginings of works by a few of her faves ("Candy" by The Magnetic Fields and Sonic Youth's "Teenage Riot"). Listen to "Broken Arrows" below.
Tei Shi, Saudade EP (Mermaid Music)
Throwing Muses, Purgatory/Paradise (Harper Collins/It Books)
Vaadat Charigim, The World Is Well Lost (Burger Records)
Various Artists, Inside Llewyn Davis Soundtrack (Nonesuch)
People are already talking about the new soundtrack to the new film from Joel and Ethan Coen. Produced by produced by T-Bone Burnett, it's been compared in quality to the music that accompanied O Brother Where Art Thou? and features songs written specifically for the film, performed by the likes of Justin Timberlake, Marcus Mumford, the Punch Brothers, and others.
Weekender, Spanish Peaks (Papercup Music)
Keller Williams, FUNK (SCI Fidelity)
A '70s funkalicious grooving 10-track live album from the fun-loving singer-songwriter's new project, which mixes originals and covers in a live setting (“Mary Jane” by Rick James) and “I Told You I Was Freaky” by Flight of the Conchords.
Wooden Shjips, Back to Land (Thrill Jockey)