It's weird how quickly fall creeps up on you. One minute it's 90 degrees out and you can't avoid getting sunburnt and the next minute you're waking up for work and it's a crisp 45 degrees out. Even the leaves seem to change more rapidly every year; such is life, I guess. There's ways we cope with it. Watch a little football. Jump into a pile of freshly raked leaves. Consume anything and everything that tastes like a goddamn pumpkin. And of course, we check the latest music selections. Here are at least ten new releases coming out this month that you should get on board with.
It seems that Matt Oriente and Kim Schifino are endlessly creating music in the strand of DIY, upbeat, sing-a-longs which has more or less given them a reputation of being one-dimensional, and subsequently 'meh'. Today, as Matt and Kim release their fourth studio album Lightening, it's hard to see how the duo have changed much at all. The first single off the record, “Let’s Go” proves this at first, but as you listen it's hard not to admit that Matt and Kim may be maturing in regards to their songwriting technique. Their songs are catchy dammit, and they’re staying that way. For many fans, this is great news.
Few punk groups sound as awesomely lo-fi as the Columbus three-piece Times New Viking do. Actually...most probably do. That's not to say they don't do it well. October is a month that teeters on the necessity of noisy, garage-rock, which is all the more reason to look for their latest release, Over & Over, a 6 track EP due out October 16.
If you liked Andrew Bird’s record that came out earlier this year, Break It Yourself, then you’ll definitely want to check out his 8-track companion record, Hands of Glory due out October 30 via Mom + Pop. Recorded with a full band around a single microphone in a barn and church, Bird’s idea on this collection is to capture the essence of “old time” live sets. The first single off the record, which is immediately downloadable when you pre-order the album, is called “Three White Horses”, a grogeous track that sounds nothing like a typical b-side. Watch the preview for the album below:
7. The Tins - Life's a Gas
While local indie-pop trio The Tins made their debut album Life's a Gas obtainable at some point earlier this year, it still feels better suited that this be considered an October release. First off, I mistakenly missed it on previous lists. Secondly, it was named our Album of the Week yesterday. And third-most, their album release party is this Saturday at Nietzsche's! You can listen to and buy their new album right now over at their Bandcamp page, or wait and buy it at the show this weekend. Either way you're supporting one of the best bands to come out of Buffalo in some time.
I never really got into Freelance Whales’ debut album Weathervanes. A friend played it for me at his apartment, another sent me a link to one of their songs telling me how great they were; I consistently decided they were boring. Hearing about them more and more, I recently checked out the New York trio’s website and watched the preview video for their new album Deluvia set to come out October 9. In the video, band members talk about the ideas behind the project talking about grandiose things like the "end of the world" and the "velocity of time", which sounded sophomoric at first, yet still, somehow I’m interested.
Mr. Segall is on this countdown for the 3rd time this year. First, for his split LP with White Fence, then for the Slaughterhouse LP with his band, and now for his first solo record since last year’s awesome LP, Goodbye Bread. There's not much else to say, the guy is one of the most consistent and industrious musicians around. For those who were at Town Ballroom last Tuesday especially know this. The album is called Twins and it's out October 9 via Drag City.
Transcendental Youth
I had the oportunity to see The Mountain Goats live last year and I have to say, my respect has quadrupled for John Darnielle and company since, as I saw how committed they were to performing consistently well-written music. Releasing their 14th album in the last 18 years, Transcendental Youth, it’s difficult to gauge what more to expect from Darnielle, but all the while he is still pumping out well-crafted, literary songs that we’ve come to expect, such as the latest single “Cry For Judas”. The record is out today via Merge and features cover artwork that’ll get you in the Halloween spirit.
Philadelphia musician Sun Airway, aka Jon Barthmus, has spent the past 3 years working on the follow-up to his debut album Nocturne of Exploded Chandelier, a work that hinged on sweeping melodies and bass-laden pop vocals. Think popier, more chilled-out Animal Collective. The sophomore album from Barthmus is called Soft Fall, and the latest single “Close” displays all the hints of lush dream-pop that make Sun Airway intriguing in the first place. Soft Fall is out today via Dead Oceans.
Following-up 2010‘s Cosmogramma, Flying Lotus released his 4th studio album Until The Quiet Comes today via Warp. The record is already soaring critically, and on the track “See Thru to U” it’s not hard to see why. Erykah Badu is featured on the track with her angelic voice weaved smoothly against a jazz-like mix of percussion and bass. There’s no doubt we’ll see this record on the end of year lists come December.
Coming off their excellent 2010 debut Innerspeaker, Tame Impala will release their follow-up Lonerism on October 9 via Modular. Known for their psychadelic tendencies and lead singer Kevin Parker’s eerie vocal resemblance to John Lennon, the Perth quartet look to be following the same strand of awesomeness with warped songs like “Be Above It” and “Enders Toi” that play to the group’s strengths, i.e. sporadic percussion, spiralling organ, and Instagram-filtered guitar and vocals. Stream the album in it’s entirety over at The Guardian now.
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