August 2008

We Are Scientists - Brain/Thrust/Mastery

Release Date: 
March 17, 2008
Publisher: 
Virgin/EMI
7

"Brain/Thrust/Mastery" is the latest album from Brooklyn duo We Are Scientists. Indie rock with a hint of dance, this musical treat is sure to resurrect us all from our winter stupors and remind us that there is still a reason to wake up in the morning.

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!

Release Date: 
March 3, 2008
Publisher: 
Mute Records/EMI
7

Album number fourteen from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds features an exciting 11 tracks of pure rock. Nominated for Triple J’s prestigious J Award, the band takes this opportunity to yet again showcase their unique skill-set, for any listeners fortunate enough to cross paths with the album.

Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs

Release Date: 
May 17, 2008
Publisher: 
Atlantic/EMI
9

Death Cab for Cutie's latest offering Narrow Stairs encapsulates everything that fans love about the band.

Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers

Release Date: 
June 14, 2008
Publisher: 
Superego Records/Stomp
4

After hearing only one of Aimee Mann’s songs on the soundtrack for Zach Braff’s The Last Kiss, I was excited by the opportunity to hear more material. Her new album "@#%&*! Smilers" was unfortunately somewhat disappointing.

Camille – Music Hole

Release Date: 
7th April 2008
Publisher: 
Virgin/EMI
9

Music Hole is another refreshingly innovative and experimental album from Camille, featuring original vocal- and body-percussion ideas that are layered to fill out the tracks and create a bright, strong and raw overall feel.

Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords

Release Date: 
April 21 2008
Publisher: 
Sub Pop/Stomp
8

What's the first thing that comes to mind when you come across the word "New Zealand"? Most people's response would be Lord of the Rings, the All Blacks, wool, Lord of the Rings, did I mention Lord of the Rings?

CocoRosie – The Adventures of Ghosthorse & Stillborn

Release Date: 
2007
Publisher: 
Touch & Go Records/Inertia
8

Here it is, the third instalment in CocoRosie’s quest to marry the uneasy bedfellows (if not downright musical enemies) of hip-hop, indie electronica, opera, gospel, nursery rhymes, and at least half a dozen others.

Laura Marling – Alas I Cannot Swim

Release Date: 
2008
Publisher: 
Virgin Records/EMI
9

Laura Marling’s freshness does not lie in any dramatic difference from what has come before: she sings love songs, with a musical foreground of rhythm guitar & string-section joined by strong country influences, well-trod ground for a singer-songwriter. Instead, it comes from the sure-footedness with which she walks it.