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Best New Releases August 2009

The Dø - A Mouthful (Hooky French pop exudes sensuality, pure fun)
Timber Timbre (Taylor Kirk) - Timber Timbre (Listen once - OK, listen twice - WOW; under the radar heaven)
Vandaveer (Mark Charles Heidinger) - Divide & Conquer (Melodic, tasty alt folk - psychedelic pop?)
Fanfarlo - Reservoir (Stellar example of experimentation with the modern folk sound)
Imogen Heap - Ellipse (Pop rock music behind introspective wordplay equals delightful listening experience)

Blue Rabbit - Separate (Original Release Oct 08) (Intriguing folk pop/harmony rock with soul and cello)
The Cave Singers - Welcome Joy (Cutting edge roots rock from Seattle)
Anna Ternheim - Leaving On A Mayday (Highly compelling, inventive, exquisite euphony)
Joe Henry - Blood From Stars (Consistently singing and writing beautiful tunes)
Royalchord - The Good Fight (Moody, wandering, off-kilter, electronic folk music worthy of your Ipod)

Chores - The Subtle Politics Of The Public Hammock (Original Release March 09)
Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows (Original Release June 08)
Yim Yames (Jim James of My Morning Jacket) - Tribute To
The Slant - The Makings Of This House
Hobo Nephews Of Uncle Frank - Traveling Show

The Jezabels - The Man Is Dead
Delbert McClinton - Acquired Taste
Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band
The Mumlers - Don't Throw Me Away
Dark Meat - When The Shelter Came

Marmoset - Tea Tornado
Japandroids - Post-Nothing
These United States (Jesse Elliott) - Everything Touches Everything
Modest Mouse - No One's First, And You're Next
Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away

Motel Motel - New Denver - 13 - Aug 09 (Original Release July 08)
The Postmarks - Memoirs At The End Of The World
Throw Me The Statue - Creaturesque
Dry Spells - Too Soon For Flowers
Mean Creek - The Sky (Or The Underground)

NYCSmoke - Permission To Get Down (Original Release June 08)
Helado Negro - Awe Owe
The Billies - Ruff Stuff
Tom Chapin - Let The Bad Times Roll
Florence + The Machine - Lungs

Choir Of Young Believers - This Is For The White In Your Eyes
Generationals - Con Law
Annie & Rod Capps - My Blue Garden
Box Elders - Alice And Friends
Colin Hay - American Sunshine

Plasticines - About Love
Olivia Broadfield - Eyes Wide Open
Rory Gallagher - Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher
Nad Nelso - Back From Gone (Original Release June 07)
Reigning Sound - Love And Curses

Make Me! - House Of Brakes
Anjulie - Anjulie
Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Liam Finn + Eliza Jane - Champagne In Seashells

Britt Lloyd Band - The Ink
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below
Anna Laube - Pool All The Love * Pool All The Knowledge
The Inner Banks - Songs From Disko Bay
Choo Choo La Rouge - Black Clouds

Courtney Yasmineh - Beautiful Lonely
Divisible - Less Than Lion
Polynya - Crop Rotation
fun. - Aim And Ignite
Band Of Skulls - Baby Darling Doll Face Honey

Van Ghost - Melodies For Lovers
The Grownup Noise - The Grownup Noise
Shoe - Modern Days
Paper Plane Pilot (Dustin Frelich) - First Flight
Tiny Animals - Sweet Sweetness

Wye Oak - The Knot
Sarah Fimm - Red Yellow Sun
Tommy Castro - Hard Believer
Alan Singley And Pants Machine - Feelin' Citrus
The Red Channels - Ghetto Cooking

Holiday Shores - Columbus'd The Whim
The Sexy Accident - Mantoloking
Houston Marchman - Long Gone
Margot Blanche - Pages In My Diary
The Receiver - Length of Arms

The Antlers (Peter Silberman) - Hospice
Historics - Strategies For Apprehension
Mark Mallman - Invincible Criminal
Slow Claw - Grandfather Clocks
Sally Shapiro - My Guilty Pleasure

The Pretty Faces - Another Sound
Jamie T - Sticks 'N' Stones
Ramona Falls - Intuit
My Favorite Girl - Another Bite At The Apple
Christ Vs Krishna - Christ Vs Krishna

Julie Garcia - Ruby Kicks
Steve Shiffman & The Land Of No - Steve Shiffman & The Land Of No
Miss Kristin - March On
Care Bears On Fire - Get Over It!
Bill Frisell - Disfarmer

Shayna & The Bulldog - States
Desolation Wilderness - New Universe
The Orphins - Wish You Well
Chuck Mosley And VUA - Will Rap Over Hard Rock For Food
Dwayne Leftridge - Coming Out Of The Hermit Cave

Melloncollies - Goodbye Cruel World
Penelope(s) - Priceless Concrete Echoes
The Jaguar Club - And We Wake Up Slowly
The Color Turning - Good Hands Bad Blood