Back "Tuesday Morning AM/FM Show" My Picks Best New Releases May 2009 Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - 'Em Are I (Folk music cut up and distributed every which way. Fantastic!) Zee Avi - Zee Avi (Malaysian artist ready to take on the world. You have to listen to these soaring tunes.) Hanne Hukkelberg - Blood From a Stone (Norwegian singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire) Akron Family - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free (A hugely satisfying collection of wayward American roots music) Ben Harper & Relentless7 - White Lies For Dark Times (New backing band propels proven artist to stellar heights) Tin Star Orphans (Zachary Bennett) - Yonder (Superior sleeper CD full of cross genre originals) William Elliott Whitmore - Animals In The Dark (Fresh folk blues balladry on banjo or guitar) Strange Jerome - Guns Ammo Jewelry Coins (Inventive Seattle based roots band twisting the meaning of folk) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (Exciting, interesting, ambitious, jazzy folk pop) Steve Earle - Townes The Wooden Birds - Magnolia Headless Heroes - The Silence of Love (Origianl Release Nov 08) Sara Watkins - Sara Watkins Iron & Wine (Sam Beam) - Around The Well Strand Of Oaks - Leave Ruin Mouthful Of Bees - Mouthful Of Bees Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day Putnam Smith - Goldrush Jenny Owen Youngs - Transmitter Failure Liechtenstein - Survival Strategies In A Modern World Kim DiVine - Square One Tara Jane O'Neil - A Ways Away Casper & The Cookies - Modern Silence Polly Scattergood - Polly Scattergood The Curious Mystery - Rotting Slowly Buju Banton - Rasta Got Soul Naomi Greenwald - Naomi Greenwald John Vanderslice - Romanian Names Tim Easton - Porcupine Popup - A Time & A Place Joe Jack Talcum - Mischief Brew Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane and Sugarcane The Everyday Visuals - The Everyday Visuals Courtney Leigh Heins - Hot Coffee The Daredevil Christopher Wright - In Deference To A Broken Back Tori Sparks - The Scorpion In The Story The Flying Change - Pain Is A Reliable Signal Jason Lytle - Yours Truly, The Commuter Hotel Eden (Kelly Warner) - A Way Back Home New York Dolls - 'Cause I Sez So The Elders - Gael Day American Folklore (Corey Crawford) - American Folklore Dusty Rhodes And The River Band - Palace And Stage Almost Charlie - The Plural Of Yes White Rabbits - It's Frightening Nibs Van Der Spuy - A Bird In The Hand (Original Release Oct 08) (Wooden) Wand - Hard Knox Red Sea Station - Red Sea Station Eulogies - Here Anonymous Paper Arrows (Joe Goodkin) - Things We Would Rather Lose Built By Snow - Mega (Angel) Deradoorian - Mind Raft Hugh Cornwell - Hooverdam Maps Of Norway - Die Off Songbird (Original Release Dec 08) Andrea Nardello - Until Now (Original Release May 07) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us Commander Cody - Dopers, Drunks And Everyday Losers Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love The High Strung - Ode To The Inverse Of The Dude Pennan Brae - Shaded Joy Buck Mountain Band - Chicken In The Snowbank Bricolage - Bricolage Arrica Rose - Pretend I'm Fur EP Snowglobe - No Need to Light a Night Light On a Night Like Tonight Love In October - Love In October Delby L - Nine Skies The Twang - Love It When I Feel Like This (Original Release June 07) The Fresh & Onlys - The Fresh & Onlys Vincent Minor - Born In The Wrong Era Thunder Power - Love Yourself (Original Release Nov 08) Hopewell - Good Good Good Desperation Mikey De Lara - Songs For Lulu Sue Quigley - Perfect Chaos Starfucker - Jupiter Joanne Shaw Taylor - White Sugar Zap Mama - ReCreation Americans In France - Pretzelvania The Tractors - Trade Union Experimental Dental School - Forest Field Loxsly - Tomorrow's Fossils Courtney Chambers - Bigger And Brighter (Original Release Nov 07) Honor By August - Found The Church - Untitled #23 Blue October - Approaching Normal Apostle Of Hustle - Eats Darkness Cocktail Slippers - Saint Valentine's Day Massacre Jon Hopkins - Insides Settle - At Home We Are Tourists Foster McGinty - Peach Red Various Artists - Euphoria Is All We Know Various Artists - Danny Saber Presents: Saber Bytes |