Encore Records

Girls

Record 3: Father, Son, Holy Ghost

Sophomore album from the critically acclaimed Indie band.

More spontaneous and stripped-down than either their self-made debut or their lush EP, Father, Son, Holy Ghost is a gorgeous, largely minor-key record, enlivened by flashes of innocent pop and given depth by its wealth of influences and willingness to face sadness.

Alice Cooper

Welcome To My Nightmare 2

2011 release from the veteran shock rocker, the much-anticipated sequel to his 1975 masterpiece Welcome To My Nightmare.

The album was produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin (who suggested that it was time for Alice to finally create this much talked about sequel) and features a stellar array of collaborators including three tracks performed with members of the original Alice Cooper band.

Primus

Green Naugahyde

2011 release from the influential Alternative Rock trio, their first album of brand new music since 1999’s Antipop.

Nick Lowe

The Old Magic

His latest album The Old Magic continues Lowe’s late-career evolution with arguably his best collection yet.

Amidst urbanely insistent grooves (“Sensitive Man”), and spare-yet-imposing shuffles (“Checkout Time”), The Old Magic features three exceptional Lowe ballads - album opener “Stoplight Roses,” “House for Sale” and “I Read A Lot.”

As is his custom, Lowe also peppers the album with three covers—by Elvis Costello, Tom T. Hall and Jeff West—that fit seamlessly with his originals. The Old Magic might be the album title equivalent of calling your shot, but for Nick Lowe it seems more a simple statement of fact.

Mogwai

Earth Division

4- brand new tracks, highlighting a creative departure from the band’s trademark cinematic mantra of pulverizing, scorched guitar riffage, into a more recontextualised domain of hazy electronic distortion, accompanied by spiky wafts of violins, violas, cellos and double bass and jagged keys.

Matt Andersen

Coal Mining Blues

Matt Andersen is ready to release his anxiously awaited new album, produced at Levon Helm’s studio in Woodstock, NY, and mixed in Nashville by Canadian producer Colin Linden.
Helm’s daughter, Amy, sings on the album and (former keyboard player in The Band)  Garth Hudson performs as well.

Exclusively available at Encore for 2 weeks.  Released everywhere on 9/20 !

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton

Play the Blues

2011 live collaboration between guitar legend Eric Clapton and Jazz great Wynton Marsalis..

The duo performed together in Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center for two sold-out shows dedicated to vintage Blues.

The extraordinary collaboration, billed as Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues, paired these musical virtuosos with members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra as they brought to life a repertoire of songs selected by Clapton and arranged by Marsalis.

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Uncut / Mojo / Classic Rock / The Wire / Future Music and Word

The October 2011 issues of the Uk mags are here !!

Beirut

The Rip Tide

The Rip Tide is the third record from trumpeter Zach Condon’s band Beirut, known for their Balkan, and indie-folk stylings.

The album was recorded in Upstate New York during a cold winter, yet it still manages to retain the sunny, uplifting sound that is synonymous with the outfit. Single East Harlem features lush melodies that resonate with Condon s guised lyrics as well as an array of ukuleles, horns and keys.,

Ry Cooder

Pull Up Some Dust & Sit Down

Songwriter and guitarist Ry Cooder digs deep into the American psyche with Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down.

Inspired by a headline he’d read about the Wall Street bailout, and those who profited most from it, Cooder composed the album’s opening track, “No Banker Left Behind,” in a style not heard since his earliest recordings.

It would have been right at home on his self titled debut or Paradise and Lunch. While not a concept recording, it is an album that reacts to the times topically.Its songs are declarative, sometimes angry, yet display his requisite humor and irony.