Encore Records

Peter Murphy

Ninth

2011 album from the former Bauhaus frontman and Alt-Rock pioneer, his first studio album in seven years.

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Uncut / Mojo / Classic Rock AOR / The Wire / Mixmag / DJ / Future Music and Classic Rock

July issues of the UK mags are now here !!

Melvins

Sugar Daddy Live

Recorded live, presumably while touring somewhere in 2008 (hard to be sure, since, like the Alive at the F*cker Club venue, the busta-guts club doesn’t actually exist) Sugar Daddy Live finds the sludge metalists powering through an energetic 13 songs nearly 25 years after their formation, and having a ton of fun while doing so.

The lineup is the same as in recent albums, with King Buzzo backed by bassist Jared Warren, and duel drummers Dale Crover and Coady Willis.

My Morning Jacket

Circuital

Although recorded after a brief hiatus, during which Carl Broemel released a solo album and Jim James co-formed Monsters of Folk, Circuital feels like a close cousin to Evil Urges and Z, retaining both albums’ eclectic pop sound while presenting a more concise track list than its predecessors.

The band worked on the album in Kentucky, turning a local church’s gymnasium into a makeshift studio and capturing the initial tracks live on 24-track tape.

Death Cab For Cutie

Codes and Keys

Codes and Keys still sounds like a Death Cab album, but the guys explore the benefits of the recording studio more than ever before, boosting Jason McGerr s drums with bits of programmed percussion and scaling back their guitar riffs to sparse, articulate clumps of notes that ring out into the ether.

Theres a new-found emphasis on open space, on electronics, on Kid A-inspired webs of feedback and distortion that are draped behind the songs like ambient backdrops. It’s not all machines and Eno-esque production.

Flogging Molly

Speed Of Darkness

Speed Of Darkness is their fifth, and arguably most important album.

In the words of lead singer and songwriter Dave King, “It wasn’t the album we set out to write. It became the album we had to write”. Speed Of Darkness was written in Detroit, MI and takes a hardnosed look at the economic collapse in the US: the causes and the direct effect it has had on everyday people.

Speed of Darkness features Flogging Molly’s own blend of Rock, Folk, Punk, Blues and traditional Irish music with King’s populist poetry.

Eddie Vedder

Ukulele Songs

Ukulele Songs is a collection of original songs and covers performed by Vedder on ukulele.

Featuring a number of songs that Vedder penned and first played live but never released nearly a decade ago, “Ukulele Songs” also includes a uke version of Pearl Jam’s 2002 track “Can’t Keep” and guest vocalists on two tracks: Glen Hansard on “Sleepless Nights” and Cat Power on “Tonight You Belong To Me.”

Limited hardback book version.

Eddie Vedder

Water On the Road

Water On The Road is a live-concert DVD from the Pearl Jam front man.
Features performances from Vedder’s August 16th and 17th 2008 solo tour engagements at Washington, D.C.‘s Warner Theatre.

The DVD features a live performance of ‘You’re True’ from Ukulele Songs as well as a mix of Pearl Jam catalog, covers and songs from Vedder’s critically acclaimed, award-winning solo record, Into The Wild.

David Byrne

Ride Rise Roar

Ride, Rise, Roar is a concert film featuring David Byrne that blends riveting onstage performances with intimate details of the creative collaborations that make the music and performance happen.

Shot with multiple cameras over several concerts during the 08/09 tour, the film blends the energy and charisma of classic Talking Heads with the heartfelt pathos of David Byrne and Brian Eno’s most recent collaboration.

Between the songs, the film achieves an unprecedented intimacy with David Byrne and the band, documenting behind-the-scenes auditions, rehearsals, and interviews with key players while revealing the creative process that led to the show’s unique fusion of pop music and modern dance.

Primal Scream

Screamadelica Live

This show, filmed on November 26th 2010 at London’s Olympia, was the first time that Primal Scream had performed the whole album live and it became one of the must-see gigs of the year.

The band was accompanied by a brass section and a gospel choir with back projections specially created for the event.

The result was a stunning musical and visual triumph and proved, if it needed to be, that Screamadelica is one of the finest albums ever made and that Primal Scream are one of the truly great live bands.

Includes a cd !