AOIFE O’DONOVAN In The Magic Hour (Yep Roc) produced by Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, Neko Case) and out Jan. 22, 2016 via Yep Roc Records — is a 10-song album full of the singer’s honeyed vocals mixed with gauzy, frictionless sounds: splashing cymbals, airy harmonies, the leisurely baritone musings of an electric guitar. Written in the wake of O’Donovan’s grandfather’s death, “In the Magic Hour” is her most introspective effort yet, an aching exploration of memory and mortality. ***Btw: Her first name is pronounced “EE-fah”.*** aoifeodonovan.com
SAVAGES Adore Life (Matador) Savages are a London-based post-punk revival rock band, formed in 2011 and this is their second album, Adore Life, was recorded at RAK Studios, London in April 2015. Johnny Hostile was the producer and Richard Woodcraft the engineer. Anders Trentemøller took care of the mixing in Copenhagen. savagesband.com
SHEARWATER Jet Plane and Oxbow (Sub Pop) Shearwater is an American indie rock band from Austin, Texas, led by multi-instrumentalist and lead singer Jonathan Meiburg, a singer-songwriter and ornithologist. The band’s music is notable for its imagery based in nature, cerebral yet intimate melodic songs, as well as Meiburg’s vocals. The band’s upcoming record, due on Sub Pop in early 2016, will be called Jet Plane and Oxbow.Frequent collaborator, producer Danny Reisch, worked on the album, as did composer Brian Reitzell, Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner, drummer Cully Symington, Howard Draper, and regular band members Jesca Hoop, Lucas Oswald, and Abram Shook. shearwatermusic.com
TY SEGALL Emotional Mugger (Drag City) In November 2015, Segall announced a new studio album, Emotional Mugger, by sending a VHS tape to Pitchfork.Subsequently a website was also created www.emotionalmugger.com, that features a short video of Ty Segall explaining the concept of emotional mugging, a video of Segall and his band wearing baby masks playing a live version of a song from the new album, a video introducing The Muggers, and offered a hot line number to call as well. That number being 1-800-281-2968, it features a brief message from Ty. Emotional Mugger is Segall’s eighth studio album. ty-segall.com
Also Available The Week Of January22
BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY Pond Scum (Drag City)
CHAIRLIFT Moth (Columbia)
ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER New View (French Kiss Records)
ERIC BRACE & PETER COOPER C&O Canal (Red Beet Records)
FAT WHITE FAMILY Songs For Our Mothers (Fat Possum)
JOHN CALE Music For A New Society (Domino)
MATT FLINNER TRIO Traveling Roots (Compass)
MYSTERY JETS Curve of the Earth (6th studio album) (Caroline International)
SANTIGOLD 99¢ (Atlantic)
THE BESNARD LAKES A Coliseum Complex Museum (Jagjaguwar)
THE BY GODS Get On Feelings (Blecch Records)
THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS You’re Dreaming (Red House)
THE HIGH LLAMAS Here Come The Rattling Trees (Drag City)
TINDERSTICKS The Waiting Room (independent)
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