Richard Hawley - Richard Hawley

2007 re-issue of the debut mini-album from the British singer/songwriter who was then best known as the guitarist in Longpigs and touring guitarist with Pulp. Originally issued in 2001, this self-titled release now includes five bonus tracks: 'Caned', 'Cheap Spanish Whine', 'Sick Pay', 'Troublesome Waters' and 'Aran Loop'. Since this album's original release, Hawley has become one of the most beloved of UK songwriters (and one of the most in-demand musicians behind the scenes). 12 tracks in all. Setanta.
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1994's Out Of Range , quite possibly the finest of Ani DiFranco's many albums, finds the outspoken Buffalo, New York-based singer-songwriter moving away from the explicit political statements of her earlier records. Here she further explores the more autobiographical terrain of this album's immediate predecessor, PUDDLE DIVE, while also expanding on that album's tentative steps into a full-band sound.

Although Out Of Range still contains several voice-and-guitar pieces, Andy Stochansky's drumming and percussion are better integrated. Keyboards and horns also make guest appearances. Overall, the intimate, not-quite-lo-fi album sounds not unlike Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE, a fact that probably helped trend-sniffing music journalists finally notice DiFranco-four years and six albums into her career. The astonishingly good songwriting, particularly on the stirring "Face Up and Sing" and the winsome "The Diner," undoubtedly helped as well. This is one of the '90s finest singer-songwriter albums.

Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You

"Baby, Come Over (This Is Our Night)" was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award For Best Remixed Recording.

Samantha Mumba is ostensibly an R&B singer, but a close inspection of her debut disc Gotta Tell You reveals some ideas that extend beyond generic R&B production. "Body II Body" is constructed around samples from David Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes," and there's talk of "biorythms" and "spiritual attraction" amid the overwhelming carnality. "Baby Come Over" is pure pop, with a well-honed hook that could have come straight off a Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera album. "Lately" contains some undeniable gospel overtones, as well as orchestral backing. At the same time, there's plenty of solid R&B to found here, but there's enough stylistic variety to keep things from ever getting too monochromatic.

Nick Cave - and the Ass Saw the Angel

Cave's reading is very careful and deliberate, his voice reverberating and very occasionally verging on singing. Each of the read excerpts features minimal backing: the first with a stately, morose piano and harmonica; the second sports a sick, barreling barroom piano; and the third and fourth are less music and more the creepy chattering of rasping metal. The theater music is mostly instrumental, the only vocals are provided by Katy Beale on "Cosey's Lullaby" and "Beth's Sleepy River." It varies from the fairly straight-forward, if monumentally grim, intonation of tracks like "Sleepy River Piano" and "Sanctum" to the ambient industrial rattle of "Pa's Traps" and the genuinely distressing "Euchrid on the Run," with a stop along the way at sinister gospel (see "Angels"). A must for Cave fanatics, and the Ass Saw the Angel makes perfect accompaniment to reading the novel.

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Just as the first two volumes in the Read and Burn series of EPs foreshadowed the triumphant reunion of Wire's original members on 2003's SEND album, so Read and Burn 03 offered hints of the band's subsequent full-length. While the earlier Read and Burns were full of in-your-face attitude a la Wire's classic debut album, PINK FLAG, 03 is a much more textured, low-key, arty affair seeming to suggest that the band's next release will be along the more refined lines of the second Wire album, Chairs Missing. Across the four tracks, a bed of moody, layered guitars and percussion supports vocals that are alternately spoken and intoned like prayers in a Latin mass. Ultimately, it's a statement to the continuing vitality of the reformed, 21st century Wire.

The Go Team - the Wrath of Marcie

Japanese exclusive release to commemorate their 2007 visit to Japan. This collection includes UK single-cuts, Live recordings, remixes (featuring Conelius) & more! Also comes with an enhanced video for 'Wrath Of Marcie'. Avex.

Iron and Wine - the Shepherd's Dog

Since his first album in 2002, Iron & Wine mastermind Sam Beam has remained consistent in both the quality and the general approach of his songwriting, but his production techniques have expanded gradually outward with each release. If the aforementioned, unadorned debut was Beam's Meet The Beatles, Shepherd's Dog is undoubtedly his SGT. PEPPER. It bears full-blown kaleidoscopic arrangements that utilize Eastern tonalities, a panoply of effects, atmospheric textures, and exotic percussion; the results can only be called psychedelic folk, but Shepherd's Dog, with its carefully crafted tunes and backing, bears little relation to the usual psych-folk suspects. While fans of Animal Collective et al., will be able to relate, the album owes more to the great art-folk singer-songwriter recordings of the late '60s/early '70s.