NEW MUSIC THIS WEEK

*IN-STORES TUESDAY OCT 4, 2011

FEIST
Metals
www.listentofeist.com
Dist: EMI Music Canada

FEIST returns with her highly anticipated new album, METALS. It’s the follow-up to her 2007 breakout The Reminder, which earned her four Grammy nominations, six Juno wins and the opportunity to teach Muppets to count on Sesame Street. Recorded in Big Sur, California and co-produced by longtime collaborators Chilly Gonzales and Mocky. METALS was written over three autumn months in 2010 in a tiny garage behind her house, after a year away from the spotlight. The songs range from low rumbling and moody ambiences to brutal and intense, as if it sonically maps the fog rolling in and the resulting cracking of thunder. Like The Reminder, this album is astoundingly intimate, yet often exuberant; rife with transcendent and unforgettable pop gems.

LIGHTS
Siberia
music.iamlights.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada

When electro-rock sensation Lights first hit the music scene in 2008, she was just a songwriter with a synth and a dream. Her name may have been pluralized but Lights Poxleitner was a one-woman show who played and programmed her own instruments and sang her own lyrics. This admirable self-reliance is rare in pop but after her 2008 self-titled debut EP and gold-selling full-length follow-up The Listening, Lights was ready to open herself up to collaborations on her unexpectedly experimental album Siberia. And by choosing such leftfield collaborators as live electronic outfit Holy Fuck and rising rapper Shad, she also opened up her sound. Lyrically, the album is light years from her last, which was written when the singer, who spent much of her childhood travelling to places like the Philippines and Jamaica with her missionary parents, had left the nest and landed in Toronto. “A lot of those songs came from a sad but hopeful place. I was alone and pondering a lot. I’m a lot more aware of the person I am now and each of these songs is about an experience I’ve gone through,” she says. “This record came from a very happy place.”

NEW FOUND GLORY
Radiosurgery
www.newfoundglory.com
Dist: F.A.B.

New Found Glory vocalist Jordan Pundik may sing “I’m amazed that we’ve made it this far” on the band’s new full-length album Radiosurgery, but that shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who has followed the band’s career trajectory. For the past fourteen years the Coral Spring, Florida, pop-punk act New Found Glory have transcended trends and gimmicks by writing songs from the heart that listeners of all ages can relate, including three gold records under their belts . The band’s latest studio album Radiosurgery sees New Found Glory continuing that journey while simultaneously paying homage to the bands that influenced them to pick up instruments as teenagers. From the Green Day-influenced opener “Radiosurgery” to melodic, upbeat anthems like “Ready, Aim, Fire!” the songs on Radiosurgery sound undeniably like New Found Glory but also have a timeless pop-punk feel that will invariably appeal to both veteran and new fans.

WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS
In The Pit Of The Stomach
wewerepromisedjetpacks.com
Dist: Outside

The approach to recording was markedly different this time around, “We recorded the debut album in 8 days with one short tour under our belts – this time around we spent a full three weeks in the studio recording with [live sound engineer] Andrew Bush and made an album that both captured the sound of our live show and that is strong start to finish.” Peter Katis (Frightened Rabbit, The National) was also on hand for mixing and additional production duties. Armed with the confidence built from their time on the road and firm ideas as to how the new record should sound, ‘In The Pit Of The Stomach’ is emphatically a sustained piece of work full of fiery, muscular and hugely atmospheric epics like (lead single) ‘Medicine’, ‘Picture Of Heath’ and ‘Human Error’ – and an album that impresses with the sheer scale of it’s ambition.

MUTEMATH
Odd Soul
www.mutemath.com
Dist: Warner Music Canada

Odd Soul came together over the course of six months, during which the members of Mutemath -Paul Meany (vocals/keyboards), Roy Mitchell-Cardenas (bass/guitar), and Darren King (drums) -locked themselves down at Meany’s home studio in New Orleans and didn’t emerge until they were ready to play it for others. “The idea of complete isolation was the only thing that appealed to us. No camera guys, no producers, no engineers, no record label people, no management. No one would hear or comment on what we were doing until we were done,” Meany says. “We didn’t want to make blurry music. We set out to record something that was unapologetically us.”

RODNEY ATKINS
Take A Back Road
www.rodneyatkins.com
Dist: Warner Music Canada

For an entertainer with a string of huge hits the likes of “If You’re Going Through Hell,” “Watching You” and “These Are My People,” it is quite the feat to say that the current single, “Take A Back Road” is Rodney Atkins’ most successful single to date. Such is the case indicating that Rodney is set to propel to all new heights with the brand new album of the same title. Take A Back Road features additional stand out tracks including, “Cabin In The Woods,” “The Corner” and “She’s A Girl.”

MAYDAY PARADE
Mayday Parade
www.maydayparade.com
Dist: Warner Music Canada

Mayday Parade’s new self-titled album marks a return to the band’s songwriting roots. The entire album was self-written in a collaborative effort by the five band mates. This 12-song collection transpired through careful introspection and it echoes the musicians’ maturation over the two years since their second album, Anywhere But Here. Because the band chose to pen each of the songs themselves, this album is perhaps their most personal to date, complete with relatable lyrics and their undeniable charm. Mayday Parade first burst onto the scene with their 2007 debut A Lesson in Romantics which received immense praise from critics and fans alike. The band has not slowed down since.


CUFF THE DUKE
Morning Comes
www.myspace.com/cufftheduke
Dist: Universal Music Canada

Cuff the Duke started out in Oshawa before making the move to Toronto in 2002. Their debut album, Life Stories For Minimum Wage was released on Three Gut Records, at the time one of the most exciting indie-labels in Canada. Their second and third albums, Cuff The Duke and Sidelines And The City respectively, were both released on Hardwood Records alongside label mates Basia Bulat and Hayden. Their last album, Way Down Here was co-produced by Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor at his beautiful barn studio in rural Ontario. The new ten-track album Morning Comes was again produced by Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor and is the first part of a two part album. Morning Comes includes single ‘Count On Me’ and an eight minute epic called ‘Bound To Your Own Vices’.

Various Artists
THE LOST NOTEBOOKS OF HANK WILLIAMS
DIst: Sony Music Canada

Egyptian Record’s, Bob Dylan’s imprint, in partnership with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s CMF Records and Columbia Records releases The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams. The album is the long-awaited collection of previously unrecorded Hank Williams lyrics newly set to music and performed for the first time as completed songs by a roster of artists with a musical and spiritual kinship to the archetypal American country music singer-songwriter. Created from writings left behind by country music’s “lovesick blues boy”, The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams premieres the first-ever performances of 12 previously unheard Hank Williams lyric compositions newly set to music by 13 artists whose own sensibilities have been profoundly shaped by Williams.

PAUL MCCARTNEY
Ocean’s Kingdom
www.paulmccartney.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada

The latest project by Sir Paul is his highly anticipated original orchestral score Ocean’s Kingdom recorded with the London Classical Orchestra. Written for the New York City Ballet, this is his first-ever orchestral piece written for the world of dance. The NYCB will premiere this work on Sept. 22, 2011. Paul McCartney is already at home in the world of classical music and this is his fourth album in the genre.

MISFITS
The Devil’s Rain
www.misfits.com
Dist: Sony Music Canada

The band’s last full length CD, 2003’s “Misfits Project 1950,” (an album of punk covers of 50’s classics), debuted on Billboard’s Heatseekers Chart at #2, and Billboard’s Top Independent album chart at #5. Now the Misfits return with their long awaited, first full-length release of all-new, original material in nearly a decade! Rooted in the horror and sci-fi themes their audience craves, “The Devil’s Rain” showcases 16 fiendish, soon-to-be Misfits classics including “Twilight of the Dead”, “Dark Shadows”, “Curse of the Mummy’s Hand” and the title track itself, “The Devil’s Rain”. Produced by Ed Stasium, (who’s credits include the Ramones’ “Road to Ruin” and “Too Tough to Die”, as well as the Misfits’ 1999 release “Famous Monsters”), the album showcases a jaw-dropping, two-panel front/back cover painting featuring the rebirth of the band’s iconic “Fiend” mascot in an epic setting rendered by Arthur Suydam (known for his immensely popular work on the Marvel Zombies series, among others).

ADAM COHEN
Like A Man
www.adamcohen.com
Dist: EMI Music canada

The son of the legendary Leonard Cohen, all his life Adam had sought an artistic space beyond the reach of his father’s looming shadow. “I was never terribly pre-occupied with living up to my family name,” comments Adam: “It was not until I was sitting at the dinner table with my father the left and my two year old son to the right, did I realise that I really wanted to, and I was ready to.” The result of this epiphany is Adam’s new album, Like A Man.

MERLE HAGGARD
Working In Tennessee
merlehaggard.com
Dist: EMI Music Canada

Iconic country music legend, Country Hall of Famer and most recently a Kennedy Center Honoree, MERLE HAGGARD, is releasing a new album, Working in Tennessee. This marks his second disc for Vanguard Records and is a collection of self-penned Haggard riches, plus a couple of classics made famous by Johnny Cash, as well as a new version of Merle’s stalwart “Working Man Blues” featuring Willie Nelson and his son Ben Haggard.

INDIGO GIRLS
Beauty Queen Sister
www.indigogirls.com
Dist: EMI Music Canada

The new album is a stunning 13-song collection featuring the signature storytelling that fans have grown to love, touching on modern-world worries and romanticizing the simplicity of days gone by. Recorded in Nashville, the duo reunited with producer Peter Collins, with whom the Indigo Girls worked on 1992’s Rites of Passage and 1994’s Swamp Ophelia.

SCOTTY MCCREERY
Clear As Day
www.scotty-mccreery.net
Dist: Universal Music Canada

Winner of American Idol Season 10, Scotty McCreery is 17 year-old Country heartthrob, whose deep vocals are compared to the likes of Josh Turner. A record 122.4 million votes were cast following the final performance show — the highest number of votes for any “Idol” season. Scotty is the youngest Idol winner! Scotty made country music history when his debut single, “I Love You This Big,” earned the highest debut for a new artist’s first single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart since at least 1984. The song, which hit the Top 20 country charts, is one of the fastest-rising debut singles for a new country artist in history.

DJ SHADOW
The Less You Know, The Better
djshadow.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada

DJ Shadow returns with his 7th solo and strongest album since Entroducing, The Less You Know The Better. The new album features collaborations with Tom Vek, Little Dragon, and Afrikan Boy. DJ Shadow is an American music producer, DJ and songwriter. He is considered a prominent figure in the development of instrumental hip hop and first gained notice with the release of his highly acclaimed debut album Endtroducing….., which was constructed entirely from samples.

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BRUCE PENINSULA OPEN FLAMES
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DESSA CASTOR, THE TWIN
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ELBOW CAST OF THOUSANDS (DELUXE
ELBOW LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD
ESTHER PHILLIPS PERFORMANCE
FEIST METALS
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GAVIN FRIDAY CATHOLIC
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IFIHADAHIFI NADA SURF+3
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