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December 25, 2007
New Album Releases, 12-25-2007: White Stripes, Radiohead, Nick Lowe BEST SONGS OF 2007 I don't think there are really any actual new releases this Tuesday, for starters on grounds that no one's going to be open absolutely on Christmas day. The nearest thing to a new listing is the Radiohead album In Rainbows. It was premiered some weeks ago, allowing fans to download the album from their official website for whatever they wanted to pay. An actual physical CD release is listed here for today, though Amazon lists a release date for next Tuesday - New Year's Day. In any case, it is the #13 current seller at Amazon.
For some reason, the White Stripes June album release is re-listed here. As a leading advocate of White Stripes Nation though, that's plenty good enough reason for me to feature this album again. Besides being a harbinger of the upcoming violent overthrow of the tottering US governmental regime ("Conquest" and "Icky Thump"), Icky Thump is hands down the best album of the year. It's as good a songwriting as our Dear Leader Jack White has ever done, the best production and arrangements, and a quantum leap in fancy guitar playing. In that regard, the hellfire raining from his guitar in the "Catch Hell Blues" makes a particularly potent warning to those who oppose the historical inevitability of Jack White's ascension. I'm just saying, this record is really good.
Here's the listing of this week's new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Aesop Rock None Shall Pass Definitive Jux Underground Rap, Alternative Rap
Antibalas Security Anti Afro-Beat, Funk
Battles Mirrored Warp Experimental Rock, Neo-Prog, Post-Rock/Experimental, Math Rock
Caribou Andorra Merge Indie Electronic, Shoegaze, Noise Pop, Dream Pop
Keyshia Cole Just Like You Geffen Urban, Contemporary R&B
Dinosaur Jr. Beyond Fat Possum American Underground, Indie Rock, Noise Pop
Gogol Bordello Super Taranta! Side One Dummy Gypsy, Punk Revival, Alternative Pop/Rock, Obscuro
PJ Harvey White Chalk Island Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
Richard Hawley Lady's Bridge Mute Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Roots Rock, Pop, Rockabilly, Rock & Roll
Jay-Z American Gangster Roc-A-Fella Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap, Gangsta Rap, Pop-Rap
Joan as Police Woman Real Life [Bonus Disc] Cheap Lullaby Indie Electronic, Indie Rock
LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver Capitol/DFA Indie Electronic, Alternative Dance, Indie Rock
Nick Lowe At My Age Yep Roc Singer/Songwriter, Americana, Country-Rock
M.I.A. Kala Interscope Alternative Dance, Club/Dance, Hip-Hop
Original Soundtrack Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Columbia Comedy Rock, Film Music, Traditional Country, Rock & Roll
Brad Paisley 5th Gear Arista Nashville Contemporary Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country
Panda Bear Person Pitch Paw Tracks Experimental Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental
Pelican City of Echoes Hydra Head Post-Rock/Experimental, Instrumental Rock
Queens of the Stone Age Era Vulgaris Interscope Stoner Metal, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Radiohead In Rainbows Radiohead Alternative Pop/Rock, Experimental Rock
Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad Def Jam Dance-Pop, Urban
Nick Lowe 