Tag: 2015
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Ida, Will You Find Me, 2000 on Tiger Style.
Ida, Will You Find Me, 2000 on Tiger Style. Re-released byPolyvinyl Records in 2015 on two 45rpm records. I trust the folks at VNYL didn’t know Hurricane Ida was coming in choosing this record for me in July. I always wanted Ida to stand for In Defense of Animals (like @ida_international) and I did see…
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Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, The Traveling Kind, 2015 on Nonesuch
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, The Traveling Kind, 2015 on Nonesuch Second duets album for Harris and Crowell, following after Old Yellow Moon in 2013. This time 6 of the songs are cowrites as well – plus a cover of Lucinda Williams’ “I Just Wanted To See You So Bad” via Barnes and Noble
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Al Green, Let’s Stay Together, 1972 on Hi Records.
Al Green, Let’s Stay Together, 1972 on Hi Records. Mine’s a 2015 reissue by Fat Possum pressed at Memphis Vinyl with lacquers cut at Nashville Record Productions In addition to the title cut, includes How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (by the Bee Gees). Via Rough Trade
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Eels, Royal Albert Hall, 2015 on E Works Records.
Eels, Royal Albert Hall, 2015 on E Works Records. Mine’s missing the DVD but the vinyl is pristine. Great live set Back when last.fm and scribbling were a thing, Eels was my most listened artist, and the shirt I got from seeing them (at the Somerville Theatre in 2008) is still one of my favorites.
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Editors, In Dream, 2015 on Play It Again Sam.
Editors, In Dream, 2015 (Gold Vinyl) on Play It Again Sam. Love Tom Smith’s voice and this direction for the band Also a beautiful pressing & package. Via Record Exhange, Salem MA
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Brandi Carlile, The Firewatcher’s Daughter, 2015 on ATO
Brandi Carlile, The Firewatcher’s Daughter, 2015 on ATO (label founded by Dave Matthews and Coran Capshaw). Another solid 2xLP release from Carlile and the Hanseroth Twins, including Wherever Is Your Heart, Mainstream Kid, and The Eye Via Magnolia Record Club
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John Grant; Grey Tickled, Black Pressure; 2015 on Bella Union / Partisan
John Grant; Grey Tickled, Black Pressure; 2015 on Bella Union / Partisan John Grant is one of my favorites of the 2010s – clever, original songwriting, my favorite male voice since Leonard Cohen, and always some unexpected twists. I think I first heard him on a KEXP podcast – probably GMF from Pale Green Ghosts…
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Steve Earle & the Dukes, Terraplane, 2015 on New West
Steve Earle & the Dukes, Terraplane, 2015 on New West Texas blues from adopted Austinite Earle. Direct from New West
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Mark Ronson, Uptown Special, 2015 on RCA.
Mark Ronson, Uptown Special, 2015 on RCA. The album with Uptown Funk and Leaving Los Feliz Via Barnes & Noble in NH
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Thunderbitch, self-titled, 2015.
Thunderbitch, self-titled, 2015. Self-released debut by a Brittany Howard side project – solid 30 minutes or garage rock Via In Your Ear in Allston
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Madisen Ward & The Mama Bear, Skeleton Crew, 2015 on Glassnote
Madisen Ward & The Mama Bear, Skeleton Crew, 2015 on Glassnote Debut album from a Mother & Son duo from Missouri. Most well known for “Silent Movies” but the whole album is great.
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Shelby Lynne, I Cant Imagine, 2015 on Rounder
Shelby Lynne, I Cant Imagine, 2015 on Rounder Records. Shelby Lynne has a new album coming out 4/17 – this was her last previous solo effort and first on Rounder
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Slim Dunlap, The Old Me / Times Like This, 2015 on New West / Twin Tone.
Bob “Slim” Dunlap replaced Bob Stinson as lead guitarist in The Replacements in 1987 – his 1993 (The Old New Me) and 1996 (Times Like This) albums released on New West Records / Twin Tone in 2015 as a RSD release, proceeds to benefit the Slim Dunlap Foundation (Slim suffered a stroke in 2012). My…
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Ben Folds and yMusic, So There, 2015 on New West.
Ben Folds and yMusic, So There, 2015 on New West. Great double LP pressing, with a Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (with the Nashville Symphony and instrumentals on the D side.