Working at a college radio station is awesome. I love getting first dibs on upcomming music every week. This week, I'm insanely excited to get Andrew Bird's new album, "Armchair Apocrypha." I'm excited not only because Bird is one of my personal favorites, but because the album dosn't come out until March 20. After listening to it, I can tell you its the most stunning album I've heard so far this year. Working with Martin Dosh and Haley Bonar, this album builds on his previous masterpiece "...And the Mysterious Production of Eggs." If you buy one album in March that's not the Arcade Fire, make it this one.
Andrew Bird - Heretics
Andrew Bird - Simple X
Blonde Redhead have a new album comming out soon as well. The title track is starting to make its round on the blogs, and it's pretty good.
Blonde Redhead - 23
Finally, something I can't believe I havn't mentioned yet. If you havn't heard already, I'm very excited to announce that Kill Rock Stars will be releasing a collection of unreleased Elliott Smith tracks on May 8. Titled "New Moon," the album is comprised of unreleased tracks Elliott recorded during his time with the label, when he made "Elliott Smith" and "Either/Or." As a big fan of Elliott's I've heard a lot of the 24 tracks featured on this two-disc collection. Though most of the tracks have been taken down for KRS, check out The Elliott Smith B-Sides site for, well, B-sides and demos.
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