Record Releases - November 30, 2010

Here's what comes out this week:

Nov-30-10	Dreams - TBD	Kill Shaman
Nov-30-10	Florence and the Machine - KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic 10"	Universal Republic
Nov-30-10	Kisses - The Heart of the Nightlife	This is Music
Nov-30-10	Ladytron - Ace of Hz	Nettwerk
Nov-30-10	Laurel Halo - King Felix	Hippos in Tanks
Nov-30-10	Simian Mobile Disco - Delicacies	Delicacies
Nov-30-10	Sonny Smith - 100 Records Volume Two	I Miss Turn Up
Nov-30-10	The 1900s - Return of the Century	Parasol Records

Record Releases - November 23, 2010

Here's what's out this week. It's pretty barren for new releases during the holidays. Stuff marked * might be good:

Nov-22-10	Girls - Broken Dreams Club*	True Panther
Nov-22-10	Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam
Nov-23-10	Barn Owl & The Infinite String Ensemble - The Headlands	Important
Nov-23-10	Eleh - Radiant Vibrations	Important
Nov-23-10	Eleh/Ellen Fullman - Split	Important
Nov-23-10	Gentleman Jesse & His Men - Got The Wrong Man b/w Stufforn Ghost 7"	HoZac
Nov-23-10	Girls Names | Brilliant - I Lose / You Win 7"	Slumberland
Nov-23-10	Group Doueh - Beatte Harab	Sublime Frequencies
Nov-23-10	MF Doom - Special Herbs Box - Vol. 0-9	Nature Sounds
Nov-23-10	Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday	Young Money
Nov-23-10	Reading Rainbow - Prism Eyes	HoZac
Nov-23-10	Royal Baths - 7" EP	HoZac
Nov-23-10	The Happy Thoughts - The Happy Thoughts	HoZac
Nov-23-10	Yuck - Georgia 7"	Fat Possum

This Weekend in Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

It's not even Thanksgiving, and we already have a show booked for May. Check out all the new additions over at the SHOWcal. Here's what you can see in the coming week:

	Friday, November 19, 7:00pm		Ezra Furman & the Harpoons @ Kingsbury Hall
	Friday, November 19, 8:00pm		Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti/Os Mutantes @ Metro
	Friday, November 19, 9:00pm		DJ Shadow @ Park West
	Saturday, November 20, 7:00pm		Josh Carter (Smoking Popes) @ Schubas
	Saturday, November 20, 8:00pm		Nitzer Ebb @ Double Door
	Sunday, November 21, 7:00pm		No Age @ Lincoln Hall
	Sunday, November 21, 7:30pm		KT Turnstall @ Vic
	Tuesday, November 23, 7:00pm		Wold Parade @ House of Blues
	Tuesday, November 23, 8:00pm		The Frames @ Vic

Record Releases - November 16, 2010

Here's what drops today. Stuff marked * should be good:

Nov-16-10	Brave Irene - Brave Irene 12"	Slumberland
Nov-16-10	Bruce Springsteen - The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story (Box Set)	Columbia
Nov-16-10	D'Eon - Palinopsia	Hippos in Tanks
Nov-16-10	Deerhoof/Physical Forms - Hoofdriver 7"*	Polyvinyl
Nov-16-10	Dum Dum Girls - Bhang Bhang, I'm A Burnout 7"*	Slumberland
Nov-16-10	Expo '70 - Sonic Messenger	Beta-Lactam Ring
Nov-16-10	Faun Fables - Lighe of a Vaster Darke	Drag City
Nov-16-10	Japandroids - Heavenward Grand Prix 7"*	Polyvinyl
Nov-16-10	Matthew Dear - You Put a Smell On Me	Ghostly International
Nov-16-10	Pan American - Fore Waiting, For Chasing	Kranky
Nov-16-10	Pigeons - Liasons	Soft Abuse
Nov-16-10	Rhianna - Loud	Def Jam
Nov-16-10	Sharon Van Etten - I'm Giving Up on You	Polyvinyl
Nov-16-10	Stereolab - Not Music	Drag City
Nov-16-10	The Russian Futurists - the Weight's on the Wheels	Upper Class
Nov-16-10	The Shipping News - One Less Heartless to Fear	Karate Body

This Weekend in Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

Wu Tang added to the SHOWcal, and not much else. So, suck on what you can see this week instead:

	Saturday, November 13, 6:00pm		Robyn @ Metro
	Saturday, November 13, 10:00pm		The Blow @ Empty Bottle
	Sunday, November 14, 7:00pm		Surfer Blood/The Drums @ Lincoln Hall
	Sunday, November 14, 9:00pm		Dan Deacon @ Hideout
	Monday, November 15, 8:00pm		Ezra Furman (solo acoustic) @ Schubas
	Monday, November 15, 9:30pm		Small Black @ Empty Bottle
	Tuesday, November 16, 9:00pm		Shearwter @ Lincoln Hall
	Wednesday, November 17, 6:00pm		Suicidal Tendencies @ Metro
	Wednesday, November 17, 8:00pm		Dresden Dolls @ Vic
	Wednesday, November 17, 9:00pm		Delorean @ Lincoln Hall
	Wednesday, November 17, 9:30pm		Maserati @ Empty Bottle

Record Releases - November 9, 2010

Here's what drops today. Stuff marked * should be good:

Nov-06-10	Bjorn Torske - Kokning	Smalltown Supersound
Nov-06-10	Expo '70 - Sonic Messenger	Beta-Lactam Ring
Nov-09-10	Botany - Feeling Today EP	Western Vinyl
Nov-09-10	Cee Lo Green - Lady Killer*	Atlantic
Nov-09-10	Fenn O'Berg - Live in Japan Part One and Live in Japan Part Two	Editions Mego
Nov-09-10	Fern Knight - Castings	VHF
Nov-09-10	Gregory and the Hawk - Leche	FatCat
Nov-09-10	Justine & The Victorian Punks - Beautiful Dreamer / Still You 12"	DFA
Nov-09-10	Le Sins - Lina 23"	Carpark
Nov-09-10	Maserati - Pyramid of the Sun*	Temporary Residence Ltd.
Nov-09-10	Meca Normal - Malachi 7"	K Records
Nov-09-10	Minks - TBD LP	Captured Tracks
Nov-09-10	Nadja - Bodycage	Broken Spine
Nov-09-10	Nightlands - Forget the Mantra	Secretly Canadian
Nov-09-10	Orange Juice - Coals to Newcastle	Domino
Nov-09-10	Parting Gifts - Strychnine Dandelions	In The Red
Nov-09-10	Phil Wilson - God Bless Jim Kennedy	Slumberland
Nov-09-10	Saroos - See Me Not	Anticon
Nov-09-10	Shigeto - Full Circle	Ghostly International
Nov-09-10	Soft Circle - Shore Obsessed	PPM
Nov-09-10	Soft Moon - TBD LP	Captured Tracks
Nov-09-10	Supersilent - Supersilent 10	Rune Grammofon
Nov-09-10	Supersilent - Supersilent 11	Rune Grammofon
Nov-09-10	The Big Pink - Tapes	!K7
Nov-09-10	The Concretes - WYWH	Friendly Fire
Nov-09-10	The Greenhornes - ****	Third Man
Nov-09-10	The Orb and Youth - Impossible Oddities	Year Zero
Nov-09-10	The Tallest Man on Earth - Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird*	Dead Oceans
Nov-09-10	Tobacco - LA UTI EP	Anticon
Nov-09-10	Tyvek - Nothing Fits	In The Red
Nov-09-10	Weekend - Sports	Slumberland
Nov-09-10	Woolfy - The Looking Glass 12"	DFA
Nov-09-10	Wyatt/Atzmon/Stephen - For the Ghosts	Domino

This Weekend In Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

More NYE shows added to the SHOWcal this week. If you're smart, though, you'll see many of the same bands the night before or after for 1/2 the cost. Spend the money you save on booze to make you pretend you're having fun on NYE, the dumbest holiday ever invented. Here's what you can see this weekend and next week:

         Friday, November 5, 8:00pm Ponys @ Bottom Lounge

Friday, November 5, 10:30pm Smith Westerns @ Lincoln Hall
Sunday, November 7, 7:00pm Danzig @ Congress Theatre
Monday, November 8, 8:00pm Ezra Furman (solo acoustic) @ Schubas
Tuesday, November 9, 7:30pm Kate Nash @ Vic
Tuesday, November 9, 8:00pm Joy Formidable @ Schubas

Record Releases - November 2, 2010

Here's what's available this week. Stuff marked * should be good:

Nov-02-10	Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea*	Warp
Nov-02-10	Destroyer - Archer on the Beach b/w Grief Point 12"*	Merge
Nov-02-10	Diplo - Blow Your Head Volume 1: Diplo Presents Dubstep*	Mad Decent
Nov-02-10	Elliott Smith - An Introduction to Elliott Smith*	Kill Rock Stars
Nov-02-10	Feeling of Love - OK Judge Revivial (repress)	Kill Shaman
Nov-02-10	Games - That We Can Play	Hippos in Tanks
Nov-02-10	Horse Feathers - Drain You 7"	Kill Rock Stars
Nov-02-10	Koen Holtkamp - Gravity/Bees	Thrill Jockey
Nov-02-10	Matt and Kim - Sidewalks*	FADER
Nov-02-10	Movie Star Junkies - TBD	Kill Shaman
Nov-02-10	N.E.R.D. - Nothing*	Star Trak/Interscope
Nov-02-10	Sharon Kraus - The Woody Nightshade	Strange Attractors
Nov-02-10	Sharp Ends - Sharp Ends	Kill Shaman
Nov-02-10	The 1900s - Return of the Century*	Parasol
Nov-02-10	Weezer - Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition Reissue)*	Geffen/Ume