New Frequencies

Here are the New Frequencies for the week of  March 9th, 2010–

Gorillaz – ‘Plastic Beach’

‘Plastic Beach’ is the third studio album by the virtual band Gorillaz, released in March 2010. The album features guest performances by Snoop Dogg, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Kano, Bashy, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Gruff Rhys, De La Soul, Little Dragon, Mark E. Smith, Lou Reed, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, sinfonia ViVA and The Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music.  The album features the single “Stylo”.  On 1 March 2010, NPR debuted the entire album via streaming. Later on in the day, the album also become available for streaming at Guardian.co.uk.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Beach

Broken Bells – ‘Broken Bells’

‘Broken Bells’ is the self-titled debut album from James Mercer of indie rock band The Shins and producer and multi-instrumentalist Brian Burton, due to be released on March 9, 2010. The album was leaked to internet file-sharing sites on December 22, 2009. The first single from the album, The High Road, was offered as a free download from the band’s website on December 21, 2009 before being officially released on December 22, 2009.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Bells_(album)

Other Releases:

Four Year Strong – ‘Enemy of the World’
Portugal The Man – ‘American Ghetto’
Ludacris – ‘Battles of the Sexes’
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – ‘Beat the Devil’s Tattoo’
Alberta Cross – ‘Broken Side of Time’
Demon Hunter – ‘The World Is a Thorn’
Liars – ‘Sisterworld’
Titus Andronicus – ‘Monitor’
jj – ‘jj no 3’
The Morning Benders – ‘Big Echo’

DVD:

Ben Harper and The Relentless7 – ‘Live From The Montreal International Jazz Festival’ (CD/DVD)

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