Here are the New Releases for the week of January 12th, 2010
January 6th, 2010 - Written by sophie—
Happy New Year everyone! The New Frequencies are back and here they are for next week’s upcoming albums, but first a little look on a few things that happened during the holiday season:
Charlotte Gainsbourg – ‘IRM’
Daughter of famous French singer Serge Gainsbourg and actress Jane Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg pulled a brand new record: ‘IRM’, produced by notorious singer/songwriter Beck. It was released in Europe and Canada over the first couple of weeks of December 2009, but will come out in the US and UK on January 26th, 2010. The title track was released as a free download on 9 October 2009. The lead single is “Heaven Can Wait”, a duet with Beck, and was released on 2 November. The music video for “Heaven Can Wait” was directed by Keith Schofield and was released on 19 November 2009. The video for “Heaven Can Wait” was named one of the Top 20 best music videos of 2009 by Spin Magazine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRM_(album)
Ke$ha – ‘Animal’
‘Animal’ is the debut album of American pop singer-songwriter Ke$ha, released January 5, 2010 on RCA Records in the United States. The first single, “Tik Tok” was released to US radio on October 5, 2009. Ke$ha was featured on Flo Rida’s single, “Right Round”. Then it was announced that she had signed with RCA Records through Dr. Luke and was working on her debut album, Animal, which was released on January 5, 2010 in the US. She told DigitalSpy that when it came to her music she wanted to “give people something that brings them joy. There are artists who do more serious acoustic stuff, and I really admire them, but what I want to bring to the table is just fuc*ing fun.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_(Kesha_album)
Goodbye Lhasa De Sela
It is also with great regret that the music scene lost one of its greatest artists this past January st. After 21 months of fighting against breast cancer, Lhasa passed away at her home in Montreal, Canada, leaving her family, friends and thousands of fans worldwide in mourning. If you haven’t discovered Lhasa’s great international talent yet, I certainly encourage you to do so. For more information visit: http://lhasadesela.com/
And now on to the upcoming releases:
Vampire Weekend – ‘Contra’
Contra is the second album by American indie rock band Vampire Weekend. The release of the album is, according to the band’s website, planned to be January 11, 2010 in the UK, and January 12 in the U.S. Just as their eponymous debut album, Contra is being released on XL Recordings. “Horchata” was released as a free download on October 5, 2009 on the band’s website. The first single is “Cousins”, and will be accompanied by a 7″, and a music video. The album was available for streaming on MySpace starting on January 3, 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_(album)
Ok Go – ‘Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky’
‘Of the Blue Colour of the Sky’ is an upcoming third studio album by the band OK Go. The album’s name comes from a book entitled The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight and of the Blue Color of the Sky, about how illness can be cured by blue light. The non-album track “Shooting the Moon” will be included in the Twilight: New Moon movie soundtrack.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_the_Blue_Colour_of_the_Sky
Other Releases:
Ringo Starr – ‘Y Not’
Original Soundtrack – ‘Sherlock Holmes’
King Crimson – ‘Lizard’
O.A.R. – ‘Rain or Shine’ (Live)
Sidewalk Prophets – ‘These Simple Truths’
Omarion – ‘Ollusion’
Katherine McPhee – ‘Unbroken’
DVD:
All Time Low – ‘MTV Unplugged’
Kanye West – ‘VH1 Storytellers’
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