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Out in the UK on Monday

Here's the notable stuff that's out in the UK on Mon Sept 22nd...

Singles:

White Lies - "Death" [Vid above. Debut from London band being billed as "the next The Killers". The verses are good but it never climaxes into the great chorus you're expecting. The middle-eight at the 3min mark is quite nice though.]

The Aliens - "Magic Man" [Vid. 1st single from their 2nd album.]

Ladytron - "Runaway" [Vid. 2nd single from their 4th album.]

Albums:

Travis - At The Palace [CD+DVD of Dec '03 London show, includes their cover of "Last Christmas."]

Out in the U.S. on Tuesday

Here's the notable stuff that's out in the U.S. on Tues Sept 16th...

James - Hey Ma [Live vid. Lackluster reunion album. And as for the sleeve, did you notice there's one version with a real gun, one with a toy gun, and this U.S. release has no gun at all.]

Dead Confederate - Wrecking Ball [Vid. Debut from Athens, GA post-grunge band. Big disappointment after "The Rat" was such a good song.]

War Tapes - self-titled [Vid. Debut EP from LA 4-piece.]

And here are the releases that I don't care for, but maybe you will:

• Noah And The Whale - Peaceful... [Vid. Debut from London folk-band.]
• Dressy Bessy - HollerandStomp [Stream. Their 5th album.]
• Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw [EPK. Their 7th album.]
• Mother Mother - O My Heart [Stream. 2nd album from Vancouver boy-girl 5-piece.]

UK Chart Report

Here's the notable stuff that entered the UK charts on Sun Sept 13th...

Albums:

• #2 Glasvegas - self-titled [Vid. Incredible debut from Glasgow 4-piece. Beat to the top spot by freaking Metallica. Yuck.]
• #55 Calexico - Carried To Dust [Vid. 6th album from Tucson band.]
• #96 Emiliana Torrini - Me And Armini [No vid? 5th album from Icelandic singer.]

Indie-label album chart:

• nothing of interest

Singles:

• #1 Kings Of Leon - "Sex On Fire" [Vid. 1st single from their 4th album. They finally land a #1 with this throwaway song? That's weird.]
• #40 Sonny J - "Can't Stop Moving" [Vid. Re-release of 1st single from the DJ's debut album.]
• #41 Sam Beeton - "What You Look For" [Vid. His debut album is out soon.]

Indie-label singles chart:

• #1 Mogwai - "Batcat" [Vid. 1st single from their 6th album.]

Out in the UK on Monday

Here's the notable stuff that's out in the UK on Mon Sept 15th...

Singles:

Travis - "Something Anything" [Vid. Ho-hum 2nd single from their 6th album. It's the first-ever Travis single written by someone other than Fran, Dougie wrote it.]

The Spinto Band - "Summer Grof" [Vid. Quite good 1st single from their 2nd album.]

We Are Scientists - "Impatience" [Vid. 3rd single from their 3rd album.]

The Week That Was - "The Airport Line" [No vid? 1st single from their debut album. This is the new band from Peter from Field Music.]

Albums:

Kris Drever, John McCusker, Roddy Woomble - Before The Ruin [Clips. Features Norman Blake, Phil Selway and more.]

Little Man Tate - Nothing Worth Having Comes Easy [Vid. 2nd album from Yorkshire 5-piece.]

The Coral - Singles Collection [Vid. Also includes a 2nd disc of rarities, demos and live covers from the.]