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Out in the UK on Monday

Here's the notable stuff that's out in the UK on Mon Oct 27th...

Singles:

• The View - "5 Rebbecca's" [Vid. New single from Dryburgh 4-piece.]
• Keith - "Up In The Clouds" [Vid. New single from Manchester 4-piece.]
• Razorlight - "Wire To Wire" [Vid. 1st single from their 3rd album.]
• Eugene McGuinness - "Moscow..." [Vid. 1st single from his debut album.]
• Pint Shot Riot - "Holes" [Vid. 2nd single from Midlands 4-piece.]
• Laura Marling - "Night Terror" [Vid. 3rd single from her debut album.]
• New Education - "Today" [Vid. Debut from Stoke On Trent 4-piece.]
• The Operators - "B-Line" [Vid. Debut from Isle Of Wight 4-piece.]
• Team Waterpolo - "So Called Summer" [Vid. Debut from Preston 4-piece.]
• Death of the Neighbourhood - "Cokeholes" [Vid. God-awful 1st single from Stephen Jones (Babybird)'s new rap alias.]

Albums:

Perfect As Cats: A Tribute To the Cure [MySpace. Features The Dandy Warhols, Bat For Lashes, Army Navy, Wolfkin, The Muslims, Lemon Sun, Buddy, Xu Xu Fang, etc.]

Los Campesinos - We're Beautiful, We're Doomed [No vids will be made. 2nd album from Cardiff 7-piece.]

The Airborne Toxic Event - self-titled [Vid. Debut from Los Angeles 5-piece.]

The Wedding Present - How the West Was Won [Vid. 4 CD EPs: "The Thing I Like Best...", "Don't Take Me Home Till I'm Drunk", "Santa Ana Winds", and "Holly Jolly Hollywood."]

Underwhelmed by the new Verve & Oasis? Try The Shore

Were you underwhelmed by the new albums from The Verve and Oasis? Well than I suggest you check out Light Years, the new album from Los Angeles band The Shore.

1. All I See [4:02]
2. Listen To Me [3:28]
3. Showers You With Love [3:25]
4. Wandering Light [3:35]
5. When Tomorrow Comes [4:08 - MP3]
6. Rising Flood [3:54]
7. Gentle Moon [3:34]
8. If Ever You And I Were Lost [4:06]
9. Open Up The Light [4:07]
10. On The Way [3:28]
11. Afterglow [3:18]
12. Lose My Breath [9:15]
13. Slip Away [4:26 - MP3]

The album (the band's 2nd) was released this week, and yes, I think that song-for-song it's better than the new albums from Verve or Oasis. Unfortunately it looks like it's a digital-only release (itunes, napster, eMusic, amazon mp3, Rhapsody, LaLa.com), so let's spread the word on how good it is and perhaps they can get a CD distribution deal as well.

Out in the U.S. on Tuesday

Here's the notable stuff that's out in the U.S. on Tues Oct 21st...

The Dears - Missiles [Vid. Disappointingly weak 4th album.]

Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping [No vid? Their 9th album.]

Plus/Minus - Xs on Your Eyes [MP3. 4th album from NY trio.]

White Lies - "Death" [Vid. Debut EP from the English trio. I'm looking forward to the show in SF.]

Happy Mondays - Call the Cops [Vid. DVD of NY show from 1990.]

UK Chart Report

Here's the notable stuff that entered the UK charts on Sun Oct 19th.

Albums:

• #1 Keane - Perfect Symmetry [Vid. Their third #1 album.]
  

Indie-label album chart:

• nothing of interest

Singles:

• #30 Razorlight - "Wire To Wire" [Vid. On downloads-alone.]
• #81 Keane - "Lovers Are Losing" [Vid. On downloads-alone.]

Indie-label singles chart:

• #6 Lowline - "Sound Of Music" [Live. 2nd single from Manchester 4-piece.]
• #15 Wild Beasts - "Brave..." [Vid. 3rd single from their debut album.]
• #22 The Decemberists - "Valerie Plame" [Vid. 1st in their single-series.]
• #29 The Bishops - "City Lights" [Vid. 3rd single from their debut album.]

Out in the UK on Monday

Here's the good stuff that's out in the UK on Mon Oct 20th...

Singles:

The Last Shaddow Puppets - "My Mistakes Were Made For You" [Vid above. A 3rd perfect single from their album. I can't wait for their LA show.]

Keane - "Lovers Are Losing" [Vid. Quite good 2nd single from their 3rd album.]

And here's the mediocre stuff that's out this week:

• The Dears - "Money Babies" [Vid. 1st single from their 4th album.]
• Bloc Party - "Talons" [Vid. 2nd single from their 3rd album.]
• The Pigeon Detectives - "Say It Like You Mean It" [Vid. 3rd single from their 2nd album.]

Albums:

The Long Blondes - Singles [Collects all of the songs from the band's first four 7" singles. The band just split-up.]