]> http://vueweekly.com/music New Album and other Recording Reviews weblog en meaghan@vueweekly.com Copyright 2012 2012-05-30T21:17:05+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/here_on_a_wire http://vueweekly.com/music/story/here_on_a_wire#When:21:17:05Z With the release of her debut full-length album, Here on a Wire, it's clear Jenny Berkel is determined to make a lasting impression. New Sounds 2012-05-30T21:17:05+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/monnos http://vueweekly.com/music/story/monnos#When:21:15:04Z British doom metallers Conan offer up the band's first LP on a bed of heavy, full-bodied drone. New Sounds 2012-05-30T21:15:04+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/is http://vueweekly.com/music/story/is#When:21:11:59Z Hey Ocean! can't be accused of being boring or repetitive with its new album IS, a 16-song collection of tracks rich with radio-friendly melodies, with folk, rock and a little jazz thrown into the mix. New Sounds 2012-05-30T21:11:59+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/hope_in_dirt_city http://vueweekly.com/music/story/hope_in_dirt_city#When:21:09:45Z Roland Pemberton has come a long way since "Oliver Square," but Hope in Dirt City is, at heart, imbued with just as much Edmonton as that first song. New Sounds 2012-05-30T21:09:45+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/the_pilgrimage http://vueweekly.com/music/story/the_pilgrimage#When:15:39:39Z In Greek myth the Mares of Diomedes were known to be savage, wild and magnificent. New Sounds 2012-05-24T15:39:39+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/my_head_is_an_animal http://vueweekly.com/music/story/my_head_is_an_animal#When:21:50:44Z A six-piece hailing from Garðabær, Iceland and winners of a countrywide battle of the bands competition in 2010, Of Monsters and Men splits the difference between Edward Sharpe and the Arcade Fire, which is to say not much difference at all: the band makes big, sweeping singalongs sung with unabashed joy through jangling echoes of guitar, sweety-pie boy-girl harmonies and a thick stack of oh-whoa-oh-type choruses,  from the opening uplift of "Dirty Paws" right through to the gentle drum march closer of "Yellow Light. New Sounds 2012-05-02T21:50:44+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/everything_changes http://vueweekly.com/music/story/everything_changes#When:21:47:54Z Harvest Breeddraws on the classics like Townes Van Zandt, Grateful Dead and the Band for a mellow yet complex mix of tunes. New Sounds 2012-05-02T21:47:54+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/the_money_store http://vueweekly.com/music/story/the_money_store#When:21:42:16Z Right from opener "Get Got"—which sounds like a Die Antwoord track crafted with skill instead of novelty weirdness—Death Grips' The Money Store goes about carving a strange rap odyssey with aggressive gusto. New Sounds 2012-05-02T21:42:16+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/this_machine http://vueweekly.com/music/story/this_machine#When:21:38:22Z Back in 2011, when This Machine was still in development, Dandy Warhols frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor announced the album's title would be Shitty Shitty Band Band. New Sounds 2012-05-02T21:38:22+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/live_at_the_us_festival http://vueweekly.com/music/story/live_at_the_us_festival#When:21:27:44Z There's a brief moment in the DVD that accompanies Quiet Riot's Live! At the US Festival where singer Kevin Dubrow, decked out in a rainbow tank top and red spandex pants and Cons, lifts guitarist Carlos Cavazo onto his shoulders during the band's biggest number, "Cum on Feel the Noize. New Sounds 2012-03-21T21:27:44+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/the_other_side http://vueweekly.com/music/story/the_other_side#When:21:23:14Z The sophomore release from Toronto singer-songwriter Melissa Lauren is a collection of jazz and blues reminiscent of bygone eras, all infused with a modern flare with doses of Latin and folk thrown in for good measure. New Sounds 2012-03-21T21:23:14+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/ex_lives http://vueweekly.com/music/story/ex_lives#When:21:21:33Z Three years after New Junk Aesthetic, Every Time I Die has unleashed Ex Lives, an album that serves up a rowdy good time with blistering guitar riffs, chaotic vocals and the signature metalcore style ETID has become known for. New Sounds 2012-03-21T21:21:33+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/aint_aint_aint http://vueweekly.com/music/story/aint_aint_aint#When:17:09:19Z Tim Fite's final installment to his "Ain't" trilogy is the result of four years of cutting and pasting musical samples into song collages. New Sounds 2012-03-15T17:09:19+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/prisoner http://vueweekly.com/music/story/prisoner#When:17:07:37Z Prisoner doesn't make the best first impression, with its opening track being a strange mashup of pipe organ, a frantic baseline and operatic vocals that all seem like they're fighting for the spotlight. New Sounds 2012-03-15T17:07:37+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/little_mountain http://vueweekly.com/music/story/little_mountain#When:17:06:36Z Said the Whale builds on the momentum achieved with 2009's Islands Disappear, turning in a 15-track collection of feel-good folk-rock. New Sounds 2012-03-15T17:06:36+00:00 http://vueweekly.com/music/story/possession http://vueweekly.com/music/story/possession#When:17:03:55Z Christian Mistress is another band to deliver a solid contribution to the resurgence in the traditional heavy metal sound. New Sounds 2012-03-15T17:03:55+00:00