New Music Tuesday

New music out today worth checking out:

• Fiction Family - Fiction Family Reunion
• Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite - Get Up!
• Matisyahu - Spark Seeker: Acoustic Sessions
• Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob
• Wake Owl - Wild Country EP
• Trixie Whitley - Fourth Corner

New Release Tuesday

New music out today worth checking out:

• Gym Class Heroes - The Papercut Chronicles II
• David Mead - Dudes
• Jason Reeves - Caged Birds Set Free
• Tegan & Sara - Get Along
• Various Artists - This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday, Vol. 2
  
  

CD REVIEW: Various Artists "Gift Wrapped II: Snowed In"

Back again with another collection of great holiday tunes, Warner Bros. Records has released the second in their series of Christmas compilations. This time The Flaming Lips are back and they are joined by everyone from Devo and the Goo Goo Dolls to indie rockers Everest and Tegan & Sara. Covering the classics and showcasing original holiday tunes is the theme once again, as we are greeted with yet another compilation of holiday songs that is better than most of the holiday music we are forced to listen to in elevators, in shopping malls, and even on our own car radios. Warner Bros. Records has set themselves up to be true purveyors of fine holiday music, and hopefully this will become an annual treat.

CD REVIEW: Tegan & Sara "Sainthood"

Not their most ambitious recording, Tegan and& Sara's newest album "Sainthood" is certainly one of their best. Again produced by Death Cab For Cutie member Chris Walla, the girls up the ante with a more electronic album than in previous efforts. Just as their last was heavy on cutting edge production, Walla pulls not stops in helping to create a sonic masterpiece that is very similar to their critically acclaimed album "The Con." On the first single "Hell," Tegan and Sara recreate the signature sound that has made them popular in the indie scene and now to a wider audience. Their interesting style of harmonization is very unique and only heightened by the fact that they have incredibly similar voices due to the fact they are twin sisters. "Alligator" is probably their best song since "Walking With The Ghost" and is destined to become a signature identifier of their current sound. Other standout songs are "Don't Rush" and "Paperback Head." The girls from the great white north are certainly still at the top of their and continue to make incredibly unique alternative rock, incorporating as much inventive styling as possible.

New Release Tuesday

New music out today that is worth checking out:

• Army Of Me - Make Yourself Naked EP
• Jack Johnson - En Concert
• Rey Fresco - The People
• Tegan & Sara - Sainthood
• Train - Save Me, San Francisco