Weekend Recommendations (5/10/08)

Cale’s Recommendations

My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges

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This summer is going to be huge for music.  Naturally, I’ve been spending the last week combing over all the greatness due to release soon.  In the next month alone, we’ll see releases from Death Cab for Cutie, Mates of State, Ladytron, My Brightest Diamond, and of course, My Morning Jacket.  Their new album, Evil Urges, is absolutely ridiculous.  For the most part, it stays true to their southern rock roots, but there are other times when the music is so WTF-inducing that you can’t help but have the widest grin imaginable.  Get it.

Death Cab for Cutie:  Narrow Stairs

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My Brightest Diamond:  A Thousand Shark’s Teeth

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Erin’s Recommendations

John Mayer:  Try! John Mayer Trio Live in Concert

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What I love about this album is that John Mayer’s talent is simply overwhelming. His blues influences and style help to make this live album a pleasant listening experience as opposed to just another “recorded concert”. It is a great album with a ton of good songs and a really awesome cover of “I Got A Woman”. If you didn’t think John Mayer was talented before, you’re sure to see the magic now!

John Mayer:  Room for Squares

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The Beach Boys:  Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys

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Video of the Week – Week 69

Ladies and gentlemen, I’ll only get one chance, just one chance to post some seedy, inappropriate video for Video of the Week – Week 69.  But I’m going to rise above that and just post the first single to one of my most anticipated albums of 2008.  It may not be as exhilarating, but it’ll do (pig).

“I Will Possess Your Heart” by Death Cab for Cutie, from the upcoming album, Narrow Stairs.

(The Heroic Return Of…) Go News Go – The Weekly News Recap!

Back after what feels like ages, it’s the heroic return of Go News Go!; the one feature of Audio Overflow that virtually no one bothers to read. You can thank me later.

• St. Vincent (and others) Live at CMJ.
• Joanna Newsom is on her way to Austin as part of a brief orchestral tour.
• Stars (and others) Live at CMJ.
• Bits and pieces of information about a Radiohead tour that isn’t confirmed yet. Wait, what?
• Dan Deacon (and others) Live at CMJ.
• Neko Case reissues on the way.
• If at all possible, avoid these places.
• Of Montreal Live FLAC + their new blog.
• 10th Anniversary Zaireeka Party in Dallas! YAY!
• Chris Walla spills about Homeland Security and the new Death Cab album.

In site news, this Monday, October 22, I will launch an all new feature on Audio Overflow that showcases up and coming bands that you may or may not have heard of. Where will I find said bands? MySpace, of course! So tune in Monday for the Monday MySpace Band Feature where I will review all streaming tracks on their page, give you links and information, and maybe even get in a few words with the band. It will be an interesting failure feature to read.

That’s all for this week!