Music Under Fire

There are more albums than you could possibly listen to this year in this week alone, so here's the breakdown on what to check out and put some effort into listening. Obviously with the size of this list we might have missed a group, too, so if we did, please leave a comment.

First off, don't miss what Travis has in store. Ode to J. Smith should not only find your player this week, but we want your feedback since we expect big things. Also from the U.K. is Oasis. I've never been on top of all of their stuff, and the badmouthing I hear via comparisons and the integrity of the band really hasn't helped them catch a clean groove with me. Anything Oasis mandates a gander though.

Next, our indie rockers balancing on the edge of pop and experiental, Pretty & Nice, caught our ears with Pink and Blue's "Fortress" a bit ago and now with their album Get Young the time is ripe for their updated sound to tackle some fascinated future fans. Back once again and hardly skipping a beat is none other than Jay Reatard. Their fun-filled corralling of instruments holds a piece unique and worth checking out.

From Maximo Park's guitarist Duncan Lloyd, is his solo effort Seeing Double, which will no doubt carry a tremendous melody tiered with some almost simply done string strokes (they're not ). Joining Lloyd on the solo release stage, although on a much more mellow momentum are Damon Aaron and Jolie Holland to name a few. If a quicker electronic is your forte, catch Armin van Buuren's (ASOT2008) or Morgan Geist's (Double Night Time) newest.

Other artists of extreme interest include: the well-traveled Deerhoof, a MUF pick of the week Annuals, Eulogies and their newest EP and The Rosebuds. Enjoy this week to the fullest!

(Side Note: Don't you think it is tough to find info on groups with everyday names, such as Car Commercials, Women, Instruments?)

Agathe Max - This Silver String (Official) (MySpace)
Annuals - Such Fun (Official) (MySpace)
Antony & The Johnsons - Another World (Official) (MySpace)
Armin van Buuren - State of Trance 2008 (Official) (MySpace)
Attack! Attack! - Attack! Attack! (Official) (MySpace)
Bella Morte - Beautiful Death (Official) (MySpace)
Cage - Best and Worst of Cage (Official) (MySpace)
Car Commercials - Eric's Diary (Official)
Castanets - City of Refuge (Official) (MySpace)
Catfish - Haven Devastator (Official) (MySpace)
Charlie Pickett - Bar Band Americanus: The Best of Charlie Pickett And (Official) (MySpace)
Crooked Fingers - Forfeit/Fortune (Official) (MySpace)
Crystal Antlers - EP (MySpace)
Curumin - JapanPopShop (MySpace)
Cyne - Pretty Dark Things (Official) (MySpace)
Damon Aaron - Highlands (Official) (MySpace)
Daniel Martin Moore - Stray Age (Official) (MySpace)
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie (Official) (MySpace)
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park (Official) (MySpace)
Duncan Lloyd - Seeing Double (Official)
Earthless - Live at Roadburn (Official) (MySpace)
Elliott Yamin - My Kind of Holiday (MySpace)
Eulogies - Tempted To Do Nothing EP (Official) (MySpace)
Ezra Furman and the Harpoons - Inside The Human Body (Official) (MySpace)
Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life (Official)
Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday (Official) (MySpace)
Gregory & The Hawk - Moenie and Kitchi (Official) (MySpace)
Hauschka - Ferndorf (Official) (MySpace)
Her Space Holiday - XOXO, Panda and The New Kid Revival (Official) (MySpace)
Hot Lava - Lavalogy (Official) (MySpace)
I Am Ghost - Those We Leave Behind (Official) (MySpace)
I Set My Friends on Fire - Those We Leave Behind (Official) (MySpace)
Jake One - White Van Music (MySpace)
Japanese Motors - Japanese Motors (Official)
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08 (Official) (MySpace)
Jolie Holland - The Living and the Dead (Official) (MySpace)
Juana Molina - Un Dia (Official) (MySpace)
Lambchop - OH (ohio) (Official) (MySpace)
Land of Talk - Some Are Lakes (Official) (MySpace)
Laurent Wolf - Wash My World (Official) (MySpace)
Lou Reed - Berlin (Original Soundtrack) (Official) (MySpace)
Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos - Not Animal! (Official) (MySpace)
Marnie Stern - This Is It and I Am It and You Are... (MySpace)
Matt Hires - Live From The Hotel Café EP (MySpace)
Mental Overdrive - You Are Being Manipulated (Official) (MySpace)
Michelle Williams - Unexpected (Official) (MySpace)
Morgan Geist - Double Night Time (Official) (MySpace)
Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom (Official) (MySpace)
New Radiant Storm King - Drinking in the Moonlight (Official) (MySpace)
The Notwist - Boneless 7" (Official) (MySpace)
Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul (Official) (MySpace)
Pretty & Nice - Get Young (Official) (MySpace)
Primeridian - Da Mornin Afta (Official) (MySpace)
Rachael Yamagata - Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart (Official) (MySpace)
Rig 1 - Above the Tree Line West of the Periodic (Official) (MySpace)
Rise Against - Appeal to Reason (Official) (MySpace)
Riverdales - Phase Three (Official) (MySpace)
Robin Guthrie - 3:19 Bande Originale du Film (Official) (MySpace)
The Rosebuds - Life Like (Official) (MySpace)
Sailor - Sailor and Trouble (Official) (MySpace)
Sebastien Tellier - Sexuality (Official) (MySpace)
Skeletons - Money (Official) (MySpace)
Slaraffenland - Sunshine EP (Official) (MySpace)
Spinto Band - Moonwink (Official) (MySpace)
Sun Ra and His Solar Myth Arkestra - Secrets of the Sun (Official) (MySpace)
Team Genius - Team Genius (Official) (MySpace)
Tesla - Forever More (Official) (MySpace)
The Acorn - Tin Fist (Official) (MySpace)
The Datsuns - Head Stunts (Official) (MySpace)
The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent (Official) (MySpace)
The Little Ones - Morning Tide (Official) (MySpace)
The Pretenders - Break Up the Concrete (Official) (MySpace)
The Status - So This Is Progress (MySpace)
The Streets - Everything Is Borrowed (Official) (MySpace)
These Arms Are Snakes - Tail Swallower and Dove (Official) (MySpace)
Travis - Ode to J. Smith (Official) (MySpace)
Women - Women (Official) (MySpace)
Yo! Majesty - Fururistically Speaking…Never Be Afraid (Official) (MySpace)