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Posted at 10:08 PM on March 6, 2007 by Mark Wheat (3 Comments)

On a Tuesday night I like to check the new releases of those old formats called cd albums,
just for old times sake. A particularly good batch tonight from;
!!!, Maria Taylor, Albert Hammond Jr. Son Volt, RJD2, Gruff Rhys (a Super Furry Animal)
The Last Town Chorus, The Cinematics and....Arcade Fire.

The reviews seem to be good for Arcade Fire so far, even garnering a full article in the New York Times magazine at the weekend. I'm glad the kneejerk backlash doesn't seem to be happening and we might have another case of indie darlings going mainstrem?!?! Are we changing the stream?! The numbers of mainstream cds being sold is dwindling, but The Shins made it to #2 on Billboard's chart in their first week, so let's try to make 'Neon Bible' #1, wouldn't that be bizarre?!?!
And if you like the exuberant AF sound try another record that was re-issued today ;
'Black Sheep Boy' from Okkervil River, they are going to be down at SXSW and perhaps will get more attention for this record than they did last year when it first came out, it deserves it.

Comments (3)

And if you needed more reason to bend an ear to Okkervil River, frontman Will Sheff used to be a Twin Cities resident before moving down to Austin to and starting that band... but it doesn't really sound like he had a good time here.

Posted by Brett Baldwin | March 7, 2007 8:36 AM

You always have a great show, but I think the extended review of the Arcade Fire's new album last night with three different DJ's was a little too much. No, on second thought it was too much. I had to turn off the radio because you were beginning to ruin the album for me through your on air overanalyzation of it. Otherwise, keep up the good work.

Posted by Bill | March 7, 2007 9:05 AM

I do hope Okkervil River get a little more attention. They're such an emotive band, and given all the Arcade Fire hoopla (did I just say hoopla?), it seems that people are into and really craving emotive music. Perhaps it's a little backlash, or pendulum swing, from the emotionally-distanced indie sound of the last decade. We're all turning into a bunch of sentimental slobs, and I find it thrilling and ripe with possibility.

Posted by Jacquie Fuller | March 7, 2007 11:23 AM

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