Albums added in August: 12,936

Featured Selections

Blümchen, Best Of (33)

A fantastic double-album collecting Blümchen’s hits from the happy hardcore of Herzfrequenz to the sophisticated dance-pop of Die Welt Gehört Dir, plus numerous remixes.
[ed. note: Under the revised album credits system, this is an even better bargain - 33 tracks as a 12-credit album.]

Nina Deli, Bricolage (6)

A MySpace discovery, Nina produces hushed post-triphop atmospheric balladry.

Hybrid, Soundsystem 01 (15+12)

Despite being a mix collection featuring numerous high-profile electronic beat artists (Trentemøller, Sasha, Spooky) the composition and prevailing mood frame a much quieter, downtempo, emotive experience anchored by film composers like Harry Gregson-Williams (Kingdom of Heaven, Man on Fire) and John Murphy (28 Days Later, Sunshine).

Ra Ra Riot, The Rhumb Line (10)

Debut album by act often described as a cross between Arcade Fire’s majestic scoring and Vampire Weekend’s jittery pop. Includes their cover of Kate Bush’s “Suspended in Gaffa.”

See Also

Amber, No More Tears (7)

The Archies, Bubble Gum Friends (27)

Archon Satani, Mind of Flesh & Bones (5)

Emilie Autumn, Opheliac (20)
-, 4 O’Clock EP (9)

Blümchen,
-, Verliebt (12)
-, Verliebt – The Fanedition (14)

George Carlin, Early Comedy Dayz (7)

Alice Cooper, Along Came a Spider (11)

Gigi D’Agostino, Suono Libero (17+23)

Vanessa Daou, Zipless (10)
-, Slow to Burn (11)
-, Plutonium Glow (14)
-, Head Music (9)
-, Make You Love (12)

Durutti Column, Treatise on the Steppenwolf (14)

Elsiane, Hybrid (11)

Extreme, Saudades De Rock (13)

Fila Brazilia, The Life and Times of Phoebus Brumal (14)

Fragile Porcelain Mice, The Best of Modern Rock (16)

Gescom, Key nell (4)
-, ISS:SA (5)

Juliana Hatfield, How to Walk Aawy (10)

Head Like A Kite, No Ordinary Caveman (6)

Inanna, Day Ov Torment (9)

Jack Off Jill, Sexless Demons and Scars (14)

Milou Largo, Entre Le Monde Et Moi (18)

Mira, Eve Dönmeliyim (13)

Monkey (Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett), Journey to the West (22)

Ennio Morricone, Malena (18)
-, Il Fantasma Dell’Opera (15)

Motorhead, Motorizer (11)

Jennifer O’Connor, Here With Me (12)

Outta Control, Sinful Wishes (11)

Plastic Bertrand, Plastic Bertrand (19)

The Polyphonic Spree, Live from Austin TX (9)

Speaking Silence, Insides (13)

Steve Roach, Empetus (9+2)

Stray Cats, Hollywood Blues (15)

Sunscreem, O3 (13)

Matthew Sweet, Sunshine Lies (13)

System 7, Golden Section (10)

This Ascension, Walk Softly A Dream Lies Here (9)
-, Light and Shade (9)
-, Tears in Rain (9)

Emiliana Torrini, Me and Armini (2)

Brian Tyler, Bug score (15)

Vidna Obamana/Sam Rosenthal, Terrace of Memories (5)

The Walkmen, You & Me (14)

various, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (19)

Free

The Postmarks, By the Numbers – 8 (1)

various, Over a Dozen Flavors (14)

Spoken Word

H. Jacoby, Phantom of the Opera – The Radio Broadcast of 1943 (4)

Tribute Corner

Barnicle, I Kissed a Girl (1)

Down in June, Covers Death In June (14)

Pickin’ On, Biggest Hits of the 1980s Vol 1 (15)

Scala & Kolacny Brothers, It All Leads To This (15)

Star 13, I’m Afraid of Americans (1)

Studio All Stars, Metallica – Chill Out (11)
-, Evanescence – Chill Out (11)

Vitamin Dub, Dub Tribute to Linkin Park (10)

Vitamin String Quartet, Tribute to Guitar Hero (15)

Voices of Pop, Renditions of Kate Bush (16)

Value

Attrition, This Death House… (2)

Steve Roach, immersion:three (3)