This post was submitted by Zack Rosen

As always, I’ve valiantly taken some time out of my work week to listen to a number of new CDs this week and let you know which are worth your time and which wouldn’t even be suitable for a 1920′s style female contraception aid.

Full list, in descending order of awesomeness, below the fold:

REALLY AWESOME:

Artist: Gossip
Album: Music for Men
Who the hell are they?: Lesbian lead disco/rock/dance fusion powerhouse
Sounds like a combination of: LCD Soundsystem and Robert Plant
For Example: Heavy Cross
Recommended?: Oh god yes. What the hell are you waiting for? Beth Ditto could probably move mountains with he voice.
Release Date: June 23 (digital only.)

Artist: Kleerup
Album: Kleerup
Who the hell are they?: Swedish beatmaster with vocals from the who’s who of swedish singers.
Sounds like a combination of: Royksopp and Abba
For Example: You probably already know his collaboration with Robyn, but 3 a.m (with the lovely Marit Bergman), is pretty fuckin’ awesome too.
Recommended?: Yes, but if you don’t like Royksopp you shouldn’t bother.
Release Date: Already out abroad, July 28th in the states.

Artist: Marit Bergman
Album: The Tear Collector
Who the hell are they?: Aforementioned lovely-voiced Swede.
Sounds like a combination of: Friday Hyvonen and a Disney princess.
For Example: Snow on the 10th of May.
Recommended?: Yes. Marit is, as I said, lovely.
Release Date: Not actually sure. I’ll let you know as soon as I do.

Artist: Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head.
Album: Glistening Pleasure
Who the hell are they?: Hysterically-named Seattle electro-brats.
Sounds like a combination of: Electric 6 and Peaches.
For Example: Me + Yr Daughter
Recommended?: I usually hate bratty electro, but these guys are great. And they sing about art fags. I’m smitten.
Release Date: July, 2008

PRETTY AWESOME

Artist: Lullatone
Album: Songs That Spin in Circles
Who the hell are they?: Hypnotically tranquilizing married couple
Sounds like a combination of: Fredrik and The United Airlines terminal at O’Hare
For Example: A Mobile Over Your Head
Recommended?: For being put to sleep. Seriously. These guys are like Ambien, and they know it.
Release Date: June 9

Artist: Peggy Sue
Album: Lover Gone EP
Who the hell are they?: UK folk-pop group
Sounds like a combination of:
For Example: Lover Gone Beth Orton and Joni Mitchell
Recommended?: For leaving on a jet plane.
Release Date: July 7

Artist: Phil and The Osophers
Album: Paralello
Who the hell are they?: 60′s minded New York band
Sounds like a combination of: Eddie Cochran and The Byrds
For Example: Cheap Livin’
Recommended?: For beach blanket bingo.
Release Date: Damned if I know. Readers?

Artist: Phoenix
Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Who the hell are they?: Airy french popsters
Sounds like a combination of: The Strokes and Air
For Example: 1901
Recommended?: Yes.
Release Date: May 26

Artist: Cast Spells
Album: Bright Works and Batons
Who the hell are they?: Solo Project of Maps & Atlases leader David Davison
Sounds like a combination of: Vampire Weekend and Jack Johnson
For Example: Potted Plant
Recommended?: For if you do give a fuck about the oxford comma, but enough to leave the quad.
Release Date: July

Artist: Children Collide
Album: The Long Now
Who the hell are they?: Hoarse-voiced post punks
Sounds like a combination of: Bush and Talking Heads
For Example: Social Currency
Recommended?: More than I would have first thought.
Release Date: May 26

Artist: The Sounds
Album: Crossing The Rubicon
Who the hell are they?: New Wave reviving sonic Swedes.
Sounds like a combination of: Blondie and CSS
For Example: No One Sleeps When I’m Awake
Recommended?: It won’t change your life, but you’ll be dancing too hard to care.
Release Date: June 2.

NOT AWESOME AT ALL

Artist: Sick of Sarah
Album: The Best Thing EP
Who the hell are they?: Completely inoffensive minneapolis band.
Sounds like a combination of: Better Than Ezra and Poe.
For Example: Bittersweet
Recommended?: Only for it’s wildly untrue album title.
Release Date: June 9th

Artist: Smile, Smile
Album: Blue Roses
Who the hell are they?: “Are-they-married?” boy/girl duo.
Sounds like a combination of: James Blunt and The GooGoo Dolls.
For Example: Sad Song
Recommended?: For mollifying your parents on a car trip.
Release Date: June 2008.TNG

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