Brendan Benson Release Date
Brendan Benson is a US rock musician and songwriter and has been writing and performing since the early ’90s. He is a member of the band The Ranconteurs and since 1996 has released 3 solo albums.
My Old, Familiar Friend is his fourth studio album to be released this month. He started writing for the album in 2007 and gradually all 11 tracks have come together, produced by Gill Norton who is known for his work with bands such as Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen and the Foo Fighters. Brendan will be backed by the Features on some of the tracks.
My Old, Familiar Friend is released through ATO Records on 31st August.
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Noah and the Whale Release Date
British indie-folk band, Noah and the Whale formed in 2006 and are about to release their second studio album, The First Days of Spring.
There will be a standard cd edition and also a deluxe edition featuring the film by the same name. The film trailer is available on the band’s official website. Reviews for the album have been excellent with 4-stars in both Q Magazine and The Guardian who say of the album:
“This is a beautiful album. Moving rather than maudlin, uplifting rather than depressing.”
The band play a whole host of dates around the UK and Europe throughout the autumn and The First Days of Spring is released through Cherrytree Records on 31st August.
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Neil Finn Release Date
The 7 Worlds Collide lineup originally formed in 2001 with the release of a live recording taken from a series of five shows from April 2, 2001 to April 6, 2001 with Neil Finn & Friends. Featured guest musicians were Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Lisa Germano, Sebastian Steinberg, Johnny Marr, Tim Finn, Betchadupa and New Zealand originated musicians and members of Radiohead.
In December of 2008 the 7 Worlds Collide group returned to record a charity album for Oxfam in Neil’s Roundhead Studios and most of the original members featured and were joined by Jeff Tweedy and three other members of Wilco, KT Tunstall, and notable New Zealand songwriters Don McGlashan and Bic Runga. The resulting new album, The Sun Came Out, will be available as a single CD or as a 2CD ‘deluxe’ edition and will be released in the UK on 31st August.
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The Black Crowes Release Date
The US blues/rock band, The Black Crowes have enjoyed a long career as what the music press describe as “The Most Rock ‘n’ Roll Rock ‘n’ Roll Band in the World”. This summer they release their 8th studio album, Before the Frost….Until the Freeze, through Silver Arrow records ahead of their 20th anniversary.
The second part of the album, titled …Until The Freeze, will be available free through a unique download code included in Before The Frost… as a “thank you” to their fans for two decades of continued support. The album was recorded over a series of five nights at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY. Although a studio album, all the new material was performed and recorded in front of an small audience of the band’s fans, making them a part of The Black Crowes musical history.
Before the Frost… features eleven new and unreleased Black Crowes songs including Good Morning Captain, I Ain’t Hiding, and other original songs. The free album …Until The Freeze features eight new original Black Crowes songs plus a cover version of the Stephen Stills classic So Many Times.
A limited edition vinyl release of the album, featuring all 20 tracks, will also be available. Before the Frost….Until the Freeze is released on 31st August.
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Samsung Series 7 7020 32" UE32B7020 LED TV
The ‘Samsung Series 7 7020 32″ UE32B7020 LED TV’ is due to be released on 31 August 2009. The superb television is presented in a Platinum Black finish.
In Samsung’s words “discover a whole new species of television”. The slimness of this soon-to-be-released television is incredible as is the picture and sound quality that it produces. This TV gives stunningly lifelike images that are both smooth and crisp. Samsung have produced a television that is also eco-friendly using LED lights that emit less CO2 to the atmosphere than LCD models. The series 7 has great flexibility and one such feature is the opportunity to access the Internet using widgets.
The superb ‘Samsung Series 7 7020 32″ UE32B7020 LED TV’ is packed full of futuristic features and gives users the ultimate viewing experience. It will be released on 31 August 2009.
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