New York City's Vampire Weekend made a huge impact on the indie music scene in early 2008 with the release of their self-titled debut album. Seamlessly blending afro-pop with indie rock, they return with 'Contra', a record bursting with a refreshing enthusiasm for experimentation, forward thinking and, above all, talent. Surf guitar is scattered around the record, while single 'Cousins' shows off the bands liking for up-tempo quirkiness and clever lyrics.

 

 

2010 is the 10th Anniversary of Ian Dury's passing and in what will be a big year for his music, a soundtrack for a generation of a certain age(!), the year begins with the release of this essential collection of his best known and biggest recordings.
This new collection features 20 recordings, including "What A Waste", "Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)", "I Want To Be Straight", as well as the No. 1 "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" and the title track to the forthcoming film "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll"...the album also features extended versions of `Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3) and a hard to find `Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick'.
Ian Dury was a fascinating character and a unique Artist who gave the English language modern-day clichés in the
aptly named album title `Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' and `Reasons To Be Cheerful'. His fans include Sir Paul McCartney, Madness and Robbie Williams.
Now the subject of the critically acclaimed biopic `Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll' starring Andy Serkis as Ian Dury, the film focuses on his personal relationships during his rise to fame, as well as how he dealt with and overcame his disability.
It is hard to believe that it is ten years since Ian Dury passed-away but this new collection serves as a timely reminder as to how great his songs were and how the recordings have stood the test of time.... 30 years on!

 

 

 

 

End Times is American rock band Eels eighth studio album since forming in 1996 with debut Beautiful Freak. Lead singer Mark Oliver Everett, better known as 'E', produced the album, recording primarily on a 4-track recorder. Contemporary cartoonist Adrian Tomine lent his hand to the album's cover art. Includes the single "Little Bird".

 

 

 

Disc: 1  

1. The Beginning  

2. Gone Man  

3. In My Younger Days  

4. Mansions of Los Feliz  

5. A Line In The Dirt  

6. End Times  

7. Apple Trees

8. Paradise Blues  

9. Nowadays  

10. Unhinged  

11. High And Lonesome  

12. I Need A Mother  

13. Little Bird  

14. On My Feet  

Disc: 2  

1. Some Friend  

2. Walking Cloud  

3. $200 Tattoo  

4. The Man Who Didn't Know He'd Lost His Mind  

 

 

 

Waking Up is the second UK album from Grammy-nominated US rock-pop band OneRepublic, following on from their platinum-selling debut Dreaming Out Loud. Waking Up was recorded in the band's hometown of Denver and finds the band at their most epic, with more grand pop songs from songwriter Ryan Tedder (whose other writing credits include Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Leona Lewis and Kelly Clarkson). Includes the single "All The Right Moves".
 

 

 

 

 

Spirit of the Glen: The Ultimate Collection collects together a selection of some of the finest recordings so far by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Highlights from the previous albums by this famous pipes and drums band include the 1972 single "Amazing Grace", along with "Time to Say Goodbye" and "Last of the Mohicans". Three brand new tracks also feature: "Band of Brothers", "Queen of My Heart" and "Jurassic Park Theme".

 

 

 

 

 

1. Amazing Grace 2007
2. Sailing
3. Abide With Me 2008  

4. Band of Brothers  

5. Canon  

6. Time to Say Goodbye (Con te Partirò)

7. Braveheart

8. Auld Lang Syne

9. Queen of My Heart
10. Highland Cathedral

11. Last of The Mohicans
12. Scottish Medley  

13. Jurassic Park  

14. Celtic Medley

15. Journey to The Line

16. My Heart Will Go On

This seventh album from the Portland, OR indie-folk singer songwriter is the follow-up to 2007's 'Saltbreakers' and sees her moving back to cult UK indie label Bella Union after three albums for Nonesuch. Named for a variety of peach, it'sa more stripped-down, folky affair performed primarily by Veirs herself and featuring a variety of "oddball tunings". Recorded in the barn behind her house with her long-time producer Tucker Martine, it includes vocal contributions from Jim James of My Morning Jacket.

 

 

 

 

 

Irm, the album from Charlotte Gainsbourg was co-written and produced in the summer of 2009 by Beck. Aside from being the daughter of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, Charlotte is a renowned musician and actress in her own right, having won the Best Actress Award at Cannes this year for her role in Lars Von Trier's controversial "Antichrist". Irm is the follow-up to 2006's collaboration with Air, Nigel Godrich and Jarvis Cocker; 5.55, which sold over 500,000 copies worldwide, and features the duet with Beck "Heaven Can Wait".
The limited CD + DVD set is a three-panel digipak with a deluxe 28-page booklet, features a 14th unreleased track "Looking Glass Blues" and video documentaries (live and studio sessions, interviews, clips and making of).

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Master's Hands  

2. IRM  

3. Le Chat Du Café Des Artistes  

4. In The End  

5. Heaven Can Wait  

6. Me and Jane Doe  

7. Vanities  

 

 

8. Time Of The Assassins  

9. Trick Pony  

10. Greenwich Mean time  

11. Dandelion  

12. Voyage  

13. The Collector  

14. Looking Glass Blues (Bonus Track)  

 

Back To Love is Beth Nielsen Chapman's first mainstream pop album in six years. It features eleven new songs written by the multi-talented singer-songwriter, including co-writes with Michael McDonald (Doobie Brothers), Darrell Scott, Danny Flowers (Tulsa Time), Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) and her close friend and hit songwriting partner Annie Roboff.