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Gomez
ATO Records recording artist Gomez has revealed details of its highly anticipated new album, A NEW TIDE. The eagerly awaited collection – the band’s sixth studio outing and follow-up to 2006’s breakthrough HOW WE OPERATE – arrives in stores and at all online retailers on March 31st.
A NEW TIDE marks a return to the always-freewheeling [...]
Brendan Benson : My Old, Familiar Friend
Brendan returns with his fourth solo album. Taking a break from writing, recording, and touring with the Grammy-winning Raconteurs, Benson went into the studio with producer Gil Norton (Pixies, Maximo Park, Foo Fighters, Gomez, etc.) and mixer Dave Sardy (Rolling Stones, LCD Soundsystem, Oasis). The result is a timeless, 11 track [...]
Drive-By Truckers
It seems simplest to understand Patterson Hood as the director and/or producer of low-budget films, which is maybe what he thought he was doing when this all started. Each is released in record album form under the name Drive-By Truckers and features a closely held assortment of friends and combatants.
Ten of those, so far, going [...]
Ben Kweller : Changing Horses
2009 release, an all-analog recording that was tracked to 2″ tape, with limited overdubs. Over the course of his three studio albums, Ben Kweller has become known as a top-shelf purveyor of the powerhouse pop song. But on Changing Horses, the 27-year-old Greenville, TX, native has gone back to his [...]
The Whigs : In The Dark
If you’ve been dying to know when the new Whigs album, In the Dark, is coming out then you’ll be pleased to know it is set to be released March 16th. They were ready to write their new album and had lots of ideas drawn from their time touring and traveling. It [...]
The Whigs
With their stunning third album, IN THE DARK, the Whigs have gone widescreen. Bursting with energy, emotion, and unpredictable experimentation, the Athens, GA-based trio tear open the artistic envelope, bringing both nuance and eclectic strength to songs like “Hundred / Million” and the raucous first single, “Kill Me Carolyne.” IN THE DARK is both [...]
Alberta Cross
More than clever verses and catchy choruses, truly timeless albums offer listeners the keys to another world; they catapult you into another frame of mind and jostle your soul a little bit along the way. Broken Side of Time, Alberta Cross’ ATO Records debut, is one of those albums.
A cathartic, kaleidoscope of influences, from Depeche [...]