New Album Releases, 3-13-2007: The Roches, Graham Parker, Uncle Earl

This week we get Moonswept, the first proper new album in over a decade from the Roche sisters, Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy. Ten of the fourteen songs are new Roche sister compositions. They are a highly under appreciated act, particularly the awesome eponymous album. They've written some outstanding songs, but most especially there's nothing else like their unique family vocal harmonies.

Don't Tell Columbus is the latest from Graham Parker, one of the original apostles of the English 70s punk/new wave reformation movement. He's well past his artistic prime, but he can still squeeze off a sharp song now and again. Anyway, it's just good to see him still looking healthy and pissed off.

Here's the complete list of this week's major new releases, courtesy AMG:

The Fratellis Costello Music Fallout/Drop The Gun/Island
Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock

Metheny Mehldau Quartet Quartet Nonesuch
Fusion, Post-Bop, Modern Creative

Musiq Soulchild Luvanmusiq Atlantic
Neo-Soul, Urban, Contemporary R&B

The Roches Moonswept 429
Contemporary Folk, Alternative Folk, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Progressive Folk, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Folk-Rock

Neil Young Live at Massey Hall 1971 [CD/DVD] Reprise
Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock

Agnostic Front/Discipline Working Class Heroes Knockout
Punk Metal, Hardcore Punk

Buddy Alan Owens The Best of Buddy Alan Owens [Sundazed] Sundazed
Bakersfield Sound, Country-Pop

Aqualung Memory Man Columbia
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Auto Interiors Let's Agree to Deceive Our Best Friends Rykodisc
Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Garage Rock, Psychedelic

The Buckaroos The Best of the Buckaroos Sundazed
Bakersfield Sound, Country-Pop, Honky Tonk

Canned Heat/Henry Vestine Human Condition Revisited/I Used to Be Mad! (But Now I'm Half Crazy) SPV
Boogie Rock, Blues-Rock, Modern Electric Blues

Yue Deng Claus Ogermann: Works for Violin & Piano Decca
Contemporary Chamber Music

Dokken From Conception: Live 1981 Rhino
Pop-Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Arena Rock, Hair Metal

Fats Domino Sentimental Journey: Live at the University of New Orleans SPV
New Orleans R&B, Rock & Roll, R&B

Mitch Easter Dynamico Electric Devil
Jangle Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop, College Rock

8ball & MJG Ridin High Bad Boy
Dirty South, Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap

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