Written almost entirely by frontman Stuart Murdoch, the new Belle and Sebastian album, their sixth, makes a return to Matador Records and is a magnificently assured and diverse pop record. With nods to influences as diverse Cornelius, Manfred Mann, David Bowie, The Life Pursuit mingles the folky, be-sweatered pathos of their earliest work with joyfully satirical laste-'60s sunshine pop and the sophisticated early '80s-influenced work reminiscent of their prior album, 2003's Dear Catastrophe Waitress.

CD $13.99

Other people also bought:

Cat Power  The Greatest , Love Is All  Nine Times That Same Song, Arctic Monkeys  Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

VINYL FORMAT. Recorded at Memphis, TN's Ardent Studios over the summer by Stuart Sikes, The Greatest while the most confident and life-affirming work of Chan Marshall's career, is as intensely personal, haunting and provocative as any of its predecessors. The album's players are a bona fide All-Star team of Memphis musicians, including Al Green sideman Teenie Hodges on guitar, Leroy "Flick" Hodges and David Smith on bass, Rick Steff on keys, Jim Spake on sax and trumpteer Scott Thompson amongst others.

LP $17.99

Other people also bought:

Tortoise / Bonnie Prince Billy  The Brave and the Bold, Sufjan Stevens  Illinois , The Silver Jews  Tanglewood Numbers

Migala's first full-length release, the much-acclaimed "Diciembre 3am" ('97), was a breath of fresh air to a complacent scene in their native Spain. 1998's "Así Duele un Verano" triggered Migala's discovery in Europe and the U.S. Soon after, Looper's Stuart David championed the band to Sub Pop, which led to the release of their first U.S. single on the Sub Pop Singles Club. Their third full-length, "Arde" ("it burns," in Spanish) was originally released in Spain in 2000 on Acuarela Discos; Sub Pop's July r...   [ read more ]

CD $13.99

Other people also bought:

Owls  Owls, M Ward  End of Amnesia, Aroah  Cuando Termines con Todo, Habrá Terminado Contigo