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Tori Amos

Next week Tori Amos will release her twelfth album Night of Hunters.

It will be her first to appear on the classical music Deutsche Grammophon label.

The songs on Night of Hunters are variations and inspirations from various classical music pieces.

Recorded all-acoustically, at times with full orchestra, the album is rich and lush and reflects Tori’s classically-trained piano talent.

“Shattering Sea” (Variation on: Song of the Madwoman on the Sea-Shore, Prelude op. 31 no. 8 by Charles-Valentin Alkan [a 19th century French composer]) is the first track on the album.

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Wild Flag

Wild Flag is a dream indie female supergroup.

Carrie Brownstein (vocals/guitar) and Janet Weiss (drums) were formerly in Sleater-Kinney.

Mary Timony (vocals/guitar) was the leader of Helium and Rebecca Cole (keyboards) a member of the cult band The Minders.

Their eponymously titled debut album is available on Tuesday filled with dissonant voices and discordant guitars.

“Romance” is the lead track.

Noel Gallagher

Unofficially summer has ended and now the fall season is upon us, once again with an abundance of new music.

Let’s begin our daily offering with a new song that has recently surfaced from the solo project of Noel Gallagher, the true talent and maestro of the Oasis.

From the forthcoming album Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, the love song “If I Had a Gun”.

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Best Coast

I associate summer with Best Coast. Last year’s “Boyfriend” helped define the summer of 2010.

This year we have we have “Gone Again” featured here in June.

Now Bethany and company give us “How They Want Me to Be”, a new song that she says will probably be re-recorded and included on the second album. Free download as well.

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Plus, I’ve included the Drew Barrymore video for the song “Our Deal”.

Feist

Feist, the Canadian singer/songwriter, has readied her album, Metals, for release in September.

This is be her fourth studio album and her first since 2007’s award-winning The Reminder which included the smash hit “1234”.

Leslie Feist, born and raised in Canada, actually has duo Canadian/American citizenship as her father is American.

“How Come You Never Go There” is the first single from Metals.

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Is This It

It’s been ten years since The Strokes album, Is This It, debuted.

This seminal record catapulted New York City once again to the forefront of rock ‘n’ roll, something we hadn’t experienced since the early days of punk.

Stereogum has compiled a free tribute album celebrating Is This It, featuring such bands as Peter Bjorn and John, Real Estate, Owen Pallett, and the Morning Benders.

Like most tribute albums, the covers are hit or miss, versions of favorite songs worthy of deep praise or intense resentment.

I particularly like Frankie Rose’s rendition of “Soma”.

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Lollapalooza 2011/Beirut

It’s Lollapalooza weekend in Chicago.

Perry Farrell’s vision is now 2O years old.

As usual the lineup is impressive and Spin is offering a free download of 14 of the performing bands such as Lykke Li, Foster the People, Black Lips, Titus Andronicus, the Mountain Goats and Ratatat.

Beirut, the Balkan folk indie-rock band from Santa Fe, led by Zach Condon, is included as well.

“East Harlem” is from Beirut’s recently released third album, The Rip Tide.

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