Summer's gone by

I've been away from this blog for too long so let me review what I've been listening to over the summer months. Dead Oceans releases have been really good this year and I have had The Explorers Club and The Donkeys in regular rotation as well as The Evangelicals, this months featured band. The Explorers Club's Freedom Wind came out on 5-20 and The Donkey's Living on the Other Side was released on 9-9. Spiritualized latest, Songs in A & E was released on 5-26 through Spaceman Records and is everything we have come to expect from Jason Pierce, in short, another fantastic record. The Old 97's Blame it on Gravity came out on 5-13 and is another great release in their lengthy portfolio. Not released anytime recently but something I've been listening too alot (thanks to NPR) is Karen Dalton's In My Own Time. A 60's era lost gem which is absolutely worth revisiting now. Another band that I came across this summer which is great (and I owe them an album review) is The Sumner Brothers. Their album now self-titled has been released online on 9-19 and is absolutely worth picking up. Its sort-of a dirty country blues sound from Canada that sounds like it should be outta the back woods of Kentucky. That's it for now I suppose, I'm looking forward to catching the Mountain Goats again at the Bluebird on 10-17 and the Evangelicals will be coming through the Hi-Dive that same week on the 14th.