New Releases - Kings of Leon, Bob Dylan, Mt. Desolation

New releases include the newest update to Bob Dylan's Bootleg Collection and refular stocking filler as well as a new record from Kings of Leon and an alt-country offering from members of Keane.



Mt. Desolation – Mt. Desolation

From the simply beautiful ‘State of Our Affairs’ to the rocky ‘Annie Ford’ this alt-country side-project from Keane members Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin is far from desolate. Channelling Springsteen, Young and Earle, and with guest spots from an esteemed collection of musicians including members of The Killers, Mumford & Sons and Noah and The Whale, the duo have created an album which is both easy to listen to and even easier to enjoy.
--- 8/10



Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown

Kings of Leon take a step sideways for the follow-up to 2008’s Only By The Night. The delightful piano conclusion to album opener ‘The End’ breathed hope only to be smothered by almost everything else on the album. Standout track ‘Back Down South’ is mildly entertaining but comes across more Dixie Chicks than the Lynard Skynard they were probably aiming for.
---5/10



Bob Dylan - The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9)

Over the course of fifty songs, from the famed ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’ and ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ to the lesser-known ‘Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues’ and ‘Guess I'm Doing Fine’, a Bob Dylan in his very early twenties gives a master class in song writing. It’s also nice to hear Dylan so relaxed, interrupting songs to make a note on a botched lyric or to cough, and it is this intimacy which is the real draw. To hear a young Dylan play ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ and ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’’ in such a laid back environment is something special. Simply spectacular.
--- 10/10

Noteworthy upcoming releases;

October 26th - Bryan Ferry - Olympia
November 2nd - Elvis Costello - National Ransom
November 2nd - Brian Eno - Small Craft On a Milk Sea
November 9th - The Tallest Man On Earth - Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird
November 16th - Norah Jones - …Featuring Norah Jones
November 16th - Bruce Springsteen - The Promise (Unreleased songs from Darkness on the Edge of Town)
November 22nd - My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys
November 22nd - Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
December 7th - Duffy - Endlessly