Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted.
Alice Bag
RELEASE: Blueprint
BACKSTORY: Alice Bag, leader of the scene-defining late-’70s Los Angeles punk group The Bags, returns with her second full-length solo LP featuring guest turns by Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna and Allison Wolfe of Bratmobile.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, iTunes
Guided By Voices
RELEASE: Space Gun
BACKSTORY: Robert Pollard and his latest iteration of Guided By Voice release a new album this week featuring tracks such as “Colonel Paper,” “King Flute,” “Sport Component National” and “I Love Kangaroos.”
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, iTunes
The Messthetics
RELEASE: The Messthetics
BACKSTORY: Fugazi’s rhythm section of Brendan Canty and Joe Lally reunite for the first time since that band went on hiatus in 2002, teaming up with experimental jazz guitarist Anthony Pirog for an instrumental record.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, iTunes
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- This week’s new releases: Expanded reissues from The Alarm, new Yo La Tengo album
- This week’s new releases: David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia,’ plus new Erasure, Ministry
- This week’s new releases: Breeders, Buffalo Tom, Pet Shop Boys, Art of Noise and more
- This week’s new releases: David Bowie and Felt reissues, plus Altered Images box set
Tom Waits reissues due Friday (first seven albums).