All David, No Goliath

I must say that while I'm okay with special limited editions of album releases, what I don't like is when they come out months and months after the initial release. So is the case with David Bridie's Succumb album from last year. A deluxe edition was released on March 13th. It comes with a slightly altered cover and a bonus CD of six extra tracks from the Succumb sessions. Tracks are;

1. Going Out With The Enemy (Hicks Mix)
   
2. This Year Is Better Than Last Year (Nostradamus Mix)
   
3. Too Much Superstition
   
4. Tourniquet
   
5. Black Swans
   
6. The Healing
   

If you don't feel like shelling out lots of cash for another CD copy of the album, the extra tracks are available from iTunes and two of the songs are on David's website as free MP3 downloads.

And speaking of free MP3 downloads, the band My Friend the Chocolate Cake that David plays in also has some MP3 downloads of b-sides and alternate mixes from their last work Home Improvements. The tracks are as follows and can be downloaded from the MFTCC website;

1. The Weather Coast (Mix 5)
   
2. That Eye, The Sky
   
3. Seek (Happyland Mix)
   
4. Drone
   

A Guru By Any Other Name

A 7" single that came out at the end of 2008 that I just heard about was "St. Peters Infirmary" by The Persian Rugs. The Rugs are essentially the Australian group The Hoodoo Gurus (well, 3/4s of them) under a pseudonym. Or you could call it a side project. Whatever. The sound is very similar to the Gurus stuff, only there is much more a predilection for sixties garage rock here, complete with Dave Faulkner playing Farfisa organ instead of guitar. The single's b-side is a tune called "What's a Girl Supposed to Do?" and the single was released by German label Screaming Apple Records.

Continents and Coffee

Australian group The Church are getting set to release their twenty-thrid (or thereabouts) record, appropriately titled Untitled #23. Preceding its release they are putting out a couple of EPs (I'd actually call one of them a single and the other an EP). Between the two, which contain seven tracks in total, only one song will be on the new record. The Coffee Hounds EP contains the following tracks; How Easy It All Is (Coffee Song), Hounds of Love, and How Easy It All Is (Coffee Song) instrumental. "Hounds of Love" is actually a Kate Bush cover. The Pangaea EP contains the first single from the record, the title cut, and the following tracks; L.L.C., Insanity, and So Love May Find Us. The last cut is a fifteen minute epic. Both EPs can be found in CD form from online shops and The Churh's own merch shop. Digital downloads are also available from a new record label from Chapel Hill, North Carolina called Second Motion, that also has artists like Swervedriver, Tommy Keene, and Daniel Lanois.

Coloring Party

King Khan and BBQ have put out a new 7" single on the Fat Possum label called Animal Party. The a-side song is the title cut and the b-side is "God of Raisins." The single is a little pricier than usual and is eight dollars. But, the extra charge is because the single comes complete with a King Khan & BBQ Show coloring book. Apparently you could even enter a coloring book contest with your handywork, but I guess I've already missed the deadline on that. For those who just want to hear the music, the MP3s of the single are available through eMusic for quite a bit less cost.