There's a certain cosmic humor in the newest Son Volt record following the latest from Wilco by one week.
Both bands have their roots in Uncle Tupelo, but when tensions strained between that group's singers, Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar, Tupelo said, "uncle."
That was 15 years ago. Farrar's Son Volt started out more successful — "Drown" was a minor radio hit — but, in the long run, it's Tweedy's Wilco that's been the one to watch.
Both bands wound up delivering on the artistic and creative reasons Tupelo bagged it — Tweedy was tired of being pigeonholed into the "alt-country" arena while Farrar was content to craft melodic folk.
On American Central Dust, the third platter since Son Volt returned from hiatus in 2005, Farrar and company are said to tone things down from the more experimental The Search, issued in '07.
American Central Dust is Son Volt's sixth album and first for Rounder.
If I Were Really Rich ...
— Against Me!, The Original Cowboy (Fat Wreck) | A collection of demos from the band's second record, As the Eternal Cowboy.
— Maxwell, BLACKsummers'night (Sony) | I'm not the biggest fan, but it's worth noting that this is the neo-soul singer's first slab since 2001's Now.
Also New This Week
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— As You Drown, Reflection (Metal Blade)
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— Berlin, All the Way In (Fuel 200)
— Big D and the Kids Table, Fluent in Stroll (Side One Dummy)
— Bowerbirds, Upper Air (Dead Oceans)
— Broken Records, Until the Earth Begins to Part (4AD)
— Death by Stereo, Death is My Only Friend (Adrenaline)
— Drive By Truckers, Live From Austin, Texas (New West)
— Vicente Fernandez, Necesito de Ti (Sony Int'l)
— Florence and the Machine, Lungs (Island)
— Jeff Garlin, Young & Handsome: A Night With Jeff Garlin (Shout! Factory)
— The Jayhawks, Music From the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology (Sony Legacy)
— Job for a Cowboy, Ruination (Metal Blade)
— Kris Kristofferson, Border Lord/Jesus Was a Capricorn [Package reissue] (Wounded Bird)
— Kris Kristofferson, Spooky Lady's Sideshow/Shake Hands With the Devil [Package reissue] (Wounded Bird)
— Kris Kristofferson, Surreal Thing/Easter Island [Package reissue] (Wounded Bird)
— Kris Kristofferson, Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame/To the Bone [Package reissue] (Wounded Bird)
— LMFAO, Party Rock (Cherry Tree)
— Marcy Playground, Leaving Wonderland ... In a Fit of Rage (Deep South)
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— Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana (Disney)
— Paul Oakenfold, Perfecto: Vegas (Thrive/Red)
— Barack Obama, Days of Hope (Micro Werks)
— Oneida, Rated O (Jagjaguwar)
— Original broadway cast recording, Rock of Ages (New Line)
— Owen, The Seaside EP [EP] (Polyvinyl)
— The Rural Alberta Advantage, Hometowns (Saddle Creek)
— stellastarr*, Civilized (Bloated Wife)
— Suffocation, Blood Oath (Nuclear Blast)
— Tiny Vipers, Life on Earth (Sub Pop)
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— Yo La Tengo, I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One [Vinyl reissue] (Matador)
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