I’ve known about Bishop Allen for as long as I’ve been running this blog, but for some reason or another I just have never listened to any of their records. I’m sure I would enjoy their material, and maybe in some other parallel universe I’m praising them just like everyone else, but I guess I’m just waiting for someone to put one of their albums on my lap to listen to.

Well, I may not be on the B.A. bandwagon, but there are some other releases this week that I can certainly get behind. A few of those including Anni Rossi’s Rockwell (crappy cover not withstanding), Madeline’s White Flag, Mirah’s (a)spera, Handsome Furs’ Face Control, and Elvis Perkins’ Elvis Perkins in Dearland.

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