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This week's releases: 7 April 2008

The Courteeners

The Courteeners

Album and single releases in the UK this week

This week finally sees the release of The Courteeners' debut album 'St. Jude'.

This week's NME cover stars are among a host of releases which also include new albums from The Long Blondes, James and The Rolling Stones' live album 'Shine A Light', taken from the forthcoming documentary of the same name.

On the singles front, there's new releases from Foo Fighters, Black Kids and The White Stripes:

UK album releases:

The Courteeners - 'St. Jude'
The Long Blondes - 'Couples'
James - 'Hey Ma'
The Rolling Stones - 'Shine A Light'
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts L-iv
Breeders - 'Mountain Battles'
Meatloaf - '3 Bats Live'
Jim Noir - 'Jim Noir'
Clinic - 'Do It'
Tapes And Tapes - 'Walk It Off'


UK single releases:

Foo Fighters - 'Cheer Up Boys Your Make Up Is Running'
The White Stripes - 'Conquista'
Blood Red Shoes - 'Say Something, Say Anything'
Black Kids - 'I'm Not Gonna Teach You're Boyfriend How To Dance With You'
Forward Russia - 'Breaking Standing'
Elliot Minor - 'Parallel Worlds'
Scouting For Girls - 'Heartbeat'
Fragma - 'Toca's Miracle 2008'
Holy Fuck - 'Lovely Allen'
Lionheart Brothers - 'Bring It Down'

Comments (5)

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airguitarsuperstar 

Apr 7, 2008

I quite like the Black Kids track, Blood Red Shoes have wicked tracks anyway, so that is no excepetion. 1 WEEK TILL THE KOOKS NEW ALBUM!!!! WOOP!

nahnahnah 

Apr 7, 2008

Nice to see the nme is suckered by the pr's every time.

Holi-x 

Apr 8, 2008

The Courteeners - St. Jude is a wicked album! It's mostly about relationships, probably based on true events. Its even better live :)!

kim08 

Apr 11, 2008

i cant wait to buy St. Jude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx i love the courteeners!!!

AdamSection 

Apr 17, 2008

New Kooks album is M.O.R. claptrap, such a disappointment after their mind-blowing debut.

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