[Friday On The Turntable] Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence

Welcome to this week's Friday On The Turntable feature! For those of you that follow my blog on Facebook, you'll recall that each Friday I post a featured record that I'm currently enjoying. To enhance the experience, I've been filming short videos - discussing a brief history of the record, my favorite tracks and what it means to me. The video is embedded below - and don't forget to subscribe to my youtube channel here.

Lana Del Rey's 'Ultraviolence' has been getting a ton of play on my turntable - since it's release a couple of weeks ago. Check out my video below where I discuss the album in depth, highlight my favorite tracks, and show off the US vinyl edition.

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The Best Albums of 2014... so far

So, here we are at mid-year, and it's time to recognize some of the excellent releases that have come out in the first half of 2014. As always, I've enlisted the help of some of my friends to provide some additional insight and coverage of the wide musical spectrum. I look forward to hearing your thoughts and opinions, so feel free to leave some feedback (and even your own lists) in the comments section below - or interact at the Life On This Planet Facebook Page. Click on an album cover to purchase - or investigate a release further. Okay, let's get started. - Bret

Bret Helm

Life On This Planet Blog, The band Audra

Marissa Nadler - July
Future Islands - Singles
Sun Kil Moon - Benji

Royksopp & Robyn - Do It Again

James - La Petite Mort

Peter Murphy - Lion

Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence

Looking forward to:

Morrissey - World Peace Is None Of Your Business (July 15th)

Sinead O'Connor - I'm Not Bossy, I'm The Boss (August 12th)

Zola Jesus - Taiga (October 7th)

Sarah Quarrie

Nashville, TN

Sharon Van Etten - Are We There

Hamilton Leithauser - Black Hours

Future Islands - Singles

Coves - Soft Friday (import only, US release on 09/02)

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness

Warpaint - s/t

Wye Oak - Shriek
Eagulls - s/t

Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else

Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence

Looking forward to:

DIIV

Twin Shadow

James Buttery

Melbourne, Australia

Mogwai - Rave Tapes

Sun Kil Moon - Benji

Neneh Cherry - Blank Project

BadBadNotGood - III

Swans - To Be Kind

Warpaint - s/t

Ben Watt - Hendra

Looking forward to:

Morrissey - World Peace Is None Of Your Business (July 15th)

Interpol - El Pintor (September 9th)

Dream Pop Jesse

Mesa, AZ

Craft Spells - Nausea

Papercuts - Life Among The Savages

Fear of Men - Loom

The Horrors - Luminous

Peter Murphy - Lion

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Days of Abandon

First Aid Kit - Stay Gold

Phantogram - Voices

The Antlers - Familiars

Looking forward to:

Interpol - El Pintor (September 9th)

Jason Barton

Phoenix, AZ | Audra

Jose James - While You Were Sleeping

Triptykon - Melana Chasmata

Peter Murphy - Lion

Alcest - Shelter

Mayhem - Esoteric Warfare

Swans - To Be Kind

Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

The Durutti Column - Chronicle XL

Jaymz Todd

Phoenix, AZ

The Afghan Whigs - Do To The Beast

Ava Luna - Electric Ballroom

De Lux - Voyage

Future Islands - Singles

Alcest - Shelter

Strand of Oaks - Heal

Hunterchild - s/t

Looking forward to:

D'Angelo (if & when it happens)

Self EP

Spoon - They Want My Soul (August 5th)

Zola Jesus - Taiga (October 7th)

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Planet Rotations #145

In the age of digital music, we tend to skip through albums, listening to one or two tracks - missing some of the deeper cuts that may be brilliant. I am a big fan of the album format, and love to experience the entire collection the way the artist intended. Listening to one or two songs is like randomly reading a few chapters of a book and expecting to understand the completed work. Like any music lover, I love to share what I'm listening to and discover some new things from friends. Here's my playlist for this week. Please put your lists in the comments below, or interact on Facebook or Twitter.

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