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[new music roundup] 9.20.11

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some of my favorite new releases this week…

 

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Hysterical

For fans of: Fanfarlo, Alec Ounsworth, The Spinto Band, Handsome Furs, Architecture In Helsinki
Key tracks: Same Mistake, Maniac, Hysterical, Misspent Youth

 

Lisa Hannigan – Passenger


For fans of: Damien Rice, The Cake Sale, The Swell Season, Gemma Hayes
Key tracks: A Sail, Home, O Sleep, Paper House

 

Nurses – Dracula


For fans of: Le Loup, Foreign Born, Here We Go Magic, The Ruby Suns, Megafaun
Key tracks: Fever Dreams, Extra Fast, Trying To Reach You, New Feelings

 

Weekend – Red EP

For fans of: No Joy, Young Prisms, Minks, Tamaryn, The Soft Moon
Key tracks: Hazel, The One You Want, Sweet Sixteen

 

Joseph Gordon-Levitt – hitRECord RECollection Vol. 1

This is a very unique and interesting release…and too difficult for me to sum it up. Visit hitRECord.org for details and more.

2011, music, new music

[new music roundup] 9.13.11

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Lots of new music today, here are a few of my favorite new releases…

Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing

For fans of: Fruit Bats, Deer Tick, Delta Spirit, Dr. Dog

Key tracks: Mission Moon, Love the Way You Walk Away, American Goldwing, Might Find It Cheap

 

Girls – Father Son Holy Ghost

For fans of: Smith Westerns, Parenthetical Girls, Cults, Panda Pear

Key tracks: Love Life, Honey Bunny, Saying I Love You, Vomit

 

The Kooks – Junk of the Heart

For fans of: Arctic Monkeys, The Fratellis, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Wombats

Key tracks: Junk of the Heart (Happy), Is It Me, How’d You Like That, Eskimo Kiss

 

Ladytron – Gravity the Seducer

For fans of: Client, The Knife, Fischerspooner, Goldfrapp

Key tracks: White Elephant, Mirage, Ace of Hz, 90 Degrees

 

Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know

For fans of: Johnny Flynn, Noah and the Whale, Emmy The Great, Slow Cub

Key tracks: Flicker and Fail, Night After Night, All My Rage, Salinas

 

Mates of State – Mountaintops

For fans of: Tilly And The Wall, Rilo Kiley, The Submarines, The New Pornographers

Key tracks: Palamino, Maracas, Sway, Mistakes

 

St. Vincent – Strange Mercy

For fans of: Joanna Newsom, Grizzly Bear, Thao & Mirah, Dirty Projectors

Key tracks: Strange Mercy, Chloe In the Afternoon, Cruel, Year of the Tiger

 

Toro Y Moi – Freaking Out EP

For fans of: Washed Out, Blackbird Blackbird, Beach Fossils, Teen Daze

Key tracks: I Can Get Love, Freaking Out, Sweet

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[new music roundup] 9.6.11

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Some of my favorite new releases for Sep. 6, 2011…

The Drums – Portamento

For Fans of:  Surfer Blood, Two Door Cinema Club, The Vaccines, Foals
Key Tracks: I Don’t Know How To Love, Money, Days, What Your Were, I Need a Doctor

♫ The Drums – I Don’t Know How To Love ♫


The Rapture – In the Grace of Your Love

For Fans of: Holy Ghost!, Friendly Fires, LCD Soundsystem, Cut Copy
Key Tracks: How Deep Is Your Love?, Sail Away, Come Back to Me, In the Grace of Your Love

♫ The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love? ♫


Sleeping in the Aviary – You and Me, Ghost

For Fans of: Icarus Himself, Pale Young Gentlemen, The Taxpayers, The Paper Cranes
Key Tracks: Talking Out of Turn, Someone Loves You, Infatuation

♫ Sleeping in the Aviary – Talking Out of Turn ♫

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New Music Roundup: 6/14/11

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Not as much new music to sift through as last week, but there’s still some very good music being released today that’s worth checking out.  As usual, if your time is limited and you can only check out a handful of today’s new releases, please consider these recommendations.

(in alphabetical order)

Is Tropical – Native To

♫ The Greeks ♫

Key Tracks: The Greeks, Oranges, Think We’re Alone, South Pacific, Seasick Mutiny

For Fans Of: Spokes, !!!, Stereolab, Little Comets, Clinic

Junior Boys – It’s All True

♫ Ep ♫

Key Tracks: EP, You’ll Improve Me, Itchy Fingers, Banana Ripple, A Truly Happy Ending

For Fans Of: Hot Chip, Cut Copy, Gui.tar, Love Nine, Holy Ghost!


Sons and Daughters – Mirror Mirror

♫ Silver Spell ♫

Key Tracks: Silver Spell, Rose Red, Orion, Ink Free, The Beach

For Fans Of: The Long Blondes, The Duke Spirit, Malcolm Middleton, Howling Bells

Vetiver – The Errant Charm

♫ Can’t You Tell ♫

Key Tracks: Can’t You Tell, It’s Beyond Me, Fog Emotion, Worse for Wear, Hard to Break

For Fans Of: Devendra Banhart, The Radio Dept., The Sea and Cake, The Veils, Iron & Wine

Woods – Sun and Shade

♫ Pushing Onlys ♫

Key Tracks: Pushing Onlys, Who Do You Think I Am?, Any Other Day, Say Goodbye, Wouldn’t Waste

For Fans Of: The Fresh & Onlys, Ducktails, Air Waves, Kurt Vile, Real Estate

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New Music Roundup: 6/7/11

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A smorgasbord of new music was released today and the last thing I want to say is that there’s too much.  But if your time is limited and you can only check out a handful of these new releases, please consider these recommendations.

(in alphabetical order)

1. Cults – Cults

Cults – Abducted

Key Tracks: Abducted, Never Heal Myself, Most Wanted, Oh My God, Never Saw the Point
For Fans Of: Tennis, The Raveonettes, The xx, Smith Westerns

2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – It’s a Corporate World

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – Morning Thought

Key Tracks: Morning Thought, We Almost Lost Detroit, Simple Girl, An Ugly Person On a Movie Screen, Nothing But Our Love
For Fans Of: Pepper Rabbit, Bear Hands, Yellow Ostrich, GIVERS

3. Fucked Up – David Comes To Life

Fucked Up – Queen of Hearts

Key Tracks: Queen of Hearts, The Other Shoe, Let Her Rest, Running On Nothing, A Slanted Tone
For Fans Of: Career Suicide, Future Islands, No Age, Weekend

4. GIVERS – In Light

GIVERS – Ceiling of Plankton

Key Tracks: Ceiling of Plankton, Up Up Up, Saw You First, Noche Nada, Atlantic
For Fans Of: Generationals, Portugal the Man, Okkervil River, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Pepper Rabbit

5. The Postelles – The Postelles

The Postelles – White Night

Key Tracks: White Night, 123 Stop, Boy’s Best Friend, Hey Little Sister, Sleep On the Dance Floor
For Fans Of: The Strokes, Buddy Holly, Albert Hammond Jr, Marty McFly and the Starlighters

If you do have extra time at your disposal (ahem, Glenn), you should definitely take a gander at Paste Magazines quite thorough overview of today’s new releases.