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[new music roundup] 5.15.12

A few of my favorite new releases, including the highly anticipated releases from Beach House and Best Coast.  As always, be sure to visit Largehearted Boy for a whole lot more of this week’s new releases.

Beach House//Bloom
Myth
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Best Coast//The Only Place
The Only Place
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Craft Spells//Gallery EP
Leave My Shadow
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Japandroids//The House That Heaven Built
The House That Heaven Built (via soundcloud)
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Plushgun//Me.Me.
Waste Away
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What are your favorite new releases this week?

[anticipation] Beach House//Bloom

We Listen For You puts it best “Beach House is doing that thing where they only make amazing songs.”

After dropping the oh-so-good “Myth” last month, Beach House have followed it up with the release of “Lazuli” .  Both tracks are super good (i still enjoy “Myth” a bit more) and I can’t wait for hear the rest of Bloom, which is Beach House’s upcoming LP Bloom is shaping up to be one 2012’s best.

“Lazuli” will be featured on a special Record Store Day release this Saturday (4.21.12).  Bloom is due out May 15th via Sub Pop.

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[on repeat] Beach House//Myth

Beach House just dropped “Myth”,  their first new single since 2010’s Teen Dream.  After one listen, I was hooked and even more excited for the May 15th release of the dream pop duo’s 4th studio album, Bloom.  You can currently download a free mp3 of “Myth” over at Sub Pop (in exchange for your email).

And if that’s not enough good news for you, Beach House has also scheduled a month-long trans-atlantic tour to support Bloom (no West coast dates yet, but i fully expect more tour dates to be scheduled).  In the meantime, stay tuned for more dream pop goodness from the Baltimore duo as we get closer to May 15th.

Tour Dates
May 04 — Charlottesville, VA — Jefferson Theatre
May 05 — Carrboro, NC — Cat’s Cradle
May 06 — Charleston, SC — Music Farm
May 08 — Miami Beach, FL — The Fillmore Miami Beach
May 09 — Orlando, FL — Beacham Theater
May 10 — Jacksonville, FL — Freebird Live
May 11 — Birmingham, AL — The Bottletree
May 12 — Athens, GA — The Georgia Theatre
May 13 — Asheville, NC — The Orange Peel
May 23 — Brighton, UK — The Haunt
May 24 — London, UK — Village Underground
May 25 — Belgium, BE — De Kreun
May 26 — Amsterdam, NL — Melkweg
May 27 — Berlin, DE – Volksbuhne
May 29 — Paris, FR — Maronguinerie
May 31 — Duedingen, CH — Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival
Jun. 02 — Barcelona, ES — Primavera Festival
Jun. 03 — Montpellier, FR — Le Rockstore
Jun. 04 — Bordeaux, FR — Theatre Barbey
Jun. 05 — Nantes, FR – Stereolux
Jun. 06 — Lyon, FR — Epicrerie Moderne
Jun. 07 — Blarritz, FR — L’Atabal
Jun. 08/09 — Porto, PT — Primavera Festival (evening)
Jul. 23 — New York, NY — Central Park SummerStage

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[hot off the press] Rapdragons//Natural Born Chillers

Baltimore hip hop duo Nick Often and Greg Ward, better known as Rapdragons, have been busy.

Back in 2009, the duo released their debut record, Ten Stories High, to local, regional, and bloggable acclaim. They followed that up with the remix album, Ten Stories Hijacked, in 2010.  Soon after, they released the much-anticipated mixtape album, and one of my favorites, Featuring Baltimore — a collection of hip hop tracks each sampling a different band from baltimore, including Beach House and Future Islands.

Now when I woke up this morning, I was pleasantly surprised and excited to see an email from Rapdragons waiting in my inbox announcing their latest mixtape EP, Natural Born Chillers.  I really haven’t had a chance to give the EP a proper listen, but i’m sure it won’t disappoint.  Like Featuring Baltimore, the new EP is another collection of hip hop meets indie rock…or as I like to call it, Indie Hop.  And like previous releases, Natural Born Chillers is available for free download here!

Like I said before, I haven’t given the new EP a proper listen, but so far I’m really digging the title track:

Rapdragons – Natural Born Chillers (Rapdragons x Moss of Aura)

Sasquatch! 2011

The wait is over.  The official lineup for Sasquatch! 2011 is here.

The big names are a plenty (Foo Fighters, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Modest Mouse, Wilco…to name a few), but it’s the slightly-lesser known artists and acts that make this lineup fantastic (Robyn, Beach House, Sleigh Bells, Das Racist, Radio Department, Best Coast, Surfer Blood, The Drums, Matt & Kim, Yeasayer, and more)!

And if the lineup wasn’t good enough news for you, in honor of the festival’s ten year anniversary Sasquatch! 2011 will continue on for a fourth day, running from Friday, May 27th through Monday, May 30th at the Gorge Amphitheatre (in George, WA).

Four day passes will run you $285 (not including parking) and are available for purchase here, while individual day tickets will go on sale Monday, February 14 at 10 am.

Will I see you there?