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A few of my favorite new releases this week…

For fans of: Gauntlet Hair, Milagres, Bleached, Exitmusic
Key tracks: Thankful, Old Friend, A Country’s King of Dreams, December 28th

Childish Gambino//Camp

For fans of: Chiddy Bang, VX, Tyler the Creator, The Weekend
Key tracks: Bonfire, Kids, You See Me, Sunrise

Crystal Stilts//Radiant Door EP

For fans of: Dirty Beaches, Girls Names, Beach Fossils, Dum Dum Girls
Key tracks: Dark Eyes, Radiant Door, Frost Inside the Asylums, Still As the Night

Los Campesinos!//Hello Sadness

For fans of: Slow Club, Sky Larkin, Parenthetical Girls, Stagecoach
Key tracks: By Your Hand, Hello Sadness, Life Is a Long Time, Songs About Your Girlfriend

RACES//Big Broom EP

For fans of: Georgiaa, Exitmusic, Water Moccasins, Sounds Of Sirens
Key tracks: Big Broom, All for You

Rah Rah//Breaking Hearts

For fans of: Boxer the Horse, We Are The City, Still Life Still, Octoberman
Key tracks: Parkade, Hurt You Bad, Breaking Hearts, Arrows

This Warm December, A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 2 (i love xmas music)

For fans of: Christmas…Duh
Key tracks: Party Hard, Jingle Bell Rock, Frosty The Snowman, Christmas Must Be Tonight, Angel (Holiday)

More noteworthy new releases…
Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 2
(i really love xmas music)
Goldmund//All Will Prosper
The Olivia Tremor Control//Black Foliage: Animation Music, Vol. 1
(remastered and expanded)
Pink Martini & Saori Yuki//1969
Rah Rah//Rahmixes
R.E.M.//Part Lies Part Heart Part Truth Part Garbage 1982-2011
Sigur Ros//Inni (2-CDs & DVD)
Tegan and Sara//Get Along

Brooklyn indie rockers, Here We Go Magic, are currently on the road and playing shows all over North America. They kicked off the tour at the end of last month in Columbus, OH, and are set to wrap it all up June 24 in North Adams, MA, for the Solid Sound Festival. They have three CA stops, including Day 2 of Coachella, and along the way they’ll be joined by Super Desserts, Tammar, Red Light Driver, Icarus Himself, Cuckoo Chaos, tUnE-yArDs, Buke & Gass, and Caveman (check dates below for specifics).

Here We Go Magic’s latest full-length, Pigeons, is available now.

Here We Go Magic – Collector

3/29 Columbus, OH – Mershon Auditorium (w/ Super Desserts)
3/30 Indianapolis, IN – Radio Radio (w/ Tammar, Red Light Driver)
3/31 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon (w/ Icarus Himself)
4/01 Iowa City, IA – Mission Creek Festival
4/15 San Diego, CA – The Loft at UC San Diego (w/ Cuckoo Chaos)
4/16 Indio, CA – Coachella Festival
5/02 San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Shop
5/04 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
5/05 Denver, CO – Larimar Lounge
5/06 Lawrence, KS – Jackpot Saloon (w/ tUnE-yArDs, Buke & Gass)
5/07 St. Louis, MO – Firebird
5/09 Chicago, IL – Schuba’s
5/10 Pontiac, MI – The Pike Room at Crofoot
5/11 Toronto, Ontario – Horseshoe Tavern
5/12 Montreal, Quebec – Club Lambi
5/13 South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Lounge
5/14 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
5/16 Washington, DC – Red Palace (w/ Caveman)
5/17 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 (w/ Caveman)
5/18 Atlanta, GA – The Earl (w/ Caveman)
5/19 Nashville, TN – The Basement (w/ Caveman)
5/20 Pensacola, FL – Handlebar (w/ Caveman)
5/21 New Orleans, LA – Circle Bar (w/ Caveman)
5/23 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s Downstairs (w/ Caveman)
5/24 Dallas, TX – Club Dada (w/ Caveman)
5/25 Austin, TX – The Parish (w/ Caveman)
6/24-26 North Adams, MA – Solid Sound Festival