The following albums dropped today and are available in your local trendy record stores or on digital download.
The former frontman from the legendary slowcore indie outfits Galaxie 500 and Luna is releasing his first-ever solo album. The album is produced by Jim James from My Morning Jacket.
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Solid day for indie rock releases!
This is the debut full-length from the Leeds based indie rockers. The band recently took home the 2014 NME award for Best Video for the song “Nerve Endings.”
Watch “Nerve Endings” here:
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New Jersey indie rockers Real Estate are releasing their third studio album. These guys are quickly becoming one of my favorite bands to emerge over the last five years. Atlas is the follow-up to the excellent 2011 release Days.
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Beck “Morning Phase”
Read the Present-Tense piece on Beck here.
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The following albums dropped today and are available in your local trendy record stores or on digital download.
Indie rock legends GBV are releasing their fifth album since reuniting with the “classic lineup” in 2010. Overall, the Dayton, Ohio band has released 21 studio albums since forming in 1983. This latest 20-song effort is the first of two planned releases this year.
Listen to “Littlest League Possible” here:
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The electro-rock duo of Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel are releasing the follow-up to their 2009 debut LP Eyelid Movies. The 11-song release includes all 4 songs that were part of last years self-tiled EP. The track “Black Out Days” finished at #21 in my Top Tracks of 2013 list. The duo released a video for the song “Fall In Love” last week (watch below). The tune “Nothing But Trouble” is featured as the free song download this week on iTunes.
Watch “Fall In Love” here:
Download “Voices” here:
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Blending the sounds of Dinosaur Jr. and Elliott Smith, this London based quartet are releasing their debut LP. Frontman Nathan Hewitt named the band Cheatahs, because he felt he was cheating on his former band to work on this project. Reminds me of some early Teenage Fanclub.
Check out the tune “The Swan” here:
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London based indie-folk hipsters Fanfarlo are releasing their third studio album. This is the follow-up to the 2012 LP Rooms Filled With Light. The band kicks off the North American leg of their 2014 tour at the House Of Blues in San Diego on March 24.
Watch the video for “Landlocked” here:
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After teasing the planet for over a year, the debut full-length from Temples has finally arrived. The British psychedelic rockers have already shared four singles from this much-anticipated album.
Watch the video for “Colours To Life” here:
Download “Sun Structures” here:
Read the Present-Tense piece on Crosses in 77 Bands In 77 Days
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After the well-received debut album Major Arcana, the Massachusetts indie quartet release 4 more tunes.
Listen to the single “American Horror” via Entertainment Weekly here:
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The band formally known as We Are Augustines have released their sophomore album. This is the Brooklyn based indie rock band’s follow-up to 2011’s Rise Ye Sunken Ships.
Watch the video for “Nothing To Lose But Your Head” here:
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The English alternative rockers return with their follow-up to the 2011 album A Different Kind Of Fix. This is the London based band’s fourth studio album. The first single from the new album is “Carry Me” (watch below).
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The collaboration of James Mercer and Danger Mouse are releasing the follow-up to 2010’s self-titled debut. Read more about Broken Bells in 77 Bands In 77 Days.
Listen to the title track “After The Disco” here:
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The hugely underrated indietronic band returns with their first release in nearly six years. The New York City band is releasing their fifth album overall. If you’re unfamiliar with these dudes please give them a listen! They won’t disappoint.
Listen to “Young Once” here:
Download “Jumping The Tracks” here:
The man behind this eighties style synth-pop outfit is the multi-instrumentalist Kamtin Mohager. This is Mr. Mohager’s fourth studio album; the first single “Sleepwalking” was featured in the trailer for Grand Theft Auto V, the most successful selling video game in history. I’ve seen TCGO1974 twice, and each time I was thoroughly impressed.
Watch the lyric video for “Sleepwalking” here:
Watch the Grand Theft Auto V trailer here:
Download “Daydream Nation” here:
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Dum Dum Girls “Too True”
It’s always a beautiful day when Dum Dum Girls drop new music. The Los Angeles based dream-pop band are releasing their third studio album. The ladies shared the track “Lost Boys and Girls Club” last fall.
Watch “Lost Boys and Girls Club” here:
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Hospitality “Trouble”
The Brooklyn based indie pop band Hospitality are releasing their sophomore full-length. Trouble is the follow-up to their 2012 eponymous debut. The quartet have already shared the track “I Miss Your Bones,” and today the video for the track “Going Out” surfaced. Both tunes are below!
Listen to “I Miss Your Bones” courtesy of TheMusicIntro here:
Watch the video for “Going Out” here:
Download “Trouble” here:
Drowners “Drowners”
Check out the piece on Drowners in 77 Bands In 77 Days for details.
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The Swedish indie duo of Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck, are releasing their sophomore effort. This is the follow-up to their debut album Hearts which was released in 2011.
Here’s the video for the track “Faith”
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Somehow this release escaped my ears last week.. so here you go. The San Francisco psychedelic-pop duo comprised of the cousins Reese Donohue and Christopher Prudhomme are releasing their debut full-length. I’m feeling some Yeasayer in the track “Spinning Signs,” decide for yourself below.
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Los Angeles based indie band Warpaint are releasing their follow-up to the 2010 debut album The Fool. Listen to the track “Love Is To Die” from the self-titled release below.
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Wild Cub are a Nashville, Tennessee based indie pop five piece. This is their debut full-length and the first single from it is “Thunder Clatter.” Looks like these dudes are playing every festival except Coachella this year.
Watch the lyric video for “Thunder Clatter” here:
Download “Youth” here:
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2014 needed just seven days to reveal what possibly may become the best album title of the year. “Wig Out At Jagbags” is the latest work by Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus and his Jicks. This is the slacker rockers sixth studio album since forming in 2000.
Enjoy the video for “Cinnamon and Lesbians” here:
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TOY “Join The Dots”
English psychedelic indie rockers TOY are releasing their sophomore effort. Join The Dots is the follow-up to 2012’s critically acclaimed self-titled debut. The hugely underrated band from Brighton was named by U.K. Magazine NME as a “new band you have to hear in 2012.” Fans of The Horrors will dig these dudes.
Watch the video for “Join The Dots” here:
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We’ve officially entered that time of the year when there are more lists being constructed than new music being released. The next time we will see new music is around mid January.
Less than a month after making its U.S. theater premiere, the Shane Meadows film is being released on DVD just in time for the holidays. The film makes a great stocking stuffer, and is available on Blu-Ray, Laser Disc, and VCR Tape as well.
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The Austin, Texas indie rock band founded by members of Okkervil River, are releasing an all covers album. Included,is an outstanding cover of Folk Implosion’s “Natural One.” Below is the video for the cover of Xui Xui’s “I Luv The Valley OH!”
Watch the video for “I Luv The Valley OH!
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The Anton Newcombe collective is always good for new music every year. The ninth EP of the band’s career follows up the EP Fist Full Of Bees, released back on Record Store Day. The title track is a different version of the one that’s been around for a few years. The original video for “Revolution Number Zero is below:
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Beady Eye “Be”
The band that’s made up of some of the former members of Oasis, are releasing their sophomore effort. The Liam Gallagher fronted band’s latest is the follow-up to their debut 2011 album Different Gear, Still Speeding. The latest video for “Soul Love” (watch below) surfaced on Monday, the tune is part of a double A-Side single with “Iz Rite.” Everything I’ve heard from this album so far is solid.
Watch the video “Soul Love” here:
While you’re at it check out the video “Shine A Light”
Download “Be” here:
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
This Soundtrack includes some indie faves such as The National, Santigold, Phantogram, and Patti Smith. I also couldn’t help but notice there are a few guilty pleasure acts on it too.
Listen to The National “Lean” here:
Download “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” here:
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Throwing Muses “Purgatory / Paradise”
Rhode Island natives Throwing Muses, return with their first release in a decade. The 32-track release is currently only available digitally. The physical album and 64-page book is due on December 3.
Watch the video for “Sunray Venus” here:
Download “Purgatory / Paradise” here:
Various Artists
“Songs For Slim: Rockin’ Here Tonight”
– A Benefit Compilation For Slim Dunlap
The 2CD set is a collection of tracks from the benefit singles released in the last year to raise money for Slim Dunlap. The collection includes tracks from The Replacements, Frank Black, Chris Mars, Soul Asylum, The Minus 5, Deer Tick, and many more. The benefit auctions have raised more than $200,000 for the former Replacements guitarist who suffered a stroke in February 2012.
Learn more about the fundraiser Songs For Slim here:
http://songsforslim.com/home/
Download “Songs For Slim: Rockin’ Here Tonight” here:
Wooden Shjips “Back To Land”
San Francisco psychedelic rockers Wooden Shjips, return with their follow-up to 2011’s West. Watch the video for the title track below:
Download “Back To Land” here:
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Grizzly Bear “Shields Expanded”
The Brooklyn indie rock band Grizzly Bear are releasing an expanded version
of their 2012 kick-ass album Shields. This deluxe edition includes songs that
did not make the album’s final track listing, demo recordings and remixes. The
band is six months removed from their number one finish in The Spicy Twist…
which reminds me… I forgot to include that in the Coachella 2014 Save The Dates.
Watch the video “Yet Again” here:
Download “Shields Expanded” here:
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The Melbourne, Australia dance-rock outfit Cut Copy are releasing their follow-up to the 2011 Zonoscope. Their latest effort is something right out of the acid-house movement of the late eighties and early nineties. You’ll be sure to find this album among the top releases of 2013.
Listen to the track “We Are Explorers” here:
Download “Free Your Mind” here:
Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, better known as M.I.A. is releasing her fourth studio album and first since the 2010 Maya. We haven’t heard much from the English-Sri Lankan rapper since she was last seen giving the world the middle finger at Super Bowl XLVI.
Listen to the track Y.A.L.A. here:
Download “Matangi” here:
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