There are some weeks when I look at The Daily Graboid and just want to roll back into bed because of the staggering amount of releases. It’s overwhelming; and though it’s easy to just jump to the more recognizable releases, there are always gonna be a few hidden gems to be had, which is why I always do this thing every week.
For myself, the latest release from Doves gets the top billing and it’s a wonderful album. I’ve listened to it several times and found myself going from listening to Kingdom of Rust followed immediately by The Last Broadcast. I can’t help but compare the two, and while I can’t say this tops the brilliance of that 2002 record, it certainly stands up on its own.
Other releases I would definitely recommend include Bat For Lashes’ Two Suns, The Thermals’ Now We Can See, The Veils’ Sun Gangs, Gliss’ Devotion Implosion, and The Coathangers’ Scramble.
Bat for Lashes
Two Suns
Video: “Daniel”
Bob Mould
Life and Times
MP3: “I’m Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t Stand In My Light Any More”
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Vs. Children
MP3: “Optimist vs. The Silent Alarm (When The Saints Go Marching In)”
Chain and the Gang
Down With Liberty… Up With Chains
MP3: “Interview with the Chain Gang”
The Coathangers
Scramble
MP3: “Stop Stomp Stompin’”
Crystal Antlers
Tentacles
MP3: “Andrew”
Doves
Kingdom of Rust
Video: “Kingdom of Rust”
Gliss
Devotion Implosion
MP3: “Morning Light”
Greater California
All the Colors
MP3: “Disappearing”
Hammer No More The Fingers
Looking For Bruce
MP3: “Shutterbug”
The Hold Steady
A Positive Rage
Video: DVD trailer
I Was A King
I Was A King
MP3: “Norman Bleik”
Lady Sovereign
Jigsaw
Video: “I Got You Dancing”
Mexican Institute of Sound
Soy Sauce
MP3: “Alocatel”
Paper Moon
Only During Thunderstorms
MP3: “Say It’s All Over”
Pele
A Scuttled Bunder in a Watery Closet
MP3: “Gas the Nutsy”
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
A Stranger Here
MP3: “Soul of a Man”
Richard Swift
The Atlantic Ocean
MP3: “Lady Luck”
Superchunk
Leaves in the Gutter EP
MP3: “Misfits & Mistakes”
Telekinesis!
Telekinesis!
MP3: “Coast of Carolina”
The Thermals
Now We Can See
MP3: “Now We Can See”
The Veils
Sun Gangs
MP3: “Killed By the Boom”
Neil Young
Fork in the Road
Video: “Johnny Magic Version 1″
Various Artists
Score! 20 Years of Merge Records
MP3: Les Savy Fav :: “Precision Auto (Superchunk cover)”
Youth Group
The Night Is Ours
MP3: “All This Will Pass”
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Amazing eclectic mix of songs. Love the site, keep it up!
your friend over at eardrums music has released another fabulous compilation. Thanks for introducing me
Yeah, I meant to give that a mention!
i’ll vouch for that veils album. the first two songs really got me into it and was expecting the rest of the album to sound the same, but it doesn’t. it’s still a good album though, just remember that the whole album is all over the place and doesn’t follow a real genre or sound. they do it all.