Sorry for not having the Graboid up last week, but I’ve included those releases (Spoon, Surfer Blood, Editors) in with the already incredibly amount of great releases that are available this week. So much good amazing stuff to choose from, that one would be hard-pressed to decide where to spend their hard-earned cash.
Two albums that I’m extremely excited about and will surely be picking up at some point this week are Beach House’s awe-inspiring third album Teen Dream and The Magnetic Fields’ Realism. I haven’t had a chance to listen to all of Realism yet (which many have dubbed the yin to Distortion’s (2008) yang, but Teen Dream is so good it hurts. Early candidate for album of the year? Too early for that kind of talk, but it is sure to be in the discussion when that time comes. It is definitely that good, people.
Also worth mentioning are a number of great releases, too numerous to single out any one in particular, from the likes of Basia Bulat, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Boy Genius, and Four Tet.
As always, feel free to recommend anything I may have missed. What releases are you most excited about?
Aziz Ansari
Intimate Moments For A Sensual Evening
full album stream
Barton Carroll
Together You & I
full album stream
MP3: “The Poor Boy Can’t Dance”
Basia Bulat
Heart of My Own
MP3: “Gold Rush”
MP3: “Go On”
Beach House
Teen Dream
full album stream
MP3: “Norway”
Boy Genius
Staggering
MP3: “Blame Love”
Cars & Trains
The Roots, The Leaves
full album stream
MP3: “Intimidated By Silence”
Charlotte Gainsbourg
IRM
full album stream
Citay
Dream Get Together
MP3: “Mirror Kisses”
MP3: “Careful With That Hat”
Dinowalrus
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MP3: “BEAD”
MP3: “Nuke Duke ‘Em”
Editors
In This Light & On This Evening
full album stream
EELS
End Times
full album stream
Four Tet
There Is Love in You
MP3: “Love Cry”
Fucked Up
Couple Tracks: Singles 2002 – 2008
MP3: “Neat Parts”
Gigi
Maintenant
full album stream
MP3: “The Old Graveyard ft. Karl Blau”
The Happy Hollows
Spells
MP3: “Faces”
Home
Seventeen
MP3: “Photographed With Ease”
Los Campesinos!
Romance Is Boring
MP3: “These Are Listed Buildings”
The Magnetic Fields
Realism
MP3: “Walk A Lonely Road”
Major Stars
Return to Form
MP3: “The Space You Know”
Oh No Ono
Eggs
MP3: “Helplessly Young”
Pit Er Pat
The Flexible Entertainer
MP3: “Water”
Retribution Gospel Choir
2
full album stream
MP3: “Hide It Away”
Robert A.A. Lowe & Rose Lazar
Eclipses
MP3: “Fantomo de la Vitro Domo”
Slow Six
Tomorrow Becomes You
MP3: “The Night You Left New York”
Spoon
Transference
full album stream
MP3: “Written in Reverse”
Surfer Blood
Astro Coast
MP3: “Swim (To Reach The End)”
Various Artists
Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010
MP3: Follow That Bird! :: “The Ghosts That Wake You”
MP3: Love Collector :: “First 48″
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The new Beach House album is what dreams are made of.
Indeed!
Awesome selection. of new treats. Magnetic fields back to a “69 love songs”
2 vibe which is ace. Dinowalrus seem really promising.
Muchly appreciated. Too much to buy now.
This was a disappointing collection of songs. It’s okay to be catchy. This whole “indie” for the sake of being “Indie” is getting old. There is a big difference between making music and making noise.
PJ, don’t let anyone get you down or tell you your hard work is a “disappointing collection of songs” – because you provide a valuable place for some of us to come and check out everything. We’re more grateful than you know. Thanks for rocking!
-Loyal Reader in Los Angeles
This column continues to rock my world. I can’t tell you how many bands I’ve found off of it. I still look forward to it every time it is posted. Thanks again. Hopefully my next ‘indie’ gem is in here.
Beach House is amazing. Four Tet is amazing. Spoon and Los Campesinos! are still putting out quality. I’d say all is well in the world atm.
-loyal reader in Louisiana.
Thanks for the kind words
It doesn’t bother me when I read stuff like that. I mean, the whole point of this post is to find out what’s new each week.
I have found good songs on here before too, hence my saying this was a disappointing batch. no way anyone should take that personal, unless you are one of these artists. I do get sick of the whole “Beach House is amazing”. Really? Exactly what is so amazing about it? Sounds like a bad homemade attempt using a dying tape recorder in the 70s
Pit Er Pat are a lovely pair of souls that kicked out a few jams for us in a photographic style recently in the form of a photo interview over on our site. Folks, feel free to check it out at http://bit.ly/cW5UVZ
good selection, seems like i’ll be making a run to amoeba sometime this week