I’ve been incredibly busy the past couple of weeks (primarily moving, among other things) and I’m just now finally getting settled in. I don’t think I’ve had this kind of incessant time away from blogging since I started this thing, but hopefully things will get back to normal around here.

What better way to kick things off than with The Daily Graboid, as this will be another chunk of the last month or so of releases that I’ve missed. Starting next week I will probably get back to a weekly posting of this, so I’m sure that will at least please the majority of you.

Feel free to recommend anything I may have missed!

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Over the past couple of months, I’ve found myself watching an unhealthy amount of television in my spare time.  Of course, during this span, a number of familiar songs have made their way onto quite a few commercials.  The amount of times I would see each of these became so frequent that I decided to go ahead and make a list of some the more recent ones.  As with the majority of these commercial posts, this is usually what makes me decide to compile one of these.

These advertisements are still a fantastic a way for a song to find a much wider audience; and for the most part, seeing these on television can still be a great way of discovering new music (though, the internet kind of killed that).

Plus, I think it’s a good idea now to ditch the term “sell out” in regards to any of these indie bands/artists letting their music be used.  Bands need to make money some way or another, so unless you’re Coldplay or something, who the fuck cares?

Without further ado, let’s get to the good stuff!  Links to each video and MP3s are included after the cut.

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Sorry for the late posting of this week’s Graboid, folks. The king of fighting games returned this week as Street Fighter IV was released on consoles, along with pretty much taking up any kind of free time i’ve had over the past couple of days. Hopefully, all of you can cut me some slack with the lack of posts this week for the time being.

Sitting down earlier tonight to compile the goods from this week of album releases seemed rather daunting, as there are a staggering amount of quality albums to be had. We’ve got new records from Morrissey, Asobi Seksu, M. Ward, Beirut, Alela Diane, Aidan Moffat (of Arab Strap), and Benjy Ferree just to name a few.

One other release I would look into picking up (as it’s for a good cause) is the new Red Hot compilation Dark Was the Night, to help raise awareness of HIV and AIDS. It’s a staggering amount of songs from 30 of the best artists working right now.

Abe Vigoda
Reviver
MP3: “Don’t Lie”

Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs
How To Get To Heaven From Scotland
MP3: “Big Blonde”

Alela Diane
To Be Still
MP3: “White as Diamonds”

Asobi Seksu
Hush
MP3: “Me & Mary”

Azita
How Will You?
MP3: “I’m Happy”

Beirut
March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland
MP3: “My Night With A Prostitute From Marseille”

Benjy Ferree
Come Back to the Five & Dime, Bobby Dee Bobby Dee
MP3: “Fear”

Broken Spindles
Kiss/Kick
MP3: “Introvert”

DD/MM/YYYY
Black Square
MP3: “Digital Haircut”

Dirty Projectors & David Byrne
Dark Was the Night (Various Artists)
MP3: “Knotty Pine”

The Deep Dark Woods
Winter Hours
MP3: “All the Money I Had Is Gone”

Eleni Mandell
Artificial Fire
MP3: “Articificial Fire”

Faunts
Feel.Love.Thinking.Of.
MP3: “Feel.Love.Thinking.of”

Fol Chen
Part 1: John Shade, Your Fortune’s Made
MP3: “No Wedding Cake”

Iran
Dissolver
MP3: “I Can See The Future”

Lal Meri
Lal Meri
MP3: “Dreams of 18″

M. Ward
Hold Time
MP3: “Never Had No One Like You”

Mi Ami
Watersports
MP3: “New Guitar”

Morrissey
Years of Refusal
MP3: “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris”

Mr Russia
Teething
MP3: “It’s True”

N.A.S.A.
The Spirit Of Apollo
MP3: “Spacious Thoughts feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith)”

Odawas
The Blue Depths
MP3: “Harmless Lover’s Discourse”

Odd Nosdam
T.I.M.E.
MP3: “Fly Mode”

Psapp
The Camel’s Back
MP3: “The Monster Song”

Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3
Goodnight Oslo
MP3: “Up to Our Nex”

Sin Fang Bous
Clangour
MP3: “Catch The Light”

Southeast Engine
From the Forest
MP3: “Black Gold”

Throw Me The Statue
Purpleface EP
MP3: “Ship”

Vetiver
Tight Knit
MP3: “Everyday”

William Elliott Whitmore
Animals in the Dark
MP3: “Old Devils”

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