the head of the california tourism board and leader of surf-rockers best coast, bethany cosentino has her new album the only place streaming in its entirety over on npr. get some sun, catch some waves, and check out the lp at the link below.
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not that you haven’t heard it. you have. heck, we all have. but for those who do things the right and legal way, good on you, and enjoy this stream of beach house’s shimmering new lp, bloom, out the 15th of this month.
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where else could you find a full album stream of dap and dandy justin townes earle’s new album nothing’s gonna change the way you feel about me now but on gq.com? the album, earle’s take on early 60′s memphis blues, is set to be released on next tuesday but you can get your fill, as well as an-depth interview with earle, by hitting the link below. you goddamn well enjoy that one.
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justin townes earle – nothing’s gonna change the way you feel about me now
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whichever side of the lana del rey fence you fall on, detractor or apologist, you now have a full fledged album to judge the authentically-challenged elizabeth grant on as her (sorta) debut album born to die is streaming below.
grant also appeared on letterman in a much better recieved performance of “video games” last night. check that out here.
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norwegian synthpoppers casiokids are all geared to release their newest album aabenbaringen over aaskammen (translated as: the revelation over the mountain on october 11th, but are offering a full album stream right now over on consequence of sound (link below).
don’t speak norwegian? no worries. the album’s sugary sweet melodies and uptempo tracks translate to any language.
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casiokids – aabenbaringen over aaskammen
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widgets are fun aren’t they? better when they are streaming the new album by feist. hit the jump and leave an email addy to get a link to a stream of feist’s forthcoming metals, out october 4th. tree-planking fully optional.
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naturally, the good people NPR got first dibs on the post-early-september-24-hour-exclusive stream of wilco’s new epic, the whole love. sure to make plenty of top 5 lists this year, i can’t help but feel like this must have been one of the funnest albums for wilco to write and record. take a listen and you’ll get it.
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wilco – the whole love [full album]
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annie clark’s sophisticated and whimsical new album strange mercy is now streaming over at npr. it’s a tough act to follow, st. vincent, with her uncompromising song-structures and sardonic wit, but every album since 2007′s marry me have been as gratifying as they are elaborate.
stream the album at the link below.
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score one more for texans. denton-based chillwave progenitor, alan palomo, has his band’s new album era extraña streaming over on npr. the album drops september 13th on palomo’s own static tongues label. hit the link below to check it out.
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seems it’s been forever since wild flag: two-thirds of sleater kinney, the minders’ rebbeca cole, and ex-helium leader mary timony, came rockin’ onto the music scene. and rockin’ these ladies do, and do well. their self-titled debut album has all the raw ferociousness of an album recorded live (it was, and in a skatepark no less).
stream wild flag at the npr link below.
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gone for baroquers, beirut have their third lp, the rip tide, streaming on npr in its entirety before its august 30th release. balkan folk extravaganza, indeed, zach condon.
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wolf parade were a hell of a band weren’t they? three brilliant albums in five years, ‘blink’ and they were gone. well stop wallowing, friend: frontman spencer krug has carried on, this time under the moniker of moonface and is releasing his solo debut album organ music not vibraphone like i’d hoped august 2nd. stream an advance at the link below, courtesy of spin, and yes, it is indeed organ music.
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enough teasing with the disco jams and electro jungle rumbles: you can now stream the new yacht album shangri-la, courtesy of npr. the album is out on june 21 on (gasp!) dfa records. well duh, now that i think about it.
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it’s been a good three years since justin vernon’s disarming falsetto caressed our ears with the enchanting for emma, foerver ago. since then, vernon’s dipped a toe in hip hop, and even reformed his former band deyarmond edison to grace us all with their breathtaking americana soul.
out june 21st, the eponymous album bon iver, sees vernon taking a grander approach to his utterly disarming introspective songwriting. the arrangements are more lush, more vivid and always with that layered, buttercream falsetto we’ve all come to identify with vernon. check it out below, courtesy of npr.
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those highly technical master-musicians in battles are set to release their sophomore album gloss drop tomorrow, unless you live outside the u.s. where it’s been available since forever. yeah, i know. u.s.a. not a-ok.
check out the manically complex and eccentric album below via spinner.
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