do we really call anything and everything ‘dubstep’ now? anyway, uk uh, dance producer zomby has his new album dedication dropping on our shores july 12th, but you can streamthe whole thing right now over at disco naïveté
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a four-act musical portraying theclassic story of boy-meets-girl, boy and girl make dumb life-decissions, created by the hardcore punk band fucked up? yes, please.
long gestating within the band, david comes to life is the culmination of what fucked up believes to be their best work. says frontman damian abraham: “”second to the birth of my child, this record is the most important delivery I’ve ever made.”
check this baby out at the link below thanks to npr.
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those cray-cray dudes in black lips strapped down and, with the help of a one mark ronson, knocked out an album’s worth of streamlined garage-rock that’s equal parts revved-up rock, rockabilly, and rolling stones-style country. stream the album, arabia mountain (out june 7th) at the link below, courtesy of grooveshark.
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the far too precious brooklyn band cults are, after much pre-album buzz on a handful of songs (you could literally count them on one hand), ready to release their debut self-titled full length on may 31st.
ready your ears for the syrupy sweet vocals of madeline follin and the hazy guitar riffs of brian oblivion (how is this guy not in a swedish death metal band?). stream the full album at the link below, courtesy of the npr folk.
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the follow up to 2008′s highly experimental evil urges, my morning jacket’s circuital boasts arena-sized rock majesty built on a contained pop foundation. mind you, that foundation is built by the innovative and psychedelic mind of yim yames, so take that how you will, mmj lovers. the album’s out may 31st, but you can stream it in its entirety at the link below, courtesy of npr.
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sensual, cerebral, indulgent, passionate – no, i’m not talking about ghirardelli chocolate squares, but rather the whimsical english troupe, wild beasts, whose latest album (best described by the aforementioned adjectives) smother is available for your streaming pleasure. and i do mean pleasurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre.
smother is out tomorrow.
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darker than their previous two-piece movements the stage names and the stand ins, okkervil river’s latest album i am very far (out may 10) features a new state of anonymity from frontman, will sheff, his lyrics soaked in cryptic menace.
check it out at npr, or the link below.
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as if you havent’ already experienced it live in its entirety, you can hear, now, the antlers’ new album burst apart. their first album written as a full fledged band, burst apart is all soaring melodies and sonic movements. check it out over at, where else, npr.
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remember when fleet foxes were a young band that swept everyone away in a wash of sweet harmonies of appalachia? well one album later, they still do the same damn thing. check out a full album stream of their latest helplessness blues.
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noah lennox aka animal collective’s panda bear has just dropped off his latest album tomboy at the offices of npr, who are now streaming the darkly ambient (as compared to 2007′s person pitch of course) album in its entirety. have a go below.
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though we’ve pretty much heard the majority of r.e.m.’s fifteenth (count ‘em) album collapse into now, npr has the whole album streaming over on their site. it’s nice to hear the album as a whole, a more expansive, massive sound than in earlier albums.
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the hype machine have an exclusive stream of the dodos’ new album no color which is out march 15. the san fran band reunited with producer john askew, who had previously worked with the band on their first two albums, as well as dropping time to die vibraphonist keaton snyder and featuring a neko case guest spot.
stream the album below.
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to say all eternals deck is a more subdued mountain goats, john darnielle sounding more restrained than in recent releases, is to miss the point of the album entirely. darnielle’s provocative and highly literate lyrics have always been the driving force behind any of the mountain goats’ albums, every bit as reflective as they are intimate. to ahve the man explain it in his own words:
If you have ever watched say a 70s occult-scare movie where one of the scenes involves a couple of people visiting a storefront fortune teller, getting their cards read, and then trying to feel super-hopeful about what they hear when what they’re visibly actually feeling is dread, then you have a pretty decent idea of what the album is all about. If you know the feeling of exultation that comes with having recognized the oncoming train of fate, then that’s the other thing the album’s about.
stream the all eternals deck (due out march 29) over at npr (of course).
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a whole mess of news from the toro y moi camp today: you can watch the new video for “new beat” from the forthcoming underneath the pine (out february 22) and down below, urban outfitters are streaming the new album in its entirety. aww thank you uo! you’re almost forgiven for the quality of your bdg line. almost.
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what happened to the middle americana wobbliness of i’m wide awake it’s morning through cassadaga-era bright eyes? as if being born again, conor oberst releases his 7th album under the bright eyes moniker, this time a conceptual piece on ufo’s, lizard men and time travel, or at least that’s what the opening monologue confesses. no, this is the melodious, risk-taking bright eyes we’ve all been yearning for since oberst settled into the naked acoustics of midwestern folk. stream the new album, the people’s key below, courtesy of npr.
also, you can check out the making of the people’s key lp (literally, the lp) in all its glossy die-cut limited-edition glory here.
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bright eyes – the people’s key
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