![[mp3] The Vaselines - "Sex With An X"](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2738875_lg.jpg)
20+ years after their influential debut, Scottish cult favorites The Vaselines will release Sex With An X . Sub Pop have released the title track as a free download. MP3 :: Sex With An X (from Sex With An X . Info here ) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------
![[mp3] The Vaselines - "Sex With An X"](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2731414_lg.jpg)
20+ years after their influential debut, Scottish cult favorites The Vaselines will release Sex With An X . Sub Pop have released the title track as a free download. MP3 :: Sex With An X (from Sex With An X . Info here ) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------
Phosphorescent "It's Hard To Be Humble When You're From Alabama" from Secretly Jag on Vimeo . MP3 :: It's Hard To Be Humble (When You're From Alabama) MP3 :: The Mermaid Parade (from Here's To Taking It Easy . Buy here ) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------
Moving this weekend - probably won't hear much from me for a few days. Check out the best of the new music I heard/shared this month in the meantime: MP3 :: We Scatter Light - Soft Black MP3 :: Baltimore - Tennis MP3 :: Let's Go Surfing - The Drums MP3 :: Silent Time of Earth - Candy Claws MP3 :: Saturday Mourning - Slow Animal MP3 :: Heart To Tell - The Love Language MP3 :: Life Is A Problem - Marah MP3 [...]
Tennis - Cape Dory (Underwater Peoples Records) from RichsLaw on Vimeo . Another goodie surfaced today from lo-fi indie/pop newcomers Tennis . "Cape Dory", which can be found on the soon-to-be-released Baltimore 7" that I mentioned last week , is another garage rock nugget with a vintage pop melody that this band seems to churn out with relative ease. Check out those mp3s down there if you don't believe me. Not to be missed. Look for it over at Underwater Peoples . Via [...]
It's been over a year now since Bowerbirds dropped Upper Air , but they've just recently released an official video for the gorgeous, pastoral folk of "Northern Lights". Fittingly, the video's imagery, like the song, is heavy on love and nature and the delicate balance of the two. MP3 :: Northern Lights (from Upper Air . Buy here ) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------
![[mp3] J. Tillman - "Three Sisters"](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2711382_lg.jpg)
After releasing two of 2009's finest records , I figured J. Tillman would keep quiet on the solo front in 2010. After all, as the drummer for Fleet Foxes (who are busy on their next release) it would seem he would have his hands full these days. Well, Western Vinyl announced today that that isn't the case. The ever-prolific Tillman found 3 days back in February to lay down his 7th studio album, the upcoming Singing Ax . "Three Sisters" is the stark opening cut, and one of the only [...]
![[mp3] Marah - "Life Is A Problem"](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2711322_lg.jpg)
Photo by Andre Allegre My Old Kentucky Blog recently shared the title track to Marah's best and most exciting album in a decade, Life Is A Problem . The song is a raw, banjo & electric-guitar driven mini-epic inspired by an old blues song of the same name by Sister Ola Mae Terrell. It's the perfect introduction to the promising new phase Philly's perennial underdogs have entered with this record. In addition to the previous digital release, Life Is A Problem is now also [...]
Has there been a better indie- ROCK song this year? Honestly, I don't think anything's been close. MP3 :: A More Perfect Union MP3 :: Four Score And Seven (Part 1) MP3 :: Four Score And Seven (Part 2) (from The Monitor . Buy here ) ------------------------------ ------------------------------
![[mp3] Tennis - "Baltimore"](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2703901_lg.jpg)
Tennis have slipped out a couple of songs this summer, and each has been a super lo-fi/pop gem in its own right. Underwater Peoples will release a 7" from the duo later this month that collects a couple of those tunes. You may have already heard "Marathon", the sparkling, throwback pop b-side, or seen the video for "South Carolina". If not you've been missing out. Now check out "Baltimore", the vintage sounding collage of jangly guitars, big booming drums, and Alaina Moore's sweet-as-salt water vocals that kicks the thing off (via [...]
I've been busy this summer, the hottest we've had in years. The days are long and my shirt is stuck to my skin at the end of every one of them. Music hasn't taken a back seat, but I have a lot less time right now to immerse myself in it than I usually do. The Drums ' self-titled debut is one of those albums that I would have certainly spent more time with if I only had a little more to give. As it is I've only given it a few cursory spins, but from what I've picked [...]
Untitled from Arcade Fire on Vimeo . The Suburbs drops 8/3 via Merge , like you didn't know. Arcade Fire & Spoon are taking over MSG for two nights (8/4 - sold out, 8/5 tickets here ). (Preorder The Suburbs here ) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------
I've slept on There Is Love In You for most of the year, but the first new full-length album from Four Tet since 2005's Everything Ecstatic is just a flat out gorgeous record that's had me hooked for the past few days. Though the pulsing, dream-like soundscapes of Kieran Hebden often get pegged as electronic (or worse yet, folktronic), there's something completely natural and organic at work here - elements of folk, jazz, dub, and IDM all working together perfectly. The album is filled with the sort of glistening melodies [...]
![[mp3] Candy Claws - "Silent Time Of Earth" & "Sunbeam Show"](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2696084_lg.jpg)
You may have read about or seen the pictures of the recent car fire that disrupted what should have been an awesome summer for Candy Claws . With a couple of tracks making their way around the blogs/Pitchfork and a modestly-hyped debut dropping in early August, things were definitely on the up for the Colorado duo before that crazy incident. Hope they get back on the road soon. Listen below to a pair of musically lush, vocally fuzzy Beach Boys-inspired indie-pop songs from the forthcoming record, Hidden Lands ( Two Syllable [...]
Pitchfork TV had a video up today of Beach Fossils performing the sun-dappled "Golden Age" from their excellent self-titled debut. Check it out, and hear some recent singles below if you haven't yet. MP3 :: Youth (from Beach Fossils. Buy here ) MP3 :: Time ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -----------------
![[mp3] Land of Talk - "Swift Coin"](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2693813_lg.jpg)
Saddle Creek's Land of Talk will release Cloak And Cipher on August 24. "Swift Coin" is a big indie- rock song that hits pretty hard. Also, Kanye digs 'em . ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ----------------------------
![[mp3] The Kills - "Pale Blue Eyes"](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2691136_lg.jpg)
The Velvet Underground's adulterous masterpiece "Pale Blue Eyes" is one of the most oft-covered songs in the indie-rock canon, but that doesn't stop U.K. duo The Kills from having a go at it. The song wouldn't work if the matter-of-fact melody and lyrics were tampered with, so Alison Mosshart doesn't fuck with perfection here, as she and Jamie Hince offer an affecting, stripped down take that stands with the best versions I've heard. MP3 :: Pale Blue Eyes (follow link) (free download through Levi's Pioneer Sessions 2010) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------
Broken Social Scene - Meet Me In The Basement from Arts & Crafts on Vimeo . Forgiveness Rock Record's surging mid-album instrumental "Meet Me In The Basement" gets a rather volatile fan-made video, made in response to June's G20 Summit in Toronto. Though they had nothing to do with its creation, Broken Social Scene are " very proud to share this mash-up with you ." You can stream the whole album, one of the year's best, below. [...]
Broken Social Scene - Meet Me In The Basement from Arts & Crafts on Vimeo . Forgiveness Rock Record's surging mid-album instrumental "Meet Me In The Basement" gets a rather volatile fan-made video, made in response to the June's G20 Summit in Toronto. Though they had nothing to do with its creation, Broken Social Scene are "very proud to share this mash-up with you." [...]
![[mp3] Slow Animal - "theFUNsun" b/w "Saturday Mourning"](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2707143_lg.jpg)
New Jersey's Slow Animal play fuzzy, lo-fi garage/pop that captures a beach bum/ sun-in-your eyes vibe as well as anyone out there (and God knows, there are a lot of these bands in 2010). A free E.P. is available at their Bandcamp page, as well as a recently released limited edition 7" single (250 copies) through Jax Art . Download both sides below (via Pitchfork ) and keep your ears open for more from these guys in the future. MP3 :: theFUNsun MP3 :: Saturday Mourning [...]
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