Score, indeed! Just check out this week’s unbelievable list of new releases, which includes the latest from Doves, Bob Mould, Telekinesis!, Crystal Antlers, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Bat for Lashes, Mexican Institute of Sound, The Veils, The Thermals, Neil Young, Gliss, Superchunk, Buraka Som Sistema, and a whole lot more!
Among this slew of other worthwhile releases to rack up is a great compilation from Merge Records, who are celebrating 20 years of putting out consistently great music. This week, they’ve made one disc of their larger SCORE! subscription-based box set available commercially. THE COVERS! is just that: a collection of covers by indie bands including Quasi, Les Savy Fav, The Shins, Ryan Adams, Bright Eyes, The New Pornographers, Okkervil River, Death Cab For Cutie, Times New Viking, and many more. Proceeds of this limited edition release (7,500 copies) go to charities chosen by the contributing artists, including Oxfam America, 826 Tutoring Centers, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and Doctors Without Borders.
from SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: THE COVERS!
Mark your scorecard using Largehearted Boy’s list and head out to your favorite record store, where you can all be winners!
from Two Suns on Astralwerks
Black Dice - Glazin (MP3)
from Repo on Paw Tracks
Buraka Som Sistema - Sound of Kuduro
from Black Diamond on Fabric
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Optimist vs. The Silent Alarm (When The Saints Go Marching In) (MP3)
from Vs. Children on Tomlab
Chain and the Gang - Interview with the Chain Gang (MP3)
from Down With Liberty... Up With Chains on K Records
The Coathangers - Stop Stomp Stompin (MP3)
from Scramble on Suicide Squeeze
Crystal Antlers - Andrew (MP3)
from Tentacles on Touch & Go
Dananananaykroyd - Pink Sabbath
from Hey Everyone on Best Before
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
from Kingdom of Rust on Astralwerks
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott - Soul of a Man (MP3)
from A Stranger Here on Anti Records
Eulogies - Bad Connection
from Here Anonymous on Dangerbird Records
The Felice Brothers - Run Chicken Run (MP3)
from Yonder Is the Clock on Team Love
William Fitzsimmons - If You Would Come Back Home
from The Sparrow And The Crow on Mercer Street
Gliss - Morning Light (MP3)
from Devotion Implosion on Cordless Recordings
Greater California - Disappearing (MP3)
from the self-released All the Colors
Hammer No More The Fingers - Shutterbug (MP3)
from Looking For Bruce on Churchkey Records
The Hold Steady - A Positive Rage
DVD trailer from Vagrant Records
I Was A King - Norman Bleik (MP3)
from I Was a King on The Control Group
Lady Sovereign - I Got You Dancing
from Jigsaw on Midget Records
Mexican Institute of Sound - Alocatel (MP3)
from Soy Sauce on Nacional Records
Micachu - Lips (MP3)
from Jewellery on Accidental Records
Paper Moon - Say It’s All Over (MP3)
from Only During Thunderstorms on Endearing Records
Bob Mould - I’m Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t Stand In My Light Any More (MP3)
from Life and Times on Anti Records
Pele - Gas the Nutsy (MP3)
from A Scuttled Bender in a Watery Closet on Polyvinyl Records
Superchunk - Misfits & Mistakes (MP3)
from Leaves in the Gutter EP on Merge
Richard Swift - Lady Luck (MP3)
from The Atlantic Ocean on Secretly Canadian
Telekinesis! - Coast of Carolina (MP3)
from Telekinesis! on Merge Records
The Thermals - Now We Can See (MP3)
from Now We Can See on Kill Rock Stars
The Veils - Killed By the Boom (MP3)
from Sun Gangs on Rough Trade
David Wilcox - Red Eye (MP3)
from Open Hand on What Are Records
Neil Young - Johnny Magic
from Fork in the Road on Reprise Records
Youth Group - All This Will Pass (MP3)
from The Night Is Ours on Ivy League
