New album by Dinosaur Jr.! Not much more needs to be said about that. It should be on top of everyone’s CD stack this week. Never mind the bad band names on the rest -- Lord Cut-Glass, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Amazing Baby, Spinnerette, Deer Tick, Sunset Rubdown, Pete Yorn (sorry, Pete!) -- there’s actually a lot a great music landing in record stores today. Lord Cut-Glass, for instance, is former Delgados frontman Alun Woodward; God Help the Girl is a bunch of songs penned by Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian and sung by a variety of female vocalists; and you probably already know that Sunset Rubdown is a project of Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug. Deer Tick’s latest fits right in there with The Godfather, Part 2, and The Empire Strikes Back as one of those sophomore efforts that surpasses an already great original. Tom Brosseau, Foreign Born, The Antlers (remastered), Future of the Left, Patterson Hood, Hockey, Tortoise, and Regina Spektor are other artists of high interest this week. Grab Largeheared Boy’s list as you head out to your local record shop, but not until you’ve checked out these fine tunes:
from Rewild on Shangrila Music
The Antlers - Two (MP3)
from Hospice (remastered) on FrenchKiss Records
The Bats - Castle Light (MP3)
from The Guilty Office on Hidden Agenda Records
Blue Roses - I Am Leaving (MP3)
from Blue Roses on XL
Tom Brosseau - You Don’t Know My Friends (MP3)
from Posthumous Success on Fat Cat Records
Budos Band - The Proposition (MP3)
from Budos Band EP on Daptone Records
Kendel Carson - Lady K (MP3)
from Alright Dynamite on Trainwreck Records
Caitlin Crosby - Imperfect Is the New Perfect (MP3)
from Flawz on Blackledge Music
Deer Tick - Easy (MP3)
from Born on Flag Day on Partisan Records
Dinosaur Jr. - I Want You to Know (MP3)
from Farm on Jagjaguwar
Foreign Born - Early Warnings (MP3)
from Person To Person on Secretly Canadian
Future of the Left - Arming Eritrea (MP3)
from Travels With Myself And Another on 4AD
God Help the Girl - Come Monday Night (MP3)
from God Help the Girl on Matador Records
A Hawk And A Hacksaw - I Am Not A Gambling Man
from Délivrance on the Leaf Label
Hermit Thrushes - Push (MP3)
from Slight Fountain on Joyful Noise Recordings
Patterson Hood - Pollyanna (MP3)
from Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs) on Ruth St. Records
Donny Hue and the Colors - I Speak of the Hayseed Cousins (MP3)
from Letter from New Virginia on The Kora Records
Lord Cut-Glass - Even Jesus Couldn’t Love You (MP3)
from Lord Cut-Glass on Chemikal Underground
Brian Olive - There Is Love (MP3)
from Brian Olive on Alive Records
The Phenomenal Handclap Band - 15 to 20 (MP3)
from The Phenomenal Handclap Band on Friendly Fire Recordings
Reverie Sound Review - Arrows (MP3)
from Reverie Sound Review on Boompa Records
Royal City - A Belly Was Made For Wine (MP3)
from Royal City on Asthmatic Kitty
Regina Spektor - Laughing With
from Far on Sire Records
Spinnerette - Rebellious Palpitations (MP3)
from Spinnerette on Anthem Records
Sunset Rubdown - Idiot Heart (MP3)
from Dragonslayer on Jagjaguwar
Luke Top - Friends (MP3)
from Friends on Slow Death Records
Tortoise - Prepare Your Coffin (MP3)
from Beacons of Ancestorship on Thrill Jockey
Larry Jon Wilson - Me With No You (MP3)
from Larry Jon Wilson on Drag City
Pete Yorn - Don’t Wanna Cry
from Back and Forth on Columbia
Zonora Point - Huachita Rica (Douster Remix) (MP3)
from ZZK Sound Vol. 2 on Nacional Records
