Musical duo The Swell Season, comprised of Frames frontman Glen Hansard and Czech pianist and singer Markéta Irglová, return with a followup to their multi-award winning soundtrack to Once. The pair just performed an exclusive live set for KEXP listeners last Thursday (you can still catch in on our Streaming Archive) but will be back again with a full band in November. Devendra Banhart also tops the list of new releases this week with his major label debut, What Will Be, and another musical duo, Tegan and Sara, are sure to land in KEXP listeners’ shopping carts. Heavy Trash, a projected co-helmed by Jon Spencer, not only have a new release this week but were live on air this morning (another reason to head over to our Streaming Archive). The Northwest represents with Portland’s Pink Martini and Seattle’s BOAT and Levi Fuller. Also recommended are the latest from Chuck Prophet, Fela Kuti, Bassnectar, and Echo & The Bunnymen, who just keep cranking out albums. And Wolfmother are back... with a new lineup but all the same rock! Check out more on Largehearted Boy’s list, but not before you sample this week’s goods:
from In Sea on Silber Records
Awesome New Republic - Digital World
from Hearts on Honor Roll Music
Devendra Banhart - Walilamdzi
from What Will Be on Warner/Reprise
Barzin - Nobody Told Me (MP3)
from Notes To An Absent Lover on Monotreme Records
Bassnectar - Cozza Frenzy (MP3)
from Cozza Frenzy on Om Records
The Blind Boys of Alabama - album promo with Timothy B. Schmit
from Duets on Saguaro Road Records
BOAT - Lately (MP3)
from Setting the Paces on Magic Marker
Broadcast & The Focus Group - #1: Witch Cults
from ... Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age on Warp Records
CFCF - Monolith (MP3)
from Continent on Paper Bag Records
The Da Vincis - 50s Film (MP3)
from See You Tonight on Olympic Records
Echo and the Bunnymen - Think I Need It Too
from The Fountain on California Surfing
Levi Fuller - Colossal (MP3)
from Colossal on self-released
Girls in Trouble - I Was A Desert (MP3)
from Girls in Trouble on Jdub Records
Glass Ghost - Like a Diamond (MP3)
from Idol Omen on Western Vinyl
I Love You - The Colloquialism Is Simply ‘Gas’ (MP3)
from Bell Ord Forrest on Joyful Noise
Junk Culture - West Coast (MP3)
from West Coast EP on Illegal Art
Fela Kuti - Zombie (MP3)
from The Best Of The Black President on R.E.D. Distribution
The Laughing - Runner (MP3)
from FEVER (self-released)
Lullwater - One More Time (MP3)
from Forest for the Trees (self-released)
Orba Squara - The Trouble with Flying (MP3)
from The Trouble With Flying on Res Freq
Our Brother the Native - Seminal Paws (MP3)
from Parting Marrows on FatCat Records
Pink Martini - Ninna Nanna (MP3)
from Splendor in the Grass on Heinz Records
R.E.M. - Living Well Is The Best Revenge
from Live at the Olympia on Warner Bros. Records
The Swell Season - album trailer
from Strict Joy on Anti- Records
System and Station - Love, Etc. (MP3)
from I’m Here to Kill EP on Latest Flame Records
U2 - album promo
from The Unforgettable Fire (remastered) on Island Records
Wolfmother - New Moon Rising
From Cosmic Egg on Interscope
You & Yourn - Double Knots (MP3)
from It Would Make Things Worse on Parasol Records
