Getting your (kids’?) back to school gear together already? It’s time to take a quick detour from your superstore shopping and hit your local record shop for a truckload of excellent new releases out this week -- !!!, EELS, Ra Ra Riot, Les Savy Fav, Antony and the Johnsons... there are almost too many to choose from... almost! On top of those are recent KEXP faves Fitz & the Tantrums, Dan Mangan, and Magic Kids, plus the latest from Isobell Campbell and Mark Lanegan. Dead Confederate also have a surprisingly different new album, and former Pela guitarist Nate Martinez debuts his solo project Thieving Irons. For the more adventurous (or traditional, depending on how you look at it), 12-string master James Blackshaw goes electric on his latest album, composed as one long 8-part epic. More straightforward rockers can be found on Capstan Shafts and The Foxymorons‘ newest, plus Sunset’s Bill Baird officially releases an earlier solo album. And we could go on... Cotton Jones, S.Carey, Jon Langford & Skull Orchard, and so many others. Pull over and check out the full list from Largehearted Boy... but not before sampling these fine tunes:
!!! - AM/FM (MP3)
from Strange Weather Isn’t It on Warp Records
Abner Trio - You’re Gorgeous Believe It (MP3)
from Giant Crushes You on Joyful Noise Records
Antony And The Johnsons - Thank You For Your Love
from Thank You Your Love EP on Secretly Canadian
Atlantic at Pacific - Weddings (MP3)
from Weddings on Alchemist Records
Bill Baird - Cloud Breath (MP3)
from Silence on Autobus Records
James Blackshaw - Part 7 (edit) (MP3)
from All Is Falling on Young God Records
The Bodies Obtained - Into the Light (MP3)
from I Cry When You Cry on Finding you Attractive
Brad Laner - Eyes Close (MP3)
from Natural Selections on Hometapes
Capstan Shafts - Heart Your Eat Out (MP3)
from Revelation Skirts on Rainbow Quartz
S. Carey - In The Stream (MP3)
from All We Grow on Jagjaguwar
Christian Fennesz, David Daniell, and Tony Buck - Antonia (MP3)
from Knoxville on Thrill Jockey
Coil Sea - Sea Lattice (MP3)
from Coil Sea on Thrill Jockey
Coin Under Tongue - Reception (MP3)
from Dogma Sheen on Death By Audio Records
Cotton Jones - Somehow Keep It Going (MP3)
from Tall Hours in the Glowstream on Suicide Squeeze
The Dashing Suns - Future Thunder (MP3)
from Really Like You on The Council
Dead Confederate - Run from the Gun (MP3)
from Sugar on Razor & Tie
EELS - Spectacular Girl (MP3)
from Tomorrow Morning on E Works
Fitz & the Tantrums - Winds of Change
from Pickin’ Up the Pieces on Dangerbird Records
The Foxymorons - Skinny Cow Blues (MP3)
from Bible Stories on Foxyphoton Records
Neil Hamburger - Incident in Istanbul (MP3)
from Hot February Night on Drag City
Imbogodom - Unseen Ticket (MP3)
from Unseen Ticket on Thrill Jockey
Brad Laner - Eyes Close (MP3)
from Natural Selections on Home Tapes
Jon Langford & Skull Orchard - Getting Used to Helplessness (MP3)
from Old Devils on Bloodshot Records
Land of Talk - Swift Coin (download)
from Cloak and Cipher on Saddle Creek
Les Savy Fav - Let’s Get Out of Here
from Root for Ruin on Frenchkiss Records
Magic Kids - Superball (MP3)
from Memphis on True Panther Sounds
Dan Mangan ‒ Road Regrets (MP3)
from Nice, Nice, Very Nice on Arts and Crafts
Neil Nathan - California Run (MP3)
from The Distance Calls (self-released)
New Idea Society - Disappearing (MP3)
from Somehow Disappearing on New Idea Society/Shiny Shoes
No Age - Glitter (MP3)
from Glitter 7″ on Sub Pop
Pale Sketcher - Plans That Fade (Faded Dub) (MP3)
from Jesu: Pale Sketches Demixed on Ghostly International
Ra Ra Riot - Boy (MP3)
from The Orchard on Barsuk
Revolver - Get Around Town (MP3)
from Music For A While on AstralWerks
The Sword - Tres Brujas (download)
From Warp Riders on Kemado Records
Tears Run Rings - Reunion (MP3)
from Distance on Clarion Records
Thieving Irons - Waves Gonna Break (MP3)
from This Midnight Hum on Seabird Recording Co.
The Torches - Mr. Vampire (MP3)
from The Torches on Lujo Records
Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Bleed Like There Was No Other Flood
from Rivers on Leaf/The Control Group
