This is one of those weeks when you just throw up your hands and accept that you’re just not going to have any more money after you see what’s waiting for you at the record store today -- The Black Angels, Cloud Cult, Blonde Redhead, Grinderman, Junip, The Drums, The Walkmen, The Vaselines, Justin Townes Earle, Black Mountain, Les Savy Fav -- how do you decide between them? There’s only one answer: you don’t.
And how are you going to pass up the long-awaited new album from Marc Anthony Thompson, a.k.a. Chocolate Genius Incorporated, plus the latest from Icelandic songstress Ólöf Arnalds, dreamy Saddle Creek duo Azure Ray, idiosyncratic Athens bands Elf Power and Of Montreal, indie rock veterans Superchunk, the Lost-loving Weezer, the R&B/gospel/soul icon Mavis Staples, and El Guincho, Chilly Gonzales, Megafaun, James, Mice Parade... give up yet? Just open up your purses and wallets and let it all fly. At least you’ll have this wealth of songs to sample and a towering stack of new CDs on your desk.
Ólöf Arnalds - Innundir Skinni (MP3)
from Innundir Skinni on One Little Indian
Azure Ray - Don’t Leave My Mind (MP3)
from Drawing Down the Moon on Saddle Creek
The Black Angels - Bad Vibrations (MP3)
from Phosphene Dream on Blue Horizon
Black Mountain - Hair Song (MP3)
from Wilderness Heart on Jagjaguwar
Blonde Redhead - Here Sometimes (MP3)
from Penny Sparkle on 4AD
Buke & Gass - Your Face (MP3)
from Riposte on Brassland Records
Keith Canisius - People’s Faces (MP3)
from This Time It’s Our High on Darla
Chocolate Genius Incorporated - Swansongs trailer
from Swansongs on One Little Indian
Cloud Cult - Unexplainable Stories (MP3)
from Light Chasers on Earthology Records
The Drums - Down By The Water (MP3)
from The Drums on Downtown Records
Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues (MP3)
from Harlem River Blues on Bloodshot Records
Elf Power - Stranger in the Window (MP3)
from Elf Power on Orange Twin
El Guincho - FM Tan Sexy (MP3)
from Pop Negro on XL
Brandon Flowers - Crossfire
from Flamingo on Island/Def Jam
Betsy Franck & The BareKnuckle Band - Lowdown (MP3)
from Still Waiting (self-released)
Chilly Gonzales - Never Stop (Chilly Gonzales Rap) (MP3)
from Ivory Tower on Arts & Crafts
Grinderman - Heathen Child (MP3)
from Grinderman 2 on Anti-
Infantree - Euphemism (MP3)
from Would Work on Vapor Records
James - The Morning After album sampler
from The Morning After The Night Before on Island/Def Jam
Junip - Always
from Fields on Mute Records
Les Savy Fav - Let’s Get Out of Here (MP3)
from Root for Ruin on French Kiss
Lonely Drifter Karen - A Roof Somewhere (MP3)
from Fall of Spring on Crammed Discs
Megafaun - Carolina Days (MP3)
from Hertofore on Hometapes
Mice Parade - In Between Times (MP3)
from What It Means to Be Left-Handed on Fat Cat Records
The Murdocks - Black Jesus Knocking (MP3)
from The Distortionist on The Murdocks
Of Montreal - Coquette (MP3)
from False Priest on Polyvinyl
Prince Rama - Lightening Fossil (MP3)
from Shadow Temple on Paw Tracks
Sara Radle - Song for Adam (MP3)
from Four on Jeez Louise Records
Screaming Females - I Don’t Mind It (MP3)
from Castle Talk on Don Giovanni Records
Mavis Staples - You are Not Alone (MP3)
from You Are Not Alone on Anti-
Superchunk - Digging for Something (MP3)
from Majesty Shredding on Merge
Tamaryn - Love Fade (MP3)
from The Waves on Mexican Summer
Teengirl Fantasy - Cheaters (MP3)
from 7AM on True Panther Sounds
Valient Thorr - Doublecrossed (MP3)
from Stranger on Volcom Entertainment
The Vaselines - I Hate the 80s (MP3)
from Sex With an X on Sub Pop
The Walkmen - Angela Surf City (MP3)
from Lisbon on Fat Possum
Weezer - Memories
from Hurley on Epitaph
Jen Wood - Pills (MP3)
from Finds You in Love on New Granada Records
Your Youth - Diamond (MP3)
from Aloha EP on Gigantic
Various Artists - Wish I’d Kept A Scrapbook: A Tribute To Tullycraft
Hot Lava - Pink Lemonade (MP3)
The Medusa Snare - Every Little Thing (MP3)
