You can feel the wheels grinding down each week as the number of new releases continues to dwindle. While we may be past the prime weeks of the year, you’re still likely to find some new discoveries. In fact, with fewer releases, you’ve got more time to put into your game -- there’s still time enough to hit your double eagle if you keep getting out there!
Among the notable new releases this week is the EP by The Tallest Man on Earth, which, as a followup to his excellent album, The Wild Hunt, from earlier this year, collects five songs written on the road, including his one and only song performed on electric guitar. Another highlight comes from the Bay Area band Weekend, whose debut, Sports, sounds a bit like Guided By Voices filtered through My Bloody Valentine. And Athens band Maserati have released their first album since the death of their beloved drummer, Jerry Fuchs, paying tribute to him the best way they can... by rocking out!
Stratospheria Cubensis, the latest from Seattle band Lesbian is a “prog-doom journey” of the heaviest kind, and while you’re still on a head trip, check out An Introduction to Syd Barrett, newly remastered. Like a son of Syd, Philadelphia’s Kurt Vile writes everything from lo-fi psych-folk to lush guitar ballads, and his new single is a sweet dose of jangly psychy pop. And on Jack White’s Third Man Records, Cincinnati garage rockers The Greenhornes have reunited for their first studio album in eight years.
These and more can be found on Largehearted Boy’s list and at your local record store, so go out swinging!
Animal Prufrock - 0+0+0 (MP3)
from Congratulations; Thank You + I’m Sorry on Righteous Babe
Botany - Feeling Today (MP3)
from Feeling Today EP on Western Vinyl
The Concretes - Good Evening (MP3)
from WYWH on Friendly Fire Recordings
Depeche Mode - EPK
from Tour Of The Universe - Live In Barcelona DVD on EMI
Digitalism - Blitz
from Blitz on Kitsune
The Driftwood Singers - Coco Ellis (MP3)
from Look! (self-released)
Family Fodder - The Onliest Thing (MP3)
from Classical Music on the state51 conspiracy
Cee Lo Green - Fuck You
from Lady Killer on Elektra/Asylum
Gregory & The Hawk - Landscapes (MP3)
from Leche Fat Cat Records
Gross Relations - You Don’t Know Me (MP3)
from Fuzzy Timelines on InSound
Invisible Hand - There’s Room In My Will (MP3)
from Invisible Hand on Funny/Not Funny
Jonah - Bees (MP3)
from The Wonder & The Thrill (self-released)
Kaya Project - Calico Stomp (Gaudi Remix) (MP3)
from Desert Phase Remixes on Interchill Records
Kid Cudi - Erase Me (feat. Kanye West)
from Man On The Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager on Universal Motown
Last Year’s Men - Paralyzed (MP3)
from Sunny Down Snuff on Churchkey Records
Maserati - We Got the System to Fight the System (MP3)
from Pyramid of the Sun on Temporary Residence Inc.
Masonic - Lifetime of Deception (MP3)
from Live Like A Millionaire (self-released)
Nightlands - Suzerain (A Letter to the Judge) (MP3)
from Forget the Mantra on Secretly Canadian
Nitzer Ebb - Promises (MP3)
from Industrial Complex on Artists Addiction
The Parting Gifts - Keep Walkin’ (MP3)
from Strychnine Dandelion on In The Red
Jesse Payne - Manhattan Project (MP3)
from Nesting on Capture Music Inc.
The Radio Dept. - Never Follow Suit (MP3)
from Never Follow Suit EP on Labrador/Caroline
Shigeto - Relentless Drag (MP3)
from Full Circle on Ghostly International
Sub Swara - Steam (MP3)
from Triggers on Low Motion Records
Tobacco - TV All Greasy (feat. Anti-Pop Consortium) (MP3)
from LA UTI EP on Anticon
The Tallest Man on Earth - Like the Wheel (MP3)
from Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird EP on Dead Oceans
Tyvek - 4312 (MP3)
from Nothing Fits on In The Red
Kurt Vile - In My Time (MP3)
from In My Time on Matador Records
Violens - Violent Sensation Descends (MP3)
from Amoral on Friendly Fire Recordings
Gary War - On It’s Head (MP3)
from Police Water on Sacred Bones Records
Weekend - Coma Summer (MP3)
from Sports on Slumberland Records
White Mountains - Bells (MP3)
from Wilderness on Waaga Records
Gary Wilson - Electric Endicott (MP3)
from Electric Endicott on Western Vinyl
Phil Wilson - I Own It (MP3)
from God Bless Jim Kennedy on Slumberland Records
Wyatt/Atzmon/Stephen - Laura (MP3)
from For The Ghosts Within on Domino Records
Zion I - Many Stylez (feat. Rebelution) (download)
from Atomic Clock on Gold Dust
