This week, the entire music industry is gathered in one place, or at least that’s what it seems like during SXSW. Many of the bands releasing albums this week are in Austin pimpin’ them right now, and among the most buzzed about are KEXP favorites like The Dodos, The Joy Formidable, J Mascis and Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears.
On the international front, other excellent releases this come from the Indian-British fusionists Cornershop (featured as today’s Song of the Day podcast!), Iceland’s Sindri Már Sigfússon, a.k.a. Sin Fang, and Yuna, a 24-year-old singer from Malaysia. Old school releases include the latest from Chicago guitar rockers Eleventh Dream Day (their 10th album and first in five years!), Boston’s veteran alt-rockers Buffalo Tom, and Queens garage rockers The Fleshtones (35 years and running!).
Other releases worth checking out come from Noah and the Whale, Brown Recluse, solo releases from Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and Matthew Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces), and and Rose Melberg’s new project Brave Irene (you might remember her from Tiger Trap, Go Sailor, or The Softies). Also, Seattle label Barsuk is re-releasing Rilo Kiley‘s 2001 full-length debut, Take Offs and Landings.
For more, check out Largehearted Boy’s list and the guilt-free goodness of the downloads collected here:
Antonian - Into the Night (MP3)
from Antonian on Anticon
Black Francis - Bad News (MP3)
from The Golem on The Bureau
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears - album preview
from Scandalous on Lost Highway
Brave Irene - No Fun (MP3)
from Brave Irene EP on Slumberland Records
Brown Recluse - Impressions of a City Morning (MP3)
from Evening Tapestry on Slumberland Records
Buffalo Tom - Arise, Watch (MP3)
from Skins on Scrawny Records
Cornershop ft Bubbley Kaur - Natch
on Cornershop & The Double-O Groove on Ample Play Records
The Dodos - Don’t Stop (featuring Neko Case) (MP3)
from No Color on Frenchkiss Records
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - We Are The Dead
from Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You on Cooking Vinyl
Eksi Ekso - Carte de Visite (MP3)
from Brown Shark, Red Lion on The Mylene Sheath
Eleventh Dream Day - Satellite (MP3)
from Riot Now! on Thrill Jockey
Eternal Tapestry - Galactic Derelict (MP3)
from Beyond the 4th Door on Thrill Jockey
The Fleshtones - Bite of My Soul (MP3)
from Brooklyn Sound Solution on Yep Roc
FOUND - You’re No Vincent Gallo (MP3)
from factorycraft on Chemikal Underground
Matthew Friedberger - Meet Me in Miramas (MP3)
from Meet Me in Miramas on Thrill Jockey
Heidecker & Wood - Right or Wrong (MP3)
from Starting From Nowhere on Little Record Company
The Idle Hands - Socialite Death Squad (MP3)
from Life Is Beautiful on Pretty Kids Collective
The Joy Formidable - Austere
from The Big Roar on Canvasback Records
Lovett - The Fear (MP3)
from Highway Collection on Lovers Label
J Mascis - Not Enough (MP3)
from Several Shades of Why on Sub Pop
Mi Ami - Hard Up (MP3)
from Dolphins on Thrill Jockey
Noah and the Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
from The Last Night on Earth on Island Def Jam
Rilo Kiley - Science vs. Romance (MP3)
from Takeoffs and Landings (vinyl reissue) on Barsuk
Mathew Sawyer and The Ghosts - Mynah Birds Call (MP3)
from How Snakes Eat on Fire Records
Sin Fang - Always Everything (MP3)
from Summer Echoes on Morr Music
Storms - Wolves and Bells (MP3)
from Lay Your Sea Coat Aside on Plancha Records/ Art Union
Alex Turner - Submarine trailer
from Submarine EP on Domino Recording Co.
Yuna - Decorate (MP3)
from Decorate EP on FADER Label
One Comment
Good list! I’d also add the release by “Hype Williams”, an experimental electronics artist that had a few Pitchfork articles recently.