Among our guests during KEXP’s broadcast from Musicfest NW this year was the Scottish group The Twilight Sad, who performed several songs from their brand album, Forget the Night Ahead, in their live set at the Doug Fir (watch video here). New York band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, who also performed live that day during our broadcast, have an new EP of their own out today. Beyond that, it’s a smorgasbord of delectable albums you’ll hear on KEXP, including The Big Pink, Le Loup, Islands, Girls, Sea Wolf, Brother Ali, Vic Chesnutt, WHY?, Joshua James, and the first independently released album by Pearl Jam… and there’s plenty more!
There are also a few projects whose names might be less recognizable but whose members you’ll certainly know — Volcano Choir (Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon), Rain Machine (TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone), and Monsters of Folk (a supergroup of M. Ward, Jim James, Connor Oberst, and Mike Mogis) — and whose albums you’ll definitely want to pick up. Check out the rest on Largehearted Boy’s list and enjoy this feast of new releases:
from The Almighty Defenders on Vice Records
Basement Jaxx – Feelings Gone
from Scars on Ultra Records
The Big Pink - Dominos
from A Brief History of Love on 4AD
Brother Ali - Us (MP3)
from Us on Rhymsayers Entertainment
Castanets - Worn from the Fight (MP3)
from Texas Rose, The Thaw, And The Beasts on Asthmatic Kitty
Vic Chesnutt - Philip Guston (MP3)
from At the Cut on Constellation
Deadmau5 - Ghosts N Stuff (ft. Rob Swire)
from For Lack of a Better Name on Ultra Records
Early Day Miners - So Slowly (MP3)
from The Treatment on Matador Records
Eva & the Heartmaker - Superhero
from Let’s Keep This Thing Up Forever on Columbia/Sony Music
Girls - Lust for Life (MP3)
from Album on Matador
Hallelujah the Hills - Classic Tapes (MP3)
from Colonial Drones on Absolutely Kosher
Islands - Vapours (MP3)
from Vapours on Anti- Records
Joshua James - Magazine (MP3)
from Build Me This on Intelligent Noise
Le Loup - Beach Town (MP3)
from Family on Hardly Art
Monsters of Folk – Say Please (MP3)
from Monsters of Folk on Shangri- La
Owen - Good Friends, Bad Habits (MP3)
from New Leaves on Polyvinyl Records
Pastels/Tenniscoats - Vivid Youth
from Two Sunsets on Geographic/Domino Records
Pearl Jam - The Fixer
from Backspacer on Monkeywrench
Julie Peel – Unfold (MP3)
from Near the Sun on American Laundromat Records
Rain Machine - Give Blood (MP3)
from Rain Machine on Anti- Records
Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers - Beating St. Louis (MP3)
from A Fish Hook An Open Eye on Kepler Records
The Real Ones - Every Dog Has His Day (MP3)
from All for the Neighbourhood on The Rebel Group
Red Wire Black Wire - Breathing Fire (MP3)
from Robots & Roses on Tough Customer Records
Rollercoaster Project - What Happened (MP3)
from Revenge on Absolutely Kosher
Sea Wolf - Wicked Blood (MP3)
from White Water, White Bloom on Dangerbird Records
Sissy Wish - DWTS (MP3)
from Beauties Never Die on Afternoon Records
Spiral Beach - Domino (MP3)
from The Only Really Thing on Sparks
Times New Viking - Move to California (MP3)
from Born Again Revisited on Matador
Underground Railroad - Kill Me Now (MP3)
from Sticks & Stones on One Little Indian
Volcano Choir - Island, IS (MP3)
from Unmap on Jagjaguwar
WHY? – This Blackest Purse (MP3)
from Eskimo Snow on Anticon
Devon Williams – Sufferer (MP3)
from Sufferer on Slumberland
