This Week's Releases

Another week with a long list of releases. This week features more experimental music than normal, which is great for those of us who are fans of bands pushing genre boundaries. There are too many albums that I enjoyed listening to for me to point out one or two, so make your way through the list as there is something for everyone.

Sleepy Eyes Of Death

Dark Signals EP - "Pierce The Air" (via iodalliance.com)

Dead Heart Bloom

In Chains EP - "Flash in a Bottle" (via teamclermont.com)

Handsome Furs

Face Control - "I'm Confused" (via subpop.com)

Elvis Perkins in Dearland

Elvis Perkins in Dearland - "Shampoo" (via beggarsgroupusa.com)

Arboretum

Song Of The Pearl - "False Spring" (via thrilljockey.com)

Chin Chin

The Flashing, The Fancing - "GG and the Boys" (via dailyrindblog.com)


Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

La Luz Del Ritmo - "Padre Nuestro" (via iodalliance.com)

Balmorhea

All is Wild, All is Silent - "Harm & Boon" (via westernvinal.com)

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone

Advance Base Battery Life - "Old Panda Days" (via teamclermont.com)

BLK JKS

Mystery EP - "Lakeside" (via KEXP.org)

Bishop Allen

Grr... - "Dimmer" (via band website)

tUnE yArDs

BiRd-BrAiNs - "Sunlight" (via forcefieldpr.com)

Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band

Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band - "Anchors Dropped" (via scjag.com) & Full Album Stream

Chris Joss

Sticks - Full Album Stream


Tim Hecker

An Imaginary Country - "Sea of Pulses" (via KEXP.org)

Pronto

All Is Golden - "When I'm On The Rocks" (via contraphonic.com)

Mirah

(a)spera - "Gone Are The Days" (via teamclermont.com)

Anni Rossi

Rockwell - "Wheelpusher" (via beggersgroupusa.com)

All The Saints

Fire on Corridor X - "Fire on Corridor X" (via touchandgorecords.com)

Extra Golden

Thank You Very Quickly - "Anyango" (via thrilljockey.com)

The Weight

Are Men - "Closer than a Friend" (via teepeerecords.com)

Madeline

White Flag - "Sorry" (via fileden.com)

Julie Doiron

I Wonder What You Did With Your Day - "Consolation Prize" (via scjag.com)

Knot Feeder

Light Flares - "You Are My First Choice (To Throw Out A Window)" (via file-13.com)

Romi Mayes

Achin' In Yer Bones - "Achin' In Yer Bones" (via killbeatmusic.com)

Rocco Deluca & Burden

Mercy - Full Album Stream

Cursive

Mama, I'm Swollen - "From the Hips" (via amazonaws.com)

This Week's Releases

This week saw first big release day of 2009. The long awaited Animal Collective album is out, as well as new ones from Bon Iver, Andrew Bird and even Matt & Kim. There is an astounding number of great releases so take some time to look over the long list and enjoy some new music.

Animal Collective

Merriweather Post Pavilion - "My Girls" & Full Album Stream

Cut Off Your Hands

You & I - "Turn Cold" & Full Album Stream

Or The Whale

Light Poles and Pines - "Call and Response"

Matt & Kim

Grand - Full Album Stream

E.Joseph and The Phantom Heart (Bmore)

All The Medicine In The World

Kyle Andrews

Real Blasty - "Sushi"

Andrew Bird

Noble Beast - "Fitz and the Dizzyspells"

Anya Marina

Slow & Steady Seduction, Phase II - Full Album Stream

The 1900s

Medium High EP - "Age of Metals"

A.C. Newman

Get Guilty - "Submarines of Stockholm" & Full Album Stream

Six Organs of Admittance

RTZ - "Resurrection"

Psychic Ills

Mirror Eye - "Fingernail Tea"

Bon Iver

Blood Bank EP - "Blood Bank" & Full Album Stream

Coconut Records

Davy - Full Album Stream

Modern Skirts

All Of Us In Our Own Night - "Soft Pedals" & Full Album Stream

Blue Giant

Target Heart EP - "Target Heart"

Roger O'Donnell

Songs From The Silver Box - "Tiny Pieces of You"

J. Tillman

Vacilando Territory Blues - "Steel on Steel"

Fiction Family

Fiction Family - "When She's Near" & Full album Stream

Ladyfinger

Dusk - "Little Things"

Robert Pollard

The Crawling Distance - "Imaginary Queen Anne"

Titus Andronicus

The Airing of Grievances - "Titus Andronicus"

Gin Wigmore

Extended Play - "These Roses"

Antony and the Johnsons

The Crying Light - Full Album Stream