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Every Tuesday, we focus on new music releases by naming our top tracks and supplying the latest videos for select albums.
Green Day – ¡Dos!
Top Track: “Stray Heart”
Deftones – Koi No Yokan
Top Track: “Tempest”
Soundgarden – King Animal
Top Track: “Non-State Actor”
Crystal Castles – III
Top Track: “Plague”
Fake Blood – Cells
Top Track: “End of Days”
Every Tuesday, we focus on new music releases by naming our top tracks and supplying the latest videos for select albums.
Public Enemy – Most of My Heroes Still Don’t Appear on No Stamp
Top Track: “I Shall Not Be Moved”
Friendly Fires – Late Night Tales: Friendly Fires
Top Track: “Under the Sun”
Dirty Projectors – About to Die [EP]
Top Track: “About to Die”
Teen Daze – The Inner Mansions
Top Track: “Discipleship”
Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
Every Tuesday, we focus on new music releases by naming our top tracks and supplying the latest videos for select albums.
Calvin Harris – 18 Months
Top Track: “Sweet Nothing” feat. Florence Welch
Harris releases his first album since 2009, but he now has pop stars like Florence Welch, Ellie Goulding, Dizzee Rascal and Rihanna guesting on his tracks.
Neil Young – Psychedelic Pill
Top Track: “Ramada Inn”
Got 20 minutes? Good. Listen to this slow-burner and watch the archival footage. Young’s still got it.
Cee-Lo Greene – Cee Lo’s Magic Moment
Top Track: “Run Rudolph Run”
Cee-Lo drops a Christmas album in October and is too busy to actually show up in the music video.
Andrew Bird – Hands of Glory [EP]
Top Track: “Three White Horses”
Andrew Bird follows his excellent LP in 2012 with this EP.
The Coup – Sorry to Bother You
Top Track: “The Guillotine”
Boots Riley and The Coup continue to spit political rhymes on their sixth LP.
Every Tuesday, we focus on new music releases by naming our top tracks and supplying the latest videos for select albums.
Shiny Toy Guns – III
Top Track: “Waiting Alone”
Gary Clark Jr. – Blak and Blu
Top Track: “Numb”
Paul Banks – Banks
Top Track: “The Base”
Titus Andronicus – Local Business
Top Track: “In a Big City”
Diamond Rings – Free Dimensional
Top Track: “I’m Just Me”
Every Tuesday, we focus on new music releases by naming our top tracks and supplying the latest videos for select albums.
Boys Noize – Out of the Black
Top Track: “XTC”
German EDM producer and DJ Alexander Ridha releases his third LP.
Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man
Top Track: “Laura”
The cover art for this album is striking, weird and great all at the same time. The album has some very successful moments and is worth a listen.
Trey Anastasio – Travelor
Top Track: “Pigtail”
The Phish frontman releases an album of tracks he’s mostly been playing for years solo or with Phish. The title track “Traveler” was the only track not heard until a recent Trey Anastasio Band show. Co-produced with Peter Katis (The National, Interpol, Jónsi), Traveler features the Trey Anastasio Band and such guests as Mates of State’s Kori Gardner, The National’s Bryan Devendorf and Matt Berninger, Icelandic percussionist Samuli Kosminen, Rob Moose (Bon Iver, Antony and the Johnsons), Thomas Bartlett (Rufus Wainwright, David Byrne) and theremin virtuoso Rob Schwimmer.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
The Canadian post-rock collective emerges from a seven-year hiatus, announcing new album two weeks ago, made it available a week ago and it officially releases on Tuesday, October 16th. It’s excellent.
Daphni – JIAOLONG
Top Track: “Pairs”
Daphni is one of the stage names for Daniel Victor Snaith, aka Caribou. He also goes by Manitoba.
Every Tuesday, we focus on new music releases by naming our top tracks and supplying the latest videos for select albums.
Ellie Goulding – Halcyon
Top Track: “Anything Can Happen”
Ellie Goulding reveals the same horrible haircut as her boyfriend Skrillex, yet approaches stadium-size stardom with her first album.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist
Top Track: “Same Love” feat. Mary Lambert
The video for “Same Love” is one of the better audio/video combos of the year.
Tame Impala – Lonerism
Top Tracks: “Elephant”
“Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”
Hands down, one of the best albums of the year. Lonerism is compulsively listenable from beginning to end, the first and the 10th listen all the same.
Freelance Whales – Diluvia
Top Track: “Spitting Image”
There are at least a couple gems with “Spitting Image” and “Locked Out”.
Lord Huron – Lonesome Dreams
Top Track: “Time to Run”
Lord Huron’s debut LP is a strong effort and deserves a listen.
METZ – METZ
Top Track: “Headache”
METZ seems to have a cleaner and slightly more subdued sound live as seen above, compared to their self-titled first album.
Every Tuesday, we focus on new music releases by naming our top tracks and supplying the latest videos for select albums.
Muse – The 2nd Law
Top Track: “The 2nd Law: Unsustainable”
Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, m.A.A.d City
Top Track: “Swimming Pools”
The Vaccines – Come of Age
Top Track: “No Hope”
Flying Lotus – Until the Quiet Comes
Top Track: “Puddy Boy Strut”
Matt & Kim – Lightning
Top Track: “Let’s Go”
The Mountain Goats – Transcendental Youth
Top Track: “Transcendental Youth”
Beth Orton – Sugaring Season
Top Track: “Magpie”
Moon Duo – Circles
Top Track: “Sleepwalker”
Dark Dark Dark – Who Needs Who
Top Track: “Tell Me”
Taken by Trees – Other Worlds
Top Track: “Dreams”
Ultraísta – Ultraísta
Top Track: “Small Talk”
Every Tuesday, we focus on new music releases by naming our top tracks and supplying the latest videos for select albums.
Green Day – ¡Uno!
Top Track: “Let Yourself Go”
Green Day will release three albums over the next six months, starting with “¡Uno!”, followed by “¡Dos!” and “¡Tre!” Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong had an awesomely appropriate meltdown at a iHeartRadio in Las Vegas Friday, then postponed their show at the Fillmore in SF this coming Friday. It all sounds like a well-planned way to avoid the first of many promotional appearances.
Deadmau5 – > album title goes here <
Top Track: “Professional Griefers” feat. Gerard Way
Style over substance? To many people, yes. But to most EDM fans, it doesn’t matter; aesthetics, friends and drugs are part of the package. As Deadmau5 releases his sixth album after contemplating a hiatus, can the biggest DJ in American history hang up touring at his peak?
Mumford & Sons – Babel
Top Track: “I Will Wait”
Mumford & Sons release their second LP on September 25th after performing on Saturday Night Live successfully over the weekend. They will probably tour on this album for two and a half years.
Talib Kweli – Prisoner of Conscious
Top Track: “Push Thru” feat. Curren$y, Kendrick Lamar & Glen Reynolds
Hip-hop icon Talib Kweli releases his much anticipated fifth solo studio LP, and it features guest appearances from Melanie Fiona, Curren$y, Kendrick Lamar, Nelly, Busta Rhymes.
Dragonette – Bodyparts
Top Track: “Let It Go”
Dragonette’s dance-pop is way too overproduced in this album, but it works in a live setting. Go see Dragonette and expect dance-pop over house beats that play well to an audience.
Django Django – Django Django
Top Track: “Default”
One of the best albums of the year, “Django Django,” was released worldwide in January and was technically re-released digitally in August. The CD release is set for September 25th. Expect psychedelic repetition that is better than Animal Collective’s new record.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – St. Peter and 57th
This live record features tUnE-yArDs’ Merrill Garbus, My Morning Jacket, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), Allen Toussaint, actor Ed Helms, Givers and Steve Earle with the New Orleans institution that is The Preservation Hall Jazz Band. This album is a must-listen, and any trip to New Orleans requires a visit to Preservation Hall in the French Quarter.
The Soft Pack – Strapped
Top Track: “Tallboy”
The Soft Pack’s second album has its moments, but there’s nothing remarkable here from the Southern California band.
Every Tuesday, we focus on new music releases by naming our top tracks and supplying the latest videos for select albums.
Band of Horses – Mirage Rock
Top Track: “Knock Knock”
∆ (alt-J) – An Awesome Wave
Top Track: “Tessellate”
Grizzly Bear – Shields
Top Track: “Sleeping Ute (Yet Again)”
Dinosaur Jr. – I Bet on Sky
Top Track: “Watch the Corners”
How to Dress Well – Total Loss
Top Track: “Ocean Floor for Everything”
LV – Sebenza
Top Track: “Sebenza”
Various (GOOD Music Compilation) – Cruel Summer
Top Track: “Mercy”
Every Tuesday, we focus on new music releases by naming our top tracks and supplying the latest videos for select albums.
Bob Dylan – Tempest
Top Track: “Duquesne Whistle”
Listen to the album on Spotify.
The xx – Coexist
Top Track: “Swept Away”
Listen to the album on Spotify.
The Avett Brothers – The Carpenter
Top Track: “Live & Die”
Listen to the album on Spotify.
The Presets – Pacifica
Top Track: “Youth in Trouble”
Listen to the album on Spotify.
The Raveonettes – Observator
Top Track: “Observations”
Listen to the album on Spotify.
Calexico – Algiers
Top Track: “Splitter”
Listen to the album on Spotify.
Chris Robinson Brotherhood – The Magic Door
Top Track: “Vibration & Light Suite”
Listen to the album on Spotify.
David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant
Top Track: “Who”
Every Tuesday, we focus on new music releases by naming our top tracks and supplying the latest videos for select albums.
Animal Collective – Centipede Hz.
Top Track: “Today’s Supernatural”
Cat Power – Sun
Top Track: “Ruin”
Stars – The North
Top Track: “Hold on When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It”
Jens Lekman – I Know What Love Isn’t
Top Track: “I Know What Love Isn’t”
Bob Mould – Silver Age
Top Track: “The Descent”
The Fresh & Onlys – Long Slow Dance
Top Track: “Presence of Mind”
Every Tuesday, we focus on new music releases by naming our top tracks and supplying the latest videos for select albums.
Swans – The Seer
Top Track: “Mother of the World”
Wild Nothing – Nocturne
Top Track: “Nocturne”
Matthew Dear – Beams
Top Track: “Her Fantasy”
Dan Deacon – America
Top Track: “True Thrush”
Divine Fits – A Thing Called Divine Fits
Top Track: “My Love Is Real”
