Sunday, February 28, 2010

New Releases: February 2010

Round up of the most interesting albums and singles released in February 2010 plus links to videos and free & legal mp3s:

Albums

YEASAYER - Odd Blood (mp3)
THE SOFT PACK - The Soft Pack (mp3)
QUASI - American Gong (mp3)
YOU SAY PARTY! WE SAY DIE! - XXXX
MOON DUO - Escape
SHEARWATER - The Golden Archipelago (mp3)
JOANNA NEWSOM - Have One On Me (stream)
HOT CHIP - One Life Stand
MASSIVE ATTACK - Heligoland
THE KNIFE - Tomorrow, In A Year (stream/mp3)
TORO Y MOI - Causers of This (video)
LONELADY - Nerve Up
XIU XIU - Dear God, I Hate Myself (mp3)
ROBERT POLLARD - We All Got Out of the Army
JULIANA HATFIELD - Peace & Love
HOLLY MIRANDA - The Magician's Private Library (mp3)
GIL SCOTT-HERON - I'm New Here (stream)
THE ALBUM LEAF - A Chorus of Storytellers (mp3)
THE WATSON TWINS - Talking to You, Talking to Me
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS - The Family Jewels
FIELD MUSIC - Measure (mp3)
BABYBIRD - Ex-Maniac
THE COURTEENERS - Falcon
LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION - Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You (video)
PANTHA DU PRINCE - Black Noise (mp3)
SHOUT OUT LOUDS - Work (mp3)
K-OS - Yes!
PHANTOGRAM - Eyelid Movies (mp3)
EFTERKLANG - Magic Chairs (video)
THE ANTENNAS - The Antennas (video)
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Rough Trade Shops Counter Culture 09
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Casual Victim Pile (mp3s)

Singles

DUM DUM GIRLS
- Jail La La (mp3)
BLOOD RED SHOES - Light It Up (video)
LOS CAMPESINOS! - Romance Is Boring (video)
THE SOFT PACK - C'mon (video)
YEAH YEAH YEAHS - Skeletons (video)
TUNE-YARDS - Real Live Flesh (video)
GIRLS - Morning Light (video)
JOHNNY FOREIGNER - Every Cloakroom Ever
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB - Evening/Morning (video)
OPERATOR PLEASE - Logic (video)
EGYPTIAN HIP HOP - Wild Human Child / Heavenly
MOONFACE - Dreamland EP: Marimba and Shit-Drums (mp3)
MEMORYHOUSE - The Years EP
GIL SCOTT-HERON - Me And The Devil (video)
FIELD MUSIC - Them That Do Nothing (video)
ELLIE GOULDING - Starry Eyed (video)
MARINA & THE DIAMONDS - Hollywood (video)
COURTEENERS - You Overdid It Doll (video)
THE MACCABEES featuring ROOTS MANUVA - Empty Vessels (video)
ALKALINE TRIO - This Addiction (video)
VICTORIAN ENGLISH GENTLEMENS CLUB - Bored In Belgium (video)
HOT CLUB DE PARIS - With Days Like This As Cheap As Chewing Gum, Why Would Anyone Want To Work?

Recommended mp3 downloads:

Japandroids - Art Czars
Broken Social Scene - World Sick
The New Pornographers - Your Hands (Together)
The Secret Machines - Like I Can
Wooden Shjips - I Hear the Vibrations (E-Z version)
Serena-Maneesh - I Just Want To See Your Face
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Mighty Sparrow
Vampire Weekend - Ruby Soho
Archie Bronson Outfit - Shark's Tooth
UNKLE feat. The Black Angels - Natural Selection
Gonjasufi - Ancestors
Flying Lotus - Quakes
Kate Nash - I Just Love You More
Vivian Girls - He's Gone
Glasser - Tremel

Louisiana rock'n'rollers Research Turtles are offering their entire self-titled debut album for free download at their new site.

Singles of the Month
: We have already talked about Dum Dum Girls and their excellent single "Jail La La" in a previous post. Here's the videos for the two other rockin' singles that make up our Top 3 for this month:


Blood Red Shoes - Light It Up


Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring

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