New album from The National is released today. Buy Boxer here if you don't already have it, and if so, go get it. It's absolutely wonderful. More low-key than some of the highlights from Alligator (there's no "Mr. November" here), but I think an actually more complete and interesting record than their great 2005 release.
New album from The Handsome Furs is also released today. I've blogged about the new side project from Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner here and here. But words cannot describe just how good Plague Park is. Go buy a copy today.
I wasn't all that into Deerhunter's second full-length release Cryptograms from earlier this year, but their recently released follow up EP Flourescent Grey has a couple excellent songs on it, including this one below.
I'm also not all that into many of the Polyphonic Spree's content (too '60s, too hippie for my tastes), but this song off their forthcoming release The Fragile Army is pretty damn catchy and good.
And finally, on Emusic - the absolute best pay-for-music site around (sorry, iTunes), where you get 40 tracks for $10 a month and you can start with 50 FREE!! (no strings attached at all) - I found the following two-track release from The Microphones, the first under the Microphones moniker since 2003. The two songs are "Don't Smoke" and "Get off the Internet" and I have no idea when they were recorded, but the release date is listed as March 2007. Here's one of the two tracks. Go to Emusic for the other one.
Plague Park is a thing of raging beauty... album of the year. Although Okkervil River and Sunset Rubdown could hopefully challenge for that title when they release their new albums.
Posted by: wayne | May 22, 2007 at 08:29 AM
Don't forget a new Wolf Parade is coming this year too. Lots of Spencer and friends for everyone.
Posted by: Bill | May 22, 2007 at 08:52 AM