First Listen

The New Pornographers latest CD Together is officially released next week, but you can listen to the full album right now at NPR

The album is what you would expect from the gang, and I'm excited to sink my teeth into the new jams. So enjoy.

Thanks to Elise for the tip!

NEW SONG

Yesterday I told my story about seeing the M.I.A. blimp at Coachella, well today we've got the new single!

M.I.A. - Born Free



Its running with the lo-fi trend, and I am missing the hard beats we are used to hearing from M.I.A., but either way, I'm excited to see where this single and her new album will be taking us.

Since it is a leak, the song has been taken down from SoundCloud and some other sources, so lets hope this youtube link sticks around to get a couple of listens in.

New Music Monday?

I realize that we have a feature called "New Music Tuesday," not Monday. However, this gem came out today, which is incidentally Monday. I also don't mind because New Music Monday is totally alliteration and I totally love it.

Check out LCD Soundsystem's newest leak "Dance Yrself Clean." It has all of LCD Soundsystem's classic trademarks - fun, danceable, electronic background beats, strong vocals, and an impossibly twisting format. It also weighs in at 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Experience it in all of its greatness here:

LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean by electrobitches

MGMT Leak

MGMT exploded on the scene with their 2007 release Oracular Spectacular, which was one of the best albums of that year, and in our humble opinion, of the decade. It's hard to match such an effort, and these leaked songs [via NNM] from their sophomore record definitively show that.

MGMT – Flash Delirium


MGMT - Congratulations

It's not terrible, but disappointing. Here's hoping the rest of their album is better - and has a little more of MGMT's deft electronic touch.