It’s another big, big week for new releases from some of our favorite indie bands and artists, including LA’s lo-fi, experimental outfit, No Age; the fifth studio LP from Deerhunter is a tour de indie with songs of psych-rock and electro-pop as only they can deliver; and the newest release from Abe Vigoda should be a welcome delight for the band’s fans, and one of the ‘break-through bands’ of 2008, Women, return with Public Strain, the follow-up to their acclaimed, self-titled debut .
One of the greatest songwriters ever, Neil Young, returns with yet another album, Le Noise. Young, one of the most prolific and longest-lasting rock icons of all-time, throws fans another well-executed change-up on Le Noise, produced by Daniel Lanois. We just don’t get why their isn’t a postable MP3; that fact does make you wonder: “why not?” If the decision is Neil’s, that’s just bogus.
The long-awaited Pete Yorn fresh LP is out, and the celebrated indie rock singer-songwriter has give IRC exclusive permission to share three songs with all of you. The self-titled, 11-track album was produced by the one and only Frank Black (The Pixies). The 2010 Polaris Prize nominee and Arcade Fire moonlighter, Owen Pallett, returns with a new EP, If that wasn’t enough, check out a double-shot from one of our 2009 bands to watch, The Hush Now; the first album in 14 years from OMD, and the first new release from San Diego’s Three Mile Pilot since 1997, plus and The Posies ping the musical switchboard with their first new material in five years.
There are also releases from a bunch of lesser-known, but very promising, indie bands we think many of you will dig, including newbies Grandchildren, who drop their debut, Everlasting; plus, Monolithic Cloud Parade; Breath Owl Breath; In Grenada; Twin Shadow; Paleo; Eternal Summers; Highlife; Glasser; Loyd Cole; Echo Orbiter, and the list goes on. There are other bands that would be listed here, such as Floored by Four and Electric Six, but they don’t apparently make even one MP3 available, which is to their detriment in the MP3 age. We’ve always contended that bands that don’t offer a MP3 to music lovers are shooting themselves in the foot – missing out on potential free press, and alienating themselves from existing and would-be fans.
As with all of IRC’s playlist mixes, you can stream this entire mix of fresh tracks uninterrupted by clicking on the first song and letting it run. And, all are free, legal MP3s that you can save by right-clicking on the track and selecting ‘Save As.’ Enjoy.
“Glitter” – No Age from Everything in Between
“Helicopter” – Deerhunter from Halcyon Digest (via Pop Tarts Suck Toasted)
“To Tears” – Abe Vigoda from Crush
“Velcro Shoes” – Pete Yorn from Pete Yorn
“Precious Stone” – Pete Yorn from Pete Yorn
“Rock Crowd” – Pete Yorn from Pete Yorn
“No Ankles” – Owen Pallett from A Swedish Love Story EP
“Eyesore” – Women from Public Strain
“License to Hide” – The Posies from Blood/Candy
“Sister Mary Says” (demo) – OMD from History of Modern
“Saturn Returns” – Grandchildren from Saturn Returns
“Distance and Temptation” – In Grenada from Break
“Slow” – Twin Shadow from Forget
“The Other Ones” – The Hush Now from Shiver Me Starships EP
“Gone Baby Gone” – Meridene from Something Like Blood
“Vietnam Giraffe” – The Hush Now from Shiver Me Starships EP
“Swimming” – Breath Owl from Magic Central
“The King James Fakebook” – Paleo from A View of the Sky
“What’s In The Air” – Three Mile Pilot from The Inevitable Past is the Future Forgotten
“F Kenya Rip” – Highlife from Best Bless EP
“Adventurer” – Monolithic Cloud Parade from The Sea and Setting Sun
“Pogo” – Eternal Summers from Silver
“Fog” – Tied to the Branches from Tied to the Branches EP
Neil Young from Le Noise
“Salt and Sea” – Lazerbeak from Legend Recognize Legend
“Home” – Glasser from Ring
“Mouth Of An Incomplete Twin” – Echo Orbiter from Euphonicmontage
“Double Happiness” – Lloyd Cole from Broken Record
“I Need A Dollar” – Aloe Blacc from Good Things
*Note: Some new releases may not be represented because, either they do not offer MP3s to post, or we didn’t feel they fit the scope of IRC
