I've been traveling or otherwise occupied for the past three Sundays. I've missed doing the show! This week, I'm putting things together on the fly from the new and recommended albums that have made their way into the studio over the past couple of months. Enjoy!
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The Beards "You Should Consider Having Sex With a Bearded Man" from Having a Beard is the New Not Having a Beard (self-released, 2012) Melissa Ferrick "Wreck Me (feat. Paula Cole)" from The Truth Is (Mpress, 2013) Dawes "From a Window Seat" from Stories Don't End (Hub, 2013) JJ Grey & Mofro "Florabama" from This River (Alligator, 2013) Della Mae "Maybeline" from This World Oft Can Be (Rounder, 2013)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra "So Good at Being in Trouble" from II (Jagjaguwar, 2013) The Black Angels "Indigo Meadow" from Indigo Meadow (Blue Horizon, 2013) Melody's Echo Chamber "Some Time Alone, Alone" from Melody's Echo Chamber (Fat Possum, 2012) The Flaming Lips "Be Free, Away" from The Terror (Warner Bros., 2013) Secret Colours "Euphoric Collisions" from Peach (self-released, 2013)
Sigur Rós "Stormur" from Kveikur (XL, 2013) Mogwai "How to be a Werewolf" from A Wrenched Vile Lore (Sub Pop, 2012) Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Despair" from Mosquito (Interscope, 2013) Chvrches "Recover" from Recover (Glassnote, 2013) CSS "Hangover" from Planta (SQE Music, 2013)
Savages "Shut Up" from Silence Yourself (Matador, 2013) Ty Segall "The Hill" from Twins (Drag City, 2012) Dirty Fences "White Lies" from Too High To Kross (Volcom Entertainment, 2013) Parquet Courts "Borrowed Time" from Light Up Gold (What's Your Rupture?, 2013) Bleached "Searching Through the Past" from Ride Your Heart (Dead Oceans, 2013)
The National "Humiliation" from Trouble Will Find Me (4AD, 2013) Portugal. The Man "Evil Friends" from Evil Friends (Atlantic, 2013) Last Good Tooth "Could You Read" from Not Without Work and Rest (Team Love, 2013) The Jezabels "Endless Summer" from Prisoner (Mom + Pop, 2013) Frightened Rabbit "Holy" from Pedestrian Verse (Atlantic, 2013)
Camera Obscura "Break It To You Gently" from Desire Lines (4AD, 2013) Pilot Rouge "Helen" from Helen of Troy (Zoolounge, 2013) Hey Ocean! "Make a New Dance Up" from Is (Nettwerk, 2013)
Freelance Whales "Land Features" from Diluvia (Mom + Pop, 2012)