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Spiritualized “Soul on Fire”
Not quite finished messing with our heads, Jason Pierce returns more determined than ever on Spiritualized’s sixth album, Songs in A&E. Ease into it with this gently rocking psychedelic epic in which he sings, “I’ve got a hurricane inside my veins.”

(via The Yellow Stereo)

I Love Math “Josephine Street”
Did picking up the Juno soundtrack make you long for old school indie-pop with jangly guitars, frail male voices and starry-eyed lyrics? Then get on board with I Love Math, a group that features members of Apples In Stereo and the Old 97s and on this track from its debut album, Getting To The Point Is Beside It, sounds like the cardigan clad lovechild of Belle & Sebastian, the Clientele and Yo La Tengo.
(via Glurp Records)

Sigur Ros “Gobbledigook”
The Icelandic band most famous for singing songs in its own invented language doesn’t disappoint with this taster from its forthcoming fifth full length, With a Buzz In Our Ears We Play Endlessly. They sound more upbeat than ever thanks to the scratchy acoustic guitars and hasty rhythmic changes, but no less delirious.
(via Gorilla vs Bear)

MGMT “Time To Pretend”
Is this grinding, impossibly catchy electronic tune a mindless celebration of hedonism or a jaded look at the fast life? We’re not sure but we sure like the part where the vocoded voice goes, “I’ll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars/ You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars.”
(via Slave To The Details)

Coldplay “Songbird” (Oasis Cover)
With anticipation for the new Brian Eno-produced album now at a fever pitch thanks to that omnipresent iTunes commercial, maybe it’s best if we all just step back and take a breather with this understated cover of this Liam Gallagher penned ballad.
(via Hard To Find A Friend)

The Tallest Man on Earth “I Won’t Be Found”
Our editor Jose Ramirez says, “It’s the best American folk since Devendra Banhart stopped being poor (and he’s Swedish).” Who are we to argue?
(via Ketelmuziek)

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Devendra Banhart “Don’t Look Back In Anger” (Oasis cover)
Yes, a bunch of new Oasis demos leaked all over the place this week. But just like the band’s last five albums or so, they’re horrible. Luckily, the same isn’t true of this beautifully wobbly cover of the Brit-pop group’s classic “Don’t Look Back In Anger” as reinterpreted by the blessedly cosmic Devendra Banhart.

(via I Guess I’m Floating)

Bart Davenport “Beg Steal Borrow”
Just in time for his new album, this East Bay singer-songwriter’s under-appreciated self-titled release is getting reissued. Luxuriate in this standout cut’s summer-breeze melody and the ex-Loved Ones frontman’s satin-smooth harmonies.
(via Antenna Farm Records)

The Last Shadow Puppets “The Age of Understatement (Acoustic)”
The Arctic Monkey’s frontman’s side project with Miles Kane is so good we kind of wouldn’t mind if Alex Turner never went back to his day job with the leading lights of British guitar rock. Here, the title track of the duo’s sweeping debut album gets the unplugged treatment.
MP3: “The Age of Understatement (Acoustic)”
(via Domino Records)

Shy Child “Astronaut”
With the Killers on a break, why not invest a little time into their slightly more punky keytar-slinging cousins? One listen to this slice of trendy, ’80s inspired mayhem and you’ll understand why Stella McCartney recruited them to soundtrack her line at last year’s Fashion Rocks.
(via Terror Bird)

The Dandy Warhols “The World The People Together (Come On)”
Dumped by Capitol, these Portland rockers have lost none of their pop sheen of affection for unwieldy song titles as they re-enter indiedom. This propulsive preview track from their self-released sixth album, Earth to the Dandy Warhols, has a bit of a Chemical Brothers vibe, which so does not surprise us.
(via Stereogum)