This week’s Best New Releases includes new tracks from a bunch of artists and bands that we think more people need to hear. Long Beach, California band Avi Buffalo – one of our bands to watch late last year – drop their self-titled, debut album today after a long build up – the band has been rising on the blogger radars and on the mainstream music websites as well over the past six months.
Next, the Alcoholic Faith Mission have released their terrific new LP, Let This Be The Last Night We Care. Common Prayer drop their new LP, There Is A Mountain, today, and if the single, “Us vs. Them” is any indication of the album, than it’s one to jot down on the “to get” list.
Even though we’ve already featured a number of Ariel Pink‘s new music during the past couple of months, his latest LP officially drops today. Drew Danburry sent us this fantastic country-folk-rock (best way can think to describe it) song, “Nirvana, by Kurt Cobain,” that we’ve played multiple times.
Plus, check out sweet new tracks from The Lights, Sonoi, The Mynabirds, Sonoi, Ceremony, Polock, Frog Eyes, The Pack A.D., Unnatural Helpers, Gogol Bordello, and The Whiskers. We wrap with a new album from Princeton frontman Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson as the duo Kisses. By the way, we could give a rats ass that Hole (Courtney Love) has a new album out today.
“Remember Last Time” – Avi Buffalo from s/t debut
Avi Buffalo official website
Stream Avi Buffalo’s debut here
“My Eyes to See” – Alcoholic Faith Mission from Let This Be the Last Night We Care – Alcoholic Faith Mission on Myspace
“Us vs. Them” – Common Prayer from There Is A Mountain
Common Prayer on MySpace
“Round and Round” – Ariel Pink Haunted Graffiti from Round and Round 7″
Ariel Pink on MySpace
“Nirvana, by Kurt Cobain” – Drew Danburry, single
Drew Danburry on MySpace
“Someday” – Ceremony from Rocket Fire
Ceremony on MySpace
“Puerto Escondido” – The Lights from Failed Graves
The Lights on MySpace
“Numbers Don’t Lie” – The Mynabirds from What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood
The Mynabirds on MySpace
“Sherry Fall” – Sonoi from s/t debut
Sonoi on MySpace
“Fireworks” – Polock from Getting Down From The Trees
Polock on MySpace
“Lear in Love” – Frog Eyes from Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph
Frog Eyes on MySpace
“Crazy” – The Pack A.D. from We Kill Computers
The Pack A.D. official website
“Pala Tute” – Gogol Bordello from Transcontenential Hustle
Gogol Bordello on MySpace
“Sunshine/Pretty Girls” – Unnatural Helpers from Cracked Love & Other Drugs
Unnatural Helpers on MySpace
“Cameras” – The Whiskers from War of Currents
The Whiskers on MySpace
“Bermuda” – Kisses from Bermuda
Kisses on MySpace
Other Releases This Week (compiled by Pitchfork)
David Holmes: The Dogs Are Parading [Best Of] [Universal] Various Artists: Kitsune Maison 9: The Petit Bateau Edition or The Cotton Issue [Kitsune] Team Ghost: You Never Did Anything Wrong To Me [Sonic Cathedral] Acid Mothers Temple: From 0 to Infinity [Important] B.o.B.: B.o.B. Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray [Rebel Rock Entertainment/Grand Hustle/Atlantic] The Black Swans: Words Are Stupid [St. Ives] Blunt Mechanic: World Record [Barsuk] Chin-Chin: Sound of the Westerway [Slumberland] Eric Copeland: XXXX 7″ [PPM] Frightened Rabbit: Nothing Like You 7″ [FatCat] Iggy and the Stooges: Raw Power: Deluxe Edition [Columbia/Legacy] Juan MacLean: DJ-Kicks [!K7] The Lodger: Flashbacks [Slumberland] Mono: Holy Ground: NYC Live With the Wordless Music Orchestra [Wordless/Temporary Residence] Mount Carmel: Mount Carmel [Siltbreeze] The Mynabirds: What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood [Saddle Creek] Naked on the Vague: Heaps of Nothing [Siltbreeze] Paul Flaherty & Randall Colbourne: A Distant Roar [Family Vineyard] Brian Posehn: Fart and Wiener Jokes [Relapse] Terry Riley: In C (GVSUNME, Live at Le Poisson Rouge, NYC) [Wordless/Ghostly International] The Sadies: Darker Circles [Yep Roc] Various Artists: We Are One, In the Sun: A Tribute to Robbie Basho [Important] The Wave Pictures: If You Leave It Alone [Moshi Moshi] [U.S. release] The Wave Pictures: Instant Coffee Baby [Moshi Moshi] [U.S. release] White Fence: White Fence [Woodsist] Wounded Lion: Wounded Lion [In The Red]