# Best New Releases of the Week: Radio Dept., Rory Erickson & Okkervil River, Hot Chip, Caribou, Wye Oak

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- Published: 2010-04-19T12:08:00-04:00
- Author: Max Hammer

Warning: We do not endorse doing this, but we’re digging the LP

Whether you were at Coachella this weekend or got a bunch of limited edition vinyls
for Record Store Day, a blast of new music might seem a bit much right now. But 
there are some great releases this week worth checking out, including new material
from Radio Dept., Hot Chip, Roky Erickson and Okkervil River, Wesley Wolfe, Open
Hand, Caribou, Horse Feathers, Prizzy Prizzy Please, Wye Oak, Bridges and Powerlines,
Turin Brakes, Survive, Sparrow and The Workshop, Demander, Trans Am, Automata, Jordan
Galland, Inlets, Night Driving in Small Towns, Cuff The Duke. Phew! Fire up this
mix!

“Heaven’s on Fire” – Radio Dept. from _Clinging to a Scheme_

“Never Follow Suit” – Radio Dept. from _Clinging to a Scheme_
 [**– The Radio Dept. official website**](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/theradiodept.com)

“I Feel Better” (Adam Smith bootlet) – Hot Chip single release
 [– Hot Chip on MySpace](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/hotchip)

“Be And Bring Me Home” – Roky Erickson and Okkervil River from True Love Cast Out
All Evil

“Gone for Good” – Wesley Wolfe from Storage

“Honey” – Open Hand from Honey

 “Leave House” – Caribou from Swim

“Belly of June” – Horse Feathers from [Thistled Spring ](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/B003AT9DMO?ie=UTF8&tag=indroccaf-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B003AT9DMO)

“I Hope You Die” – Wye Oak from _My Neighbor / My Creator_
 [**– Wye Oak official website**](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/wyeoakmusic1.com)

“Large Hadron Collider” – Prizzy Prizzy Please from _[Chroma Cannon](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/indroccaf-2026)_

“Lost” – Prizzy Prizzy Please from _[Chroma Cannon](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/indroccaf-2026)_

[**– Prizzy Prizzy Please on MySpace**](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/prizzyprizzyplease1)

“You Were” – Bridges and Powerlines from [Ghost Types](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/B001AO5BIG?ie=UTF8&tag=indroccaf-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B001AO5BIG)

 [“New Star”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/12%20New%20Star.mp3)–
Turin Brakes from [Dark on Fire](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/B000UNBGT6?ie=UTF8&tag=indroccaf-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B000UNBGT6)

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“Lunar Eclipse” – Survive from 10″ EP

[“The Gun”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/09%20The%20Gun.mp3) – Sparrow
and The Workshop from [Crystals Fall](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/B0039BD72U?ie=UTF8&tag=indroccaf-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B0039BD72U)

“Math” – Demander from _[Future Brite](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/indroccaf-2027)_

[**– Demander official website**](https://indierockcafe.com/2010/04/best-new-releases-of-the-week-radio-dept-rory-erickson-okkervil-river-hot-chip-caribou-wye-oak-jordan-galland/ demandernyc.com)

“Apparent Horizon” – Trans Am from _[Thing](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/indroccaf-2028)_

[**– Trans Am on MySpace**](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/transbandspace)

 Burlesque pop/indie rocker Jordan Galland‘s second album, Search Party, available
today, features two of the songs featured below, “Search Party” and “Football and
Strippers.”

Galland has opened for artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Cibo Matto, Phantom Planet,
Adam Green, Rooney, and Ween. Jordan Galland is a musician, filmmaker and writer
living in New York City. Best known for his songwriting collaborations with Mark
Ronson, Sean Lennon and Daniel Merriweather, Galland released his debut solo album,
Airbrush, in 2009.

The release of Search Party coincides with Galland’s debut feature film, Rosencrantz
And Guildenstern Are Undead, an independent romantic-comedy about vampires and out
of work actors starring Jake Hoffman, Davon Aoki and Ralph Macchio.

“Search Party” – Jordan Galland from Search Party

“Football and Strippers”– Jordan Galland from Search Party
 [– Jordan Galland on MySpace](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/galland)“
In Which I, Robert” – Inlets from _[Inter Arbiter](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/indroccaf-2029)_**–
Inlets on MySpace**

“Come & Tell Me”– Night Driving in Small Towns from _[Serial Killer](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/indroccaf-2030)_

[**– Night Driving in Small Towns**](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/nightdrivinginsmalltowns)

“It’s All a Blur” – Cuff the Duke from _[Way Down Here ](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/indroccaf-2031)_

[**– Cuff the Duke official website**](https://indierockcafe.com/2010/04/best-new-releases-of-the-week-radio-dept-rory-erickson-okkervil-river-hot-chip-caribou-wye-oak-jordan-galland/ cufftheduke.ca)

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Other Releases This Week We Haven’t Heard, But Might At Some Point (list via Pitchfork)

The Apples in Stereo: Travellers in Time and Space [Yep Roc/Simian/Elephant 6]
 
Cornershop: Judy Sucks a Lemon for Breakfast [Ample Play] [U.S. release] Cults: “
Go Outside” b/w “Most Wanted” [Forest Family] Cypress Hill: Rise Up [Priority/EMI]
The Delta Mirror: Machines That Listen [Lefse] Doves: The Places Between: The Best
of Doves [Astralwerks/Heavenly] The Grateful Dead: Crimson White and Indigo [Grateful
Dead/Rhino] [CD/DVD] Kurupt: Streetlights [Penagon Entertainment] Willie Nelson:
Country Music [Rounder] Ozomatli: Fire Away [Mercer Street/Downtown] Plants and 
Animals: La La Land [Secret City] The Ponys: Deathbed + 4 EP [Matador] [digital 
release] Solvent: Loss For Words [Ghostly International]

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Vinyl Reissues

The Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs [Merge] [deluxe vinyl box set reissue]
 Deerhoof:
Apple O’ [Kill Rock Stars] [vinyl reissue] Deerhoof: Green Cosmos [Kill Rock Stars][
vinyl reissue]

Reissues

Destroyer: City of Daughters [Merge] [reissue]
 Destroyer: Thief [Merge] [reissue]
Destroyer: Streethawk: A Seduction [Merge] [reissue]

Blur’s new song Fool’s Day recorded especially for Record Store Day has sold out
on limited edition 7 inch vinyl record of 1,000 pressings.

[“Zebra (UK edit)”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/68011.mp3) – Beach
House from _Zebra_ RSD 7-inch single

“Night Before The Funeral” – The Mary Onettes from RSD 7-inch

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