# Best New Releases: Avey Tare, Andrew Bird, Sun Airway, Small Black, Diamond Rings, Cashes River, Gospel Claws, Pepper Rabbit

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2010/10/best-new-lps-avey-tare-andrew-bird-sun-airway-and-more/
- Published: 2010-10-26T21:32:59-04:00
- Author: Max Hammer

**Animal Collective **member **Avey Tare** has released his new LP,  _Down There_,
today.  The lead single,  “Lucky 1″, sounds, surprisingly, like a new AC song. Tare
also followed the release of that track with a new video for “Lucky 1″.  Also, this
week, we’re enjoying the latest release from indie instrumentalist and singer/songwriter**
Andrew Bird**, whose lead track, “Hot Math” is an extraordinary mix of lofty indie
music and Orient-influenced infusions. Plus, check out new releases from The Octopus
Project, Pomegranates, Bermuda, Seeland, The Phantom Band, Broken Records, Paleo
and more.

This is a huge week for debut indie LPs from some of the best break-through and 
new bands of 2010. Some of the best debut albums we recommend this year are out 
this week, including **Sun Airways** debut, _Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier_,
plus Brooklyn’s **Small Black**; Toronto’s **Diamond Rings**; Los Angeles’ **Warpaint**;
Des Moines’ **Cashes River**; Brooklyn pop band **Elizabeth & The Catapult**_; _
Phoenix’s **Gospel Claws;** LA pop band, **Pepper Rabbit**.

Don’t miss **Active Child’**s remix of **The School for Seven Bells**, plus a new
single from **Crystal Stilts**, and two new EPs from **Telekinesis** and **The War
on Drugs**.  Also, to make big new release playlist mixes more digestible, we’re
breaking up releases of the **Best New Releases** posts into sub-sections, including
New Releases from Established Artists; Anticipated Debuts From Break-Through Artists;
Releases from New Bands to Watch, and Singles, Remixes and Reissues. Our favorite
sub-section this week is Anticipated Debuts simply because it contains some of the
best debuts for the entire year.

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#### New Releases from Established Artists

[“Lucky 1”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/AT_Lucky11.mp3)– **Avey
Tare** from_ Down There_

“Hot Math” – **Andrew Bird** from _Useless Creatures_

“Fugefat” – **The Octopus Project** from_ Hexadecagon_

![](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/51RaM7avPEL._SS500_.jpg)

“Walls” – **The Phantom Band** from _Wants_

“Create Your Own Reality” (download) – **Pomegranates** from _One Of Us_

“Local Park”  – **Seeland** from_ How to Live_

“A Leaving Song” – **Broken Records** from _Let Me Come Home_

“King James Fakebook” – **Paleo** from _A View of the Sky_

“Kisses” – **Bermuda** from _The Heart of the Nightlife_

#### Anticipated Debuts From Break-Through Artists

[“Put the Days Away”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/putthedaysaway.mp3)–**
Sun Airway** from _Nocturne Of Exploded Crystal Chandelier_

“Older Brother” – **Pepper Rabbit** from _Beauregard_

“Avenues”  – **Gospel Claws** from _C-L-A-W-S_

“Same Dream China” – **Gold Panda** from _Lucky Shiner_


“As I Drift” – **Cashes Rivers** from_ Cashes Rivers_

“Something Else” – **Diamond Rings** from _Special Affectations _

[“You & Me”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/02youandme1.mp3) – **Elizabeth&
The Catapult** from_ The Other Side of Zero_

“Undertow” – **Warpaint** from_ The Fool_

#### Singles, EPs, Remixes and Re-Issues

[“Dirty Thing”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Telekinesis-Dirty-Thing.mp3)–****
Telekinesis from _Parallel Seismic Conspiracies_ EP

“Heart Is Strange” (Active Child Remix) – **School of Seven Bells** from Active 
Child/School of Seven Bells split 7″ [](http://beartrappr.com/press/DGH/04%20the%20Horse%20&%20the%20Sistine%20Chapel.mp3)

[“Shake the Shackles”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/crystal-stilts-shackles.mp3)–**
Crystal Stilts** from 7 inch single

[“The History of Plastic” ](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/historyofplastic.mp3)–**
The War on Drugs** from _Future Weather _ EP

#### **More Releases** [compiled from PFM]

Saint Etienne: _Good Humor_ [Heavenly/Universal] [Deluxe Edition Reissue]

Brian McBride: _The Effective Disconnect _ [Kranky]

The Concretes: _WYWH _ [Something in Construction] [UK Release]

The Orchids: _The Lost Star _[Pebble]

Saint Etienne: _Good Humor_ [Heavenly/Universal] [Deluxe Edition Reissue]

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Saint Etienne: _Tales From Turnpike House_ [Heavenly/Universal] [Deluxe Edition 
Reissue]

Angelo Spencer et l’Orchidee d’Hawai: “L’Argent” 7” [K Records]_ _

Apparat: _DJ-Kicks _ [K7]

Coliseum:_ Goddamage _[Temporary Residence Ltd.]

Comic Wow:_ Music for Mysteries of Mind Space and Time _[Asthmatic Kitty] [Library
Catalog Music Series]

Gary Wilson: _Electric Endicott_ [Western Vinyl] [digital release]

Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger:_ Acoustic Sessions _[Chimera]_ _

K.C. Accidental: _Captured Anthems for an Empty Bathtub _ / _Anthems for the Could’ve
Bin Pills_ [Arts & Crafts]

Kylesea: _Spiral Shadow _ [Season of Mist]

Lesbian: _Stratospheria Cubensis _ [Important]

Lyrics Born: _As U Were_ [Decon]

Pop. 1280: _The Grid _ EP 12” [Sacred Bones]

R.E.M.: _Live From Austin, TX _[New West] [DVD]

Seeland: _How to Live_ [LOAF Recordings]

Sun City Girls: _Funeral Mariachi _ [Abduction]

Systems Officer: _Underslept _ [Temporary Residence Ltd.] [Deluxe Vinyl Reissue]

Timmy’s Organism: _Rise of the Green Gorilla _ [Sacred Bones]

Various Artists: _Wah Do Dem_ OST [Factory 25]

Viktor Sjoberg: _Breakfast in America _ [St. Ives]

William Ryan Fritch:_ Music for Honey and Bile _[Asthmatic Kitty] [Library Catalog
Music Series]_ _

Wolf & Cub: _Science & Sorcery _ [Last Gang]

Wooden Wand: _Death Seat_ [Young God]

“Hell, Heaven” – Parlovr from

new record from jazz-fusion band the Bombastic Meatbats featuring Chad Smith (Red
Hot Chili Peppers & Chickenfoot drummer). Their 2nd record ‘More Meat’ is set for
release next week, **October 19th** on Warrior Records.

[“Greasy Louise”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Greasy_Louise.mp3)–
Bombastic Meatbats from More Meat

The Philistines Jr.: _If a Band Plays in the Woods…?_

Other Releases 10-19 [compiled by Pitchfork]

A Sunny Day in Glasgow: _Autumn, Again _[self-released] [Digital Release] Arthur
Russell/Allen Ginsberg: “Ballad of the Lights” 10” [Presspop/Audika] Belfi/Grubbs/
Pilia: _Onrushing Cloud_ [Blue Chopsticks] Bob Dylan: _The Bootleg Series Vol. 9:
The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 _[Columbia] Darkstar: _North _[Hyperdub] [UK Release]
Dwarr: _Animals_ [Drag City] [reissue] Erland & The Carnival: _Trouble In Mind_ 
EP [Full Time Hobby/Yep Roc] Eskmo: _Eskmo_ [Ninja Tune] The Extra Lens: _Undercard_[
Merge] Joan of Arc: “Meaningful Work” 7″ [Polyvinyl]

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Liars: _Proud Evolution _EP [Mute] Liz Phair: _Girlysound _+ _Funstyle _[Rocket 
Science Ventures] [2xCD] Mt. Desolation: _Departure_ [Cherrytree/Interscope] Mount
Eerie: _Song Islands Vol.2 _[P.W. Everum & Sun, ltd.] [Physical Release] Panda Bear:“
You Can Count on Me” b/w “Alsatian Darn” 7” [Domino] The Phantom Band: _The Wants_[
Chemikal Underground] The Philistines Jr.: _If a Band Plays in the Woods…?_ [Tarquin
Records/Embarque] The Soft Boys: _A Can of Bees _[Yep Rock] [Reissue] [Bonus Tracks]
The Soft Boys: _Underwater Moonlight_ [Yep Roc] [Reissue] [Bonus Tracks] Various
Artists: _Radioclit Presents: The Sound of Club Secousse _[Crammed Discs]