# Best New Releases – Black Lips, Arctic Monkeys, Cults, F*cked Up, Dawes, Hooray For Earth, The Postelles, Givers, Battles, Oneida

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/
- Published: 2011-06-09T12:36:35-04:00
- Author: Max Hammer

It’s another strong week for new indie rock releases with fresh albums from the 
Black Lips, Arctic Monkeys, Cults, F*cked Up, Dawes, Hooray For Earth, Almost Free,
Hospital Ships, Givers, and many others. There’s no shortage of great indie releases
this week, so we hope the singles will help you decide which albums you want to 
add to your collection.

We liked the **Cults** the first time we heard them, but here’s where the proverbial‘
indie question’ comes into play. Now that the Cults have signed to Columbia – one
of the major record labels (considered for years as the ‘enemy’ by some musicians
and music lovers, and as result, helped spawn the indie, or ‘independent,’ music
movement, even though few people agree nowadays exactly what is and isn’t ‘indie’)–
some fans are not exactly happy with the band’s decision.

The same question can be applied to so many bands. **The Decemberists** started 
out really indie, if you will, and then signed to Capitol.  But some people still
consider them to be ‘indie,’ while others have called them ‘sell-outs.’  It is a
bit hard to ignore the fact that one of the most popular indie bands of the past
decade have signed to a major record label.

That aside, here are the top 25 MP3 singles from new releases out this week. It 
must be said that we are not really ‘feeling’ the new **Arctic Monkeys**‘ of recent
years – we absolutely love the old guitar-blazing riffs, roaring drum playing, excited
bass thumping and overall rawness of AM pre-2009 back. Also, the album cover for**
The Coathangers**‘ new album is definitely likely to turn some heads and get people
talking, but we’d rather not showcase it prominently because it is a bit scandalous.
If the band or label intended to do so to create some chatter regarding the band,
then, kudos to them.

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“Modern Art” **– ****Black Lips **from _Arabia Mountain_

“Don’t Bother Me Now“** – Almost Free **from _In/Out_ (self-released)

“Trailer Park Boneyard “ – **The Coathangers** from _Larceny & Old Lace_

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“Abducted” **– Cults** from _Cults_

[“123 Stop”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/123%20Stop3.mp3) – **The
Postelles** from _The Postelles_

“Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair” – **Arctic Monkeys **from _Suck It
and See_
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“The Other Shoe” – **F\*\*ked Up** from _David Comes To Life_

“Blacklight Horses” – **Matt Bauer **from _The Jessamine County Book of the Living_

![woodenbirds](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/61JnT8rHjxL._SS500_.
jpg "woodenbirds")

“Two Matchsticks”** – The Wooden Birds **from _Two Matchsticks_

[“Satellite”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/SAB048%20Satellite.mp3)–**
Brute Heart** from _Lonely Hunter

“Activate!” – **Atari Teenage Riot **from _Is This Hyperreal?_

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[“Fragilebird”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/01%20Fragile%20Bird3.mp3)–**
City and Colour** from _Little Hell_

[“Up Up Up”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/01%20Fragile%20Bird3.mp3)–**
Givers** from _In Light_

[“Ice Cream”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Battles-Ice_Cream.mp3)(
featuring Matias Aguayo) – **Battles **from _Gloss Drop_

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

“Woods – **The Rosebuds **from _Loud Planes Fly Low_

[“If I Wanted Someone”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/02-If-I-Wanted-Someone-13.mp3)–**
Dawes** from _Nothing Is Wrong_

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“Everything Must Spin” – **Ryan Driver **from _Who’s Breathing?_

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“No Love” – **Hooray For Earth** from _True Loves_

“Love or Death” – **Hospital Ships** from _Lonely Twin_

“Prisoner of Love (featuring Antony Hegarty)” – **Jessica 6** from _See the Light_

“There Is No Safe Side But The Side Of Truth” – **Jóhann Jóhannson** from _The Miners’
Hymns_

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“Clutching Stems” – **Ladybug Transistor** from _Clutching Stems_

“Deceptacon” – **Le Tigre** from _Who Took The Bomp? Le Tigre On Tour _

“Left Side Rock” – **Brian Olive** from _Two of Everything_

[“Horizon (edit)”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/horizonedit.mp3)–**
Oneida** from _Absolute II_

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

[“Dracula’s Casket”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/pcc_draculascasket.mp3)–**
The Poison Control Center **from _Stranger Ballet_

“Grampa Carl” –  **The Warped 45s **from _Matador Sunset_

#### Best New Releases Listing for Week of June 7

[Arctic Monkeys](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ arcticmonkeys.com)–
_Suck It and See_
 [Battles](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/bttls.com)–
_Gloss Drop_ [Bedouin Soundclash](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ bedouinsoundclash.com)–
_Light the Horizon_ [Black Lips](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ black-lips1.com)–
_Arabia Mountain_ [Bruce Hornsby](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ brucehornsby.com)–
_Bride of the Noisemakers/Live_[ [Cults](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/cultscultscults.com) –
_Cults_ [City and Colour](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ cityandcolour.ca) –
_Little Hell_ [Daniel Isaiah](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/danisaiah) –
_High Twilight_ [Dawes](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ dawestheband.blogspot.com) –
_Nothing Is Wrong_ [Diane Schuur](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ dianeschuur.com) –
_The Gathering_ [Duncan Sheik](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ duncansheik.com) –
_Covers 80_ [Esmerine](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ esmerine.com) –
_La Lechuza_ [Frank Turner](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/frank-turner.com) –
_England Keep My Bones_ [Garland Jeffreys](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/garlandjeffreys.com) –
_The King of In Between_ [Givers](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/giversmusic.wordpress.com) –
_In Light_ [Grayson Capps](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ graysoncapps.com) –
_The Lost Cause Minstrels_ [Jill Andrews](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ jillandrews.com) (The
Everbodyfields) – _The Mirror _ [Joe Ely](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ ely.com) –
_Satisfied at Last_ Lauren Shera – _Once I Was A Bird_ [Mary Bragg](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/5662624043?ref=ts) –
_Tattoos and Bruises_ [Matthew Barber](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ matthewbarber1.com) –
_S/T_ Mechanical Bride – _Living With Ants_ (U.K.) [Nick 13](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/nick13) (Tiger
Army) – _Nick 13_ [Patrolled By Radar](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/patrolledbyradar) –
_Be Happy_ [Paul McCartney](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ paulmccartney.com) –
McCartney I, II (Expanded) [Paul Simon](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ paulsimon.com) –
_Expanded Catalog Reissues_ [Peter Murphy](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ petermurphy.info) (Bauhaus)–
_Ninth_ [Ronnie Dunn](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ ronniedunn.com) –
Ronnie Dunn [Sam Phillips](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ samphillips.com) –
_Solid State_ [Sheryl Crow](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ sherylcrow.com) –
_Miles From Memphis: Live @ The Pantages Theater_ (DVD) Sisters 3 – _Coruscate at
the Meadow Gate_ [Sondre Lerche](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ sondrelerche.com) –
_Sondre Lerche_ Tedeschi Trucks Band – _Revelator_ The Farewell Drifters – _Echo
Boom_ [The Ladybug Transistor](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/theladybugtransistor.com) –
_Clutching Stems_ The Rosebuds –_ Loud Planes Fly Low_ [The Vines](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ thevines.com)_ –
Future Primitive_ [The Wooden Birds](https://indierockcafe.com/2011/06/releases-13/ thewoodenbirds.com)_ –
Two Matchsticks_