# Best New Music Releases, Week of August 7th – Redd Kross, The Orwells, Niki and the Dove, Bear Mountain, Erik Blood, Ape School

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2012/08/best-new-indie-rock-music-albums-2012/
- Published: 2012-08-08T18:40:44-04:00
- Author: Max Hammer

Top releases of the week on our list include the newest from Redd Kross, the debut
from Niki and the Dove, plus The Orwells, Bear Mountain, Erik Blood, Ape School 
and others. Short on details this week – getting ready for Outside Lands Festival
this weekend – pre-coverage will be posted tomorrow.

“Researching the Blues” – **Redd Kross** from _Researching the Blues_ on Merge Records

[“DJ, Ease My Mind”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/12061.mp3)** –********
Niki and the Dove ** from Instinct on Sub Pop

[“Mallrats (La La La)”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/the-orwells-mallrats-la-la-la_2012-07-25-183202-4137-0-0-0.128.mp3)–**
The Orwells** from _Remember When_ on Autumn Tone

“Today’s Lover”** – ** **Erik Blood **from _Touch Screens_ (self-released)

“Two Step” –  **Bear Mountain **from _xo_ (self-released)

[“Marijuana’s on the Phone”](https://indierockcafe.com/music/2012/august2012/01%20Marijuana's%20on%20the%20Phone.mp3)–**
Ape School **from _Junior Violence_ on Hometapes

[“Cherry Blossom”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/02%20Cherry%20Blossom.mp3)–**
Ormonde ** from _Machine_ on Hometapes

[“Total Carnage”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2%20TOTAL%20CARNAGE.mp3)–**
Sweet Valley** from _[Stay Calm](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/B008RRPR4M?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B008RRPR4M&linkCode=xm2&tag=indroccaf-20)_
on Fool’s Gold

[“Let The Door Swing”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2%20Let%20The%20Door%20Swing.mp3)–**
Birds and Batteries **from _Stray Light_ on Eightmaps

“Escape Pod” – **Kid Smpl** from _Escape Pod EP_ on Hush Hush Records

“Beach Babe” – **Koko Beware** from _Something About the Summer_ (self-released)

[“One Thousand Sins”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/PC-One_Thousand_Sins.mp3)–**
Permanent Collection** from _Newly Wed Nearly Dead_ on Loglady Records

[“Completion”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/06%20Completion.mp3)–**
Willits + Sakamoto** from _Ancient Future_ on Ghostly

“Time”** – ****Blonds **from _The Bad Ones_ on Gluck Music

#### Purchase New Releases of August 7, 2012 via Amazon Links

**10 Years** – _Minus the Machine_ | CD Vinyl MP3 Deluxe MP3
 **The American Scene**–
_Safe For Now_ | CD Vinyl MP3 **Antibalas** – _Antibalas_ | CD Vinyl MP3 **Antony
and the Johnsons** – _Cut the World_ | [CD](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0089BSLUS&linkCode=as2&tag=indroccaf-20)
Vinyl MP3 **Apache Dropout** – _Bubblegum Graveyard_ | CD Vinyl MP3 **Balsam Range**–
_Papertown_ | [CD](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008E5872Q&linkCode=as2&tag=indroccaf-20)
[MP3](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008C69SQG&linkCode=as2&tag=indroccaf-20)**
Bear Mountain** – _xo_ | [MP3](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/mybearmountain.com)**
Birds & Batteries** – _Stray Light_ | MP3 **Birdy** – _Live in London_ [Live] | 
MP3 **Blonds** – _The Bad Ones_ | MP3 **Buffalo Killers** – _Dig. Sow. Love. Grow._
| CD Vinyl MP3 **Circle** – _The Middle_ | MP3 **Coconut Records** – _Goats_ [Soundtrack]
| MP3 **Coed Pageant** – _The Seasons EPs Vol. 3: Sundry Summer_ [EP] | [MP3](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/coedpageant.bandcamp.com)**
Jim Coleman** – _Trees_ | MP3 **Ned Collette and Wirewalker** – _2_ | CD Vinyl MP3**
DJ Kentaro** – _Contrast_ | CD Vinyl MP3 **The Easy Leaves** – _American Times_ 
| CD Vinyl MP3 **Nathan Ellis** – _Nathan Ellis_ [EP] | MP3 **Fergus & Geronimo**–
_Funky Was the State of Affairs_ | CD Vinyl MP3 **Fierce Creatures** – _Catacomb
Party_ | MP3 **Malcolm Holcombe** – _Down the River_ | CD MP3 **Hungry Ghost** –
_Hungry Ghost_ | CD Vinyl **Ivan & Alyosha** – _All the Time We Had_ | CD **Justin
Kline** – _Cabin Fever Songs_ | MP3 **Lianne La Havas** – _Is Your Love Big Enough?_
| CD MP3 Deluxe MP3 **Masked Intruder** – _Masked Intruder_ | CD [MP3](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008LJP75A&linkCode=as2&tag=indroccaf-20)**
Marcus Miller** – _Renaissance_ | CD MP3 **Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang** – _En
Yay Sah_ | CD Vinyl MP3 **Niki & The Dove** – _Instinct_ | CD Vinyl MP3 **Nu Sensae**–
_Sundowning_ | [CD](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0089BSOFA&linkCode=as2&tag=indroccaf-20)
Vinyl MP3 **Ormonde** – _Machine_ | CD Vinyl MP3 **Opossom** – _Electric Hawaii_
| CD [Vinyl](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008DL3UF0&linkCode=as2&tag=indroccaf-20)
MP3 **The Orwells** – _Remember When_ | CD Vinyl MP3 **Russ Rankin** – _Farewell
Catalonia_ | MP3 **Redd Kross** – _Researching the Blues_ | CD Vinyl MP3 **The Reverend
Peyton’s Big Damn Band** – _Between the Ditches_ | CD Vinyl MP3 **Shel** – _Shel_
| CD MP3 **Sixpence None the Richer** – _Lost in Transition_ | CD MP3 **So Many 
Wizards** – _Warm Nothing_ | CD MP3 **Spider Bags** – _Shake My Head_ | CD Vinyl
MP3 **Los Straitjackets** – _Jet Set_ | CD Vinyl MP3 **Tidelands** – _We’ve Got 
a Map_ | MP3 **Liam Titcomb** – _Cicada_ | CD MP3 **Toxic Lab Rats** – _Pandemic
Alert_ | CD MP3 **Turbonegro** – _Sexual Harassment_ | CD Vinyl MP3 **Elle Varner**–
_Perfectly Imperfect_ | CD MP3

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