# Best New Music Releases, Week of May 21st – Daft Punk, The National, Dirty Beaches, Man or Astro-Man, Attic Lights

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- Published: 2013-05-25T03:50:37-04:00
- Author: Max Hammer

This week, the long-awaited – eight years as a matter of fact – new album, _Random
Access Memories_, from the most famous helmeted musical group on this planet, **
Daft Punk**, saw its official release, and fans from around the world are celebrating
its electro-dance pop mastery. In fact, at the time of this posting, _Random Access
Memories_‘ CD version is the No. 1 album on the Amazon CDs chart, and No. 3 for 
the MP3 version. If you you don’t have a copy of this album, it’s a must-have for
your 2013 music collection.

Following right behind, the MP3 version of The National’s new album, _Trouble Will
Find Me_, is No. 2 right now on the Amazon MP3 Albums charts, while the CD version
is No. 2 on the CD Album chart, while last week’s No. 1 CD album, Vampire Weekend’s
_Modern Vampires of the City_ is holding it’s own right behind The National at No.
3.

⌊thenationaltroublewillfindme⌉⌊thenationaltroublewillfindme⌉
 The latest releases
from Daft Punk and The National are easily the top two albums out this week, but
there are also plenty of terrific singles from a dozen other new albums by **Dirty
Beaches, Man or Astro-Man, Radiation City, Club 8, The Baptist Generals, Jesse Ruins,
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Shannon and the Clams, Majical Cloudz, Attic Lights**
and the remastered release of **The Talking Heads**‘ classic 1980’s LP, _[Speaking in Tongues](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002KZ6?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B000002KZ6&linkCode=xm2&tag=indroccaf-20)_,
while the new [MP3 version](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00122MBVQ?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00122MBVQ&linkCode=xm2&tag=indroccaf-20)
includes bonus tracks, making it a no brainer purchase for die-hard Talking Heads’
fans. You can read more at the end of this post about the BNMR’s playlist.

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“Get Lucky” – **Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams** from _Random Access Memories_(
CD) from on Daft Life/Columbia

“Sea Of Love” – **The National** from _Trouble Will Find Me_ (CD) on 4AD

[“Love Is The Devil”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Dirty-Beaches-Love-Is-The-Devil.mp3)–**
Dirty Beaches** from _Drifters/Love Is the Devil_ on Zoo

![manorastroman](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/manorastroman-
584x584.jpg "manorastroman")

[“Defcon 5”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Man...or%20Astro%20Man-%20-%20Defcon%205.mp3)–**
Man or Astro-Man** from _Defcon 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1_ on Communicating Vessels/Chunklet

[“Dog That Bit You”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/13091.mp3) – **
The Baptist Generals** from _[Jackleg Devotional](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CO75DLI?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00CO75DLI&linkCode=xm2&tag=indroccaf-20)_
to the Heart on Sub Pop

“Laura Is Fading” – **Jesse Ruins** from _[A Film](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CFMYK2U?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00CFMYK2U&linkCode=xm2&tag=indroccaf-20)_
on Lefse Records

⌊atticlightsband⌉⌊atticlightsband⌉
 [“Say You Love Me”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/ATTIC%20LIGHTS%20-%20Say%20You%20Love%20Me.mp3)–**
Attic Lights** from _Super De Luxe_ on Elefant

“Childhood’s End” – **Majical Cloudz** from _Impersonator_ on Matador Records

[“Hollow”](https://youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vycjL6PuOwk) –** 
Linda Draper** from _[Edgewise](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CBSZT64?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00CBSZT64&linkCode=xm2&tag=indroccaf-20)_(
self-released)

⌊radiationcity⌉⌊radiationcity⌉
 [“Zombies”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Radiation-City-Zombies.mp3)–**
Radiation City** from _[Animals In The Median](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00COEHIF0?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00COEHIF0&linkCode=xm2&tag=indroccaf-20)_
on Tender Loving Empire

[“Rouse Yourself”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Rouse%20Yourself%20(Radio%20Edit).mp3)–**
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound** from _Howl_ on Bloodshot Records

“Into A Dream” – **Shannon and the Clams** from _[Dreams in the Rat](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CNYCN7E?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00CNYCN7E&linkCode=xm2&tag=indroccaf-20)_
on Hardly Art

[“Stop Taking My Time”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/Club8StopTakingMyTime.mp3)–**
Club 8** from _[Above The City](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BY8DCHK?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00BY8DCHK&linkCode=xm2&tag=indroccaf-20)_
on Labrador Records

![talkingheadspeakingintongues](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/
05/talkingheadspeakingintongues.jpg "talkingheadspeakingintongues")

#### The Uses of the Built-in Yahoo Player

The other singles from this week’s top new releases are available for streaming 
with the built-in player; support your favorite artists and bands by clicking on
the album link to quickly and easily make a purchase via Amazon, which offers the
best deals of all online music stores. By default, all album links are for the MP3
version of the album, and often, there is a separate link to click to purchase the
CD version. Like all the Best New Music Releases playlists on IRC, we like to include
a diversity of tracks from the week’s top releases, and where, noted also include
DIY releases; however, the majority of DIY releases are usually posted in other 
playlists besides the weekly BNMR playlists. The great thing about the built-in 
Yahoo media player is that you can just click the first track and it will automatically
play through all the singles, but you still have the ability to go back, pause, 
go forward, or simply click the play button beside only the singles you want to 
listen to.

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No better way to end this week’s playlist of singles then with a remastered version
of The Talking Head’s classic track, “Burning Down The House.”

“Burning Down The House” – **Talking Heads** from _[Speaking In Tongues](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002KZ6?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B000002KZ6&linkCode=xm2&tag=indroccaf-20)(
CD)_ on Sire Records