With the end of South By Southwest last weekend, the flow of new albums and EPs from well-known, popular and signed artists and bands has resumed, with releases such as our Album of the Week, Specter at the Festival by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and new drops from long-time slowcore favorites Low and Phosphorescent, plus check out singles from albums by UK psych rocker Palma Violets, who made their presence know at SXSW; Los Angeles electro-pop outfit, Fol Chen; two reissues from James McNew‘s music project, Dump, and the third album from And So I Watch You From Afar, among others.
Also, don’t miss the album review for BRMC’s new album, the latest Artist of the Week, Shy Mirrors, the third edition of 5 DIY Bands to Watch in 2013 and the February Top Ten Songs playlists.
“Let The Day Begin” – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from Specter At The Feast on Vagrant Records
“Just Make It Stop” – Low from The Invisible Way on Sub Pop
“It Starts And Ends With You” – Suede from Bloodsports on Ingrooves/Fontana
“Fall” – Boy + Kite from We Can Go Anywhere We Want (self-released)
“Like a Mouse” – And So I Watch You From Afar from All Hail Bright Futures on Sargent House
“I.O.U.” – Fol Chen from The False Alarms on Asthmatic Kitty
“No One Knows Nothing Anymore” – Billy Bragg from Tooth & Nail on Cooking Vinyl
“Sad Night, Where Is Morning?” – The Ocean Blue from Ultramarine on Korda Records
“Best of Friends” – Palma Violets from 180 on Rough Trade
“Mercury Retrograde” – Purling Hiss from Water on Mars on Drag City
“Crawler” – The Cannanes from Small Batch EP on exro.fm / Lamingtone
“Superpowerless” – Dump from Superpowerless (reissue) on Morr Music
“Painting on a Corpse” – Ensemble Pearl from Ensemble Pearl on Drag City
“Heavy Sh*t” – Colleen Green from Sock It to Me on Hardly Art
“Airbone Kawasaki” – Heavy Hawaii from Goosebumps on Art Fag Recordings
“Top 100” – Julia Massey & The Five Finger Discount from Five Letters From Far Away (self-released)
“Careless Step” – Solvents from Ghetto Moon on Bee Resin Records
“Year of the Glad” – Marnie Stern from The Chronicles of Marnia on Kill Rock Stars
“Cadillac Desert” – William Tyler from Impossible Truth on Merge Records