The best new album releases for the week of June 29th features Wolf Parade‘s Expo 86, Wavves, Maps & Atlases, plus Electric Tickle Machine, Hey Marseilles, Cap’n Jazz, Invisible Elephant, Alejandro Escovedo, Philip Clark, and Avi Wisnia.
The diversity of styles and sounds are remarkable, and yet all of the songs fit together when you listen to this mix as one, uninterrupted stream – sort of like how folks listened to LPs from start to finish in the old days. Just in case you may not know this, it is possible to stream this entire mixtape simply clicking on the first song – then you can go back to whatever you were doing and let it play like a radio broadcast without the commercials.
We’ve listened online to this mixtape a few more times today, and love it. Perhaps a lot of people will be amazed by the talent of some of the lesser-known, more obscure bands featured below. First, though, some great new tracks from the more well known, popular bands.
“What Did My Lover Say? (It Always Had To Go This Way)” – Wolf Parade from Expo 86
“Ghost Pressure” – Wolf Parade from Expo 86
Perhaps taking advantage of the relatively few number of ‘big’ new releases this week, San Diego buzz band Wavves moved the digital release date for their new album, King of the Beach, to this week, specifically, Thursday, July 1st. For all we know, word of this change in release date of an anticipated release has not been well covered by the blogs and music press. Here are two tracks from the LP, lead single, “Post Acid”, plus the track, “Idiots”. So far, the new Wavves sound is pretty sah-weet.
“Post Acid” – Wavves from King of the Beach
“Idiot” – Wavves from King of the Beach
Wavves on MySpace
“Solid Ground” – Maps & Atlases from Perch Patchwork
Maps & Atlases official website
“Part of Me” – Electric Tickle Machine from Blew It Again (stream)
Electric Tickle Machine on MySpace
“Smile Like Gywnplaine” – The Harvey Girls from I’ve Been Watching A Lot of Horror Movies Lately (stream)
“Rio” – Hey Marseilles from To Trunks and Travels (stream)
Hey Marseilles official website
“Communication (Part II)” – Invisible Elephant from The Lights Go Out
“Little League” – Cap’n Jazz from Analphabetapolothology
“New Year” – Avi Wisnia from Something New
“Big Blue Sky” – Philip Clark from The Dreamchilde Suites
“Street Song” – Alejandro Escovedo from Street Songs of Love (stream)
Alejandro Escovedo official website
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