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Caveman announce new album, expand tour, playing SXSW (stream, updated dates)
We knew Caveman were finishing up their new album and now we have the details. The self-titled album will be out April 2 (a popular release date) via Fat Possum…
Skye Edwards released 'Back to Now,' playing U.S. shows (dates, streams); Morcheeba finishing up new album
DOWNLOAD: Skye – Featherlight (MP3)
Morcheeba singer Skye Edwards released her third solo album, Back to Now, in October 2012. You download the single, “Featherlight,” above and stream the whole thing below…
Iron & Wine announced new LP (artwork, track list, stream)
Sam Beam returns with Ghost on Ghost, his fifth Iron & Wine album and first for Nonesuch. It hits shelves on April 16. The record was produced by longtime collaborator Brian Deck and if “Lover’s Revolution,” the first released track from it, is any indication it will be a jazzy, horn-filled affair…
TEEN offer unreleased track, touring, including separate dates with Memory Tapes and The Thermals (MP3, stream)
DOWNLOAD: TEEN – Ambient (MP3)
TEEN @ Webster Hall, Sept. 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Brooklyn’s TEEN are going on the road this month, and part of that trip will be spent opening on Memory Tapes’ tour, including the previously-announced Glasslands show on February 6 to which tickets are still available…
listen to the new Depeche Mode single
While we’ve heard snippets from Depeche Mode‘s new, supposedly back-to-basics album, Delta Machine (due March 23) but we now have the first full song from the album…
The Mary Onettes are releasing 'Hit the Waves' (video, stream); singer performing solo in NYC
’80s-loving Swedes The Mary Onettes will release their new album, Hit the Waves, in March via Labrador Records. The record is a decidedly more mellow affair than anything they’ve done before, trading their love of post-punk guitars for more romo-sounding synths…
John Grant readies 'Pale Green Ghosts' (MP3, video)
DOWNLOAD: John Grant – Black Belt (MP3)
As mentioned briefly in our “What’s Going on Wednesday?” post, John Grant will release Pale Green Ghosts on May 14 via his new label home of Partisan…
Bleached releasing debut album in April (stream a track), going on tour (dates)
Bleached‘s debut album, Ride Your Heart, will be out April 2 via Dead Oceans. That’s the cover art above. You can stream the album’s single “Next Stop” below and, like just about everything else we’ve heard from Jennifer and Jessie Clavin so far, it’s pretty damn catchy…
The Besnard Lakes releasing new album this spring, touring (dates, stream)
Montreal’s The Besnard Lakes return with their new album Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO on April 2 via Jagjaguwar. The album, the band’s fourth, was produced by main members Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas in their Breakglass studios…
Y La Bamba released new EP & recorded a Daytrotter Session (listen to both), on tour now
Portland’s Y La Bamba have a new EP, presciently-titled Oh February, which is out today via Tender Loving Empire. The record was produced by The Decemberists’ Chis Funk you can stream the whole thing below…
