I've tried my best in 2012 to keep on top of new releases, attempting to hear them as soon as they come out or a week before, thanks to some of the major music websites and streaming technology.
It seems like September is the busiest month of all, and next week in particular sees a ton of new releases. Dozens of these are streaming at various sites and I've rounded up some of the immediately impressive ones below. Try and cram as many as you can before Monday - although I bet a lot of them will appear on Spotify then.
Grizzly Bear, Shields (via NPR)
Woods, Bend Beyond (via Spin)
I've had a stream of this for a while and I reviewed it for the 405.
How To Dress Well Total Loss (via The Complex)
The Sea and Cake, Runner (via Drowned In Sound)
Thee Oh Sees, Putrifiers II (via Stereogum)
Dinosaur Jr., I Bet on Sky (via NPR)
Sic Alps, Sic Alps (via Spin)
and last but not least, one that I can actually host here....
Oneohtrix Point Never/ Rene Hell Music For Reliquary House / In 1980 I was A Blue Square
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STREAM: Dinosaur Jr, BEAK>, Dirty Projectors, Twin Shadow
I spent a lot of the first six months of 2012 listening to new albums. I think I've heard around 115 at the last estimate. Even though the summer is traditionally quiet it seems that new releases are just piling up to be heard. For this reason I've started using a tumblr page to highlight new tracks when they appear, as a way of keeping them together, so feel free to check
Also, I am old-fashioned enough to believe that you should listen a recording quite a bit before you "review" it, so I would rather post the new release streams and info online without comment. The streams will always by people that I am interested in hearing though.
Not everyone likes to have their material embedded by every blogger on the planet, and a fair few prefer site exclusives. Two of the most highly anticipated releases are online as exclusives.
Dirty Projectors Swing Lo Magellan, via the Guardian
Twin Shadow Confess via Urban Outfitters
Two acts that will allow embeds are Dinosaur Jr., and BEAK>. Dinosaur's album isn't out until September but you can hear a track below
and BEAK> have made clever use of bandcamp by sharing an embeddable player for their second album. I had only just heard Drokk by Geoff Barrow (BEAK/ Portishead) and Bean Salisbury this week, and now this comes along in the same month. Anyway, enjoy...
slowthrills.tumblr.com
In theory this should free up this blog as a place for interviews, reviews and features.Also, I am old-fashioned enough to believe that you should listen a recording quite a bit before you "review" it, so I would rather post the new release streams and info online without comment. The streams will always by people that I am interested in hearing though.
Not everyone likes to have their material embedded by every blogger on the planet, and a fair few prefer site exclusives. Two of the most highly anticipated releases are online as exclusives.
Dirty Projectors Swing Lo Magellan, via the Guardian
Twin Shadow Confess via Urban Outfitters
Two acts that will allow embeds are Dinosaur Jr., and BEAK>. Dinosaur's album isn't out until September but you can hear a track below
and BEAK> have made clever use of bandcamp by sharing an embeddable player for their second album. I had only just heard Drokk by Geoff Barrow (BEAK/ Portishead) and Bean Salisbury this week, and now this comes along in the same month. Anyway, enjoy...
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