New Music Tuesday 5.21.13

The National: Trouble Will Find Me | 8.4 Pitchfork "Best New Music" 

Delusions of Adequacy: "The National are such a powerfully gifted band, they need no theatrics to deliver an absolutely stone-cold beast of an album. With the music that is on here there is yet another thirteen songs to savor and salivate over until the next batch of songs comes about."

Daft Punk: Random Access Memories | 8.8 Pitchfork "Best New Music" 

The Telegraph: "Their return should be heralded from on high, because it is the boldest, smartest, most colourful and purely pleasurable dance album of this decade."

The National with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver

The National and guest, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver singing "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks." Song is off The National's outstanding 2010 album, High Violet.

The Field: Looping State of Mind

The Field: Looping State of Mind came out today. When it started streaming free online recently I got my first listen and loved it. I just picked it up today and I'm listening as I do some work. It breathes wonderful, danceable, non-concentration breaking, atmospheric soundscapes. It fills up the room. I think you will like it a lot. Don't believe me? Ask Pitchfork, Drowned in Sound, CokeMachineGlow, and others.

I surprised many by choosing Four Tet's There Is Love In You as my album of year last year over Arcade Fire: The Suburbs and The National: High Violet. This year The Field is already making a strong argument for my best album of 2011. 

The National | "Bloodbuzz Ohio"

"Bloodbuzz Ohio" is one of my favorite songs from The National's outstanding 2010 album, High Violet. It was my #2 best album of 2010.

Music Monday: Cheap | New | Free 3.14.11

It's Music Monday and you need some good new music at a good price. Here you go!

CHEAP

• The National: High Violet ($3.99) | ends any minute!
• Matt Wertz: Weights & Wings ($3.99) | daily deal 
• Titus Andronicus: The Monitor ($5) | crank it!
• Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street ($5.99) | awesome
• Teddy Thompson: Bella ($5.99) | Metacritic 79/100
• Destroyer: Kaputt ($5.99)
• The Social Network Soundtrack ($5.99) | Oscar winner

$5 ALBUMS | MARCH

• My Fav March $5 Albums | some of the best...
• Elliott Smith: XO
• The Roots: Things Fall Apart
• Inception Soundtrack
• Caribou: Swim
• The New Pornographers: Together
  

NEW & STREAMING FREE

    New releases for Tuesday...

• The Joy Formidable: The Big Roar (Streaming)
• The Poison Tree: The Poison Tree (Streaming)
• The Dodos: No Color (Streaming)

    Recently released...

• A Hawk & A Hacksaw: Cervantine | Missed this! Pitchfork 7.8/10
• Middle Brother: Middle Brother | Personal favorite
• Wye Oak: Civilian
• Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo
• Devotchka: 100 Lovers | Great
• Lykki Li: Wounded Rhymes | Pitchfork 8.3/10

    Coming Soon...

• The Mountain Goats: All Eternal Deck | Coming March 29th

FREE MUSIC - DAYTROTTER

• Villagers
• The Deep Dark Woods

The National | "Conversation 16"

I can't express how much love I have for The National. I found them by reading good reviews on three previous albums: Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers (2003) | Alligator (2005) | Boxer (2007). Their 2010 release which was my #2 album of 2010 is High Violet. A stunner. I listened to it again on Saturday and it's oh, so good. It's also only $3.99 (as I write his post). That sale will end any moment, so please rush to grab this amazing album, full of passion and art. And enjoy "Conversation 16" starring, from Mad Men, John Slattery...

The National

Music Monday 11.29.10

• $1.99 Albums (ENDS TODAY): Whole List | Don't Miss: Arcade Fire: The Suburbs | The XX: xx | The National: High Violet
• $5 Albums for November (ENDS TOMORROW): My Favorites | 20 Christmas albums, 8 greatest hits & 20 albums from bands like Arcade Fire, The Weepies, Radiohead & Brandi Carlile.
• Daytrotter: Via Audio | S. Carey

Pay what you want for Dunham Van Durham's Christmas album, Christmas From the Heartland. That's my photo on the cover. And seriously, we really enjoy the album each Christmas in our home. You need to check it out, stream it, download it.

Bradford Cox of Deerhunter/Atlas Sound offers four albums of demos for FREE: Atlas Sound Bedroom Database. I've heard about a dozen songs and I'm loving it. Atlas Sound: Logos is one of my favorite albums to listen to while working ($8.99).

I shouldn't have to say how fantastic The Suburbs by Arcade Fire is. It's outstanding. Did you know you can get it today for $1.99? Yeah. Also Neon Bible is $5.99 & Funeral is $5. Here's the Spike Jonze directed video for "The Suburbs," which visualizes a very near, dark future for the burbs.

I just love the Bing Crosby/David Bowie TV duet of "Little Drummer Boy." Get Bing Crosby: I Wish You A Merry Christmas today only for $1.99. White Christmas is only $3.99. Awesome.