Music Monday 9.24.12

IN THE NEWS

• Joe Thorn has a post up about what might be my favorite song of the year so far, "Precious Puritans" by Propaganda. Wow. 
• Justin Vernon speaks of a Bon Iver (permanent?) hiatus. Boo.

STREAMING FREE

• Sera Cahoone: Deer Creek Canyon
• Beth Orton: Sugaring Season (Over the Rhine-ish)
• Wickerbird: The Crow Mother (Intriguing! Out tomorrow)

BURNING UP MY iPOD

• Woods: Bend Beyond
• Aaron Embry: Tiny Prayers
• Grizzly Bear: Shields ($5.99)
• The Story: Volume 2 (free)

New Music Tuesday 9.18.12

Here are the releases I recommend you check out this week...

• Grizzly Bear: Shields (9.1/10 Pitchfork)
• Aaron Embry: Tiny Prayers
• Woods: Bend Beyond (8.1/10 Pitchfork)
• The Lighthouse & The Whaler: This Is An Adventure
• Band Of Horses: Mirage Rock

More new releases listed at Metacritic.

Music Monday 9.17.12

STREAMING FREE

• Sera Cahoone: Deer Creek Canyon (out 9.25)
• Woods: Bend Beyond (out tomorrow)
• The Lighthouse & The Whaler: This is an Adventure (out tomorrow | if you like upbeat indie - Mumford, Ra Ra Riot, Of Monsters and Men)
• Aaron Embry: Tiny Prayer (out tomorrow, it's what I'm listening to and loving today)
• Grizzly Bear: Shields (out tomorrow)
• Band of Horses: Mirage Rock (out tomorrow)

BURNING UP MY iPOD

• The Story Vol 2 - The artists at Soma Communities produce another great album. Get it FREE or give a donation. 
• Avett Brothers: The Carpenter
• The xx: Coexist

VIDEO

• Avett Brothers on Kimmel with two songs
• The Vespers | "Lawdy"
• Grizzly Bear plays Fallon. These dudes are doing some creative stuff...

Music Monday 9.10.12 | Streaming FREE

A whole bunch of good albums are streaming free at the moment. May I suggest you try out The Dandelion War. I'm quite interested in that one. You should know that I consider Grizzly, Avett, XX to be must-listens. But try out some of the new names you see. I've listened in part or in whole to all of these and they are worth checking out...

• Grizzly Bear: Shields
• The Avett Brothers: The Carpenter
• The XX: Coexist
• The Raveonettes: Observator
• Black Prairie: A Tear In The Eye Is A Wound In The Heart
• The Helio Sequence: Negotiations
• The Dandelion War: We Were Always Loyal To Lost Causes
• Will Johnson: Scorpion
• Field Report: Field Report