n.a.s.a. ft. karen o : i shot the sheriff (stream)

pretty fun little cover.

incan abraham : concorde (stream)

pretty sure this is what toto would sound like if they formed in silver lake in 2013.

the both : milwaukee (stream)

the both = aimee mann + ted leo. great great little indie rock song. listen to it here.

anthems : up in mine (stream)

highly rec'd if you like keep shelly in athens, air france, balearic pop.

yumi zouma : the brae (stream)

new zealand dream pop.

supreme cuts : divine ecstasy (album stream)

chicago electronic/dance/production-duo supreme cuts have a pretty good debut available for streaming over at p4k. rec'd if you like clams casino.

sylvan esso : coffee (stream)

great little down-tempo electro-pop gem.

vampire weekend : unbelievers + hannah hunt (kimmel)

beck : blue moon (stream)

so good. if beck were a different type of musician, this song would be soundtracking about 30 different commercials in 2014.

s. carey : fire-scene (stream)

damon albarn : everyday robots (video)

beck : blue moon (snippet)

beck released this tease of a really pretty folky song from his upcoming album, morning phase.

summer heart : i wanted you to stay on the other side (stream)

rec'd if you like memoryhouse, washed out.

adult jazz : am gone (stream)

rec'd if you like dirty projectors.

night beds : head for the hills (stream)

so this explains that mysterious trailer: new night beds song! no word yet on whether this is building up to something more.

explosions in the sky + eluvium = inventions

here's a trailer for the team-up album, which comes out this april.

night beds : head for the hills (album teaser?)

a link to this vimeo was posted by night beds on twitter with no explanation. maybe an ep or lp preview? more likely a one-off single. this would be the followup to the band's underacknowledged 2013 debut, country sleep (one of my favorite albums of the year).

* from Ivywild on Vimeo.

real estate : talking backwards (video)

first taste of the forthcoming atlas. the band's (excellent) sophomore effort days felt like an "autumn" record, and it sounds like this one will have a "summer" feel.

tokyo police club : hot tonight (stream)

jenny lewis : completely not me (stream)

the first new jenny lewis song in awhile is this contribution to the girls soundtrack. listen here.

johnny cash : she used to love me a lot (stream)

a lost gem, as good as he ever was. listen here.

julie byrne : prism song (stream)

this is really really lovely. highly rec'd if you like vashti bunyan, grouper, gauzy folk songs.

woods : leaves like grass (stream)

angel olsen : hi-five (stream)

glasser : shape (video)

bombay bicycle club : luna (stream)

st. vincent : digital witness (stream)