sylvan esso : coffee (video)

damon albarn : heavy seas of love ft. brian eno (stream)

no disrespect because i mean this as a compliment and because i've really enjoyed every track i've heard so far, but this is most definitely going to be a record sold at starbucks.

mac demarco : salad days (album stream)

listen to the whole wacky thing over at npr.

the black keys : fever (stream)

from the band's followup to the very commercially successful el camino. produced by danger mouse, who produced the band's fifth lp, attack and release, which everyone seemed to hate but is still my favorite black keys album.

the orwells : let it burn (video)

rec'd if you like the idea of jim morrison fronting a garage rock band in the suburbs of chicago.

the black keys. turn blue. 5.13.13.

lykke li : no rest for the wicked (stream)

tokyo police club : forcefield (album stream)

stream the poppy new album from canada's tokyo police club over here.

nothing : downward years to come (video)

rec'd if you like my bloody valentine, smashing pumpkins.

lewis : i thought the world of you (stream)

not much is known about the enigmatic canadian artist lewis (not his real name) aside from the fact that he released a gorgeous record of achingly soft synth-laced ballads called l'amour around 1983. record label light in the attic will be re-issuing the album digitally on april 8 and on limited vinyl on june 24. do yourself a real favor and take a listen.

spoon (album/song teaser)

spoon sounding very much like spoon.

frank ocean, mick jones, paul simonon, diplo : here (mp3)

a song frank ocean, half of the clash and diplo did for converse can be downloaded for free by clicking here.

One week away from a finished album
— SPOON (@SpoonTheBand) March 9, 2014

how to dress well : words i don't remember (stream)

heady.

mac demarco : brother (stream)

christopher owens : it comes back to you (stream)

a new song from christopher owens (formerly of girls), presumably from his forthcoming sophomore solo effort. it's pretty lovely. rec'd if you like jenny lewis.

sharon van etten : taking chances (stream)

movement : like lust (stream)

heady.

arctic monkeys : arabella (video)

hannah cohen : don't say (video)

a very well-placed song on tonight's episode of girls. rec'd if you like norah jones.

diarrhea is quite a beautiful word if you don't think about what it means
— a dog (@Grimezsz) March 2, 2014