Ready to have your mind blown? Because this has been an intense week. You ready yet? No? Well, I'm going to break it down for you anyway! There are a bunch of awesome records announced for release lately and I want you to be fully prepared monetarily, psychologically, physically and emotionally for all that will come.
Smith Westerns:
While embarking on their humongous European tour with MGMT, Smith Westerns will be releasing their second LP on January 18 titled Dye It Blonde. Watch them play with Girls for a teaser here.
Dye It Blonde:
01 Weekend
02 Still New
03 Imagine Pt. 3
04 All Die Young
05 Fallen In Love
06 End of the Night
07 Only One
08 Smile
09 Dance Away
10 Dye the World
Mogwai:
It's a day late, but whatever you had planned for your sweetheart this Valentine's Day is just going to have to be a overshadowed by Mogwai's release of their seventh album, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. February 15 will be the new day of love. A limited edition with a 26-minute song, "The Singing Mountain," will also be available. They're also touring in Europe, so I guess we'll just have to be patient.
Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will:
01 White Noise
02 Mexican Grand Prix
03 Rano Pano
04 Death Rays
05 San Pedro
06 Letters To The Metro
07 George Square Thatcher Death Party
08 How To Be A Werewolf
09 Too Raging To Cheers
10 You're Lionel Richie
Oh No Oh My:
Coming back with their first album in four years, Oh No Oh My are releasing People Problems on January 11. Hear "Walking Into Me" above – yeah, I bet you were wondering what the hell that track was – and grab it for keeps below. You didn't think I'd let you walk away with nothing did you? Well, neither did Oh No Oh My.
For brevity's sake, you can see their tour dates on their website.
Girls:
It's a little repetitious, but since the announcement is official, I had to remind you that Girls is coming out with their 6-song mini-LP Broken Dreams Club on November 22. If you backtrack a bit, you can hear one of the tracks "Heartbreaker" from an earlier entry. But I just wanted to let you know it's for REAL!
Broken Dreams Club:
01 The Oh So Protective One
02 Heartbreaker
03 Broken Dreams Club
04 Alright
05 Substance
06 Carolina
Lupe Fiasco:
And I know I already let you know the digs on what's going on with Lupe Fiasco's Lasers, but a single came out and it is so bomb that I couldn't let it slide. Drool over "The Show Goes On:"
This player (SoundCloud) didn’t survive.
Lasers is out March 8, 2011.
("Walking Into Me" via brooklynvegan)