Surfer Blood Remix

Surfer Blood - Twin Peaks (Golden Ages Remix) - For more head over to Stereogum.

Blue Giant

...reason #342 I wish I lived in Portland.  This is the best band I've heard in a long time.  Go here and listen to the song Blue Sunshine.  Psychedelic country that conjures up Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers. You can order their Target Heart EP at BuyOlympia.com on vinyl or CD and get a free instant download of it.

The Golden Age Full Length

If you liked the Calla Lily EP from The Golden Age head back over to Mr. Furious Records and download the entire full length record for FREE via zip.  I can't believe Rob is just giving this away.  It's so good it feels like stealing...  

1. Dirty Fighter
2. Endgame
3. Folks Who Know
4. Jealous Love
5. Lucky You
6. Home Is A Hotel
7. The Plants You Forgot To Water
8. Behind Your Knees
9. Claremont
10. I Did Not Die Well Back Then
11. Where Are You Now?

Black Prairie Daytrotter Session

Head over toDaytrotter and download a wonderful session with Black Prairie.

What a Death Metal World

This rules. I couldn't help myself.

The Golden Age

Head over to Mr. Furious Records and check out The Golden Age, my friend Rob Hawkins' project.  The new self-titled record will be out this Saturday.  In the meantime you can download the Calla Lily EP for free.  It's glorious.

Upcoming Releases

4/6
Black Prairie: Feast of the Hunters' Moon [Sugar Hill]
Jónsi: Go [XL]

4/13
Freelance Whales: Weathervanes [Frenchkiss/Mom + Pop]
MGMT: Congratulations [Columbia]

4/17 - Record Store Day
The Album Leaf: There Is a Wind [Sub Pop]
Beach House: Zebra 12" [Sub Pop]
Bon Iver/Peter Gabriel: Split 7" [Jagjaguwar]
The Flaming Lips/Stardeath and White Dwarfs: The Dark Side of the Moon [limited edition vinyl release]

4/20
Merle Haggard: I Am What I Am [Vanguard]
Willie Nelson: Country Music [Rounder]
Roky Erickson With Okkervil River: True Love Cast Out All Evil [Anti-] [U.S. release]

4/26
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: "Round and Round" b/w "Mistaken Wedding" [4AD]

4/27
Acid Mothers Temple: From 0 to Infinity [Important]
Avi Buffalo: Avi Buffalo [Sub Pop]
Mono: Holy Ground: NYC Live With the Wordless Music Orchestra [Wordless/Temporary Residence]

5/4
The Flaming Lips/Stardeath and White Dwarfs: The Dark Side of the Moon [Warner Bros.] [CD release]
The Hold Steady: Heaven Is Whenever [Vagrant] [U.S. release]

5/11
The National: High Violet [4AD] [U.S. release]
Phosphorescent: Here's to Taking It Easy [Dead Oceans]

5/18
Band of Horses: Infinite Arms [Brown Records/Fat Possum/Columbia]
Woven Bones: In and Out and Back Again [Hozac]

5/25
The Cure: Disintegration [Three-disc reissue] [Polydor/Universal] [U.S. release]
Damien Jurado: Saint Bartlett [Secretly Canadian]

Head over to Pitchfork for a full run-down through summer...