CoS just pointed us to a brand new song by Modest Mouse. No word on a release date for their upcoming record, but this live recording’s good enough to carry us for a little while longer. MP3: Modest Mouse – Heart of Mine (live)

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Some bad news to start the day. The Handsome Furs are calling it quits. They’ve always been one of my favorite contemporary groups (gave last year’s Sound Kapital my #2 pick of the year) and I was already looking forward to their next album. Here’s hoping everything’s going OK in their lives aside from the [...]

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Diplo’s “Express Yourself” 7″ just hit stores (ours has a different cover than the one above) backed with this new track that’s a collaboration with Vermont DJ Lazerdisk Party Sex. Diplo’s full length will be out this June.

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Oldschool Elephant 6 band Dressy Bessy just shared with us some their first new songs in a while. While they aren’t growing on me as quickly as their classic material, it’s still great to hear new stuff from them. Stream Dressy Bessy’s Summer Singles at their Bandcamp page

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JEFF the Brotherhood just shared a new track with the world. “Sixpack” is off their upcoming Hypnotic Knights EP, available digitally May 22. This was produced by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach.

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One of my favorite songs of the year just got a sweet low budget video! The video’s fun, but it’s mostly just another excuse for me to post this fantastic song in the vein of Vampire Weekend. If you love it as much as I do, you should go download their album at their Bandcamp [...]

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MP3: Cheers Elephant – Leaves It’s a good thing Cheers Elephant are wearing shades in that photo, because this is one sunny track. It’s got a little bit of Sleeper Agent in there, but it also reminds me of early Peter, Bjorn and John (probably the drums). This is one of the best pop tracks [...]

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WAWS just shared this new Yeasayer track with the world. The band send out copies to the fans on their mailing list; luckily one of those folks uploaded that new song to the internet. No word yet on a full length, but Yeasayer have some tour dates (including Louisville) below. Yeasayer 2012 Tour Dates: 06/19 [...]

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MP3: Wild Belle – Keep You If Santigold tried (and partially succeeded) to one-up Lykke Li at her own game, the result would be Wild Belle’s “Keep You.” It’s tropical, but aloof in an alluring way. It’s low-energy but incredibly exciting. I can’t wait for a full length from them. Wild Belle on Facebook

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