Best of the 2nd Quarter 2011 April -> June

Over halfway through 2011 and with the summer here I have had a little more time focus on music. April and May brought lots of great music and lots of new discoveries. That is always a busy music time of year as many bands like to follow up with new albums and tracks after SXSW. June was a little disappointing (or maybe I am just spending too much time stuck on Bon Iver) and July so far has been dry. Enjoy and let me know what your favorites were.

Standout Album from April - June listed in Alphabetical Order. All tracks are for sampling purposes go out and buy the album to support the artists (click on the album name to go to Amazon)!

The Antlers - Burst Apart
I Don't Want Love
Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out
Putting The Dog To Sleep


Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
Brick By Brick
Don't Sit Down Cause I've Moved Your Chair
Piledriver Waltz


Battles - Gloss Drop
Wall Street
Ice Cream (Feat Matias Aguayo)


Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
Drover
One Fine Morning


Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Calgary
Beth/Rest


Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Helplessness Blues
The Cascades
Bedouin Dress (Live)


Jeff the Brotherhood - We Are the Champions
Shredder
Diamondway
Mellow Out


Thao & Mirah - Thao & Mirah
Eleven (Feat. tUnE-yArDs)
Folks


tUnE-yArDs - WHOKILL
Bizness
Gangsta
Powa


Vaccines - What Did you Expect From the Vaccines
Norgaard
If You Wanna
Blow It Up


And 15 more tracks for good measure!
Black Lips - Modern Art
Country Mice - Morning Song
Ema - The Grey Ship
Fucked Up - The Other Shoe
Low - Try to Sleep
Milagres - Glowing Mouth
My Morning Jacket - Holdin On to Black Metal
The National - Think You Can Wait
Panda Bear - Surfer's Hymn
Parts and Labor - Rest
The Raveonettes - Forget That Your Young
Seapony - Blue Star
Sonny and the Sunsets - Reflections on Youth
Thee Oh Sees - I Need Seed
Vetiver - Wonder Why
Weeknd - Glass Table Girls
Yacht - Dystopia

Cheat Sheet #12 2011

This week is all just thrown together, but I don't think that matters because everything here is big (except Clams Casino).Got a crying baby later

My Morning Jacket - Circuital from Music Savage
This sounds like My Morning Jacket; great distant sounding vocals and country tinged rock. If this is what the whole album sounds like it will be one of the best this year. When it kicks in at 2:15 is great and the false ending is also cool.
Album Circuital out May 31
Band Website

Cults - You Know What I Mean from The Owl Mag
Cults - Abducted from Old School
A lot of buzz surrounding this band. I'm  very excited for this little indie gem.
New album out in May
Band Website

Antlers - Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out from Everybody Taste
A big sweeping sound. Sounds like it will be another good album from the Antlers. I like the mix of electric guitar, mandolin plucking, and falsetto.
New album Burst Apart out on May 10
Band Website

Clams Casino - Gorilla from Gorilla Vs. Bear
Some very cool hazy sounding beats. Reminds me of a Miles Davis remix album from years ago Panthalassa. That's some cool shi.... This would be a great listen when chilling at the beach.
EP Rainforest out on June 27
Band Website

Arctic Monkeys - Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair from Gramophone Rings
This isn't the Arctic Monkeys of "I'll Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor," but that is ok. They have grown into a rock juggernaut.
Best Lines: "Go into bussiness with a grizzly bear" and "Do the macrena in the devil's lair."
New Album Suck It and See out June 7
Band Website


New Album Suck It and See out June 7
Band Website

Bonus: Santigold - Go Featuring Karen O from Pick Up the head Phones
Rock out this weekend!