1. The Strokes – “Under Cover of Darkness”
2. Smith Westerns – “All Die Young”
3. Forbidden Friends – “Tiny Hands” [MP3] [Right Click, "Save As"]
4. The Raveonettes – “Forget That You’re Young” [MP3] [Right Click, "Save As"]
5. Panda Bear – “Last Night at the Jetty” [MP3] [Right Click, "Save As"]
6. Zoo Kid – “Out Getting Ribs” [MP3] [Right Click, "Save As"]
8. Bright Eyes – “Haile Selassie”
9. The Decemberists – “Cuyahoga (R.E.M. Cover)” [MP3] [Right Click, "Save As"]
10. J Mascis – “It is Done”[MP3] [Right Click, "Save As"]
11. Arcade Fire – “Empty Room”
12. The Black Keys – “Howlin’ For You”
13. Neil Young – “Angry World”
14. Mumford and Sons – “The Cave”
15. The Avett Brothers – “Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise”
16. Band of Horses – “Weed Party”
17. Your 33 Black Angels – “Me and My Girl”
18. Minus 5 and Wilco- “Retrieval of You”
19. Ed Harcourt – “All of Your Days Will Be Blessed”
20. Grandaddy – “Now It’s On”
21. Galaxie 500 – “Strange”
22. Guided by Voices – “Glad Girls”
Hot off the heels of their fantastic My Neighbor/My Creator EP, TUiW favorites Wye Oak will release their newest full length, Civilian, March 8 on Merge. Lyricist/guitarist Jen Wasner described the songs being “as a whole, about aloneness (the positive kind), loneliness (the horrible kind), moving on, and letting go (of people, places, and things).” Merge goes on to add that the album is “a kind of 21st-century folk music, imbued with dense shoegaze guitars, nearly melodic rhythms, and impeccable splashes of electronic color.” Sounds good to me! The band is sharing the fantastic title track, and we’ve got it below, along with the tracklist.
The Decemberists will return to the scene with a new record, the darkly titled The King is Dead on January 18. The record has the help of R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, and his jangle guitar sound is definitely apparent on the first single, “Down By The Water,” which you can snag for free 
Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
The Thermals – “Never Listen to Me”
Sufjan Stevens – “Too Much”
Kanye West – The GOOD Fridays Series
In advance of next month’s Cloak and Cipher, Land of Talk’s first new single, “Swift Coin,” serves a perfect introduction for a band that’s been on the verge of breaking for a couple of years. Elizabeth Powell’s multitracked voice swoons over the warbling guitar that is the band’s trademark, before the song breaks down into a jam worthy of LoT’s former tourmates, Broken Social Scene (Powell contributed vocals for the band during their tour together). “Swift Coin” is a song that’s simply too catchy to be overlooked.
St. Louis based Bear Ceuse is the project of Cameron Matthews, a small town Missourian with a knack for writing excellent rock music. Unlike so many other indie bands, Bear Ceuse doesn’t use distortion as shield to cover up sloppy guitar work, instead focusing on catchy songwriting, shifting effortlessly from the rock squalor of Pavement to the sweet guitar riffs of Camera Obscura. Seamlessly, the band shifts from the sweetness of “Elephant” into the hard edge of “American Wit,” a transition that can be jarring, but works to great effect. If you need one track to convince you of how good Bear Ceuse is, check out the amazing “Kiss Another,” which builds through wandering guitars, drum patters, and howls before reaching a loud climax of reverbed guitars. Make sure you download “Kiss Another” below and/or download Bear Ceuse’s free EP, Oh You Blushed!, also linked below, before Pitchfork gives them Best New Music and everyone else hears about them.
Radiohead’s Philip Selway has always been that guy in the back with the insanely good drumming skills, but August 31, he’ll be front and center with a guitar as he releases his first solo album, Familial. Selway participated in Neil Finn’s 7 Worlds Collide project, and joining him on the record will be Lisa Germano, Wilco’s Glenn Kotche and Pat Sansone, and Soul Coughing’s Sebastian Steinberg. The first song, “By Some Miracle” is 
Athens, GA weirdos (meant in a good way) Of Montreal will return come September 14 with False Priest, a Jon Brion produced record that will no doubt up the ante Kevin Barnes and Co. continue to raise. The album will feature guest spots from Janelle Monae and Solange Knowles, and Barnes recently told P4k the record would have an R&B sound:
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