SOUNDS: Sufjan Stevens "Too Much"

From Sufjan's amazing new The Age of Adz. God bless this man for not getting dull.

SOUNDS: Girls "Broken Dreams Club"

New Girls EP is out soon. Get a free download here.

SOUNDS: Flying Lotus "Kill Your Co-Workers"

Flying Lotus - Kill Your Co-Workers from beeple on Vimeo.

Super cool video.

SOUNDS: Sleigh Bells "Infinity Guitars"

Sleigh Bells "Infinity Guitars" from Phil Pinto on Vimeo.

This week was huge - releases from Sufjan Stevens, Belle and Sebastien, and Antony and the Johnsons. Check 'em out.

Sleigh Bells have been kicking ass for a bit now, but this vid is relatively new.

SOUNDS: Tennis - When You Walk in the Room on TUNNELVISION

Love Tennis. And this is a song that was not released on their new EP.

SOUNDS: Sufjan Stevens "The Age of Adz"

Sufjan Stevens's new album is due October 12th. Stream it now, in its entirety, at NPR.

NPR Music First Listen: Sufjan Stevens "The Age of Adz."

SOUNDS: Write About Love, Part 2

Download Belle & Sebastian's new track in exchange for your email address.

SOUNDS: Belle & Sebastian Write About Love

The new Belle & Sebastian album, Belle & Sebastian Write About Love is due October 12th. Hooray for that. In this half-hour video, see them perform two new songs.

(Sorry the video looks weird. Working on it.)

SOUNDS: Matt & Kim "Cameras"

Dance punk king and queen Matt & Kim released their latest track today. Album is due November 2nd, according to their website.
Cameras by mattandkim

SOUNDS: Ra Ra Riot "Boy"

Ra Ra Riot - "Boy" from Arts & Crafts México on Vimeo.

New Ra Ra Riot drops next week, but you can buy this EP now from iTunes. Catchy.

SOUNDS: Summer Camp

Summer Camp - Ghost Train (viral) from Paddy Power on Vimeo.

This is Ghost Train by London-based Summer Camp. Everybody Taste posted some intel on them a week or so ago. Head there to find out more and check out another vid, then read this from The Guardian.

SOUNDS: Tennis, Magic Kids and a Rant*

I won't write about music often, and I promise to never do so in a critical way. I just don't have the chops for it.

But Portland based Everybody Taste is a must-read. They're always up on the buzz, and they've got full-length samples to go along with the artists they feature.

Everybody Taste gets all the credit for turning me on to Tennis and Magic Kids.

As I mentioned in my watches post, I love things that have a good back story. Tennis's is pretty good - they are a husband and wife duo that went sailing and wrote about it. Read more about them at the New York Times T Magazine Blog, and their own blog, White Satin Gloves. Then go buy their EP, Marathon from iTunes.

Although it's not available on iTunes yet, you can buy Magic Kids' new LP Memphis directly from True Panther right now. I don't know their story, but they're from Memphis and they've got a cool synth-pop thing going that feels new and crisp.

God. See how bad that was? BDC is not a music blog.

RANT* - The new Arcade Fire album is, not surprisingly, really good. Let's get our shit right for them, huh? They're not THE Arcade Fire. They're just Arcade Fire. That's it. Even if you think they're THE greatest band in the universe, they're still just Arcade Fire.