Listening to their new free EP “Landmarks of Lunacy”, I don’t see why they considered a lot of this material way too experimental and the band needed to be reminded that they were a pop band. The most experimental tracks on the EP ‘Ivy Leaves’ and ‘Marble Fields’ seem like a natural progression of the sound of their debut albeit it is a lot less dance-friendly. The standout to me is the close ‘Marble Fields’ which just builds and builds with noisy distant guitars until almost five minutes later unleashing a whole cacophony of synths, drums and guitar. You can listen to the track below and the rest of the EP if you’re on the fence about downloading it here.

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Apparently while Gorillaz, Klaxons and Yeasayer were all offering new releases Owen Pallett quietly gave away a collection of demos & instrumentals from his last album “Heartland”. No vocals are featured by Pallett except for those by Share Worden of My Brightest Diamond on ‘The Great Elsewhere’. The EP is titled “Export (Demo EP”, you can download and listen to it for free below.

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Glass Animals are a band from Oxford, England, like most of the electronic music coming out of the UK the band can be lumped in with the dubstep genre. They make sparse, drum machine propelled tracks each buried in a depth of samples and other instruments. For their new remix of These New Puritans’ ‘Hologram’ goes for the tropical sound with synths evoking steel drums and howling yells. You can listen to the remix below and listen to more Glass Animals here.

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Canada’s Stars have recorded a Daytrotter session. The band played new songs from their new album “The Five Ghosts” and one song from “Set Yourself On Fire”. You can hear and download for free here.

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Kurt Vile will be releasing his new album titled “Smoke Ring For My Halo” on March 8 on Matador. Vile previously released the single ‘In My Time’ in October from the album. “Smoke Ring For My Halo” was produced by John Agnello. You can see the tracklisting for the album below.

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Melissa Ann Sweat’s solo project Lady Lazarus will be releasing its debut EP, “Mantic” on January 18. The project features Melissa’s vibrant piano and dreamy vocals. At time the songs are idiosyncratic, but they are always carefully structured around the piano. The album is available thourgh bandcamp in digital and physical formats. You can download the song ‘The Eye in the Eye of the Storm’ below. You can see the tracklisting for the album below.

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To close out their year Yeasayer are giving fans the chance to download the band’s new live album at whatever price they please. The album is titled “Live at Ancienne Belgique” and was recorded on October 28, 2010 in Brussels, Belgium if the titled didn’t give it away. You can download the album here. The tracklisting for the album is below.

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