When Insects Rule the Afternoon Buzz

Since it seemed like I hadn't in quite awhile, I spent the early part of this week checking out some new music. The result was last night's radio show (with the exception of the Modest Mouse song... that's just something I've always wanted to play on the radio, so I threw it in.)

* denotes Canadian musicians

1. Neil Young - When Worlds Collide (Fork in the Road)*
2. Handsome Furs - I'm Confused (Face Control)*
3. Pale Air Singers - The Moving Floor (Pale Air Singers)[The Cape May / Run Chico Run collaboration]*
4. The Memories Attack - Sink/Swim (The Memories Attack)*
5. Modest Mouse - Stars Are Projectors (Moon and Antarctica)
6. Years - The Assassination of Dow Jones (Years)[new Do Make Say Think side project]*

The second half of the show was all about previews and late Record Store Day celebrations.

7. Tessa Kautzman - Someone Like You (demo)[local girl who's moved away, plays all of the instruments on her beautiful demo by herself]*
8. Ohbijou - Black Ice (Beacons, out June 2nd)*
9. Bowerbirds - Northern Lights (Upper Air, out July 7th)
10. Modest Mouse - Satellite Skin (new album out sometime?)
11. M. Ward - Epistemology (Hold Time) [my post-Record Store Day purchase]
12. Great Lake Swimmers - Concrete Heart (Lost Channels) [continuing the vinyl celebration]*
13. The National ft. Bon Iver - Vanderlylle Cry Baby (live)

The new National song was recorded live at the Dark Was the Night benefit show and features Bon Iver on guitar. You can notice that most right at the end, when he rips into a somewhat un-National like guitar solo.