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New Release Roundup for June 3

Featured new releases for the week of June 3, 2008:

	Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes Now that My Morning Jacket has diversified its sound, Fleet Foxes pick up where Jim James left off a few years ago. MP3: White Winter Hymnal Buy from Amazon.com
	Shearwater - Rook After reissuing and expanding Palo Santo last year, Shearwater turns in its first fresh material for new label Matador. MP3: Rooks MP3: Leviathan, Bound Buy from Amazon.com
	Robert Pollard - Robert Pollard is Off To Business The Guided By Voices mastermind is obviously going after some kind of Guinness record with his millionth record (give or take a few). MP3: Gratification to Concrete Buy from Amazon.com
	Weezer - Weezer (The Red Album) Die hard Weezer fans are excited that there is a new Weezer album called Weezer. Video: Pork and Beans Buy from Amazon.com
	Bret Michaels - Rock My World The former Poison front man has become totally legitimate after reality television proved how damn desirable he is. Full Album Stream Buy from Amazon.com

Posted on 06/03/2008 | Comments(34) | Permalink

TAGS: Bret Michaels Fleet Foxes Robert Pollard Shearwater Weezer

MP3: Free Matador Intended Play Label Sampler

Head over to Matablog to download Matador's sweet Spring '08 label sampler, Intended Play. The 12-track promo—usually horded by record store clerks, DJ's, and critics—features several unreleased tracks from great upcoming Matador releases.

Matador Spring 2008 Intended Play Label Sampler Tracklist:

Jay Reatard Always Wanting More (from 7″ #3, due out June 17)
Times New Viking DROP-OUT (from Rip It Off, released January 22)
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Cold Son (from Real Emotional Trash, released March 4)
Shearwater Leviathan, Bound (from Rook, due out June 3)
Cat Power Metal Heart (from Jukebox, released January 22)
Matmos Polychords (from Supreme Balloon, due out May 6)
Mission Of Burma That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate (from Vs.: The Definitive Edition, released today, March 18)
Jaguar Love Bats Over The Pacific Ocean (from Take Me To The Sea, due out this summer)
The Cave Singers Helen (from Invitation Songs, released last September)
Dead Meadow I’m Gone (from Old Growth, released February 5)
The New Pornographers All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth (live) (from Live From Soho (iTunes Exclusive), released March 11)
Earles & Jensen Bleachy Is Back In Town, Look Out (from Just Farr A Laugh Vols. 1 & 2: The Greatest Prank Phone Calls Ever!, due out April 22)

MP3: Matador Spring 2008 Intended Play

Posted on 03/19/2008 | Comments(58) | Permalink

TAGS: Cat Power Cave Singers Dead Meadow Earles & Jensen Jaguar Love Jay Reatard Matmos Mission Of Burma New Pornographers Shearwater Stephen Malkmus Times New Viking

Shearwater Announce New Album + MP3

After re-issuing the beefed up version of Shearwater's critically acclaimed debut Palo Santo last year, Matador is set to release the follow-up, Rook, on June 3rd. Via Matablog:

We’re happy to report the resulting LP/CD ‘Rook’, not only lives up to the ridiculously high standards set by its predecessor, but should well stand as an early album of the year candidate. Produced by Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg and recorded by Matthew Barnhart at Denton’s Echo Lab this past November and December, ‘Rook’ is an extraordinarily original work…

MP3: Shearwater - "Rooks"

Posted on 02/28/2008 | Comments(9) | Permalink

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Consider Rook essential summer listening. Like your "Summer Reading" list, Rook isn't really "summer-y" at all. It's heavy, dense, dramatic and beautiful and dark. Four of those five adjectives actually DO apply to summer, come to think of it... - jimtarnation [READ REVIEW]

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