New Releases : April 2011

Time for our monthly round up of the most interesting new releases with useful audio/video preview links:

Albums

TV ON THE RADIO - Nine Types of Light
THE KILLS - Blood Pressures
tUnE-yArDs - Whokill
CRYSTAL STILTS - In Love with Oblivion
VIVIAN GIRLS - Share the Joy
THE FEELIES - Here Before
MEAT PUPPETS - Lollipop
LOW - C'mon
BILL CALLAHAN - Apocalypse
PANDA BEAR - Tomboy
MOON DUO - Mazes
COLD CAVE - Cherish the Light Years
FOO FIGHTERS - Wasting Light
THE RAVEONETTES - Raven in the Grave
TIMES NEW VIKING - Dancer Equired
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
CAT'S EYES - Cat's Eyes
ALELA DIANE - Alela Diane & Wild Divine
HOWE GELB & A BAND OF GYPSIES - Alegrias
GLASVEGAS - EUPHORIC / / / HEARTBREAK
METRONOMY - The English Riviera
PREFUSE 73 - The Only She Chapters
ATMOSPHERE - The Family Sign
BRAIDS - Native Speaker
CRAFT SPELLS - Idle Labor
AN HORSE - Walls

Singles & EPs

PJ HARVEY - The Glorious Land
WILD FLAG - Future Crimes / Glass Tambourine
FACTORY FLOOR - ~ (R E A L L O V E)
GANG GANG DANCE - Glass Jar
RADIOHEAD - The Butcher / Supercollider
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - You are a Tourist
ARCTIC MONKEYS - Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
BEASTIE BOYS - Make Some Noise
UNKLE - Only The Lonely EP
ESBEN AND THE WITCH - Chorea EP
FLEET FOXES - Helplessness Blues
DEERHUNTER - Memory Boy
BLACK MOUNTAIN - Rollercoaster
YUCK - Get Away
THE JOY FORMIDABLE - Whirring
THE GO! TEAM - Apollo Throwdown / Voice Yr Choice
COLD CAVE - Villains of the Moon 
FRANZ FERDINAND - Covers EP
DANGER MOUSE / DANIELE LUPPI - Two Against One / Black
URGE OVERKILL - Effigy 
WAVVES - Thorns
TWO WOUNDED BIRDS - Midnight Wave
METRONOMY - The Look
OF MONTREAL - Controller Sphere EP
DIRTY BEACHES - No Fun
KAREN ELSON - Vicious
JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN - Nervous
BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY and MATT SWEENEY - Must Be Blind
MIDLAKE / WILL SELF - Am I Going Insane?
BUILT TO SPILL - Ripple
THE FLAMING LIPS / NEON INDIAN - The Flaming Lips With Neon Indian
JUSTICE - Civilization
UFFIE - Wordy Rappinghood
OH LAND - Voodoo

Summer's just around the corner! Get on your surfboard and catch the "Midnight Wave" with Two Wounded Birds: 

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