Sleigh Bells

I emerge from cobwebs to share with you some awesome.

Treats

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last.fm

They are everything I like in music fucked together. Pop beats, shredding, distortion, girly vocals. Brooklyn hipsters, of course, and all that. The lady teaches 5th grade.

1. Tell 'Em+
2. Kids+
3. Riot Rhythm
4. Infinity Guitars*
5. Run the Heart
6. Rachel
7. Rill Rill (Ring Ring)+
8. Crown on the Ground+
9. Straight A's
10. A/B Machines*
11. Treats

The Knife's Tomorrow, In A Year

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official site (read it, buy it, sample)

The very best brother-sister Swedish dark electronic music duo reunited for a commission by Hotel Pro Forma (a Danish performance group), is co-composed by Planningtorock and Mt. Sims. The more you read at the above link, the better. It's an incredibly diverse, and evolving, exploration of sound, from atonality and Romantic opera to, near the end, something close to house music and pop anthems.

01. Intro
02. Epochs
03. Geology+
04. Upheaved*
05. Minerals+
06. Ebb Tide Explorer
07. Variation of Birds*
08. Letter to Henslow
09. Schoal Swarm Orchestra
01. Annie’s Box+
02. Tumult
03. Colouring of Pigeons+
04. Seeds*
05. Tomorrow in a Year+
06. The Height of Summer*
07. Annie's Box (alt. vocal)

Yeasayer!

Try Odd Blood(mediafire)
pre-order
They have a blog but I'd rather not show up on their incoming links, despite how early this leaked. last.fm
It's the first great album of 2010. If you're not familiar, they're a electro-folk-pop point between Animal Collective, MGMT, and Passion Pit. There's more joy in this than in All Hour Symbols, from the bildungsroman single Ambling Alp, through the subtle retreat of Madder Red, the contradictory tropical bouncer ONE, to Mondegreen, whose supposed lyrics I can't wait to read. Even the weaker tracks have an emotional kick that disinhibits skipping.

Tracklist:
1. The Children
2. Ambling Alp +
3. Madder Red *
4. I Remember
5. ONE *
6. Love Me Girl
7. Rome +
8. Strange Reunions
9. Mondegreen *
10. Grizelda