New Music Tuesday!

Now that I'm back into the routine, here are some new tracks for your listening pleasure. Forthcoming in my next post will be a review of longtime Daydream Station favorite Spoon's brand-new album, Transference (in stores today, 1/19).

jj - let go

Swede-pop outfit releases an advance single from jj n* 3, due out March 9.

The Drums - I Felt Stupid

The young band nabbed the top spot in the Pitchfork Reader's Poll "Most Anticipated Debut of 2010" based on this stupidly enjoyable lead single.

Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream

Apparently this album came out a full year ago, but I just recently caught the blog-hype about these guys based on the absurd number of remixes their songs have garnered. I recommend and am posting the original, however - very 2009 synth-accented indie pop.

RJD2 & Vast Aire - Tippin Dominoes
RJD2 - The Stranger

On rarity "Tippin Dominoes", RJD2 lays down a fantastic, uneasy instrumental for the former Cannibal Ox emcee's steady verses and shuffling hook. "The Stranger", off his fresh new release The Colossus, shows him back in DJ Shadow territory instead of incongruously posing as just another singer-songwriter, sporting a healthy dose of crackling, old-school beats and horns and a talent for subtle ebb and flow.

Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
Yeasayer - Madder Red

Yeasayer's newest, Odd Blood will drop February 9. "Ambling Alp" is already as mini-hit, as both of these advance tracks show Yeasayer moving back towards traditional song structure after 2007's surprisingly trippy, tribal All Hour Cymbals.

Fever Ray - Seven (The Twelves Remix)

Catchy remix of a track off Fever Ray's self-titled debut (Fever Ray is the solo project of Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife).

Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Action

As weird as it sounds. Owen Pallett switches from the pseudonym Final Fantasy to his real name and writes a concept album from the viewpoint of Lewis, a fighting farmer from an alternate universe. Try this quirky, intellectual, obsessively arranged piece out at your own risk - it may hook or repel you.

The Gossip - Love Long Distance

From 2009's Music For Men release, soul-voiced Beth Gibbons of Olympia band The Gossip lets loose on this cut exploring a long-distance relationship, channeling pain and self-righteous anger and asking for a little more assistance.