Space is Cool Again?

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January has been a relatively slow month for new music as we wait for more albums to start seeing their release dates in the coming weeks. A few new gems from the Black Lips & Dan Auerbach did, however, find their way into the mix this week.

A humorous aside: After reading about the upcoming NASA album, "The Spirit of Apollo", and its many guest stars, I briefly thought the space agency was cool again. Ten minutes later, I learned its a project from Squeak E. Clean & DJ Zegon and it rather moronically stands for "North America South America". It would be cooler if it was sponsored by the folks who brought us Tang. (A roundabout link to one of the tracks is posted below).

Mp3 links are forthcoming. I hope.

Artist / Song
Man Man / Van Helsing Boombox
Women / Black Rice
Here We Go Magic / Tunnelvision
The Black Lips / Starting Over
Ezra Furman & the Harpoons / Take Off Your Sunglasses
Hacienda / She's Got a Hold on Me
The Black Keys / Psychotic Girl
Dan Auerbach / I Want Some More
The Thermals / Here's Your Future
Jay Reatard / An Ugly Death
The Muslims / Bright Side
Love is All / Rumours
Los Campesinos! / Ways to Make it Through the Wall
Arcade Fire / Burning Bridges
Arcade Fire / Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Everything Absent or Distorted / A Form to Accommodate the Mess
Emily Wells / Symphony 1: In the Barrel of a Gun
Sufjan Stevens / Chicago
Belle & Sebastian / Your Secrets
Little Joy / Brand New Start
Coconut Records / Microphone
Rainbow Arabia / Holiday in Congo
Friend / Black Keys
The Polyphonic Spree / Light & Day
The Helio Sequence / Hallelujah
Lykke Li / Knocked Up (Kings of Leon cover)
Hot Chip / No Fit State
NASA / Gifted (ft. Kanye West, Santogold, Lykke Li)
The Tough Alliance / A New Chance