Recommended New Releases, 4/7/09

This is another one of those huge release weeks that'll drain your wallet if you're not careful. There's a ton of great stuff out today, including the album that we (and many others) can't shut up about, Micachu's Jewellery, three great new Merge releases (Superchunk, Telekinesis, and the SCORE Covers album), the new Thermals (finally), and the new long-player from Richard Swift, The Atlantic Ocean, which I am digging immensely (more on that later).

Antony & the Johnsons - Epilepsy Is Dancing
MP3: Antony & the Johnsons - “Epilepsy Is Dancing”

Arcade Fire - Mirroir Noir DVD

Bat For Lashes - Two Suns

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head

Black Dice - Repo
MP3: Black Dice - “Glazin'”

Buraka Som Sistema - Black Diamond

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Vs Children
MP3: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - “Optimist Vs. the Silent Alarm (When The Saints Go Marchin' In)”

Chain and the Gang - Down With Liberty… Up With Chains

Crystal Antlers - Tentacles
MP3: Crystal Antlers - “Andrew”

Doves - Kingdom of Rust

HEALTH - Die Slow

The Hold Steady - Positive Rage Box Set

It Hugs Back - Inside Your Guitar
MP3: It Hugs Back - “Workday”

Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care

Merge SCORE: the Covers

Micachu & the Shapes - Jewellery
MP3: Micachu - “Golden Phone”

A Place To Bury Strangers - Missing You

Pontiak - Maker

Richard Swift - The Atlantic Ocean
MP3: Richard Swift - “Lady Luck”

Superchunk - Leaves In The Gutter
MP3: Superchunk - “Misfits & Mistakes”

Telekinesis - s/t
MP3: Telekinesis - “Coast of Carolina”

The Thermals - Now We Can See
MP3: The Thermals - “Now We Can See”

Title Tracks - “Every Little Bit Hurts” b/w “Found Out” 7″

The Veils - Sun Gangs
MP3: The Veils - “The Letter”

Vinyl/Vinyl Reissues

Fever Ray - s/t
MP3: Fever Ray - “When I Grow Up” (Lissvik Remix)

DM Stith - Heavy Ghost

Young Widows/Bonnie Prince Billy - Split

- Ryan Catbird