LHB’s Shorties (Local Natives, Yeasayer, and More)

NPR is streaming the new Local Natives album, Gorilla Manor, in its entirety.

The Montreal Gazette lists three of the Residents' best concept albums.

At the Barnes & Noble Review, Robert Christgau reviews the new Vampire Weekend album, Contra.

NPR Music offers a mix of make-out songs.

At Drowned in Sound, Yeasayer's Anand Wilder offers a track-by-track analysis of the band's new album, Odd Blood (out today).

The A.V. Club interviews Stephin Merritt about the new Magnetic Fields album, Realism.

Passion of the Weiss shares a winter mixtape.

The Guardian Music Blog finds little political edge in "blog rock."