Male Bonding – “Year’s Not Long”

NPR is streaming the new Ratatat album, LP4 (out June 8th).

CWG lists the top 10 must-see summer tours and festivals.

Salon offers the backstory surrounding the Rolling Stones' concert film included on the Exile on Main Street deluxe edition.

MP3: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – “Sink / Let It Sway”

SSLYBY’s new LP Let It Sway was just announced; this is the title track. Recorded by Chris Walla and Beau Sorenson at Smart Studios, the album is due out on 8/17, and ready for pre-order now. It’s available on CD, LP, and special colored LP, and all pre-orders get a free digital EP (3 tracks), button, sticker & poster.

In an era where a 7-inch can set you back $7, $8, hell, even $10, it’s flat-out awesome that there are still a select few labels cranking out a steady stream of great singles that you grab for just a few bucks.

Case in point: the illustrious Slumberland. Since they kicked back into gear just a few years ago, they’ve been churning out all kinds of excellent 7-inch wax– what’s more, almost always in delicious array of colors. And with new singles forthcoming from Manatee, Tender Trap, Spectrals and more, it doesn’t look like they plan to stop any time soon. (Good!)

And so it is that we hope you’ll enjoy the new 7 Inches feature of Listen@MBV. This first one comes from San Francisco’s Brilliant Colors, whose Dills-meets-Shop-Assistants indiepop makes for about as perfect a kickoff as I can imagine.

Check it out, and pick it up from Slumberland on lovely mint-green vinyl for just $4.

The Mynabirds – “Numbers Don’t Lie”