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September is upon us, and I love how the new album releases reflect the impending transition to Autumn. Several heavily anticipated new albums have just been released, and I encourage you to check them out, particularly from Neon Indian, St. Vincent, Mates of State, and Girls.
As always, I hope you find some new music in this list for you to add to your own listening rotation.
Below the track list, I have links to the iTunes Ping playlist, Amazon, Rdio, and Spotify playlists if you prefer to listen to them that way.
-Dave
| Artist | Song Title | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gotye | Somebody That I Used to Know | Making Mirrors |
| Let’s start off dnak 51 with a single that has torn up Australian music charts. It’s off of the third studio album from Gotye (aka Wally De Backer) and features Kimbra (female vocals). | |||
| 2 | Mates of State | Palomino | Mountaintops |
| Long-time married indie-pop couple Mates of State just released their 6th studio album. | |||
| 3 | Neon Indian | Polish Girl | Era Extraña |
| Electronic/chillwave group Neon Indian just released their sophomore album to follow up their hugely successful debut. | |||
| 4 | Active Child | Hanging On | You Are All I See |
| This track from musician/singer Pat Gross (aka Active Child) is one of my favorites on this month’s list. It is just beautiful. | |||
| 5 | St. Vincent | Cruel | Strange Mercy |
| Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) continues to impress with her third solo album (after her previous stints in the Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Steven’s band). | |||
| 6 | Bombay Bicycle Club | Shuffle | A Different Kind of Fix |
| Here’s a catchy track from London indie rock group Bombay Bicycle Club’s third studio album. | |||
| 7 | Blood Orange | Sutphin Boulevard | Coastal Grooves |
| Texas-born Dev Hynes (aka Lightspeed Champion, also aka Blood Orange), now based in the UK, may be more known for his compositions for Florence and the Machine and Chemical Brothers (amongst others). Here’s a standout track from his new side project Blood Orange. | |||
| 8 | James Blake & Bon Iver | Fall Creek Boys Choir | Fall Creek Boys Choir – Single |
| Wow. So this is what you get when you cross British post-dubstep phenomenon James Blake with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. | |||
| 9 | Zee Avi | Concrete Wall | Ghostbird |
| Boom-sha-clack-clack. Malaysian-born Zee Avi is another example of how the Internet has changed the music industry. She posted some of her performances on Youtube (while living in Cambodia) and ended up attracting attention from The Raconteurs (amongst others). Now, 4 years later, she has a 2nd studio album with a growing group of devoted fans. | |||
| 10 | Ume | Destroyer | Phantoms |
| Lauren Larson-fronted Austin indie rock group has a growing following due to their frenetic performances, but they manage to channel that energy into a nuanced debut LP. | |||
Continue on to number 11 – 20.
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