usounds July 3rd, 2007

Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe [mp3] - The Riv will be coming to your town. Check here for dates soon.
usounds July 2nd, 2007

On September 25th, 2007 Arts and Crafts will release In Our Bedroom After The War, the new album by Stars. You know what else starts here? Beautiful Skin.
The Night Starts Here [mp3]
usounds June 29th, 2007

Broken Social Scene co-founder Kevin Drew’s solo album Broken Social Scene Presents: Spirit If… comes out September 18th. The following song- TBTF sounds very BSSesque.
TBTF [mp3]
usounds June 29th, 2007

DU TRÆNG ITJ Å SKRIV PÅ ÆNGELSK SJØ, IDA. fedt bilde.
Norway’s 120 Days (sometimes we joke around at the usounds HQ and refer to them as ‘Approximately 3 Months’ or ‘17.14 Weeks’, It’s really hilarious) have a new tranced-out, fuzzy EP called Sedated Times out on Tuesday.
Justine [mp3]
usounds June 26th, 2007

The Figurines throw a real low-key party after dumping a few dead bodies in the Guden River
Danish quartet, The Figurines, are set to release the follow up to their acclaimed 2006 full-length Skeleton, with When The Deer Wore Blue on September 11th. Skeleton was picked up by the Seattle-based label The Control Group and earned an 8.3 rating on Pitchfork.
Hey Girl [mp3]
usounds June 12th, 2007

The Best of Frank Black 93-03 is due out June 19th. Here’s one of the greatest tracks off the album:
Robert Onion [mp3]
Track Listing:
1. Los Angeles
2. Ten Percenter
3. Czar
4. Old Black Dawning
5. I Want To Live On An Abstract Plain
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usounds June 11th, 2007

Later tonight, I have to leave a few mangled dead bodies in the Atlantic.
The new Shout Out Loud’s EP on Merge Records, Tonight I Have to Leave It, is now available. A few US tour dates:
July 16th - New York, NY - Spiegeltent
July 17th - Brooklyn, NY - Luna Lounge
July 18 - San Fran - Rickshaw
July 19 - LA - El Rey
Tonight I Have to Leave It [mp3]
usounds June 1st, 2007

Fallout Stations is the new EP by Columbia, Missouri band Foundry Field Recordings. The following track is both lovely and amazing.
Transistor Kids [mp3]

Let’s run through that last song one more time and then produce a few more castings in molten metal.
usounds June 1st, 2007

New Spoon downloads:
The Ghost of You Lingers [mp3]
The Underdog [mp3]
Crown Victoria [mp3]
Oh shit, sorry. I guess that last one is actually Robbers on High Street. Sometimes ROHS sound exactly like Spoon.
usounds June 1st, 2007

Polyphoinc Spree’s new album, Fragile Army, will be released on June 19th on TVT Records. Or pre-order this happy fun time album on Myspace. Pre-order includes bonus euphoric DVD material.
Running Away [mp3]