Beach House - Bloom (Sub Pop)

Bloom is the 4th full length album by Baltimore-based Beach House. It is meant to be experienced as an ALBUM, a singular, unified vision of the world. The many layers of Bloom are uncomplicated and meticulously constructed to ensure there is no waste. Bloom was recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, TX and mixed at Electric Lady in NYC. The band co-produced the record with Chris Coady.

Best Coast - The Only Place (Mexican Summer)

The Only Place is the follow-up to the acclaimed Crazy For You and finds Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno maturing in both sound and perspective. This album finds front woman Cosentino transitioning into adulthood, with the feeling of uncertainty and self-doubt at the emotional center of the album. Cosentino handles all songwriting, lyrics, vocals and rhythm guitar, while Bobb Bruno plays lead guitar, bass and drums. What's new this time is their decision to work with producer and composer Jon Brion.

The Cribs - In the Belly of the Brazen Bull (Wichita)

Originally hailing from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK, The Cribs, the all Jarman brother 3 piece, expand their catalog with the release of their 5th album. The band enlisted Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT, Mercury Rev) and Steve Albini (Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Pixies) to produce the relentless yet blissfully sonic endeavor. Early stand outs "Chi-Town," which the NME calls "a pressure cooker of stomping riffs and broad sea shanty melodies" and "Come On, Be A No-One," have been received with overwhelming and unanimous praise.

Meiko - The Bright Side (Fantasy)

The Bright Side is an intimate, fearless song-cycle about risk, regret, tenderness and love. Her indelible melodies and sharp lyrical viewpoint give it a powerful, artistic punch. It features 11 songs that blend sumptuous folk-pop with thumping electronic beats that Meiko helped create with producers Jimmy Messer, Greg Collins and Belgian electro-pop wiz Styrofoam. "The new songs were all born on the guitar, but I wanted to make this record a little more lively," she says. "We played around with beats and came up with something that people could move to. There is more color, layers and texture this time around - acoustic guitars, piano, strings, horns and background harmonies."

Mojo Mag - Beach Boys cover (Mojo)

The five surviving members of the legendary Beach Boys meet with Mojo in Los Angeles. But will their 50 Year Anniversary reunion end in fun, fun, fun or fight, fight, fight? MOJO celebrates their musical majesty, while Johnny Marr, Todd Rundgren, Wayne Coyne and more salute the group’s madness and genius. Plus features on David Bowie portraiture, Rufus Wainwright, Rush, Beach House and more. Plus a FREE CD tribute to The Beach Boys' genius 1966 Pet Sounds album, featuring The Flaming Lips, Neil Cowley Trio, Saint Etienne, Jodie Marie, Gaz Coombes, Tim Burgess, Jeffrey Lewis and plenty more.

Moonrises - s/t (Logan Hardware)

Prog/punk/psych trio from Chicago feat. Plastic Crimewave of longtime spacepunkers Plastic Crimewave Sound, and creator of Drag City's Galactic Zoo Dossier mag on guitar; Ben Billington of free-jazz titans Tiger Hatchery and Wasteland Jazz Unit on drums; and Ms. Libby on keys. Together this cosmic trio have laid a scorcher of white hot psychedelic space rock to tape. We're talking bubble & gurgle organ melodies, chanted vocal interplay and ultra manic guitar scree backed by nonstop jazzy pummeling drum work that lifts off and doesn't stop. Recorded in Bloomington with John Dawson. Influences include avant-prog like Soft Machine, Egg and Goblin; noise rock like the Theoretical Girls, Mars and the Dead C.; fried Japanese psychedelia like Mainliner and Fushitsusha, and organ-driven classic rock.

Mount Carmel - Real Women (Siltbreeze)

Second album from Columbus, Ohio band--classic guitar rock with a West Coast blues vibe. Lots of tight pants swagger, an exceptionally steady rhythm section and heavy blues/rock riffs create an authentic 60s/70s power trio feel. Shades of Savoy Brown, Cream, James Gang, Buffalo Killers, Taste, Free, Radio Moscow, Rival Sons.

Santana - Shape Shifter (Starfaith)

He's the musical maverick that crafted classic albums like "Abraxas"; he sonically shaped chart-topping hits like "Black Magic Woman" along with "Oye Como Va", and influenced three generations of musicians around the globe. Shape Shifter is Carlos Santana's 36th album and is a 13-song instrumental tour de force featuring tracks spanning from the late 1990's to the present and comprises mostly original compositions that have been stashed away for such an instrumental project. His first release on his own label, Starfaith.

Squarepusher - Ufabulum (Warp)

Legendary electronic artist Squarepusher has designed his latest LP as the next stage in his iconic lineage and as an awe inspiring live show. From the inception of Ufabulum, he has worked simultaneously on sound and picture. The project features a development of a longstanding aspect of his live work since 2005, a video-synthesiser that generates imagery according to control data and audio input. The 2xLP comes boxed and decorated in glow-in-the-dark ink and sleeved with a 12 page booklet, bonus CDEP, Enstrobia.

The Sugarman 3 - What the World Needs Now (Daptone)

With only 8 tape tracks, a handful of peanuts, and a bottle of high proof Dutch Schnapps these gentlemen (including Daptone co-owner and Dap-Kings saxophonist Neal Sugarman) flexed their musical maturity- writing and tracking the entire album in 4 days. Dig the masterful renditions of favorites such as: The Bacharach penned opus "What the World Needs Now Is Love." Quite a fitting title considering this record is practically saving the world from incomplete-itis. As well as JJ Jackson's classic "It's Alright"- and for all you Bean Town enthusiasts, "Dirty Water" by the Standells. And if that ain't enough to make you wanna Boogaloo down Troutman St, surely their newly crafted originals will have your tail feathers shakin' all over.

White Fence - Family Perfume Vol 1 & 2 (Woodsist)

A song can make someone feel so good, or make someone want to write a better one. And sometimes, it could make you rob a liquor store. These are the songs of a man in a bag, and his blue pen. "This ain't your regular mutton-chop rock. This is freak your fucking mom out cause she caught you naked in the backyard blasting this shit rock. This is not a joke. This is the hit factory. This is the eye. This is another planet. And hurry up, cause this perfume ain't available at no Macy's." - Ty Segall

The Vinyl Zone (get into the groove!)

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol II (1972)
Japandroids - The House that Heaven Built 7" (Polyvinyl)
Tropical Trash - Fear of Suffering 7" (Sophomore Lounge)
The Winstons - Color Him Father LP (Great American Music)

Also Released This Week

Birthmark - Antibodies (Polyvinyl)
Black Tambourine - OneTwoThreeFour EP (Slumberland)
Chappo - Moonwater (Shout)
Hot Water Music - Exister (Rise)
Lungfish - ACR 1999 (Dischord)
Man Forever - Pansophical Cataract (Thrill Jockey)
mewithoutyou - Ten Stories (Pine Street)
Monophonics - In your Brain (Ubiquity)
Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band - One of My Kind (Team Love)
Plankton Wat - Spirits (Thrill Jockey)
Tenacious D - Rize of the Fenix (Columbia)
Alexander Tucker - Third Mouth (Thrill Jockey)
Violens - True (Slumberland)
Reggie Watts - A Live At Central Park (Comedy Central)
Andre Williams & The Sadies - Night & Day (Yep Roc)