Our good friend Will from WAWSTSF dug this new Yeasayer track from the band’s mailing list. The track popped online after being mailed out on CD to fans. Check it out below.

Could a new Yeasayer album be on the way? Let’s hope.

The Philadelphia-based indie act White Birds released their debut LP When Women Played Drums, a fine piece of lo-fi indie folk pop, earlier this year on their own but it’s now seeing a physical release as well via Grizzly Records. When Women Played Drums will be released on July 10 on super limited cassette – only 50 copies will be released – and it’ll also feature a brand new track called “Waters”, which will also be included with the cassette as a flexi disc single.

“Waters” is an excellent piece of lo-fi indie and it’s yours for the price of a click, using the Soundcloud player below.

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Phil Elverum’s latest effort as Mount Eerie, Clear Moon, may not release for a little over a week, but you can listen to it over at NPR now. While Elverum’s recent interest in black metal is still apparent, he explained in a press release that krautrock legends Popol Vuh had also heavily influenced the album. If you enjoy it, look for Moon on May 22nd, and for a second Eerie effort of all new material, Ocean Roar, later this year.

Times are a changin’: In the past a band might have popped open a bottle champagne when they sold a thousand of their CDs, or performed their 100th show, but now celebrations are different. To celebrate the acquiring of 10,000 Facebook “Likes”, alluringly mysterious artist Sun Glitters has released a brand new track. “Alone” is a strangely and subtly engrossing track that, once finished, entices you to play it again, so you might perhaps be able to comprehend what you just went through. Brain Batz of Danish outfit Sleep Party People also drops by to give the track some instrumentation. Download or stream below:

The Finnish singer-songwriter Sansa is releasing her international debut record Savior next week via KoolMusik, but the full album is available for listening a week early. Savior premiered on DIY yesterday and it’s a fine example of Nordic pop mingled with folk-influenced indie; at times reminiscent of Lykke Li and at others of Gillian Welch, while always distinctly Nordic. Give it a listen below.
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We’ve already heard two new cuts from The Walkmen’s upcoming album Heaven, namely “Heaven” and “Heartbreaker,” both of which found the band in an energetic and purposeful mood. “We Can’t Be Beat” is a stripped back number centred around an acoustic guitar and Hamilton Leithauser’s voice, and subtly builds into one of the most joyous songs they’ve ever recorded.

Listen to “We Can’t Be Beat” below and look for Heaven coming out through Fat Possum on June 5th.
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With his own solo offering right around the corner, El-P has a big 2012 ahead of him. For those waiting on his collaboration with Dungeon Family’s Killer Mike, the two artists have brought their fans a blessing early. R.A.P. Music drops the 15th, but you can stream the album in its entirety now, over at Spin. Enjoy, and support two genuine hip hop artists come next Tuesday.

CocoRosie’s new single “We Are On Fire” b/w “Tearz For Animalz” is not due out until June 5th, but you can stream the A-side right now. “We Are On Fire” was produced by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek and will be released on Touch and Go Records – which signals the end of the legendary label’s three year hiatus. If you like the song then make sure to head out and buy it in order to help this label get back on its feet. Check out “We Are On Fire” below.
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Check out some fresh new Animal Collective — “Honeycomb” and “Gotham” — from their upcoming 7″ release below.

You can preorder the 7″ single (it’s due out June 26th) over at the Domino Records website and receive free MP3 downloads upon purchase. You can also check out a digital version of Transverse Temporal Gyrus, the installation the group did with director Danny Perez at New York’s Guggenheim Museum in March of 2010, over on the Animal Collective website.

Looks like a new Animal Collective album could be on its way. We’ll keep you posted as more details are revealed.

A couple of weeks back the fine people at Cascine gave ut the excellent debut EP from Sweden’s World Tour and later this month they’ll be releasing the debut EP from another Swedish act; Ditt Inre. Ditt Inre combines post-rock and electronic pop with lyrics in Swedish to great success, and “Månljus (saknad)” is a fine example of this.
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