Remember when you were 14 and you prayed to God to not let you die before you got to kiss Wendy Peffercorn? Or, you know, other things. That’s what this release week is like. Please God, don’t let me die before I listen to new albums from Bon Iver, Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Atmosphere, Matt & Kim, Antony and the Johnsons and Robert Pollard.

Also, Andrew, Animal, Antony and Anya? Sounds like a conspiracy.

:: 16, Bridges to Burn (Relapse)

:: The 1900s, Medium High (Parasol)

:: A.C. Newman, Get Guilty (Matador)

:: Adam Payne, Organ EP (Holy Mountain)

:: Andrew Bird, Noble Beast (Fat Possum)

:: Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)

:: Antony and the Johnsons, The Crying Light (Secretly Canadian)

:: Anya Marina, Slow and Steady Seduction, Phase II (Chop Shop)

:: Atmosphere, God Loves Ugly CD/DVD (Rhymesayers)

:: Beausoleil, Alligator Purse (Yep Roc)

:: Ben Nichols, The Last Pale Light in the West (The Rebel Group)

:: The Beyman Bros, Memories of Summer as a Child (Dharma Moon)

:: Blackout Beach, Skin of Evil (Soft Abuse)

:: Bon Iver, Blood Bank EP (Jagjaguwar)

:: Calexico, Live From Austin, TX DVD (New West)

:: Cattle Decapitation, The Harvest Floor (Metal Blade)

:: Clue to Kalo, Lily Perdida (Mush)

:: Combichrist, Today We Are All Demons (Metropolis)

:: Cut Off Your Hands, You and I (Frenchkiss)

:: Dakota Suite, The End of Trying (Karaoke Kalk)

:: David Bazan, American Flags 7″ (Barsuk)

:: Dirty Little Rabbits, Simon (The End)

:: DJ Signify, Of Cities (Bully)

:: Donna Ulisse, Walk This Mountain Down (Hadley Music Group)

:: Elegi, Varde (Miasmah)

:: Fiction Family, Fiction Family (ATO)

:: Gin Wigmore, Extended Play EP (Motown)

:: Graham Lindsey, We Are All Alone In This Together (SPACEBAR)

:: Group Bombino, Music from Niger: Guitars from Agadez, Vol. 2 (Sublime Frequencies)

:: Gutbucket, A Modest Proposal (Cuneiform)

:: The Hunches, Exit Dreams (In the Red)

:: J. Tillman, Vacilando Territory Blues (Western Vinyl)

:: Jackie O Motherfucker, The Blood of Life (Fire)

:: Jane Monheit, The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me (Concord)

:: Jim O’Rourke & Loren Connors, Two Nice Catholic Boys (Family Vineyard)

:: John Frusciante, The Empyrean (Adrenaline Music)

:: Matt & Kim, Grand (Fader)

:: The Modern Skirts, All of Us in Our Night (Modern Skirts Recordings)

:: The Music Lovers, Masculine, Feminine (Le Grand Magistery)

:: MV & EE, Drone Trailer (Dicristina Stair)

:: New Model Army, Fuck Texas, Sing for Us (Attack Attack)

:: Odds, Cheerleader (Second Motion)

:: Or, The Whale, Light Poles and Pines (Seany)

:: Otis Gibbs, Grandpa Walked a Picketline (Thirty Tigers)

:: Psychic Ills, Mirror Eye (The Social Registry)

:: Raymond Scott, 100th Anniversary Doll and CD set (Press Pop)

:: Reel Big Fish, Fame, Fortune, Fornication (Rock Ridge)

:: Robert Pollard, The Crawling Distance (Guided by Voices Inc.)

:: Roger O’Donnell, Songs From the Silver Box (Great Society)

:: Rose Funeral, The Resting Sonata (Metal Blade)

:: Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, Living for Death, Destroying the Rest (Relapse)

:: Six Organs of Admittance, RTZ (Drag City)

:: Squarepusher, Numbers Lucent EP (Warp)

:: Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band, The Mountain (New West)

:: Telefon Tel Aviv, Immolate Yourself (BPitch Control)

:: The Telescopes, # Untitled Second (Bomp)

:: Thom Yorke, The Eraser Remixes (XL)

:: Tito Puente, Vol. 3 – Complete 78’s (Roc-A-Fella)

Did I miss anything important? Post it in the comments.

6 Responses to “New Releases: Bon Iver, Animal Collective, Matt & Kim”

1. On 01/20/09 11:06 AM, uhiuhi said:

   

   atmospheres a reissue. you could have died in 2002…

   Also, Atmosphere has a guy named Ant…def a conspiracy

2. On 01/20/09 12:31 PM, Josh Mock said:

   

   Figures. I always screw something up.

3. On 01/20/09 12:38 PM, Josh Mock said:

   

   Also, Fiction Family is Jon from Switchfoot + Sean from Nickel Creek. Should be interesting.

4. On 01/20/09 7:29 PM, David said:

   

   Hey, A Hope For Home’s new cd came out today. Don’t know if anyone is really interested in that besides Jay and myself. At least I think he was. I’m picking up both cd’s today on iTunes, most likely.

5. On 01/20/09 11:49 PM, joe said:

   

   i love Animal Collective’s new album. good stuff.

6. On 01/21/09 5:45 AM, Jay DiNitto said:

   

   New Poison the Well and Deadlock. I’m definitely digging the latter.

   Yeah David, I got the Hope for Home preorder. Haven’t really gotten around to listening to it yet.

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