"If you are in the mood for a perfect accompaniment to a rainy evening or a relaxing drive with the windows down, They Know What Ghost Know needs to be on your list of albums to purchase. Hell, it should be on your list in any case. Yppah's electronica/shoegaze/rock blend might seem alienating to some, but he produces it so well and masterfully that everyone should make an effort to, at the very least, give him a try."

[8/10]

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A lovely new album from San Fran indie-folkers The Dodos kicks off today's featured releases, but that's not even the half of it. Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket's Jim James) and Julian Plenti (Interpol's Paul Banks) both go solo, and the world is richer for it.

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Pet Ghost Project is the inaugural band on up-and-coming new indie label On Another Note Records, and is all the work of one man: Justin Stivers. While Stivers brings along multi-instrumentalists Jacob More and Justin Gonzales for his live shows, that wall of sound you were just consumed by is the work of one very dedicated, very informed individual.

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Today we've got the debut from Liverpool singer-songwriter Susan Enan, whose duet with Sarah McLachlan was featured on Bones; the new album from YACHT on DFA Records; the soundtrack for new rom-com Adam; some classic piano pop from David Mead; the debut full-length from Chicago house deejay Bad Boy Bill; and more!

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New albums from Riceboy Sleeps (Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi Birgisson and his boyfriend Alex Somers), Historics (a side project of the bassists from Maroon 5 and Amazing Baby, featuring Kool Keith), Sugar Ray (you probably know Sugar Ray), Greg Davis (a classically-trained Kranky Records dronemeister), and more!

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In addition to today's featured releases from The Dandy Warhols, Black Meteoric Star, and Quantic, we've got a special offer from our friends at Thrillist:

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Musical genius and mega-nerd Ben Jacobs is the mastermind behind the delightfully feverish songs of London's Max Tundra, one of the most eccentric and enjoyable acts you may ever experience. Drawing from anything and everything he can get his eager hands on, Jacobs loads his robust dance tracks with musical references so eclectic and bizarre, you would think he's listened to every song ever written.

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