New Mos Def album! Spin says it's "easily his finest full-length since Black on Both Sides," featuring production from Oh No, Madlib, J Dilla, and a special appearance from Talib Kweli.

Plus the first Spinal Tap album in two decades, and new music from Labrador Records' The Legends, Southern Gothic indie rockers The Builders and the Butchers, the freak-folk cabinet of curios that is Samandtheplants, and more!

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"For her third full-length, Hanne Hukkelberg decided to head north... on the tiny Norwegian island of Senja, located some 180 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Living in such isolation would have one assuming the resulting album would be one of stark intimacy, something along the lines of Múm's sublime 2004 album Summer Make Good, but while that cozy ambience does play a significant role on Blood from a Stone, the songs themselves turn out to be some of Hukkelberg's most extroverted work to date."

[8/10]

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Today we've got a wonderful new album from Jenny Owen Youngs, and for every download we're sending $1 to The Smile Train!

Also new albums from The Crystal Method, Hanne Hukkelberg, Tiny Animals, and the Hawaii-inspired supergroup Operation Aloha!

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Today we've got a fabulous new Kitsuné compilation curated by French popstars Phoenix, Metric's biggest, slickest album yet, the latest from bittersweetly twee Glaswegians Camera Obscura, the unexpectedly brilliant sophomore album from UK goth-punkers The Horrors, the newest from from North Carolina musician Seth Kauffman (Floating Action), and more!

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The self-titled album from Elvis Perkins in Dearland is a brilliant follow-up to the group's 2007 debut, Ash Wednesday. Elvis Perkins In Dearland is an absolutely charming album which explores the realm of orchestral folk, marked by rich arrangements that intricately add color and depth to Perkins's songs.

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Today you can get the new Elvis Perkins In Dearland album one week early, only on Amie Street! For every download, Amie Street and XL Recordings will donate $2 to Clearwater, an organization founded by Pete Seeger dedicated to protecting, restoring and celebrating the Hudson River.

And of course, there's more great new music after the break!

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