Two exclusive pre-releases for you folks today! The long-awaited LP from Discovery (Vampire Weekend + Ra Ra Riot), and the debut from Brooklyn "shwag-rockers" Motel Motel.

Plus, an insanely good new release from Welsh (post-/meta-) punk band Future of the Left, a mixtape from Chicago rapper Naledge (1/2 of Kidz in the Hall), and more!

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New music from God Help The Girl (a girl group put together by Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch), a cool covers album from The Lemonheads, the new single from Swedish shoegazers The Radio Dept., and more!

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Check out the sleepy, dreamy songs of Athens, GA quintet Venice Is Sinking:

"Venice Is Sinking rivals the best ambient rock bands. The harmonies and orchestral feel of the tracks transcend their genre, making it not simply slow music, but experimental, uplifting, and fascinating." ~ Paste Magazine

"...some of the lushest, most beautifully orchestrated pop I've heard this year." ~ NPR

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On this debut LP for Domino Records, Kendal's Wild Beasts spill their guts across the room with a lusty flamboyance unrivaled in its uniqueness. Vocalist Hayden Thorpe is a force to be reckoned with; transitioning from feral growl to soaring falsetto with arresting proficiency, he declares "I'm not a soft touch and I won't be seen as such."

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The Baltimore foursome that makes up The Seldon Plan balances on the cusp of a collegian's slowly developing taste in the indie-rock world and the sophisticated post-grad's easy listening preference. The very timely Lost and Found and Lost emerges at a time when both groups -- those hanging on to their youthful love of post-rock pop and those attempting to devote their ear to more meaningful, inspired lyrics -- are looking to the airwaves to find some meaning in today's world.

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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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