Album Stream: DIIV Is The Is Are

This Friday, Brooklyn guitar-benders DIIV will drop a new album Is The Is Are, follow-up to their 2012 debut Oshin. The new album has 17 tracks, and they’ve already shared a handful of them: “Dopamine,” “Bent (Roi’s Song),” “Mire (Grant’s Song),” and the title track. But now, the whole album is available for streaming. Listen below (via The Guardian.)

Album Stream: Dr. Dog The Psychedelic Swamp

Next week, Philadelphia psych rockers Dr. Dog will dropped a revisited and reworked version of their first collection of songs, 2001’s The Psychedelic Swamp as their eighth official LP. Ahead of the album’s release, they offer a full stream of the album via NPR. Listen below.

Album Stream: Bloc Party HYMNS

This Friday, Bloc Party will dropped their new album HYMNS. HYMNS is the band’s first album in four years and their first with a new lineup that features Menomena bassist Justin Harris and YouTube-discovery drummer Louise Bartle. Stream the whole thing first before its release below.

Album Stream: Jesu & Sun Kil Moon Jesu/Sun Kil Moon

Mark Kozelek’s Sun Kil Moon and Justin K Broadrick’s shoegaze-metal band Jesu teaming up for a collaborative albums which will drop later this month. The have shared two singles, “America’s Most Wanted Mark Kozelek & John Dillinger” and “Exodus,” the latter of which featured Low and Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell. A week in advance of its official digital release, they’re streaming the whole album in full via Sun Kil Moon’s official website. The record also features guest contributions from Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock and Will Oldham.

Album Stream: Ty Segall Emotional Mugger

Garage rocker and Fuzz drummers Ty Segall will follow-up his last year Manipulator with a new solo full-length Emotional Mugger later this month. The album is available to hear in full via NPR ahead of its release date. Listen below.

Album Stream: Eleanor Friedberger New View

In the end of the month, Eleanor Friedberger will follow-up her 2013’s Personal Record with a new album, New View, So far she’s already shared a music video for the album track “He Didn’t Mention His Mother” and “Sweetest Girl” and today she streaming the album in full via NPR ahead of its release. Full stream of New View below.

Album Stream: David Bowie ★ (Blackstar)

Today is David Bowie’s 69th Birthday and he gave us a present: his stunning new album ★ (Blackstar) is out today. It’s Bowie’s 25th full-length album and one of Bowie’s most aggressively experimental records ever. Cut with a small combo of jazz musicians whose sound is wreathed in arctic electronics, Blackstar ricochets with textural eccentricity, but above all remains, like the singer himself, clear, elegant and emphatic. Listen to all the track of the album below.

Album Stream: Kurt Cobain Montage Of Heck: The Home Recordings

By The Audio Mug | November 13, 2015

This week, an official Kurt Cobain first ever solo album Montage Of Heck: The Home Recordings released in both a 13-track version and a 31-track deluxe edition which is most of them was a bunch of unreleased recordings and demos from the Nirvana frontman that director Brett Morgan unearthed them during the process of making his recent documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck. Previously, we’ve already heard an early version of “Sappy,” the Beatles cover “And I Love Her,” and a 90-second “Been A Son” demo, and now the album can be stream in full below via Spotify.

Album Stream: JEFF The Brotherhood Global Chakra Rhythms

By The Audio Mug | November 10, 2015

Later this week, Nashville fuzz-rock band’s JEFF The Brotherhood will release double LP Global Chakra Rhythms, the follow-up to this year’s Wasted On The Dream. Global Chakra Rhythms is the first album that they’ve recorded since striking back out on their own label. Stream the whole thing on the album below.

Album Stream: Soldiers Of Fortune Early Risers

By The Audio Mug | November 4, 2015

Soldiers Of Fortune is a supergroup comprising Kid Millions (Man Forever, Oneida), Mike Bones, and Barry London (Oneida), Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Zwan), Jesper Eklow (Endless Boogie), and Brad Truax (Interpol). The band’s new album, Early Risers, is due out on Friday, and “Campus Swagger,” the track which is they working with Stephen Malkmus already been heard. And now, the album can be stream in full below.

Album Stream: Bob Dylan The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 Sampler

By The Audio Mug | November 1, 2015

Bob Dylan is going to release a massive box sets called The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 next week. It collects outtakes, rehearsal tracks, and alternate versions of songs from Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde On Blonde, and it comes in a whopping 18-CD collectors edition, a 6-CD deluxe edition, and a much more manageable 2-CD Best Of edition. A few tracks have already surfaced e.g. “Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window” and “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” and now NPR is streaming a full-length sampler of tracks from the 6-CD version. Listen below.

Album Stream: Joanna Newsom Divers

Posted by @theaudiomug | October 21, 2015

Joanna Newsom hasn’t released an album since 2010’s epic-length Have One on Me, but that’s going to change this week with the arrival of Divers. With the album set to drop on this Friday, the entire thing is available stream ahead of time. Listen below via NPR.

Album Stream: Beach House Thank Your Lucky Stars

Posted by @hafis_rosli | October 16, 2015

Beach House’s surprise new album Thank Your Lucky Stars dropped just after two months released of their fifth full-length, Depression Cherrythe. This are album no. 6 for the Baltimore indie pop duo. The whole can be stream in full below.

Album Stream: Fuzz II

Despite stays plenty busy on his own, Ty Segall also plays drums in Fuzz, The power trio that also features Moonhearts’ Charlie Moothart and Meatbodies’ Chad Ubovich. Next week, they’ll release sophomore album II, the follow-up to their 2013 self-titled debut. II is nearly 70 minutes long, and it’s don’t sound like a current band; they sound like some unholy fusion of Black Sabbath and Blue Cheer. NPR has posted a stream, and the whole album can be hear below.

Album Stream: Neon Indian VEGA INTL. Night School

Posted by @hafis_rosli | October 12, 2015

Neon Indian’s third album, VEGA INTL. Night School, is out this coming Friday, and NPR is debuting the album stream in full, a few days before its official release. Listen below.

Album Stream: Small Black Best Blues

Posted by @hafis_rosli | October 8, 2015

Brooklyn indie outfit Small Black will release their third studio album Best Blues next week. Stream the full album first below via NPR.

Album Stream: John Grant Grey Tickles, Black Pressure

By The Audio Mug | October 1, 2015

The Czars frontman turned solo artist John Grant is set to follow his 2013 effort Pale Green Ghosts with a brand new record called Grey Tickles, Black Pressure. The album was recorded in Dallas with John Congleton (St. Vincent, Swans) and features the same creative arrangements, existential lyrics and timeless songwriting that Grant’s fans have grown accustomed to. In a press release, Grant explained that the album title refers to an Icelandic phrase. “'Grey tickles' is the literal translation from Icelandic for 'mid-life crisis', while 'black pressure' is the direct translation from Turkish for 'nightmare,'” he said in a statement. The album is streaming in full exclusively via The Guardian, or stream to it below.

Album Stream: Arcade Fire Reflektor Deluxe Edition With Bonus Tracks

Posted by @hafis_rosli | September 28, 2015

Arcade Fire were releasing a deluxe reissue of their Reflektor album, set to accompany their new tour-documentary movie The Reflektor Tapes. The reissue includes six previously-unreleased bonus tracks. The new songs include the rockabilly “Apocrypha” and the reggae-influenced “Women Of A Certain Age,” as well as a straight-up dub reggae remix of “Flashbulb Eyes.” Listent to the expanded Reflektor, with the six bonus tracks included in full below via Spotify.

Album Stream: Wavves V

Posted by @hafis_rosli | September 27, 2015

Wavves will release their new album, V, in the early days of fall. And now they streaming it first in full via NPR. Listen below.

Album Stream: Chvrches Every Open Eye

Posted by @hafis_rosli | September 22, 2015

Chvrches new album Every Open Eye expands on the sparkling, immaculately crafted synthpop that’s become their trademark, embedding a defiant, steely resolve at the heart of every sugar-rush hook. Listen first via NPR below ahead of its official release on Friday.