Lali Puna, 'Our Inventions' (Morr)
Despite an early co-sign from Radiohead's Colin Greenwood, this German glitch-pop outfit has spent the past decade in obscurity, garnering even less notice than original member Markus Acher's previous group, the Notwist.
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Shout Out Louds, 'Work' (Merge)
After honing their Cure impression on 2007's breakout Our Ill Wills, these heart-on-sleeve Swedes team up with indie crossover producer Phil Ek (the Shins, Modest Mouse, Fleet Foxes) for a third album of ably crafted sincerity.
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Lindstrøm & Christabelle, 'Real Life Is No Cool' (Smalltown Supersound)
For Norwegian cosmic-disco pioneer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm, space really is the place: He took listeners on an epic odyssey with the 29-minute (!) title track to 2008's Where You Go I Go Too, and this collaboration with chanteuse Christabelle soars into equally trippy realms.
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The Very Best, 'Warm Heart of Africa' (Green Owl)
On last year’s mix tape Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit Are the Very Best, London-via-Malawi singer Mwamwaya lent his exuberant vocals to the British production duo’s party-ready remixes of such sonically disparate artists as Michael Jackson, M.I.A., and Vampire Weekend.
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The Antlers, 'Hospice' (Frenchkiss)
With a heavy focus on hospital imagery and morose lyrics—“I’d happily take all those bullets inside you / And put them inside of myself” -- this promising Brooklyn trio exist in an openhearted world that’s far removed from their borough’s often too-cool posturing.
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Foo Fighters, QOTSA, Led Zep Members Record New Album
It's a rock'n'roll obsessive's wet dream: Foo Fighters frontman / ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, and Queens of the Stone Age bandleader Josh Homme are working on a new album -- together!



