Happy new music release day to you! As I do every week, let me give you a rundown of artists that have new stuff out today. Look for full lengths, EPs or reissues from Alberta Cross, Baroness, Black Francis, Cosmo Jarvis, The Dust Engineers, Gatekeeper, Hot Panda, Icky Blossoms, JEFF the Brotherhood, Jimmy Cliff, John Maus, Matisyahu, The Mommyheads, Nas, Old Crow Medicine Show, Shawn Lee, Shout Out Out Out Out, Smashing Pumpkins, Stowaways, Susanna Hoffs, and The Very Best. I hope you find something you like amid all that. If not, there’s always Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange, which comes with my personal recommendation. There’s also today’s Pick Your Poison, which has plenty of good songs for you to download. Don’t miss tracks from The Blank Tapes, Blonde Summer, Eternal Summers, Kyle Adem, Slam Donahue and The Spring Standards. In the Soundcloud section there’s streaming goodness from Francisco the Man, Houndstooth, Kendrick Lamar and Tall Ships.

The Blank Tapes – I’m Back

Blonde Summer – Slow Days Fast Company

Crooked Cowboy and the Freshwater Indians – An Annalog and Her Hopeful Diaries (ft. Lisa Papineau)

Dillon Francis – Masta Blasta (The Rebirth)

Eternal Summers – You Kill

Kyle Adem – The Sunlight & The Sea

Little Comets – Jennifer (Acoustic)

Mandala – Mighty High

The Most Powerful Telescope in the Universe – Lectures on Quanta

Satellite Stories – Anti-Lover

Skipping Girl Vinegar – Chase the Sun

Slam Donahue – I Turn On

The Spring Standards – Heavy Home

TRAILS AND WAYS – Miracle (Ghost Beach cover)

SOUNDCLOUD

Fountains – Repetition

Francisco The Man – Broken Arrows

Houndstooth – Beachbummer

Jacques Lu Cont – Underground

Kendrick Lamar – Swimming Pools (Drank)

Tall Ships – Gallop