As the year draws to a close, the new release list gets thinner and more compilation/greatest hits oriented. If you’re grasping at straws for some new music though, let me see what I can do about pointing you in the right direction this week. Keep an eye out for releases from Coldplay, Dinosaur Jr., Elbow, Elvis Costello, The Evens, The Faint (featured below), Gospel Claws, Jason Isbell, Led Zeppelin, Midway in Wake, O.A.R., The Pharmacy, Takka Takka, The Twilight Sad and Tim Hecker with Daniel Lopatin. If those choices don’t satisfy, maybe some songs from today’s Pick Your Poison will. Good stuff today from ExDetectives, The Faint, Matt Pond, Parquet Courts, Qurious and SISU. In the Soundcloud section, stream some excellent tracks from Holly Herndon and Majical Cloudz.

BRITTSOMMAR – Sing Low
BRITTSOMMAR – Half Inch Map

ExDetectives – Farthest Star

The Faint – Agenda Suicide (Remastered)

The Game – Black Jesus

Matt Pond – Love to Get Used

One Finger Riot – Fly By Life

Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold II

Quixotism – Douse

Qurious – Submarine

RKZ – Jhene’s Song

A Sea Es – Doubler

SISU – Two Thousand Hands

Tailor – Wolf (ESCape Remix)

Young & Sick – House of Spirits

SOUNDCLOUD

Feature Cuts – Rage Values

Gerry Read – Let’s Make It Deeper

Holly Herndon – Fade

The Long Wives – Dark Horse (Prod. by Nick Zinner & Karen O)

Majical Cloudz – What That Was

Octover – Satisfy