The Test Patterns - "Rapid-fire power-pop-punk from Pittsburgh fusing Rip-Off-era sounds, late 70's punk and hardcore with some bubblegum goop to stick it on your brain. … Dan (Radiobeats, Rot Shit) and Yago (Gito Gito Hustler) split male/female vocals while servin up dual guitar layers adding up to more sharp little candy fragments than this lollipop I busted on your head. Solid bass & drums tie it all up in a focused, aggressive sound under the pop coat."
7 songs in less than 16 minutes + catchy as hell.

…"70s-sitcom-inspired piano-pop" .. The Fiery Furnaces scoring a sitcom would be pretty awesome. But they didn't. So it's not. Being more accessible, ie. not mad and frenetic, it offers some lovely sweet tunes. But we like our Fiery Furnaces both sweet and slightly insane.

This came out a couple of months ago but I apparently missed it. The Ganglians track can also be found on their album. Eat Skull tracks are pretty good, too.
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Triangle Walks is the new single from one of the best records of the year so far (Fever Ray). It's interesting how tracks that might sound dark on the record are easily turned into sunny electro-pop gems by some remixes (see also D. Lissivik's take on When I Grow up). …
There's also a new video directed by Mikel Cee Karlsson. Check out the other two Fever Ray videos if you haven't already. …

2009, Upset the Rhythm
01. Pinocchio; 02. Happiness of Being Twice

Future Islands haven't released anything new in like forever so this is a real treat. A double A-side out on Upset the Rhythm. They're also working on a new LP hopefully packed with those "ecstatic electronic rhythms" and "euphoric fun trips" we've grown accustomed to. It should be out sometimes this year on the same label.

New album by White Denim, a follow-up to last year's excellent Exposion. Not as good on first listen, but hey, that's just the first impression. …

2009, Warp
01. First Communion (Original Mix); 02. First Communion (TV on the Radio Mix); 03. House Jam (Hot Chip Mix)

Gang Gang Dance have a single out on Warp. Two tracks off of last year's excellent Saint Dymphna get remixed.

Beach Fossils is another one man act that's getting blogged about a lot lately. Doing fuzzed out underwater beach music, but less distorted and more melodically driven than his so bored counterpart's. I was unable to find any info on an upcoming release except that he might release something on Woodsist in the near future.

SOUNDS LIKE
tropical poppy bliss. "All we have to do is nothing at all under the sun." Lovely.