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TOP 5 WEEKLY PLAYLIST COMING SOON STAY TUNED AND IN THE MEAN TIME LOOK AT THIS PICTURE OF EZRA KOENIG ...yeah.

March Madness? Try MAY Madness!

The title says it all, but I'll say it again: MAY MADNESS. Or, in other words, April showers bring May releases!

I may or may not be peeing myself with excitment. May is going to rock. The mixture of floral dresses/leather jackets and album releases will have me in a semi-permenant, uncharecteristic, euphoric mood. If anyone wants to find me, I'll be hiding behind my xylophone in the band room with my earphones in, plotting how to pay my parents back for all of the albums I buy without blowing all of my tutoring money.

Here's a few albums that'll be hitting iTunes this May:

Cults, an indie pop duo, exploded with popularity after releasing three songs. That was last year. You can imagine the racket 11 more songs will create. This year, they've decided they will release eleven, with the unveiling of their self-titled album. We can look forward to some great dance parties this summer, when the album hits stores in Europe May 31st, and US on June 7th.

Dreamy indie/alt band, The Antlers, plan to release their new album Burst Apart on May 9th. You can expect a serious falsetto, backed with steady drums, head-spinning synths, and electric guitar. They've released their single, "Parentheses", which is up to listen to at Pitchfork.com (<--click!) and you can pre-order the album from their site (<--click!) and immediatley recieve a digital copy of "Parentheses".

The Fleet Foxes are back and better than ever. Out May 3rd, Helplessness Blues has been creating quite the buzz. This is no sophmore slump according to critics, and I'm ecstatic to verify this upon hearing their first single, Grown Ocean. It seems they've kept the poetic lyrics, the misty, harmonic voices, and distant guitars, and I couldn't ask for more.

Death Cab for Cutie plans to release Codes and Keys on May 31st. I have to say that while listening to the newly released second single, "Home is a Fire", I was brought back to the days of Postal Service. The song tackles the mod-electro-rock vibe that I thought was foreign to Death cab. Evidently, I was wrong. The sound compliments the band, and I applaud them for taking a new (catchy) direction.

PS: the band did this live music video thing to their first single, "You Are a Tourist", airing it as it was being recorded, something that few bands have dared to do. I personally think the video is like some tricked out house of mirrors/amusement park or something, but you can decide for yourself: http://www.youareatourist.com/

That's all for now. Have a listen and let me know: what release are YOU most excited for?

Goodbye, LCD Soundsystem

They were loud, they were quirky, they were extravagent, and now they're gone. On Saturday, April 2nd, at Madison Square Garden, LCD Soundsystem hit the stage for the last time. With openers such as Shit Robot, and guests as panic-inducing as Arcade Fire, who crashed North American Scum (which is ironic--they're quite Canadian) the indie-icons rocked out for three hours, and left in a style we music groupies haven't seen in ages. They closed with New York I Love You, showering fans with white balloons and left. They just left. Now, that's not to say there hasn't been a band that's broken up, and stayed that way. The Smiths, for example, haven't ever officially gotten back together, and Neutral Milk Hotel hasn't been heard from since '98. But what band has ever gone out with such poise? The music industry was accustomed to bands attempting to murder eachother, or members OD'ing, ultimatley leading to a long break up, and hasty reunion twenty years later, that when LCD Soundsystem announced that they were breaking up, not because they hate eachother, but because they've got things to do, majority of us were like "Oh...you can do that?" As much as I'd enjoy a reunion in, say, 2032, when they're 70 and have all got terrible arthritis or something, I like to think they'll keep their dignity. They won't pull a Sex Pistols, an AC/DC, a The Who, no, they'll stay put and produce. (James Murphey and other members already have produced wonderful music with Spoon, and many other bands) In some ways it's comforting to know that the next couple of years will be musically controlled by LCDS. We can anticipate incredible beats and glorious riffs thanks to James and the band. So, LCD Soundsystem, I tip my hat to you all, wipe a tear for the loss, but look forward to hearing the birth of new bands, of new music, all of which you're behind.