Denver indie pop husband-and-wife duo Tennis is releasing their spankin’ new album Young and Old today, perfectly in tune with Valentine’s Day. Young and Old, the band’s Sophomore LP released by Fat Possum, is chock full of catchy percussion, haunting progressions of strumming guitars to great driving choruses, and the soulful purrs of singer Alaina Moore’s melodic voice. And It doesn’t hurt that Black Key‘s drummer Patrick Carney helped produce the album.

From the opening bars of “It All Feels The Same” [...]

Brilliantly odd instrumental hip hop producer Onra (Arnaud Bernard) released the much anticipated Chinoiseries pt. 2 today and manages to harness the mystifying magic of numerous original Vietnamese samples and contrast it with a production style that’s still pretty rough around the edges. “Same Same but Different,” the familiar phrase heard throughout Southeast Asia, is a perfect description to characterize Onra’s latest project, which is a follow up to his 2007 LP Chinoiseries.

So almost five years later, we find [...]

With every song on the new Real Estate album Days, out for purchase today, comes a story of youthful love, coming-of-age melancholy, and all around emotional resonance. It’s one thing to try to stand out by being novel or radically unusual; it’s another to make music that attempts to do something well that’s already been done exceptionally many times in the past, and not only aspire to the sounds of those records, but also showcase the emotion behind the music. [...]

If today is any indication, the changing of seasons is a time for new musical exploration. With some big name artists dropping some of the most anticipated albums of the year, I hope you’re all prepared for what is to be a clusterfuck of fresh music.

From classic icons to newbies, there is bound to be an album that strikes your fancy. Below is a guide for the countless new releases for the week of September 13, 2011.

Artist: Lotus
Album: Lotus
Reason [...]