Vice Records was nice enough to offer up a free download from the forthcoming Almighty Defenders album. The group consists of members of the Black Lips, Mark “BBQ” Sultan and King Khan. The album will be released on 9/22 via Vice. Last month King Khan discussed the record with us. Click here to read the interview.

MP3: The Almighty Defenders – Bow Down And Die

Tracklisting:
1.) All My Loving
2.) The Ghost With the Most
3.) Bow Down and Die
4.) Cone of Light
5.) Jihad Blues
6.) 30 Second Air Blast
7.) Death Cult Soup n’ Salad
8.) I’m Coming Home
9.) Over the Horizon
10.) She Came Before Me
11.) The Great Defender

The Avett Brothers announced today that they are offering three new songs from their upcoming album. The following tracks “I and Love and You,” “Laundry Room,” and “Kick Drum Heart” are available at iTunes. Click here to purchase.

**You can download “I and Love and You” for free at Spinner.com.

Phoenix
June 29th, 2009
KCRW – Morning Becomes Eclectic
Santa Monica, California
Lisztomania
Long Distance Call
Consolation Prizes
Lasso
Girlfriend
Rome
1901
Too Young

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MP3: Jackson 5/Z-Trip – I Want You Back (Z-Trip Remix)

Here are our top 10 favorite albums for the first half of 2009.

1.) Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
2.) Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid
3.) Japandroids – Post-Nothing
4.) White Denim – Fits
5.) Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
6.) Patterson Hood – Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)
7.) The Horrors – Primary Colours
8.) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Self Titled
9.) Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse – Dark Night Of The Soul
10.) Dinosaur Jr. – Farm

MP3: Japandroids – Crazy/Forever
MP3: The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Young Adult Friction
MP3: Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse – Daddy’s Gone (Ft. Nina Persson)

Dan Auerbach

Here are our favorite 20 tracks for the first half of 2009.

1.) Heartless Bastards – The Mountain
2.) Spoon – Got Nuffin
3.) The Generationals – When They Fight, They Fight
4.) Telekinesis! – Coast Of Carolina
5.) Dan Auerbach – Trouble Weighs A Ton
6.) Grizzly Bear – While You Wait For The Others
7.) Phoenix – 1901
8.) The Horrors – Sea With A Sea
9.) Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
10.) Swimming in Speakers – Serve Them Well

Amoeba Records – Hollywood

1.) Elvis Costello – Secret Profane & Sugarcane
2.) Mars Volta – Octahedron
3.) Michael Jackson – Essential Michael Jackson
4.) Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5.) Michael Jackson – Thriller
6.) Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
7.) Mos Def – Ecstatic
8.) Dinosaur Jr. – Farm (Buy)
9.) Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
10.) Regina Spector – Far
As of June 22nd

Bagheera is a trio of musicians from the University of Liverpool. They sound like a cross between the Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear. The band played their 1st live gig in early May and is currently unsigned. “Horizons Lined With Scars” is off their recently released 4-track debut EP Hollow Home.

MP3: Bagheera – Horizons Lined With Scars