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The new Bon Iver album is out today. We highly recommend it. Pitchfork gave the record a great review. The band played The Colbert Report last night.

What do you think of the new record?

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Golden Coins are offering a free download of their new Animal Variables EP. Highly recommended. We love track #2, “Dimecakes.”

Elsewhere:

Stereogum premieres a new Future Islands track. Did anyone make their show last night in Milwaukee? How was it?

Pitchfork, Vanity Fair and Guardian all feature Bon Iver.

I’ve listened to this a lot: Quietus Mix 32: Toro Y Moi Serves Up Creamed Coffee

Gillian Welch’s new album, The Harrow & The Harvest is available for pre-order.

Consequence of Sound has video of Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears on David Letterman. I’m hoping to be able to catch their ACL Live taping next week.

Pitchfork premieres Eleanor Friedberger’s video for “My Mistakes.” Look for her solo album, Last Summer to arrive later this year on Merge Records.

Fuel/Friends has posted their chapel session with Strand of Oaks. It includes a cover of Beck’s “Golden Age.”

Photos: Famous people hanging out with their vinyl

Some Velvet Blog shares two new songs from Gardens & Villa.

Have you picked up The Rosebuds new album, Loud Planes Fly Low? I’m super proud to have been a part of making this record happen. Check it out!

Justin Vernon of Bon Iver (with help from Phil Cook) performs a medley of songs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon – a little Leon Russell into Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” Watch the interview here.

Yeasayer performed the new song “Devil And The Deed” on Conan O’Brien’s show. Prefix has the video.

NPR: Cake Is Just A Four-Letter Word: Dylan Turns 70. Stop by Largeheardted Boy for a collection of other Dylan birthday related links.

Pitchfork reviews the forthcoming release from Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., who I cannot wait to see in Austin this weekend.

Stream the entire “Our Concert Could Be Your Life” show that took place in New York on Sunday at NPR. Featured performances by Wye Oak, Yellow Ostrich, St. Vincent and more. Stereogum and Pitchfork have photos.

Battles get the La Blogotheque “Take Away Show” treatment” in Paris.

The Hold Steady return to Milwaukee’s Turner Hall Ballroom on Wednesday, August 24th with The Donkeys opening the show.

I highly recommend you download the Turquoise Wisdom: Heavy Summer Nights that’s up over at Aquarium Drunkard. Fantastic stuff.

NPR’s World Cafe has a great interview with Roger Waters.

Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears perform live in The Current studio. Perhaps it’s the fresh Austin connection, but I’ve really been enjoying their new album, Scandalous.

I’d never listened to Chad VanGaalen until a friend recently recommended his stuff. I love the new animated video for “Peace on the Rise,” which appears on the equally great new album Diaper Island. Download the track below:
MP3: Chad VanGaalen – “Peace on the Rise”

One of the albums I’m most excited about this year is Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.’s debut full-length, “It’s A Corporate World“. Spin gives you a listen to “Skeletons,” which is a great introduction until the album arrives on June 7th.

I lost touch with Joseph Arthur’s recorded output several years ago, but his new album, The Graduation Ceremony sounds like a return to form. NPR is streaming the record in full, so take a listen and judge for yourself.

Bon Iver has released the lyrics for the forthcoming self-titled album, which is now available for pre-order.

Aquarium Drunkard interviews the filmmakers behind the new Morphine documentary, Cure For Pain: The Mark Sandman Story. I miss that band so much.

Gorilla vs. Bear has James Blake’s video for “Lindisfarne” as well as details on an upcoming festival they’re curating in Dallas this summer. We’ll be there.

Vinyl Deals: I pulled some amazing deals on vinyl here. It takes some digging, but trust me you’ll be rewarded. It’s also the last time I’ll link to or visit said site.

Go here to download “Calgary,” from Bon Iver’s forthcoming new album, Bon Iver, Bon Iver, which arrives June 21 on Jagjaguwar. It’s a beauty.

Bon Iver is on tour this summer with The Roseubuds:

07/22/11 Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater
07/23/11 Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater
07/24/11 Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
07/25/11 Indianapolis, IN – The Murat Theatre
07/27/11 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
07/28/11 Atlanta, GA – Cobb Energy Performing Arts
07/29/11 Raleigh, NC – Raleigh Ampitheatre
07/30/11 Richmond, VA – The National
08/01/11 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
08/02/11 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
08/03/11 Upper Darby, PA – Tower Theatre
08/05/11 Boston, MA – House of Blues
08/06/11 Holyoke, MA – Mountain Park
08/08/11 Toronto, ON – The Sound Academy
08/09/11 New York, NY – The United Palace Theatre
08/10/11 Brooklyn, NY – Celebrate Brooklyn! @ Prospect Park Bandshell

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