New Release Tuesday: Discovery & Dead Weather

Vampire Weekend keyboardist/producer Rostam Batmanglij and Ra Ra Riot singer Wes Miles collaborate on this gorgeous electro-pop album; referencing Tom Tom Club, Postal Service and the Specials. There’s nothing deep here: it’s two white kids working out their R&B and pop aspirations with Auto-Tune, a lot of synths and some simple lyrics about dance floors and girls that drive us insane.

That being said, what they do with these pieces is undeniably enjoyable. “Swing Tree” references “Genius of Love” without apology, and their cover of “I Want You Back” is slowed down to make it a sort of smooth jam. Other highlights include “Osaka Loop Line” and “I Want to Be Your Boyfriend”, featuring Dirty Projectors’ Angel Deradoorian.

Discovery [MySpace] [Official]

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A.A. Bondy: American Hearts (vinyl reissue)
A-Ha: Foot of the Mountain
Alexander Turnquist: As the Twilight Crane Dreams in Color
Ani DiFranco: Red Letter Year (remastered vinyl)
Baby Teeth: Hustle Beach
Beastie Boys: Ill Communication (remastered with bonus disc) (vinyl)
Black Meteoric Star: Dreamcatcher/Dawn (vinyl)
Blues Control: Local Flavor
The Builders and the Butchers: Salvation Is a Deep Dark Well (vinyl)
Care Bears on Fire: Get Over It
Cheap Trick: Every Trick In The Book (dvd)
Clutch: Strange Cousins from the West
Cunninlynguists: Strange Journey, Vol. 1
Dandy Warhols: The Dandy Warhols Are Sound
David Bowie: VH1 Storytellers (CD & DVD)
The Dead Weather: Horehound (vinyl)
Discovery: LP
The Doors: From the Outside (dvd)
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros: Up from Below
Eskimo Joe: Inshalla
The Fall: This Nation's Saving Grace (vinyl)
Fink: Sort of Revolution (vinyl)
Florence & the Machine: Lungs
Green Day: 21 Guns
Greg Brown: Dream City - Essential Recordings Vol 2, 1997-2006
Iron Maiden: Dawn of the Damned (dvd)
Jack Rose and the Black Twigs: Jack Rose and the Black Twigs
James Blackshaw: The Glass Bead Game (vinyl)
Joseph Arthur: Temporary People (vinyl)
Judas Priest: A Touch of Evil
Keane: Live [Blu-ray] (dvd)
Maxïmo Park: Questing Not Coasting
Mew: No More Stories EP
Miles Davis: Walkin' (vinyl reissue)
The Most Serene Republic: Expanding Universe (vinyl)
Nadja & Black Boned Angel: Nadja & Black Boned Angel
Neil Young: After the Gold Rush (remastered)
Neil Young: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (remastered)
Neil Young: Harvest (remastered)
Neil Young: Neil Young (remastered)
New Roman Times: On The Sleeve
Nicholas Hooper: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Nina Simone: Live at Berkeley/Gifted & Black (reissue)
Olivia Broadfield: Eyes Wide Open
Patrick Watson: Wooden Arms (vinyl)
Pearl Jam: The Lowdown
Peter Broderick: Music for Falling from Trees
The Polyamourous Affair: Bolshevik Disco
Robin Trower: What Lies Beneath
The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang (remastered)
The Rolling Stones: Bridges to Babylon (remastered)
The Rolling Stones: Dirty Work (remastered)
The Rolling Stones: Steel Wheels (remastered)
The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge (remastered)
Santana: Supernatural (Legacy Edition)
Serengeti & Polyphonic: Terradactyl (vinyl)
Sick Puppies: Tri-Polar
The Silent Years: Let Go
Son Volt: American Central Dust (vinyl)
Summer Cats: Songs For Tuesdays
Ty Segall: Lemons
Various Artists: 500 Days of Summer (soundtrack)
Various Artists: Alfa Matrix Re:Covered - A Tribute to Depeche Mode
Various Artists: Up End Atom: A Tribute To Atom And His Package
Various Artists: Virginia Rocks! The History of Rockabilly in the Commonwealth (remastered)
Various Artists: Wicked Garden: A Millennium Tribute To Stone Temple Pilots