High Highs - Open Season

Promising Australian newcomers High Highs seem like they only have this sweet track and a great Wild Nothing cover out at the moment, but that's enough to know they're headed in the right direction.

mp3: High Highs - Open Season

The Jameses - Fifth Dimension

If you can forgive the awful cover art, check out this pumped up clackering psychedelic shit-storm from The Jameses' latest 7", Caribou. Aspirin recommended.

mp3: The Jameses - Fifth Dimension

Twin Shadow - Shooting Holes

Lazer in the face!

Young Galaxy - Cover Your Tracks

Beach music for other planets.

mp3: Young Galaxy - Cover Your Tracks

Also...

mp3: Young Galaxy - Peripheral Visionaries

Rare Mediums: Songs of 2010 (10-1)

1. The Radio Dept. - Memory Loss

2. Deerhunter - Helicopter

3. Foxes in Fiction - 15 Ativan (Song for Erika)

4. Here We Go Magic - Collector

5. Panda Bear - Slow Motion

6. Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo

7. Twin Shadow - Slow

8. The Radio Dept. - Heaven's On Fire

9. The Morning Benders - Excuses

10. Vampire Weekend - Cousins

Rare Mediums: Songs of 2010 (30-11)

11. The Go Find - Everybody Knows It's Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight

12. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Skies

13. Girls - Carolina

14. Oberhofer - I Could Go

15. Primary 1 - The Blues (Ft. Nina Persson)

16. DOM - Rude as Jude

17. Yeasayer - O.N.E.

18. Department of Eagles - While We're Young

19. Julian Lynch - In New Jersey

20. Vampire Weekend - Holiday

21. The Morning Benders - Stitches

22. Tennis - Cape Dory

23. Minks - Funeral Song

24. Beach House - Norway

25. Gorillaz - Empire Ants (Ft. Little Dragon)

26. Toro Y Moi - Blessa

27. Best Coast - When I'm With You

28. Local Natives - Sun Hands

29. Yeasayer - I Remember

30. Arcade Fire - Ready To Start

Rare Mediums: Songs of 2010 (50-31)

31. Vampire Weekend - White Sky

32. Jens Lekman - The End of the World is Bigger Than Love

33. Efterklang - Modern Drift

34. Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday

35. Tame Impala - Vital Signs (Midnight Juggernauts cover)

36. PO PO - Bummer Summer

37. Twin Shadow - I Can't Wait

38. Gayngs - The Gaudy Side of Town

39. Owen Pallett - E is for Estranged

40. Tennis - South Carolina

41. Wild Nothing - Our Composition Book

42. Magic Kids - Candy

43. Hooray For Earth - Surrounded By Your Friends

44. The Morning Benders - Hand Me Downs

45. Beach House - Take Care

46. jj - You Know

47. Caribou - Odessa

48. Wild Nothing - Chinatown

49. Millionyoung - Calrissian

50. Crystal Castles - Vietnam

Rare Mediums: Songs of 2010 (70-51)

51. His Clancyness - Summer Majestic

52. Summer Camp - Round The Moon

53. Toro Y Moi - Low Shoulder

54. Magic Kids - Summer

55. Oberhofer - Away Frm U

56. Owen Pallett - Tryst With Mephistopheles

57. Violens - Acid Reign

58. Tame Impala - Solitude is Bliss

59. LCD Soundsystem - All I want

60. Hard Mix - Memories

61. Washed Out - You and I (Feat. Caroline Polachek)

62. The Jameses - The Haunted Rider

63. Janelle Monae - Tightrope (Feat. Big Boi)

64. The Morning Benders - Cold War (Nice Clean Fight)

65. M.I.A. - Born Free

66. Sufjan Stevens - Heirloom

67. Best Coast - Crazy For You

68. Blue Hawaii - Belize

69. Harlem - Friendly Ghost

70. Jai Paul - BTSTU

Foxes in Fiction - Alberto

One of the kindest and most modest underground indie artists, Foxes in Fiction just keeps giving away precious bedroom-esque songs and albums, and he's got a lot to share. Alberto EP was recently put out and it really captures all the ambient/indie influences of this severely underrated artist. Download the album for free here, or check out some tracks below.

mp3: Foxes in Fiction - Bathurst

mp3: Foxes in Fiction - Borders

Toro Y Moi - Still Sound

Exams have subjected this blog to some inevitable neglect, sadly. Anywho, finals aren't over yet so I'll make it quick. Toro is back less than year after his debut LP, and he's all space-funked out. Mmmmmmmm, pomelooooo....

mp3: Toro Y Moi - Still Sound

Update: Za video...