[A sampling of recent sounds that fell into my mailbox:]
The sophomore album from Deer Tick, “Born on Flag Day,” is due June 23, and the hard-touring band led by John McCauley has some East Coast and Midwest dates in June supporting Jenny Lewis before heading west to hook up with L.A.’s Dawes for a tour that includes a July 4 date at Spaceland. Deer Tick’s 2007 debut “War Elephant” was warmly embraced by many (except, notably, Pitchfork) and for the follow-up McCauley expanded the band to include Chris and Dennis Ryan and Andy Tobiassen.
||| Download: “Easy”
San Francisco-based artist Jason Quever, also known as Papercuts, loves organs, reverb and hazy soundscapes. His latest album “You Can Have What You Want” was an all-analog affair that dips back into ’60s psychedelia. Currently touring on an East Coast/Midwest tour with Vetiver.
||| Download: “You Can Have What You Want” and “Future Primitive” and watch the video for “Future Primitive”
The Felice Brothers‘ latest release, “Yonder Is the Clock,” came out April 7, a second helping of messy, twangy rock that follows up their self-titled debut from 2008. The upstate New Yorkers garnered some good work-of-mouth at SXSW in March, and they’re headed this direction on a tour that stops at the Troubadour on June 13.
||| Download: “Run Chicken Run“
