Downloads: Youth Group, Black Lips, Co. of Thieves

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The latest album from Australian quartet Youth Group [pictured], “All This Will Pass,” will finally get a U.S. release on April 7, via World’s Fair and the Aussie imprint Ivy League. The band’s swoon-worthy Britpop made a mark here – at least with me – on “Skeleton Jar” (2004, Epitaph) and “Casino Twilight Dogs (2006, Anti-). Here’s a taste:

||| Download: “All This Will Pass”

The Black Lips’ new album, “200 Million Thousand,” is due Feb. 24 from Vice, and while I suspect the Atlanta hooligans’ wild stories from touring in India will be far more interesting than their music, here’s the first single:

||| Download: “Short Fuse”

Chicago-based trio Company of Thieves seems to have a good thing going; their album “Ordinary Riches” album (out now digitally) comes out Feb. 24 on Windup. Genevieve Schatz’s vocals and presence and the band’s feel for old-school blues give “Riches” a lot of depth. Here’s the single:

||| Download: “Oscar Wilde”