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From the bunch of CDs the guys at Serious Business sent us some months ago, by bands we never had the pleasure of listening before on the other side of the pond, one stood up from the rest (if we exclude the ones by the amazing Benji Cossa, whose records we listened over and over). That record was Rocketship Park’s “Off and Away”. Rocketship Park is the brainchild of the multi-instrumentalist, song-man, producer, vocalist, and auteur Josh Kaufman, and he returns next June 27th with his new record, “Cakes and Cookies”, which you can already stream in its entirety after the jump. First 300 orders come with a limited edition (hand numbered and letter-pressed) 7" and a homemade cookie/sweet treat that should be as delicious as the finely crafted pop gems you can listen to on the record. Guests on “Cakes and Cookies” include Dawn Landes and The National’s Bryan Devendorf!

You can also download the track Fast Friends for free, clicking the link below.

MP3: Rocketship Park, “Fast Friends”

ROCKETSHIP PARK: Cakes and Cookies by seriousbusiness

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Uaninauei’s Lume de Chão was, undoubtedly, one of the best Portuguese rock albums of last year. Finally, the guys from Alentejo decided to let the whole world stream it for free. You can listen to it after the jump.

Also, you should check Long Desert Cowboy, one of the many sideprojects of vocalist Daniel Catarino. You can also stream and download his latest effort, Symphony of the Deceased, on the Cakes and Tapes’ Bandcamp account.

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Canadian singer-songwriter Ruby Randall will release her debut EP next Tuesday, 17th May on Other Songs Music Co. (home of the great Scott Orr). One of the banjo+upright bass-powered four tracks included on “Until the Dust Settles” is Elephant Skin. Get your folk fix now, streaming or downloading the song for free, clicking on the link below. We’ll post the EP next week!

Download: Ruby Randall – Elephant Skin

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Hella are back – again as a Zach Hill-Spencer Seim duo, after their (still awesome) late-00s Mars Volta experience, There’s No 666 in Outer Space – and the machine’s ROLLING. New (yet untitled) album out July/August at Sargent House. Sounds like it’s gonna be fucking triumphant.

Hella – Untitled (via Stereogum)

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Phantom Vibration is a three-piece church-organ-core band from St. Paul, Minnesota in the vein of Beach House and influenced by classics like Nico. You can stream their debut EP, “Kids” below, and download them for free on their Bandcamp. The four songs in it take more time to build than they took to design the EP cover, so be patient with them!

KIDS EP by Phantom Vibration