New Music

Photon Band, ‘Back Down to Earth’ (Empyrean)

Sia Triumphs Over ‘Real Problems’ in MPLS

Dax Riggs Goes to Work On Puma Staffers

Xiu Xiu, ‘Women as Lovers’ (Kill Rock Stars)

Beach House, ‘Devotion’ (Carpark)

Autechre, ‘Quaristice’ (Warp)

Atlas Sound, ‘Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel’ (Kranky)

Apes, ‘Ghost Games’ (Gypsy Eyes)

Antietam, ‘Opus Mixtum’ (Carrot Top)

American Music Club, ‘The Golden Age’ (Merge)

Taken by Trees Branch Out in Montreal

Bell X1, ‘Flock’ (Yep Roc)

Black Tide, ‘Light From Above’ (Interscope)

Bon Iver, ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ (Jagjaguwar)

Jay Reatard Goes Mental