10 New Songs for 2011

New album releases don't really get going until next week, but there are still plenty of January/February releases generating a lot of buzz. Here now are ten songs from those releases -- one being from an already-released album -- complete with embedded Soundcloud versions for your listening pleasure...

By Michael Lopez

January 3, 2011

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New album releases don't really get going until next week, but there are still plenty of January/February releases generating a lot of buzz. Here now are ten songs from those releases -- one being from an already-released album -- complete with embedded Soundcloud versions for your listening pleasure.

"Weekend" -- Smith Westerns

Dye It Blonde is out 1/18 via Fat Possum

Smith Westerns - Weekend by forcefieldpr

"Still Sound" -- Toro Y Moi

Underneath The Pine is out 2/22 on Carpark.

Toro Y Moi - "Still Sound" by carparkrecords

"I Never Learnt To Share" -- James Blake
James Blake is out 2/7 via Atlas/A&M
Best New Music: James Blake - "I Never Learnt To Share" by Speaker Snacks

"Chinatown" -- Destroyer
Kaputt is out 1/25 via Merge
Destroyer - Chinatown by mouxlaloulouda

"Buy Nothing Day" (feat. Bethany Cosentino) -- The Go! Team
Rolling Blackouts is out 2/1 via Memphis Industries
The Go! Team - Buy Nothing Day by thegoteam

"Take Me Somewhere" -- Tennis
Cape Dory is out 1/18 via Fat Possum
Tennis - Take Me Somewhere by forcefieldpr

"Holing Out" -- Yuck
Yuck is out 2/21 via Fat Possum
Holing Out by Yuck

"Rano Pano" -- Mogwai
Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will is out 2/15 via Sub Pop
Rano Pano by jeemer

"Sick of You" -- Cake
Showroom of Compassion is out 1/11 via Upbeat
Cake - Sick of You by KROQ

"Keep The Girls Away" -- Teen Daze
My Bedroom Floor is out now
Keep The Girls Away by EmLeaux

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