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Atlas Sound - Walkabout (feat. Panda Bear)

On “Walkabout,” the first song from his upcoming album Logos (Oct 20, Kranky), Cox sings along with Noah Lennox, What did you want to see/ What did you want to be/ When you grew up, and generally seems to be focused on moving on, becoming an adult, or at least acknowledging that he can’t be a child anymore. The song samples the bubbling keys of “What Am I Going to Do” by the Dovers, as inspired by some tour bus song games between Cox and Animal Collective, and reflects that song’s simple and beautiful pop, with Cox and Lennox’s signature soft layers. If Logos is in any way as good as this song, we will not need much else in the fall. (The Fader)

Wavves - Mickey Mouse

The tag to Nathan Williams most recent blog post—about finishing Resident Evil Vol 4000—is “I have no life.” This was also the apparent tag to every song he ever recorded, at least until he played them for other people, though he might say that driving forever, playing a show, drinking, sleeping maybe and repeating, is less of a life than an Xbox narrative. Maybe bored but not enough to write a song about it, Williams posted “Mickey Mouse,” an undulating, unused demo on his blog. It sounds like Panda Bear, the drums in Guitar Hero and spit. (The Fader)

Toro y moi - Timed Pleasure

It would seem that South Carolinian Chaz Bundick is already making a strong play for "best of 2010," as his project Toro y Moi is releasing not one, but two albums that year, and every advance track that he's put out there so far is strikingly impressive in style and execution. "Timed Pleasure," is a dreamy lump of ketamine disco, that's slated to appear on Toro y Moi's cassette, Body Angles, forthcoming on Mirror Universe Tapes. Also, don't forget the "Blessa" 7-inch due in October, and of course, those two LPs due out in 2010 on Carpark. (Gorillavsbear)

The Big Pink - Dominos
The Big Pink - Dominos (Gang Gang Dance Remix)

Previously named as one of BBC's most likely breakout acts of 2009, UK duo the Big Pink are set to release their full-length debut A Brief History Of Love this September via venerable indie outpost 4AD. The first single from the eleven-song, self-produced LP is "Dominos," a catchy mid-tempo groover that pulls shoegaze and noise bits into a fat backbeat in a way that might recall previous gig-mates Secret Machines. (Stereogum)

Washed Out - Feel It All Around

In a similarly dreamy realm as fellow Columbia, South Carolina multi-instrumentalist and friend Toro y Moi, Washed Out, aka Ernest Greene, gets us ready for a chilly summer (or July Language, if you're thinking Belong) with the woozy ambience of "Feel It All Around." It's like a more insular Quiet Village until the vocals start and draw you a few steps closer, but the ending fade makes the whole thing disappear before you get a chance to burrow in deeply enough. This fleetingness is maybe part of its charm. (Stereogum)

Memory Cassette - Surfin Sail A Whale Version

New Jersey dream-beat project Memory Cassette (aka Memory Tapes) has a collection of remixes called Calls & Responses coming out on the The Acephale imprint. It includes reworkings by the likes of CFCF and includes this blissful, lush retake from Sweden's Sail a Whale. (Pitchfork)

Best Coast - Sun Was High So Was I

Best Coast is Bethany Consentino of Pocahaunted, and while there's maybe something of that lo-fi drone funk outfit in her newest work, Best Coast is clearly a sea change for Consentino, one whose waves she's riding on a pop surfboard. (Prefixmag)

Memory Tapes - Bicycle Horrors Cosmic Dub

It was just last week we were telling you about Memory Tapes (aka Memory Cassette, aka Weird Tapes, aka Southern NJ resident Dayve Hawk)'s fully remixed (and downloadable) Calls & Responses EP. Now the gothy Trent Reznor-approved and Mercury Prize-nominated UK garage rockers the Horrors have done a "Cosmic Dub" remix of "Bicycle," the first single from Memory Tapes' forthcoming full-length Seek Magic. They've increased the precipitation, reduced the vocals, and made it spookier. (Stereogum)