The Stevenson Ranch Davidians - Life & Death

This is the bands first release since 2006's brilliant 'Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs', which I discovered through the Brian Jonestown Massacre forum. Comparisons in the past have included BJM, The Dandy Warhols, The Verve  and Spritualized. From what I've heard so far, they still haven't changed the formula too much and rightly so. They sound as laid back as ever and are worth checking out for any fans of the aforementioned bands. The band have put up a few of the new tracks on their Myspace page and if you're new to the band you can listen to some of their older songs too:

http://www.myspace.com/stevensonranchdavidians

Sun Araw

Sun Araw is former Magic Lantern's guitarist Cameron Stallones' solo project. If you liked the Woodsman post the other day or are into Brightblack Morning Light, Spacemen 3 or Spiritualized then this is right up your street. I've only heard a few assorted tracks on You Tube and was disappointed not to see any of his work on Spotify, but from what I've heard and read it sounds pretty damn cool. The latest album is called 'Heavy Deeds.' Uncut's Wild Mercury Sound described the sound as "sticky, horizontal, hot night music." That sums it up pretty perfectly.