First up Sweden's
Suburban Kids with Biblical Names did "Rent a Wreck"
(you can download it here) from their first EP by the same name. You can order
Rent a Wreck from
Poppolar.com or from
Parasol Records. Next was Portland, Oregon's
M. Ward who did the foot-stompingly good, if not album-representative, "Big Boat" from his new
Transistor Radio (
iTunes,
Other Music,
Amazon). Then Melbourne, Australia's
Architecture in Helsinki are back (well, they are on April 12th anyway) with a new release called
In Case We Die (
Amazon). So to get people all psyched up for their new release, which promises to be better than their last, they have released the first single "Do the Whirlwind" (
iTunes has just the one track, there is a CD single that is hard to obtain in the US). Oh, and explore their cool
flash-site. And finally, New York City's transplant bother/sister-duo
Astaire did the
Cardigans-circa-Gran-Turismo-esque song "L-L-Love" from their debut EP
Don't Whisper Lies (
iTunes,
Amazon).