"What the Water Gave Me" from the new Florence and the Machine album
The new Florence and the Machine album heads the list of interesting new albums available for streaming this week. Called "Ceremonials,"
the album is streaming at MySpace Music, a source that I hadn't really thought of for playing full albums. Although MySpace has been shedding users, it does offer some good album streams, so from now on I'm making it one of the sources that I check weekly.Also streaming this week are a children's album from Laura Veirs, an EP of outtakes from the "King is Dead" sessions by Veirs's sometime collaborators The Decemberists, and a new album by bassist and singer Meshell Ndegeocello. And if you missed last week's NPR preview of the new Girl in a Coma album,
it's up on Spinner this week.For those interested in classic rock and pop, there's a 40th-anniversary edition of Jethro Tull's "Aqualung"
and the official release of "Smile" by the Beach Boys—the 1967 album that had never fully seen the light of day until now.There's also the first album by filmmaker David Lynch ("Eraserhead," "Blue Velvet") and, for fans of jazzy vocals, "Brainchildren," the new album
by singer and trombonist Elizabeth Dotson-Westphalen, who performs under the name Elizabeth. MySpace Music:
"Ceremonials" (Deluxe Edition) by Florence and the Machine
NPR First Listen:
"Tumble Bee" by Laura Veirs
"Crazy Clown Time" by David Lynch
"Weather" by Meshell Ndegeocello
Spinner.com's Listening Party:
"Long Live the King" EP by The Decemberists
"SMiLE" by The Beach Boys
"Nightlife" by Phantogram
"Aqualung" 40th Anniversary by Jethro Tull
"Exits And All The Rest" by Girl in a Coma
