Bon Iver - i,i

i,i is in a sense a refinement of 22, A Million's innovations, but Justin Vernon still doesn't seem particularly interested in tying up his songs' loose ends.

Bon Iver - 22, A Million

Bon Iver returns with an attempt at fusing glitchy electronics and indie folk balladry.

S. Carey - "Fire-scene"

Bon Iver drummer S. Carey put out a gently beautiful solo debut a couple years back called All We Grow, and is now ready to release a follow-up, entitled Range of Light. He had dropped a single from it, "Fire-scene", and now that single has a video. It is more or less a series of images of a frozen, beautiful winter landscape, full of icicles and trees and mountains. A fire is built. Looks toasty. It is all very appropriate, given the soft, pretty nature of the song itself. The refrain of "All I want is honesty" seems fitting for these visuals, because in the end, what is more honest than the harsh gorgeousness of nature.

Range of Light is out April 1 via Jagjaguwar.

Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light

On Colin Stetson's latest installment in the New History Warfare series, the Canadian saxophonist displays some tenderness in his incredibly technical solo compositions.

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The Flaming Lips - "Ashes In the Air" ft. Bon Iver

The Flaming Lips drop an incredibly twisted and surreal video for the Heady Fwends track "Ashes In the Air," which features some vocal contributions from Justin Vernon, a.k.a. Bon Iver.

Check a review for The Flaming Lips' Heady Fwends compilation below, and look out for the band's next record, The Terror, in the middle of April.

Oddisee- "Paralyzed"

I first caught D.C. rapper-producer Oddisee when Mello Music Group sent me his mostly instrumental album Rock Creek Park. While I thought the textures and samples in his instrumentals were pretty, it was a bit in-one-ear-and-out-the-other for me, sadly.

However, the four tracks on this new Odd Renditions EP are really grabbing my attention. Not only does this guy showcase a driven personality and an impressive flow, but the sample material is pretty interesting as well: Marvin Gaye, Bon Iver, Metronomy, and K-Os.

Nice instrumentals and rhymes. Plus, it's free. Can't go wrong. Grab the EP here.

The Flaming Lips- The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends

The new Flaming Lips collaborative album is surprisingly cohesive and coherent despite it's insane gauntlet of guests both big and small.

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James Blake- Enough Thunder

James Blake's new EP, much like his self-titled debut earlier this year, is loaded with ideas that, to me, don't feel completely finished. Still, the guy draws up some interesting concepts--even as he attempts to focus more on building songs on voice and piano this time around.

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