Merge is releasing the first new material from The Music Tapes (ex-Neutral Milk Hotel) since way back in the 20th Century. Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes comes out 8/19, but you can get a taste of the winsome Elephant Sixyness by enjoying the escapades of the nine-foot metronome in this video for “The Minister of Longitude:”

Our friends over at Friendly Fire tipped us off about the new release from London’s Matthew Thomas Dillon, aka Windmill. Puddle City Racing Lights is out 7/22, but you can pre-order now. Everyone knows I’m a complete sucker for sorta-nasal-and-high lyrical delivery, so I liked this track right off the bat. Kinda Flaming Lips/Mercury Rev/Grandaddy-y…

Arlington, VA’s Rerum Novarum Records sent over news that they have a new release coming out next week (7/8) from SF bizarro folk/rock band The John Francis Impostors. And in advance of that, they’re sprinkling a digital EP across the web, one song at a time. Here’s one of ‘em: