Kveikur, Sigur Rós’s seventh studio album, has been promised to be “more aggressive” than previous records and the first official taste confirms that statement. “Brennisteinn” is chuggier than anything we’ve heard from the Icelandic post-rock trio but still contains Jónsi’s signature angelic vocals. Check out the creepy awesome video above. Kveikur is due out June 18.

Finding music can sometimes be like a party, you don’t meet the coolest person there until the end of the night and your rides honking outside.  Caspian is that band for me right now.  There’s no proverbial departure keeping us from being bro’s from here on, but you get the picture, we’ve both missed some quality time together.

Hailing from Beverly, Massachusetts, Caspian is a post-rock band in the vein of Explosions in the Sky, This Will Destroy You, and 65daysofstatic (somewhat).  Basically they write epic music with guitars and drums that makes your heart well up.  Though we have them as a New Artist, the band has been together since around 2003 recording two full lengths and several EP’s and splits which can be streamed HERE.  For now check out the track that wowed me, “Halls of Summer”, from their upcoming double LP Waking Season due out September 25th on Triple Crown Records.

Caspian – “Halls of Summer”

The oh-so-epic 65daysofstatic collaborates with the oh-so-awesome Robert Smith of The Cure.  The track “Come To Me” will be featured on the post-rock group’s upcoming release We Were Exploding Anyway.  The song is actually pretty straight forward and rock-driven than most of their recent stuff, but epic nonetheless.  Listen below.

65Daysofstatic – “Come To Me (ft. Robert Smith)”

Mogwai apparently aren’t done with 2011.  After merely releasing one of the best albums of the year (so far) with Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, the band is set to release an EP in September.  The Earth Division EP will apparently be a bit of a diversion from the group’s guitar slaying norms into a “more recontextualised domain of hazy electronic distortion, accompanied by spiky wafts of violins, violas, cellos and double bass and jagged keys.”  Well I just got goosebumps.  The 4-track EP will be available in North America September 13th via Sub Pop.  Re-listen to “Rano Pano” below and more for the tracklist.

Mogwai – “Rano Pano”

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On June 6th two of the most influential bands on modern music will release a compilation album which will include a previously unheard New Order song “Hellbent”.  The collection entitled Total: From Joy Division to New Order will chronicle the group’s transition from their start as Joy Division, through the death of legendary frontman Ian Curtis, to what they became.  It will contain 18 tracks, 5 from Joy Division and 13 from New Order, see tracklist below.

It is intriguing news to any die-hard fan to know the defunct trio can still play nice enough to release the compilation, but to throw a new track on top?  That’s a great end to the week.  Little is known about “Hellbent” other that it was recorded in 2005 and it’s a damn good New Order song.  Give it a spin below.

New Order – “Hellbent”

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Stream Explosions in the Sky’s new album Take Care, Take Care, Take Care right now on at their website HERE.  The album is still due out April 26th.

As we have ALREADY REPORTED, Explosions In The Sky are set to release Take Care, Take Care, Take Care on April 26th.  “Trembling Hands”, the first single off the album, is available to stream below and download after the jump.  Head HERE to pre-order.

Explosions In The Sky – “Trembling Hands”

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The immediate answers to “what is Adebisi Shank?” are easy.  Adebisi Shank is experimental post-rock band from Dublin, Ireland consisting of three guys named Vinny, Mick, and Lar.  They have two albums out–the latest of which was appropriately entitled This is the Second Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank released August 2010–and have recently signed to American label Sargent House.

Exactly what Adebisi Shank is from there is much more difficult to say.  Utilizing guitar, bass, and drums along with a barrage of audio manipulation they create an epic rock soundscape that is both punishing and beautiful.  At times you may feel like your mind is being sent through some strange pixelation process, but don’t worry it’s a good thing.  Listen to tracks “International Dreambeat” and “Genki Shank” below, which are both available for free download on their bandcamp site HERE.

Adebisi Shank – “International Dreambeat”

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Adebisi Shank – “Genki Shank”

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Rolling Stone is currently streaming Mogwai’s upcoming album Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will.  Listen while you can, click HERE.  The album is still set for a February 15th American release date.  Get your ears ready.

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These days there is no shortage of two-man groups making significant music (e.g. MGMT, Black Keys, Death from Above 1979, etc.) The LA duo El Ten Eleven is no exception.   Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty create intricately layered atmospheric post-rock through the use of a double neck guitar/bass, drums, and a plethora of pedals.   Formed in 2003, El Ten Eleven has released four studio albums including last year’s It’s Still Like a Secret.   With a sound likened to Explosions In The Sky or Godspeed You! Black Emperor, El Ten Eleven have an exploring sound with half (or less than half) the members.  Listen below to two of our favorites off their latest album below.

El Ten Eleven – “The Sycophants Are Coming! The Sycophants Are Coming!”

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El Ten Eleven – “Triangle Face”

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