The BQE

Good news! Asthmatic Kitty Records is offering a voucher to download the FLAC digital version of a vinyl album. In this case, I had the opportunity to grab Sufjan Stevens' The BQE.

Matador's Buy Early Get Now

The new Yo La Tengo, Popular songs, is available through Matador store feature "Buy Now Get Early". Preorder the album and get immediate access to two songs from the new album in FLAC - Periodically triple or double & Here To Fall.

Later in august the album will be available online as a stream. Exclusive MP3s will be offered and the physical album will come with a bonus album, the soundtrack to the movie Adventureland. You get a poster too! It's all mentioned here.

Thanks to OMG Vinyl for the tip.

Dirty Projector - Bitte Orca

Like other Domino Records releases, this album will be available in WAV on the Domino online store. (Unfortunately for some reason it's not available on the release day). And don't hold your breath for a great deal, like other Domino WAV releases, there's a "delivery surcharge" of 5$ over the MP3 version. So except to see a 15$ price tag. Way too expensive. Get the vinyl - it comes with a voucher allowing you to download the WAV files for free.

In the meantime, read the Pitchfork review!

Metric

There is an interesting article on Metric in the LA Times. They released their new album Fantasies without a record label, instead pushing on digital purchases and a Radiohead-like deluxe boxset. And best of all, it paid off.

Fantasies is available in MP3 and FLAC on their website "I Love Metric" for 8.99$ USD. Even better, get the vinyl with the digital download for 24.99$. You download the album in FLAC right now, the mailman delivers the vinyl a few days later. PERFECT.

The album is also available on Zunior, but it's more expensive (10.88$) with you want the FLAC version.

Record labels should be worried, very worried!