Charles Bradley - Ain't It A Sin

Mixed in all the madness of Black Friday's Record Store Day was this brand new take from modern soul maestro Charles Bradley, with his heavy 7" single "Ain't It A Sin."

The 65-year-old singer churns out the painful tune over The Bulletts perfectly modeled blues/funk compositions; a perfect companion piece for The Screaming Eagle Of Soul. Listen to it below courtesy of Daptone Records and check out Bradley's upcoming tour dates here.

WTCHS - Thoughts On Air 7"

Another Record Store Day release that may have fallen under the rocks comes from Canadian noise rock cave minds WTCHS. The Ontario band released a double-sided 7", Thoughts On Air, which is also free to download via the WTCHS Bandcamp page.

It's a claustrophobic, achingly harmonic two-track set that feels comfortable as a soundtrack on the edge of the world. Stream it below as well.

Black Milk - Computer Ugly Ugly/Why Worry

After promising a new instrumental album some time ago, Detroit producer Black Milk is following his word with his Synth or Soul LP set for Record Store Day. The April 20 release will feature this duel track "Computer Ugly Ugly/Why Worry." The first half splits the "Synth" portion, with hard-line electro-fused beats and dingy bass work. The latter flows through the "Soul" portion, which you can imagine will be the formula for the remainder of the album.

Stream below and pre-order here.

Walla + Sombear - Never Give Up/Incredibly Still

Working alongside Death Cab For Cutie guitarist/producer Chris Walla, Minneapolis producer Sombear will release a split 7" vinyl this Record Store Day featuring the sparkling and surprising "Never Give Up" from Walla, and the more poppy "Incredibly Still" from Sombear.

The split will be released via Walla's Trans- Records, which will distribute a limited 1,000 copies for the April 20 event. Additionally, the 7" comes before Sombear's full album release Love You In The Dark, which will be out later this summer.

Stream both tracks below.

Monday Bears: New Beach House - Equal Mind

Part of last Saturday's Record Store Day, Beach House released their "Lazuli" 7", featuring another fantastic cut from their Bloom sessions; "Equal Mind." Stream the b-side below and grab Bloom May 15.

Friday Bears: New Dirty Projectors - You Against The Larger World

Part of the large pack of demos that didn't make the cut for Dirty Projector's next album Swing Lo Magellan, "You Against The Larger World" a shorter acoustic song than usual from the group, which only features Dave Longstreth.

So while it won't be released with the album at all, it still will be part of tomorrow's Record Store Day through Smuggler's Way. Listen below.

Wednesday Bears: New Black Keys - Lonely Boy

Part of Black Friday's Record Store Day promotion (November 25 this year), the Black Keys will be releasing their new "Lonely Boy/Run Right Back" 7". In addition, check out the duo's new video for "Lonely Boy," below. It gets it going.

The Black Keys - Lonely Boy