Some incredibly fun weirdo electronica here from Baltimore’s Happy Family.

Great sounds… and that jagged bass line is so perfect when it kicks in.

A big surprise is about three and half minutes through when the track seems to rapidly ascend into some kind of higher experience, and the back down again nice and slowly, bringing you out of the trance very comfortably.

Happy Family – Going To

Beach House’s album Teen Dream is out now. They’ve managed to get a well produced clean cut album without sacrificing any of the character that made their old stuff so good. Norway is the first single, and it’s as good as you’d expect and more.

Out on Mistletone in Oz, Sub Pop elsewhere.

Beach House – Norway

More warped lo-fi drum machine pop, this time from Brooklyn’s Small Black.

Small Black – Despicable Dogs

Shahs is Tom Helgerson of Montana, USA. His myspace lists influences: weirdos, brothers, sisters, punks, crooners & calypsonians….and I think that gives you a fairly good idea of whats going on here. Lover’s Rock has a great lo-fi tropical grind happening…and you’ll find yourself stuck in a lazy calypso trance in no time.

Shahs – Lover’s Rock