Yes, it’s that time of the week. Relax little music glutton, we’ve got you covered on new music Tuesday. The day that every label, PR company, and band releases their latest attempts to win over your hearts and wallets. Here’s some albums that we’re keeping an eye on.

Yet again, Brooklyn takes charge of the new music scene (damn you Brooklyn), this week with Beach Fossils debut self titled LP. Keeping in tune with the recent wave of shoegaze surf rock, Beach Fossils will be on the lips of everybody within days of this release. The album is chock-full of simplistic summer laid back jams, with the appropriate titles (ie, “Vacation” “Day Dreaming” and “Lazy Days”) – this will be your go to album for rooftop day drinking this season. (Tatyahna Cameron)

Who knew that the rhythmically gifted drummer of Hot Chip, one Rob Smoughton, was a secret R&B musician? It’s like there’s a long lost Troutman brother, they should have called the band Zapp, Roger and Grovesnor. This is what Zapp would have sounded like if it was released today. But this is not a throwback album, it’s modern, funky, R&B. It’s a very fun record, although I couldn’t see myself listening to Soft Return seriously. (Spencer Crooks)

Jeremy Jay recently moved from L.A. to London to release Splash, his third K Records album and it seems the cold rainy U.K. weather is having an effect. Splash is a good album, but it lacks some of the energy and enthusiasm of his previous releases. The album is richer, but somewhere along the way lost its edge. And it’s definitely not the greatness of Airwalker, A Place Where We Could Go and Slow Dance, but you’ve got to hand it to the dude, an EP and three albums in 4 years is pretty impressive. (Spencer Crooks)

Standard Damien Jurado, Saint Bartlett is dark, broody, and haunting folk music with a sense of comfort. So, if you’ve liked his last 10,000 albums he’s released over the past 15 years you’ll like this one. Start with “Kalama,” “Pear,” and “Arkansas.” Stream ‘Saint Bartlett’ here if you’re a fan, depressed, or bored. (Spencer Crooks)

In recent news Christina Aguilera has postponed her world tour, bad career move #5678 for the used-to-be top 40 pop star. The new fresh look for her is a blatant Gaga rip off, and the album couldn’t even compare to the junior high talent show rendition of “Paparazzi” I saw two weeks ago. Bionic is full of bad synth breakdowns, weird talk-singing, and the worst lyricism known to man (yes, even mainstream man). This is one that you can skip, because I’m pretty sure even MTV will. (Tatyahna Cameron)

The Smashing Pumpkins release Teargarden by Kaleidyscope today and I haven’t listened to it. I’m not even sure I’ve even thought about Billy Corgan since he started boinking that bimbo/broad/singer Jessica Simpson in the past year. But hell, it could possibly be cool. And since they’re giving away a free MP3, we’ll go ahead and check that out. (Dustin Shey)

The last installment of Piebald’s comeback is finally here. The now reunited 90s band (been saying that one a lot lately, huh?) has put out the first two albums from the First Ten Years series the last couple months, and May brings Volume 3. The series consists of every piece of out of print material the band has: from the first three albums to a multitude of b-sides and rarities. I now know why a rarity is a rarity, because this stuff lacks any of the once indie-alterna-cutesy-environmentalist charm the band’s actual albums’ once had. There are however a few tracks that stand out, like “You Wouldn’t be a Piece without Your Mustache,” but overall let’s just say stuff on the cutting room floor should be left there. (Tatyahna Cameron)

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