Here's a new batch of free downloads from this week's new releases - plus a bonus preview of new MGMT. Enjoy!

The Besnard Lakes - "Albatross" - from The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night (Jagjaguwar)

jj - "Let Go" - from jj no.3 (Secretly Canadian)

Titus Andronicus - "A More Perfect Union" - from The Monitor (XL) 

MGMT - "Flash Delirium" - from Congratulations - out 4/13 (Sony)

The local media was out in force last night as crews from KOMO, KING, KIRO and Q13 FOX all converged on our West Seattle store to cover our Jimi Hendrix Valleys of Neptune Listening Party! Thanks to all for coming out - we had a great time, and hope you did too. KIRO will be airing their footage tonight at 6pm; here's a nice clip from Q13.

Sunny Day Real Estate to Record New Album in May?

Ear Candy brings us the good news that Sunny Day Real Estate is getting ready to record a new album in May. EC reports that KEXP DJ Marco Collins tweeted the news Monday night, saying that he received an e-mail from SDRE member Nate Mendel confirming the plans. Sunny Day reunited last year for a short fall tour of the states, which was followed by February performances in Australia. We'll let...Continue

To mark the occasion of the new Jimi Hendrix release, Valleys of Neptune, we are holding the first-ever (as far as we know) Jimi Hendrix March Madness Tournament! One winner will receive a very special prize courtesy of Sony/BMG! Here's how it works:

This tournament is similar to the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament, which is commonly referred to as “March Madness." There are 32 classic Jimi Hendrix songs that will be divided into 4 divisions of eight “teams.” Each song...Continue

Too cool for school London shoegazer duo The Big Pink will be performing at Neumos on Friday, March 12 and we're offering up a pair of tickets for one lucky Easy Street fan. All ya gotta do is e-mail contests@easystreetonline.com and put "Frisk" in the subject line. We will draw a winner on Wednesday, 3/10. Good luck!