These are hard times for dreamers..

You down with The Cool Kids? We certainly are. So are XL who've just snapped them up. 'The Bake Sale' is the Chicago duo's debut offering and is slated for release in July. Finally, some decent Hip Hop:

The Cool Kids- What it is (Z Share) (YSI)

Women have their self titled long player ready to roll: Recorded in various open spaces on ghetto blasters & old tape machines, it combines the rhythmic drone of the Velvets with the spacious harmonies of Grizzly Bear. A very grand entrance. I tried to find a Myspace link, but typing "Women" into google brings some very different results..

Women- Upstairs (Z Share) (YSI)

King Khan & the Shrines are a 12 piece psychedelic, soul explosion: "Sexual voodoo, secret societies and hallucinogenic transcendence all conspire over rampant garage-psych riffs and Muscle Shoals horns with the blue-eyed tear drops and desperate wail of King Khan testifying like a true motherfucker". Blimey. They are touring throughout the US this summer, check the Myspace for details.

King Khan & The Shrines- Torture (Z Share) (YSI)

Have a good weekend.