• Fiery Furnaces: "Waiting to Know You" MP3
• Fiery Furnaces: "Nevers" MP3
• Fiery Furnaces: "Benton Harbor Blues" MP3

There have been a few reviews of the new Fiery Furnaces album, Bitter Tea, and most haven't been very positive. (Current critic rating at Metacritic: 6.2. Six user ratings have averaged a shocking 10.0.) This is a band that consistently gets the benefit of the doubt, though, while it both disappoints and retains its fans. The word stubborn is often used for this band, but maybe this band's winning formula is to not have a formula, to defy expectations and dismiss the pleas for the kind of more traditional songwriting that so many of its fans scream for. What if they got what they want?

• Boards of Canada: "Dayvan Cowboy" video (MP4, Quicktime, WM)

BoC has a new EP, Trans Canada Highway, coming out on June 6th. The video for "Dayvan Cowboy" is a must-see. The first half has footage from Joseph Kittinger's 1960 skydive from 102,800 feet. Fits the music perfectly.