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Fat Possum further unveils their plan to dominate January 18, 2011: Cape Dory, the debut full-length from Denver's Tennis, arrives on that date, the same day the label drops the aforementioned Smith Westerns LP. That's the glorious cover art above, which as Dent May points out, is apparently an homage to this...

Smith Westerns - "Weekend" "Weekend" is the opening track and lead single from Smith Westerns' stellar new LP Dye It Blonde, out January 18 on Fat Possum. previously: mp3:

Footage of WAVVES recording their new LP King of the Beach at Sweet Tea in Oxford, Mississippi: featuring bad basketball, weed, his occasionally obnoxious new bandmates, and a promising preview of some of the jams on the new record. You guys are going to love/hate it...

Wavves' King of the Beach (cover art pictured) is out in August on Fat Possum / Bella Union. Bella Union calls it "The punk record that will define 2010." previously: mp3: ******

Chicago's Smith Westerns have signed with Fat Possum, and will begin recording the follow-up to one of 09's best records later this summer. More info here. mp3: ******

We briefly mentioned this highly anticipated split 7" (due soon on Fat Possum) from two of 2k9's best young bands about a month back, and this morning the great Transparent hooked up the mp3 for "Super Ball," the stellar contribution from Memphis' Magic Kids...