Guardian Music — Listen to 34 new tracks from around the world, as chosen by the Guardian and other bloggers in the Music Alliance PactClick the play button to listen to individual songs, right click on the song title to download an MP3, or grab a zip file of the who... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Beach House at Bowery Ballroom (photo from Ed Droste's Instagram) Beach House released their terrific new full length, Bloom, yesterday (5/15) and played what is now considered an intimate show for the band at Bowery Ballroom the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Beach House @ ACL 2010 (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * Mickey Factz, Quest @ SOB's * The Miracle Project @ 92YTribeca * Bill Frisell @ Village Vanguard * Arrington de Dionyso @ The Stone * private Polica... more info

KEXP Seattle — A pair of duos top this week’s list of new releases. Baltimore’s Beach House (Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand) have undoubtedly the most anticipated release out this week, if not this year, with their second Sub Pop released LP, and if you thoug... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Few albums begin with such a clear mission statement as the opening lines of Beach House's “Bloom,” the fourth album from the enchantingly sleepy duo of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally. “Drifting,” sings Legrand, her voice detached, calm and... more info

Chicago Tribune — 2.5 stars (out of 4) more info

DrownedInSound — For all their undoubted accomplishment, Beach House seem to have reached their limits as a two-piece, or worse still, have simply finishing running their creative gamut altogether. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

LargeHeartedBoy — At the Guardian, Neil Gaiman remembers Maurice Sendak. Sendak, who died this week, did not make books for children. He just made books. His linework was elegant, sometimes even cute, but always honest. He was wise, and he never patronised... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union)The fourth album from Baltimore's Beach House is so much a world unto itself that getting inside it takes some effort. Every song is like an Arctic landscape: Victoria Legrand's husky voice skates across glacial keyboards and Alex Scully... more info

Starpulse — This must be a dream. Alan’s returned from hospital to find a ‘Welcome Home’ greeting from his friends and family at the Beach House. Surely, we’re looking at a Two and A Half Men apocalypse. more info