This week: As Pa finishes grace over a sparse dinner table obviously devoid of a main course, he vents frustration toward his younger son. Pa’s misdirected anger nearly boils over and quickly turns to tears. But all is forgiven when their eldest son appears with a huge salmon. A lovely evening of family time follows but is cut short by yet another tantrum. All that’s missing is a sappy country song… no wait, there it is.

PopMatters offers exclusive early looks at new episodes of Backpack Picnic, an online sketch comedy show from ON Networks.

—PopMatters Staff

Sigur Rós
Gobbledigook [MP3] (from með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, releasing 23 June worldwide and 24 June in North America)
     

Chuck Prophet
Doubter Out of Jesus (All Over You) [MP3]
     

Ready Fire Aim
So Fine (Plus Move Remix) [MP3]
     
So Fine (Radio Edit) [MP3]
     

James Pants
We’re Through [MP3]
     

Black Kids
Hurricane Jane [Video]

Dosh
If You Want To, You Have To [MP3]
     

The Hood Internet
Watch My Big Feet Jump (Dude N M + Twista vs. Office) [MP3]
     

RZA
You Can’t Stop Me Now [Video]

—PopMatters Staff

The Lodger
“Second album from this Leeds pop group that stands tall with classics from the likes of The Go-Betweens, Aztec Camera and Orange Juice.”—Slumberland Records

The Good Old Days [MP3]
     
The Conversation [MP3]
     
A Year Since Last Summer [MP3]
     

Booka Shade
The Sun and the Neon Light [MP3]
     

Ratatat
Mirando [MP3]
     

Tricky
Council Estate [Video]

Vetiver
Blue Driver [MP3]
     
Buy at Rhapsody

Black Taj
Fresh Air Traverse [MP3]
     
Buy at iTunes Music Store

Presto
“Organic, soulful and refreshingly contemporary, Presto has spent the last decade perfecting a production style that infuses hard-hitting hip hop beats with an ethereal touch of jazz.”—Concrete Grooves

Conquer Mentally (feat. Sadat X, O.C., & Large Professor) [MP3]
     
Pour Another Glass (feat. Blu) [MP3]
     
On (feat. LOWD) [MP3]
     
More On This Album

—PopMatters Staff

Marcia Ball
Live at the Highline Ballroom [Video]

Beck
Chemtrails [Streaming]

Luke Doucet
The Day Rick Danko Died [MP3]
     

Darker My Love
The Fool [MP3]
     

Dappled Cities
Green Door (Gogi Grant cover) [MP3]
     

Cut Copy
Hearts on Fire [Video]

Band of Horses
No One’s Gonna Love You [Video]

—PopMatters Staff

Aimee Mann
Freeway (Artists Den Performance) [Video]

Silver Jews
Strange Victory, Strange Defeat [MP3]
     

Ida
Road to Ruin [MP3] (from My Fair, My Dark EP releasing 5 August in the US)
     

Music Go Music
Light of Love [MP3]
     

Marlena Shaw
California Soul (Diplo Remix) [Streaming]

Bodies of Water
Under the Pines [MP3]
     

Jeremy Jay
Where Could We Go Tonite? [MP3]
     

—PopMatters Staff

The Charlatans
You Cross My Path [MP3]
     
Buy at iTunes Music Store

M83
We Own the Sky (Maps remix) [MP3]
     

Sloan
I’m Not a Kid Anymore [MP3]
     

Amos Lee
Ease Back [MP3]
     

Electric President
Monsters [MP3]
     

The Morning Benders
Boarded Doors [MP3]
     
Crosseyed [MP3]
     

I Love Math
A Good Flying Bird (GBV Cover) [MP3]
     
I Remember When I Loved Her (Zombies Cover) [MP3]
     

—PopMatters Staff