San Diego noise punks Crocodiles haven't even released their sophomore album, Sleep Forever—it's out September 14—so we were pleasantly surprised this week when the band delivered a new four-song EP, Fires of Comparison, which you can download for free below.

With four revered albums to their credit, British electro-pop collective Hot Chip have become sought-after remixers for everyone from Gorillaz to Amy Winehouse and Bright Eyes. But We Have Remixes (out Sept.

Killers frontman Brandon Flowers is branching out on his own for the first time ever with Flamingo, his debut solo album, out Sept. 14—hear preview clips of all ten songs from the record below!

SPIN.com interviewed Flowers about the record earlier this month—check it out here.

Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band!" in which we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some of our favorite artists. (See past episodes of Name That Band! here.)

Singer-songwriter Pete Yorn is about to release his third album in 14 months, and the self-titled effort (out Sept. 28) is an unfussy, hard-rocker produced by Pixies frontman Frank Black. Download the track "Velcro Shoes" below.

Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band" in which we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some of our favorite artists. (See past episodes of Name That Band! here.)