On tour with Florence + the Machine and making a stop in Chicago for that little Lollapalooza festival, The Walkmen have released “Heaven.” It’s the title track from their forthcoming album set for release June 5 on Fat Possum Records.

If you missed it on The Big Beat, listen to the track below and let us know what you think!

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“ I'm trying really hard to grow up...let go of my bad habits and the immature things I still drag around with me.
” Bethany Cosentino If you’re a regular listener to XRT’s The Big Beat, you just heard a preview of the forthcoming Best Coast album, due out mid-May. The disc, The Only Place follows-up to 2010′s acclaimed Crazy For You finds the proudly Southern Californian duo of Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno maturing in both their sound and perspective. While Crazy For You was a nostalgic tribute to teenage feelings, The Only Place finds front woman Cosentino starting a transition into adulthood.

On The Only Place, as with all of Best Coast’s previous recordings, Cosentino handles all songwriting, lyrics, vocals and rhythm guitar, while multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno plays lead guitar, bass and drums.Download The FREE MP3 Below

Tonight’s Big Beat song of the week will be the spankin’ new Dirty Projectors song, “Gun has No Trigger”.

The album, their sixth album, Swing Lo Magellan is due 7/10 — just before their appearance at Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival.Read More From Marty

Canadian electro-pop trio, Dragonette, blew up the music scene with their catchy hit, “Hello”, where they collaborated with Martin Solveig. It hit the Top 10 in over 30 countries and reached platinum in America.

The band is back from their three year break, after releasing Fixin To Thrill, with their energetic single, “Let It Go.”Listen & Get More Info

“ This time around I wanted to do something that encompassed all I love in rock n' roll music.
” Jason Pierce This week’s Big Beat Song of The Week is “Hey Jane” from the highly anticipated new Spiritualized album, Sweet Heart Sweet Light. The album is Spiritualized’s first in four years and gets released April, 17th, followed by a show at Metro, 5/3. Jason Pierce, AKA J. Spaceman says, “This time around I wanted to do something that encompassed all I love in rock n’ roll music.”

The song is a T-Rex like rocker that is light years away from the gospel tinged space operas of the recent past. It also has an R-rated short film video that is racy and disturbing.Watch Video