It may be a slow summer week in the release department, but there are still some good ones out there:

Box Elders Alice and Friends Goner Records releases one of the better under-the-radar albums of the year, from these Omaha garage rockers.

Mount Eerie Wind’s Poem Oh snap! Phil Elverum jumped the gun on his release date for next week and is selling the latest of his records on his site. Read our review of it here.

Anna Ternheim Leaving on a Mayday A TONY fave issues her latest effort.

Patrick Wolf The Bachelor It seems the hyperdramatic rocker has finally gotten a physical release stateside. Read our review here and listen to the album here.

Various Artists Woodstock—40 Years On: Back on Yasgur’s Farm Friday is the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. What? You didn’t expect a box set? Listen to part of it here.

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“You sort of have to get close in this place, whether you want it or not,” Anna Ternheim said as she carefully swiveled around the edge of the tiny stage at Joe’s Pub on Monday night, maneuvering herself behind the piano. “I really like that,” she added. Ternheim, a Swedish singer-songwriter now based in the East Village, has played more spacious rooms than Joe’s Pub—both here in the U.S., where she’s opened for Lykke Li, El Perro del Mar and Kristin Hersh, and back in Europe, where Ternheim racked up Swedish Grammy awards for each of her first two albums.

Turned out the close quarters and intimacy of Joe’s Pub ideally suited Ternheim’s lithe, penetrating voice, moody storytelling and stripped-down instrumentation. Read more »