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mp3: j dilla x mj

2009-11-07T10:00:00.000-06:00

According to Stones Throw, Share My Bed = MJ + J Dilla. More coming soon. mp3: dil jackson :: player has butterflies (via) *******

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new video: grizzly bear | "ready, able"

2009-11-06T10:45:00.001-06:00

[directed by Allison Schulnik. definitely check out some of her other work here] ********

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the magic kids x smith westerns

2009-11-06T10:15:00.000-06:00

We briefly mentioned this highly anticipated split 7" (due soon on Fat Possum) from two of 2k9's best young bands about a month back, and this morning the great Transparent hooked up the mp3 for "Super Ball," the stellar contribution from Memphis' Magic Kids. Jack Shankly calls the Kids "heaven’s house big band," and this soaring, lovelorn jam will fit perfectly alongside the S-Dubz' lo-fi glam...

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ghana special

2009-11-05T13:10:00.001-06:00

Soundway Records, purveyors of the incredible Nigeria Special reissue comp from 2007, are back with Ghana Special, an equally adventurous and vibrant collection of funky/soulful Ghana Soundz from the late 60's all the way up through the early '80s. Tough to pick just one highlight, although Honny & the Bees' perfect lilting afro-psych jam "Sisi Mbon" has been on repeat all morning, and is...

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don't lie

2009-11-05T09:00:00.001-06:00

Fan video for the Mantles' "Don't Lie," featuring footage from the 1973 film Paper Moon: mp3: the mantles :: don't lie ********* elsewhere: Our weekly Sirius XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week's episode features brand new music from Air France, the Bitters, Nite Jewel, the Sandwitches, as well as a preview of this weekend's Fun Fun...

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mp3: fred falke x music go music

2009-11-04T09:15:00.000-06:00

Here's the latest remix from Fred Falke, whom you may recall from his club-ready version of Grizzly Bear's "Two Weeks." At just over 8 minutes long, Falke 's remix is actually a condensed version of MGM's already danceable Xanadu-esque '70s pop epic, "Warm in the Shadows." The band's "Kamer Maza" says:"Fred's version leans more towards those major chords... I'm not sure how those kind of changes...

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this weekend: FUN FUN FUN fest '09

2009-11-03T13:15:00.000-06:00

The 2009 Fun Fun Fun Fest and related festivities go down this weekend in downtown Austin's Waterloo Park. This year's lineup is by far the young fest's best yet: headliner-ish acts the Pharcyde, GZA, Danzig, Kid Sis, D.R.I., Destroyer, the Jesus Lizard, Of Montreal, and the Cool Kids are reason enough to attend, but here's a sampling of other acts we're psyched to see, in no particular order....

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video: air france x st. etienne :: "spring"

2009-11-03T10:00:00.001-06:00

New video from Air France, for their St. Etienne remix that we've been obsessed with of late. Sincerely Yours says: "we asked the boys how they felt about their remix and got this back..." Watch it in higher-res here. mp3: st. etienne :: spring (air france remix) ********

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photos: White Denim + Neon Indian | Live on Halloween at the Granada

2009-11-01T15:00:00.002-06:00

leanne/alan of neon indian white denim Photos by David. More shots of White Denim + Neon Indian after the jump... ******* NEON INDIAN: WHITE DENIM: *******

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Alela Diane, Marissa Nadler + Bosque Brown | Live at the Fort Worth Modern

2009-10-31T11:30:00.007-05:00

Alela Diane, Marissa Nadler, + Bosque Brown all descend upon Fort Worth for what should be a pretty special evening at the Modern Art Museum this coming Wednesday night (November 4), and we've got 2 pairs of tickets to give away for free. To enter, email us at gorillavsbearcontests@gmail.com or just twitter @us, and I'll pick two winners at random. You can also still purchase tickets...

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mp3: st. etienne | "spring (air france remix)"

2009-10-30T13:30:00.000-05:00

We told you about this one the other day, and now TLOBF comes through with the mp3, along with this choice quote from Air France: "This is the answer to our prayers. ‘Spring’ is the song we fucked to when we were eleven and took rohypnol raw”. Alright. Download it here: mp3: st. etienne :: spring (air france remix) ********

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it was an ocean from me to you

2009-10-30T11:30:00.003-05:00

Not sure if this song, which Dee Dee dedicates to Reading Rainbow, is an unreleased Dum Dum Girls jam (or a cover maybe?) or what, but it sounds like Nico-era-Velvets meets early '60s girl group innocence/harmonies, and it's amazing. Hopefully we'll get a studio version of this on the group's Sub Pop debut. Via the Great Pumpkin. Hit up their site to check out more clips from the show. *******

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mp3: new nite jewel | "we want our things"

2009-10-29T21:20:00.001-05:00

L.A.'s Nite Jewel can probably be considered something of a dreambeat/hypnagogic-pop pioneer at this point (she was around all the way back in 2008), but this track from her new You F O European-only tour CD-r is a little darker and more along the lines of how the '80s actually sounded, as opposed to a chillwavier hazy-borrowed-nostalgia-via-warped-cassette version of how the '80s sounded. The...

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new videos: white denim + neon indian

2009-10-29T14:30:00.004-05:00

Austin bands White Denim + Neon Indian play a free show this Saturday (Halloween) night at the Granada Theater here in Dallas. I hear White Denim may go as TLC this year. RSVP at halloween@granadatheater.com. Neon Indian peforms "Should've Taken Acid With You" live at CMJ (shot by The Pool Parties): mp3: neon indian :: should have taken acid with you ******** Rhythm Device gets down to...

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new video: no age | "losing feeling"

2009-10-29T09:20:00.001-05:00

********* elsewhere: Our weekly Sirius XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week's episode features brand new music from Ganglians, Rangers, the Sandwitches, the Bitters, Arthur Russell, and more. You can listen online with a free trial here. Check this week's playlist + some mp3s after the jump... ********** gorilla vs. bear blog radio ::...

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how to make ambient sadcake

2009-10-28T17:00:00.001-05:00

the sandwitches The Sandwitches is the new project from Heidi Alexander + Grace Cooper, both formerly of like-minded SF band the Fresh & Onlys. The group's new record How to Make Ambient Sadcake (out now on new SF label Turn Up) has been described as "what it would sound like for a band on Woodsist to cover Fleetwood Mac's...Tusk" and also "a Holy Communion of Roky Erickson and Stevie...

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new video: florence x the xx | "you've got the love"

2009-10-28T11:25:00.004-05:00

New official video for what is probably my favorite remix/rework/cover of a cover-thing of the year [via]: mp3: florence and the machine :: you've got the love (the xx version) ********

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air france x st. etienne

2009-10-28T10:40:00.000-05:00

[photo] Sweden's Air France just posted up their long-awaited remix of St. Etienne's "Spring" here (thanks to Gorillan for the tip). Take a listen to the breezy/dreamy track below: *********

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mountain man

2009-10-27T20:40:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Chocolate Bobka and Ray Concepcion for this one: Bennington, Vermont's Mountain Man work their haunting autumnal magic, live at Monkeytown during CMJ. mp3: mountain man :: dog song ********

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two to make a pair

2009-10-27T12:30:00.000-05:00

Now Again/Stones Throw just released a compilation of essential "beat-heavy global psychedelia" from the late '60s/early '70s, entitled Forge Your Own Chains. One standout jam is the fuzzed out afro-funk of the Strangers' "Two To Make a Pair." Now Again calls the track "a winning example of the sound that leapt out of East Nigeria after the January 1970 armistice in the Nigerian Civil...

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midlake | the courage of others

2009-10-27T08:45:00.002-05:00

Denton heroes Midlake have officially announced the follow-up to one of 2006's best albums, The Trials of Van Occupanther: The Courage of Others will be released on February 1, 2010. Check the album art: *******

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new Fan Death video | "reunited"

2009-10-27T08:00:00.000-05:00

Taken from the duo's new EP, A Coin For the Well. Previously from Fan Death: mp3: fan death :: veronica's veil (demo) fan death :: goodbye horses (q lazzarus cover) ********

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the rangers | "deerfield village"

2009-10-26T19:30:00.002-05:00

New track from San Francisco-via-Dallas "elevator psyche" dude Rangers, sent over by Olde English Spelling Bee, who will be releasing Rangers' Suburban Tours LP later this year. "Deerfield Village" is my favorite thing he's done so far, and fans of Ariel Pink, '70s educational filmstrips, and the current crew of 'hypnagogic pop'/chillfiwavedreambeatcore bands will surely dig his hazy, dream-like...

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we love you so

2009-10-26T15:00:00.000-05:00

New mix curated by We Love You So (Spike Jonze, Dallas Clayton, and friends), featuring Girls, Kurt Vile, that Binki Shapiro kids' jam that the We Love You So guys sent us a while back, the Where The Wild Things Are trailer version of the Arcade Fire's "Wake Up," and more. Download it below, and check the full tracklist here. mp3: we love you so x the world's best ever mixtape (57...

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fever ray x resident advisor halloween mix

2009-10-26T09:05:00.006-05:00

Fever Ray's Karin Dreijer Andersson contributed a haunted hour-long Halloween mix for the latest Resident Advisor podcast. Dreijer says of the mix:"I think the eclectic and wide range of music makes it more dynamic and more intense. The tracks affects each other, they get even more mean."Download the mix, which features Shackleton, Amadou & Mariam, Neil Young, Suicide, Zola Jesus, and more,...

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