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video : Fever Ray | "keep the streets empty for me"

2009-11-20T13:50:00.002-06:00

New clip for my current favorite song from Fever Ray's self-titled full-length. Check it after the jump... ********* [via] ********

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mp3: new Lykke Li | "will you still love me tomorrow"

2009-11-20T13:00:00.002-06:00

Sweden's Lykke Li is giving away a free download of her cover of the Shirelles' "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow." Listen below, and grab the free mp3 here. lykke li :: will you still love me tomorrow ******** elsewhere: Mysterious London/Sweden group Summer Camp -- who NME called "probably one of the most perfect bands you'll hear this year" -- have a new track up on their myspace...

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GvsB sirius/xm blog radio

2009-11-19T09:30:00.000-06:00

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 Beach House, jj, Best Coast, Toro Y Moi, Nite Jewel, Burial, 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 :: november 19 01 beach...

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dum dum girls cover the misfits

2009-11-18T23:00:00.002-06:00

[photo] Listen to L.A.'s Dum Dum Girls turn in an almost sweet rendition of the Misfits' oft-covered 1979 jam "Last Caress" at the group's myspace page. [sidenote: I remember the Metallica version of this song being mad controversial in 6th grade] ********

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video: beck + charlotte gainsbourg | "heaven can wait"

2009-11-18T11:45:00.000-06:00

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video: atlas sound | "quick canal"

2009-11-18T08:40:00.002-06:00

Directed by Fitz Vladich, this clip has become the 4 AD-approved (if not entirely "official") video for Atlas Sound's "Quick Canal," featuring the incredible Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab. [via yvynl] ********

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smallish hooves

2009-11-18T00:00:00.000-06:00

"Smallish Hooves" by Frances Laura Donnelly, aka Animal Magic Tricks [via one of my favorite blogs of late, Delicious Scopitone] *********

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ducktails :: "play in the sun"

2009-11-17T21:00:00.000-06:00

Thanks to our friends at Olde English Spelling Bee for sending over this exclusive outtake/curio from Ducktails' Landscapes sessions, on which Matthew Mondanile and Real Estate's Martin Courtney cover "Play in the Sun," by obscure cult psych-folk popsters Departmentstore Santas. These dudes stay pretty true to the weirdo reggae vibe of the Santas' original, which you could probably track down...

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nite jewel x stones throw

2009-11-17T14:40:00.000-06:00

According to this, "Nite Jewel is the latest to get jumped into the Stones Throw crew" (apparently Dam-Funk is a huge fan). Get her new "Weak For Me" 45, backed with "Suburbia" on the flip, here. mp3: nite jewel :: weak for me ********

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video: museum of bellas artes | "who do you love"

2009-11-17T13:30:00.002-06:00

Watch the new video from Sweden's Museum of Bellas Artes (and grab the mp3) after the jump... ******* mp3: museum of bellas artes :: who do you love *******

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new harlem | "sometimes"

2009-11-17T12:00:00.003-06:00

Austin's Harlem present the latest installment in their "cover of the month" series (finally, dudes): here's their cover of Paul Revere & the Raiders' "Sometimes " (although the band claims they've only ever heard the Flamin' Groovies version): mp3: harlem :: sometimes ********

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mp3: new Beach House | "norway"

2009-11-17T11:00:00.004-06:00

We've been in love with this song -- which Beach House penned on a train trip through the Norwegian mountains -- since we heard Victoria + Alex play a stripped-down version in an Oslo train station back in '08, and our love grew exponentially when we saw them play a stunning, more uptempo version of the song a handful of times at SXSW earlier this year. And yet, we still weren't quite prepared...

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toro y moi | causers of this

2009-11-17T10:00:00.001-06:00

Causers of This is the first of two Car Park full-lengths planned for 2010 from Toro Y Moi. Check the cover art above, and download this slightly extended version of the record's blissed-out opening track, which we premiered here back in June, and which remains one our favorite jams of '09: mp3: toro y moi :: blessa Causers of This is out February 23, 2010. ********

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new video: the golden filter | "thunderbird"

2009-11-16T15:00:00.000-06:00

Directed by Moop Jaw. Get the Golden Filter's Thunderbird 12" (b/w a cover of the White Stripes' "The Hardest Button to Button") from Dummy. mp3: the golden filter :: thunderbird ********

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heartbreaker

2009-11-16T13:45:00.002-06:00

[girls in dallas] Girls stopped by MPR's The Current recently for an in-studio session, in which the band performed "Ghostmouth," "Lauren Marie," and devastating non-Album jam "Heartbreaker." Take a listen below: /**/ ********

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listen to samples from Fall Be Kind

2009-11-13T21:00:00.002-06:00

Thanks to Dylan Jones for pointing out that brief samples of each track from Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind EP are now streaming here. It's not much obviously, but those 30 second clips of "On a Highway"/"I Think I Can" sound kind of tight. Listen. ******

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back to the sea

2009-11-13T10:30:00.002-06:00

SF band the Sandwitches have a new 7" out now on Oakland's Southpaw Records, featuring two stellar jams from their debut LP, How To Make Ambient Sadcake. First pressing: only 250 249 copies available, which can be had here for $5. And if you missed our gushing post on the group, you can still get their full-length here. mp3: the sandwitches :: back to the sea *******

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new video: animal collective | "in the flowers"

2009-11-12T20:00:00.002-06:00

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flying lotus x weezy :: "i feel like dying"

2009-11-12T13:15:00.001-06:00

Flying Lotus takes on Lil Wayne again, this time doing the impossible by making Weezy's drugged-out "I Feel Like Dying" even more terrifying and insane. You're going to want headphones for this one. Listen at FlyLo's myspace. [via] *******

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new video: white denim | "i start to run"

2009-11-12T12:50:00.001-06:00

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GvsB sirius/xm blog radio

2009-11-12T09:10:00.001-06:00

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 the Tough Alliance, Best Coast, Magic Kids, Memory Tapes, Burial, Pariah, 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 :: november...

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mp3 premiere: yeasayer | "ambling alp (memory tapes remix)"

2009-11-12T08:00:00.002-06:00

Dayve Hawk -- the tireless and prolific force behind Memory Tapes -- mentioned recently that with the majority of his remixes, he doesn't even bother listening to the original song, and I'm guessing that may be the case here. By focusing on Yeasayer's simple yet empowering "stick up for yourself son" refrain/mantra, Hawk turns the group's ode to the great Joe Louis into a swirling, uplifting jam...

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polaroids | fun fun fun fest '09

2009-11-11T15:30:00.002-06:00

More great Polaroids from Fun Fun Fun Fest '09, courtesy of our friend Pooneh Ghana, who braved Sunday's rain to capture most of these shots. Check out all of her pics from FFF here. no age GZA bradford cox kid sister RATATAT katy // vivian girls HEALTH times new viking kevin barnes // of montreal yeasayer fuck buttons crystal antlers alan palomo // VEGA + neon...

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joy orbison x four tet

2009-11-11T10:55:00.001-06:00

Gorgeous track from Joy Orbison + Four Tet; possibly the best dubstep-ish thing i've heard since the Four Tet/Burial collab: [via] ******

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geneva hits

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

Mental Groove is releasing Sun Araw's extremely limited new Geneva Hits cassette, featuring live versions of "Heavy Deeds," "Horsesteppin," and a cover of Neil Young's "Barstool Blues," recorded @ l'Usine in Geneva over the summer. Listen to the tape here; only 50 copies worldwide though, so chances are it'll be gone before you get over there, or you may be able to score a copy at one of Sun...

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