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keep it goin louder

2009-11-21T15:55:00.000-06:00

The second official video for Major Lazer's "Keep It Goin' Louder," featuring Diplo, Nina Sky, Ricky Blaze, and some nightmare mutant biker girls. I'm assuming this is another Eric Wareheim production:

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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...

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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

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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 page. Listen to "Summer Camp" here, and if you missed our previous posts on the band:

mp3:
summer camp :: ghost train
summer camp :: i only have eyes for you

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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...

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gorilla vs. bear blog radio :: november 19

01 beach house :: norway
02 jj :: baby
03 jj :: welcome back
04 toro y moi :: blessa
05 wild nothing :: cloudbusting
06 bullion :: god only knows
07 brian wilson :: surf's up (solo piano version)
08 best coast :: when i'm with you
09 pearl harbor :: california shakedown
10 atlas sound :: doctor
11 harlem :: sometimes
12 kurt vile :: beach on the moon (recycled lyrics)
13 the mantles :: don't lie
14 four tet :: love cry (joy orbison remix)
15 burial :: fostercare
16 bullion :: time for us all to love
17 raekwon :: 10 bricks
18 UGK :: international player's anthem feat. outkast
19 atlas sound :: quick canal (feat. laetitia of stereolab)
20 the sandwitches :: kiss your feet
21 mountain man :: animal tracks
22 nite jewel :: we want our things
23 the tough alliance :: first class riot (a touch of jj)
24 neon indian :: mind, drips
25 VEGA :: no reasons
26 the mayfair set :: already warm
27 grass widow :: to where
28 frankie and the outs :: thee only one
29 white denim :: syncn
30 tonstartssbandht :: black country
31 T.I. :: what you know

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dum dum girls cover the misfits

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

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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 with a little digging.

mp3:
ducktails :: play in the sun (departmentstore santas cover)

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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...

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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 for this one, which is but one of a handful of instant classics on the group's near-perfect Sub Pop debut, Teen Dream (Ed Droste is right):

mp3:
beach house :: norway

If the mp3 isn't high-res enough for you, grab the .wav file courtesy of the band (recommended):

download:
beach house :: norway (41 mb)

Teen Dream is out January 26 on Sub Pop.

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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

Click to watch:

[or just watch it here]

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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...

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gorilla vs. bear blog radio :: november 12

01 the tough alliance :: first class riot (touch of jj remix)
02 dil jackson :: player has butterflies
03 best coast :: when i'm with you
04 pearl harbor :: california shakedown
05 magic kids :: superball
06 smith westerns :: imagine, pt. 3
07 the intelligence :: thank you god for fixing the tape machine
08 family portrait :: mega secrets
09 neon indian :: mind, drips
10 florence and the machine :: you've got the love (the xx version)
11 yeasayer :: ambling alp (memory tapes remix)
12 beach house :: used to be
13 trailer trash tracys :: candy girl
14 the sandwitches :: kiss your feet
15 best coast :: sun was high (so was i)
16 best coast :: this is real
17 acrylics :: molly's vertigo
18 fleetwood mac :: dreams
19 st. etienne :: spring (air france remix)
20 major lazer :: keep it goin louder
21 washed out :: new theory
22 fever ray :: here before (vashti bunyan cover)
23 burial :: fostercare
24 ellie goulding :: under the sheets (pariah remix)
25 pearl harbor :: lost @ sea
26 coasting :: coasting
27 atlas sound :: doctor
28 the mantles :: don't lie
29 alela diane :: bowling green (feat. alina hardin)
30 panda bear :: untitled (guys eyes)

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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 fit for the dancefloor.

mp3:
yeasayer :: ambling alp (memory tapes version)
yeasayer :: ambling alp

Get Yeasayer's limited Ambling Alp 12" -- enclosed in a "space aged metallic sleeve" -- here.

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elsewhere:

Check out more sweet photos from last weekend's Fun Fun Fun Fest, courtesy of our local bros over at Weekly Tape Deck.

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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 indian

DEATH

[more shots by pooneh ghana here]

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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:

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