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big boi | sir lucious left foot: the son of chico dusty

Listen to Big Boi's Sir Lucious Leftfoot: the Son of Chico Dusty in its entirety here. [thanks to Will for the tip]

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mp3: new Best Coast | "Boyfriend"

"Boyfriend" is the lead track from Best Coast's Crazy For You. Listen + download below for the price of an e-mail address:

mp3:
Best Coast :: Boyfriend



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washed out x adult swim

Ernest Greene chills with Adult Swim at his Georgia lakehouse/recording studio.

mp3:
Washed Out :: You and I

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video: Animal Collective | "Guys Eyes"

[via myanimalhome.net / collected animals]

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GvsB Sirius | XM Blog Radio

Our weekly Sirius | XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week's episode features new music from Tennis, Ariel Pink with Added Pizzazz, Keep Shelly In Athens, Fergus & Geronimo, Puro Instinct, SALEM, Magic Kids, Forest Swords, 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 :: June 24, 2010

01 ariel pink with added pizzazz :: in the heat of the night
02 ariel pink's haunted graffiti :: fright night (nevermore)
03 the samps :: FXNC
04 puro instinct :: i've got some happiness
05 wild nothing :: chinatown
06 chantal goya :: la pluie du ciel
07 magic kids :: summer
08 the zombies :: beechwood park
09 fergus & geronimo :: girls with english accents
10 little joy :: don't watch me dancing
11 the strokes :: i'll try anything once (you only live once demo)
12 salem :: king night
13 health :: die slow (nite jewel remix)
14 caribou :: odessa
15 shabazz palaces :: blastit
16 james blake :: CMYK
17 forest swords :: rattling cage
18 tennis :: marathon
19 best coast :: sun was high (so was i)
20 cults :: most wanted
21 keep shelly in athens :: cremona memories
22 quiet village :: free rider
23 lemonade :: lifted (le chev reunion tour remix)
24 les sins :: lina
25 weird tapes :: home
26 animal collective :: did you see the words
27 panda bear :: good girl/carrots (edit)
28 the sandwitches :: stardust
29 candy claws :: silent time of earth
30 ariel pink :: for kate i wait
31 sleep ∞ over :: outer limits

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video: Harlem | "Someday Soon"

Directed by Aaron Brown and Ben Chappel. Harlem goes on tour this summer with the Dead Weather. Check the dates here.

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ready for the world

Not to be confused with the forthcoming Twin Sister remix, but gorgeous/haunting nonetheless thanks to some well-placed melodica:

mp3:
How To Dress Well :: Ready for the World (Twins remix)

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cremona memories

We don't know much about Greece's mysterious Keep Shelly in Athens, aside from the fact that he/she makes Euro-lounge/Balearic-tinged smooth jams that recall everything from Quiet Village and Coyote Clean Up to early Weird Tapes/Memory Cassette and the more soothing side of CFCF. Easy listening for balmy summer nights:

mp3:
keep shelly in athens :: fokionos negri street
keep shelly in athens :: cremona memories
keep shelly in athens :: rainy night



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lifted

New remix of Lemonade's "Lifted" by Le Chev, the production project of Fischerspooner's Michael Cheever. Taken from the new Lifted single, out now on True Panther:

mp3:
Lemonade :: Lifted (Le Chev Reunion Tour remix)
Lemonade :: Lifted

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weakend

[the Porcelain Raft-created video for YU(c)K's "Weakend," the gorgeous title track from their upcoming cassette EP, out soon on Mirror Universe]

mp3:
yuck :: weakend

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girls with english accents

Our friends at Transparent just posted up this new jam from Denton's Fergus & Geronimo, who've apparently signed with Sub Pop spinoff Hardly Art for an upcoming release:

mp3:
Fergus & Geronimo :: Girls with English Accents

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rattling cage

"Rattling Cage" is the latest daunting, spectral psych-dub death march from Liverpool's amazing Forest Swords, taken from his new single, due next month on the great No Pain In Pop. Check the appropriately tense video below, and pre-order the single on limited 7" vinyl (300 copies) here.

mp3:
Forest Swords :: Rattling Cage





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stardust

Here's another track from the Sandwitches' limited Duck Duck Goose! one-sided 12", which currently ranks up there with Color Your Life and the Samps' self-titled joint as my favorite EPs of 2010. Out July 13 on Empty Cellar/Secret Seven.

mp3:
The Sandwitches :: Stardust

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video: Crystal Castles | "Celestica"

[directed by Ethan Kath / R. Hawkins]

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mp3: new SALEM | "King Night"

Here's the massive opener/title track from SALEM's King Night, out September 28 on IAMSOUND Records:

mp3:
SALEM :: King Night

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memory tapes x CREEP

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mp3:
memory tapes :: green knight (CREEP remix)

[via we're tapes]

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l'aventure

As a follow-up of sorts to last year's stellar Ram on L.A. compilation, Aquarium Drunkard has curated a tribute comp for Television’s overlooked 1978 sophomore album Adventure, with all donations from the (free) download going to benefit the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. Like the McCartney tribute, L’Aventure features covers from some of L.A.'s finest, including this version of "The Fire" from Imaad Wasif, with help on vocals coming from Sweden's Lykke Li:

mp3:
Imaad Wasif :: The Fire (feat. Lykke Li)

Download L'Aventure on June 22 (tomorrow) at aquariumdrunkard.com.

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mp3: new mixtape from The Samps

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30 minute collage of spaced-out retro-futuristic funk, courtesy of The Samps' Cole MGN. Get the cassette version of "Windows '69 Edition (on TV)" for free when you order the band's excellent new EP from Mexican Summer:

mp3:
The Samps :: Windows '69 Edition (On TV) (28 mb)

[via]

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favorites of 2010.5

ALBUMS:

01 Beach House | Teen Dream
02 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | Before Today
03 Big K.R.I.T. | K.R.I.T. wuz here
04 Twin Sister | Color Your Life + Alternates
05 Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh
06 Joanna Newsom | Have One on Me
07 Toro y Moi | Causers of This
08 Harlem | Hippies
09 Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid
10 Dum Dum Girls | I Will Be
11 Dara Puspita | 1966-1968
12 The Bitters | East General

SONGS:

01 ariel pink's haunted graffiti :: round and round
02 beach house :: 10 mile stereo
03 gauntlet hair :: i was thinking...
04 joanna newsom :: good intentions paving company
05 ariel pink's haunted graffiti :: fright night (nevermore)
06 sleep ∞ over :: outer limits
07 twin sister :: all around and away we go
08 cults :: go outside
09 james blake :: cmyk
10 joanna newsom :: baby birch
11 tennis :: marathon
12 robyn :: dancing on my own
13 the morning benders :: excuses
14 harlem :: someday soon
15 best coast :: our deal
16 caribou :: odessa
17 gil scott-heron :: me and the devil
18 happy birthday :: subliminal message
19 miracles club :: a new love
20 big boi :: general patton
21 pantha du prince :: stick to my side (feat. panda bear)
22 candy claws :: silent time of earth
23 bodies of water :: rise up, careful
24 sunset :: late night dawning
25 washed out :: you and I

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ariel pink with added pizzazz

Here's the opening track from the self-titled 12" EP from Ariel Pink and TX free-jazz weirdos Added Pizzazz (as heard on Before Today opener "Hot Body Rub"), recorded earlier this year in Dallas.

mp3:
ariel pink with added pizzazz :: in the heat of the night

Ariel Pink with Added Pizzazz is out July 9 on FDAFITS, and will also be available on the upcoming Haunted Graffiti tour.

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mp3: Blonde Redhead :: Here Sometimes

mp3:
Blonde Redhead :: Here Sometimes

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nite jewel remixes HEALTH

mp3:
HEALTH :: die slow (nite jewel remix)

[via]

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GvsB Sirius | XM Blog Radio

Our weekly Sirius | XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week's episode features new music from Magic Kids, Tennis, Wavves, All Saints Day, Washed Out, SLEEP ∞ OVER, Aias, The Sandwitches, 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 :: June 17, 2010

01 tennis :: marathon
02 all saints day :: it'll come around
03 magic kids :: summer
04 washed out feat. caroline polachek :: you and i
05 toro y moi :: minors
06 j dilla :: coming back
07 the avalanches :: since i left you
08 ariel pink's haunted graffiti :: fright night (nevermore)
09 arch m :: cave grill
10 the samps :: FXNC
11 crystal castles :: suffocation (memory tapes remix)
12 wavves :: king of the beach
13 puro instinct :: luv goon
14 aias :: la truita
15 sleep ∞ over :: outer limits
16 the sandwitches :: baby mine
17 the sandwitches :: song of songs
18 bodies of water :: rise up, careful
19 all saints day :: you can't be alone
20 best coast :: our deal
21 echo lake :: young silence
22 gauntlet hair :: i was thinking...
23 pantha du prince :: welt am draht (animal collective remix)
24 john maus :: do your best
25 holy shit :: written all over your face
26 SALEM :: redlights
27 veux :: late key
28 ceo :: come with me
29 tennis :: south carolina
30 candy claws :: silent time of earth
31 beach house :: 10 mile stereo (cough syrup remix)
32 yuck :: automatic

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the world ends

Fuzzed-out '70s Nigerian psych-funk from The Hykkers (a band you might recall from this comp), taken from Soundway's upcoming QUADRUPLE VINYL comp, The World Ends, courtesy of Now Again:

mp3:
The Hykkers :: Deiyo Deiyo

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mp3: Magic Kids :: "Summer"

Shades of the timeless pop of Odessey & Oracle-era Zombies on this beautifully restrained track from Memphis' Magic Kids, taken from their upcoming full-length MEMPHIS, out later this summer on True Panther. If the lush, soaring Memphis tracks I've heard so far are any indication, this record represents a huge leap forward for the young band. Catch 'em on tour this summer with Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti + Puro Instinct.

mp3:
Magic Kids :: Summer

MEMPHIS is out August 24. Pre-order now from True Panther.

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south carolina

Another undeniable sunny pop gem from Denver husband/wife duo Tennis, taken from the group's new South Carolina 7", which is available for pre-order now on Fire Talk. Limited to 300 copies:

mp3:
Tennis :: South Carolina

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the truest faith

Official video for Korallreven's "The Truest Faith," directed by Sebastian of Sail a Whale. Look for the The Truest Faith, Loved-Up remix EP on Acephale on July 6, featuring contributions from CFCF, Sail A Whale, and more, including this noisy, oddly uplifting extended version by experimental Swiss producer Ghostape:

mp3:
korallreven :: the truest faith (ghostape remix)
korallreven :: the truest faith

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