mp3: The Golden Filter | "Hide Me"

This one's been around in demo form for a while, but here's the glorious final version of the Golden Filter's "Hide Me," taken from the group's upcoming Voluspa LP:

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The Golden Filter :: Hide Me

[via]

Voluspa is out April 26 on Brille.

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at a glance

[photo]

Brooklyn's Body Language recently turned in an essential remix of Toro y Moi's warped disco-pop jam "Timed Pleasure," and now Chaz returns the favor on this blissed-out rework of Body Language's "At a Glance."

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Body Language :: At a Glance (Toro y Moi remix)

previously:

Toro y Moi :: Timed Pleasure (Body Language remix)

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quakes

New non-album track from Flying Lotus, courtesy of Warp. Look for the highly anticipated Los Angeles follow-up Cosmogramma (featuring guest spots from Thom Yorke + more Laura Darlington) to be released on May 4.

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Flying Lotus :: Quakes

[via]

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cibelle :: "lightworks"

Cibelle's post-apocalyptic alter-ego Sonja Khalecallon takes on '50s exotica/electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott's "Lightworks" -- which you may know better as one of Dilla's classic Donuts -- live in a jungle at the "last cabaret on Earth." Look for this on Cibelle's forthcoming Las Venus Resort Palace Hotel, out this Spring on Crammed Discs.



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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 Pantha du Prince, Toro Y Moi, Cloud Nothings, White Hinterland, Grass Widow, 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 :: February 4, 2009

01 toro y moi :: minors
02 les sins :: lina
03 miracles club :: a new love
04 washed out :: feel it all around
05 memory tapes :: bicycle
06 jj :: my way
07 dum dum girls :: jail la la
08 real estate :: beach comber
09 best coast :: when i'm with you
10 pearl harbor :: luv goon
11 the sandwitches :: grey wizard
12 the sandwitches :: kiss your feet
13 mountain man :: animal tracks
14 eternal summers :: fall straight back
15 the mantles :: don't lie
16 hannah & raven (of grass widow) :: beehive
17 bodies of water :: dear boy
18 beach house :: 10 mile stereo
19 joanna newsom :: good intentions paving company
20 joni mitchell :: edith and the kingpin
21 white hinterland :: cataract
22 pantha du prince :: stick to my side
23 the knife :: you take my breath away
24 cloud nothings :: morgan
25 erykah badu :: the healer
26 digable planets :: may 4th movement
27 coyote clean up :: can't shake the full moon
28 j dilla :: last donut of the night

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video premiere: The Strange Boys | "Be Brave"

New video for the title track from the Strange Boys' forthcoming full-length Be Brave, the most impressive effort yet from the TX boys (and girl). Be Brave is out February 23 on In The Red/Rough Trade (UK):



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new joanna newsom | "good intentions paving company"

In which a seven minute jazz-country-meets-The Hissing of Summer Lawns piano jam somehow adds up to one of the best things Newsom's ever done. Listen here or here.

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The Soft Pack play 10 shows in one day

Last weekend, San Diego's the Soft Pack (nee the Muslims) played 10 shows in one day in the Greater Los Angeles area to promote their new LP (which is out today, by the way). Put together by the dudes at FYF, and L.A.'s Videothing went along to document the insanity:



In related news, The Soft Pack will play Bro Fest 2010 here in Dallas on Sunday, March 21, along with Dum Dum Girls, Frankie and the Outs, and more.

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Mexican Summer x Gorilla vs. Bear: SXSW 2010

[click for larger image]

We're teaming up with the great Mexican Summer this year to bring you a day & night, official/unofficial blowout in Austin on Friday, March 19. Starring Washed Out, Memory Tapes, Real Estate, Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, jj, and many more. Details coming soon...

mp3:
Washed Out :: Feel It All Around
jj :: My Way
Best Coast :: When I'm With You

[flyer by david // thanks to peter harris for the image]

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mp3: Taken By Trees | "Anna"

Taken By Trees' "Anna" was one of our favorite songs of last year, and the label is now giving the song away for free to promote Victoria's Texas-free upcoming U.S. tour with El Perro Del Mar. Grab it below, and check out the tour dates here.

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Taken By Trees :: Anna (feat. Noah Lennox)

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Beach House x Daytrotter

Listen to "Zebra" below, and download the full Beach House x Daytrotter session here.


Beach House :: Zebra (Daytrotter session)

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elsewhere:

The final cover art for Joanna Newsom's Have One On Me, via MBV:



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premiere: The Seven Fields of Aphelion | "Grown"

Black Moth Super Rainbow member The Seven Fields of Aphelion is set to release her solo debut, Periphery, later this month on Graveface. The record is a collection of soothing "fragile ambient soundscapes" created using piano and vintage synths, which lend these floating sleep jams a warm, nostalgic glow. Our new go-to dream soundtrack:

mp3:
The Seven Fields of Aphelion :: Grown

The Seven Fields of Aphelion's Periphery is out February 16. Pre-order it here, check out her beautiful/evocative multiple-exposure photography, and grab another track from the record below, courtesy of the label:

mp3:
The Seven Fields of Aphelion :: Mountain Mary

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major lazer covers beyonce

mp3:
major lazer :: halo (beyonce cover)

[via diplo's grammy live tweet]

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january 2010 mix

mp3:
january 2010 mix (56 mb)

[tracklist after the jump]

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01 jj :: my way
02 white hinterland :: icarus
03 miracles club :: a new love
04 high places :: on giving up
05 coyote clean up :: can't shake the full moon
06 bullion :: crazy over you
07 run dmt :: feel flows
08 night control :: CS
09 the sandwitches :: grey wizard
10 sleep over :: your world is night
11 grouper :: vessel
12 donnie and joe emerson :: baby

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photos: Girls + Magic Kids | Live in Dallas

THE MAGIC KIDS:







[photos by David]

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guv luv

Dope new mixtape from Ben Cook aka Young Governor, featuring new and unreleased material from the Bitters, Marvelous Darlings, Young Governor, the Jonas Bros, and more. You can order a physical copy on cassette from Southpaw (limited ed. of 66), or download for free below courtesy of Young Guv's blog. Full tracklist here.

mp3:
Young Governor :: Guv Luv Mixtape Vol. 1 (32 mb)

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new Erykah Badu | "jump up in the air"

erykah badu | dallas, TX

Check the "teaser" video for Erykah Badu's New Amerykah, Part II: Return of the Ankh, featuring the official/final version of awesome web-only bonus joint "Jump Up In The Air (and Stay There)" featuring Weezy.

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premiere: stream Pantha Du Prince | Black Noise

Pantha Du Prince's Black Noise, a gorgeous/sprawling collection of shimmering, consistently affecting otherworldly minimalist techno jams, is finally out next month via Rough Trade. The label has hooked us up with a full album stream in advance of the record's February 9 release date. Take a listen below, and grab the album's first single "The Splendour" for free, courtesy of the label:



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pantha du prince :: the splendour

Black Noise is out February 9. Pre-order the double LP here. And look for the haunting video for "Stick To My Side," coming soon.

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mp3: Vivian Girls | "He's Gone" (Chantels cover)

We mentioned Vivian Girls' cover of the Chantels' classic "He's Gone" a while back, after being treated to a special a capella rendition here in Dallas. Next best thing: the group has decided to give away their charming studio version (which was recorded by their friend King Tuff) for free, so they sent it over for us to post here. The song will also appear on the b-side of the upcoming My Love Will Follow Me single, due out next month on the Girls' own Wild World Records.

mp3:
Vivian Girls :: He's Gone (Chantels cover)

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in a cloud

Thanks to No Conclusion for the heads up on In A Cloud, a new comp from Secret Seven Records that offers a glimpse at the wealth of amazing new talent exploding in San Francisco at the moment. Check out the Sandwitches' understatedly gorgeous contribution below, and hit up NC for another equally swoon-worthy, haunting track from Hannah & Raven of Grass Widow.

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The Sandwitches :: Grey Wizard

In a Cloud: New Sounds from San Francisco is out in March, and is limited to 500 copies. Pre-order here.

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Panda Bear | TOMBOY

It's already been widely speculated (via a t-shirt), but we have confirmed with Panda Bear's publicist that the new full-length is indeed titled TOMBOY, and will be released in September on Paw Tracks (date subject to change).

mp3:
Panda Bear :: untitled | Live in Belgium

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S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G.

"Anglophile jams on a Tascam 388 tape machine..."

"S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G." is the new "video single" from latest Woodsist signees, San Francisco's the Art Museums. The Kinks/Television Personalities comparisons abound, and with good reason: check the super catchy, early '80s Brit-pop jangle of these two jams, and watch the video for "S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G." (which was apparently made in the '80s) after the jump...

mp3:
art museums :: S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G.
art museums :: sculpture gardens

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[Directed by Kerry McLaughlin]

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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 High Places, Harlem, Caribou, the Besnard Lakes, Sleep Over, Coyote Clean Up, Sharon Van Etten, 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 :: January 28, 2009

01 harlem :: someday soon
02 happy birthday :: girls FM
03 night control :: CS
04 girls :: oh boy
05 beach house :: silver soul
06 grizzly bear :: boy from school (hot chip cover)
07 mountain man :: animal tracks
08 the besnard lakes :: chicago train
09 dum dum girls :: jail la la
10 coasting :: hots for teacher
11 strange boys :: be brave
12 jj :: my way
13 oOOooO :: nosummr4u
14 coyote clean up :: can't shake the full moon
15 memoryhouse :: to the lighthouse (millionyoung remix)
16 the golden filter :: hide me (demo)
17 tanlines :: real life (memory tapes remix)
18 miracles club :: a new love
19 sleep over :: your world is night
20 silver pines :: time father
21 WU LYF :: heavy pop
22 philip oskar augustine :: internal combustion
23 run dmt :: feel flows
24 run dmt :: disaster babe
25 gil scott-heron :: me and the devil
26 ghostface, method man, and raekwon :: our dreams
27 high places :: on giving up
28 caribou :: odessa
29 sunset :: late night dawning
30 sharon van etten :: love more
31 joanna newsom :: sadie

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premiere: Love Is All | "Repetition"

One of our favorites from Love Is All's new Two Thousand and Ten Injuries LP, the visceral "Repetition" captures some of the raw, fleeting young heartache and longing that made the group's first album such a classic (the song also acts as a pretty perfect setup for the album's sweetest/best number, "Never Now.") Two Thousand and Ten Injuries is out March 23 on Polyvinyl. Pre-order on limited white vinyl -- edition of 500 -- here.

mp3:
Love Is All :: Repetition

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Magic Kids sign to True Panther

Info here. Catch the band this weekend in TX with Girls + Smith Westerns, and look for a split 7" with Smith Westerns soon on Fat Possum.

mp3:
the magic kids :: hey boy

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listen to The Knife's Tomorrow, In a Year

Listen to The Knife's Tomorrow, In a Year in its entirety here, or stream it below. You can also now purchase the album digitally here.



mp3:
The Knife :: Colouring of Pigeons

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photos: Animal Collective | Park City, Utah

danny perez // geologist // avey tare // deacon













[photos by Bill // click for larger image]

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mp3: memory tapes remixes phoenix

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Memory Tapes reworks one of the best/most ubiquitous songs of last year, and the results are predictably great. Word on the street is that this will appear on an upcoming purple vinyl single with another "1901" remix from Animal Collective. Download it here, via We're Tapes:

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Phoenix :: 1901 (Memory Tapes mix)

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new jj :: "and now"

Listen to the soaring "And Now," taken from jj nº 3, on the new NPR All Songs Considered podcast, alongside new tracks from the Besnard Lakes, Midlake, and more. Thanks to Bryant Heath for the tip.

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video: Broken Bells | "The High Road"

[directed by Sophie Muller]

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eh congo

Our friend Dean from True Panther sent over this jam from Bubu King, the new EP from Sierra Leone's undisputed "King of Bubu," Janka Nabay. Nabay's pulsating modern take on traditional bubu music -- which is rooted in "ancient Muslim Timini funeral procession rhythms" -- is infectious and vibrant, and as Dean points out, sounds a bit at times like "shuffling minimal techno." Nabay, once a big star in his native Sierra Leone, is now a humanitarian living in Philly, and dude has quite the backstory. Taken from his bio:

"(Sierra Leonean) Rebels even appropriated his songs as killing themes -- they used his hits to rev themselves up, and also to lure innocent people out of hiding before murdering them. Janka fought back against the rebels with new songs...declaring that bubu music stands for peace, good governance and the empowerment of women."

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Janka Nabay :: Eh Congo

Bubu King is out March 9 on True Panther. Pre-order the 12" EP here, or get the bundle of all 3 new True Panther releases (including Tanlines + Lemonade) here.

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hots for teacher

Friendship Bracelet comes through with another super tight compilation featuring new/unreleased tracks from the likes of Family Portrait, Jeans Wilder, and more, including this jam from Brooklyn duo Coasting, which has been bouncing around in my head since Madison + Fiona posted it up on their myspace last week:

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coasting :: hots for teacher

Go here to download Friendship Bracelet Club Volume 3 for free.

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mp3: Justice | "Beginning of the End"

New single from Justice, direct from the Ed Banger bros:

mp3:
fake justice :: beginning of the end

Edit: looks like this is apparently not Justice, and according to this, was sent by a hacker from a fabricated Ed Banger email account (promo@edbangerrecords.com), confirming everyone's suspicion that it's "not that hard" to sound like Justice/fake Daft Punk.

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video: Animal Collective | ODDSAC trailer

[via ODDSAC]

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listen: new joanna newsom | "81"

Beautiful song, awful cover art. Listen here, if you can get the Drag City site to load, or stream the song below:

(stream removed at request of label)

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late night dawning

Austin's Sunset recently sent over their latest timeless pop gem, the gorgeous "Late Night Dawning." The sweeping, elegiac duet -- which was written and arranged by Bill Baird, and features vocals from the lovely Crystal Fulbright and the elusive Red Hunter -- is a much-welcomed next step for the band, and will appear on Sunset's as-yet-untitled new LP, due sometime this summer:

mp3:
Sunset :: Late Night Dawning

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mp3: little girls x beach house

Josh McIntyre of Little Girls sent over this cover of "10 Mile Stereo," on which the Toronto band stays surprisingly true to Beach House's already flawless original, while still lacing the song with some of their signature murky "bedroom goth" haze:

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little girls :: 10 mile stereo (beach house cover)

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bullion x FACT

Download this perfect 24-minute mix that London producer Bullion put together for FACT, featuring Fleetwood Mac, Buffy Sainte-Marie, David Crosby, and more (full tracklist here):

mp3:
Bullion :: FACT mix (45 mb)

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mp3:
tanlines :: real life (memory tapes remix)

Taken from Tanlines' Real Life digital single, out now on True Panther.

[via weird tapes]

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9.20.19.13.5.723378

Got another one of these in the mail from the mysterious iamamiwhoami early this morning. Popular guesses at this point include The Knife, Goldfrapp (not likely based on the first single from Head First), the Golden Filter, and Christina Aguilera, but like our friends at WTD, we're leaning toward "none of the above."



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