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So we’re officially one week into January 2014, and due to unfortunate delays, my Top 50 Albums of 2013 countdown has spilled over into the new year. Honestly I was hoping to have it done a long time ago, but life got in the way. So sorry about that. Anyways, on Monday the final 10 albums were revealed, and that’s something I want to strongly encourage you to check out. I’m really proud of the full list this year, even if the last couple albums on it are pretty predictable. It’s sort of good to know there’s at least a consensus though, right? Or is it one of those situations where you’re so tired of seeing the same things it’d be nice to be surprised for once? I understand both perspectives. Hopefully there are a few wild cards elsewhere in the Top 10 and the Top 50 in general that might inspire you to strap on some headphones and try something new. If that doesn’t work, there’s always Pick Your Poison to introduce you to new music. In today’s set, enjoy cuts from Acid Invaders, Keath Mead, MC Tree, Nina Yasmineh, Party Supplies, Rain Dog and Tim Woulfe. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new tracks from +/-, The Casket Girls, ceo, The Men and Trust, among others.

Acid Invaders – Connections 49

Adventure Galley – In Your Dreams (Magic Sword & Noah Hyde Remix)

Coldplay – Clocks (Unlike Pluto Remix)

Keath Mead – Grow Up

Kinetics – The Island

MC Tree – Like Whoa

MyBaby – Matoto

Nina Yasmineh – Name

Party Supplies – Security

Rain Dog – Regolith

Sphynx – What Is Love (Haddaway cover)

Stats – 2 Minds (Emperor Yes Remix)

Strehlow – Easy (Original Mix)

Tim Woulfe – Joyce

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Welcome to the first official Pick Your Poison entry of 2014! Okay, so a couple days ago I did do a Pick Your Poison post, and it technically was January when I put it up, but to be fair all the songs found within it were leftovers from 2013. I needed to clear out the old to bring in the new, even if that “old” means just a few days. Also, you may notice there was no Monday edition of Pick Your Poison. Sadly, this year is getting off to a slow start and I didn’t have enough music to fill a Pick Your Poison post! So bear with me a little bit as we get rolling into the new year. There’s not a whole lot I want to say as an intro here, so let me just get right into it and recommend tracks from Close, Soft, Common, Confluence, Flagland, Passenger Peru, Sam Page and The Tontons in the set below. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, you can stream songs from Broken Bells, Chromeo (ft. Toro y Moi), Hospitality, Jupe Jupe and You Blew It!, among others.

Champs – Only a Bullet Knows Where to Run

Close, Soft – MyBaby

Common – War

Confluence – Awaiting

Flagland – Comfortable Life

Franchot Tone – Everything’s Fine

Leif Vollebekk – Southern United States

Misun – Nothing Else

Passenger Peru – Heavy Drugs

The Pluto Moons – Do It For Me

Sam Page – Release Me

Slippertails – Walk

The Tontons – Magic Hour

Turchi – Mind’s Eye

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Happy 2014! So the site is still on “break” for the holidays, and I’m continuing to crank out the final posts of Listmas 2013 (now bleeding into 2014). Thanks for your patience with the Listmas stuff, by the way. It’s been a stressful month, and there’s been much more going on than I anticipated. Anyways, if you’d like to catch up on all of the Listmas posts from this year, including the lists of Top 50 Songs of 2013 and Top 50 Albums of 2013, it’s as simple as clicking this link. That will give you all the Listmas you can handle. The daily edition of Pick Your Poison is still on break too, at least for this week. Every Friday though I have been posting songs for you to download and stream, because believe it or not the music doesn’t stop coming just because of things like Christmas and New Year’s. So enjoy today’s extended version of Pick Your Poison to wrap up the week, and we should be getting back into the daily Pick Your Poison editions starting this upcoming Monday! Highlights this week come from Bypassers, David Bronson, Germany Germany, The Neighbourhood, Purples, Savaging Spires and Supervisor. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Britt Daniel (of Spoon/Divine Fits), FIckle Friends, Morgan Delt, SBTRKT and William Steffey, among others.

Avicii – Wake Me Up (SPRKZRZ Remix)

Bypassers – Cold Feet

David Bronson – The Lost

FRNKROK – WJW2R (Original Mix)

Germany Germany – On Your Own
Germany Germany – Run (ft. Brothertiger)

Gorgeous Bully – Sinking Feeling

Haunted Disco – Backseat Driver

High Rule – ET

Lana Del Rey – Summertime Sadness (Wolf Catcher Remix)

Lyriciss – The Reflection (Shot You Down Freestyle)

The Neighbourhood – Unfair

Nsolo – Breathe

Purples – Nancy

Savaging Spires – We Could Be Dead (Together)

Slippertails – Hip New Jerk
Slippertails – I Will Peel You Open

Steve Benjamins – Strangeness

Supervisor – City Lights

Tim Larson – 6

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Hey friends! Pick Your Poison is on a bit of a break for the holidays, but fear not, for this week and next I’ll still have one post a week for you to stream and download fresh new music. This week there are a few leftover Christmas songs, so if you’re still in the mood for some, enjoy those. I’d also like to encourage you to check out what’s happening with Listmas, since the Top 50 Songs of 2013 countdown is complete and the Top 50 Albums of 2013 countdown is ongoing. It’s great stuff as we wrap up the year and get ready for 2014! Highlights in this extended set of downloads this week come from Black Bear/Brown Bear, Chevy Heston, colourwaves, East Edwards, Labstract, Nero, My Panda, Painted Palms, Sadie Dupuis (of Speedy Ortiz), Sampha and Savage Sister. Not much in the Soundcloud section, but How to Dress Well’s cover of Smog’s “Teenage Spaceship” is more than worth your time. Hope your holidays went well, and we’ll catch up some more shortly after New Year’s!

Aashton – All U Need

Black Bear/Brown Bear – I Don’t Know

Camille Mai Trio – Pathological Doubt

Chevy Heston – You Don’t Look Right

colourwaves – You Sold Your Life for Pixels

East Edwards – Dawn

Flight Mode – Somebodies (ft. Greta Stanley)

HJMS – Solace

Labstract – The Backyard

Lane 8 – How I Feel

The Neighbourhood – Afraid (Twice As Nice Remix)

Nero, My Panda – (I Just Wanna) Sleep in My Own Bed

Painted Palms – Here It Comes

Paul Valentin ft. Veronique – Aurore (Beatless Version)

Sadie Dupuis – X Actually (Demo)

Sampha – Too Much (Loston Rework)

Satellite Stories – White Christmas

Savage Sister – Champagne Panthers

Semedo – I’ll Be There

Snir Yamin – Winter Song (Sarah Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson cover)

Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! – Golden Age

Victory – Merry Christmas, Baby (Beach Boys cover)
Victory – Just Want You Here at Christmas Time

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Hannah & Maggie – Morning Star

How to Dress Well – Teenage Spaceship (Smog cover)

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another weekly dip into the pool of music news, interviews and videos that I like to call This Week In Music! Yes, in addition to the normal Pick Your Poison mp3s and Soundcloud streams, I like to toss out links to a bunch of other music-related content that I’ve found interesting or worthwhile over the course of the week. I encourage you to check some, if not all of these things out, particularly if you’re looking to waste some time. There’s plenty to see, read and hear:

YouTube Audio Stream: The Dead Weather – Open Up (That’s Enough)

Music Video: Phantogram – Black Out Days

Watch Haim perform “The Wire” on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Music Video: ceo – WHOREHOUSE

Daft Punk and Kendrick Lamar will be performing (separately) at the Grammys

Free Download: Clams Casino’s “Instrumentals Vol. 3” mixtape

Music Video: Mas Ysa – Why

Watch a holiday episode of Zach Galifinakis’ “Between Two Ferns” with special guests Arcade Fire

Watch a commercial for Megadeth’s “holiday album” featuring a guest appearance from Jenny Lewis

Music Video: Yuck – Lose My Breath

Once you’re done with that set of distractions, let me offer up another set via some song downloads and streams. Don’t miss tracks from Beecher’s Fault, Let the Machines Do the Work, The Neighbourhood, Royale, Stone Jack Jones and Wild Ones (covering Drake). In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream cuts from Against Me!, Caveman, Mountain Man (covering John Denver), Rick Ross (ft. Jay Z) and Sisyphus (Sufjan Stevens, Son Lux & Serengeti). Have a great Christmas! The next edition of Pick Your Poison will be posted on Friday, December 27th.

Beat Culture – Drifter (Ricky Eat Acid Remix)

Beecher’s Fault – Matchstick Kings

The Blood Arm – A Dog Named Jackie (Sweet Christmas)

Ducky – Two Over Ten (Natasha Kmeto Remix)

Keith TOTP – I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Let the Machines Do the Work – Give It Up (VIP Mix)

The Lunchtime Sardine Club – Santa Lives in Texas

The Neighbourhood – Silver

Pincers – Noam Chomsky is the Real Santa

Royale – Robots With Guns

Ruth Koleva – What Am I Suppose To

Sir Doggy – Blazers and Vans

Stone Jack Jones – State I’m In

Thief – Broken Boy (DC’s Manic Computer Remix)

Wild Ones – Hold On, We’re Going Home (Drake cover)

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Confession time: I’m running behind on Listmas. If you’re an avid reader of the site you’ve probably noticed already, but for those that haven’t, let’s just say things aren’t going according to plan. At this point in time I was hoping to be mid-way through my Top 50 Albums of 2013 countdown, with an eye on finishing it up on Friday. Currently however, I’m just getting started with that list. With any luck, I’ll finish it off and have the full thing up on the site before Christmas. No promises though. There are multiple reasons for the delays, including technical problems, general holiday insanity, and just a touch of writer’s block. The goal is to make everything perfect for you, and that includes the most user-friendly presentation method possible, which I’m working out now. Basically hang tight, and thanks for your patience in this holiday/year-end Listmas season. I love you all. Now let’s tackle the final Wednesday edition of Pick Your Poison for 2013. Today’s highlights include tracks from Cooper, Germany Germany, Life, Longfellow, Mode Moderne, Through the Sparks and Waterstrider. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Black Lips, CYMBALS, London Grammar, Tears For Fears and Tony Molina.

Amp Live – Brass Knuckles (ft. Dom of Big Gigantic)

Cooper – Flood

Fulgeance – Square (Oknai Remix)

Germany Germany – All of Your Love (ft. Kotomi)

KASHKA – Prophet

Leon Else – Protocol (WoodysProduce Remix)

Life – Crawling

Longfellow – Christmas Love Song

Lots of Love – Lover Man for Christmas

Mode Moderne – Baby Bunny

Pearls Negras – Biggie Apple

Saint + G-Buck – Jelly

Through the Sparks – Rome

Waterstrider – Twice (Little Dragon cover)

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We’ve hit another Tuesday, where I’m once again pleased to bring you a quick rundown of artists with brand new music coming out this week. The hope is to either inform you about what’s out there, but also to maybe even remind you if one of your favorite artists is putting out something new and you simply forgot about it. Since we’re in December and the holidays are dead ahead, new releases pretty much fall by the wayside, though as you’ll see there are a few non-Beyonce albums that are coming out. So without further ado, here’s your list for this week: Burial, Hieroglyphics, The Lonely Forest, Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside and Tiger Waves. If you’re interested in any of these artists or albums, make some purchases via your favorite digital or physical retailer! Now let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison, where you can discover even more hot new music. Some key tracks you’ll want to give attention to today come from Algernon Doll, J Quilles, Message to Bears, Dave Sitek remixing Run the Jewels, Shark? and Sidewalk Chalk. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Angel Haze, AraabMuzik, Bombay Bicycle Club, Pop. 1280 and Yellow Ostrich.

Algernon Doll – Lights and Buzz

Aziza and the Cure – Release Me

Bobby Nourmand – Deep

Carlotek & Raisingtheroof – Donna

Holy Ghost! – Okay (a/just/ted Remix)

J Quilles – Orgullo

Message to Bears – I Know You Love to Fall

Rue Royale – Deck the Halls

Run the Jewels – Sea Legs (Dave Sitek Remix)

Shark? – Fingers

Sidewalk Chalk – There She Goes

TriBeCaStan – God Rest Ye 3 Kings

Yellerkin – Solar Laws (Teen Daze Remix)

Yuzima – White Christmas

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This is the last full week for Faronheit operations in the year 2013! Yes, after this Friday, the site will be on a holiday break for somewhere around two weeks, though we won’t be completely devoid of new content. Beyond the Top 50 Songs and Top 50 Albums lists, which have been counting down since last week, there will be at least one more “odds and sods” Listmas post between Christmas and New Year’s. Pick Your Poison will be going on a break too, away from the daily downloads and condensed into a singular weekly download post. So that will be nice, at least from my perspective, to get away from site business for a little and just be able to put my feet up and spend some time on other pursuits. Don’t worry, the site will be back and fully operational in 2014, with what I hope will be some exciting new content and features to inspire you. Meanwhile, just enjoy this final week of normalcy amid the holiday madness. Key tracks in today’s Pick Your Poison come from The Basement Tapes, Black Twig, The Echo Friendly (covering Jay Reatard), THe Hotelier, Hundreds, LIZ, New Lands, and Sidney York. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from The Flaming Lips, Hibou, The Hidden Cameras, Shocking Pinks and Stay Positive.

The Basement Tapes – Hard to Show

Black Twig – Pastel Blue

The Echo Friendly – Nightmares (Jay Reatard cover)

Gramatik – Obviously (ft. Cherub and Exmag)

The Hotelier – The Scope of All This Rebuilding

Hundreds – Beehive (Prelude)

LIZ – All Them Boys

MusicByJam – Andromeda 2297

New Lands – Last Christmas

Sidney York – Hearts

Tony Tokyo – Kage

Ventury – Friday the 13th

Victory – Soothing Me So (Enso Remix)

Wired to Follow – As the Earth Spins

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