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In music news, I’m happy to report that the always forward-thinking Trent Reznor did a Reddit AMA yesterday, during which he answered quite a few questions from fans. I don’t know about you, but I’m always excited to hear what the man behind Nine Inch Nails has to say. Most assuredly he’s doing the occasional press bit as part of promotional duties for the new How to destroy angels_ EP, but it’s great to pick his brain about many music-related things. During the AMA session, Reznor admitted he was working on a track with Queens of the Stone Age, which will likely be on the next QOTSA record (along with Dave Grohl, who’s taken over on drums as he did for the band’s seminal Songs for the Deaf). He’s also putting the final touches on a How to destroy angels_ full length debut album while “starting rehearsals for two bands.” The use of the word rehearsals seems to suggest that Reznor will be performing live again in the near future, most likely first with HTDA and then later in 2013 with Nine Inch Nails, because there’s also new NIN material “in the works.” When Reznor quit touring back in 2008 following a series of NIN farewell shows, he basically said he’d keep making NIN music but wouldn’t tour around it because it’s a grueling, complicated and expensive exercise that wasn’t worth the trouble for a man of his age. Apparently he’s had a change of heart. That can only be a good thing, because of the handful of times I saw NIN live, there wasn’t a bad show among them. In other AMA news, the long gestating remastered reissue of NIN’s double album The Fragile is still in the works, as it has been for years now. Apparently the remastering 5.1 mixes are done, but the artwork and other packaging elements aren’t yet. Also the Year Zero TV show that was supposed to be in development with HBO or some other cable channel, is currently on hold while Reznor and Rob Sheridan either write it themselves or find a writer that is more creatively attuned to their vision for the show. It’s going to happen eventually, just don’t put a timetable on it. Finally, after winning an Oscar for his work soundtracking The Social Network, Reznor also said he’d be willing to do more soundtrack work (he also did the soundtrack to 2011’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), but only if director David Fincher were involved with the project. Both film scores he’s done so far have been for Fincher films. So those are the AMA highlights. Read the whole mess of it here. Now, let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison. Don’t miss tracks from Alex Vans, E4RTH, inc., JAN, Midnight Magic, Stumbleiene and Widospeak. In the Soundcloud section, tracks from Holopaw and Lady Lamb the Beekeeper are great for streaming too.

Adele – Skyfall (Landis Remix)

Ahleuchatistas – Wisps

Alex Vans – Wait

Dragonette – Pick Up the Phone (Live)

E4RTH – It’s Where We Live

El Sportivo and The Blooz – Waking World

inc. – 5 Days

JAN – Red Crust Ow

Jowls – Ruins

Lindstrøm – Vos-Sako-Rv (Vocal Edit)

Midnight Magic – Threshold

Rewards – I Used To (Live)

The Spinto Band – Leave Yourself Alone (Live)

Stumbleine – Honeycomb

Transmission Party – New Drug

Widowspeak – Ballad of the Golden Hour

SOUNDCLOUD

Babysitter – Talkin’ Bout the New Generation

The Bronx – Ribcage

Holly Herndon – Dilato

Holopaw – Yearling’s Darlings

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper – Rooftop

Summer Aviation – Love So Fine

The following artists are releasing new albums of EPs this week: Bambi Lee Savage, Bear Colony, Brian Eno, Bush Tetras, Clinic, Crystal Castles, Deftones, El Perro del Mar, Eternal Tapestry, Green Day, Guided By Voices, JAN, Lust For Youth, Midnight Magic, Oneida, Placebo, The Rolling Stones, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, The Babies, Sufjan Stevens (mp3 featured below) and The Weeknd. If you’re a Beatles obsessive like me, the stereo remastered editions of all their albums are also available on vinyl today. Outside of that, there’s a fresh edition of Pick Your Poison to deal with. Good stuff today from Action Jets, Mystery Pills, Ra Ra Riot, Sufjan Stevens, The Sweet Serenades and Tiger High. Great remixes up for download too, like Peaking Lights taking on Clinic, Twin Shadow twisting up Niki & the Dove, and Korallreven tackling Young Dreams. In the Soundcloud section you can stream a new song from alt-J, which is pretty great.

Action Jets – Rock Like Pollard

Apollo Campbell & David Vangel – Gone Fishing Pt. 2

Clinic – Miss You (Peaking Lights Remix)

Criminal Hygiene – Blak Water

JFS – Liberty

Josefina Sanner – Clock Stands Still

Lyrik – Sextape

Mystery Pills – Anti-Pattern

Nels Andrews – Small Victories

Niki & the Dove – DJ, Ease My Mind (Twin Shadow Remix)

Ra Ra Riot – Beta Love

So Cow – I Hardly Know You

Sufjan Stevens – Justice Delivers Its Death

The Sweet Serenades – After All the Violence

Tiger High – Be the Indian

Timegroove 45 – Jumpin

Young Dreams – Fog of War (Korallreven Remix)

Zedd ft. Matthew Koma – Spectrum (The Boomzers Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

alt-J ft. Mountain Man – Buffalo

Caitlin Rose – No One To Call

Technicolor Teeth – Chrystalline

Western Medication – Big City

While I’ve spent many a time trying to help keep my Chicago readers updated on some great shows happening in town featuring bands that they may not have heard about, sometimes I like to get on the topic of tours in general involving bands you’re much more familiar with. Instead of an exclusive Chicago focus, here’s a few tours coming through the U.S. that you should be watching out for in early 2013. First up is the ever-great Morrissey. Moz had to cancel a bunch of his North American tour dates last month and earlier this month because his mother was very sick. The missed dates have now been rescheduled, and a bunch more dates have also been announced as part of a new tour. Have a look at the new dates, and don’t miss him when he comes to your town. The man’s a legend and one of the funniest people in music today. Yes, you read that right. Next up, my very good friends Sigur Ros will be returning to North America for a headlining tour this spring. They’ll be at some pretty huge venues (such as Madison Square Garden), and it only seems fitting to their massive sound. Full tour dates for that are here. If you buy a ticket to one of these shows, you’ll also get a free digital EP from the band featuring 3 unreleased tracks. That’s a nice bonus. Finally, Jeff Mangum will be touring North America this winter to play shows at some of the secondary markets he missed during his first go-around. So Charlotte, Cleveland, Detroit and St. Louis, you’re up. I saw him play a pair of shows in Chicago last spring, and it was jaw-droppingly good. Don’t miss it if he’s coming to your town. Speaking of things to not miss, let’s talk about today’s Pick Your Poison. Gold star tracks today come from The Airplanes, Black Forest Fire, Freeze-Tag, KNOX, Lilac and The March Divide. In the Soundcloud section you can hear Asobi Seksu covering Boris and vice versa, plus an old Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear) demo and a new solo song from Jim James of My Morning Jacket, as a prelude to his first official solo record to be released in 2013.

Affair – Finger Tight

The Airplanes – A Summer Daydream Part I

Andrea Dawn – Peter and the Sheep

Black Forest Fire – August Spring

Eluusif – Justin Bieber is an Android

Freeze-Tag – Twice (Little Dragon cover)

HEERO – Out of Touch

KNOX – Here

Lilac – Go Your Own Way

Lorendz – Rooftops and Carparks

The March Divide – Still Analog

Mayday Radio – Don Quixote

Otonana Trio – UMO

The Slytest – The Ego Song

SOUNDCLOUD

Asobi Seksu – Farewell (Boris cover)

Boris – Neu Years (Asobi Seksu cover)

Boys School – Talking to Myself

Daniel Rossen – Not Coming Back

Everything Everything – Kemosabe

Jim James – Know Til Now

Okay, calm yourself. It’s Friday. The weekend is dead ahead, and with it comes time to relax and have some fun. I’m going to see Bob Dylan tonight in Chicago, and that’s likely to be a great time. I hope everyone has a chance to see Dylan before it’s too late. I’m sure his live shows aren’t what they were in the 60s and 70s, but you’ve got to be pretty understanding and give him a little slack because of his age. However it works out, I’m just glad I’ll be able to hear songs like “Tangled Up in Blue” and “Like A Rolling Stone” straight from the mouth of the man that wrote and recorded them. Okay, now on to today’s Pick Your Poison. Let me recommend tracks from The Ampersands, Chela, Dog Bite, Harriet, Police Teeth, Santah and Silkies. In the Soundcloud section, please enjoy audio streams of tracks from Sun Glitters and Tyvek, along with Jim O’Rourke’s remix of Neneh Cherry & The Thing. Have a great weekend!

The 1975 – Sex (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)

The Ampersands – Golems in Waves

California Wives – Tokyo (Different Sleep Remix)

Chela – Plastic Gun

Dog Bite – Prettiest Pills

Harriet – No Way Out

Husky Rescue – Deep Forest Green

Inspired & the Sleep – Spar Helm

My Radio – Bricks and Mortar

Plastic Flowers – In You I’m Lost

Police Teeth – Bellingham Media Blackout

Santah – I Love the Way You Seal a Deal

Silkies – Like One

Turn Off Your Television – Blanket of Shame

SOUNDCLOUD

The Bergamot – Linen

Neneh Cherry & The Thing – Accordion (Jim O`Rourke remix)

The Paper Jets – It’s Only Talk

Scott & Charlene’s Wedding – Rejected

Sun Glitters – Mouth

Tyvek – Wayne County Roads

It’s still the beginning of November, but let me tell you that the Christmas season has apparently already begun. Forget Thanksgiving, which is supposed to be a holiday, because I’m seeing Christmas ads on TV and in newspapers. There was a Salvation Army bell ringer in a Santa hat outside my local grocery store this afternoon too. At least it didn’t start before Halloween, but I’m still bothered by this trend. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, may still be the “official” start to the season and when all the deal really begin, but too many want to take advantage of spending habits and line their own wallets as early as possible. Maybe if nobody starts buying gifts until after Thanksgiving, retailers will realize the futility of starting even earlier than normal. Sigh. I love Christmas, but don’t feel like celebrating the season for 2 months straight. The true gift that keeps on giving throughout the year though is new music. Pick Your Poison has plenty of that for you each and every weekday (except for the designated holidays…heh heh). There’s some good stuff today from DLRN, The Douglas Firs, Humans, Kirby Kaise and The Longwalls. Please also dive into some streaming tracks in the Soundcloud section from Lusine, The Octopus Project and Mika.

Billy Wallace and The Virginia Blues – Tucumcari, NM

Dirt – {Ø} (Empty Sets)
Dirt – Dagger(s)

DLRN – Good Company

The Douglas Firs – Backroads

Forever Kid – Beat Inside My Mind (ft. Nicole Wolf)

Humans – Horizon

Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean – Clique (Enferno Remix)

Kirby Kaiser – A Little Longer

The Longwalls – Big MT

L’Orange – Alone (ft. Blue)

The Miracles Club – U&ME (Nile Delta Remix)

Pere Ubu – Free White

Richard Reagh – Whatcha Gonna

Unlike Pluto – Write On Bathroom Walls

SOUNDCLOUD

Aspiga – Users

Lusine – Another Tomorrow

The Octopus Project – Whitby

Mika – Origin Of Love

Urban Cone – Kings & Queens

Vondelpark – Dracula

Now that the presidential election has passed us by, and we’re in for another four years of President Obama, it’s time to focus on the many other false promises that have been made to us by musicians in recent memory. Chief among the broken promises for me has been My Bloody Valentine and their promise of a new album. Kevin Shields promised back in 2008 that the band was in the studio working on finishing up recording from a bunch of tracks left unfinished in the early 90s. The thinking was that even if the band took their sweet time, things would be ready for release in 2009 or 2010 at the latest. Well, it’s 2012 and the thought of new My Bloody Valentine material seems so far gone it’s easy to assume it’s never going to happen. But then today Shields sits down for a chat with NME during which he reveals that the plans are to have the new MBV album out online by the end of this year. For those of us counting, that deadline looms less than 60 days away. It’s one thing to say 2013, but entirely another to give such a tiny window. It makes the promise seem that much more believable. Still, I’ll believe it when it actually happens. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed. In the meantime, keep listening to new music and discovering new bands. That’s kind of what Pick Your Poison is all about. Please enjoy tracks today from ALexander Spit, Call Answer, Doldrums, Jacob Morris, The Parlour Suite and Todd Tobias. In the Soundcloud section there’s new stuff from Eels, The Internet and Sally Shapiro that are worth streaming.

Alexander Spit – Getaway Car (ft. Alchemist)

Blasé – Mouths

Borgeous & Taylor Bird – Serenity

Call Answer – Parks

Cruiser – Don’t Go Alone (Noah Hyde Remix)

Desert Crown – Black Water Black Sky

Doldrums – Egypt

A Girl I Know – Bang Bang Bang (Dirty Dave Remix)

Jacob Morris – Wet Cigarette

Jonti – Saturday Night

The Parlour Suite – We Belong Together

Todd Tobias – Crystal Palace People

The Traps – Moving Pictures (The Voluntary Butler Scheme Remix)

Wildlife Control – Analog or Digital (Bomb Coltrane Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

EELS – Peach Blossom

Hello Ocho – Stickin To The Sheets

The Internet – Give It Time

Love and Radiation – Ganymede

Sally Shapiro – What Can I Do

Wake Owl – Gold

There are some brand new records out this week, in spite of it being November and nearly the end of 2012. If you’re looking for new music, the following artists have new material out: Aerosmith, Califone, Crushed Out, Emeralds, Isis, Joshua James, Lindstrom, Mad Music, Pretty & Nice, Prince Rama, Teen Daze and The Walkmen. If you’re looking for some new material that’s song-sized, Pick Your Poison can cover you there. Highlights today include tracks from Desert Noises, Frida Selander, Grape Soda, The Little Ones and Teepee. In the Soundcloud section, stream good stuff from CSS, Lust for Youth, Majical Cloudz and Sufjan Stevens.

Christina Marie Magenta – Loyalty (Alex Maynard Remix)

Danny Brown – Grown Up (Distinction Remix)

Desert Noises – I Won’t See You

The Eastern Sea – This Is Christmas

French Horn Rebellion vs. Database – Poster Girl (Peter Wade Remix)

Frida Selander – Mountains Define You

Grape Soda – Not Mine

Harlan – American

Jesus On the Mainline – Lithium

The Little Ones – Argonauts

Rad Obagam – No Tomorrow

Teepee – I’ve Heard It All Before

Trevor Jones – At Home

The xx – Sunset (Libations & Oscillations Bootleg)

Zakee – All My Blessings

SOUNDCLOUD

CSS – I’ve Seen You Drunk Gurl

Flight Facilities – Clair De Lune (ft. Christine Hoberg)

Lust For Youth – It’s You

Majical Cloudz – Turns Turns Turns

Sufjan Stevens – Star Spanged Banner

Them Swoops – Work Around It

And now, a brief word on a topic I don’t much like to discuss on this site: politics. Discussions of a political nature tend to lead to a lot of fighting between persons of different views, even if they support the same political party or candidate. I’m not going to dive into my own personal political preferences, but I do feel it necessary to ensure that all eligible American citizens go to their local polling place to vote tomorrow. We live in a democracy that allows people to choose their leaders, and by that same token get rid of the ones that don’t do their job correctly or to our own liking. Don’t waste the opportunity to cast your vote in what coule be one of the most important elections of our time. I don’t care who you vote for, just so long as you do it. If you think that one person can’t make a difference and that voting is a pointless exercise, I couldn’t disagree with you more. Of course if you’re not registered to vote by now, I guess I can’t help you. For everyone else, if you need to find your local polling place, there’s a simple website where you can find your area voting location. I don’t know about all of you, but I’m looking forward to avoiding my TV and social media tomorrow, due to the sheer excess of partisan rhetoric that goes on. But while I dislike the progress and the talk, I more than advocate for exercising your own right to vote. So please kick your laziness to the curb and participate. Okay, that’s all I’ll say. Let’s talk Pick Your Poison for this Monday. Recommended tracks today come from Bromheads, Circle, Lenny Smith, Neil Nathan Inc. and PANOS. There’s a pretty lengthy (30+ minutes) single stream of music from Chromatics that they’re calling “Running From the Sun,” a mixtape of sorts collecting all the outtakes from their latest album Kill For Love. If you liked that album, be sure to check out that download below. In the Soundcloud section please stream some good songs from Earl Sweatshirt, Goldspot, Majestico and Toro y Moi’s remix of…Toro y Moi.

Amtrac – Those Days (Original Mix)

Black City Lights – Rivers (We Are Temporary Remix)

Bromheads – Holding the Gun

&c. – Faster

Chromatics – Running From the Sun (Kill For Love Outtakes Mix)

Circle – All the People

I’m Not A Band – Time on Fire (Steam Machine Remix)

Kill the Noise & Feed Me – Thumbs Up (for Rock N’ Roll)

Kraak & Smaak – Can You Jack

La Chansons – Treasure Trove (Mister Sweatband Mix)

Lenny Smith – How Blessed Is The Man

Neil Nathan Inc. – Evey

PANOS – Marred

She & The Sun – Bad Lover

SOUNDCLOUD

Earl Sweatshirt – Chum

Ghost Carriage Phantoms – Videotape

Goldspot – If The Hudson Overflows

Majestico – Bright White Lady

Toro y Moi – So Many Details (Toro y Moi Remix ft. Hodgy Beats)

West End Motel – Only Time Can Tell

Have you ever been presented with the challenge of attending 2 weddings in 1 day? I’ve been told there’s a certain time in your life when it seems like all your friends are getting married at once, but 2 on the same day feels just a little bit excessive. The somewhat ironic twist is that none of my other friends have gotten married or even engaged in 2012. So the only two friends I have getting married are doing so on the same day. When it momentarily rains, it momentarily pours. At this point you may be wondering – how will I manage 2 weddings in a day? There will be a bit of bouncing back and forth between them, that’s for sure, and they’re taking place about an hour away from one another. On a side note, while I love fall weddings, I think November is a little late in the year to be getting married, especially if you live in the Chicagoland area. The high on Saturday is 48 degrees, which isn’t what I’d call pleasant. Still, no matter what the temperature outside, there’s plenty of hot wedded bliss action going on inside. So that’s going to be my weekend. I hope you’ve got something fun planned. If not, take solace in some Pick Your Poison songs. Don’t miss tracks from Crushed Out, Evil Eyes, Factory Floor’s remix of How to destroy angels_, The Luyas and Split Screens. Have a great weekend!

Crushed Out – Push Down and Twist

Evil Eyes – Keep Your Mind On Me

Gallons to Ounces – It’s Not You

GEMS – Void Moon

Grayshot – Future Light

How to destroy angels_ – Keep it together (Factory Floor Remix)

Kids Without Instruments – Stardust

The Luyas – Your Name’s Mostly Water

MVTH – Magnum

Saskatchewan – Divine Kind
Saskatchewan – Venom

Sondra Sun-Odeon – Golden Bird

Split Screens – Born

Teen Mom – I Wanna Go Out

Timegroove 45 – Dazing

SOUNDCLOUD

The Cyclist – Visions

e-dubble – Cycle of Nightmares (Let It Go)

Madrid – Bride Dress in a Frame

Peh Per Ghost – Not Sure of Anything

Polly Scattergood – Disco Damaged Kid

Stubborn Heart – Two Times A Maybe

Today was the big day they announced the winner of this year’s Barclaycard Mercury Prize, which goes to the best British album of the past year. This year’s set of nominees was an eclectic bunch, and included such relative unknowns as Sam Lee, Lianne La Havas, Plan B, Ben Howard and Roller Trio. The more easily recognizable names included Richard Hawley, Michael Kiwanuka, Field Music, The Maccabees, Django Django and Jessie Ware. Of all the artists I just listed, the only one I feel was robbed in this case was Jessie Ware. Her record Devotion is one of 2012’s finest. That’s certainly more than can be said about the winners of this year’s Mercury Prize, Alt-J. To be clear, I don’t dislike Alt-J’s record An Awesome Wave. In fact, I think it’s very well put together. My issue is that the record feels like it panders to the lowest common denominator. The band took a bunch of sounds and styles that were popular in 2010 and 2011, and crafted songs based around them. They do a decent job with whatever genre or style they’re trying to imitate at the time, and it often doesn’t allow for any real cohesion between songs. It’s like they took a whole mess of stuff and threw it against the wall to see what would stick. Does Alt-J sound like your favorite band? They should, on at least one song on the record should. Call it a crowd pleaser, but not really a critic pleaser. I’m stuck somewhere in the middle of all that. But congratulations to Alt-J for winning the Mercury Prize. It may seem like validation of a job well done, but there’s plenty more left to do, boys. Speaking of crowd pleasers and incoherent connections between songs, Pick Your Poison has some of those things today. Highlights include tracks from Buffalo Killers, Dumbo Gets Mad, Esben and the Witch, Marissa Nadler (covering Duran Duran), Qurious, School of Seven Bells and Team Genius.

Bass Science – Crazy World (ft. Mikey Murka)

Big Wave Riders – Sunny Season (Aves Remix)

Buffalo Killers – Baptized

Chrome Canyon – Memories of a Scientist (Matthewdavid Remix)

Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin (RAC Mix)

Dumbo Gets Mad – Radical Leap

Esben and the Witch – Death Waltz

Icky Blossoms – Sex to the Devil (Gosteffects Remix)

Marissa Nadler – Ordinary World (Duran Duran cover)

The Pharmacy – Make Me Remember

Qurious – Gold

School of Seven Bells – Secret Days

Team Genius – Roaring

Touché – Snow White (Daedelus’ Pig Hearted Remix)

Von Haze – Mother Mountain

SOUNDCLOUD

The Cast of Cheers – Trucks At Night

Cold Pumas – Sherry Island

The Deuces Wild – What is Wild (ft. Foil)

Feeding People – Island Universe (Free the Robots feat. Phil Nisco Remix)

Lucius – Genevieve

The Townhouses – Diaspora (ft. Guerre)

Boo! Yes, friends, we’ve finally reached that fateful holiday known as Halloween. I hope you’ve got a really cool costume that you were able to wear this year to whatever festivities you might have attended. If you think your costume was particularly awesome, by all means post a link to a photo of yourself in costume in the comments section. Outside of the drinking and the costume parties, you know what my favorite thing about Halloween is? The day after Halloween. Now October is my favorite month of the year, and Halloween among my Top 3 Holidays, but November 1st is spectacular if you love candy. I can’t trick or treat anymore, so stopping by my local grocery store and finding all the candy at 50% off sends me into a sugar rushed frenzy. I have a VERY large candy bowl at my apartment, which I keep around to snack on whenever the mood strikes me, and most of my post-Halloween buying binge stocks me up for close to 6 months (sometimes longer). So yes, tomorrow will be a big day. But let’s not forget about today, with some really cool costumes, haunted houses and horror films (which I love). By the way, the best Halloween costume I saw this year? Somebody was dressed as Kurt CoBANE (a cross between Kurt Cobain and Batman villain Bane). Well played, sir. Well played. Because it is Halloween, allow me to pass along the treat of some fresh mp3s and audio streams as part of Pick Your Poison. We do this every weekday, but for once let’s pretend it’s a nice extra gift. Please don’t miss downloads from Admirers, Fantasmes, Humans, Marissa Nadler (covering Daniel Johnston), Pictorials and Sambassadeur. In the Soundcloud section, there’s some great streams from Charli XCX, Crystal Castles and Twerps.

Admirers – Strange Children

Benzi & Willy Joy – This Is Paradise (ft. Marshall Masters)

DaVinci – Cheeba (ft. Ammbush, Main Attrakionz & The Jacka)

Fantasmes – Monster’s Mother

Fritz – Tundra Rye

Humans – Possession

Lovepark – How Do I See (King Dinosaur Remix)

Marissa Nadler – Devil Town (Daniel Johnston cover)

Mikki Ekko – Pull Me Down

Pictorials – Sense of Vanity

Sambassadeur – Memories

Vex Ruffin – Same Thing Tomorrow

Vitalic – Stamina (Le Castle Vania Remix)

The Wild Knights – Love Struck

SOUNDCLOUD

Cara Mitchell – Little Birdies

Charli XCX – Cloud Aura (ft. Brooke Candy)

Crystal Castles – Affection

Lady Lazarus – Lapsarian

Twerps – Work It Out

We Do Not Negotiate With Terrorists – Big If

Let’s get right to this. Artists with new albums and EPs out this week include The Ampersands (mp3 below), Andrew Bird, Calvin Harris, Cee-Lo Green, Chad Valley, Cody ChesnuTT, Dada Life, Ending People, John Zorn, Matthew Friedberger, Menahan Street Band, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Soft Moon and Tracey Thorn. There are also several “holiday” themed records out this week that feature various artists, proving I suppose it’s never too early to start the Christmas season. As for today’s edition of Pick Your Poison, the songs are rolling in a little slower this week because a lot of bands and labels are sans power and internet in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Today worked out okay, but be warned that tomorrow through the end of the week might be a little lighter on the music than usual. In the meantime, please enjoy these tracks from The Ampersands, Frank Rabeyrolles, Kendrick Lamar, Plumerai, RTB2, and Tyler Daniel Bean. In the Soundcloud section, don’t miss streaming songs from The 1975 and Goldroom’s remix of Atlas Genius.

101 Crustaceans – Train Bolt Roller

Alex Gopher ft. Saint Michel – Hello Inc. (DJ Falcon Remix)

The Ampersands – Try This

Frank Rabeyrolles – Fog

GANGI – Hindering the Sight of Threatening Events (Rainbow Arabia remix)

Kendrick Lamar – The Jig Is Up (Dump’n)

Midway in Wake – Urban Vermin

Plumerai – 13

Remora – I Came to Party

RTB2 – 32

Shout Timber – East India Trading Company

Tyler Daniel Bean – Heather Lane

xSDTRK – powDer

Youngblood Hawke – We Come Running (Milkman Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

The 1975 – You

Atlas Genius – Back Seat (Goldroom Remix)

Azar Swan – Amrika

Marika Hackman – Burgundy (Warpaint cover)

Saint Rich – Sorry/Sadly

Throwing Snow – Aspera