If you’re like me and are still in a food coma from the long Thanksgiving weekend, perhaps these Pick Your Poison tracks will help pull you out of that funk. Notable downloads in this set come from the likes of Document, Dream System 8, Margaret Chavez, and Someday River. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Cristoph, DYGL, Makeness, Monolink, Nightwave, Okkervil River, Onyx Collective, Palm, Thyla, Vesce, What So Not (ft. Daniel Johns), and Young & Sick (covering Fleetwood Mac).
Dream System 8 – Shine A Little Light
J Hacha de Zola – Lightning Rod Salesman
Margaret Chavez – Call for Cull
NAVASA – Ripped Shirt (Slight Return)
Someday River – Over the Weather
Talking Heads – Burning Down The House (Rhythm Scholar & Apollo Zero Remix)
On an exceptionally chilly Monday night on the Near West Side of Chicago, a few hundred people gathered at House of Vans for a remarkably intimate set from The National. The band had flown into town from Europe for a special performance at the Obama Foundation Summit, but arrived a couple days early to give fans an extra special treat. Tickets to the show were being given out for free through an online lottery, and considering the 500 person capacity of the venue, it’s safe to assume that a lot more people entered than actually won. Those with luck on their side were treated to an engrossing and often aggressive performance that skewed towards the dark and political.