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Pick Your Poison: Monday 1-26-15

Hope your weekend was great! Highlights of today’s Pick Your Poison include tracks from The American Spirit, Aphex Twin, Ki: Theory, La Bete Blooms, Radio Birds and WOOF. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Body Language, Hurry, Kate Tempest, King Woman, Marriages, Sarah Bethe Nelson and Vetiver. A.G. Cook also does a killer remix of the new Charli XCX (ft. Rita Ora) single, and Shigeto remixes a track from Hundred Waters.

The American Spirit – Wait For the Night

Aphex Twin – Diskat ALL Prepared1mixed [snr2mix]

Doe – Julia Survived

Gosh Pith – Window

Ki:Theory – The Way It Was

La Bete Blooms – Stay Away

Natasha Kmeto – The Only Time (Nine Inch Nails cover)

Radio Birds – Hold On Me

Sigrid Zeiner – Overload

Sommeil – Touch

VUURWERK – Wakening (ft. Climb X)

WOOF. – Hear Me Breathing

Pick Your Poison: Thursday 1-22-15

Some delightful downloads in this set of music come from Dan Deacon, Grand Lake Islands, Joey Bada$$, Taylor Locke, Tep No and Valise. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Ava Luna, The Babies, Daniel Rossen, Elliot Moss, Marching Church, The Mountain Goats, Quarterbacks, Ron Flieger and The Sonics.

Annalibera – Black Cat White Cat

Dan Deacon – Feel the Lightning

The Fraidies – Never Love Again (It’s Doubtful)

Grand Lake Islands – Monterey

Hidden in the Sun – San Francisco Blues

Joey Bada$$ – Born Day (AquariUS)

Little Daylight – Be Long (Twice As Nice Remix)

Mackenzie Shivers – Orphan Song

Taylor Locke – Time Stands Still

Tep No – The Last Ones Standing

Valise – Dialogue

Woolymammoth – Ridoline

The Class of 2015: 10 Artists to Watch

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It seems like I say this every year, but there’s absolutely no way that the Class of 2015 will be able to top the Class of 2014 in terms of overall success. If you’re looking at statistics and equations, it’s pretty much a mathematical impossibility. And you know what? That’s perfectly okay. In fact, I’ve gone out of my way to select artists for this year’s class who will probably not catapult to the top of the charts and get nominated for copious amounts of Grammys. It’s never been a popularity contest, even if some of the artists have become massively popular anyways. The goal of the “Class of…” project is to shine a light onto bands and musicians who are deserving and likely to receive strong raises in their profiles over the course of any given calendar year. The expectation is that they have the talent and promise to do great things, of course whether or not they actually accomplish them is another matter entirely, as a few have turned out to be duds or late bloomers. Either way, all of the 10 artists named are kept under careful watch by yours truly, and you’ll be able to find out about their latest and greatest happenings for the next 12 months right here on the site with periodic updates as to their progress.

I’m tremendously excited to reveal the Class of 2015 below. While the goal is to offer up a diverse array of talents across many different genres, I couldn’t help but notice a small theme with a majority of this year’s class. Should projections prove true, 2015 will be a big year for 70’s style folk singer-songwriters. If David Bowie’s glam rock era helped define 2014’s main sound, the intimate and personal songs of Nick Drake and Harry Nilsson may be where we’re headed next. I mean, if Sufjan Stevens can pop his head up from wherever he’s been hiding to announce a new album that’s a “return to his folk roots,” then like the groundhog it must be a signal of things to come. Rest assured though that everything below is not exclusively for bedroom headphone listening. So without further ado, let’s jump right in and meet the Class of 2015!

Pick Your Poison: Wednesday 1-21-15

There’s some great downloads in this set you won’t want to miss from 8th Grader, Gorgeous Bully, The Last 24, Riva Ridge and Tim Myers. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Bjorn Torske, Carmen Villain, Jose Gonzalez, KOPPS, Marika Hackman, Mew, Santiparro (ft. Will Oldham) and St. Vincent.

8th Grader – Morro Bae

Boudoir Noir – Summer Skin

Gorgeous Bully – Dumb Ideals

Human in Bloom – All the Fish (Live)

ISTILLFEELIT – Perfume

The Last 24 – StrangerInMyHead

Love in the Dark – Colorblind Mastermind

Reighnbeau x BK Beats – That Look

Riva Ridge – Runs Deep

Tim Myers – March Hills to Climb

TKDJS – Sellout

Yokan System – Klee

Pick Your Poison: Tuesday 1-20-15

The site was “off” for Martin Luther King Day yesterday, but we’re back in style today. Highlights in this set come from Arca, Chromatics, KNTRLR, Lowin and Radical Dads. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Bells Atlas (covering Future Islands), Bils., Cheatahs, Oscar, Sannhet, Sharon Van Etten, Yak and more.

Andrew Oliver – Desert Sun

Arca – Sheep

AViVAA – Guilded Cage

Chromatics – The Bell

HiRollers – Only

Hollywood Principle – Find Me Out

KNTRLR – XXX

Löwin – Best Laid Plans

Matthew O’Neill – Campfire Cook

Maybe the Moon – Two Birthdays

Radical Dads – Don’t Go

Tyler Nail – San Antonio

Pick Your Poison: Thursday 1-15-15

You’re not going to want to miss downloads in this set from Black Dave, Hanni El Khatib & Freddie Gibbs, Kin Cayo, Project Pablo, Twin Wave and We Do This. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from C Duncan, Dinner, In Tall Buildings, Jason Molina (ft. Will Oldham & Alasdair Roberts), Jonathan Emile (ft. Kendrick Lamar), Marika Hackman, Mikky Ekko and Vision Fortune.

Black Dave – Respect the Intellect

Book Club – Fallen Leaves

Green Sky Accident – Sundrench

Hanni El Khatib & Freddie Gibbs – Satin Black

Irontom – In the Day and the Dark

Kin Cayo – Our Ship

Misteur Valaire – Known By Sight (Beat Market Remix)

Project Pablo – Movin’ Out

Tony Quattro – Zulu Carnival

Twin Wave – Feel You

The Velocity Gospel – Sisyphus

We Do This – I’m Not Going Anywhere

Pick Your Poison: Wednesday 1-14-15

Highlights of this mid-week edition of Pick Your Poison include tracks from Baby Baby, Best Girl Athlete, Paperhaus, Puzzlecut and Warning Light. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Cylinder, Dutch Uncles, Grooms, Inventions, Moonbabies, Moon King, A Place to Bury Strangers and Tsembla.

Baby Baby – Take Me Home

Best Girl Athlete – Talk

A Cat – Rip Out

Death By Icon – Conundrum (Remix)

Draag – Chair

Fuji Kureta – Open Up

Little Lapin – Magnet Eyes

Paperhaus – So Slow

Pink Feathers ft. SPEAK – The Feeling’s Gone (Eau Claire Remix)

Puzzlecuts – The End Is A Vicious Thing

Sirius Blvck – Tribe Quest (ft. Oreo Jones & DMA)

Warning Light – Buried in Ice, Thinking of You

Pick Your Poison: Tuesday 1-13-15

Don’t miss highlights in this set from Acid Baby Jesus, Chastity Belt, Diamond Rugs, Durante, Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love and Miss Kenichi. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream cuts from Django Django, Iron & Wine, Joe Pug, Marika Hackman, Phosphorescent, Wand, Waxahatchee and Years & Years.

Acid Baby Jesus – Ayahuasca Blues

Chastity Belt – Time to Go Home

Diamond Rugs – Voodoo Doll

Digital Tape Machine – Beast

Dream Circle – School of Life (ft. Johnny Voltik)

Durante – Full Moon

Freeweights – True to My Game

Iren – Ready for Love

Jasmine Jordan – Best I Can (ft. Habit Blcx)

Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love – Burrow

Miss Kenichi – Blanket

TNGHT – Acrylics (RL Grime Edit)

Pick Your Poison: Monday 1-12-15

Following up Friday’s post-holidays mega edition of Pick Your Poison, I’m pleased to announce that this segment will continue to be a daily post every Monday through Thursday throughout 2015. While that may be good news for those of you who rely on Pick Your Poison to discover new music, there’s also going to be a slight change in the format of it this year as well. First, in terms of content, there will be less of an emphasis on downloadable mp3s and a greater emphasis on streaming songs. That’s less a decision I want to make and more one that I’ve been forced to, seeing as how I’m starting to have some trouble filling these posts with halfway decent content even though they’re only four days a week. Artists are offering less downloads these days and more Soundcloud or YouTube streams, so that’s the direction this segment will also begin to move towards. Secondly, say goodbye to Pick Your Poison intros. The last couple of years, I’ve been using the opening paragraphs of each edition to talk about something happening in the world of music, to help preview a concert happening in Chicago, to talk about what new albums are being released on any given week, and other things. That ends today. This is the last proper introduction I’ll give for a Pick Your Poison segment in 2015. From here on out, all writing done for this segment will simply list off some of the featured downloads and streams. If you’re looking for show previews, commentary on important music news stories, links to interesting and fun music videos and other quality content, those will still exist on the site, they’re just getting their own separate posts from here on out. As a result, the amount of content being posted on Faronheit will increase a bit. I’m not going to go into what some of the new posts and segments will be about, except to say that the goal will be providing you with things that are unique, fun and engaging. Sound good? Okay then, let’s dig into this Monday edition of Pick Your Poison. Important tracks in this set come from As Lions, Busses, Meaxic, Panda Elliot and Stamping Mill. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Action Bronson, Atelje, Butch Walker, Charli XCX, The Dodos, Future Brown (ft. Tink), iLoveMakonnen and Swervedriver.

As Lions – The Fall

Broken Luxury – Bartender (T-Pain cover)

Busses – Wizard of the Eye

Draag – Lavender Hole

Gorgeous Bully – 2 Broke 2 Old

Jeanine – Runnin’

Meaxic – On Instinct

Mista Bibs & Fabian Dubz – Candy

Panda Elliot – Velociraptor

Stamping Mill – Earnest Roam (Fear to Action)

Stone Cold Fox – Sold

Pick Your Poison: Week of 1-5-15

Hello friends, and welcome to the first edition of Pick Your Poison for 2015! The site has been on vacation all this week following the holidays and Listmas, but since the songs are piling up I thought I’d release a quick batch to you now. Technically speaking, we’ll get back to business as usual on Monday the 12th, which includes the daily editions of Pick Your Poison, plus hopefully some other content such as album reviews, show reviews and the like. The hope is to make some changes and innovations to the site this year, and while I won’t make any outright promises on that, I suppose we’ll deal with that when it comes around. So please enjoy this expanded edition of Pick Your Poison to kick off your weekend, and rest assured there’s more to come! Some key tracks in this set come from A.G. Cook, Brad Reiman, Cara Mitchell, Franklin, Myself When Young and Panda Elliot. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Chief Ghoul, The Courtesans, Diet Cig, The Dough Rollers, The Go! Team, Joey Bada$$, Kyle Cox, Oh Wonder, POP ETC, Ryley Walker, Shady Elders, Teen Daze, Young Ejecta and more.

A.G. Cook – What I Mean

Baby Alpaca – Roller Coaster

Between Mockingbirds – Do You

Brad Reiman – A Vacation From My Mind

Cara Mitchell – Dust to Dust

Dada Life – Born to Rage (North Korea version)

Diplo – Everyday (Screwed by Rissa Boo)
Diplo – Revolution (Unlike Pluto Remix)

Edd Saffell – Off My List

Femme Fatality – Stranger

Franklin – Broken

Hey, Sleeper – This Doubt

HiRollers – Don’t Go

In All Honesty – Hold On to You

Irontom – Feel Good Inc. (Gorillaz cover)

James Coholan – No Name

Meaxic – Attitude

Myself When Young – I Wish I Was

The North Country – The Cross We Bear

Orange Drink – Intergenerational Same-Sex Love Song

Panda Elliot – Guerrero

Pink Feathers ft. Spencer Ludwig – Can’t Cry These Tears (Garbage cover)

QUALIATIK – f a r a w a y

Rec Center & Tracy Shedd – What Are You Doing New Years Eve?

Spirits and the Melchizedek Children – So Happy, It’s Sad

Pick Your Poison: Tuesday 12-23-14

Happy Festivus to you and yours! Yes, every year on the day before Christmas Eve, friends and family gather around an aluminum pole for the great tradition that includes the airing of grievances and feats of strength. Results are often best achieved after you’ve had a few drinks. Anyways, Tuesday is normally the day when I’d tell you all about the artists who are releasing new albums, but honestly I think this is the one week out of the year when nothing is coming out. Well, at least nothing of note. So I’ll just stick with the Festivus greeting and move on to today’s pre-holiday Pick Your Poison. Be sure to check out tracks in this set from Bleak Plaza, the Church, Miguel, Old Monk, RAC and Twisty. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Adventures, Bella Gaia, Joey Bada$$, Patricia, Waiting For Henry and Wyland.

Bleak Plaza – Cop Lights on the Avenue

The Church – Xmas

Last Lynx – None of My Friends (Magic Man Remix)

Midwestern Accent – Oh

Miguel – nwa (ft. Kurupt)

Montgomery – Pinata (Japanese Wallpaper Remix)

Old Monk – Holidays II

Porsches – HORSES

RAC ft. Pink Feathers – Dreams (The Cranberries cover)

The Shopengauers – Start Again

Telepopmusik – Sound (Manfredas Alt Remix)

Twisty – Holiday Lights

We Only Said – (Along All) Boring Pools

Pick Your Poison: Monday 12-22-14

Ordinarily around this time of year, I’ve put up the old “on vacation” sign and have checked out of the site for a 2-3 week break. It’s Christmas week, and there’s plenty of last minute shopping to do and holiday gatherings to attend. But you know what? I’ve got enough music to keep Pick Your Poison refreshed up until Christmas Eve, and at the same time I’m a little delayed in the whole Listmas countdown. So I’ll put in an extra couple of days worth of work just because. Well, that and I was a little lacking in terms of content at certain points over the course of this year. So sit back, relax, have a mug of hot cocoa near a fireplace, and check out some downloads below. Oh, and I should also mention that my Top 50 Albums of 2014 list continues to progress, and recommend you check out #40-31 as well as #30-21 if you have yet to do so. I’m going to try and have that wrapped up by Christmas, but no promises. In today’s Pick Your Poison, there’s some great tracks from A.G. Cook & Oneohtrix Point Never, AVAN LAVA, Francesca Belmonte, Jon Dice, Oneohtrix Point Never and Red Traces. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Big Harp, The-Dream, iLoveMakonnen, Joe Pug and more.

A.G. Cook x Oneohtrix Point Never – Bubs

AVAN LAVA – Last Night

Dirtyphonics – Power Now (ft. Matt Rose)

Francesca Belmonte – It Ain’t Me Babe

The Half Earth – Walking in the Air

Jon Dice – CEO

Lilly Wolf – Moving Pictures

Monster Jaw – Lidocaine

Oneohtrix Point Never – Rush

Red Cabin – Barricade

Red Traces – EVENET

The Stuff – Father Christmas (The Kinks cover)

Pick Your Poison: Thursday 12-18-14

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:

Music Video: Panda Bear – Boys Latin

Music Video: Pond – Sitting Up On Our Crane

Watch Wild Beasts perform “Wanderlust” on a giant pipe organ

Music Video: St. Vincent – Birth in Reverse

Watch the short documentary “Road Dawgs,” about Future Islands on tour

YouTube Audio Stream: The Decemberists – The Wrong Year

Watch a comedy sketch for Australian radio station Triple J ft. Lorde, Disclosure, First Aid Kit, Courtney Barnett and more

YouTube Audio Stream: Modest Mouse – Lampshades on Fire

Watch Kendrick Lamar perform an untitled new song on “The Colbert Report”

Listen to St. Vincent on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast

Once you’re done with that set of distractions, let me offer up another set via some song downloads and streams. Don’t miss songs from Alburn, Bent Denim (covering Taylor Swift), Corbin, Hot Casandra, Monsterheart and Solidisco. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream cuts from Band of Horses & Grandaddy, Busy Living, Janna Pelle, The Julie Ruin, Phil Beaudreau and Something Anorak.

Alburn – Blue Christmas

Bent Denim – Shake It Off (Taylor Swift cover)

Brooklynn – Friends

Corbin – Worn

Dave McPherson – Merry Ex Mrs

The Grubby Mitts – To A Friend’s House the Way Is Never Long

Hot Casandra – Superstition

Kurtz – Finer Feelings

Lac Belot – Elizabeth

Monsterheart – At Night

Solidisco – Ready

SUNBEARS! – All I Want for Christmas Is You

Tom Flash – Lose Control

Pick Your Poison: Wednesday 12-17-14

We are knee-deep in the middle of Listmas right now, so let me give you a bit of an update as to where things stand. Last week saw the countdown of the Top 50 Songs of 2014. You can check out the Top 10 by clicking this link. If you’d like to see the full list of 50, this link will take you to all of the relevant posts. This week things are running behind schedule, but the Top 50 Albums of 2014 countdown has begun. The hope right now is to have it wrapped up before Christmas Eve, but in the meantime please check out #50-41 by clicking here. I hope that you make some fun new discoveries, either that way, or via today’s edition of Pick Your Poison. There’s some great tracks in this set from A.G. Cook, Dim Sum, Feldspar, How to Dress Well, Los Angeles Police Department and Maelstrom. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Blitzen Trapper, Feral Conservatives, Field Report, Menace Beach, The Muscadettes, Wiz Khalifa and more.

A.G. Cook – Beautiful (Rustie Edit)

Born I Music – I Can’t Breathe (ft. MacGuyver)

C Duncan – And I

Dim Sum – To the Top

Feldspar – In the Bleak Midwinter

Foreign Fox – Driving Drunk for Christmas

How to Dress Well – Tomb for Anatole

IndianRedLopez – Tinseltown in the Rain

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Sundry

Los Angeles Police Dept – Oh Lonely Night

Maelstrom – Dystopian Elements

We Are Temporary – I Can’t Breathe

Pick Your Poison: Tuesday 12-16-14

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. So without further ado, here’s your list for this week: Charli XCX, Chief Keef, The City on Film and Nicki Minaj. If you’re so inspired please pick some of these records up 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 Banana Beach, King Green, Louise Gold, Skye Steele, Twiggy Frostbite and Young Romance. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from amandla, Dan & The Wildfire, Diagrams, Evans the Death, Shigeto and SQURL (covering The Velvet Underground).

Andrew Keoghan – Better Company

Andrew Oliver – Bells

Azealia Banks – Chasing Time (illstrtd Remix)

Banana Beach – Trouble

Jamie Woon – You’re Not Alone (Creange Remix)

King Green – Self Portrait

Llyona – With You

Louise Gold – Oh My Love (The Elliptical Orbit of Venus)

Marlon James – Ode to Viceroy (Mac DeMarco cover)

Skye Steele – Growing Song

Stick Figure – Stay With Me (Reggae Remix)

Twiggy Frostbite – Ahai

Young Romance – Pale

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