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Just typing their name is probably enough to get this site flagged for inappropriate or NSFW content, but I don’t particularly care. It’s obvious they don’t either, otherwise they wouldn’t have chosen something such a blatant and un-Googleable name as Perfect Pussy. They’re a punk band out of Syracuse, and they really started to make serious waves in 2013 thanks to a cassette-only EP I have lost all desire for feeling and live shows best described as “endlessly captivating.” Earlier today, Perfect Pussy announced that they will be releasing their debut album Say Yes to Love via Captured Tracks on March 18th. In other words, it promises to be a great post-St. Patrick’s Day hangover soundtrack (or the exact opposite). Along with the album announcement, the band also released the song “Driver,” which kicks off the record. It’s the sort of scorched earth type of track that makes your hair stand on end and drives mosh pits into a frenzy. I’m looking forward to seeing that and a whole bunch of other songs performed live next week when Perfect Pussy rolls through Chicago for an all ages show at Schubas. They’ve actually just kicked off a short tour for this month before they go for an extended jaunt in March with SXSW sandwiched in the middle. Check out their Tumblr or Bandcamp to hear some music and see all of their upcoming dates. If you want to join me at the Schubas show in Chicago on Jan 22nd though, and you absolutely should, tickets are an affordable $8 in advance. It promises to be quite the experience. If insanely lo-fi punk rock isn’t your thing, maybe Pick Your Poison can help you find something more attuned to your tastes. Don’t miss tracks today from Angela Perley and the Howlin’ Moons, Ava Luna, Ayer, The Backyward Committee, Eternal Lips (ft. Sharon Van Etten), The Noise FM and This Silent Forest. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Kevin Drew (of Broken Social Scene), Liars, Marissa Nadler, Neneh Cherry, St. Vincent, Weeknight and We Were Promised Jetpacks. Wow, that’s a good collection of songs today!

Angela Perley and the Howlin’ Moons – Athens

Ava Luna – Daydream

Ayer – Young

The Backyard Committee – We Had Our Fun

Chronic City – Ocean of Luxury (ft. Sleep Sleep)

Eternal Lips – Dream Hesitate (ft. Sharon Van Etten)

Gramatik – Get A Grip (ft. Gibbz)

Jargon Party – Lucy Melanie

John Gorka – Holed Up Mason City

Kotorino – What Is This Thing

The Noise FM – Every Other Word

Rebecca Rego & The Trainmen – We Jump in the River

Scott Gagner – Take It Easy on Yourself

This Silent Forest – We Are We Were

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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. So without further ado, here’s your list for this week: Backtrack, Blank Realm, Bruce Springsteen, Cherry Glazerr, The Crystal Method, James Vincent McMorrow, Lanterns on the Lake, Lee Bannon, Mark Lanegan, Painted Palms, Railroad Earth, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Supersuckers, White Fang, You Blew It! and Young and Sick. We’re still a bit early in the year and many of the new releases are a bit spotty, but if you’re so inspired please 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 Adrian Krygowski, The Caribbean, Freeze-Tag, JJXO, Making Marks, New Electric Ride, Ryan Webster and Stampede Road. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Dum Dum Girls, Marram (ft. Jarvis Cocker and Margaret Bennett), Yumi Zouma, Shocking Pinks and Tokyo Police Club, among others.

Adrian Krygowski – Shot in the Dark

The Caribbean – Jobsworth

Freeze-Tag – You Do

Gloom – Dream Scheme (ft. Bijou)

Iron Hand – Injected Fear

JJXO – Hold Me Back

Junior Prom – Sheila Put the Knife Down (K.Flay Remix)

Kaylee Johnston – Say Something (A Great Big World cover)

Making Marks – Bruises

New Electric Ride – Lovers

Paul Creane & the Changing Band – Richard Farnsworth

Quiet Marauder – I Want a Moustache, Dammit

Ryan Webster – Baby Come Back

Stampede Road – Old Town

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Happy Monday! If you’re an avid follower of my Twitter feed, or just read everything this site has to offer, you might know that in addition to my crippling obsession over music, I have a similar addiction to movies. A few days ago I sat down and did a count, and realized that in the past year I saw over 150 films that were released in 2013. In other words, that’s not even counting movies I watched that came out in any previous years meaning my quarterly viewings of The Big Lebowski don’t count as part of that list. So yes, I think I saw more movies last year than any other in my life so far. There was a lot of crap, and some really incredible, life-changing films that made the previous crap worthwhile. In my own way, I loved every second spent in the dark of a movie theater, shut off from the rest of the world. The reason why I bring this up is because the Golden Globes happened over the weekend, and outside of live tweeting the whole thing with snarky commentary, I want to briefly offer up some thoughts about the ceremony as a whole outside of the 140 character restriction. It’s fascinating to me that while the Golden Globes are intended to be a looser and more fun movie awards show than the Oscars, this year they really tried to up the ante and push for more sincerity and prestige. The main evidence of this comes in the Best Picture – Comedy or Musical category, which featured such luminaries as American Hustle and Her, both of which might easily be considered more drama with a couple of laughs thrown in for good measure. These are not the sorts of films that would have wound up in this category at the Globes previously, but they bent the rules just a bit for the sake of snatching some Oscar-like prestige. Not that the awards ceremony itself was anything less than the goofy and charming “let’s watch celebrities get drunk and ramble on stage” fest that it has been in the past. Then again, very few people (less than normal) appeared inebriated this year, though kudos to Emma Thompson for actually bringing a drink with her on stage. That, plus many of the people and films that took home Globes might soon find themselves left out in the cold when Oscar comes calling. Do you really think that Amy Adams, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matthew McConaughey really stand that much of a chance against performances from Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor and veteran Bruce Dern? The Hollywood Foreign Press, which only has around 100 members, is a bit more flighty in who they give awards to compared to the gigantic voting body for the Academy Awards. But then again, I suppose those differences are what makes both shows worth watching. I’ve got a whole lot more to say on this topic as well as the year in film that was 2013, but I’ll spare you from it so I can get today’s Pick Your Poison out of the way. Enjoy tracks today from The Co, Daniel Rossen (of Grizzly Bear), Jack Name, Jettison Tape, Passenger Peru (covering Roxy Music) and Chicago MC Tree. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream tracks from Angel Olsen, Owls, Saint Pepsi, Snowbird, Tomas Barfod and Woods, among others.

The Co – Frequency

CRNKN – Heart

Daniel Rossen – Return to Form

Feverkin – Tea Leaf Tales (ft. Sir Bishop)

Honeybird and the Birdies – Perejil

Jack Name – Born to Lose

Jadeite – Electricity

Jettison Tape – Ghostboxes

Lorde – Team (Mickey Valen Remix)

Multiplier – Fucked By Fruit

NØMADS – In The Mend

Passenger Peru – More Than This (Roxy Music cover)

Tomer Baruch – Binary River

Tree – Probably Nu It

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Since we’re still in a bit of a lull to start off the year, let me take a very quick moment to tell you a little about what to expect from Faronheit in 2014. Once we really get going, I’m genuinely hoping this is going to be the best year ever for the site. Here’s why. In terms of content, you’ll still be getting the same Pick Your Poison posts four (sometimes five) days a week. Additionally, the plan is to return to multiple album reviews each week. They won’t be the same long form thinkpieces like I have done in the past (and which have started to take me weeks to write), but instead more compacted single paragraph reviews like my writeups for the Top 50 Albums of 2013 posts. It may not get as in depth as I’d like, but it will present more content that will be easy and quick to read. As another means of content, starting in February I’ll be highlighting a single song on the site as my “Song of the Week.” You’ll learn more about that and see what I mean when it starts up next month. Lastly, there will be a Class of 2014. Much like my Class of 2013 and Class of 2012, I will be selecting 10 artists to watch closely over the course of this year, and see how they blossom. Past alumni include Grimes, Frank Ocean, Lana Del Rey, Haim, Chvrches, Savages and many more. I’ve got the Class of 2014 artists already picked out, so expect a post introducing them to you within the next week or so. This is gonna be fun! Speaking of fun, here’s today’s Pick Your Poison, which has some great tracks from Acid Fast, Bass Science, Gem Club, Mykki Blanco, Protomartyr and Treasure Fingers & The Knocks. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Bleeding Rainbow, Bombay Bicycle Club, Kyla La Grange, A Sunny Day in Glasgow and Vanaprasta, among others.

Aashton – I Need Someone

Acid Fast – Shred Forever

A$AP Nast – Trillmatic (Blunt Sinatras Reflip)

Bass Science – Stand Ground

Daughter – Youth (Budo Remix)

Eskeerdo ft. Miike Snow – Devil’s Work

Gem Club – Braid

Mykki Blanco – Booty Bamboo

Neon Satori – Bells of Esmeralda

Protomartyr – Scum, Rise

Rigbi – Leaving Home

Sleepers Work – Basement Lights

Treasure Fingers & The Knocks – DYWT

Yasmine Hamdan – Deny

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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

SOUNDCLOUD

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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