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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:

Stream Earl Sweatshirt’s debut album Doris

Music Video: These New Puritans – Organ Eternal

Watch Run the Jewels (Killer Mike + El-P) respond to Kendrick Lamar’s rapper-insulting verse on the Big Sean track “Control”

YouTube Audio Stream: Volcano Choir – Comrade

Music Video: Kim Deal – Are You Mine?

Watch Fiona Apple and Blake Mills perform “I Know” in a living room home video

Music Video: Youth Lagoon – Raspberry Cane

Music Video: Haim – The Wire

YouTube Audio Stream: Yuck – Middle Sea

YouTube Audio Stream: Cults – I Can Hardly Make You Mine

Once you’re done with all of that music excitement, there’s a whole set of other downloads and audio streams you can check out as part of today’s edition of Pick Your Poison. Don’t miss cuts from Big Tree, Camp Counselors, Glasvegas, To Kill a King, Kim Lenz and We Are the Wilderness. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Cold War Kids, Fort Romeau, Ha Ha Tonka, kwes, of Montreal and Zola Jesus.

Banks – Warm Water (Chuck Wild Bootleg Remix)

Big Tree – Wonder

Brundlefly and the Swede – Cabin Music

Camp Counselors – Charyou

Emiliana Torrini – Speed of Dark (Andrew Weatherall Remix)

Glasvegas – Later… When the TV Turns to Static

The Holy Alimonies – All in the Drugs

To Kill a King – Bones

Kim Lenz – Pay Dearly

Lek Fonq – Facebook Lover

Quixotism – Bloodletting

Scary Cherry and the Bang Bangs – Don’t Wanna

Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party – Danger Love

We Are the Wilderness – Leading From Emptiness

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If you’ve never seen Ty Segall perform live before, you’re missing out. The guy’s a dynamic presence on stage, brimming with energy and unafraid to let out a powerful scream that cuts through fuzz-laden guitars should the mood strike him. The two times I’ve seen him perform my attention has never wavered, nor could I stop grinning with giddy excitement over the messy perfection that he embodies. Coming up in a little over a week, Segall will be bouncing all around the country for a few weeks’ worth of live dates in support of his new album Sleeper. That record comes out this upcoming Tuesday, August 20th, and actually marks a shift in direction away from the fused blend of punk and garage rock of his last few efforts and more towards the realm of acoustic psychedelia. Having heard the album a few times, it was challenging to my ears at first, but I’m certainly warming up to it as proof that he can excel at whatever genre of music he tries. You can hear the full thing for yourself right here (for a limited time). If you like what you hear, I’d encourage you to try and see Segall if he’s headed your way on tour. He’ll be in Chicago on August 31st for a show at Logan Square Auditorium that will place a sharp focus on that new album. I’m interested to see how he’ll piece it all together in a live setting. Tickets for that all-ages Logan Square show are $18 and can be purchased in advance here. I hope you won’t miss this great opportunity! You’ll probably also not want to miss some of the great tracks in today’s Pick Your Poison. There’s plenty of delights from Atropolis, Beat the Heart, Chris Zurich, Empty Chairs, Gross Relations, Lizzie Davis and Potty Mouth. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream cuts from Celestial Shore, Goldfrapp, Kelley Stoltz, Pelican and Terry Malts.

Aotearoa – Thunderbird

Atropolis – Adjust

BeatauCue – Aeropolis (Birdee Remix)

Beat the Heart – Nurse Me (With Your Soul)

Behaviors – Can’t Be Found

Chris Zurich – Annie

Clubfeet – Remind Me (Röyksopp Cover)

Empty Chairs – Eyelashes

The Eversons – Creepy

Gross Relations – Discovery Zone

Lizzie Davis – Geography

Potty Mouth – Black and Studs

Reuben Hollebon – Faces

Unlike Pluto – Colour Me Equal

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As summer slowly transitions into fall, the list of new album releases grows longer by the week, and I promise you that next week in particular is going to be a big one. This week though, is still a little lacking in the high profile release department. We’re not quite in the perils of the summer drought that came through in July though, and I’ll prove it to you. Here’s a list of artists putting out new albums today: Dinosaur Bones, Football etc., Jagwar Ma, The Moondoggies, Parachute, Psychic Teens, Royal Teeth, Sam Phillips, Valerie June, Washed Out and The Wild Feathers. Okay, so that’s not a big list by any stretch of the imagination. Maybe I overplayed my hand leading into it. Still, listen to Washed Out’s new one Paracosm and everything will be all right. Or you could listen to any number of songs as part of today’s edition of Pick Your Poison. I’d like to specifically advise you to check out tracks from The Black Watch, Cameron McGill, Marnie Stern, Seaweed Meadows, The Ten Thousand and The Young Sinclairs. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from American Authors (covering Lorde), Blouse, Heavenly Beat, Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band (a new project from TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe), Juana Molina and Tink (ft. How to Dress Well).

Aiden Grimshaw – The Way We Are

The Black Watch – Meg

Brandt Brauer Frick – Two in a Bush

Cameron McGill – Sucker Love

Carrie Ashley Hill – Me at All

Charlie Greene – Lost & Found

Dead Professional – Downtown at Sundown

Future Feats – Cities in Wonder

Marnie Stern – This Was It

Misun – Hills and Trails

Seaweed Meadows – Andra Långgatan

The Ten Thousand – Fight Inertia

The Tryptics – Alchemical

Wolf Catcher – Broken

The Young Sinclairs – You Know Where to Find Me

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Let’s talk about Arcade Fire for just a minute. They’ve got a brand new, James Murphy produced album set for release on October 29th, which according to Murphy will be “fucking epic”. That’s basically a ringing endorsement if I’ve ever heard one. Beyond that, there are now rumors that the album will be titled Reflektor, in particular because some street art that popped up in several major cities around the world over the first weekend in August (and at Lollapalooza apparently, though I failed to spot anything). There’s now an Instagram account and a website surrounding this same theme and concept. Of course Arcade Fire’s camp isn’t confirming anything, or even an association with anything Reflektor-related thus far. Then came yesterday, in which the aforementioned Instagram account posted three new photos (1, 2, and 3) suggesting something would go down on 9/9 at 9pm. And so it would seem that we’ve got a little less than a month before something “big” is going to happen with this. My guess? It’s going to be the release of a new song, in advance of the album. Maybe by then we’ll also have confirmation of the album title and a track listing. For the time being though, this is one mystery that appears to be worth following along with. Also worth following? Your daily dose of Pick Your Poison. Allow me to present you with some delightful tracks today from Admonic, Les Jupes, Lost Midas, Poor Remy, The Slims, Steel Cranes and Windbreaker. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Bad Things, Cage the Elephant, K.Flay, Russian Circles and Steel Phantoms.

Admonic – Double Decade

Chronic City – The Man Who (ft. Florian Horwath)

Ellie Goulding – Burn (Lovelife Remix)

Kyle Andrews – Crystal Ball (Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Remix)

Les Jupes – Hold Me Down

Lost Midas – Love Undone (ft. Taylor O’Donnell)

Lyon Apprentice – Beautiful Thought

Mitzi – Falling

Poor Remy – Wrecking Ball

Saint Motel – My Type (Keith Sweaty Remix)

The Slims – Only a Part, Not the Whole

Steel Cranes – Moving On

Stella Le Page – Heat Wave

Windbreaker – I Can’t Believe That You’re Gone

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Oh hey! I’m pleased to present one of the rarer occurences as of late, a Friday edition of Pick Your Poison. As I tend to mention when there is a Friday edition, the main reason I stopped doing them was largely a lack of content. If I don’t have enough songs to share with you, then there’s not much point to this, right? So this week there are enough songs, and voila, things are going on a Friday. I hope you’ve got some grand weekend plans ahead of you. I’m happy there’s not a music festival in Chicago this weekend that I’ll be attending, and generally just having not much to do will be nice for once. I might even get an album review or two written, since I haven’t done that in a few weeks. I guess what I’m saying is, I’m very much looking forward to this weekend, and hope you are too. Oh! Next week I’ll be giving away a pair of three day passes to Riot Fest Chicago! The three day passes are sold out, so I’ll have one of the few ways you can still win them. Good stuff, right? Okay, let’s get to today’s tracks. Gold stars go to songs from Bailterspace, Leftover Cuties, MTNS, Sons of the East, Tall Heights, Teen Daze and Yamantaka // Sonic Titan. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Black Hearted Brother, Gap Dream, Jon Hopkins (ft. Purity Ring), Kishi Bashi and ON AN ON (covering Bjork). Have a great weekend!

Atlanter – Aye

Bailterspace – Films of You

Eddie B – Anywhere It Takes Me

Leftover Cuties – Once Again

MTNS – Lost Track of Time

Seasick Mama – Quit Your Job

Selebrities – Temporary Touch (Keep Shelly in Athens Remix)

Sons of the East – Come Away

Sonya Titus – Love Transfusion (Acoustic Remix)

Superhumanoids – Bad Eather (Tropics Remix)

Tall Heights – Eastern Standard Time

Teen Daze – Ice on the Windowsill

Unkle Bob – Home

Yamantaka // Sonic Titan – One

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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:

Watch the lyric video for the new Neko Case track “Night Still Comes”

Watch the trailer for the upcoming film about legendary New York rock club CBGB

Check out details on the “Station to Station” tour, a train tour to 9 U.S. cities featuring art and music

Music Video: Schoolboy Q – Collard Greens (ft. Kendrick Lamar)

Watch Sean Hannity spend a segment attacking Ryan Adams

Music Video: Phosphorescent – Ride On/Right On

Music Video: Basement Jaxx – What A Difference Your Love Makes

Watch Cookie Monster cover Icona Pop’s “I Love It” with new lyrics

Music Video: Rhye – 3 Days

Watch the trailer for Her, the upcoming Spike Jonze film featuring new music from Arcade Fire

Once you’ve made your way past those distractions, there’s a whole bunch of new music for you to check out too. Don’t miss tracks from Anna Meredith, Diane Coffee, The Fire Tapes, Japan Soul, and Raccoon Fighter. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Julia Holter, The Julie Ruin, Natural Animal, Sylvan Esso and Zero 7’s remix of Ultraista.

Anna Meredith – Bubble Gun

Bars of Gold – Coffee With Pele

The Choir – Sovereign States

Diane Coffee – Hymn

Ebony Bones – Bread & Circus (SalP’s Liquid Liquid Remix)

Elise Davis – Make the Kill

The Fire Tapes – Scarlet Cliffs

House of Blondes – Adam

Japan Soul – Hey Yah Hey

Jon Hardy & The Public – In the Morning

Lungz – All Right

Majical Cloudz – What That Was (Digits Remix)

Raccoon Fighter – Santa Tereza

The Sunshine Underground – It Is Only You (King Dinosaur Remix)

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What’s the big topic in the world of music today? I’m going to go with the Daft Punk “incident” that occurred on The Colbert Report last night. By “incident,” I mean they didn’t show up. Not unlike Death Grips at Lollapalooza (and now subsequent shows), Daft Punk decided to opt out at the last minute of their scheduled appearance at StePhest Colbchella, the now yearly concert that Colbert puts on as part of his show. The reason why? Well, it’s probably best if you just watch it yourself because it’s hilarious. But in a nutshell, Daft Punk apparently signed a contract with MTV to appear at this year’s Video Music Awards, which was to be billed as their only U.S. TV appearance in 2013. For awhile they apparently thought they could get away with going on Colbert, but apparently lawyers and their label stepped in to advise the duo to not travel to New York for the talk show appearance. That, and MTV reportedly threw a hissy fit once they found out about it as well. Since both Comedy Central and MTV are owned by Viacom, it basically came down to some friendly fighting between the two stations. Some might argue the whole incident was planned well in advance, and Billboard says that fill-in guest Robin Thicke’s performance was pre-taped last week, as if to hint that maybe Colbert and the network knew about the problem much farther in advance than they claimed last night. As in, maybe the two networks are actually working together, and this whole thing was an elaborate ruse to promote Daft Punk’s “secret” appearance at the VMAs. I’m pretty well convinced that it’s 90% real and 10% staged. Either way, it resulted in a damn hilarious show for Colbert. Watch the whole thing at the link above if you’ve got the time. If you’re just interested in today’s Pick Your Poison, of course I can help you out there as well. Don’t miss tracks from Clara Moto, Have Gun Will Travel, John Nagle, Lightning Bolt, Prom Date, Richard Youngs and Wolf Eyes. In the Soundcloud section, stream songs from HSY, Keep Shelly in Athens, Rubblebucket and Tree covering Radiohead.

Clara Moto – Disposable Darling

Club 8 – Stop Taking My Time (Bam Spacey’s Stolen Hearts Dub)

The Copper Gamins – Tell My Sister

Fishdoctor – Seasons

Have Gun, Will Travel – Standing at the End of the World

John Nagle – Never Gone

Lightning Bolt – Barbarian Boy

M185 – ShShSh

Marc Neibauer – Heart of Stone

Oyster Murders – Disaster Flower Bloom

Phaeleh – Storm (Applebottom Remix)

Prom Date – X My Heart

Richard Youngs – Summer Through My Mind

Vikesh Kapoor – I Dreamt Blues

Wolf Eyes – Lower Drolls

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We’ve reached another Tuesday, and honestly I’m starting to feel better after a Lollapalooza recovery day yesterday. Things are looking up! Things are also looking up if you’re a fan of new music. The release schedule has been a little relaxed over the course of July with the typical summer lull, however now that August is here there’s a lot more to talk about and anticipate. As a service to you, loyal reader, I like to list the artists releasing new material this week, for the purposes of keeping you informed about artists you love or are going to love in the course of the coming days, weeks, months and years. That said, the following artists are putting out albums: Acquaintances, Amanda Shires, Barbarossa, Bear Mountain, Blondes, The Civil Wars, Dawn of Midi, Dirtmusic, Eli Mardock, Explosions in the Sky and David Wingo, iwrestledabearonce, Jake Bellows, Lumerians, Medicine, Minks, Moderat, The Polyphonic Spree, Pond, Pop. 1280, Raffertie, Rocketnumbernine, Scott and Charlene’s Wedding, Ultraista and Walking Papers. There’s some reasonably good stuff in there, but if you can’t find anything you like, maybe Pick Your Poison will help. Don’t miss tracks today from Atlas : Empire, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Drop Electric, Springtime, Work Drugs and Yassou Benedict. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from The Blow, The Chain Gang of 1974, CFCF, Denty May, Diarrhea Planet and Drake.

Atlas : Empire – Binary Lung

Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (K-Town Shekki vs. Cave Kings Remix)

Colette – Best of Days

Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip – Stunner

Drake – All Me (Moduloktopus ReTwerk)

Drop Electric – Waking Up to the Fire

Fast Decay – Wake

Imaginary People – Fresh On

No Ceremony/// – FEELSOLOW (Kiki’s Balearic Mix)

Passenger – Let Her Go (Cris Cab cover)

Springtime – South Hill

Wintercoats – Everyone Seems to Be in on Something (Kyson Remix)

Work Drugs – Digital Girl

Yassou Benedict – Last Cicada

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Ugh. I am wiped out. The sort of wiped out that has you falling asleep at your keyboard in the middle of the day. The sort of wiped out where all you want to do is crawl into bed and sleep for 24 hours straight, foregoing meals or any other possible life responsibility. Music festivals are not exactly kind to the human body, and a majority of my peers tell me that they can’t do the 8-10 hours of standing, dancing and generally rocking out each day for three days that such a festival sometimes requires. I’ve had marathon runners say that they’re comfortable doing a 5 or 10K in a few hours, but wouldn’t dream of attending a music festival full-on for three days because of the toll it takes on your body. And that’s not even taking into account aftershows. Of course maybe I’m being overly dramatic here. I mean, if you look at things like Coachella and Bonnarroo and Lollapalooza and see 100,000 people or so all trying to survive a weekend (though that doesn’t account for arrival times or single day ticket holders), there are plenty who view music festivals as a challenge. That’s certainly how I used to view it. In a year or two I’ll have been hitting the music festivals hard for 10 years straight, and am arguably worse for the wear. I take Mondays after a music festival off from my full time job because I know at this point I’ll need that day to recover. And I’m clearly still not there yet. But I still love it just the same, though I’m not trying to push myself quite so hard anymore. Showing up at 2 p.m. instead of noon seems a-ok with me if I can get some more sleep and general rest. So please excuse me while I take some time to recover from this year’s Lollapalooza. It was a wild one, and I hope you were there to enjoy it with me, or at the very least watched some of it online. I’ll just leave you with this edition of Pick Your Poison. Choice tracks today come from Chad Kichula, Dustin Wong, Forest Fire, iNCH, Nobody Ever, Party Supplies and PJ Harvey. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new tracks from Cut Copy, Frankie Rose, London Grammar and Mike Donovan.

Atlas Genius – If So (TheFatRat Remix)

Chad Kichula – The Whale’s Back

Dustin Wong – The Big She

Forest Fire – Waiting in the Night

Freeweights – Rust on My Heart

Grizmatik – My People

iNCH – The Chefalo Knot

Jupiter Lion – Black Mouth (Gonzo in Vegas Folk Remix)

Nobody, Ever – The Last Good Thing

Party Supplies – Beautiful Girl

Philos Moore – Not Too Level

PJ Harvey – Shaker Aamer

Singularity – Horizon Unplugged (ft. Nilu & Rucas)

Week of Wonders – Piggybacks

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Normally on Thursdays I have This Week in Music, a segment which has me pointing you in the direction of all sorts of fun and interesting music-related things on the Internet that popped up over the last 7 days. Well, given that we’re on the eve of yet another Chicago music festival, I’ve decided to forego that segment for this week to get myself prepared for the tidal wave that is Lollapalooza. I hope you’ll be going this year too, as it sold out almost immediately from music hungry fans. Speaking of which, if you’re not sure who to see this weekend at Lolla, make sure you check out my preview guide for an hour-by-hour dissection of the best bands performing on each of the three days of the festival. It’s gonna be a blast! If you’re not going or are maybe just going to watch the YouTube stream, perhaps a Thursday edition of Pick Your Poison can satisfy some cravings for some new and great music. Highlights today come from Angel Haze (covering Kanye West), Bad Sports, Hunters, La Luz, Pop. 1280 and Spook Houses. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Deap Vally (at Lolla this weekend), Factory Floor, Jensen Sportag, and Summer Cannibals.

Angel Haze – New Slaves (Kanye West cover)

Bad Sports – Let Me In

Basin City – Media Blackout

Carmody – Vulcani

Hunters – Seizure

La Luz – Big Big Blood

Modo Stare – We Dream of Mountains

Nadia Nair – Monika the Brave (FIXYN Remix)

orange gold red – Ink

Pop. 1280 – Human Probe

Rehan Dalal – If You Love Me

Siente – Wonderful

Spook Houses – Living the Dream

Tory Lanez – Icey Dicey

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Today’s notable tracks come from The Belle Game, Black City Lights, Born Gold, Future Loves Past, Mac DeMarco, Panoramic & True, and Zammuto. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Daedelus, Deer Tick, The Preatures and The Weekend.

The Belle Game – River

Black City Lights – Tried So Hard

Born Gold – Hunger

Chalk – In Your Suit

David Bronson – Times (Silk Lung Remix)

Disclosure – When A Fire Starts to Burn (The Basement Tapes Remix)

Figaro – Moving Slowly

Future Loves Past – Pretty Things

Hello Gravity – Golden

Mac DeMarco – Young Blood

Night Beats – Outta Mind

Panoramic & True – Bells

Psymbionic – Chemical Plant Zone

Zammuto – Need Some Sun

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Hello Tuesday, and by proxy, hello to the new albums being released today. As I like to do every week, let me pass along a list of artists unleashing new music on the unsuspecting public, because this is something you should be aware of even if you haven’t bought an album in a year. That said, look for releases from the following artists this week: Adam Franklin, Alela Diane, Buddy Guy, John Zorn, Michael Franti, and Robin Thicke. That’s it? Well, we are in the sparse release landscape that is summer. Ah well, plenty more things to look forward to in the coming weeks. Of course if you need your fix of new music right now, I’m happy to help with today’s Pick Your Poison. There’s some delightful tracks from The Basement Tapes, Brother Dege, Friendzone, Ha Ha Tona, Hey Sholay, MK Ultra and WhoaBear. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new tracks from The Darcys, RJD2, Stay Bless, These Animals and WRITER.

Alistair Albrecht – Spread Love

The Basement Tapes – Illusive Moon

Beatrice Mason – When Love Breaks Down

Brother Dege – How to Kill a Horse

Devon Tarrell – I Don’t Like Your Friends

Friendzone – 8AM

Ha Ha Tonka – Colorful Kids

Hey Sholay – If that big old fat yellow thing in the sky was to burn out I would grab you by the hand and float off into orbit (a song for robert wyatt)

Hybrid Theory – What’s Going Down

Little Foxes – We Are Fascinated

Lungz – Underground Kangs

MK Ultra – Let’s Go

Poeticat – Rooftops

WhoaBear – BedBug

Young Aundee – Of a Small Stature

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Monday marks the start of Lollapalooza Week here at Faronheit. This is a tradition that has been going on since somewhere around 2006, though of course due to the loss of the site archives during a move back in 2010 you can really only check out coverage from the last couple years, if that’s something you’re looking for. This year is going to be a great time, if the speed of ticket sales are any indication. I’ve got a million and one things planned for this week already, it’s going to be tough to get a normal amount of writing in. But have no fear, I’ll be doing my best to keep you up-to-date with the bands you should see and the crazy shenanigans happening all over Chicago this upcoming weekend. Anticipate a Spotify playlist(s) with artists on the lineup, a preview guide, daily recaps, and final thoughts with photos. Speaking of which, I should mention that if you’re going to be in town on Thursday night and have nothing to do, the folks at FILTER Magazine are throwing a fun (21+) party at Logan Square Auditorium at the cost of FREE. There will be DJ sets from the team behind the forthcoming comedy The World’s End, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and director Edgar Wright. Also DJing will be Chris Holmes and Windy City Soul Club. Oh yeah, and live performances too, from Chicago’s own Smith Westerns plus the lovely MNDR. Not only is it free to get in and you get to see a movie plus hear some great music, but all drinks will be on the house as well (which is why it’s 21+). Sounds like a great time, right? RSVP here. Things kick off at 9PM on Thursday night, but you’ll probably want to show up early because entry is first come, first served! Now then, let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison. Don’t miss tracks from Bad Cello, The Bynars, The Dead Daisies, Friendzone, Hailer, Mucca Pazza and Teengirl Fantasy. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Basement Jaxx, Ditt Inre, Girls Against Boys, Kissaway Trail and Supreme Cuts (ft. Channy from Polica).

Bad Cello – Safe Side

Bonobo – Know You (SuperVision Remix)

The Bynars – Dancing on a Dream

Cyclist ft. Maiko Watson – Shine

The Dead Daisies – Lock ‘N’ Load (ft. Slash)

Friendzone – Poly

Hailer – Postcards

Hockey – My Mind (Penguin Prison Remix)

Joel RL Phelps & The Downer Trio – Thank You and Goodnight

Left Boy – Laying in the Snow

Malek – Back to the Basics

Mucca Pazza – Boss Taurus

Teengirl Fantasy (ft. Romanthony) – Do It (Got the Feeling Dub)

Ursa Minor – October (Shenoda Remix)

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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:

Stream AlunaGeorge’s debut album Body Music via Soundcloud

Watch the 14-minute documentary on The Postal Service called “Some Idealistic Future”

Watch a second official music video for Pixies’ “Bagboy”

Watch a 60-second teaser for the new Cults album Static

Watch Franz Ferdinand’s music video for “Love Illumination”

Music Video: Washed Out – Don’t Give Up

Stream Mac DeMarco’s Live at Russian Recording live cassette

Music Video: Fiona Apple – Hot Knife

Once you’re done looking over those many distractions above, there’s still an edition of Pick Your Poison to keep you flush with new music. Enjoy tracks from Algernon Doll, Bad Cop, Bonnie Whitmore, Briar Rabbit, Dinosaur Feathers, Giga Herbs, Saint Motel and Sunset Graves. In the Soundcloud section, stream new tracks from FIDLAR, Moving Units, Pillars and Tongues, and Sam Smith.

Algernon Doll – Aerosol

Bad Cop – Barbarella Graham

Bonnie Whitmore – Heartbreaker

Briar Rabbit – So Long

Death Valley Rally – Come On

Dinosaur Feathers – Juror B37

Flamingo Bay – Serpentine

Giga Herbs – Froggin

Migos – Versace (ft. Drake)

Panama Wedding – All of the People

Saint Motel – My Type

Spineriders – Thunder Junkie

Sunset Graves – Safe and Empty

Young Lyons – My Own Town

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We’re in the dead heat of music festival season right now in Chicago, and as I shift my focus away from Pitchfork Music Festival and towards the direction of Lollapalooza, I’d like to take a moment to tell you about an exciting event happening next Thursday, August 1st. I don’t know about you, but I’m a pretty big fan of Jessie Ware. Her album Devotion was one of my favorites last year, and I think she’s a future R&B superstar. She’s also performing at the sold out Lollapalooza next weekend. While I’m grateful for music festivals providing a way to see hundreds of bands in a single space over the course of a few days, I do tend to prefer smaller sized performances with artists. It lends a sense of intimacy to things, and you don’t have to deal so much with hot weather and messy crowds. Anyways, the W Hotel on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago is going to be hosting a Lollapalooza pre-party next Thursday featuring an intimate performance by Jessie Ware. You can’t buy tickets to it, and you could well call it a private event, unless you win tickets. Not only that, but you can win a whole prize package that includes a three night stay at the W, two 3-day passes to Lollapalooza, and admittance into the Jessie Ware show on Thursday night. It’s a sweet deal, and you don’t have to sell your firstborn child to enter to win either. Just upload a music-related photo to Instagram before 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, July 25th and include the hashtag #WMusicINSIDER. Then follow @whotels and @whotelsofchi on Instagram and you’re automatically entered to win. For more details on this contest, go here. Sound good? Now let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison. There’s some great tracks today from Body Parts, Cavaliers of Fun, Decoy Jet, Hollis Brown, Paper Lions, Scott & Charlene’s Wedding and Tight Nights. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Claire, Crystal Antlers, Icona Pop, The Lumineers, The Naked and Famous and The Orwells.

3rd Prototype ft. Meg & Dia – Monster

Body Parts – Desperation

Brave Young Lion – 122A

Cavaliers of Fun – Valley of Dreams

Decoy Jet – Action Reaction

Gaoler’s Daughter – St. Peter

Hollis Brown – Doghouse Blues

Jimi Nxir – Thundher

LOGO – Fabrice (Bwi-Bwi Remix)

Paper Lions – My Friend

Phoenix – Trying to Be Cool (Grum Remix)

Scott & Charlene’s Wedding – Wild Heart

Tight Nights – The Minors

Young Dreams – Footprints (Naysayer & Gilsun Remix)

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