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Last Thursday I talked briefly about the Russian punk band Pussy Riot and the legal situation they were facing in court. Well as you may have heard, on Friday the band was found guilty of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred,” and all three members were sentenced to two years in prison. While many artists, celebrities and important figures have gone on record supporting the band and their actions, the Russian government isn’t about to change their minds. In fact, word today is that they’re busy searching for other members of the band, hoping to arrest them and charge them with the same crime. There are apparently 10 total members of Pussy Riot, so the three that have been convicted and sentenced are only a small part of their whole. In fact, after the sentencing on Friday, the band released a new song called “Putin Lights Up the Fires”. There were also “Free Pussy Riot” rallys held around the globe on Friday to show support for the band. While none of this will probably help the three women whose sentences have already been decided, hopefully such an outpouring of support and protest can help bring about some real changes and discussion about the topics of freedom and religion and feminism across the globe. Okay, I’ve gone over this enough for now, and it’s a heavier topic than I’d like for these Pick Your Poison posts. This is about discovering new music, not incarcerating someone because of it. So please enjoy tracks from Ab-Soul, DaVinci (with Freddie Gibbs), Holmes, The Pauses and Silent Rider. In the Soundcloud section Amateur Best and Deerhoof have new tracks up for streaming, and Peter Bjorn & John’s remix of Norah Jones is a surprising delight for many reasons.

Ab-Soul – Nibiru

Bjork – Mutual Core (The Adamski Kid Remix)

DaVinci – MYOB (ft. Freddie Gibbs)

Dinowalrus – Grounded

Donnis – Absolutely (ft. IAMSU & Jay Ant)

Eli & Fur – Tonight (Jimmy Edgar Remix)

Four Rounds & The Sound – Nothing But Time

Holmes – Stereo

How to Dress Well – Again (Janet Jackson cover)

Jaggery – No Sympathy

Natural Child – B$G P$MP$N

The Pauses – The Beginning of Things

Qualms – Pressure

Silent Rider – Beggar

Zucchini Drive – Howler Than Thou

SOUNDCLOUD

Amateur Best – Ready For The Good Life

Deerhoof – Fête d’Adieu

I Am Giant – Purple Heart

Milkman – Neon Eyes (Original Mix)

The National Rifle – Coke Beat

Norah Jones – Miriam (Peter Bjorn & John Remix)

Every now and then you need one of those weekends where you can just spend some quiet times with friends and not have to worry about going places or doing much. Sit back and relax on the couch with a beverage and enjoy shutting the world out. That sounds like a great idea to me, and so I think that’s what I’ll be doing all weekend. You should join me in doing the same. I’m not inviting you all over to my place, but we’ll each spend time in our respective places without a care in the world. If you have a second and are so inclined though, a quick click of the “Like” button on this site’s Facebook page would be very much appreciated. I promise not to spam you at all or clog up your Facebook News Feed. I’m a respectful Facebook user and I hope you are too. Now let me get to today’s Pick Your Poison. Solid set of songs today, in particular from The Dandelion War, Dan Melchior, Franz Nicolay (formerly of The Hold Steady), GRMLN, Karlie Bruce, Lonely Drifter Karen, More Amor and TEEN. In the Soundcloud section there’s streaming goodness from He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, King Krule and Neon Hitch. Have a great weekend!

The Dandelion War – Drifters

Dan Melchior – All the Clocks

Delicate Steve – Afria Talks to You (Oorutaichi Remix)

Franz Nicolay – Did Your Broken Heart Make You Who You Are?

GRMLN – Coral

Jay Rock – YOLA

Karlie Bruce – Paperback Lover

Lonely Drifter Karen – Comet

Marenberg Kollektiv – Sun Goes Down

Minta & the Brook Trout – From the Ground

More Amor – Heart

Nick Ferrio & His Feelings – Popular Flower

Squadda B – Love U

TEEN – Unable

Tesla Boy – Fantasy (SoundSAM Remix)

Tilly & the Wall – Love Riot (Cycad Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

AJ Edwards – Let Down Your Guard

Dan Croll – From Nowhere

The Fades – Be Your Man

He’s My Brother She’s My Sister – Electric Love

King Krule – Rock Bottom

Neon Hitch ft. Tyga – Gold

So there’s a Russian punk band known as Pussy Riot. I hope you’ve heard of them, especially since they’ve been attracting a lot of attention worldwide because they’re in trouble with the Russian government. Here’s what happened. The three members of the band held a performance on February 21st at Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral during which they shouted, “Virgin Mary, Mother of God, become a feminist!” and “Put Putin out!” while raising their fists into the air. The whole thing lasted under a minute and had political protest intentions. Now the government maintains the band tried to offend the Orthodox Christian community, so last March they threw them in jail on charges of “hooliganism.” They’ve remained in captivity since then, and in recent weeks have finally been to court for a full trial. Final arguments have been made, and tomorrow we will find out if these three women will serve any time in prison. Amnesty International has gotten involved, warning that if they are sentenced to prison they could wind up in labor camps where they will face mental, physical and sexual abuse. In other words, this isn’t a good situation. I hope you’ll learn more about what’s happening and try to help in whatever way possible. Go here for the latest information and to find out what you can do. Okay, with that bit of music and politics out of the way, let’s talk about today’s Pick Your Poison. I’ll give gold star points to downloads from all boy/all girl, Heems, Keel Her, Piney Gir, Rubblebucket, The Soft Moon and Spook Houses. In the Soundcloud section, don’t miss streaming tracks from Brother Ali, Rangda, and The Sea and Cake.

all boy/all girl – Summertime

Cultfever – Knew You Well (Eight Bit Tiger Remix)

Dr. Beat – FormulaMarzAgain

Hauschka – Radar (Michael Mayer Remix)

Heems – Killing Time

The Interns – Shudddup

Keel Her – Prize Catch

Piney Gir – Outta Sight

Public Enemy – Harder Than You Think (Featurecast Remix)

Romans – Somedays

Rubblebucket – (Focus) Oversaturated

sean0sean – Don’t You Worry About A Thing

Shawn Lee – Black Hole

The Soft Moon – Die Life

Spook Houses – Bad Sound

XOV – Tomorrow Is My Day

SOUNDCLOUD

Beast Patrol – Plaster

Brother Ali – Mourning in America

Groundislava – Suicide Mission (ft. Baths)

Japanese Moon – I Wanna Be Adored (Stone Roses cover)

Rangda – Majnun

The Sea and Cake – On and On

Every now and then I like to cater to my fellow Chicagoans by mentioning an important show or two happening in town. In this case the show holds special significance, as it’s all great Chicago bands playing at a great Chicago venue. This Friday at Empty Bottle, Football, Outer Minds and Mannequin Men are on the bill. They’re three of the city’s more prominent live acts, and I’ve either seen or heard great things about all of them. For Mannequin Men in particular this could be their last show for awhile, as bassist Miles Raymer is leaving the band to pursue other interests. He will be missed, so come out and give him a proper farewell at the show. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 the day of the show. You can buy them here. Please also enjoy the mp3 from Mannequin Men below. I also recommend downloading tracks from Attaque, Blonde Summer, Cold Showers, Death Rattle, Dirty Beaches, The Mommyheads and Riverboat Gamblers.

Amicus – Goodbye

Arc in Round – Said Astray (Void Edit by Benoit Pioulard)

Attaque – Intensify

Blonde Summer – Robots on Command

Cold Showers – BC

Death Rattle – The Dig

Decomposure – Readymade

Dirty Beaches – Elizabeth’s Theme

Feist – Graveyard (TRUST Remix)

Gaytheist – I’m Procrastinate and I Vote

Mannequin Men – What’s Your Favourite Colour?

The Mommyheads – Right Where They Should Be

OLGWI – Magic

Riverboat Gamblers – Good Veins

Tussle – Yume No Mori (Alexander Hacke Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

AnimalZOO – 1000 Spacecolours

Barny Carter – Castel

Kids With Teeth – Hell Hole

LexiconDon – Burn

My Preserver – You Know Something That I Don’t Know

Slowolf – See U In My Dreams

It’s a surprisingly quiet week for new album releases, and in fact I think the last few weeks have been. With Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear both coming up quite soon though, don’t expect this lull to last very long. For now though, here’s your weekly listing of artists that have new material out this week. Look for stuff from Asteroid Shop, Blur, Corb Lund, Dead Can Dance, Denver, Dignan Porch, Shoes and Why?. There’s also the double disc collection of Fleetwood Mac covers that features a great list of contributing artists including Best Coast, Antony Hegarty, Washed Out, Tame Impala, The Kills, MGMT, St. Vincent and Lykke Li. I won’t speak to the direct worth of any of those records, but if you see something you like, by all means check it out. Also check out today’s Pick Your Poison, which has some stuff I will recommend. Specifically look out for tracks from Amanda Palmer, Dog Bite, Feature Cuts, The Helio Sequence, Leftover Cuties, Lord Huron and Warning Light. In the Soundcloud section please enjoy streaming a new Ty Segall track.

Akello Light – This is Winston-Salem

Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra – The Killing Type

Bad Bibles – Nearsighted

The Cast of Cheers – Human Elevator (Citizens! Remix)

Diamond Messages – The Look (Metronomy cover)

Dog Bite – My Enthusiasm

Dolfish – I’d Rather Disappear Than Stay the Same

Feature Cuts – Decisions

The Helio Sequence – Hall of Mirrors

I Killed Kenny – Originator

Jahan Lennon – Don’t Come Around Here No More (Tom Petty cover)

Leftover Cuties – Smile Big

Lord Huron – Time to Run

Neonfaith – Tied Together

ViliFl – Anguish

Warning Light – Brisk Western Winds

Zebra and Snake – Maid of Orleans (OMD cover)

SOUNDCLOUD

Everyman – Take The Block (Original Mix)

Fuzzy Empire – Chroma

The Knocks – The Feeling

Ty Segall – The Hill

The xx – Chained (Common Citizens Remix)

On Saturday night, I was spending time with friends doing what we sometimes to, which is drinking at a bar. Upon stumbling back to my apartment a little intoxicated, I immediately sat down at my computer and discovered a little music news story that made my night. It said The Dismemberment Plan played a show at Baltimore’s Metro Gallery and performed what amounted to EIGHT new songs. To make things even better, frontman Travis Morrison took to Facebook to explain things. In a nutshell he said that after playing those new songs, the band is going back into their “lab” to work on some more. Right now there are no set plans to record, but it’s certainly being discussed. So it looks like we’ll be getting a new D-Plan record sometime in the future. That news alone is good enough for me, though if we get several years down the road and nothing happens (like Kevin Shields promising a new My Bloody Valentine record) then I’ll be impatient and upset. When the band first reunited in 2011, they said there were zero plans to make new music or a new record, but that they’d “take it day to day” and figure things out in time. With Morrison’s post-Dismembermen Plan records getting hated on consistently and his 2009 announcement that he was “retiring” from music, the remarkable success of this reunion must have provided him with a new lease on the rock star life. It makes sense that he and the rest of the band want more. If their output now is as good as their output from 10-15 years ago, we’re absolutely in for a treat. Want to see a bunch of the new songs performed live from that show over the weekend? Simply go here to watch six of them on YouTube. Great stuff. Also great is this Monday edition of Pick Your Poison. I’ll advise checking out tracks from Agents of Change, Cars & Trains, Eraas, Lindstrom, METZ, Nat Lyon, Poor Moon and Talibam!. In the Soundcloud section, I will recommend that you stream every single track in there, from Airbird (aka Joel Ford of Ford & Lopatin) to The Darkness (covering Radiohead) to Matthew Dear and beyond.

Agents of Change – Chicago Got Me Sweatin’

Alameda – Summer Dharma

Cars & Trains – Nations

Diamond Messages – The Look

Eraas – Briar Path

Francisco the Man – Tiger

Jennah Barry – The Coast

Kraak & Smaak – Forget About You (ft. Lee Fields (Valeron Remix)

Krink – Here I Come

Lindstrom – Rà-àkõ-st

METZ – Headache

Midnight Magic & Tommie Sunshine – I Found Love (Tommie Sunshine & Disco Fries Remix)

Nat Lyon – LCRV

Poor Moon – Birds

Slam Donahue – Bug in the Sun

Talibam! – It’s A Tough Day, Hard Day

Vonnegutt – Fresh Like Me (ft. Mic Terror)

SOUNDCLOUD

Airbird – Long Lake

Beacon – Feeling’s Gone

Buke & Gase – Misshaping Introduction

The Darkness – Street Spirit (Radiohead cover)

Hooray For Earth – Never

Matthew Dear – Earthforms

It’s Friday. Do you have big plans for the weekend? There’s not a whole lot of these “summer” weekends left, so get in your fun while you still can. Me, I’m headed to see Huey Lewis & The News. If reading those words just made you do a double take, well, take solace that I’m not the biggest Huey fan in the world. My main goal will be to hear “The Power of Love” because of my love of Back to the Future. Beyond that, I’m going to spend time with friends and consume alcohol. Sometimes those things are enough to tempt you into things you might not otherwise go to. Besides, do I really have to defend Huey Lewis & The News? They’re one of those bands that are so uncool it’s cool to like them. Or something like that. Anyways, have fun this weekend and stay safe. Enjoy this edition of Pick Your Poison too, which features great tracks from Cat Power, Chrome Canyon, John the Conqueror, Modern Skirts and Theresa Andersson. In the Soundcloud section, be sure to stream new stuff from Earlimart, Lavender Diamond, Simian Mobile Disco and Stars.

Angel Snow – Lie Awake

Astronauts, etc. – Mystery Colors

Capital Cities – Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince cover)

Cat Power – Cherokee (+ Nicolas Jaar Remix)

Christopher Paul Stelling – Never Been There

Chrome Canyon – Generation

Coldplay – Charlie Brown (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)

Earth Science – Devil’s Tower

Fast Planet – Columbus (Vindata Remix)

John the Conqueror – Time to Go

Mile Me Deaf – Troubles Caught

Modern Skirts – Tennessee

The Natural Shocks – Change

The Sound of Arrows – Wonders (The Knocks Remix)

Theresa Andersson – Fiya’s Gone

SOUNDCLOUD

Earlimart – 97 Heart Attack

High Highs – Once Around The House

Kasket – August Fades

Lavender Diamond – Everybody’s Heart’s Breaking Now

Simian Mobile Disco – A Form Of Change

Stars – Backlines

Good news for all you LCD Soundsystem fans. Their documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits, which screened in select theaters around the country last month, will be on DVD and Blu-Ray this October. The exact date of its release is October 9th, and it’ll be a 3-disc set. The extras aren’t announced yet, but the reason it’s 3 discs is because the first will be the documentary while the second and third will be their final show in its entirety, which lasted close to 4 hours. Yeah, they absolutely need 2 discs to hold all of that show. I promise it’ll make a great stocking stuffer for the music lover in your circle of friends and family. And hey, if you want to jump on it right away, the preorder is up. Okay, how about there here and now of today’s Pick Your Poison. You won’t want to miss downloading tracks from Blessed Feathers, Dressy Bessy, John Butler Trio, K Theory, Modern Rivals, Netherfriends and Paradigm. In the Soundcloud section be sure to stream tracks from Dragonette and Young Magic.

Blessed Feathers – Hey! All You Floridians

Buffetlibre – The Sun in the Shade (Bonde Do Role Remix)

Dressy Bessy – Something to Love
Dressy Bessy – Wind Me Up

The Jar Family – Getting Better

John Butler Trio – Ocean (2012)

K Theory – The Master

Labyrinth Ear – Urchin

The Lytics – Stay Calm

Mister 1-2-3-4 – Vermilion Sands

Modern Rivals – Clocks vs. Darts

Nacosta – Secret Destroyer

Ned Collette & Wirewalker – Il Futuro Fantastico

Netherfriends – Summer Sex

Paradigm – Share/Love

Passion Pit – Constant Conversations (St. Lucia Remix)

Thomas Azier – How to Disappear

SOUNDCLOUD

Dragonette – Live In This City

Her Vanished Grace – Fade Away

Magatha Trysty – Want to Stay

Young Magic – You With Air (Tape Flip)

In today’s edition of WTF news, Beck has announced the release of his new album, Song Reader. Ordinarily this would be great news, except things are not what they seem. See, Song Reader will not come in mp3, CD, vinyl or cassette formats. It will only come in sheet music format. If you want to hear what the songs sound like, you’re going to need to play them yourself via instruments you may or may not know how to use. So basically, Beck is giving us all a 20-song homework project. Of course it’s also entirely optional, and I suspect 90% of the people that buy it won’t learn more than a song or two. I think I’ll wait for a really good band to record all the songs themselves and give them away for free. Additional details about the project include a couple song titles, such as “Do We? We Do” and “Don’t Act Like Your Heart Isn’t Hard,” plus mentions of original artwork from a variety of people that will expand the set to 109 pages. It’ll be sold by McSweeney’s, and you can find more details here. Now let’s get to some songs that have already been recorded and are sheet music free. In this edition of Pick Your Poison, highlights include tracks from Bear Mountain, Ghost Wave, Grand Resort, Levek, and Space Fight.

Bear Mountain – Congo

Big Tree – Augury

Bloc Party – Octopus (SLDGHMR Remix)

Conner Youngblood – The Warpath

Ghost Wave – Hippy

Grand Resort – Never Ever

To Kill A King – Funeral

Koko Beware – Stay

Levek – French Lessons

Linus Pauling Quartet – Crom

Lucy and the Daze – Fear and Loathing

Lusjoints – Indy

Mucca Pazza – Boss Taurus (Jon Kennedy Remix)

Philistines – Woo Hoo Hoo

Space Fight – 22
Space Fight – 22 (RAC Maury Mix)

The UFO Club – July

SOUNDCLOUD

Cloud Seeding – The Light (ft. Nadine Carina)

Josephine – What A Day

Kodaline – Perfect World

Mind Enterprises – Summer War

Visitor – Coming Home

Tuesdays mean new album releases in America, and I’m pleased to present you with a list of artists putting out something new each week right around this time. The point is, if one of your favorite artists is doing something and you totally forgot about it, maybe this acts as a reminder. So look for fresh records from Antibalas, Antony and the Johnsons, Birds & Batteries, Buffalo Killers, Fergus and Geronimo, Hungry Ghost, Ivan & Alyosha, Los Straightjackets, Ned Collette and Wirewalker, Nu Sensae, Ormonde, The Orwells, So Many Wizards, Stagnant Pools, Sweet Valley and Tidelands. If you didn’t recognize most of those names, that’s because there’s not a whole lot of high profile releases this week. Well, unless you count reissues from Johnny Cash, Archers of Loaf and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. But the set of mp3s in today’s Pick Your Poison are surprisingly recognizable, so let me run down some recommended ones for you. Don’t miss downloading tracks from Ali Koehler (ex-Vivian Girls/Best Coast), Gabe Goodman, I/O, King Dude, Kisses, Matmos, Mike Coykendall with Ben Gibbard & Zooey Deschanel, Paul Banks (of Interpol), Paul Stewart, The Slowdown and Wild Nothing. I kind of love this set of music. In the Soundcloud section you can stream new stuff from the legendary Bob Mould, along with Woods and Keep Shelly in Athens’ remix of Reptile Youth.

Ali Koehler – Not Like Me

The Delta Routine – Switchblade

Gabe Goodman – Bent Fiction

Get People – Grove (Rewards Remix)

I/O – Wasted My Time

Kev La Kat – Make It Happen

King Dude – Jesus in the Courtyard

Kisses – Funny Heartbeat

LCTRISC – Ticket

Matmos – Very Large Green Triangles (Edit)

Mike Coykendall – The Hippie Girl (ft. Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel)

Paul Banks – The Base

Paul Stewart – Glass Skull

Phoenix – Fences (Deltafoxx Remix)

Seatraffic – Put Away (Yalls Remix)

The Slowdown – To Wonder

Wild Nothing – Paradise

Wool – The Good in You

SOUNDCLOUD

Bob Mould – The Descent

Cineplexx – Cosas de la Vida Normal

Graph Rabbit – Only Fields

Reptile Youth – Black Swan Born White (Keep Shelly in Athens Remix)

Skeletons on Holiday – Sink Or Swim

Woods – Size Meets The Sound

I hope you had a grand weekend. As you may have read, mine was spent at Lollapalooza. I’m busy in recovery mode right now, but I’ll have some follow-up posts on it either tonight or tomorrow. In the meantime, please enjoy this Monday edition of Pick Your Poison. Featured tracks include ones from DUDES, Jason Collett, Natural Child, Turtle Giant and XOV. In the Soundcloud section don’t miss streaming new stuff from Cult of Youth, John Cale, Six Organs of Admittance and Youngblood Hawke.

Barbarossa – Battles

Daytona – Undertow

DUDES – Teenage Rebels

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Dear Believer (Timmy Terror Remix)

Hot Freak Nation – All The Right Things

Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders – Short Memory

Jason Collett – I Wanna Rob A Bank

Jon Lindsay – Oceans More

Miike Snow ft. Lykke Li – Black Tin Box (Case & Point Bootleg)

Natural Child – Mother Natures Daughter

Of Monsters & Men – Little Talks (The Knocks Remix)

PAWS – Miss American Bookworm

Shelf Nunny – Visualize

Turtle Giant – We Were Kids

XOV – Stones

SOUNDCLOUD

Black Paint – I Killed A Man

Cult of Youth – Garden of Delights

John Cale – I Wanna Talk 2 U

Rizzle Kicks – Epic Dreamers Remix

Six Organs of Admittance – One Thousand Birds

Youngblood Hawke – We Come Running

Happy Friday! I’m at Lollapalooza all weekend long, so I’d like to encourage you to check in with the site for my daily recaps of all the action happening in Grant Park. If you’re going to be there, even if it’s for a single day, don’t miss my preview guide with suggestions on what acts to see and when. For live updates about what’s happening, check in with me on Twitter. Hopefully I’ll have plenty of fun commentary there too. For everyone else, please enjoy this Friday edition of Pick Your Poison. I’m happy to recommend tracks from Blanche Blanche Blanche, Denver, Menahan Street Band, North Atlantic Drift, Ormonde, Peace, and Solidisco. In the Soundcloud section, stream songs from Boys Noize, Groove Armada, Teengirl Fantasy, and Bonde Do Role/CSS side project Madrid.

Bart Finks – Pain in My Pocket

Blanche Blanche Blanche – Green Light

Brendan Hines – Could’ve Sworn

Denver – Reno

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – One Love to Another (Aqua Remix)

Foy Vance – Something in the Water

Janka Nabay ft. Bajah – Nar London

La Boum Fatale – Rumple (9b0 Remix)

Menahan Street Band – The Crossing

Ninjasonik – This is How We Treat ‘Em (ft. Hollywood Holt & Million $ Mano)

North Atlantic Drift – Albatross

Ormonde – Cherry Blossom

Peace – Your Hand in Mine

Seamonster – Normandy Landscape

Solidisco – Take It Back

Thomas Bryan Eaton – Last June

Tropical Popsicle – Ghost Beacons

SOUNDCLOUD

Boys Noize – XTC

Groove Armada – Pull Up (ft. Slarta John)

kilo kish – Watergun (Prod. by The Internet)

Madrid – Till Things Fall Apart

Teengirl Fantasy – EFX (ft. Kelela)

I’m very saddened to hear that Elephant 6 co-founder and Olivia Tremor Control member Bill Doss has passed away. He was 43 years old. His cause of death has not yet been announced. What’s somewhat strange about it is that I just saw him perform with The Olivia Tremor Control a couple weeks ago and he seemed perfectly fine. I suspect his friends and family thought the same thing. I think most people that die so suddenly, it’s later determined that they had some sort of body issue nobody was aware of, like an enlarged heart or something. Who knows what the official cause was, though I suspect it didn’t have anything to do with drugs or alcohol. If you’d like to attend the memorial service for Doss, it’s taking place this Saturday from 2-4 p.m. at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA. In lieu of flowers, his family is also asking for donations to Nuci’s Space, an organization that works to help prevent suicide and assist with depression and other mental disorders affecting musicians. You can click here to donate. As for what this means about the future of the Olivia Tremor Control, we will see. They were in the middle of recording a new album, so we may get a few more Doss-fronted songs in the near future. In the meantime, let’s continue to mourn the loss of another important musician and great talent. Onto today’s Pick Your Poison. Good and interesting tracks from AM, The Asteroid Shop, Dog Society, Fold, IlldotLogic and Scarlett Johansson with Lulu Gainsbourg.

Adele – Rolling in the Deep (Blackbird Blackbird Rework)

Alison Valentine – Peanut Butter

AM – Me and My Arrow (Harry Nilsson cover)

The Asteroid Shop – Alone

Catamaran – Goth Creep

Dog Society – The Fuse Before

Erik Gundel – The Mountains Grow

Fold – Mr. President, We’re in Trouble

Hot Chip – Night & Day (Jericho A.D. Remix)

IlldotLogic – Won’t Be Around

Jon Samuel – First Transmission

Love Like Hate – 21

Men Without Hats – This War

RUMTUM – New Lands/Sea Gypsies

Scarlett Johansson & Lulu Gainsbourg – Bonnie and Clyde (Serge Gainsbourg cover)

T Lucas – He Can Do It

Valente – Home

SOUNDCLOUD

Example – Say Nothing

From the Kites of San Quentin – Stoopid

JAWS – Toucan Surf

Saint Lou Lou – Maybe You

Verdensrommet – Nytt

Wildlife Control – People Change

It’s a relatively weak week for new album releases, which is just fine by me. We’re gearing up for a big fall with new stuff from Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear, among others. For those looking to pick something up from your physical or digital music retailer, be aware there’s new stuff out this week from Allen Stone, Black Swans, Blur (Their 21 box set), IlldotLogic, Joshua Radin, Major Lazer, Reel Big Fish, Sacred Caves, Shannon McArdle, and Wildlife Control. If you’re really looking to hear a great new record though, next week my Class of 2012 artist Blonds will be releasing their debut LP The Bad Ones. You can stream the whole thing right now exclusively at Stereogum. For individual songs though, look no further than right here and this edition of Pick Your Poison. Don’t miss some strong mp3s from Balmorhea, Gemini Club, THe Helio Sequence, Mapuche, Trails and Ways, Vitalic and White Poppy. The Soundcloud section has some great audio streams too from the likes of the A$AP Mob, Beak>, Children and Mungolian Jetset.

Balmorhea – Pyrakantha

Bryan Ellis – Skinny Luv (Bon Iver cover)

Carried By Waves – For the Absent

DāM-FunK – Happy

Dikembe – We Could Become River Rats

Freddy Hall – Hold Love, Keep It in Your Hands

Gemini Club – Sparklers

The Helio Sequence – October

Mapuche – Biutiful

The Prodigy – Hyperspeed, G-Force Part 2 (12INCHPT Remix)

Sophie Madeleine – Oil & Gold

Tailor – Wolf

This Is Cinema — Mädchen

Trails and Ways – Mtn Tune

Vitalic – No More Sleep

White Poppy – Mirage Man

SOUNDCLOUD

A$AP Mob – Bath Salt (ft. Flatbush ZOMBiES)

BEAK > – 0898

Children – Riot

Mungolian Jetset – Smells Like Gasoline

MYSTYRYS – Normals

Popstrangers – In Some Ways