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After the holiday week last week was a bit light on new album releases, this week sees the action pick back up again. There’s stuff coming out from Aesop Rock, Beak, The Capitol Steps, Chris Forsyth, Clare and the Reasons, Dead Rat Orchestra (featured below!), Deep Time, Delicate Steve, Dirty Projectors, Duran Duran, Erika Spring, Holograms, Marina and the Diamonds, Milk Maid, Mission of Burma, theclosing, Twin Shadow, Van She and Videoing. Believe it or not, a couple of these records are really good. Look for my reviews of a couple of them elsewhere on the site or coming soon. In the set of mp3s below that constitute today’s Pick Your Poison, allow me to suggest downloading tracks from Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Bear Hands, Big Wave Riders, Dead Rat Orchestra, Kishi Bashi, Pop Culture and Romans. Dave Sitek’s remix of alt-J’s “Fitzpleasure” is absolutely delightful too. In the Soundcloud section, you’re not going to want to miss streaming new songs from Band of Horses and Sea Wolf, along with a stream of Lee Ranaldo Band’s cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Albatross”, with Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis on guitar. Call it a slam dunk.

alt-J – Fitzpleasure (Dave Sitek Remix)

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Only In My Dreams

bassDrumsnareDrum – All We Need

Bear Hands – Bullshit Saviour Complex

Big Wave Riders – Sunny Season

Chris McFarland – Wild Abandon

Dead Rat Orchestra – Joy/Sorrow (Sula Sgeir)

DZ Deathrays – Dollar Chills (Trumpdisco Remix)

Ex-Friendly – Goodnews

HiFi Brown – Flat of the Rising Sun

JC Flow – Kill the Monster

Kishi Bashi – Bright Whites

The N.E.C. – N.O.W.

Newtimers – January Love (Royal Scams Remix)

Pop Culture – Affair

Romans – Mystery Girl

Sean 0’Sean – Arch Envy

Temper Trap – Trembling Hands (Little Daylight Remix)

Zebra and Snake – Empty Love Song

SOUNDCLOUD

Band of Horses – Knock Knock

Escapologists – Conscience Or Regret

Lee Ranaldo Band ft. J Mascis – Albatross (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Sea Wolf – Old Friend

Welcome to a brand new week, friends. I’m going to make this introduction short and sweet today, because big things are afoot here on the site. It’s Pitchfork Music Festival week, and I’m doing my best to keep you as informed and up-to-date with all the comings and goings of one of Chicago’s finest (if not THE finest) music festivals. In addition to the regular dose of Pick Your Poison today, I’ll be posting a collection of mp3s and song streams from every artist on this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival lineup. The hope is that you’ll get some sort of education about artists on the bill you may not have heard of before, even if that dose is 3 minutes long. So enjoy that, as the next few days leading into Friday will be consumed with day-by-day previews of what artists to see. As to the official business at hand concerning Pick Your Poison today, please enjoy some great songs from CutWires, Debo Band, Feedtime, Frank Ocean, Golden Retriever, Memoryhouse, mum, and State Broadcasters.

Cantoreggi – Young Guns (ft. XOV)

CutWires – Come to Pass

Debo Band – And Lay

Feedtime – Rock n Roll

Frank Ocean – Sweet Life

Golden Retriever – Serene Velocity

La Chansons – Candy Party (Lost in a Dream Mix)

Mad Planet – Pieces of You

Memoryhouse – Walk With Me

múm – 0,000Orð

Pegasus Dream – In Absentia
Pegasus Dream – Oxen Free

Ryan Traster – Cruel Love
Ryan Traster – As We Go Up, We Go Down (Guided By Voices cover)

Shecats – Christ Air

State Broadcasters – Trespassers

SOUNDCLOUD

Aiden Grimshaw – Curtain Call (II Figures Remix)

Ayanami – Crash and Burn

Barny Carter – Park

Bombay Bicycle Club – Beg (Tom Moulton Mix)

Fabulous Diamonds – Lothario

Heart of Hearts – Candling

It’s been an interesting holiday week in music, hasn’t it? Christopher Owens left the band Girls. Tyler Sargent and Robbie Guertin left Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Frank Ocean left heterosexuality. Wild stuff, right? I don’t really have comments on any of those things, except to say I wish everyone the best. Do what makes you happy, and if that means quitting a band or announcing you’re a homosexual or bisexual, then hopefully it works out in the end. One other thing I wanted to mention, and it’s sort of a site housekeeping sort of thing, but next week is Pitchfork Week here at Faronheit. Starting Monday and ending the following Monday, I’ll be providing a go-to guide for anything and everything Pitchfork Music Festival. I’ll start with a day-by-day guide, then provide daily recaps over the 3-day weekend before wrapping up with a final assessment and some photo sets. It should be a lot of fun, and I hope you’ll spend plenty of time learning about this year’s fest and the artists involved. Covering it the last couple years has been a blast, and I suspect this year will be more of the same. So keep an eye out for that. As for this Friday edition of Pick Your Poison, allow me to recommend tracks from Echoes De Luxe, Kalen Nash, Silver Medallion, Tough Guys of America and Trebuchet. In the Soundcloud section there’s good stuff streaming from Bonde do Role, OM and Summer Camp. Have a great weekend!

As Elephants Are – War Cry

Dub Pistols – Countermeasure

Echoes De Luxe – The Ride

Get People – Something Better (dBridge vs. Get People)

Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders – Cold Feet (DM Edit)

Kalen Nash – Ramona

Loscil – Else

Pan – John From New York

Silver Medallion – Stay Young

SINAH – Nobody Knows

Tough Guys of America – Jersey Shore

Trebuchet – He Ran

Vulture Smile – Downrigger

Woodz – For You

SOUNDCLOUD

Bonde do Role – Bang (ft. Kool A.D. of Das Racist)

Derby Sunshine – The Milky Way

Neil Halstead – Full Moon Rising

OM – Gethsemane (Edit)

Summer Camp – City

Sunrom – Space Heroine

While I sit back and recover from too much BBQ yesterday, let’s take care of a couple points of business. First up, this is the weekly reminder that the Faronheit Facebook page exists, and you might want to pop over and “Like” it if you’re not feeling too turned off by the mere suggestion. No pressure, I’m just trying to deliver the best content possible over there to help make it worth the 2 seconds it took you to click. Secondly, I like to mention sometimes if a band being featured in Pick Your Poison has an upcoming tour date in Chicago. That’s the case with Aktar Aktar, who will be performing at Subterranean on Friday, July 20th with Secret Colours (who I’ve also featured on here a couple times). Should be a great show, and you can buy tickets for $10 by clicking here. Listen/download the Aktar Aktar song below too – it’s pretty good. Other pretty good stuff comes from Careful, Easter Island, Le Youth, Peelander Z, Slow Dancing Society and Wildlife Control. Oh, and I’d like to thank the multiple (random) people that emailed me about The Ludlow Thieves this week. I don’t know if they’re trying some grassroots marketing campaign or if it was sheer coincidence that 3 non-PR strangers felt the need to “get in touch” all at once, but in any case they’re a band with plenty of support and listening to the track below I can kind of understand why. In the Soundcloud section, stream some great tracks from Dead Can Dance, Fang Island and Woods. Lykke Li’s cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Silver Springs” is perhaps the best thing I’ve heard from the upcoming tribute record so far. Don’t miss it.

Aktar Aktar – Both Young and Wild

Babajaga – Caravan

Body Language – You Can (Live)

Careful – It’s Funny

The Delmore Schwartz – Best Friend

D-R-U-N-K – Sexvox

Easter Island – Independence

High Pines – All Around
High Pines – I Haven’t Seen It All

Le Youth – Memories

The Ludlow Thieves – To Travel

Lushes – Harsh

Peelander Z – Get Glasses

Slow Dancing Society – I’ll Leave A Light On

The Stowaways – Changing Times

Wildlife Control – Analog or Digital

SOUNDCLOUD

Dead Can Dance – Amnesia

Echodrone – Under An Impressive Sky

Fang Island – Seek it Out

I Am Harlequin – Craze

Lykke Li – Silver Springs (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Woods – Cali In A Cup

Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans! Today’s the day we celebrate not being ruled by England anymore. It’s a whole thing, we had parent issues and a rebellious phase that’s been going on for quite some time. Each year we get together with family or friends to fire up some grills, sit by the pool and launch plenty of fireworks. With that also comes the inevitable firework safety video, in which mannequins get their limbs blown off to illustrate the dangers of fireworks. So that’s always fun. I hope you enjoy your holiday, if you’re American and celebrating. If not, I hope your Wednesday is good regardless. If you’re throwing a party, some of the mp3s featured below could help make your soundtrack just a bit better. New stuff from Azealia Banks, Dylan LeBlanc, Railbird, Shark?, Truckstop Darlin, World Blanket (with a song especially effective today), and Zachary Cale. In the Soundcloud section, streams of songs by Allo Darlin’, Dinosaur Jr., and The June Brides will hopefully inspire you too.

Azealia Banks – Nathan (ft. Styles P)

Battleships – Your Words

theclosing – Box

Dylan LeBlanc – Part One: The End

Eluusif – I Love My Daft Punk

Frank Rabeyrolles – Instable Drive

Houndmouth – Penitentiary

Idjut Boys – Going Down

Matt and Kim – Let’s Go (Team Bayside High Remix)

Noah and the MegaFauna – We’ll Sail Above This (ft. Kat Edmonson)

Railbird – Jump Ship (ft. Sean Rowe & Sarah Barthel of Phantogram)

Shark? – Down Low

Sick Figures – Never Change

Truckstop Darlin – Same Old Story

Van She – Jamaica (Plastic Plates Remix)

World Blanket – The Holiday Song (For No Holiday in Particular)

Zachary Cale – Love Everlasting

SOUNDCLOUD

Allo Darlin’ – Europe

Dinosaur Jr. – Watch the Corners

Friends – I’m His Girl (AlunaGeorge Mix)

The June Brides – A January Moon

Log Across the Washer – Shredding Heads of Baby Dolls

Maybe Vultures – Hollow (Demo)

It’s a holiday week in America, and that typically means one thing: fewer new music releases. On Tuesdays I like to give you the rundown of what’s new out there so you can make an informed decision about what to spend your money on. This week sees new records from Easter Island, Chicago’s own Gold Motel, Johnny Hickman, Joshua Hyslop, Mum and Parlovr. Nothing too significant, but I promise you a couple of those records are more than decent. As for today’s Pick Your Poison, might I recommend tracks from Angel Haze, Denver, The Dust Engineers, Jenee Halstead, Tilly & the Wall and The Ugly Club. In the Soundcloud section you might be interested to stream tracks from James Iha and Lavender Diamond.

Angel Haze – New York

Binary – Modern Man (Atari Teenage Riot Remix)

Brian John Mitchell & Andrew Weathers – Only Dream You

David Bowie – Space Oddity (The Golden Pony Remix)

Denver – The Way It Is

Drop the Lime – Outlaws

The Dust Engineers – So American

Gatekeeper – Tree Drum (Pre-Gen Exo Mix)

Indian Wells – Wimbledon 1980

Jenee Halstead – So Far, So Fast

Lightouts – The Big Picture

Nü Sensae – Swim

A Silent Film – Echoes Across A Bowl of Tears

Tilly & the Wall – Love Riot

The Ugly Club – David Foster Wallace

Wax Mannequin – Don’t Want to Go

SOUNDCLOUD

Catch Wild – Star

James Iha – To Who Knows Where

Keaton Henson – To Your Health

La Shark – Mr Modern Man

Lavender Diamond – Oh My Beautiful World

Nuthin’ Under A Million – Above the Pharaohs

Happy Monday. I hope you had a great weekend. Have you gone to see Ted yet? It got solid reviews, but seriously cleaned up at the box office over the weekend. I guess people are just really, really interested in seeing a movie about a foul-mouthed teddy bear. I thought it was excellent, and considering it was written by, directed by and stars the voice talents of Seth MacFarlane, it’s easy to say he’s destined for bigger and better things beyond his work on Family Guy, American Dad and so forth. Hopefully a successful movie career doesn’t put a stop to all that. Anyways, let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison. You might be interested in tracks from Arcadia Gardens, Birthmark, Company, Leverage Models, Milk Music, Twin Shadow and Why?. In the Soundcloud section stream Best Coast’s cover of the Fleetwood Mac classic “Rhiannon,” and you might also enjoy listening to tracks from Delay Trees and Follow Me.

2800 Stunnaman – I Make My Own Rules (ft. Trouble Andrew)

Arcadia Gardens – Purple Glow

Avec Sans – Heartbreak Hi

Birthmark – Stuck
Birthmark – Shake Hands

Company – Moonlight

David Rael – Nothing Could Have Gone Any Better

Fast Planet – I Want Out

Jeans Wilder – Limeade
Jeans Wilder – Spanish Tile

Josh Gilligan – Whispers in the Breeze

Leverage Models – Cooperative Extensions

Lupe – Beating the Drum

Milk Music – Violence Now

Minotaur Shock – Saundersfoot (Gold Panda Remix)

Silent Rider – I Was A Bomb

Twin Shadow – Five Seconds

Why? – Sod in the Seed

SOUNDCLOUD

Afterworks – You Are Given (Single Version)

Best Coast – Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Delay Trees – Pause

Follow Me – Freak Me

Harry Oakwood (Millionaire) – Scared Crow

Tussle – Eye Context

Say hello to the weekend, because it just arrived. I don’t know about you, but my summer weekends are packed with parties, BBQs and outdoor activities. Enjoy it while you can. Try and make some time to see Ted this weekend too. It’s supposed to be really funny. Also, because I mention it weekly, I’d be super appreciative if you’d head over to Facebook and do the whole “Like” button thing on the Faronheit page. Your support means a lot to me, and I try and throw some exclusive content over there to make it extra engaging. If you’re hoping for some fun weekend music, this edition of Pick Your Poison certainly has some of that. I’ll advise you to download tracks from Elk, Jesca Hoop, Joe Jackson with Iggy Pop (covering Duke Ellington), Meyhem Lauren, The Raveonettes, They Might Be Giants, Videoing and Wake Up Lucid. The Jensen Sportag remix of Erika Spring is great too. In the Soundcloud section, stream super fun tracks from Com Truise and Dignan Porch, while CFCF’s remix of Azari & III’s “Into the Night” is positively sublime. Have a great weekend!

Bravestation – Western Thrills

Burning Jet Black – Magazine Girl

Conner Youngblood – Gold

Elk – Riverview

Erika Spring – Hidden (Jensen Sportag Remix)

Janowski – 2O

Jesca Hoop – Hospital (Win Your Love)

Joe Jackson & Iggy Pop – It Don’t Mean a Thing (If You Ain’t Got That Swing) (Duke Ellington cover)

Luke Frazier – Interstellar Road Trip

Meyhem Lauren – BBQ Brisket (ft. Action Bronson & Ag Da Coronoer)

Prison for Kids – Low Fevers

The Raveonettes – Observations

They Might Be Giants – Alphabet of Nations (Bonus Extended Version)

Videoing – Crimson Wave

Wake Up Lucid – Feel It

SOUNDCLOUD

Azari & III – Into The Night (CFCF Remix)

Coastal Cities – Relief

Com Truise – Open

Dignan Porch – Sad Shape

Gallows – Last June

Visuals – Levitation

Class of 2012 crossover alert! A few months ago I told you that A$AP Rocky and Lana Del Rey were working together on a song. It was originally set to appear on a mixtape by production team KickDrums, but they decided to remove the song and save it for A$AP Rocky’s upcoming album this fall. Funny story: the song “leaked” months ago before it was pulled from the mixtape, and then this week it resurfaced with claims it was “official this time” but of course it wasn’t and got pulled down again. Somebody keeps screwing up with that track. Really what I want to talk about though is the official music video that Lana Del Rey released a couple days ago for her song “National Anthem.” It’s nearly 8 minutes long and features Del Rey as both Jackie O and Marilyn Monroe. A$AP Rocky is not on the song anywhere, but he appears in the video in the role of JFK. Don’t ask me to make sense of it, just watch it. I’m just happy that these two kids found each other. I mean, who hasn’t dated a classmate a time or two? Anyways, onto today’s Pick Your Poison. Strong lineup today, with tracks to recommend from Barbara Morgenstern, Chelsea Light Moving, CIRC, Edmund II, Giant Sand and Rainer, Oddience, Paul Banks (of Interpol), and Trick Shooter Social Club. The Soundcloud section has some great streams as well from The 1975, Dark Dark Dark, The-Drum, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Fang Island, as remixed by Anamanaguchi.

Barbara Morgenstern – Spring Time

Carol Kleyn – Jethro

Chelsea Light Moving – Burroughs

CIRC – Dopy Cast

Courtship – The People Around You

Deep Forest – White Whisper (Pericles Remix)

Edmund II – Golden Lung

Giant Sand and Rainer – The Inner Flame

Hello Phones – Drip

Joe Norkus – Call You Up

Late Lunch – Bohemian Groove

Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray – The River Made Me Do It

Oddience – Smile

Paul Banks – Summertime Is Coming

Post War Years – Glass House

The Sometime Boys – The Good People of Brooklyn

The Ten Thousand – Juneteenth

Trick Shooter Social Club – Powder Blue

SOUNDCLOUD

The 1975 – The City

Dark Dark Dark – Tell Me

The-Drum – /SYS

Fang Island – Sisterly (Anamanaguchi Remix)

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Black Mold

SNØSKRED – We Are

Occasionally I like to keep my Chicago readers informed about the latest and greatest shows happening in and around the city, and today shall be no different. The sextet known as Still Flyin’ will be making their way to the city this Friday, performing at The Burlington Bar with two great Chicago bands Roommate and Magical Beautiful. Still Flyin’ is touring in support of their new record On A Bedroom Wall, which is an excellent slice of 80’s-styled synth pop. If you’d like to hear something from the band, definitely check out the two mp3s posted below. If you’d like to go to the show at The Burlington Bar on Friday, it starts at 9PM and tickets are being sold at the door for a mere $7. It’s worth it if you ask me. As for today’s Pick Your Poison, don’t miss songs from Doc Days, Grand Resort, Ivan & Alyosha (with Aimee Mann), Me and My Drummer, Mungolian Jetset, and Waterlaso. The M Machine’s remix of Passion Pit, which is available for streaming in the Soundcloud section, is a nice slice of fun too.

The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby (Feature Cuts Remix)

Doc Days – Mirrored Dream
Doc Days – Oceanic Consciousness

Feist – Bittersweet Melodies (Christian Strobe Remix)

Female Demand – Paint My Brains With Your House

Grand Resort – Night Is Dark

Grassfight – Look Homeward, Heathen

Ivan & Alyosha – All the Times We Had (ft. Aimee Mann)

Lightning Love – Deadbeat

The Long Tones – Sleeper

Me and My Drummer – Heavy Weight

Milwakie – Wash Yourself

Mist Glider – Blueberry Hill (ft. Shelf Nunny)

Mungolian Jetset – Toccata

Night Symmetry – STS

Still Flyin’ – Travelin’ Man
Still Flyin’ – Cleat Talking

Waterlaso – Rosebell

SOUNDCLOUD

Bebe Black – I’ll Wait (Demo)

The East Collective – East End Rudeboy

Hadouken! – Bad Signal

The Milk – Every Time We Fight (CSY & Stripes Remix)

Passion Pit – Take A Walk (The M Machine Remix)

Every Tuesday I like to give you the list of artists releasing new material, as a way to remind you that music is still for sale and you can in fact buy it if you like it. That said, you can hit up your local music merchant or online retailer for new stuff from Air Traffic Controller, A Place to Bury Strangers, Beachwood Sparks, Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons, DIIV, Echo Lake, Everest, Exray’s, The Flaming Lips, Henry Clay People, Infantree, Jesca Hoop, Joe Jackson, A Lull, Milk Maid, New Beard (new mp3 featured below), The Offspring, Sonny and the Sunsets, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, and Ty Segall Band. So that’s your notification list. The Pick Your Poison list for today is below, and has a few songs/artists I’d like to personally recommend. Those include tracks from Apollo Cobra, Chris Cohen, Codeine, Crypts, Dragonette, Guardian Alien, John Maus, New Beard and Warm Weather. Lots of great stuff here worth learning more about, if you’re so inclined. Hip hop fans might like to know there’s a new Nas track (with Rick Ross) up for streaming in the Soundcloud section too.

Apollo Cobra – Feel It Break

Buffalo Killers – Hey Girl

Chris Cohen – Caller No. 99

Codeine – Kitchen

Crypts – Fancy

Dragonette – Rocket Ship

Extra Life – Discipline for Edwin

Fractures – Ride (Acoustic)

Guardian Alien – See the World Given to a One Love Entity (Part 1)

The History of Panic – The Chase

Hoverboard – Buzzsaw

Jen Schande – I Really Like Sonic Youth and I Really Want to Have Sex With You

John Maus – Bennington

Jon Lindsay – After Dark

New Beard – Doom

Santigold – The Keepers (The Knocks Remix)

treasureseason – Secrets

Vienna Ditto – I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole (Blind Willie Johnson cover)

Warm Weather – Stay

SOUNDCLOUD

Kirin J Callinan – Thighs

Nas ft. Rick Ross – Accident Murderers

The Temper Trap – Trembling Hands (Magnus & Timon Remix)

Sigh. I don’t know about you, but I love Blur. I think they’re one of the more unsung heroes of the 90’s, even though they are/were pretty popular. The thing about Damon Albarn, especially in the last 15 or so years, is apparently that he’s restless. Blur wasn’t enough for him, and so came Gorillaz, then The Good, the Bad & the Queen, then DRC Music and most recently Rocket Juice & the Moon. I’m not even going to get into his soundtrack work. The point is, we’re going on nearly a decade since the last Blur record, and there’s been a bit of back-and-forth about whether they still exist or not. There have been a few Blur shows in the U.K. recently, giving hope to that idea, along with reports they were in the studio recording. Yet Albarn has been coy and has suggested that Blur is over. While we continue to wait and see where that whole saga will go, the band is giving one little nugget of confidence suggesting they’re still around. Next Monday, July 2nd, Blur will perform 2 new songs on a London rooftop. Whether or not they’re trying to recreate The Beatles’ famous Apple Corps rooftop performance, you can watch them play “Under the Westway” and “The Puritan” at 6:15PM BST (aka 1:15PM EST) live via a link they’ll be posting on their Twitter page. I’m excited to hear and see what will happen, and I hope you are too. Okay, onwards with today’s Pick Your Poison. I’ll recommend tracks from the bilinda butchers, Howth, Pixel Memory, Saint Motel, Tassels and thenewno2. In the Soundcloud section don’t miss streaming a new song from Stars.

Anbuley – Oleee

the bilinda butchers – Haibby

Dent May – Shakedown Street (Grateful Dead cover)

Howth – Grand Marais

The Illegitimate Sons – Gillian

Pixel Memory – Guardian

Rude Gentlemen – Never Know

Saint Motel – Benny Goodman

Saturday, Monday – The Slow and Slopy Journey of Little Rhino

Shy Around Strangers – Never Look Down

Stayce Dylan – Y€S

Tassels – Overkill

Teen Daze – Brooklyn Sunburn (Lushlife Remix)

thenewno2 – Make It Home

Vybz Kartel – Money

SOUNDCLOUD

A Girl Called Ruth – You I See (Acoustic Version)

Milano Sun – Vertigo

My Son the Bum – Money Is The Whip

Stars – The Theory of Relativity

Wax Fingers – Bauhaus

Whales in Cubicles – Nowhere Flag

If you’re American and care anything about sports, you probably heard that last night the Miami Heat won the NBA Championship. This is a music site and I rarely mention sports on purpose, but this one stings just a little bit. If you’re from Miami or simply love the Heat, now’s the point where you want to stop reading and dive headfirst into the mp3s below. Okay. I’m not going to call Lebron James a bad basketball player. On the contrary, he’s one of the NBA’s best and deserved the MVP trophy he won. It’s the way he goes about it that feels almost criminal. Leaving Cleveland for Miami in an hour-long TV special a couple years ago was a classless move. So was the big “presentation party” where James, Wade and Bosh came out on a stage to confetti and cheers from adoring fans. They assembled a monster team with every intention of winning an NBA championship. I couldn’t have been happier last season when the Heat lost in the finals. Yet if I lived in Miami or Florida in general I’d probably be ecstatic over the collection of superstars the Heat have assembled. Sometimes you just want to see the underdog triumph against such a behemoth. The Oklahoma City Thunder are sort of the ultimate underdog team too, because they’re pretty new and just a bit “off the radar” versus other major cities like Boston, Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. Alas, it was not to be, and the Heat conquered as it has been expected of them. Now I’ve got to hope that doesn’t continue for multiple years. This, from a guy who loved every second of the Chicago Bulls’ 6-peat from the 90’s. Ah, what a time to be alive. Alright, sports talk over. Pick Your Poison talk now. Gold stars today go out to tracks from Barna Howard, Benjamin Francis Leftwich (covering The Beatles), Chomp, Daydream Vacation, Funkywalkman, Physical Therapy, Poolside, Purity Ring and Strand of Oaks. In the Soundcloud section don’t miss streaming songs from Holograms, The New Pornographers (covering Fleetwood Mac), and OM.

Barna Howard – Timber Nails and Tears

Benjamin Francis Leftwich – With A Little Help From My Friends (Beatles cover)

Brownout – Flaximus

Case & Point – Razor

Chomp – Throw Out Your Wish List

David Douglas – California Poppy

Daydream Vacation – Dare Seize Fire

Dr. Michael White – I Love You Too Much to Ever Leave You

Funkywalkman – Los Angeles

Kirk Ross – Break My Silence

Physical Therapy – Drone On (ft. Jamie Krasner)

Poolside – Slow Down

Purity Ring – Fireshrine

The Range – Nothing Left

Strand of Oaks – Maureen’s

Sun Boxes – Frozen Pond

Volta – Keyboard 47 (NEEDS Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

The Birthday Suit – Less Worthless Years

Holograms – Monolith

Hot As Sun – Only a Woman (Blood Diamonds Remix)

The New Pornographers – Think About Me (Fleetwood Mac cover)

OM – State of Non-Return

Splash – Ever Before