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Remember yesterday when I said I wasn’t feeling well? After a night that was ultimately spent praying to the porcelain god, I strongly suspect I had food poisoning. Feeling better today (so far), though I have been careful about what I’m eating. That cleared up, the normal Tuesday business is that I tell you all about the new full lengths and EPs being released this week, in case you’re looking to pick something up. This week you’ll find new stuff from Alejandro Escovedo, Amanda Mair, The Beach Boys, Crocodiles, Dntel, The Hives, Japandroids, Kelly Hogan, Langhorne Slim, Liars, Melvins, The Mynabirds, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Pujol, Rhett Miller, The Rocket Summer, Scott Lucas and the Married Men, Teen Daze and The Temper Trap. Definitely some interesting stuff on there. Also some interesting stuff in today’s Pick Your Poison. I’ll advise you to download tracks from Dalton, Dub Pistols, Echo Lake, Emily Jane White and Marissa Nadler cpveromg Townes Van Zandt, Flosstradamus & DJ Sliink, and Silver Medallion covering Robyn. Lest I forget, The Deer Tracks are a pretty awesome electronica duo from Sweden, and they’ll be playing a show at Schuba’s on Thursday, June 14th. It’s set to be a great show, and they’ll be performing songs off their Archer trilogy. Hell yes you should go if you’re in the area. Buy tickets here.

Dalton – Breaker

Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters – The Fool

The Deer Tracks – W
The Deer Tracks – Dark Passenger

Dub Pistols – Alive (Radio Edit)

Echo Lake – Even the Blind

Emily Jane White and Marissa Nadler – Close Your Eyes I’ll Be Here in the Morning (Townes Van Zandt cover)

Emorie – Change

ExDetectives – The Lawn

Fine Steps – Tomorrow For All of Today

Flosstradamus & DJ Sliink – Test Me

Maren Parusel – Tightrope Walker

Men Without Hats – Head Above Water

Niyaz – Parishaan

Nova Albion – Human Condition

Sidi Touré – Maïmouna

Silver Medallion – Dancing On My Own (Robyn cover)

Sinden – Keep It 1000 (L-Vis 1990’s Construction Mix)

SOUNDCLOUD

Miriam Bryant- Finders Keepers

Project 46 – Atarax (Original Mix)

SirAiva ft. Laura – Miss Tery (Original Mix)

The Traps – Your Head Land

Have you ever felt sick but had no idea what was wrong with you? As in, your sinuses are clear, your head feels fine, but your body feels like there’s something out of whack? I’m no doctor and haven’t asked anyone for their opinion, but I feel like I’m coming down with something. It’s possible I have a fever, and there’s just a slight touch of nausea rising from my stomach. I’m not looking for a diagnosis from some helpful commenter, but really I’m just trying to reflect my current state and explain why I’m not going to mess around with this Pick Your Poison intro today. Let’s get straight to the meat and potatoes of this before another symptom arises. I’ll recommend tracks from Amanda Palmer, Anabot, Archers of Loaf, EDH, Laetitia Sadier, Patrick Watson, Perfume Genius and Super Magic Hats. In the Soundcloud section there’s good stuff from Arrange, The Hudson Branch (covering Wilco), Liam Titcomb and a Fela Kuti cover collaboration that involves tUnE-yArDs and ?uestlove of The Roots. Let’s hope I’m feeling right as rain tomorrow.

Ajnabi – My One and Only Love

Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra – Want It Back

Anabot – Take Down

Archers of Loaf – Dead Red Eyes

The Aston Shuffle – Won’t Get Lost (96 Bulls Remix)

Blak Lyons – California
Blak Lyons – SUnrise

Branko – Going In Hard (ft. Dominique Young Unique)

EDH – Ice

Enola Fall – We Become Wolves

Laetitia Sadier – Find Me the Pulse of the Universe

Motion City Soundtrack – True Romance (Alternate Take)

Noonie Bao – Do You Still Care?

Patrick Watson – Words in the Fire

Perfume Genius – Rusty Chains

SANGO x ZandSHE – Saturn x Neptune

Super Magic Hats – Charcoal

Thallie Ann Seenyen – Dub 4

Twin Sister – Kimmi in a Rice Field (Spanish Prisoners Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

Age of Consent – Ghost Rider (Suicide Cover)

Arrange – North

The Hudson Branch – Sky Blue Sky (Wilco Cover)

Liam Titcomb – Love Don’t Let Me Down

tUnE-yArDs, ?uestlove, Angélique Kidjo and Akua Naru – Lady (Fela Kuti cover)

Did it seem like this week just flew by? That’s what a holiday on Monday will do for you. We’re back at the weekend, and that’s a great thing. A couple items of business before cashing in the chips and taking a couple days. First up, this is the weekly reminder that Faronheit has a Facebook page. If you’re looking for some extra content or simply links to all the posts that appear here on the site, do me a favor and click “Like” at the Facebook page. I’d appreciate it. Secondly, I want to briefly mention that Cory Branan, who has a new song available for download below, will be playing a show at Schubas on June 26th. Audra Mae and Briar Rabbit open the show. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased here. Check him out, I hear he’s great live, and that song below is great too. In addition to Cory Branan, there are some excellent songs today from Codeine, Crocodiles, Dent May, The Henry Clay People, Husky, Micachu & the Shapes, Sonny & the Sunsets, State Lines and They Might Be Giants. The Soundcloud section is full of gems too. Don’t miss streaming new stuff from Balam Acab, Friends, Yuck side project Parakeet, and Ty Segall Band.

Codeine – Median (Peel Session)

Cory Branan – Bad Man

Crocodiles – Endless Flowers

Dent May – Home Groan

The Henry Clay People – Hide

Husky – History’s Door

I’m Not Jim – Uncomplicated

Kirk Ross – A Little Love

Lawrence Arabia – Travelling Shoes

Lightouts – Stray Boy

Micachu & the Shapes – OK

Sonny & the Sunsets – I See the Void

State Lines – Win Free

Terrible Feelings – Another Night

They Might Be Giants – Clap Your Hands (Live Version)

SOUNDCLOUD

Arcane Roots – Habibty

Balam Acab – Ass Pop

Friends – Home

Parakeet – Shonen Hearts

Todd Hoover – If You’re the Same God

Ty Segall Band – Swag

Chicago has quite a large number of great local bands that haven’t hit the big time just yet, and I’m always pleased when one sends me an email introduction. I try to support the local scene as much as I’m able without distracting too much from some of the more major worldwide indie acts, and in this case here’s something fun anybody from anywhere can get involved with. Chicago band The Bears of Blue River are preparing a new 7″ single for their song “Flamingo”, and they want you to design the cover art. Feel free to submit anything, from a photo you took to something you drew/painted or even something you created on your laptop. If it’s artistic or even simple and crude, feel free to submit it for consideration. You can get your art to the band through email or regular mail, bearing in mind that if you’re submitting something digitally the image should be as large as possible to avoid distortion on the actual finished product. Digital submissions can be sent to BearsContest@rhedrholl.com. Physical submissions should be sent to Rhed Rholl Recordings, PO Box 60315, Nashville, TN, 37206. Please know that by sending in your artwork you’re giving permission to the band and Rhed Rholl Recordings to use it in whatever fashion they like. If your piece is chosen, you will receive record #1 of 250 hand numbered pink vinyl, a framed copy of your artwork, and a special thank you in the liner notes. Just for submitting something the band will also include your name in the liner notes. If you’re looking for more details on the contest, simply click here. And so you’re not creating artwork for a band you might not have heard of before, here’s an mp3 to give you an idea of what the band sounds like: The Bears of Blue River – Blue Ribbon.

Now, onto today’s Pick Your Poison. Fun stuff in this set, and I’ll recommend tracks from Big Boi & Theophilus London, James Bowers, Katie Kate, Los Campesinos!, Sea of Bees, and a classic Silver Jews song. In the Soundcloud section be sure to stream songs from Matthew Dear, Nouela and Taragana Pyjarama. Oh, and lest I forget, Blayer Point-Du-Jour & Rockers Galore, who have an mp3 below, will be playing a show at Reggie’s Music Joint on June 5th with Mr. Blotto. Cover is $5 at the door, so if you want to see a quality show in Chicago this upcoming Tuesday, that might be worth checking out.

Big Boi & Theophilus London – She Said OK (ft. TRE LUCE)

Broken Water – Underground
Broken Water – Drown

d’Eon – Al-Qiyamah
d’Eon – Now You Do

James Bowers – Celia

Jezzy and the Belles – Confess Child

Judson Claiborne – Twilight Spirit

Karim Kureishi – Sleeping With Animals

Katie Kate – Houses

Los Campesinos! – Tiptoe Through the True Bits (ZIP)

Piano Magic – The Slightest of Threads

Rampue – Kopfübe

Blayer Point-Du-Jour & Rockers Galore – Ominous Black (ft. Schoolly D)

Sea of Bees – Gone

Silver Jews – Secret Knowledge of Back Roads

Space Command – Insult to Injury

Youth Mass – Sea of Green

SOUNDCLOUD

Hounds – Fan the Flames of the Fire

Icebreaker with BJ Cole – An Ending (Ascent) II

Matthew Dear – Her Fantasy

Mella Dee – Don’t Be Nesh

Nouela – Suckers

Taragana Pyjarama – Lo Ng

Here’s a couple of music news items that might spark your interest. It seems that Ween have broken up. At least according to Aaron Freeman aka Gene Ween. The band was together for 25 years and made some really weird but also really fun music. They’re also innovators in their own right. Given that Freeman launched a solo career earlier this month, the timing makes some degree of sense. What fascinates me is that Mickey Melchiondo, aka Dean Ween, apparently knew nothing about the breakup, saying on Facebook that it’s “news to me, all I can say for now I guess.” Secondly, I want to briefly mention that the enigmatic Willis Earl Beal was arrested over the weekend in the Netherlands for reportedly kicking a homeless man in the face. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that turned out to be true. If you’ve heard Beal’s excellent record Acousmatic Sorcery, you probably know he pours out his heart and soul in those songs. Performing them live must be a highly emotional experience, and if somebody’s harassing you during it, a kick to the face might feel like the appropriate response at the time. He’s now out of police custody and planning to continue his tour like normal. Anyways, those are just a couple stories from the last few days I’ve found to be the most fascinating. I hope you do too if you hadn’t heard them already. Let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison. I’ll happily suggest downloading tracks from Candidate, Freddie Gibbs, Gemma Ray, Kandodo, Oddience, Scout (covering The Replacements) and Ty Segall Band. In the Soundcloud section don’t miss streaming tracks from Giovanni James and Merchandise.

Candidate – City of Hate

David Ramos – Forgotten Dance

The Doc Marshalls – Why I’m Leaving
The Doc Marshalls – Kernow

Freddie Gibbs – Pull Up (ft. Young Jeezy & T.I.)

Gemma Ray – Flood And A Fire

Glass Vaults – Golden

Glimmermen – I’ll Be

Jhameel – A Maiden Calling

Kandodo – Laud the Hyena

The Mast – UpUpUp

Maya Laner – Oblivion (Grimes cover)

Oddience – Yes Sir

Orchestra of Spheres – There Is No No

Scout – Answering Machine (The Replacements cover)

The Toxic Avenger – 3,2,1

Ty Segall Band – I Bought My Eyes

SOUNDCLOUD

Coco Morier – Afterlife

Gary War – Superlifer

Giovanni James- Shining

Hot As Sun – Come Come (Tokyo Police Club Remix)

Merchandise – Time

Say hello to another new album release Tuesday. This week’s new release list is a little smaller than usual, primarily due to the holiday week scaring some artists off. Fear not though, because while there are fewer new records this week, the ones that are out today are generally bigger than normal. You might want to purchase new full lengths or EPs from Cadence Weapon, David Ramos, The Dig, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Gemma Ray, Glass Widow, Julia Stone, King Tuff, Ladyhawke, Lemonade, Marissa Nadler, Public Image Ltd., Regina Spektor, Saint Etienne, Scissor Sisters, Sigur Ros, Simian Mobile Disco, Sun Kil Moon, The Walkmen and White Lung. As for some of the great things available in today’s Pick Your Poison, I’ll certainly throw some force behind tracks from Broncho, Cold Warps, El-P, GHXST, Moon Furies, Roomdance and XNY. Be on the lookout for a stream of something new from Summer Camp in the Soundcloud section too.

Baby Baby – Don’t Kiss the Merch Girl

Broncho – Losers

Camp Stag – Sirens

Cold Warps – Slimer

El-P – The Full Retard

Ember Schrag – Jepththah’s Daughter

GHXST – Doomgirl

Gossip – Perfect World (Samsa Remix)

Jake Hart – What We Are Now

Kimbra – Settle Down (Feature Cuts Remix)

Magic Sword – Retrogram

Mister 1-2-3-4 – Information Age Vampire

Moon Furies – Skyy

Roomdance – Katabatic

TRAILS AND WAYS – Nunca

XNY – Make Me

SOUNDCLOUD

Andy Burrows – Keep On Moving On

Candice Gordon – Smoking Like the Barrel of a Gun

Hot Soles – Ready to Burn

Karin Park – Restless (Hannah Wants Remix)

Summer Camp – Always

Happy Memorial Day! I want to take a moment to thank all the men and women who fight so hard and sacrifice so much for America. It’s also important on a day like today to remember the fallen – those that gave their lives to protect citizens and certain ideals. So thanks again to all who serve, have served and will serve in the future. The world is a safer, better place because of your efforts. I hope that there are some military personnel that visit this site to discover new music, and that those discoveries help make life better or more meaningful when times get tough. Please enjoy today’s Pick Your Poison selections. Stuff you might want to check out today comes from Catcall, The Mommyheads, Permanent Collection, Pujol, Tidelands and Yeasayer. In the Soundcloud section, you definitely don’t want to miss streaming tracks from Beat Connection and Cloud Seeding. I also want to give a very warm shout out to Psychic Twin, the new project from Erin Wraight of the excellent indie pop band Headlights. They’ll have a 7′ single coming out on Lefse Records towards the end of July that you can preorder here. Stream the A side of that release below – it’s quite good and divinely retro.

Avicii – Silhouettes (Disco Fries Remix)

Catcall – The World Is Ours

Chaser – Blood (Demo)

Deathline – Ten of Clubs

Dent May – Best Friend (Osborne Remix)

Jonas Schwartz – Excited

The Mommyheads – Science and Reason

Motel Mari – According to Who

Permanent Collection – It’s Alright

Pujol – Providence
Pujol – DIY2K

RAC ft. Penguin Prison – Hollywood (The Magician Remix)

Salem – King Night (Rotterdam Terror Corps Remix)

Tidelands – The New Black

White Violet – Lays Around Lazy

Yeasayer – Henrietta

SOUNDCLOUD

Beat Connection – The Palace Garden, 4am

Cloud Seeding – Newer Testament (feat. Greg Hatem)

Eric Copeland – Tarzan and the Dizzy Devils

Lindstrøm – Call Me Anytime (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix)

Psychic Twin – Gonna Get Her

Street Chant – Frail Girls

If you’re an American, this is a pretty big weekend. Memorial Day is often regarded as the official “start” to the summer season, and judging by the number of cookouts and pool parties set to happen this weekend, the tradition continues. It also means an extra day off of work, something that everyone likes. As far as I know, the site won’t really be taking Memorial Day Monday off, but I might call a last minute audible on that one. We’ll have to wait and see. But no matter what country you’re from, I hope the weather’s nice by you. Maybe have some friends or family over for good food and conversation? Sounds like a plan to me. Here are some mp3s to get you through it. I’ll recommend tracks from Alberta Cross, AVAN LAVA, Infernal Devices, The Mynabirds, The Spy From Cairo, Woodpecker and The Darcys remix of Zulu Winter. In the Soundcloud section you’ll want to stream tracks from Metric, Onra, SBTRKT and Ski Lodge.

Alberta Cross – Magnolia

AVAN LAVA – Tear It Down

Billy & Dolly – Oh Yeah

Homeless Raga – Looks the Same

Infernal Devices – Passengers

The Mynabirds – Body of Work

Nomadic Firs – Cover Bombs

Passion Pit – Take A Walk (Peking Duk Remix)

Radiation City – Find It of Use (Palmas Remix)

The Spy From Cairo – Alladin Dub

Tango in the Attic – Easy Bones (Inspired Flight Remix)

VSP – Svenska Sauna

White Widow – Miss You Bad

Woodpecker – Every Boy in NY

Zulu Winter – Silver Tongue (The Darcys Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

Fawn – Pixels

Metric – Speed The Collapse

Onra – L.O.V.E

SBTRKT – Gamelena

Ski Lodge – A Game

Zedd – Spectrum (feat. Matthew Koma)

Let me use this time in the middle of the week to play that fun weekly game where I tell you that this site has a Facebook page. There you can find links to all the posts on this site, along with additional “bonus” content that includes music videos and special Spotify-curated playlists. I’m not asking for your personal information or something, and I’m not going to spam you if you click the “Like” button. The goal is to provide another way to connect with you and keep up with the latest happenings in the music world. If that doesn’t interest you, then that’s fine too. No pressure. Let’s just enjoy today’s Pick Your Poison and we’ll take it from there. You might want to put a close ear on tracks from Beachwood Sparks, How to Dress Well, The Late Show, Rec Center, Diplo’s remix of Sleigh Bells, The Sun Parade and The Wild Rumpus. In the Soundcloud section there’s some good tracks to stream from No Joy and Teengirl Fantasy.

Beachwood Sparks – Forget the Song

Dubious Ranger – 1999

Esperi – Come Dine With Me

How to Dress Well – Ocean Floor for Everything

Kitten – Cut It Out

The Late Show – Take A Chance

The Projection – Florida

Rec Center – Soft Pursuit

Red Collar – American Me

Sleigh Bells – Demons (Diplo Remix)

Subaqueous – Gypsy Splash

The Sun Parade – Need You By My Side

Volkova Sisters – Prince Migdale

The Wild Rumpus – Moonshine & Crosses

SOUNDCLOUD

Arcane Roots – Habibty

Elspeth – The Taster

Get People – Something Better

No Joy – Junior

Teengirl Fantasy – Motif

Touch Tone – Home Away From Home

Every Tuesday I like providing you with a list of artists that are releasing new EPs or full length records. As this week is no exception, have a glance at the wealth of options that may or may not whet your musical whistle. New stuff this week from Amateur Love, Blue Foundation, Cold Specks, Cory Branan, Craft Spells, The Cult, The Danks, Dope Body, El-P, Exitmusic, Garbage, Gossip, Hallelujah the Hills, JBM, John Mayer, John Zorn, Kimbra, Modern Time Machines, Mount Eerie, Rec Center, Slash, Young Man and Zulu Winter. As far as today’s Pick Your Poison goes, there’s a number of good tracks worth the seconds spent downloading. Those include songs from Alan Watts, Amanda Palmer, The Broken Needles, Twin Shadow’s remix of Hooray for Earth, Jenee Halstead, Leonard Friend, Lemonade and Teenage Sweater. In the Soundcloud section enjoy streaming tracks from Dressy Bessy, Girls Names and Vince Clarke’s remix of Liars.

Alan Watts – Lee’s Child

Amanda Palmer – Do It With A Rockstar

The Amends – Come & See

Bijan – Blow

The Broken Needles – Cheap Gin

Hooray for Earth – No Love (Twin Shadow Remix)

Hyper Heart – Eris

Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang – Feba

Jenee Halstead – Raised By Wolves

The Last Days of 1984 – River’s Edge

Leonard Friend – Every Woman

Lemonade – SOftkiss

Silver Medallion – Wild Ones (Flo Rida cover)

Superspecter – Reversals at Land and Sea

Teenage Sweater – Coconut Water

SOUNDCLOUD

Adrian Villaverde – Articul8

Dressy Bessy – Hey, Alice!

Girls Names – A Troubled See

Left of Manila – At Your Side

Liars – No.1 Against The Rush (Vince Clarke Remix)

My Preserver – King Jesus

Beep! Beep! Beep! Class of 2012 update time! Let’s take a moment to check in with some of my Class of 2012 artists to see what they’re up to. First up, Kreayshawn. I’ve been a little hesitant to talk about Kreayshawn, possibly because I chose her for rather nefarious reasons. I don’t consider myself an admirer of her music, but I think she’s going to go far in the music industry i.e. “become popular”. Step one in that process will be when her debut full length album Somethin’ Bout Kreay finally arrives in stores on August 14th. In the meantime, she just unleashed a new music video for her song “Breakfast”, which will be on that aforementioned album. Check that out if you’re intrigued. Next up, Nicolas Jaar. While we wait for him to unleash The Prism, he went ahead and pieced together a 2-hour “Essential Mix” for the BBC. It’s an excellent collection of songs that includes some original Jaar pieces as well. You can download the entire thing simply by clicking here. As for Azealia Banks, I’ve got no real news to report on her, save to say that her 1991 EP will officially be released (after delays) next Tuesday, followed by a mixtape called Fantastic on July 4th, and her debut full length Broke With Expensive Taste will arrive this fall. Have you seen A$AP Rocky’s video for “Goldie” yet? In case you missed it, it’s NSFW and viewable here. Oh, and how’d you like to hear a new Frank Ocean track? This one’s tentatively called “Summer Remains”, and he recorded this performance video of it at home. Finally, for you Lana Del Rey fans out there, you can now buy a handbag she designed for Mulberry. For those who have $1,250 in pocket change lying around. Anyways, that’s all the updates I’ll be giving for now. We’ll check in with these guys and gals of the Class of 2012 again soon enough, including the ones I’ve neglected to mention here. Now onto today’s Pick Your Poison. Highlights today include tracks from Andrew Johnston, Elite Gymnastics, Guided By Voices, JOhn Maus, Markus Mehr, School Knights, Unicycle Loves You and Young Moon. In the Soundcloud section you can stream good songs from Big Science and Castanets, among others.

Andrew Johnston – Beat Down Your Stereo

Crystal Shipss – My Dark Slimy Soul

Elite Gymnastics – Life/Trap

Guided By Voices – Class Clown Spots A UFO

John Maus – Mental Breakdown

LRN GRN – Quilts

Markus Mehr – Flaming Youth

Michael the Blind – Sympathies

Rachael Sage – Invisible Light

Saint Motel – 1997

School Knights – Powerslut

Sons of Fathers – Burning Days

Stagnant Pools – Dead Sailor

Twin Trip – Man on the Moon

Unicycle Loves You – Bitch Eye

Volcano! – Long Gone

Young Moon – Winds Light

SOUNDCLOUD

Big Science – Blind Our Eyes

Castanets – I’m No Stranger to the Rain

Cosmo Jarvis – Love This

Hunt in Pairs – Prayers

Kevin Daniels – Crazy Kind of Life

Ah, good ‘ol Friday. I seem to recall not being too psyched about the impending weekend last week. I think I was in some sort of funk. I took a trip to New York and it threw my whole schedule and lifestyle out of whack. I did get to visit with family and do copious amounts of drinking though, so those were the positives. It’s nice this weekend to get back to normal though. For me that means plenty of movies, couch time, alcohol and seeing friends. I wonder how I’ll feel about all that 10 years from now. It’s great for the time being, I say. Before you head out for some equally ambitious fun, let’s tackle this edition of Pick Your Poison together. I’ll recommend tracks from Blackchords, Enola Fall, Holograms, Lunic, SUnglasses, VHS or BETA, and Videoing. You also probably don’t want to miss streaming songs from Mystery Jets and Summer Camp in the Soundcloud section.

Blackchords – Dance Dance Dance

Blind Benny – No Honor

California Wives – Marianne

The Child of Lov – Heal (Demo)

Dearling Physique – Terrible Mind

Enola Fall – Andromeda

Fixers – Crystals (Memory Tapes Remix)

Holograms – Chasing My Mind

Hypnosis Ghosts – Erase Yourself

Infantree – Fibber

Jon Lindsay – Vapor

Lunic – Far Away

Sunglasses – Swim

Teepee – Time Meant Nothing

Two Wounded Birds – To Be Young

VHS or BETA – Eyes Dub

Videoing – Night Watch

SOUNDCLOUD

The Dig – I Already Forgot Everything You Said

Elspeth – Quick Exit

Eyrensis – Taipe

Mystery Jets – Greatest Hits

Summer Camp – Life

Tashaki Miyaki – Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings (Father John Misty cover)

I’m not much into disco, particularly because it had its day about 50 years ago, but I do have sincere admiration for a number of songs from that era. Two of my personal favorites are “I Feel Love” and “Last Dance”, both by Donna Summer. In that sense I found it unfortunate to hear she died early this morning at age 63 after a battle with cancer. She may not have been a personal hero of mine, nor was she a very relevant force in my musical life (which Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys was), but it’s still sad to know a music legend has passed away. Her best days were behind her, but the music lives on and continues to get played in clubs and wedding receptions around the world. Her impact has been great, and that’s a big reason why she’s also known as the Queen of Disco. I send my condolences to her family, and wish them the best in coping with this tragedy. She was apparently working on a new record before she died, so there’s a very good chance we’ll hear at least pieces of it in the near future. Speaking of the future, perhaps the next Donna Summer can be found somewhere in this pile of Pick Your Poison. Probably not, but you never know. Today I’ll recommend tracks from Baby Monster, Doldrums, Island Twins, MV & EE, Physical Therapy, Purling Hiss, and Six Organs of Admittance. Oh, and there’s a new song from Yeasayer in the Soundcloud section for your streaming pleasure.

Amanda Mair – Sense (Meridians & Croquet Club Remix)

Baby Monster – City of Lovers

Bravestation – Tides of the Summit

Doldrums – Jump Up

The Driftwood Singers – Come Across the Tracks

Island Twins – Creepaway

Jen Schande – Nice Fez

Jhameel – Are You Free

Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band – Puerto de Santa Maria

Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – Opelika

Light Asylum – Dark Allies (Live on Snacky Tunes)

Lightouts – Push (The Cure cover)

MV & EE – Sweet Sure Gone

Physical Therapy – Record Sales

Purling Hiss – Lolita

Revolution, I Love YOu – Cotton Shirts

Six Organs of Admittance – Waswasa

Team Me – Weathervanes and Chemicals

SOUNDCLOUD

Ant Brooks – Skreamer

Clubfeet – City of Light

Helium Robots – Silver

Julia Stone – You’re The One That I Want

Yeasayer – Henrietta