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What a Monday it’s been for bands! Today we learned a few crucial things about reunions: sometimes dreams do come true. Pulp will be coming to the U.S. this spring, for Coachella and probably a host of other dates. At the Drive-In appear to have been able to set aside their differences and will be reuniting this year as well, their first announced date is also Coachella. Then we’ve got punk stalwarts Refused, perhaps the biggest surprise on an already surprisingly strong Coachella lineup. There’s something ironic and funny about having such a bare-bones and anti-establishment band play at one of the most high-end corporate music festivals in the world. It’s all morals and sincerity until somebody drives up to your house and places a huge basket of cash on your front doorstep. But I digress. Let’s talk about today’s Pick Your Poison. I’ll give my thumbs up to tracks from The 2 Bears (a side project of Joe Goddard of Hot Chip), Ava Luna, Ceremony, La Sera (a side project of Katy Goodman of Vivian Girls), The Quiet Americans, and Riot Ten.

120 Days – Osaka

The 2 Bears – Work

Ava Luna – Wrenning Day

Brice Woodall – Even the Mice and Snakes
Brice Woodall – POV

Ceremony – Hysteria

Dana Falconberry – Petoskey Stone

La Chansons – I Can Rock (Sweat Remix)

La Sera – Please Be My Third Eye

MartyParty – Just Because of You

Mogadishu – Don’t Talk (Howes Remix)

Mondrian – Paris

The Quiet Americans – Weird Mountain

Revival Hymns – Spew

Riot Ten – Yeah Yeah

Vienna Ditto – Bells

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The Doozer – Fold Up Chair

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King Melodies – Hang With Me

Mr. Fogg – Stay Out Of The Sun

Swanky Tunes, Matisse & Sadko – The Legend

Yasmin – American Wedding [Frank Ocean Cover]

Happy first Friday of 2012. I’m unfortunately dealing with some personal issues at the moment and don’t have time to write much, so let’s just get straight to the mp3s. Today I’ll recommend tracks from Ducky, Grimes Jessie Baylin, Kae Sun, The Minor Leagues, and The Sanctuaries. In the Soundcloud section, be sure to stream a new song from The Babies, otherwise known as the side project of Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls and Kevin Morby of Woods.

The Denzels – Rae Rae
The Denzels – Black Girls

Ducky – Killing Time

Elika – No One Gets Lost

ENiGMA Dubz – Keep It On the Low

Escort – Why Oh Why (Pound Sterling Remix)

Gift of Gab – Protocol (ft. Samantha Kravitz)

Grimes – Genesis

Jessie Baylin – I Couldn’t Say It to Your Face

Kae Sun – Weh Weh

Kid Massive, Sam Obernik & Jay Colin – Yawn (Silcox & Eyes Remix)

The Last Names – The More I See You (Chris Montez cover)

The Loom – Auld Lang Syne

Luke De-Sciscio – Happy New Year, I Love You

The Minor Leagues – Ghost Maps

Penguin Prison – Don’t Fuck With My Money (City Rain Remix)

The Sanctuaries – She Got Bit

Slyde – Russian Girls (Re-Boot)

SOUNDCLOUD

The Babies – Trouble

Gangrene – Vodka & Ayahuasca

My Best Fiend – Cracking Eggs

The Paper Jets – Take It All Back

Todd Terje – Swing Star (Pt. 1)

It’s a bit of a slow start to 2012 for yours truly. Well, I like to think the year’s moving slowly for just about everyone. There’s still a few weeks before music releases get back into full swing, it’s cold most places and so you want to stay home more often, and the holidays are all over unless you’re really looking forward to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In short, I wish I had more to say or more to do. And with everyone going on and on about New Years Resolutions, I decided not to make any because I always break them anyways. If you’re working hard on accomplishing something great this early on in 2012, I wish you the best with it. In the meantime, let’s tackle another day’s worth of Pick Your Poison. Tracks I’ll give the thumbs up to today come from Cold Warps, Larry Gus, Onward Soldiers, Orcas, Teen Daze and Way Yes. I’m also a fan of CFCF’s remix of Active Child’s “High Priestess”, while in the Soundcloud section I’ll advise you to stream songs from Allo Darlin’, Arrange and Golden Calves.

Active Child – High Priestess (CFCF Remix)

Andrew Collberg – Dirty Wind

Bass Science – All Seeing Red

Charles Gayle Trio – Compassion I

Cold Warps – Let’s Just Fun

DeafDisco – Zombie Swagger

Donovan Quinn – Shadow on the Stone

Larry Gus – Bedroom Adventures
Larry Gus – The Written Word

Onward, Soldiers – Telling Nobody

Orcas – Carrion

Teen Daze – Let’s Groove

Tree & Shelf Nunny – This Is Separation

Two Suns – Eyes to Hope

Way Yes – Important

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Allo Darlin’ – Capricornia

Arrange – Streams / At Night

Christina Novelli – Save Us

The Finger – I Don’t Believe My Eyes

Golden Calves – Mod Bacteria

The Tontons – Golden (Dave Wrangler Remix)

Honestly, my first post of 2012, known as “Class of 2012: 10 Artists to Watch This Year” was written in the last week of 2011. I mention it because we’re only 4 days into this new year and already quite a bit of progress has been made. A$AP Rocky released a new track. Grimes signed to 4AD and also released a new track (which I’ll have up for download in tomorrow’s Pick Your Poison). And Azealia Banks guests on the brand new Scissor Sisters single “Shady Love”, which has quite the awesome music video. I swear none of that was on my radar when I wrote about them, and I just hope that same momentum can keep going for the rest of the year. On more present matters, let’s talk about Pick YOur Poison, the second of 2012. Highlights today include tracks from Analog Players Society, Conveyor, Drowner, Frankie Rose, Night Genes and Smith & Burrows.

Analog Players Society – I Can’t Wait

Black Fabio – Reggie Miller (ft. Toni Royale)

Conveyor – Mukraker

Derby Sunshine – If I Love You

Drowner – Never Go Away

Frankie Rose – Know Me

Jeff and Jane Hudson – In My Car

Lee Bannon – Discovery

Night Genes – Cyber Me

Postiljonen – Satisfaction

Punch3llo ft. Soarse Spoken & Induce – The Raw Dish

Smith & Burrows – This Ain’t New Jersey

Spark & Echo – The Wheels

Ted Morris – New York

The Veda Rays – Old Long Since Now

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Ariel Archer – The Mirror

Cheap Girls – Ruby

Dani House – Going Down

Dream Brother – Pretty Eyes (Feat. John Vanderslice)

Vincent Stockholm – All Is Full of Love (Bjork cover)

Yes good friends, Pick Your Poison is back for yet another year of mischief and mayhem and free music. I can’t promise a bigger or better version than what we were doing last year, but I’m working on the principle that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. As such, the status quo shall remain, and I’ll keep pushing daily editions into your hands. The point of Pick Your Poison, to re-emphasize it, is to provide as much access to music as possible while also allowing you to dictate your own level of involvement. If something peaks your interest or strikes your fancy, so be it. There may be a few clunkers along the way, but finding what may be your new favorite band is kind of a benefit too. I’m looking forward to exploring all of these artists with you as well, as many are worthy of your attention. So join me for the first Pick Your Poison of 2012. Tracks I’ll recommend today come from ÅBE, Inspired and the Sleep, Madeline, Paranoid Social Club, Tennis Bafra and Work Drugs. In the Soundcloud section, it may be an early rough mix, but have a listen to the track from The Viking Progress. That’s a band with some promise.

ÅBE – Leland

Amada – Rebirth

Ariana Dvornik – Dance on the World (ft. Filip Filipi)

Coldplay – Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall (Project 46 Remix)

Imogen Heap – Just For Now (Gosteffects & Rule of Eight “I’m God” Remix)

Inspired and the Sleep – Running

Laubfrosch – Wake Up

M83 – Midnight City (Fixyn Remix)

Madeline – 30 Days

Okkervil River – Your Past Life As A Blast (Das Tapes Remix)

Paranoid Social Club – Flower Child

Solar Witcher – Touching Water

Subburbia – Bullets

Tennis Bafra – Knox Harrington

Vaccination – I’m With the Others

Vato Gonzalez – Let It Be (Beatles cover)

Work Drugs – Dirty Dreams

SOUNDCLOUD

Kankouran – Rivers

Public Likes Pills – Anarchist in Paris

The Viking Progress – The Couple (Rough Mix)

Merry Christmas! Or if you’re of the Jewish persuasion, Happy Hanukkah! There’s a host of other faiths I can also wish a Happy ____ to, so if you’re feeling bad for not being included in those holiday greetings, please fill in whatever you celebrate in the blank space here: Happy _____! I totally mean that, too. Pick Your Poison is in weekly mode for this week and next, to accomodate for everyone taking time off to spend with family and friends. Naturally I’ll also be doing the same. I hope you get all the gifts on your list this year. So for the last Pick Your Poison before Christmas, here’s a giant giveaway of holiday and non-holiday related mp3s and streaming songs. May it make the days ahead that much brighter and more delightful. Just so you know, due to the extensive number of songs in the Soundcloud section today, I’ve put those after the jump to help reduce the site loading time. Tracks I’ll recommend in this set come from Acid House Kings, ANR (covering Kelis), Candy Claws, Chicago’s own Dozens, Kathryn Calder, Pretty Good Dance Moves, D Lissvik’s remix of ceo, and Teen Daze’s remix of Young Liars. Paul McCartney and his good friend Eric Clapton take on the old standard “My Valentine” in the Soundcloud section, and songs from Folks and Kites are worth streaming too. Enjoy your holiday, and we’ll catch up one last time before the end of 2011!

Acid House Kings – (I’m in) A Chorus Line

ANR – Millionaire (Kelis cover)

Artery – The Prediction

Baby Baby – We Do This All Night Long

Brown Shoe – Sick Man

Candy Claws – Snow Face

Capital Cities – Holiday (Madonna cover)

Cats on Fire – My Sense of Pride

Cece Teneal – Work

ceo – Illuminata (D Lissvik Remix)

The Connects – Christmas in the Club

Delusionists – Underachiever

Dozens – Forget Me

Fotoshop – Becoming Zen

Freestylers – Give Me A Dub Plate

Hot Gossip – 666 Christmas 666 (Endless Summer Song)

James Blake – Not Long Now (Tommy Svensson Remix)

Kathryn Calder – Turn A Light On

Legan and Met – Someplace Else

Local Hero – Lady Wisconsin

Lucy Rose – Driving Home for Christmas

Meridians – Desert of Love

Meyerson – Requiem

The Mowglis – San Francisco (Demo)

Nedry – Float
Nedry – Post Six

Paz – Beautiful Lies

Paul thomas Saunders – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Anthologies cover version)

The Phantom Family Halo – White Hot Gun

The Photographic – Secure (Amtrac Remix)

Pretty Good Dance Moves (ft. Sabina Sciubba) – I Wonder Why

Rebecca Zapen – Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer cover)

Sidney Samson – Music Box (Smoke & Mirrors Bootleg)

State Shirt – National Felt
State Shirt – The Road to Hana

Young Liars – Colours (Teen Daze Remix)

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Just a friendly reminder to all of you regular enjoyers/downloaders of Pick Your Poison every day – the segment is going on vacation for a couple weeks. Well, only kind of. I still plan on unleashing a weekly (instead of daily) edition of Pick Your Poison through the end of 2011. Look for those on Fridays. In other words, the next Pick Your Poison segment you’ll see will show up on this site one week from today. It will probably be a little larger than normal, given the volume of music that gets sent to me on a daily basis. Speaking of which, today’s edition is a little larger too, just an extra little treat for your holiday season. Tracks I’ll recommend today come from Atmosphere, Neighborhood Children, Paper Diamond, Umpire and Yukon Blonde. In the Soundcloud section, be sure to have a listen to songs from The Submarines and Young Empires. Have a great week, we’ll catch up next Friday!

Asher Roth – Choices (ft. Action Bronson)

Atmosphere – Somebody, MN (ft. Kill the Vultures, Big Quarters & MaLLy)

Beni – Someone Just Like You (Style of Eye Remix)

The Concept – Gimme Twice

Drake – Crew Love (The Soundmen Re-Fix)

Gil Scott Heron – I’ll Take Care of You (Mighty Mouse Re-Work)

The Jealous Guys – Life

Neighborhood Children – Bang Urself

Paper Diamond – Better Things

Plastic Operator – Making It Right

Thomas Collins – Snowfall

Umpire – Supply Chins

With Lions – Touch the Sound (FIGO Remix)

Wowser Bowser – To the Pleasant Life!

Yukon Blonde – Choices

SOUNDCLOUD

Bear Driver – Let The Cold

Cheap Girls – Ruby

ColeenN – Identical Snowflakes

Hooky – K9

Miike Snow – Devil’s Work (Alex Metric Remix)

The Submarines – Shoelaces

Young Empires – White Doves

Have you been following along with Listmas this year? Last week we did my Top 50 Songs of 2011, and this week is all about the Top 50 Albums. You can read all the Listmas posts by clicking here. If you’d just like to read posts on my Top 50 Songs of the Year, click up this link. And of course the Top 50 Albums list can be found right here. Check them out, become familiar with them, know them and love them, hopefully as much as I do. Alright, let’s get to your Thursday edition of Pick Your Poison. I can give a hearty positive reaction to tracks from Bears, Capitol 6, Nneka and Run Dan Run. Andrew Weatherall’s remix of Cut Copy’s lengthy “Sun God” is quite exquisite as well. And hey, there’s a new song from Tennis available for streaming in the Soundcloud section.

Anya Marina – I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas

Barry Adamson – Destination (Mush Remix)

Bears – Eleven A.M.

Boombox Saints – Get That

Build Us Airplanes – The Running Song

Capitol 6 – Fever

Cut Copy – Sun God (Andrew Weatherall Remix)

Elephant Micah – If I Were A Surfer

The Fax – Mexico (LUST Remix)

Geoff Geis – All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey cover)

Nneka – My Home

Nous Non Plus – J’en Ai Marre / Had Enough

PlantLife – Lovetoy (The Wonderful Sound of Induce! Remix)

Post War Years – All Eyes (James Yuill Remix)

Quiet Lights – No More Canyons (The Brutalist School Remix)

Run Dan Run – Box-Type Love

The Very Most – A Very Wombling Merry Christmas

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Clubfeet – Fall From Here

The Ghosts – Enough Time (Joe Cool Remix)

Tennis – Tears In The Typing Pool

Happy Hump Day to you and yours. Hope you’re already preparing for the weekend. It’s been raining all day in Chicago, which when you think about it is a great thing. According to a rain/snow scale, were it cold enough to be snowing and not raining, there would have been close to a foot of snow on the ground by now. Instead, we get a mild rain. In fact, there’s been only a few tenths of an inch of snow that has fallen in and around the city over the last few weeks. The longer we can do without significant snowfall, the better, I say. Farmer’s Almanac predicted one of the snowiest winters in history. I pray they’re wrong, otherwise January and February are going to be meteorological massacres. Let’s get to today’s edition of Pick Your Poison then. I’ll recommend tracks from Blonds, Jerry Leger, Leonard Friend, The Lower 48 and Roomdance.

Akira the Don – Nothing Lasts Forever (ft. Envy)

Baron Von Luxxury – Rosebud Was the Name of His Sled

Blonds – Kite
Blonds – Treasure Coast

Cairo Knife Fight – The Origin of Slaves

Jerry Leger – You Didn’t Bury Me Deep Enough

Laura Warshauer – I Love You, Mr. Grinch (Von Ukuf Remix)

Leonard Friend – Serious Music

The Lower 48 – Into the Woods

NO – Another Life

NOTAR – Reach (ft. Chris Carrabba) (Volts United Remix)

Outasight – Let’s Go

The Real Tuesday Weld vs. Lady Gaga – Polka Phaze

Roomdance – Silver Mine

Turn Off Your Television – Phony Doctors

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Ernest Gonzales – The Prudence of Evolution

Flashguns – Come and See The Lights

fun. – One Foot

Heksenketel – Opto

Michael Canitrot – Blue Collision

Tony Castles – Heart in the Pipes (KAUF Remix)

Have you been checking out Listmas over this last week and a half? Last week we covered my Top 50 Songs of the Year. It was magical. All this week, we’re counting down my Top 50 Albums of the Year. It’s been fun so far, and if you’re not keeping an eye on it, I think you’re missing out. Otherwise, here’s your Tuesday edition of Pick Your Poison. I will recommend tracks from Beni, Dressy Bessy, Goodman Brown, Imbogodom, St. Even and Walter Rose (with Lucinda Williams). In the Soundcloud section, enjoy some audio streams from The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Mouse on Mars and Weekend.

Beni – Zig Zags (ft. Via Tania)

The Correspondents – Cheating With You (Chucks Remix)

The Creepy Crawlies – Kick Yr Blues

Cuckoo Chaos – Just Ride It (Jamuel Saxon Remix)

Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters – Seasonal Suite No. 62

Dressy Bessy – Mr. Kringle’s

Fort Fairfield – Patience (ft. Cosima Lamberth)

Goodman Brown – Holidays

Heroes 4 Hire – First Priority (ft. Ruste Juxx)

Imbogodom – Heir Looms

Isidore – Reappearance

Sick Friend – The Draft Dodger

Soso – Who’s Gonna Love Me (Ghost Remix)

St. Even – Blinding Love

Walter Rose – Driving South (ft. Lucinda Williams)

SOUNDCLOUD

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Heart Attack

Azari & III – Reckless (With Your Love) [Tiga Remix]

Flow Machines – I Was Born On Christmas Day (Saint Etienne and Tim Burgess cover)

Mouse on Mars – Chordblocker, Cinnamon Toasted (feat. Steven Jo)

Weekend – The One You Want

This is a warning. The warning is that this will be the last Monday edition of Pick Your Poison for 2011. In fact, this will be the last full week of Pick Your Poison for 2011 as well. Next week and the following week, otherwise known as the last two weeks of the year, Faronheit will be on a posting vacation, and that includes distribution of mp3s. That’s okay, plenty of other people are headed out of town or will be busy anyways. The music also kind of dries up for those couple weeks as well. I will be posting some music for you to download or stream during those weeks, but look for editions of Pick Your Poison to be reduced down to Fridays only. Then, starting the first week in January 2012, things return to normal. Consider yourselves warned, friends. Okay, now let’s tackle today’s normal-sized edition. I can recommend tracks from Cloud Nothings, Field Mouse, Lovers, Chicago’s own Meryll, Silverhawk, and to get festive, Yuzima doing a Christmas classic.

Albert Swarm – Familiarities

Cloud Nothings – Stay Useless

Field Mouse – You Guys Are Gonna Wake Up My Mom

I, Colossus – The Ocean

Johny Draper – Street Dream

Lovers – How Beautiful You Are

Meryll – Red, Brown, Cerulean Blue

Now, Now – Dead Oaks

Silverhawk – Class War

Sylver Tongue – Hook You Up

Thallie Ann Seenyen – Angel

Tim Carr – Enough
Tim Carr – Downtown Girls

Warning Light – Eventide Ladies

White Fold – End of Now

Yuzima – Winter Wonderland

SOUNDCLOUD

Albert Swarm – Recurring Dream (:papercutz Remix)

Heroin In Tahiti – Death Surf

Plushgun – I Like It (Buffetlibre Remix)

Rednek – They Call Me (Radio Mix)

RJ Thompson – Fables

Brrr! Chicago is in the midst of a cold front right now, and given that it’s December anyways, it makes the cold temperatures that much colder. When things don’t get above freezing for a couple days, it’s easy to get the blues (both emotionally and bodily). If you’re in a very chilly place, curl up indoors with the heat on, a cup of hot coffee, tea or chocolate, and watch some TV or a movie. Or you could try and warm your body up via alcohol. Whatever floats your boat, which by the way you shouldn’t be boating in freezing temperatures anyways. My point is, stay in or not, just try to avoid exposure to the elements. At least there’s no snow in Chicago. Best of luck if you’re dealing with that. Let’s have a look at the Friday edition of Pick Your Poison. Highlights today include tracks from Baron Bane, Dada Trash Collage, Dear Lions, Orienteers, Perfume Genius, Rodrigo y Gabriela and Sleeper Agent. In the Soundcloud section you’ll also find a great new cut from Band of Skull. That Young Magic song is pretty great too.

Baron Bane – Love.Cure.All

Dada Trash Collage – Fliers

Dear Lions – Out of Body

Doe Paoro – Can’t Leave You

Everett Parker – Central Station

The Jefferson – Tell Me Your Name

Luise Pop – Black Cat

One One Five Nine – Things Change (Manny’s Song)

Orienteers – Do You Hear What I Hear?

Ostblockschlampen – Bitches From Ostblock

Perfume Genius – All Waters

Rodrigo y Gabriela – Juan Loco (ft. CUBA)

Running in the Fog – Know When to Run

Secret Rivals – Once More With Heart (Alphabet Backward Remix)

Sleeper Agent – Not Never

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Åbe – Leland

Band of Skulls – Sweet Sour

Gigamesh – When You’re Dancing (Moullinex Remix)

Kathleen Edwards – Change The Sheets

Tennis Bafra – Knox Harrington

Young Magic – Sparkly