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It’s been about three years since we’ve heard anything from Sweden’s Shout Out Louds, and while they’ve been missed, I’m pleased to inform you they’re back with some new music. You can stream their new song “Blue Ice” in the Soundcloud section at the bottom of this post. That’s all well and good, but what really caught my eye (and in some respects, my ear) was the unconventional way they unveiled this song to the world. See, they put together 10 special “kits” that were distributed to friends and special people in the music community. These kits contained two things: a bottle of water and a hollowed out circular tray about the size of a 7″ record. According to the instructions, which are explained in this video, you’re supposed to pour the water into the circular tray and then stick it in the freezer. After a few hours, it should have hardened into a block of ice, which you can then place on your turntable and listen to the new song that way. Have you ever heard what a record made of ice sounds like when the needle goes down? The video lets you hear the song as played on ice. In short, it’s a really cool thing to do, and part of me wants one of those special kits. If that interests you too, the band’s label Merge Records is giving away one of the ten kits to a fan. Send an email to merge@mergerecords.com with your mailing address and the subject line “Blue Ice Giveaway” by December 3rd for your chance to win. Good luck! Other tracks you’re going to want to hear as part of today’s Pick Your Poison include gems from Die Mason Die, The Easton Ellises, Elephant 12, The Emperors of Wyoming, Rice Cultivation Society and Touche’s cover of Prefab Sprout. Besides the new Shout Out Louds track, in the Soundcloud section you can stream good new music from Bleeding Rainbow and Madrid too.

[The] Caseworker – Hold On to the Road (Makee Remix)

Christian McNeill & Sea Monsters – Zero

Daniel Badeie – Moments

DEJA – Luststruck

Die Mason Die – Gerald

Doctor Folkman – Our Might

The Easton Ellises – Dance It, Dance All

Elephant 12 – Renegades

The Emperors of Wyoming – The Pinery Boy

Faulkner – Triumph of the Underdogs

Mavado – Caribbean Girls (Ackeejuice Rockers Remix)

Rice Cultivation Society – King Midas

Simian Mobile Disco – Wooden (Live in Belfast)

Tight Silk – Like A Feather (Jon’s Hooked on Midi Mix)

Touché – Wild Horses (Prefab Sprout cover)

SOUNDCLOUD

Bleeding Rainbow – Waking Dream

Companion – 20th Century Crime

Madrid – Let Go of Me

Nosaj Thing – Eclipse/Blue (ft. Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead)

Prince Rama – So Destroyed (Mark McGuire’s Road Chief Destroyed Soul Mix)

Shout Out Louds – Blue Ice

I haven’t featured a hot, upcoming Chicago show on the site in a couple weeks, so let’s return to that tradition today. Coming up this Saturday at Beat Kitchen is a night of ’60s style psychedelia with a couple of really good bands. Chicago’s own Secret Colours seem to be the opening band for show after show in town these days, and that’s a very good sign for them. Their garage rock sound filtered through psychedelic textures only gets sharper with time, and it’ll be interesting to hear what their upcoming full length will bring to the table. In the meantime, you can hear their older stuff via Bandcamp and download their excellent cover of The Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows” for free there as well. But headlining this Beat Kitchen show is Elephant Stone, a Montreal band formed by Rishi Dhir. You may not be familiar with Rishi by name, but you’ve likely heard some of his work playing the sitar on songs from Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Angels, The Horrors and a whole lot more. Basically, he’s the go-to sitar guy, and Elephant Stone is his full band exploration of psych-pop. That’s resulted in a strong 2009 debut record The Seven Seas, which was among the nominees for Canada’s Polaris Music Prize. There’s been an EP since then, and a sophomore album will be out this upcoming February. You can hear the new record’s opening track “Heavy Moon” by clicking here. It’s good stuff, and I hear Elephant Stone also puts on a very interesting live show. If you’d like to go see them at Beat Kitchen this Saturday, tickets are $12 and can be purchased here. The show starts at 9, and you’ve got to be 17+ to attend. Okay, let’s do some mid-week Pick Your Poison! Today I’ll recommend tracks from Donovans, Dream Curtain, Grave Babies, Lawrence Arabia, Midnight Magic, Pearl Necklace, The Reflections and The Wonder Revolution. In the Soundcloud section, stream delightful tracks from The Hotelles and Shugo Tokumaru.

Bot’Ox – Basement Love (Pachanga Boys Point Of View)

Brave Baby – Living in a Country

Donovans – Jackin Lovin
Donovans – Sneaky Charm

Dream Curtain – This Landscape Is Our Escape

A Girl I Know – Bang Bang Bang (Dirticow Remix)

Grave Babies – Over and Under Ground

Josefin Falthin – It’s OK

Lawrence Arabia – The 03

Midnight Magic – Walking the Midnight Streets

Mikky Ekko – Pull Me Down (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)

Pearl Necklace – Did You Feel It? (ft. Arp)

The Reflections – Disconnected

Richard Reagh – Whatcha Gonna (Berga Patrik Nibiru Collision Remix)

Theresa Andersson – Injuns (Live in Blase, Sweden)

The Wonder Revolution – Here We Are

SOUNDCLOUD

Conductive Alliance – Deep Sea

The Hotelles – Ignore Me

Palmbomen – Stock

Paradise – I Love Thousands Every Summer

Shugo Tokumaru – Decorate

This final week of November sees even fewer new releases than you might expect. If you’re on the prowl for new music, there’s stuff out this week from Atlas Genius, John Zorn, Mouse on Mars, Panos, Robin Guthrie, Sleeping Bag and Teen Mom. Rage Against the Machine are also putting out a 20th anniversary edition of their self-titled debut album, filled with all sorts of extras like demos and live material. It’s definitely worth looking into at least if you’re a current or former Rage fan. Outside of that, it’s pretty quiet, though this edition of Pick Your Poison sure isn’t. Don’t miss some good downloads from Algernon Doll, Brooms, Chromatics, Maitland, Nicolas Jaar & Theatre Roosevelt, and Wall (covering Karen Dalton). In the Soundcloud section, be sure to stream good stuff from Big Boi, Buke & Gase, Ditt Inre and Free Energy.

Algernon Doll – Son of a Gun, Brother to None

Applescal – Boys (ft. David Douglas)

Brooms – Balding

Challenger – Are You Scared Too?

Chromatics – Cherry

Hazy Mountains – Eavesdrop

Maitland – Embers

Nicolas Jaar & Theatre Roosevelt – The Ego

Soul Glimpse – Another (Life)

Steelwells – Cool Kids

Tigre Benvie – Cheated By Time

Wall – Something on Your Mind (Karen Dalton cover)

The Weeknd – Twenty Eight (WoodzSthlm Remix)

Yuzima – Here Comes Santa

SOUNDCLOUD

Big Boi – In The A (ft. Ludacris & T.I.)

Buke & Gase – General Dome

Ditt Inre – Inget Val

Dumbo Gets Mad – Bam Bam

Free Energy – Hangin

Marika Hackman – Marble House (The Knife cover)

Phew, what a Thanksgiving holiday. I don’t know about you, but I did NOT want to have things return to normal today. Of course it’s not really “normal” if you’re participating in Cyber Monday, which is apparently one of the biggest detriments to progress in the workplace every year. People are too busy shopping online for themselves and others to be bothered with the work they actually have to do. Sure, I bought a couple things myself, but more out of a weird sense of obligation rather than a desire to scoop up some amazing deals. What I bought were a couple things I really wanted and knew I’d need to buy in the near future, so I figured I might as well get it out of the way on Cyber Monday. Most of them weren’t even on sale. Whatever. I hope you had a buying frenzy and got some cool stuff. If you need a soundtrack to your browsing, please enjoy today’s edition of Pick Your Poison. Featured tracks come from David Bronson, New West (covering Twin Shadow), Starlings, TN (for some holiday cheer), and Zoe Boekbinder (covering Leonard Cohen).

Aeropsia – Don’t You

David Bronson – The Turns

Dr. Ozi – Beach Brains

ECHO70 – Lunar Beach

Elias Krantz – Young Ends

Freakatronic – Haare (Emma Heartbeat Remix)

L’Orange – The Mad Writer (ft. YU)

Minus the Tiger – Death and the Maiden

N.A.S.A. ft. Maximum Hedrum – Overdrive (TRoPKiLL?Z Deepstar Remix)

New West – Castles in the Snow (Twin Shadow cover)

Skye – Nowhere (Dave Davis Remix)

Starlings, TN – The Holidaze

Zoe Boekbinder – I’m Your Man (Leonard Cohen cover)

SOUNDCLOUD

Dancing Heals – Charlie Brown

Icona Pop – I Love It ft. Charli XCX (Cobra Starship Remix)

ON AN ON – The Hunter

Psychic Friend – Once a Servant

This Town Needs Guns – Left Aligned

Young Dreams – Feels Like We Only Go Bachwards (Tame Impala Cover)

As the year draws to a close, the new release list gets thinner and more compilation/greatest hits oriented. If you’re grasping at straws for some new music though, let me see what I can do about pointing you in the right direction this week. Keep an eye out for releases from Coldplay, Dinosaur Jr., Elbow, Elvis Costello, The Evens, The Faint (featured below), Gospel Claws, Jason Isbell, Led Zeppelin, Midway in Wake, O.A.R., The Pharmacy, Takka Takka, The Twilight Sad and Tim Hecker with Daniel Lopatin. If those choices don’t satisfy, maybe some songs from today’s Pick Your Poison will. Good stuff today from ExDetectives, The Faint, Matt Pond, Parquet Courts, Qurious and SISU. In the Soundcloud section, stream some excellent tracks from Holly Herndon and Majical Cloudz.

BRITTSOMMAR – Sing Low
BRITTSOMMAR – Half Inch Map

ExDetectives – Farthest Star

The Faint – Agenda Suicide (Remastered)

The Game – Black Jesus

Matt Pond – Love to Get Used

One Finger Riot – Fly By Life

Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold II

Quixotism – Douse

Qurious – Submarine

RKZ – Jhene’s Song

A Sea Es – Doubler

SISU – Two Thousand Hands

Tailor – Wolf (ESCape Remix)

Young & Sick – House of Spirits

SOUNDCLOUD

Feature Cuts – Rage Values

Gerry Read – Let’s Make It Deeper

Holly Herndon – Fade

The Long Wives – Dark Horse (Prod. by Nick Zinner & Karen O)

Majical Cloudz – What That Was

Octover – Satisfy

My relationship with Interpol has been put through the ringer these past ten years, as I’m sure many others have dealt with the same feelings. After their first two albums, things started to move in the wrong direction for the band, and they’ve yet to recover from some of those mistakes. That doesn’t stop us from celebrating a record like Turn On the Bright Lights though, which turns 10 this year. To commemorate such an occasion, Matador (in conjunction with the band) are doing what so many have done before – releasing a remastered deluxe anniversary edition of the record. It is a seminal record of the early 00s, and arguably one of the ten best of the last ten years. That’s really the only reason I’m mentioning this re-release. There’s a bunch of extras that go along with the remastered version of the album, including bonus tracks, demo versions and a Peel session. I already own much of it, but if you don’t, it’s well worth owning. There’s a hardcover book that comes with the deluxe edition too, featuring glossy photos and generally nice packaging for either the vinyl or CD versions. The whole thing will be out on December 4th, just in time to buy it as a Christmas present for a young relative that doesn’t know what good music is. Please also enjoy this demo version of “Roland” as a compelling reason to buy this record for the first (or second) time. Okay, now let’s deal with Pick Your Poison stuff. Today’s delights include songs from Big Harp, Dark Colour, Frank Rabeyrolles, Midway in Wake, The Sharp Things and Warning Light. The Soundcloud section is super great today too, and you shouldn’t miss streaming tracks from Black Moth Super Rainbow, Guards, The Mary Onettes and Zola Jesus (covering Rihanna).

The 1975 – Sex (Hackman Remix)

Admonic & Davies – Pluto

Amtrac – How Can She

Big Harp – You Can’t Save ‘Em All

Brita Kristina – The Fulfillers

Dark Colour – Be Your Man

Elim Bolt – Only You

The Emperors of Wyoming – Avalanche Girl

Erin McKeown – The Jailer

Frank Rabeyrolles – Fragile

Illstrtd – Violet Sunset

Midway in Wake – They Couldn’t Fill a Book

The Sharp Things – It’s Alright

Warning Light – Clutter in My Life

SOUNDCLOUD

Black Moth Super Rainbow – Like a Sundae

Guards – Coming True

The Lewis Connection – Higher

The Mary Onettes – Evil Coast

Virals – Summer Girls

Zola Jesus – Diamonds (Rihanna Cover)

Happy Friday before Thanksgiving! Yes, the big turkey day holiday is less than a week away. I for one am excited, not only for the meal and the family that comes along with it, but for a couple days off work. The sweet relief of sleeping until noon and spending days watching football is a time honored tradition that the Pilgrims started way back in 1492 at the first Thanksgiving. I’ll talk more about Thanksgiving next week, when the holiday is even closer. For now though, it is the start of a regular 2 day weekend, and that will satisfy. I hope you’ve got some grand and exciting plans, because mine are nothing short of nonexistent and that’s how I like them. Maybe you could spend some time with some new music though? Tracks from Bad Breaks, Gospel Claws, The Peach Kings, Run Forever, and Their Only Dreams make for some highlights of this set. In the Soundcloud section, allow me to suggest streaming tracks from Angel Olsen and Marissa Nadler, plus Thallie Ann Seenyen. Have a great weekend!

Bad Breaks – Won’t Come Home

Bago – Born Bad

DZ Deathrays – Dollar Chills (OPOSSOM Remix)

Gospel Claws – Hambone

Laurie Levine – Oh Brother

The Mowgli’s – San Francisco (Little Daylight Remix)

Mykus – Electric Fizz (ft. Fruit Shoe’s)

The Peach Kings – Lonely

Run, Forever – Basement

Shout Timber – Rich Man

The Standstill – Shock O’Barack

Their Only Dreams – Calculator in the Sky

Trevor De Brauw – They Keep Bowing

Yale – Getaway

SOUNDCLOUD

Angel Olsen and Marissa Nadler – My Dreams Have Withered and Died (Richard and Linda Thompson cover)

Hattie Murdoch – Won’t Back Down

Jay Nash – Sailor

Minnesota – To The Floor

Thallie Ann Seenyen – Empty Soul

Very Americans – Back From The Dead

For those of you that don’t know (because I don’t often tackle topics on here that aren’t music related), I’m a huge fan of Louis C.K. To those that already love the man, this seems like a no brainer. But believe it or not, there are lots of people out there that don’t care for the guy or his brilliantly subversive show Louie. I’m sure Louie has plenty of superfans out there that see him do stand-up every time he comes through town or make sure to see/buy everything he attaches his name to. Don’t quite lump me in with that group…yet. I watch his show religiously, I own the DVDs and I’ve seen almost all his TV stand-up specials. Yet I’ve never seen him perform live in person. The worst part is that I don’t know why that is. He’s been through Chicago a few times in the last few years, and I’ve never even thought about buying a ticket until this new tour. I do feel it’s special though that he’s decided to take ticketing into his own hands to shut down gigantic service fees and scalpers selling things at an inflated price. Much like some of his shows, which are available for download at a very cheap $5, he’s doing everything he can to make his comedy affordable to the general public. That’s extremely admirable, in my opinion. So I felt like now more than ever was the time to see him in person. The show is tomorrow, and I’m remarkably excited. If you’re like me and want to see Louis C.K. when he comes through your town, check here for tour dates. Now let’s do today’s Pick Your Poison. Highlights today include tracks from Angel Haze, The Curious Mystery, Loveskills, Thieves Like Us and Wires Under Tension. There’s also a great new Mister Lies track streaming in the Soundcloud section if you’re so inclined.

Aimee Bobruk – Two of a Kind

Alek Fin – Waiting Like a Wolf

Andy Clockwise – Steam Dream

Angel Haze – Gimme That (prod. by Lunice)

Bogan Via – Manny (Glass Theory Remix)

The Curious Mystery – Be Still

KaiL Baxley – Say Goodbye to the Night

Loveskills – Cover Me

Monster Rally & RUMTUM – Sunbay Hotel

Sin Cos Tan – Trust

Thieves Like Us – Fur Judith

Three Loco – Bong Hits

Vandana Jain – Stuffed

The Wild Knights – Fall Down

Wires Under Tension – The Light Behind Your Light Is Changing
Wires Under Tension – Landscape Architecture

SOUNDCLOUD

Feeding People – Silent Violent

The History of Apple Pie – Glitch

Isadora – On The Rights

Mister Lies – Align

Viceroy – While We’re in Love (Feat. Ghost Beach)

In music news, I’m happy to report that the always forward-thinking Trent Reznor did a Reddit AMA yesterday, during which he answered quite a few questions from fans. I don’t know about you, but I’m always excited to hear what the man behind Nine Inch Nails has to say. Most assuredly he’s doing the occasional press bit as part of promotional duties for the new How to destroy angels_ EP, but it’s great to pick his brain about many music-related things. During the AMA session, Reznor admitted he was working on a track with Queens of the Stone Age, which will likely be on the next QOTSA record (along with Dave Grohl, who’s taken over on drums as he did for the band’s seminal Songs for the Deaf). He’s also putting the final touches on a How to destroy angels_ full length debut album while “starting rehearsals for two bands.” The use of the word rehearsals seems to suggest that Reznor will be performing live again in the near future, most likely first with HTDA and then later in 2013 with Nine Inch Nails, because there’s also new NIN material “in the works.” When Reznor quit touring back in 2008 following a series of NIN farewell shows, he basically said he’d keep making NIN music but wouldn’t tour around it because it’s a grueling, complicated and expensive exercise that wasn’t worth the trouble for a man of his age. Apparently he’s had a change of heart. That can only be a good thing, because of the handful of times I saw NIN live, there wasn’t a bad show among them. In other AMA news, the long gestating remastered reissue of NIN’s double album The Fragile is still in the works, as it has been for years now. Apparently the remastering 5.1 mixes are done, but the artwork and other packaging elements aren’t yet. Also the Year Zero TV show that was supposed to be in development with HBO or some other cable channel, is currently on hold while Reznor and Rob Sheridan either write it themselves or find a writer that is more creatively attuned to their vision for the show. It’s going to happen eventually, just don’t put a timetable on it. Finally, after winning an Oscar for his work soundtracking The Social Network, Reznor also said he’d be willing to do more soundtrack work (he also did the soundtrack to 2011’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), but only if director David Fincher were involved with the project. Both film scores he’s done so far have been for Fincher films. So those are the AMA highlights. Read the whole mess of it here. Now, let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison. Don’t miss tracks from Alex Vans, E4RTH, inc., JAN, Midnight Magic, Stumbleiene and Widospeak. In the Soundcloud section, tracks from Holopaw and Lady Lamb the Beekeeper are great for streaming too.

Adele – Skyfall (Landis Remix)

Ahleuchatistas – Wisps

Alex Vans – Wait

Dragonette – Pick Up the Phone (Live)

E4RTH – It’s Where We Live

El Sportivo and The Blooz – Waking World

inc. – 5 Days

JAN – Red Crust Ow

Jowls – Ruins

Lindstrøm – Vos-Sako-Rv (Vocal Edit)

Midnight Magic – Threshold

Rewards – I Used To (Live)

The Spinto Band – Leave Yourself Alone (Live)

Stumbleine – Honeycomb

Transmission Party – New Drug

Widowspeak – Ballad of the Golden Hour

SOUNDCLOUD

Babysitter – Talkin’ Bout the New Generation

The Bronx – Ribcage

Holly Herndon – Dilato

Holopaw – Yearling’s Darlings

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper – Rooftop

Summer Aviation – Love So Fine

The following artists are releasing new albums of EPs this week: Bambi Lee Savage, Bear Colony, Brian Eno, Bush Tetras, Clinic, Crystal Castles, Deftones, El Perro del Mar, Eternal Tapestry, Green Day, Guided By Voices, JAN, Lust For Youth, Midnight Magic, Oneida, Placebo, The Rolling Stones, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, The Babies, Sufjan Stevens (mp3 featured below) and The Weeknd. If you’re a Beatles obsessive like me, the stereo remastered editions of all their albums are also available on vinyl today. Outside of that, there’s a fresh edition of Pick Your Poison to deal with. Good stuff today from Action Jets, Mystery Pills, Ra Ra Riot, Sufjan Stevens, The Sweet Serenades and Tiger High. Great remixes up for download too, like Peaking Lights taking on Clinic, Twin Shadow twisting up Niki & the Dove, and Korallreven tackling Young Dreams. In the Soundcloud section you can stream a new song from alt-J, which is pretty great.

Action Jets – Rock Like Pollard

Apollo Campbell & David Vangel – Gone Fishing Pt. 2

Clinic – Miss You (Peaking Lights Remix)

Criminal Hygiene – Blak Water

JFS – Liberty

Josefina Sanner – Clock Stands Still

Lyrik – Sextape

Mystery Pills – Anti-Pattern

Nels Andrews – Small Victories

Niki & the Dove – DJ, Ease My Mind (Twin Shadow Remix)

Ra Ra Riot – Beta Love

So Cow – I Hardly Know You

Sufjan Stevens – Justice Delivers Its Death

The Sweet Serenades – After All the Violence

Tiger High – Be the Indian

Timegroove 45 – Jumpin

Young Dreams – Fog of War (Korallreven Remix)

Zedd ft. Matthew Koma – Spectrum (The Boomzers Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

alt-J ft. Mountain Man – Buffalo

Caitlin Rose – No One To Call

Technicolor Teeth – Chrystalline

Western Medication – Big City

While I’ve spent many a time trying to help keep my Chicago readers updated on some great shows happening in town featuring bands that they may not have heard about, sometimes I like to get on the topic of tours in general involving bands you’re much more familiar with. Instead of an exclusive Chicago focus, here’s a few tours coming through the U.S. that you should be watching out for in early 2013. First up is the ever-great Morrissey. Moz had to cancel a bunch of his North American tour dates last month and earlier this month because his mother was very sick. The missed dates have now been rescheduled, and a bunch more dates have also been announced as part of a new tour. Have a look at the new dates, and don’t miss him when he comes to your town. The man’s a legend and one of the funniest people in music today. Yes, you read that right. Next up, my very good friends Sigur Ros will be returning to North America for a headlining tour this spring. They’ll be at some pretty huge venues (such as Madison Square Garden), and it only seems fitting to their massive sound. Full tour dates for that are here. If you buy a ticket to one of these shows, you’ll also get a free digital EP from the band featuring 3 unreleased tracks. That’s a nice bonus. Finally, Jeff Mangum will be touring North America this winter to play shows at some of the secondary markets he missed during his first go-around. So Charlotte, Cleveland, Detroit and St. Louis, you’re up. I saw him play a pair of shows in Chicago last spring, and it was jaw-droppingly good. Don’t miss it if he’s coming to your town. Speaking of things to not miss, let’s talk about today’s Pick Your Poison. Gold star tracks today come from The Airplanes, Black Forest Fire, Freeze-Tag, KNOX, Lilac and The March Divide. In the Soundcloud section you can hear Asobi Seksu covering Boris and vice versa, plus an old Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear) demo and a new solo song from Jim James of My Morning Jacket, as a prelude to his first official solo record to be released in 2013.

Affair – Finger Tight

The Airplanes – A Summer Daydream Part I

Andrea Dawn – Peter and the Sheep

Black Forest Fire – August Spring

Eluusif – Justin Bieber is an Android

Freeze-Tag – Twice (Little Dragon cover)

HEERO – Out of Touch

KNOX – Here

Lilac – Go Your Own Way

Lorendz – Rooftops and Carparks

The March Divide – Still Analog

Mayday Radio – Don Quixote

Otonana Trio – UMO

The Slytest – The Ego Song

SOUNDCLOUD

Asobi Seksu – Farewell (Boris cover)

Boris – Neu Years (Asobi Seksu cover)

Boys School – Talking to Myself

Daniel Rossen – Not Coming Back

Everything Everything – Kemosabe

Jim James – Know Til Now

Okay, calm yourself. It’s Friday. The weekend is dead ahead, and with it comes time to relax and have some fun. I’m going to see Bob Dylan tonight in Chicago, and that’s likely to be a great time. I hope everyone has a chance to see Dylan before it’s too late. I’m sure his live shows aren’t what they were in the 60s and 70s, but you’ve got to be pretty understanding and give him a little slack because of his age. However it works out, I’m just glad I’ll be able to hear songs like “Tangled Up in Blue” and “Like A Rolling Stone” straight from the mouth of the man that wrote and recorded them. Okay, now on to today’s Pick Your Poison. Let me recommend tracks from The Ampersands, Chela, Dog Bite, Harriet, Police Teeth, Santah and Silkies. In the Soundcloud section, please enjoy audio streams of tracks from Sun Glitters and Tyvek, along with Jim O’Rourke’s remix of Neneh Cherry & The Thing. Have a great weekend!

The 1975 – Sex (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)

The Ampersands – Golems in Waves

California Wives – Tokyo (Different Sleep Remix)

Chela – Plastic Gun

Dog Bite – Prettiest Pills

Harriet – No Way Out

Husky Rescue – Deep Forest Green

Inspired & the Sleep – Spar Helm

My Radio – Bricks and Mortar

Plastic Flowers – In You I’m Lost

Police Teeth – Bellingham Media Blackout

Santah – I Love the Way You Seal a Deal

Silkies – Like One

Turn Off Your Television – Blanket of Shame

SOUNDCLOUD

The Bergamot – Linen

Neneh Cherry & The Thing – Accordion (Jim O`Rourke remix)

The Paper Jets – It’s Only Talk

Scott & Charlene’s Wedding – Rejected

Sun Glitters – Mouth

Tyvek – Wayne County Roads

It’s still the beginning of November, but let me tell you that the Christmas season has apparently already begun. Forget Thanksgiving, which is supposed to be a holiday, because I’m seeing Christmas ads on TV and in newspapers. There was a Salvation Army bell ringer in a Santa hat outside my local grocery store this afternoon too. At least it didn’t start before Halloween, but I’m still bothered by this trend. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, may still be the “official” start to the season and when all the deal really begin, but too many want to take advantage of spending habits and line their own wallets as early as possible. Maybe if nobody starts buying gifts until after Thanksgiving, retailers will realize the futility of starting even earlier than normal. Sigh. I love Christmas, but don’t feel like celebrating the season for 2 months straight. The true gift that keeps on giving throughout the year though is new music. Pick Your Poison has plenty of that for you each and every weekday (except for the designated holidays…heh heh). There’s some good stuff today from DLRN, The Douglas Firs, Humans, Kirby Kaise and The Longwalls. Please also dive into some streaming tracks in the Soundcloud section from Lusine, The Octopus Project and Mika.

Billy Wallace and The Virginia Blues – Tucumcari, NM

Dirt – {Ø} (Empty Sets)
Dirt – Dagger(s)

DLRN – Good Company

The Douglas Firs – Backroads

Forever Kid – Beat Inside My Mind (ft. Nicole Wolf)

Humans – Horizon

Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean – Clique (Enferno Remix)

Kirby Kaiser – A Little Longer

The Longwalls – Big MT

L’Orange – Alone (ft. Blue)

The Miracles Club – U&ME (Nile Delta Remix)

Pere Ubu – Free White

Richard Reagh – Whatcha Gonna

Unlike Pluto – Write On Bathroom Walls

SOUNDCLOUD

Aspiga – Users

Lusine – Another Tomorrow

The Octopus Project – Whitby

Mika – Origin Of Love

Urban Cone – Kings & Queens

Vondelpark – Dracula