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So far 2016 is starting off a little slow on the new music front, so I will spend the first couple weeks of this year with fewer editions of Pick Your Poison just until the momentum builds back up. So the final collection of tracks for this week features some quality downloads from Blanuks Larry, Coldair, Suntrodden and We/Or/Me. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Brandy, Camille Trust, Cavern of Anti-Matter, Keys N Krates (ft Aqui), Laser, Pinegrove, RJD2, Starlight Girls and Surgeon.

Blankus Larry – Your Boy Is Bad Inside

Coldair – Perfect Son

Dan Hubbard – Johnny

HiRollers – neverwouldvethought

MNYNMS – Not In Love (Crystal Castles cover)

Shinobi Ninja – Funday

Suntrodden – It’s Never Over

We/Or/Me – Dreaming Heart

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Welcome to the first (official) edition of Pick Your Poison for 2016! What’s new with the site this year? Oh, I don’t know. Not much to announce right off the bat, but rest assured there will be a few additions at some point this upcoming year. Actually right now I’m still focused on wrapping up 2015 coverage. There are two “Best of” lists that still need to be published, which I’ve been writing and have decided to publish in one gigantic swoop. So keep an eye out for that in the next week or two. In the meantime, please enjoy this collection of fresh tracks. That includes downloads from Bowts, Crow’s Feet, Frank Rabeyrolles and Zoe Zac. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Cross Record, Dick Stusso, MALKA, Matt Kivel, Nap Eyes, Rae Sremmurd, Soda, Sunflower Bean, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Wild Nothing.

Adam Lempel – Don’t Know Why

Bowts – Colonia (Original Mix)

Crow’s Feet – Alarm Clock Bones

Edwin – Needle in the Rug

Frank Rabeyrolles – Emergent Land

FWLR – Fleek On Fleek

The Head – Unspoken

Zoe Zac – Maximum

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Happy New Year! The site will be back in action like normal starting on Tuesday, January 5th. In the meantime, please enjoy this special holiday edition of Pick Your Poison, featuring an extra few tracks. Don’t miss downloads from Arca, DJ Paypal, DJ Shadow, Hudson Mohawke (covering John Carpenter) and Zeke Hunter (ft. Shruti Sen). In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Alesso, Bienart, D.R.A.M., Future + The Weeknd, Lennart Richter, Miley Cyrus, Port St. Willow and Travi$ Scott (ft. The Weeknd).

Arca – Urchin

Dance Spirit & David Scuba – Dust (Original Mix)

DJ Paypal – No One Else

DJ Shadow – Swerve

Ducky x Ellie Herring – Be Honest

Galantis – In My Head (Generik Remix)

Hudson Mohawke – Escape (John Carpenter cover)

J|Adore – Standing Man

Of Monsters and Men – Wolves Without Teeth (Rhythm Scholar Remix)

Zeke Hunter – Staring at the Sky (ft. Shruti Sen)

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Merry Christmas! The site is on a bit of a break for the holidays while I rest up, spend time with family and write some year-end “best of” lists (to be published soon), but ultimately I don’t want to leave you dear readers without at least a little bit of content during this period. So as my gift to you this holiday, please enjoy this expanded edition of Pick Your Poison. There’s actually a lot of quality in this collection of tracks, including a few holiday-themed choices that might just enhance your family get-togethers and such. Please enjoy downloads from Arca, Diane Coffee, jj, Love Sport, Radiohead, Sadie Dupuis (of Speedy Ortiz) and Tangerine. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Agent Bla, Anya Marina (ft. Eric Hutchinson), Doprah, Lauryn Hill (covering a Nat King Cole classic), Tove Lo and more.

Arca – Monstrousidad

Bethlehem Casuals – On Lemon Cafe

Diane Coffee – It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

jj – Paranoid

Lennart Richter – Out in the Rain

Love Sport – Deadbeat Time

M Dominik – Goodnight Denis

MONEY – A Cocaine Christmas and An Alcoholic’s New Year (Live)

Radiohead – Spectre

Sadie Dupuis – Krampus (In Love)

Tangerine – Tender

ultraviolet – Hearts in the Sand

Warrender Chase – Christmas Calendar

Zachary Murdock – For the Mad Ones

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Welcome to the final weekday edition of Pick Your Poison for 2015! With the holidays coming up, there’s a lot going on and not as much new music is being sent out. Between that and my own need to take a small break, the next couple of weeks will feature one massive Pick Your Poison post each week. In place of that there will be Listmas posts anyways, so it’s not like you’ll be hurting for content. That said, please enjoy the music below, including downloads from Reed Turner, SKATERS, Slim Tailor and Syvia. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Alohaha, Ambassadeurs, Anderson Peak (ft. The Game & Sonyae Elise), Half Waif, Magnet School, Washer and more.

The Gromble – By Christmas

King Doudou – Sal

Reed Turner – I Got Love

SBTRKT – New Dorp (Dave Harrington Edit)

SKATERS – Modern Life (Demo)

Slim Tailor – Lisa and Lenny

Syvia – Anxious Animal

Warik – Wasting Time 4 U

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It’s Wednesday. Things are busy here at Faronheit HQ, as Listmas is about to get underway and there’s so, so much writing to do for that. So let’s skip the opening pleasantries and just get straight to the music, shall we? Don’t miss downloads in this set from Be Forest, Charlie Belle, Ghost Wave and Moa Holmsten. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Daddy (James Franco’s band), Damien Jurado, Little Shalimar (ft. Roxiny & Tunde Adebimpe), Pete Astor, She-Devils, Sicko Mobb (ft. Jeremih), YG (ft. Nipsey Hussle & 50 Cent) and more!

Be Forest – Glow

Charlie Belle – I Don’t Want to Be Alone

Ghost Wave – Blues Signal ’79

Moa Holmsten – The River

Rob Williams – Best I Can Do

SKATERS – The Kids Are At Home (Demo)

Tensei & ADaD – The God Song

Timothy J. Wilson – Oh My Goodness

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It’s Tuesday, and that’s worth celebrating with tacos, tequila and twofers, among other things. One of those “other things” is a fresh edition of Pick Your Poison, ready with plenty of new and holiday-themed music to satisfy whatever cravings you might have. In this particular set, enjoy downloads from Chance the Rapper (ft. Jeremih & R. Kelly), Dirty Sidewalks, Lazy Legs and Myopic. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from The Besnard Lakes, Big Ups, Fetty Wap (ft. Monty), Jimi Tents, Sharer, Stormzy and more.

BRAVES – Dust

Chance the Rapper – Somewhere in Paradise (ft. Jeremih & R. Kelly)

Dirty Sidewalks – It’s Xmas (and Everyone is Miserable)

Heather LaRose – New Moon

Lazy Legs – Ghost

Myopic – Playground

Primitive World – Azimuth (L/F/D/M Remix)

Red Sleeping Beauty – Merry Christmas, Marie

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El Nino is a wonderful phenomenon. Really anything that raises the overall temperature and keeps snow away from the Chicagoland area is a-ok in my book. It was 60 degrees in Chicago over the weekend, which is practically unheard of in mid-December. I walked around without a coat for a bit. Some people walked around in even less and went viral as a result. This is pretty fantastic. Of course there’s also the whole climate change factor to consider, which isn’t fantastic. For now, let’s just keep taking it one day at a time and making the best of a bad situation. Also bringing the heat is today’s week-starting edition of Pick Your Poison. There are some quality tracks in this set from Cotton Mather, Krisp, MIRA and Takenobu. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Chrome Sparks, DIIV, Katy B x Four Tet x Floating Points, Mr. Oizo (ft. Charli XCX), New Madrid, Thee Oh Sees, Thom Fekete (of Surfer Blood), White Sea and more.

Braids – Amends (Dave Harrington Edit)

Cotton Mather – The Book of Too Late Changes

DreamVacation – Window Room

Glints – Dread

Krisp – Franz

LEFTI – On & On (ft. Prince Terrence)

MIRA – Ghost

Sonder Saloon – Who You Are

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As we wrap up another week’s worth of Pick Your Poison, I’d like to wish all of my Jewish readers a very Happy Hanukkah. We are right in the middle of the annual festival of lights, so I hope you’ve received a plethora of sensible gifts, as is tradition. While I personally am not of the Jewish faith, I was gifted some very soft socks this week, which makes plenty of sense in context. Anyways, as a token of my gratitude for your continued readership, please accept a fresh edition of Pick Your Poison with a little more music than usual. Don’t miss downloads in this set from Best Friends, Crisis Actors, Dimond Saints, SKATERS and Vox Vocis. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Chris Lee (Li Yuchun), Daye Jack (ft. Killer Mike), Fucked Up (ft. Tanya Tagaq), Holy Wave, Migos, MM/KM, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, The Weeknd (ft. Ghostface Killah) and more!

Best Friends – Shred Til You’re Dead

Crisis Actors – Welcome to Babylon

Dimond Saints – Feel the Bern

Hundred Waters – Down From the Rafters (Dave Harrington Edit)

Jean Rodriguez – Solo Un Baile

Pikachunes ft. AViVA – Love Is A Battlefield (Pat Benatar cover)

SKATERS – I Don’t Wanna Get High (Demo)

Solomon Ray – Guess I’m Doing Fine (Beck cover)

Vox Vocis – A Fire Favored

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Gonna keep this intro short and sweet, as there’s plenty to do and not enough hours in the day to do it. Don’t miss some quality mp3s in the below set from Kipp Stone, Mairearad Green, Strange & Primitive, Swaying Wires and Universal Thee. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Atlas Genius (covering Ellie Goulding), The Cave Singers, Charlie Hilton (ft. Mac DeMarco), Ezra Furman, Florist, Prince Rama, Tempelhof x Gigi Masin and Weekender.

Kipp Stone – Seen It All

Mairearad Green – Blessing in Tanera

Meyhem Lauren – Bonus Round (ft. Action Bronson, Roc Marciano & Big Body Bes)

Paul Meadow – I Love This Town

SoLBLoMMa – Bridgemaster

Strange & Primitive – Highwayman

Swaying Wires – Nowhere

Universal Thee – Hounds

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Oh hey, Tuesday. You crept up on me there. I’ve just returned for an incredible Andrew Bird holiday show, which he does in Chicago for a few nights each December. There won’t be a formal review here on the site, but let me just say that if you have the opportunity to see him perform solo inside of an old church, there’s a certain amount of magic that will be in the air. It’s easily one of my favorite live shows of 2015. Sometimes you can just tell, electricity in the air and all. Anyways, let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison, which features some solid tracks from Dan Hubbard, Husky Rescue, Nathaniel Bellows and Peru. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from A$AP Ferg, CFCF, David Bazan (covering The Killers), DMA’s, Harriet, Jordan Klassen, P’ARIS, Sleigh Bells and Those Darlins (covering Divine).

Dan Hubbard – February

Empress Of – How Do You Do It (Dave Harrington Edit)

Husky Rescue – Far From the Storm

Jane Bang – Make A Ho Rich (illium Remix)

Nathaniel Bellows – Oh Now

Otium – Margot

Peru – I Need You

SKATERS – Death Beat (Demo)

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Listmas officially begins in one week! Hooray! There are plenty of publications that have taken a certain amount of pride in being among the first to publish their year-end best of lists, and exciting as the season can be, I’m of the firm belief that a measured approach is necessary to truly reflect on the past year. You can’t truly say it’s the best of 2015 if you’re only including 11 of the 12 months. Now while there’s not much in the way of new music released in December, you never know if some superstar artist (D’Angelo, Beyonce) will wait until the very last minute to drop a brand new album on us. Of course that usually comes in the final, post-Christmas week anyways, so all the lists are locked in by that point whether they’re published or not. Still, I believe in caution. So we’ll kick off Listmas next Monday with the countdown of my Top 50 Songs of 2015. It’s set to be exciting, and you’re likely to see a few Pick Your Poison entries make the final cut. Speaking of which, there are some great new tracks in this set that I suppose are all under last minute list consideration. Don’t miss downloads from Credential, Lennart Richter, Problems and SKATERS. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Cheatahs, DUST, dvsn, ELEL, Geographer, Holy Sons, POP ETC, Roly Porter and Sleepercar.

Brett – Brilliant Disguise (Bruce Springsteen cover)

Credential – Comber (Original Mix)

Detail – Rudolph

Jas Patrick – Harpy

Join the Riot – End of the Night

Lennart Richter – Nice and Slow

Problems – Pretending

SKATERS – Stay Off My Side (Demo)

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As I was preparing to post this edition of Pick Your Poison, the news broke that Scott Weiland had died. There are very few details available as I’m writing this, except that his management confirmed he passed away in his sleep while on tour in Minnesota. He was 48 years old. Weiland’s struggles with drug addiction have been well-known since the mid-90s. He was arrested several times for drug possession, and his often cavalier attitude about using caused the initial break-up of Stone Temple Pilots in 2002, among other things. While drugs have not been identified as a cause of death at this time, it’s hard not to think they may have played a factor given his past. But I’d like to take a brief moment to recognize Weiland for the incredible music he helped create over the last few decades. His early albums with STP, specifically 1992’s Core and 1994’s Purple, meant and continue to mean quite a lot to me. They’re right up there with grunge-era classics from Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. From there things get a little more checkered, but I could always find a few songs to like on every album Weiland attached his name to over the years. His work as frontman of supergroup Velvet Revolver was interesting, if imperfect, and his early solo recordings, particularly 1998’s 12 Bar Blues showcased a different side of his personality. The point being, music lost another great talent today. Like so many before him, his raw potential may have been squandered due to personal issues, but it’s essential to appreciate and respect the many contributions he made and lives he changed in the process. You will be missed, Scott. Condolences to your family, friends and bandmates past and present.

Now please enjoy this selection of new music. There are some quality downloads in this set from Ben Millburn, Bethlehem Casuals, Loframes and Pleasant Grove. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Bailiff, Escapists, Jack Tatum, KING, Memoryhouse, NZCA Lines, Prins Thomas, Youth Lagoon and more.

Ben Millburn – Take Me

Bethlehem Casuals – Run Run Run

Le Twan – Theme One

Loframes – In Love With You

Maria Kelly – Before It Has Begun

Origami Horses – The King of Happenstance

Plajia – Playa Del Rock (Girl One)

Pleasant Grove – Lava

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Your mid-week Pick Your Poison features fresh downloads from Angela Perley & The Howlin’ Moons, Gladiola, Jeremiah Tall (covering Johnny Cash) and Secret Storm. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Bryce Dessner (of The National), Crater, D.R.A.M., Eluvium, High Highs, La Sera, Nada Surf, Pop. 1280 and more.

Angela Perley & The Howlin’ Moons – Green Eyes

Beyonce – Blow (Dave Harrington Copyright Breaking Edit)

DJ Melo – Words

Gladiola – The Uninvited Guest

Jeremiah Tall – Big River (Johnny Cash cover)

Redcast – Entropy

Secret Storm – Fast Lane

Weaves – Drag Me Down (One Direction cover)

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As we rapidly approach the end of 2015, I’m obliged to issue a reminder that the number of Pick Your Poisons left this year is shrinking. For the duration of Listmas, which begins in just under 2 weeks, these collections of songs for you to download and stream will only be available on a once weekly basis. Just a friendly little FYI for you. Today’s Pick Your Poison features some solid mp3s from Black Ships, Man Made Mountain, Still Corners and (Z). In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Alison Wonderland (ft. BRAVE & Lido), Atlus, Glassjaw, Misun, Mystery Jets, Norin, Pink Frost, What Moon Things and more.

Black Ships – Twice Born

The Frisbys – Born and Raised

Lunice – All Clear (CJ Flemings Remix)

Man Made Mountain – Master Plan

Michael Jackson – Human Nature (Dave Harrington Edit)

Someday I Will Miss You – Angels

Still Corners – Horses at Night

(Z) – For the Mad Ones

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