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In case you haven’t been following me on Twitter, you may not have heard that I’m now contributing to a weekly podcast. Yes, I was asked a little bit ago to join the ranks of the Funny and Handsome Guys podcast, and I accepted in spite of being neither funny nor handsome. Anyways the first episode is up and available for free download. It’s a special, extended 2 hour edition, that includes a lengthy discussion about A$AP Rocky, a movie review of The Amazing Spider-Man, and a list of favorite comic book movies. Check it out if you’re into podcasts, or just want to learn a bit more about me. It’s not officially affiliated with this site, though many of the artists I feature on here will probably get some exposure via our weekly music segments. Speaking of featured artists, let me tell you all about today’s Pick Your Poison highlights. Don’t miss tracks from Anna Haas, Catherine Irwin (with Bonnie Prince Billy), Exquisite Corps, I Come to Shanghai, The Oats, Sondre Lerche and Western Affairs. In the Soundcloud section stream new stuff from Black Moth Super Rainbow, Chelsea Wolfe and Percussions.

Anna Haas – Maypole

Beastie Boys – No Sleep Til Brooklyn (The Golden Pony Remix)

Big Awesome – Birdfeeder

Catherine Irwin – Mockingbird (ft. Bonnie Prince Billy)

Exquisite Corps – Light as a Feather

Gouldcloud – Feeling+Aftermath

Grassfight – Nassau

I Come to Shanghai – Empty Eyes
I Come to Shanghai – Another Holiday

Jerzey Street Band – Pale Blue River

Juiceboxxx – Like a Renegade

The Oats – Get Me Going

The Orwells – In My Bed

Ruarri Joseph – Anyway

Save Ends – Sweet Defeat

Sondre Lerche – Boxing Day

Western Affairs – Iowa

Woodpecker – Married to the Movies

Wyatt – Leonah

SOUNDCLOUD

Black Moth Super Rainbow – Windshield Smasher

Boys Noize – What You Want

Chelsea Wolfe – The Way We Used To

Goapele – Undertow

Percussions – Bird Songs

Seatraffic – Put Away

Class of 2012 update! I like doing these every once in awhile, just to check in with some of the 10 artists I’ve promised to keep an eye on all year long. First up today is Kreayshawn. Her album Somethin’ Bout Kreay will finally be out on August 14th. As a build up to that, here’s her new music video for the song “Go Hard (La.La.La.)”. It is decidedly better than I might otherwise have expected (my expectations were very, very low). Next up, let me talk about Grimes. Claire Boucher, the woman behind the name, did an interview with MTV Hive saying she’s been working on new material, but that it might not be released under the Grimes name. She’s venturing down some more experimental alleys and playing with reggaeton and industrial dance music, which wouldn’t quite fit the Grimes sound. In addition to that, I’m pleased to announce that hot off her very, very popular performance at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival, Grimes is returning to Chicago for Lollapalooza. Well, she won’t be performing AT Lollapalooza this year, but at a just-announced aftershow on Friday, August 3rd. It’s a special 21+ party being thrown by Filter and S.O.Terik at Logan Square Auditorium, and the 10P-2A lineup also includes thenewno2 and The Big Pink. The best part is it’s FREE, all you have to do is RSVP. Go here for full details. It will also RSVP you for a show on Thursday, August 2nd with Twin Shadow, Neon Indian and a DJ set from Passion Pit. Both nights are so good, I’m considering abandoning aftershows I actually bought tickets for. And finally, Class of 2012 artist Blonds have a new single for you to stream in the Soundcloud section below. Listen to it, it’s great. I’ll have a couple interesting cover songs from them that I’ll be posting in the next couple days too, so keep an eye out for those. Also keep an eye on this edition of Pick Your Poison for tracks from Bear Mountain, Callers, Diamond Terrifier, The Modern Airline, and Spook Houses. In the Soundcloud section, besides Blonds be sure to stream new stuff from The Babies (Vivian Girls/Woods side project), SBTRKT, and Solar Year, featuring Grimes of course.

Bear Mountain – Two Step

Brim Liski – The Repetitions

Callers – Howard 2 Hands

Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters – Ten Sleep, WY

Diamond Terrifier – Adamantine

Dots Will Echo – I Like It

Free Swim – Records in the Basement

Howth – Secret Goldmine

Maestro – Popo Funk

The Modern Airline – Monster on the Campus

MONDRIAN – Euphoria

Mozella – You Don’t Love Anyone But Yourself

Muzic Class – Hamburger (ft. Pate)

Sheriff Ariff & The Wali Sanga – The Kraken

Spook Houses – American

YUZIMA – Powerful

SOUNDCLOUD

The Babies – Moonlight Mile

Blonds – Time

The Invisible Cities – Sneak In Line For The Show

SBTRKT – Gloss

Solar Year – Brotherhood (ft. Grimes)

It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for me to run down all the new music releases that are officially available starting today. If you see something you like, please go to your favorite store or digital venue to buy it and support the artists. There’s new stuff this week from The Antlers, Bonnie Prince Billy, Eternal Summers, Family Band, Fang Island, The Gaslight Anthem, Heavenly Beat, Kyle Adem, Laetitia Sadier, Lawrence Arabia, Micachu & the Shapes, Om, Passion Pit, Purity Ring, Shawn Lee, Six Organs of Admittance, Shawn Lee (download a song from him below!), Three Mile Pilot, Woodpecker and Young Moon. There’s some really good stuff in there if you know what to look for. Things to look for in today’s Pick Your Poison include tracks from Braid (a classic), Bridge Underwater, The Eastern Sea, Marian Call, Martin Eden (aka Eluvium) and Shane Gamble. In the Soundcloud section there’s fresh and great audio streams from Bat for Lashes and Dirty Projecvtors.

The Bergamot – Amy

Braid – First Day Back

Bridge Underwater – So What

Clams Casino – I’m god (Mist Glider Remix)

The Eastern Sea – The Match

Fast Planet – Columbus

Fierce Creatures – Catacomb Party

Grimes – Be A Body (Ramphastos Remix)

Happy New Year – Twins

Marian Call – Good Morning Moon

Martin Eden – Worker

Meshell Ndegeocello – Be My Husband (ft. Valerie June)

Misun – My Time

Scraps – 1982

Shane Gamble – Turn My Way

Shawn Lee – Head Up

Stayce Dylan – Please Don’t Feed the Animals

Theatre of Delays – Journey to the Sun

SOUNDCLOUD

Bat for Lashes – Laura

Dirty Projectors – Buckle Up

Piano Overlord – Aninha

Happy Monday to you. I hope your weekend was excellent. Mine was spent being lazy, which is always nice to do every now and then. In today’s slice of music news, I’m happy to report that New Order is back, and will be touring the U.S. for the first time in seven years this fall. Naturally, bassist Peter Hook, who quit the band in 2007, is quite unhappy to hear his old bandmates are continuing on without him. Somehow Hook still maintains he’s doing the world a favor, going out and touring with a band to play classic Joy Division records while singer Ian Curtis rolls over in his grave. But whatever, New Order has classic albums themselves. You can view the full list of North American tour dates by clicking here. They’ll be at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on 10/21, by the way. I’ll hopefully be going to that show, and if you’re in the area I hope you’ll go too. As to today’s Pick Your Poison, let me pass out some gold stars to tracks from The Archives, Brainstorm, Maria Minerva, Team Bayside High, and Sweet Valley, which is a new instrumental project from Nathan Williams of Wavves. In the Soundcloud section, stream great new songs from Freelance Whales and Menomena.

Adele – Turning Tables (Jericho A.D. Remix)

The Archives – Ghetto Gone Uptown

Black Pistol Fire – Crows Feet

Brainstorm – Beast in the Sky

Case Work – With You

Clear Plastic Masks – Pegasus in Glue

Highasakite – Indian Summer

Human Machine – Be Good

Icky Blossoms – Heat Lightning (Ghost Loft Remix)

Maria Minerva – The Sound

MIDI WIFE – Heart Foundation

New Navy – Breathe (Telepopmusik cover)

Picture – True

SNAKATAK – Quit Your Job

stacy – Dale

Sweet Valley – Total Carnage

Team Bayside High – Loch Ness Monster

Yes Cadets – Le Mans

SOUNDCLOUD

Freelance Whales – Locked Out

Jones – Dont Walk Out

Menomena – Heavy Is As Heavy Does

Happy Friday! The movie event of the summer is upon us, in the form of The Dark Knight Rises. Are you as excited about it as I am? All signs point to it being one of the highest grossing movies of all time, if not THE highest. Reviews have been generally strong, even as the few critics who panned it have been getting death threats. It may not quite earn the respect and adoration The Dark Knight did, but hopefully it’s a fitting conclusion to the trio of films made by Christopher Nolan. If you went to a midnight screening, please don’t spoil it for me (or anyone else, for that matter). Let’s try and stay civil, and in a few weeks or months when everyone’s seen it we can have an open discussion about the film’s strengths and potential weaknesses. I already know the lack of Heath Ledger is going to be a problem, but we’ll see. Now before I get to this weekend-starting Pick Your Poison, a quick weekly reminder: Faronheit has a Facebook page. Come to think of it, the last couple weeks I haven’t been doing a great job of updating it regularly, but I promise I’ll try to do better with it. As for the collection of mp3s below, a few recommendations are in order for tracks from Animal Parts, California Wives, Domo Genesis & The Alchemist, The Dust Engineers, The Hood Internet, Jason Haywood and Videotape. In the Soundcloud section you’ll want to stream songs from Mellowhype, Stars, and Passion Pit’s remix of Of Monsters & Men. Have a great weekend!

Alex Metric & Charli XCX – End of the World (Big C Remix)

Animal Parts – King of Kings

Arrange – Sides

California Wives – Purple

Domo Genesis & The Alchemist – Elimination Chamber (ft. Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples & Action Bronson)

The Dust Engineers – Jake Spoon

Eric Copeland – Flushing Meats

Gregory Pepper and His Problems – At Least I’m Not A Musician

The Hood Internet – Won’t Fuck Us Over (ft. BBU)

Jason Haywood – The Longest Walk

NIKU – Broken Seashells

Pony Boy – The Murder Ballad of Carrie Lee

Squalloscope – Domino

Videotape – Between Me and You

We Were Born Canaries – Only Light (We Were Born Canaries Remix)

Dominique Pruitt – To Win Your Love

Kodaline – Pray

Mellowhype – La Bonita

Of Monsters & Men – Little Talks (Passion Pit Remix)

Stars – Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It

Years & Years – I Wish I Knew

So Drake might not be the richest hip hop star around today, as I would think Jay-Z and Kanye West have the #1 and #2 spots locked up on that, but he’s still got plenty of money. As rich people often do, they like to buy nice things. Well, Drake recently bought a new home for a cool $7.7 million. Actually, it’s not so much a home as it is a ranch. The place has been on the market since 2009, where its starting asking price was $27 million. In other words, he bought it at less than a third of what it was originally going for. This ranch includes six bedrooms, ten bathrooms, a 28-person movie theater, a gaming room, a spa and massage room, a gym, a wine cellar, a tennis court, a volleyball court, an equestrian ring, stables, and three acres of land. If I had the money I probably would have paid at least $8 million for all that. Anyways, it looks super impressive and cool, so take a look at this photo set and gaze in awe at the waterfalls, grotto and outdoor fireplaces. Man, it must be nice to be rich. Save some money, and maybe someday a house like that could be yours. A good way to keep costs down is with some free music, which Pick Your Poison is happy to provide. In today’s batch, don’t miss tracks from Arcadia Gardens, Deerhoof’s remix of AU, Cate Le Bon, The Demos, The History of Panic, The Mommyheads, and Twin Cabins. Plenty of downloads, and a tiny Soundcloud section today, though I do recommend streaming that Om Unit track, it’s good.

Amplicity – I’m in Love (ft. Wilson Pickett)

Arcadia Gardens – Sun Sphere

AU – Solid Gold (Deerhoof Remix)

Cate Le Bon – What Is Worse

The Demos – Primitive

E-603 – Bang Bang

Elska – Don’t Make Fun of the Goobler

Emma Heartbeat – Better Better Better

Foe – Frankenstein

H.Hawkline – Black Domino Box

The History of Panic – Anthem for Panic

La Guerre – 23

The Mommyheads – Medicine Show

Nguzo – Go Slow

Petite Noir – Disappear

Snowblower – We Aren’t in Love

She Keeps Bees – See Me

SonReal – I Feel Like (ft. Rapper Pooh)

Twin Cabins – Ashes

SOUNDCLOUD

Om Unit – Ulysses

So it’s come to this: Coachella is expanding onto cruise ships. Yes my friends, if you haven’t heard yet, coming this December there will be two S.S. Coachella cruises you can take – ones that will features bands and artists you’re hopefully familiar with. Both voyages launch from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and go from either December 16-19 or December 19-23. The first goes to the Bahamas, while the second goes to Jamaica. Who will be on board these native Coachella trips? The lineup includes Pulp, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Grimes, Cloud Nothings, Girl Talk, James Murphy, Sleigh Bells, Warpaint, !!!, Black Lips, Simian Mobile Disco, The Rapture, Father John Misty and a few more. Can you imagine Jarvis Cocker or the guys from Hot Chip hanging out by the pool? Seems a little odd to me, but what do I know. It’ll probably be a whole lot of fun. And I bet it sells out super fast too. Depending on how much you want to spend and how many people you have with you, prices can range anywhere from $500 a person to $2,000+ a person. I’m intrigued, but don’t nearly have the money to commit to it. If you want to learn more, here’s the website with all the details. Instead of spending money, have some free mp3s on me today, via Pick Your Poison. A few recommendations include tracks from Baby Baby, Bon Accord, Feature Cuts, Pomegranates, and Black Light Dinner Party. In the Soundcloud section, you won’t want to miss streaming songs from Airbird or the Atoms for Peace remix of Other Lives.

Baby Baby – $

Ball of Flame Shoot Fire – Bad Thing

Black Light Dinner Party – Older Together

Bon Accord – Pleasure

Brittany McDonald – Notice Me

C2V – You Can Be the One

Coastal Cities – The Voyage

Ellie Goulding – Hanging On (Svyable + PRFFTT Bootleg)

Fallon Cush – In the Nick of Time

Feature Cuts – Anonymous

Freekok – Harmony

Mode Moderne – Foul Weather Fare

Newtimers – Thathipsterporn

Pomegranates – Pass Away

The Rebel Light – Goodbye Serenade

Steve Poltz – Slovenia Breeze

SOUNDCLOUD

Airbird – Free Mind

LI-ON GREVIER – Apple

Malka Spigel – See It Sideways

MONO – Dream Odyssey

The New Tigers – I Have Been Replaced

Other Lives – Tamer Animals (Atoms For Peace Remix)

Happy new music release day to you! As I do every week, let me give you a rundown of artists that have new stuff out today. Look for full lengths, EPs or reissues from Alberta Cross, Baroness, Black Francis, Cosmo Jarvis, The Dust Engineers, Gatekeeper, Hot Panda, Icky Blossoms, JEFF the Brotherhood, Jimmy Cliff, John Maus, Matisyahu, The Mommyheads, Nas, Old Crow Medicine Show, Shawn Lee, Shout Out Out Out Out, Smashing Pumpkins, Stowaways, Susanna Hoffs, and The Very Best. I hope you find something you like amid all that. If not, there’s always Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange, which comes with my personal recommendation. There’s also today’s Pick Your Poison, which has plenty of good songs for you to download. Don’t miss tracks from The Blank Tapes, Blonde Summer, Eternal Summers, Kyle Adem, Slam Donahue and The Spring Standards. In the Soundcloud section there’s streaming goodness from Francisco the Man, Houndstooth, Kendrick Lamar and Tall Ships.

The Blank Tapes – I’m Back

Blonde Summer – Slow Days Fast Company

Crooked Cowboy and the Freshwater Indians – An Annalog and Her Hopeful Diaries (ft. Lisa Papineau)

Dillon Francis – Masta Blasta (The Rebirth)

Eternal Summers – You Kill

Kyle Adem – The Sunlight & The Sea

Little Comets – Jennifer (Acoustic)

Mandala – Mighty High

The Most Powerful Telescope in the Universe – Lectures on Quanta

Satellite Stories – Anti-Lover

Skipping Girl Vinegar – Chase the Sun

Slam Donahue – I Turn On

The Spring Standards – Heavy Home

TRAILS AND WAYS – Miracle (Ghost Beach cover)

SOUNDCLOUD

Fountains – Repetition

Francisco The Man – Broken Arrows

Houndstooth – Beachbummer

Jacques Lu Cont – Underground

Kendrick Lamar – Swimming Pools (Drank)

Tall Ships – Gallop

I’m super busy preparing for a glorious weekend at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival (a href=”https://faronheit.com/tag/pitchfork-music-festival-2012/”>coverage here), but before I simply toss this Pick Your Poison at you, I’d like to quickly mention that my Class of 2012 artist Azealia Banks has a brand new mixtape out called Fantasea. I haven’t listened to it yet, but if you’d like to (and you should), download it for free by clicking this link. Okay, now we’ll do Pick Your Poison. In this set, pay close attention to mp3s from Chelsea Light Moving, Daddy Lion, Husky, Jonathan Byerley, Limb, My Great Ghost, TEEN and Videoing.

the bilinda butchers – Crystal Tears

Buttonhead – Champion Bread

Chelsea Light Moving – Groovy and Linda

Cult of Youth – Man and Man’s Ruin

Daddy Lion – Disconnected

EDH – Ramble (Subtitle Remix)

Husky – Tidal Wave

Jonathan Byerley – Catherine in the Grass

King of Spain – Motions

Limb – IT IS SO HARD BEING A kid

M83 – Midnight City (Meridian Club Mix)

My Great Ghost – Photograph

Sticky Stockholm – Dual Threat

TEEN – Electric

Videoing – Driver’s River

SOUNDCLOUD

Gitar – Eyes Of The World

Miner – Golden Ocean

Panoramic & True – A Week of Good Health

The Reserve – When I Was Young

Teengirl Fantasy – End

Twin River – Can’t Keep This Alive

Trent Reznor is a very busy man. Then again, he almost always has been. Since the “end” of Nine Inch Nails a few years ago, he’s worked with Atticus Ross on the scores to two David Fincher films, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and the Oscar-winning The Social Network. He’s also started a new band with his wife, known as How to Destroy Angels. They’ve only put out one EP so far, but have recorded a full length that will be out hopefully by the end of this year. As Reznor recently said in an interview, they’re planning to release the record in an unconventional way, so that’s taking some extra time to set up. He’s also recently composed the theme song for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, which will be out this November. And though he probably won’t ever tour again, he also says he’s working on new NIN material. If you’re overwhelmed about your job, imagine how he feels. Okay, let’s talk today’s Pick Your Poison. Notable tracks in this set come from The Black Cadillacs, Cody ChesnuTT, Gabe Goodman, The Hawthorne Effect, and The Raveonettes. In the Soundcloud section, stream new stuff from Azealia Banks, Dan Deacon, Melody’s Echo Chamber, and The Walkmen doing a Rolling Stones cover.

The Black Cadillacs – Choke

Charlie Mars – Let the Meter Run

Cody ChenuTT – That’s Still Mama

Eraas – Fang

Gabe Goodman – Midnight Sour

Great Horse – Bananas

The Hawthorne Effect – Devil Don’t Care

Lulu and the BB Batts – Rock the Catwalk

Macatier – Boxing Clever

Ned Collette and Wirewalker – Long You Lie

Panama – Magic (Midnight Magic Remix)

The Raveonettes – She Owns the Streets

THuGGin – Ethereal

Walk the Dog – I Can’t (Innergaze Remix)

Yes Nice – Hot River

SOUNDCLOUD

ANGO – Paralyzed

Azealia Banks – Neptune (ft. Shystie)

Dan Deacon – True Thrush

Lone – Lenticular Cloud

Melody’s Echo Chamber – Endless Shore

The Walkmen – Blue Turns To Grey (Rolling Stones cover)

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

alt-J – Fitzpleasure (Dave Sitek Remix)

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Only In My Dreams

bassDrumsnareDrum – All We Need

Bear Hands – Bullshit Saviour Complex

Big Wave Riders – Sunny Season

Chris McFarland – Wild Abandon

Dead Rat Orchestra – Joy/Sorrow (Sula Sgeir)

DZ Deathrays – Dollar Chills (Trumpdisco Remix)

Ex-Friendly – Goodnews

HiFi Brown – Flat of the Rising Sun

JC Flow – Kill the Monster

Kishi Bashi – Bright Whites

The N.E.C. – N.O.W.

Newtimers – January Love (Royal Scams Remix)

Pop Culture – Affair

Romans – Mystery Girl

Sean 0’Sean – Arch Envy

Temper Trap – Trembling Hands (Little Daylight Remix)

Zebra and Snake – Empty Love Song

SOUNDCLOUD

Band of Horses – Knock Knock

Escapologists – Conscience Or Regret

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

Sea Wolf – Old Friend

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

Cantoreggi – Young Guns (ft. XOV)

CutWires – Come to Pass

Debo Band – And Lay

Feedtime – Rock n Roll

Frank Ocean – Sweet Life

Golden Retriever – Serene Velocity

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

Mad Planet – Pieces of You

Memoryhouse – Walk With Me

múm – 0,000Orð

Pegasus Dream – In Absentia
Pegasus Dream – Oxen Free

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

Shecats – Christ Air

State Broadcasters – Trespassers

SOUNDCLOUD

Aiden Grimshaw – Curtain Call (II Figures Remix)

Ayanami – Crash and Burn

Barny Carter – Park

Bombay Bicycle Club – Beg (Tom Moulton Mix)

Fabulous Diamonds – Lothario

Heart of Hearts – Candling

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

As Elephants Are – War Cry

Dub Pistols – Countermeasure

Echoes De Luxe – The Ride

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

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

Kalen Nash – Ramona

Loscil – Else

Pan – John From New York

Silver Medallion – Stay Young

SINAH – Nobody Knows

Tough Guys of America – Jersey Shore

Trebuchet – He Ran

Vulture Smile – Downrigger

Woodz – For You

SOUNDCLOUD

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

Derby Sunshine – The Milky Way

Neil Halstead – Full Moon Rising

OM – Gethsemane (Edit)

Summer Camp – City

Sunrom – Space Heroine

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

Aktar Aktar – Both Young and Wild

Babajaga – Caravan

Body Language – You Can (Live)

Careful – It’s Funny

The Delmore Schwartz – Best Friend

D-R-U-N-K – Sexvox

Easter Island – Independence

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

Le Youth – Memories

The Ludlow Thieves – To Travel

Lushes – Harsh

Peelander Z – Get Glasses

Slow Dancing Society – I’ll Leave A Light On

The Stowaways – Changing Times

Wildlife Control – Analog or Digital

SOUNDCLOUD

Dead Can Dance – Amnesia

Echodrone – Under An Impressive Sky

Fang Island – Seek it Out

I Am Harlequin – Craze

Lykke Li – Silver Springs (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Woods – Cali In A Cup