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Happy Leap Day! Happy Hump Day! Happy Lump Day! Yes, today is that magical one day every four years we get an extension to February and get the chance to do whatever we want. Okay, so pretty much everyone probably did what they would normally do on a Wednesday. The world doesn’t stop simply because we have an extra day. I hope you had some fun though and maybe indulged in a little bit of folklore about Leap Day William. For this special edition of Pick Your Poison, there’s a couple extra tracks in there for you to enjoy. I’ll recommend songs from Autumn Owls, Brave Chandeliers, Grave Babies, Royal Headache, The Valery Trails and Variety Lights. In the remix pile be sure to download Diplo’s remix of Katy B as well as Elite Gymnastics’ remix of Korallreven. And hey, there’s a new Regina Spektor song available for streaming in the Soundcloud section! It’s a Leap Day miracle!

Aaron Cohen – Up & Down

Autumn Owls – Acrobatics of a Patchwork Heart

Brave Chandeliers – Mad Men

Dale Murray – The Wind Is Trying to Kill Me

Emma Grace – Outlier
Emma Grace – Stuck in the Air

Eux Autres – Home Tonight

Grave Babies – Nightmare

Jetsam – Nightshift

Katy B – Witches Brew (Diplo Remix)

Korallreven – Sa Sa Samoa (Elite Gymnastics Remix)

Ladyhawke – Black, White and Blue (Nile Delta Remix)

Mirel Wagner – No Hands

My Toys Like Me – Lost (Ink Project Remix)

Royal Headache – Girls

Shawn Magill – All Fancies Are Motions Within Us

The Valery Trails – On the Perfume River

Variety Lights – Silent Too Long

SOUNDCLOUD

Emergency Bible Study – Birthday Girl

Light Parades – Sparkle

Luise Pop – Fast And Frightening (L7 cover)

Rebel Rebel – Love Songs

Regina Spektor – All The Rowboats

Rizzle Kicks – Traveller’s Chant

Okay, as it is Tuesday, allow me to give you a rundown of some of the new albums being released this week. As usual, keep in mind I’m not recommending all these, but rather simply informing you of their existence on store shelves or at your favorite digital music retailer. That said, you may be interested to hear this week sees fresh full lengths from The Cranberries, Cuff the Duke, Dirty Three, Elliott Brood, Erin Passmore, Eux Autres, Fanfarlo, Geographer, Hunx, the 4 man supergroup of Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker and Yim Yames, Jim O’Rourke, Memoryhouse, Mind Spiders, Mouse on Mars, Plants and Animals, Prince Rama, School of Seven Bells, Softoft Techech, Sophia Knapp, Stars in Coma, TRUST, and The Wooden Sky. A very healthy and long list there. Now let’s get to the list of mp3s in today’s Pick Your Poison. I’ll affix gold stars to tracks from Cultfever, Death Grips, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Hollis Brown, Radiation City, and White Woods. In the Soundcloud section please be sure to stream songs from Craft Spells, Django Django and Peelander-Z.

C.O.D.E. – Machine

Cultfever – Collector

Daymoths – Back in Time

Death Grips – Get Got

Ed Schrader’s Music Beat – When I’m In A Car (ft. Randy Randall of No Age)

Family Photo – Popular Phrase

GodWolf – Another Me

Hollis Brown – Spoonful
Hollis Brown – Gypsy Black Cat

PLS DNT STP – Digital Drugs

Radiation City – Find It of Use

Silver Medallion – The Young and the Reckless

Summer Camp – Losing My Mind (Dawn Golden & Rosy Cross Remix)

Two Suns – Feelin’ Today

White Woods – Where Did You Go?

SOUNDCLOUD

The Chakras – Build Me A Swan

Craft Spells – Still Left With Me

Django Django – Storm

Metronomy – The Look (Two Inch Punch’s Shook Shook Refix)

Peelander-Z – Star Bowling

Waves of the Echo – Better Than Ever

I realize that many of you visit this site for the mp3s. It’s the reality of the world we’re living in these days. But did you know there’s more, genuine content on this site? Like, I write album reviews and show reviews and do the occasional artist interview? Believe it, friends. Anyways, I’ve made mention of it already in a non-Pick Your Poison post, but wanted to bring it up again for those nosediving straight to this page, that I’ve started a new little thing called Snapshot Review. Unlike the very in-depth analysis of albums I’ve been doing a couple times a week since the site began, the Snapshot Review is a much quicker and broader take on an album. I’ll still be doing the longer reviews like normal, but the Snapshot Reviews will enable me to generate more overall writing pieces without sacrificing too much more of my time. Believe it or not, my days are pretty packed, which is why I manage this site the best I can. Okay, that business is done, let’s get to the mp3s. Today I’ll advise you to give a fair shake to tracks from Coast Jumper, Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands, Flosstradamus, Hunx, Work Drugs and Yellow Ostrich. Oh, and Cuff the Duke’s John Lennon cover isn’t half bad either. In the Soundcloud section you may want to stream the song from New Multitudes, which is the supergroup of Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker and Yim Yames. They worked together on this tribute album to Woody Guthrie that will be out tomorrow.

All Will Be Quiet – Wide Eyes and Space Flights

Coast Jumper – Windowsill

Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands – Drowned Out

Cuff the Duke – Instant Karma (John Lennon cover)

Daytona – You’re in Beijing

Dead Mellotron – Stranger

Flosstradamus – Total Recall

Hunx – Always Forever

Peh Per Ghost – Slow Train

Pyyramids – Don’t Go

Rags and Ribbons – Even Matter

Supreme Cuts – Silkk

Tigercats – Full Moon Reggae Party

Vato Gonzalez and Aldair Silva – Digital Lies (Birdee Remix)

Work Drugs – License to Drive

Yellow Ostrich – The Shakedown

SOUNDCLOUD

Eyes On Film – Something Wicked (This Way Comes)

GreyMarket – The Soloist

I Am the Avalanche – Brooklyn Dodgers

Mike Delinquent Project – Evacuate (Instrumental)

New Multitudes – My Revolutionary Mind (ft. Yim Yames)

Therapist – I Know What I Want (Blake Miller Remix)

In honor of it being Friday, I’m going to keep this short and sweet like usual. I will make a quick mention though that starting next week I’ll be trying something new on the site. I’m not going to reveal the details of it just yet, but let’s just say it allows me to get more done and provide more content to you on a daily basis. We’ll see how it goes and if it works out then great. In the meantime, enjoy these songs to give your weekend an extra boost. I’ll recommend tracks from Baby Teardrops, The Clean, The Dead Ships, Gorillaz collaborating with Andre 3000 and James Murphy, The Great American Canyon Band, Mystery Pills, Pond and The Wooden Sky. In the Soundcloud section there’s a pretty good remix of Bombay Bicycle Club, and new stuff from Lazer Sword and Reptar, among others. Have a great weekend!

Baby Teardrops – I Can Live My Life Alone

Born With Stripes – …You Stole the Laces From My Shoes

Carly Maicher – See You Soon

The Clean – Tally Ho
The Clean – In the Dreamlife U Need A Rubber Soul

The Cuban Brothers – You Don’t Have to Take Your Clothes Off

The Dead Ships – Bones Cracked
The Dead Ships – Before You Go

Fay Wrays – Cars

Gorillaz, Andre 3000 and James Murphy – DoYaThing (ZIP)

The Great American Canyon Band – Tumbleweed

Mystery Pills – The Glass Traditions

Night Beds – Wanted_You in August

Pond – Mystery

Romanthony – Hold On (Logo’s Hold-Up Remix)

The Sweet Serenades – Moving On

The Wooden Sky – Malibu Rum

SOUNDCLOUD

Bombay Bicycle Club – How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep (Scuba Remix)

Lazer Sword – Pleasure Zone

Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Barbaro – Look Around The Corner

Reptar – Sebastian

Tango in the Attic – Paw Prints

Willy Mason – Restless Fugitive

What to talk about today. Oh, I don’t think I’ve officially weighed in on Chris Brown yet, so long after the fact, let me talk about that briefly. There’s been a bit of talk about Brown these last few weeks after a few things happened. First, they let him into the Grammys. Then they let him on stage at the Grammys. And let him perform. More than once. Brown stepped up his swagger a bit on Twitter, basically condemning those “hating” on him. Throw onto the fire some girls Tweeting that they would let Brown beat them up. Plus all sorts of evidence that Brown and Rihanna had become very friendly again, possibly even reignited their relationship. Plus, they recorded a song together. All these things happened within the last month. Most recently, and we’re talking days ago, WWE Superstar CM Punk got into a bit of an online feud with Brown, resulting in some rather hostile exchanges. Punk took to YouTube to give his side of things, and his response has gone viral. Personally, I’m in agreement with Punk and a whole lot of other people that feel like Chris Brown should just go away. I’m not saying “go away” like no longer exist, but instead just retreat from the spotlight. The doors of success and fame should be closed to him. So should every woman. If you hit a woman, you don’t deserve to be with one. Period. Sorry to go all dark and social issues and talk about artists that really have nothing to do with the content on this site. Some mp3s will make it better. In today’s Pick Your Poison, I’d advise you to have a listen to tracks from Bosco, Cadence Weapon (who samples Grimes on the track below), Crocodiles, Dustin Wong, Morningbell, Ryan Monroe (of Band of Horses), and Wooden Wand. Have a look in the Soundcloud section too for new stuff from M. Ward and TV Buddhas.

Bosco – Joker

Cadence Weapon – 88

Coke Weed – Magpie

Crocodiles – Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)

Dot Hacker – Order/Disorder

Dustin Wong – Pink Diamond

Go Back to the Zoo – Beam Me Up

Gotye ft. Kimbra – Somebody That I Used to Know (Francis Prève Remix)

Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – Centreville

Les Jupes – If This Is the Light

Mind Spiders – On the Radio

Morningbell – You Think I Don’t Know (But I Know)

Pink Mink – Earthquake on the Loose

Ryan Monroe – Any Way, Shape or Deformity

Spottiswoode – Beautiful Monday

Wooden Wand – Motel Stationary

SOUNDCLOUD

Dani Deahl Ft. Oh Snap! – Diplo Hates You (Original Mix)

The Enemy – Gimme The Sign

FACULTIES – Cold Hands

M. Ward – Primitive Girl (Single Version)

Swaying Wires – Blinding Nights

TV Buddhas – Don’t Tell Me It’s Gonna Be OK

Happy Ash Wednesday to you and yours, and if that’s not your thing, hopefully the fact that it’s also National Margarita Day entices you just as much. Today is a little bit of a sad day for the music world, as last night we found out that Women guitarist Christopher Reimer died in his sleep. He was 26 years old. Women have essentially been on a hiatus these last couple years after they fistfought one another in the middle of a show. Still, they put out two damn good records and I was always holding out hope they’d patch things up and start making music again. With Reimer gone that seems less likely than ever. I’d like to offer my condolences to his family and to his bandmates, who in spite of their differences must be putting those aside for at least a little bit. Now let’s get to today’s edition of Pick Your Poison. I’ll advise you to check out tracks from BBU, Ceremony, Ducky, Inca Gold, JD Samson + MEN, Sauna, Sonoi, U.S. Elevator and Violens.

BBU – Please No Pictures (ft. Das Racist)
BBU – Beau Sia

Brian Larsen – Frozen

Ceremony – Adult

Damon Moon & the Whispering Drifters – Lungs, Dirt, & Dreams

The Danvilles – Seemed So Easy

Ducky – Overdose

Inca Gold – Emergency Talks

JD Samson + MEN – Next

Now, Now – Thread

Pulpa – Min Kniv

Sauna – Wanting You

Seun Kuti – The Good Leaf (Spoek Mothambo Remix)

Sonoi – Cotton

U.S. Elevator – All Through the Night

Violens – Unfolding Black Wings

SOUNDCLOUD

Addison Groove – Savage Henry

The District Attorneys – Confusion of Trust

EJ – Mama, I’m Gonna Sing (Pete Tong Remix)

One Finger Riot – Fever

Pepper – Happy Girl (Acoustic)

The Shamefaced Sparrows – Murder In The Dollhouse (Demo)

Happy Tuesday, friends. It is my pleasure to once again name some of the artists releasing brand new records on a day such as today, so that you may make purchases wisely. Keep in mind these aren’t recommendations per se, just a list so you know what’s out there. New albums this week come from Barna Howard, Bright Moments (who have an mp3 below), Busdriver, Cheap Girls, Christopher Paul Stelling, Colleen Green, Cursive, Damien Jurado, Damon Moon, Dustin Wong, Field Music, Frankie Rose, fun., Grimes, Guy Capecelatro III, Isidore (who have an mp3 below), The James Low Western Front, Jonquil, Perfume Genius, Pontiak, Princeton, Sara Radle (who has an mp3 below), Sleigh Bells, Tindersticks, Terry Malts, Yalls and Young Empires. Phew. Exhausting. Talking specifically about Pick Your Poison today, I’ll recommend tracks from Bright Moments, Isidore, Mirror Lady, Sara Radle, and Tripwires.

Arbz – Dawn of A New Era

Bright Moments – Travelers

Charlotte Gainsbourg – Paradisco (Gottfried Beyer Remix)

Isidore – You Will Remain

Joywave – True Grit

Mirror Lady – You Left Me

Octavion X – Begun

Picture Book – Sunshine (Justin Faust Remix)

Rossi B & Luca (ft. Flirta D) – Mind the Gap (Teeza Temix Instrumental)

Sara Radle – Last

Tripwires – Emerald

Two Suns – Not the End Pt. 2

Virginia Plain – Electric Eyes
Virginia Plain – Swamp Thing

Wrinkle Neck Mules – Leaving Chattanooga

SOUNDCLOUD

Gazburn – Walkin’ On Another Planet

Rita Ora – Somebody That I Used To Know (Gotye & Kimbra BBC Live Lounge Cover)

Sam Gray Singing – Bigotry

Softwar – This Time Around

Your 33 Black Angels – Patient Love

Yuzima – My Love Is Your Love (Whitney Houston cover)

Happy President’s Day to my American brethren. Today we essentially roll the birthdays of 2 U.S. Presidents into one day and call it a holiday. It helps that they were two of the greatest Presidents of all time, whom history books have written about both at length. George Washington was our very first President, not to mention a war hero, so his work in freeing America from British rule was clearly unprecedented at the time. Abraham Lincoln held a similar key in his hand, unlocking the freedom of millions of enslaved African Americans, even though the path to true equality wound up being far longer and more difficult than anybody would truly realize. So we salute both of those great men today, not that any of you needed a history lesson filled with the most basic facts you probably already knew. Let’s move on, shall we? In today’s special extended holiday edition of Pick Your Poison, I’m proud to recommend tracks from Black Mountain, Black Tambourine, Charli XCX (part of my Class of 2012), Diplo, Electric Flower Group, Luke Roberts, Nu Sensae, TacocaT and THEESatisfaction. In the Soundcloud section, please by all means stream some great songs from Django Django along with Trentemoller’s remix of The Drums.

Black Mountain – Mary Lou

Black Tambourine – What’s Your Game

Charli XCX – I’ll Never Know

Dan London – Little Bit About Me

Diplo – Express Yourself (ft. Nicky Da B)

Electric Flower Group – Eclipsed

Jonquil – It’s My Part (Co La Remix)

A Little Affair – December

Luke Roberts – His Song

Miike Snow – Devil’s Work (Keys N Krates Remix)

Nu Sensae – Gumbo

Pets With Pets – Pixie Child

Poppet – Wayward Notions

Rusko – Somebody to Love (Skream Remix)

Subburbia – I’ve Got No Friends

TacocaT – Spring Break-Up

THEESatisfaction – QueenS

tree – Universal (ft. Ariel Thiermann)

SOUNDCLOUD

Automusik – General Masses

Django Django – Default

The Drums – Days (Trentemoller Remix)

Evans The Death – Telling Lies

Portico Quartet – City of Glass (LV Remix)

As I typically am on Fridays, I can’t wait to officially start my weekend. Not that my weekdays were anything worth writing home about. But there’s still that sense of relaxation and having nothing on the calendar or FUN on the calendar for a couple days that always brings some excitement to it. So I hope you’ve got a nice weekend planned, and we’ll start this whole thing again on Monday. Here’s some mp3s to get you going. I’ll recommend tracks from Christopher Paul Stelling, Eyes Wings & Many Other Things, Midtown Dickens, Sophia Knapp, Superhumanoids and The Young. There’s also a nice pair of covers in the Soundcloud section for your streaming pleasure, including Pete Yorn doing the Beach Boys and The Kills doing Velvet Underground.

The Cast of Cheers – Family (Royal Scams Remix)

Christopher Paul Stelling – Solar Flares

Clubfeet – BrightLightsBigCity

Dreamend – Your Apparition Stays With Me Still

Eyes, Wings & Many Other Things – Cruelty

Filewile – You Say I (Electric Blanket Remix)

The James Low Western Front – I Would Have You

The Jayhawks – She Walks in So Many Ways (Live)

Midtown Dickens – Only Brother

Pandercakes – Paint By Numbers

Sophia Knapp – Into the Waves

Superhumanoids – Geri

Uncle Roman’s Jetboat – Floodlights in the Sunlight
Uncle Roman’s Jetboat – Fearless Like Yourself

The Young – Livin’ Free

SOUNDCLOUD

Capybara – Neighbor Crimes

The Kills – Pale Blue Eyes (Velvet Underground cover)

The New Limb – Refugees

Pete Yorn – Surfer Girl (Beach Boys cover)

Skyjelly – Shepherd’s Pantry

Yournalist – C’mon People

I’ve just come to the realization that a month from today, SXSW will be going on down in Austin, TX. I’m proud to announce that this will be the first year I will be attending. It’s part of a fun little adventure I’m calling Faronheit’s First Field Trip. There’s so much to see, do and absorb over the handful of days I’ll be there, and I’m excited to report back to you all the excitement. It also pleases me to learn that over half of my Class of 2012 will be performing sometime over that week. In fact, Pitchfork just announced that Nicolar Jaar, Grimes, Purity Ring and Charli XCX will be playing their showcase, which is taking place at a church. Fiona Apple is the only other artist on that bill, which for me makes it a must-see. As it’s a 400 capacity venue however, that’s going to be tough. We’ll see how things go once I’m there. As for today’s Pick Your Poison, I’m sure more than a few of the artists below will be at SXSW as well this year. Highlights today include tracks from Aaron & The Sea, The Cribs, Emily Jane White, La Sera, Lushlife, Midnight Magic’s remix of Panama, and White Hills. In the Soundcloud section, you don’t want to miss streaming tracks from House of Wolves, Mouse on Mars and That Ghost.

Aaron & The Sea – There There Creature Creature

Cats on Fire – A Few Empty Waves

Cousins – Jules

The Cribs – Chi-Town

Cuff the Duke – I Hear You Calling (Billy Fay cover)

Emily Jane White – Black Silk

Juston Stens – Edge of the Moon

La Sera – Break My Heart

Lushlife – Big Sur

Mikill Pane – I Like You

Panama – Magic (Midnight Magic Remix)

So Many Wizards – Lose Your Mind

Ticktockman – Archaic Republic

White Hills – Pads of Light

Zander Bleck – Temptation (Hype Jones & Beastmode Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

Daniel Laufer – Gentleman (ft. Chloe Charles)

House Of Wolves – 50’s

Mouse on Mars – Polaroyced

Ninjasonik – Turned Up

Saadi – Snowyman (Delicate Steve Remix)

That Ghost – Morning Now

Now that we’re past it, I hope you enjoyed your Valentines Day, or as some might call it, Black Tuesday. Mine involved junk food and alcohol. In other words, a normal Tuesday for me. I don’t have a whole lot of time to chit-chat today as I’m writing this and my laptop claims it’s going to shut down in 10 minutes to “install updates” and I don’t want to have to sit through all that and pick up this whole dialogue when it’s done. So let me just tell you today’s Pick Your Poison is a little larger than normal, and has plenty of solid music for you to enjoy. I’ll recommend tracks from Adam Cohen, Bobby Conn, FIDLAR, Joachim Cooder, Sandro Perri, Shannon Stephens, Viper Creek Club and Yalls. In the Soundcloud section please enjoy streaming tracks from He’s My Brother She’s My Sister as well as Marissa Nadler.

Adam Cohen – What Other Guy

Bobby Conn – Underground Vktm

Cheers Elephant – Doin’ It, Right

Drunken Prayer – Always Sad
Drunken Prayer – The Missionfield

Eli Mardock – Everything Happens for the First Time

FIDLAR – No Waves

Joachim Cooder – Bright Light Blue (ft. Frank Lyon)
Joachim Cooder – Pointed Into Zoom (ft. Inara George)

Rap Muhammad – Prayer

Sandro Perri – Futureactive Kid Part 1

Shannon Stephens – What Love Looks Like

Summer Twins – I Don’t Care

TRMRS – Goodtime Blues
TRMRS – Enter the Door

Viper Creek Club – Now You’re in the Mirror

Yalls – Gave Away & Broke

Young Magic – Night in the Ocean (S.Maharba Serpent Love Song Remix)
Young Magic – You With Aid (Galapagoose and Wooshie’s Remix)

Young Mammals – Landlady

Yuksek – Off the Wall (Brodinski Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

American Royalty – Matchstick

He’s My Brother She’s My Sister – Can’t See The Stars

Killer Mike – Big Beast (ft. Bun B, T.I., and Trouble)

Marissa Nadler – The Wrecking Ball Company

Oceanwake – The Words of Gods Lie Among Us

ZZT – Partys Over Los Angeles (Attaque Remix)

Happy Valentines Day to you and yours. I hope you’re steeped in love today if you’re in a relationship, and I hope everything goes well and as planned. If you’re single like me, while we’re forced to deal with all the romance of a day such as today, we can freely self-medicate with alcohol or ice cream and not feel as guilty about it. Really there’s positives about this day for everyone. And hey, there are even a couple of Valentines Day-themed songs being featured in today’s Pick Your Poison set. Please be most fully aware that the Charli XCX song, which the girl is amazing and part of my Class of 2012, that will only be available for a short while longer. If you’re reading this and are no longer able to download that mp3, well, apologies. She said she was only going to leave it up for download for the day. The other stuff hopefully sticks around for longer. I’ll recommend tracks from Casey Shea, Fenster, Howth, I Am Oak, Minarets, Spirit Animal, Sun Glitters and Voltaire Twins. In the Soundcloud section please enjoy streaming songs from Apparat and Ex Norwegian, among others.

Arian Saleh – Underhill

Casey Shea – Let It Slide

Charli XCX – Valentine

Fenster – Fantasy II

Grouplove – Tongue Tied (Spacebrother Remix)

Howth – Wind Blows Cold

I Am Oak – Gills

Mighty Mouse – Smiling Faces

Minarets – The Tide

Octavion X – Only One You’ve Got

Soso – My Women My Guitars (Cody ChesnuTT cover)

Spirit Animal – Crocodile Skins

StoneRider – Trigger Happy

Sun Glitters – It Takes Me

Tic Tic Boom! – For Feeling

Two Suns – Time Again

Voltaire Twins – Animalia

SOUNDCLOUD

Apparat – Candil De La Calle

Ex Norwegian – Original Copy

Kotki Dwa – Poison

Mondkopf – Ease Your Pain

Have you been keeping up with my Class of 2012 the last month and a half? There’s been plenty going on, most of it with Lana Del Rey, but I wanted to take a moment to place a spotlight directly on another one of my musical students: Grimes. Her record “Visions” comes out next week, and I’ll be reviewing it then, but for the time being I want to point out you can stream the entire thing right this second over at NPR. Should you take the 48 minutes out of your day to do that? Considering I rarely if ever point you in the direction of a full album stream, maybe you take this time to heart. Of course you may not like what I have to say in my review of the record next week, so take that for what you will. For music you can download for free, look no further than right below, where you’ll find today’s edition of Pick Your Poison. I’ll recommend tracks from Busby Marou, Dana Buoy, Field of Wolves, Man Bites Dog, The Spring Standards and Warning Light. kayln rock will handle any pre-Valentines Day music needs, and Scissor Sisters positively rock the remix of a School of Seven Bells track. There are also some solid remixes of tracks by K’naan, Lana Del Rey and Miike Snow worth checking out in the Soundcloud section as well.

Busby Marou – Biding My Time

Carter Tanton – Pasture Sound (Kotchy Remix)

Dana Buoy – Call to Be

Field of Wolves – Don’t Explain

The Golden Pony – Casio Boy

The Hazard Archive – Embers

Human Machine – Future Computer

kayln rock – Valentine

Man Bites Dog – Whispers in My Mind

School of Seven Bells – Lafaye (Scissor Sisters Remix)

Shake Aletti – Light & Sparks – Bxentric Remix)

Silver Medallion & Feature cuts – Drop Out, Kiss Girls

The Sleep Tapes – White Cloud

The Spring Standards – Here We Go

Warning Light – Nightfall in the Border Country

Whitejacket – The Modern

SOUNDCLOUD

K’naan ft. Nelly Furtado – Anybody Out There (Richard Dinsdale Remix)

Lana Del Rey – Born To Die (I Am A Camera Remix)

Miike Snow – Paddling Out (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)

PoP Campaign – Schadenfreude

Shelby Grey – Chains of Love (ft. Wallace & Guzman)

Tiny Victories – Gravitron (Those Of Us Still Alive)

I tend to recall February as the snowiest month of any given year, and given the light winter we’ve had thus far, I’m anticipating at least a couple storms to blow through before the end of the month. As I’m typing this, it’s snowing outside. Today it will likely only be a couple inches of snow. A little farther to the East, specifically in NW Indiana, things are much worse courtesy of lake effect snow. How much you get and where becomes so highly dependent on wind patterns. Chicago may be getting spared this time around, but let’s talk again in a week and find out how many more bullets we’ll have dodged by then. On with today’s Pick Your Poison, a grand start to your weekend. I’ll recommend tracks from The Caseworker, Cold Blue KId, Infernal Devices, Maps & Atlases, Moonface (aka Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown), Tindersticks and Woodsman. Andrew Weatherall’s remix of Wooden Shjips is fascinating as well, and you can stream it in the Soundcloud section.

The Bodies Obtained – Life After Life

Brothertiger – Lovers

The Caseworker – Sea Years

Cold Blue Kid – Stay Alive

Infernal Devices – Life in Stereo

Jesse Thomas – Fire

Jon Vautier – The Sale Is On

Lykke Li – Love Out of Lust (Saturday, Monday Bootleg Remix)

Maps & Atlases – Winter

M.I.A. – Bad Girls (Stereoheroes’ “BattleSheep” Edit)

Moonface – Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips

Paper Beat Scissors – Rest Your Bones

Thievery Corporation – Culture of Fear (DISCOFORGIA Remix)

Tindersticks – Frozen

Unison – Brothers and Sisters

Wave Sleep Wave – Hey…What?

The Weeknd – Next (Keys N Krates Remix)

Woodsman – Supernal Radionics

SOUNDCLOUD

Binko Swink – Play

Kris Menace – Falling Star

The Makers – Don’t Challenge Me

Rebecca Gresty – Mad at the Seems

Wooden Shjips – Crossing (Andrew Weatherall Remix)

Have you been watching this season of “Portlandia”? I ask because I feel it is important viewing. So many things about the show capture that great Portland vibe that even if you’ve never been there simply watching an episode can teach you so much. It truly is one of the most unique cities in the world, and it’s also understandable as to why so much great music comes out of there. My brother lived in Portland for about a year as he was transferred there for work, and not being attuned to the little idiosynchrasies he spent much of his time weirded out by the experience. I went and visited him a couple times and loved every second. I’d move there if I were given a reason to. But I guess one of the main things I wanted to mention about “Portlandia” in addition to how the city is one of the main characters in the show, is how genuinely funny and inspired it is. It airs on IFC and truly captures that independent spirit within parts of sketch comedy. And to have Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney/Wild Flag teamed up with “Saturday Night Live” cast member/ex-musician Fred Armisen just plays well off one another. Guest stars with everyone from Jeff Goldblum to Eddie Vedder to Isaac Brock to Annie Clark also contributes to the fun. If you watch the show already though, I’m telling you all things you already know. Sorry about that, I get a little carried away from time to time. I just wanted to make mention of how much I enjoy it every week. Not many episodes are left this season, so be sure to watch on Friday nights at 10p/9c on IFC. Public Service Announcement over. Pick Your Poison today is rather enjoyable too. I’ll give a thumbs up to tracks from Andre Williams, Cuff the Duke’s covers of Smog and Guided By Voices, Cygnets, Gardens & Villa, Inca Gold, KNTRLR, Lightouts, and Turf War’s CCR cover. There’s also a new Plants and Animals song in the Soundcloud section you should stream as well.

Andre Williams – Dirt

BLUEfiveone – Moments Like These (ft. Spark the Fire)

Conor Mason – Words

Cuff the Duke – Cold Blooded Old Times (Smog cover)
Cuff the Duke – Smothered in Hugs (Guided By Voices cover)

Cuppa Joe – Something New

Cygnets – Teenager

Fredrik – Inventress of Ill (And Everything) (Eluvium Remix)

Gardens & Villa – Orange Blossom

Inca Gold – Atom

Kitty Clementine – Blow That Horn

KNTRLR – Kursk

Lightouts – The Cure for Shyness

Scout – So Close

Sean Bones – Here Now

Teeth and Tongue – Unfamiliar Skirts

Turf War – Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)

SOUNDCLOUD

Diamonds Under Fire – The One

Hopera – The Rising

Hourglass Sea – Once In A Lifetime

Mônica da Silva – Push Me Away

Plants and Animals – Song for Love