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And now, for a word about SOPA. Today is the day many websites “go dark” in an effort to push awareness about SOPA. What is SOPA? Well, if you’re reading this right now, I would hope you’ve got at least a small idea of what it is. Then again, if you’re outside the U.S., these things can be a little confusing. Any and all questions you might need answered about SOPA are available to you simply by typing the acronymn into your favorite search engine. Needless to say, if SOPA does become government policy, this site will very much cease to exist in its current form. It may cease to exist entirely, with the mere possibility that I’d be facing potential jail time for posting copyrighted music, even though I’ve been given permission to post all the songs below. So I encourage you to join the fight against SOPA, to help keep the internet free of government censorship. Okay, important piece said, let’s get to the music. Among the group of songs below, there are a handful I’ll place a special recommendation on for you. Those include tracks from Cold War Kids, Jenny Gillespie, Museum Mouth, Now, Now, The Pharmacy and Viper Creek Club. In the Soundcloud section, enjoy some danceable DFA Records cuts from Prinzhorn Dance School and Cut Copy’s remix of The Rapture. I’ll also recommend streaming the new song from Walls.

Avan Lava – It’s Never Over

Cold War Kids – Minimum Day

The Elkcloner – Crossfire

Gross Relations – Cut the Final Scene

Jenny Gillespie – Creature of Our Make

Korallreven – Sa Sa Samoa (For Real For Sure For You Version)

Leonard Friend – Everything for the Sake of Everything

Museum Mouth – Blood Mountain

Now, Now – School Friends

Pandercakes – Andre Breton

The Pharmacy – Dig Your Grave

The Slytest – Winning Without Playing

Topless – Say You Love Me

Viper Creek Club – Because I Know

SOUNDCLOUD

CSLSX – Aeromancer (ft. Mountain Man)

Moonlight Towers – The Easy Way Out

Prinzhorn Dance School – Usurper

The Rapture – Sail Away (Cut Copy Remix)

Robert Deeble – Ring Them Bells (Bob Dylan Cover)

Walls – Into Our Midst (Reprise)

Class of 2012 update: With SXSW announcing most of the artists performing this year, I’m pleased to say that 7 of the 10 artists on my Class of 2012 list will be there. So will I. Expect updates from their performances. That includes Charli XCX, who teamed up with Alex Metric on the song “End of the World”, two remixes of which you can download below. Also in the Class of 2012 is Azealia Banks, and as of now she will not be at SXSW 2012. She is giving away a new song though, which again you can download below. And though they’re not part of my Class of 2012, I want to make mention that there’s a new song from The Dirty Three available in this set, and they’ve got a new record called “Off Toward the Low Sun” coming out on February 28th. Other tracks I’ll recommend today come from Beat Culture, Julianna Barwick, and Sick Figures. In the Soundcloud section, be sure to stream a new song from Great Lake Swimmers. Oh, and one last mention of the Class of 2012: Lana Del Rey’s SNL performance? Brutal.

Alex Metric & Charli XCX – End of the World (HeavyWeight Remix)
Alex Metric & Charli XCX – End of the World (Amtrac Remix)

Azealia Banks – NEEDSUMLUV

Beat Culture – Memory (Cassettes)

Contrakids – All the Way Back

Dirty Or The Sound – Modern Times (Instrumental)

The Dirty Three – Rising Below

Halina Larsson – Fires & French Horns

Julianna Barwick – Never Change

Pepe Deluxe – A Night and A Day (A R K Remix)

Picture Book – Sunshine

Rene Lopez – Shing-A-Ling Is What I Bring

Sick Figures – Mad

Typhoon – How We Start Over (DoublePlusGood Remix)

YACHT – I Walked Alone (Get A Room! Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

Atlas Genius – Trojans

Brooklyn Horseman – Walking Out That Door

Echö – Day Dream

Great Lake Swimmers – Easy Come Easy Go

Low-Fi – Something

Saturday Night Gym Club – How To Build A Life Raft

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to you. In my mind, I always thought a day like today was about the equivalent of President’s Day, in that while government offices are closed, most everyone else was forced to work. Turns out Martin Luther King, Jr. was more important than George Washington or Abraham Lincoln or both of them combined. Okay, so that’s probably not really the case, one American hero being more important than another, but I do want to say that if all was right and just in the world, we’d have vacations on all 3 of their birthdays. So a big Happy Birthday to Dr. King. The world is a better place today because of the things he did. And so we reach today’s edition of Pick Your Poison. I’ll recommend tracks from Black Bananas, COOLRUNNINGS, Field Music, Pontiak, Porcelain Raft and Tanlines. In the Soundcloud section you can hear some new material from Craig Finn of The Hold Steady, The Jealous Sound and School of Seven Bells.

Black Bananas – Rad Times Express IV

Calvin Harris – You Used to Hold Me (Jason Ross Remix)

COOLRUNNINGS – Spirit of the High

CREEP – Animals ft. Holly Miranda (Modern Machines Remix)

Decode – Shaping Shadows

Doug Jerebine – Ashes and Matches

Field Music – A New Town

Hectic Zeniths – I Might Drown

Jason Urick – The Crying Song

Martha Berner & The Significant Others – Brave

Pontiak – Lions of Least

Porcelain Raft – Put Me to Sleep
Porcelain Raft – Unless You Speak From Your Heart

Tanlines – Brothers

Trippple Nippples – Golden Road (Oli Chang Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

Anemone – Onyx Heart

Cotton Mather – Camp Hill Rail Operator

Craig Finn – New Friend Jesus

Eliza and the Bear – Trees

The Jealous Sound – Your Eyes Were Shining

School of Seven Bells – Lafaye

I just looked at the calendar for 2012. There are THREE Friday the 13ths this year. The first of those is today. If you’re the superstitious type, today’s the day you steer clear of anything that might even look like bad luck. Ladders, black cats, mirrors and salt are just a few things to keep a close eye on (or off), for they can swing your life in some pretty wild and wrong directions should the circumstances turn bad. I’m still staying locked away inside, avoiding the world, even though the snow has stopped falling (for now). Okay, maybe I’ll go see a movie later. Probably shouldn’t do “The Devil Inside” though, what with the evil spirits/exorcism plotline factoring into the whole luck proposition. Eh, I’m not that superstitious anyways. On to today’s lucky Pick Your Poison. I’ll recommend tracks from Andrew Sisk, Field Mouse, Gabriel & The Hounds, Newtimers, Peasant, The Plimsouls and Theophilus London. In the Soundcloud section be sure to stream new stuff from Olafur Arnalds and You Won’t. Perhaps the most fascinating artifact in this entire set though is a song collaboration between Jay Farrar (Son Volt/Uncle Tupelo), Will Johnson (Centro-matic), Anders Parker (Varnaline) and Yim Yames (aka Jim James of My Morning Jacket). They’ve got a record coming out that has them turning old, unrecorded Woody Guthrie lyrics into songs. The record is called “New Multitudes” and it’ll be out at the end of February. Keep an eye out for that one, and hear the first track from their collaboration in the Soundcloud section.

Andrew Sisk – Pause

AutoReverse – Martine Hilton

Devereaux – Sassafras

Field Mouse – Glass

Frogg – Shut Tha Fuck Down! (Flosstradamus Remix)

Gabriel & The Hounds – The World Unfolds

Guy Capecelatro III – Like Anything

Morpeth FM – Rochdale Line

Newtimers – January Love

Pearl and the Beard – Bread Instead

Peasant – The Flask

The Plimsouls – Magic Touch

Theophilus London – Last Night (LVRS Anthem)

Torgny – Big Day (Plant Plants Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

Farrar, Johnson, Parker, Yames – Old LA

The Knocks – R.O.Y.L.

Ólafur Arnalds – Poland

Portico Quartet Ft. Cornelia – Steepless

Whistle Peak – Wings Won’t Behave

You Won’t – Ten Years Old

Snow! Yes, Chicago has officially gotten its first snowstorm of winter. Those of us that live in and around the city know this much: getting your first snowstorm in mid-January is an extremely rare thing. Normally we’ve had a few feet of snow fall by this time in your average winter. Not all at once, but through December and this point in January. While we did get some light dustings and maybe an inch or two back in December, the fact remains that there hasn’t been a true sticking, significant snow since Marck of 2011. As somebody that very much dislikes what snow does to people, that is, makes them drive like the roads are made of glass while also providing ample opporunity for car accidents, I’m happy it’s taken this long for the snow machine to get going. I hope this is the first and last snowstorm of 2012. And we’re only getting 6 or so inches. Of course that won’t be the case, and there will be plenty more snow in the coming months, but for now, I’m just going to take this opportunity to stay indoors and not venture outside until the streets have been thoroughly plowed and salted. Okay, let’s get to Pick Your Poison. Today I’ll happily advise you to check out tracks from Kapowski, Malajube, Mikill Pane, Radio Moscow, Signals Midwest, Tiny Victories and SolarSolar’s cover of Wild Beasts. In the Soundcloud section, you can stream new stuff from Red Wanting Blue, and punk upstarts Say Anything.

Dead Icons – Folding Aces

Kapowski – Section Eight

Leema Mountain – Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good) (Rozalla cover)

Liam the Younger – Is It Good

Malajube – Synesthesie

Mikill Pane – I Like You

Nimmo and the Gauntletts – Chin Up

Radio Moscow – The Stranger

San Cisco – Awkward

Signals Midwest – Limnology

SolarSolar – Albatross (Wild Beasts cover)

Tiny Victories – Lost Weekend

Two Suns – Ran Wild

Woodpigeon – For Paolo

SOUNDCLOUD

Dot Dash – Tragedy Destiny

Fil Lavin – Soul Brother

General Fiasco – Don’t You Ever

Red Wanting Blue – White Snow

Say Anything – Burn A Miracle

The Skints – On A Mission (Katy B Cover)

Argh, such a busy Wednesday for yours truly. I hope you’re keeping busy so far in this young 2012. I’m just about to head out to a theatrical screening of Sigur Ros’ “Inni”, which I’m excited to see on a much larger screen than my own flatscreen at home. Yeah, the concert film is available on DVD, but I’m sure the theatrical experience is where it truly shines. I’ll report back on that later. For now though, there’s this edition of Pick Your Poison. Tracks I’ll recommend today include cuts from Fauna, Indian Handcrafts, Lux, Long Weekends, “Class of 2012”-er Nicolas Jaar, pacificUV, Shearwater, Shigeto, Simon Felice, and Wavelets. Lots of good, interesting new stuff for you to hear if that’s what you’re after. In the Soundcloud section I’ll also recommend that you stream new stuff from Neon Hitch, Simon Spire and The War on Drugs.

Alice Michel – Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin cover)

Black Joy – Mercurian (Jupiter Remix)

Dracula Palms – Flourescent Haze

Fauna – Hongo x Hongo

Indian Handcrafts – Red Action

Long Weekends – Don’t Reach Out

Lux – The Window

Nicolas Jaar – With Just One Glance You

pacificUv – Ballerina

Roman D’Amour – Make Love Tonight (Peo De Pitte Remix)

Shearwater – Breaking the Yearlings

Shigeto – Huron River Drive

Simon Felice – New York Times

Spoek Mathambo – Put Some Red On It

Wavelets – We’re Really Jazzed About the Gig

SOUNDCLOUD

Belleruche – Stormbird

Free School – Unravelling After The Lottery

I Was a King – Happy (ft. Robyn Hitchcock and Emil Nikolaisen)

Neon Hitch – Fuck U Betta

Simon Spire – Knocking On An Open Door

The War on Drugs – Don’t Fear the Ghost

Normally on Tuesday I’d tell you all about the great new albums being released this week, so you might stop by your local record store and pick one or more of them up. This early in the year though, there’s little to nothing of note coming out. The only thing I’ll really talk about is Nirvana’s “Live at the Paramount”, which has been available on DVD and Blu-Ray for a few weeks now. The audio-only portion of that show is what’s new this week. As I already own the Blu-Ray and watched it while hungover on New Year’s Day, I’ll attest to its excellence. There’s a lot of great moments to be found from that show, even if you’re a collector and already have a number of already released live bootlegs. The show takes place on Halloween, which was shortly after the release of “Nevermind” but before it completely took off and became one of the greatest albums of all time. Basically the show chronicles Nirvana just before they became bigger than they could handle. It’s a fun little curio, and highly recommended. Also highly recommended are a handful of tracks in today’s Pick Your Poison. Those come from 120 Days, Black Dice, Gary Go, Gracie, Placeholder and Standard Fare. In the Soundcloud section, you’ll be interested to stream tracks from Labyrinth Ear and Nick Zinner’s Grinderman remix.

120 Days – Dahle Disco

Black Dice – Pigs

Buxton – Boy of Nine
Buxton – Riverbed

The Darcys – Josie (Steely Dan cover)

Gary Go – Our Love is On the Line

Gracie – Tryck R Treat

Heartless Bastards – Parted Ways

Hexham Heads – Freezing

Placeholder – Resent

Princeton – Remembrance of Things to Come

Rags & Ribbons – The Glass Masses

Scott Matthew – True Sting

Standard Fare – Suitcase

Tim Foljahn – New Light

SOUNDCLOUD

Blondfire – Walking With Giants

Grinderman – Bellringer Blues (Nick Zinner Remix)

Labyrinth Ear – Humble Bones

The Love Below – Buyer’s Remorse

Pale Seas – Something Or Nothing

Yes Sir Idol – Heavy Conscience

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

120 Days – Osaka

The 2 Bears – Work

Ava Luna – Wrenning Day

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

Ceremony – Hysteria

Dana Falconberry – Petoskey Stone

La Chansons – I Can Rock (Sweat Remix)

La Sera – Please Be My Third Eye

MartyParty – Just Because of You

Mogadishu – Don’t Talk (Howes Remix)

Mondrian – Paris

The Quiet Americans – Weird Mountain

Revival Hymns – Spew

Riot Ten – Yeah Yeah

Vienna Ditto – Bells

SOUNDCLOUD

The Doozer – Fold Up Chair

Dpat – Blurry/span>

King Melodies – Hang With Me

Mr. Fogg – Stay Out Of The Sun

Swanky Tunes, Matisse & Sadko – The Legend

Yasmin – American Wedding [Frank Ocean Cover]

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

The Denzels – Rae Rae
The Denzels – Black Girls

Ducky – Killing Time

Elika – No One Gets Lost

ENiGMA Dubz – Keep It On the Low

Escort – Why Oh Why (Pound Sterling Remix)

Gift of Gab – Protocol (ft. Samantha Kravitz)

Grimes – Genesis

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

Kae Sun – Weh Weh

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

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

The Loom – Auld Lang Syne

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

The Minor Leagues – Ghost Maps

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

The Sanctuaries – She Got Bit

Slyde – Russian Girls (Re-Boot)

SOUNDCLOUD

The Babies – Trouble

Gangrene – Vodka & Ayahuasca

My Best Fiend – Cracking Eggs

The Paper Jets – Take It All Back

Todd Terje – Swing Star (Pt. 1)

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

Active Child – High Priestess (CFCF Remix)

Andrew Collberg – Dirty Wind

Bass Science – All Seeing Red

Charles Gayle Trio – Compassion I

Cold Warps – Let’s Just Fun

DeafDisco – Zombie Swagger

Donovan Quinn – Shadow on the Stone

Larry Gus – Bedroom Adventures
Larry Gus – The Written Word

Onward, Soldiers – Telling Nobody

Orcas – Carrion

Teen Daze – Let’s Groove

Tree & Shelf Nunny – This Is Separation

Two Suns – Eyes to Hope

Way Yes – Important

SOUNDCLOUD

Allo Darlin’ – Capricornia

Arrange – Streams / At Night

Christina Novelli – Save Us

The Finger – I Don’t Believe My Eyes

Golden Calves – Mod Bacteria

The Tontons – Golden (Dave Wrangler Remix)

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

Analog Players Society – I Can’t Wait

Black Fabio – Reggie Miller (ft. Toni Royale)

Conveyor – Mukraker

Derby Sunshine – If I Love You

Drowner – Never Go Away

Frankie Rose – Know Me

Jeff and Jane Hudson – In My Car

Lee Bannon – Discovery

Night Genes – Cyber Me

Postiljonen – Satisfaction

Punch3llo ft. Soarse Spoken & Induce – The Raw Dish

Smith & Burrows – This Ain’t New Jersey

Spark & Echo – The Wheels

Ted Morris – New York

The Veda Rays – Old Long Since Now

SOUNDCLOUD

Ariel Archer – The Mirror

Cheap Girls – Ruby

Dani House – Going Down

Dream Brother – Pretty Eyes (Feat. John Vanderslice)

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

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

ÅBE – Leland

Amada – Rebirth

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

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

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

Inspired and the Sleep – Running

Laubfrosch – Wake Up

M83 – Midnight City (Fixyn Remix)

Madeline – 30 Days

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

Paranoid Social Club – Flower Child

Solar Witcher – Touching Water

Subburbia – Bullets

Tennis Bafra – Knox Harrington

Vaccination – I’m With the Others

Vato Gonzalez – Let It Be (Beatles cover)

Work Drugs – Dirty Dreams

SOUNDCLOUD

Kankouran – Rivers

Public Likes Pills – Anarchist in Paris

The Viking Progress – The Couple (Rough Mix)

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

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

ANR – Millionaire (Kelis cover)

Artery – The Prediction

Baby Baby – We Do This All Night Long

Brown Shoe – Sick Man

Candy Claws – Snow Face

Capital Cities – Holiday (Madonna cover)

Cats on Fire – My Sense of Pride

Cece Teneal – Work

ceo – Illuminata (D Lissvik Remix)

The Connects – Christmas in the Club

Delusionists – Underachiever

Dozens – Forget Me

Fotoshop – Becoming Zen

Freestylers – Give Me A Dub Plate

Hot Gossip – 666 Christmas 666 (Endless Summer Song)

James Blake – Not Long Now (Tommy Svensson Remix)

Kathryn Calder – Turn A Light On

Legan and Met – Someplace Else

Local Hero – Lady Wisconsin

Lucy Rose – Driving Home for Christmas

Meridians – Desert of Love

Meyerson – Requiem

The Mowglis – San Francisco (Demo)

Nedry – Float
Nedry – Post Six

Paz – Beautiful Lies

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

The Phantom Family Halo – White Hot Gun

The Photographic – Secure (Amtrac Remix)

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

Rebecca Zapen – Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer cover)

Sidney Samson – Music Box (Smoke & Mirrors Bootleg)

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

Young Liars – Colours (Teen Daze Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

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

Asher Roth – Choices (ft. Action Bronson)

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

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

The Concept – Gimme Twice

Drake – Crew Love (The Soundmen Re-Fix)

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

The Jealous Guys – Life

Neighborhood Children – Bang Urself

Paper Diamond – Better Things

Plastic Operator – Making It Right

Thomas Collins – Snowfall

Umpire – Supply Chins

With Lions – Touch the Sound (FIGO Remix)

Wowser Bowser – To the Pleasant Life!

Yukon Blonde – Choices

SOUNDCLOUD

Bear Driver – Let The Cold

Cheap Girls – Ruby

ColeenN – Identical Snowflakes

Hooky – K9

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

The Submarines – Shoelaces

Young Empires – White Doves

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

Anya Marina – I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas

Barry Adamson – Destination (Mush Remix)

Bears – Eleven A.M.

Boombox Saints – Get That

Build Us Airplanes – The Running Song

Capitol 6 – Fever

Cut Copy – Sun God (Andrew Weatherall Remix)

Elephant Micah – If I Were A Surfer

The Fax – Mexico (LUST Remix)

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

Nneka – My Home

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

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

Post War Years – All Eyes (James Yuill Remix)

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

Run Dan Run – Box-Type Love

The Very Most – A Very Wombling Merry Christmas

SOUNDCLOUD

Clubfeet – Fall From Here

The Ghosts – Enough Time (Joe Cool Remix)

Tennis – Tears In The Typing Pool