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Happy Halloween officially! Hopefully if you’re reading this you’re old enough to be beyond the level of trick or treating, at least for yourself, so I hope you celebrate the holiday in other ways. That is, outside of the wild parties that took place over the weekend. Watch a horror movie at home. Drink or eat something that’s pumpkin flavored. Put on a scary mask and hide in some bushes, periodically jumping out of them to put some fear into kids that don’t know any better. Or maybe just eat the Halloween candy you were planning to give to all those kids showing up at your door. I myself am most excited for tomorrow, when I can stop by the grocery store and get bags of candy for super cheap. They always overestimate the amount of candy they’re going to sell vs. the amount they actually do sell. Advantage: candy lovers willing to wait. Okay, so let’s get to this Halloween edition of Pick Your Poison. I’ve got a few Halloween-related songs for you today, and a couple that just sound scary from their titles. Batwings Catwings is a solid band name built on scary staples like bats and (black) cats. Black Matter has that same sort of spooky connotation and their song “Pressure” also gets the recommend. If you’ve seen the photo associated with the song by Estasy, it’s a bit freaky, but the song is freaky good too. If you’re Glass Candy, calling your song “Halloween” is basically asking for the holiday association. Also unleashed today specifically because of the date are tracks from Proper Villains and Superchunk (who cover the Misfits). In the Soundcloud section, there are scary moments from Calaca Strides and Hattie Murdoch. WHen speaking of just plain good, non-Halloween songs, be sure to listen to cuts from Elsie (covering Stereophonics), Chicago’s own Fotosputnik, The Jezabels, Julian Wass and Sandman Viper Command.

Baron Von Luxxury – The Last Seduction

Batwings Catwings – Radio

Black Matter – Pressure

Dream Love – Be My Man, Woman

Elsie – Dakota (Stereophonics cover)

Estasy – Wild Wants

The Finger – Die! Die Superhero!

Fotosputnik – Spanish Inquisition Garage Sale

Glass Candy – Halloween

The Jezabels – Try Colour

Jiony – Waiting for the Sun

Julian Wass – Red

Muscle Drum – Compromise

Proper Villains – All Out of Bubblegum

Sandman Viper Command – Rough Love

Superchunk – Where Eagles Dare (Misfits cover)

SOUNDCLOUD

Calaca Strides – Graves

A Certain Ratio – Wild Party

Derek Bishop – Counterfeit

Hattie Murdoch – Black Shadow

Lissi Dancefloor Disaster – Pop Musiiic

Halloween weekend is always a great time if you’re of a certain age. Between the ages of about 4 and 12, trick or treating is where it’s at (though that’s pretty much all confined to the actual holiday, be it on a weekday or weekend). Once you get older, specifically around college age, it becomes a big drinking holiday – a reason to dress up in a costume (or a slutty costume, if you’re female) and have a party with your friends. Sooner or later though, you get old enough where big parties and drinking become old hat, and you settle down and have kids and then take them trick or treating. So just about everybody has something going for them in and around this holiday. It’s one of my absolute favorites every year too, primarily because it’s fun and there’s a bunch of horror films that also get unleashed as well. “Paranormal Activity 3” anyone? So have fun and be safe these next few days. And check your candy in case some stranger wants to poison you or your kids. And hey, that works into a nice segue about Pick Your Poison. Today’s highlights include tracks from Bass Drum of Death, Carter Tanton (with Marissa Nadler), Korallreven (with Julianna Barwick), Papertwin, Sapphire Slows, and Yamantaka/Sonic Titan.

Acid Invaders – Change (Kevin Saunderson Remix)

Bass Drum of Death – I Dunno

Canyons – See Blind Through (DJ Harvey Remix)

Carter Tanton – Fake Pretend (ft. Marissa Nadler)

Elika – We Have Failed

Kodak to Graph – Express/Cause

Korallreven – Sa Sa Samoa (ft. Julianna Barwick)

Le Chevalier – Fields

LeeSun – Missing You Already

Mighty Mouse – Ice Beer (Bootleg Version)

The New Division – Opium (Quiet Lights Remix)

New London Fire – The Dirt, The Blood, The Faith

Papertwin – Coma
Papertwin – Sleeptalk

Sapphire Slows – Spin Lights Over You

Thee Cormans – Open the Gates

Yamantaka/Sonic Titan – Hoshi Neko

The Zolas – Cultured Man

SOUNDCLOUD

Anthony von Seck – That Movie We Were In (ft. Amy Millan)

Attaque – Moderate

BIGkids – Rather Go Blind

Juveniles – We Are Young (Trésors remix)

Wale – Slight Work (ft. Big Sean)

What’s in the news, what’s in the news…here’s an interesting tale. Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, is 19 years old and apparently engaged. Interesting that she’s getting married at such a young age, but even moreso that the guy she’s engaged to looks…a LOT like her father. He also is the lead singer in a rock band. According to Carl Jung, that might signify she’s got a little bit of an Electra complex going on. Of course she never really got to know her father too well, so that makes it just a little less creepy. Still, it’s a fun little pseudo-Halloween story, less in a terrifying way and more in a generally disturbing one. Okay, let’s talk Pick Your Poison. Today’s edition is a particularly good one. I can give gold stars to tracks from Alyssa Graham, Clem Snide (covering Journey, no less), Giraffage, Guided By Voices, Jonathan Coulton, Marine Dreams, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Remember Remember, Singapore and The Spits. In the Soundcloud section you can stream some pretty great cuts from DATAROCK and Summer Camp.

Alan Wilkis – Come and Go (ft. The KickDrums)

Alyssa Graham – Watching the Sky

Clem Snide – Any Way You Want It (Journey cover)

Compuphonic – Sequoia (Original Mix)

Giraffage – Moments
Giraffage – LUV

Guided By Voices – The Unsinkable Fats Domino

Holy Ghost! – Hold My Breath (Cosmic Kids Remix)

Jonathan Coulton – Sucker Punch

Keys N Krates – Let It Rain (Lotus Remix)

Marine Dreams – Fold the Sky

The Phenomenal Handclap Band – Following

Remember Remember – John Candy

Singapore – Vampire Teeth

The Spits – My Life Sucks

The Through & Through Gospel Review – Please, St. Peter

Warning Light – Meet Me at the Cliffsides

SOUNDCLOUD

Baru – Open Ears

DATAROCK – Roller Coaster

Junius – A Universe Without Stars

Kathleen Edwards – Sidecar

Sneaky Sound System – Big (Nicolas Jaar’s Always By Your Side Version)

Summer Camp – Down

Ah, nothing like a hangover to bring you right back down to earth in the middle of the week. I’m not on blog vacation this week, but I am off from all my other responsibilities for a few days, thereby leaving me time to have some fun with friends and family. Sometimes that results in too much fun. So I’m nursing a massive headache that only rest can cure. Before I knock myself out, here’s today’s Pick Your Poison. I’ll annoint tracks from Dempsey, Ivan & Alyosha, Mwahaha, Nada Surf, Oneohtrix Point Never, The Pale Corners, Wet Illustrated and Wooden Wand as personal favorites from this set.

Blind Tango – Pasadena

Dempsey – Late Night

Higgins – Slap or Pinch

Ivan & Alyosha – Be Your Man (Acoustic)

Jennifer O’Connor – Running Start

Lydia Loveless – Can’t Change Me

Manuel Migs – Close Your Eyes (Salva Remix)

Midnight Lion – When Doves Cry (Prince cover)

Mwahaha – Poinsettia

Nada Surf – When I Was Young

Oneohtrix Point Never – Sleep Dealer

The Pale Corners – Fireflies

Wais P – So Bad

Wet Illustrated – Gypsy Town

Wooden Wand – The Mountain

x3no – Distress

SOUNDCLOUD

Abadabad – Park Slope (:papercutz Remix)

Anomie Belle – Machine (feat. Mr Lif)

Black Daniel – People Watchin’

Hammock – No Agenda (ft. Steve Kilbey of The Church)

Pepe Deluxe – The Storm (Radio Edit)

As I like to do most Tuesdays, here’s a list of some significant music releases this week, available at your local independent music retailer or online if you prefer. If it suits your fancy, there’s new stuff out there from Ashtar Command, The Beets, Bjork with Dirty Projectors, The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble, A Classic Education, Coldplay, Comet Gain, Deer Tick, Gospel Music, Jedi Mind Tricks, John Prine, Justice, Mark Sultan, Mr. Gnome, Phantogram, Russian Circles, Spectrals, The Strange Boys, Surfer Blood, Tom Waits, Wet Illustrated and Woodsman. If you’re really itching to get your holidays started early, there are Christmas albums out this week from Stone Temple Pilots’ Scott Weiland and the Zooey Deschanel/M. Ward project She & Him. That out of the way, let’s talk about what’s directly in front of us: a fresh edition of Pick Your Poison. Today I’ll recommend tracks from Andy Steele, Loves It, The Migrant, Miracles of Modern Science, Night Shining, Robert Deeble, and Shirk Circus. In the Soundcloud section, you can hear a great track from Dolfish and a b-side/cover from Yuck off the deluxe reissue of their debut album. Oh, and happy birthday to me.

Andy Steele – The Devil That I Know

Buil_dings – Eyes on Sunrise

David’s Lyre – We Found Love (Rihanna Remix/Cover)

Escort – Caméleon Chameleon (Club Remix)

Florence and the Machine – Shake It Out (VOODOO FARM Moombahton Remix)

Fuck Art, Let’s Dance! – The Conqueror

Loves It – Bobby Kennedy

The Migrant – 2811 California Street

Miracles of Modern Science – Eating Me Alive

My Bloody Valentine – Soon (Christian Strobe Remix)

Night Shining – Faces

Races – Big Broom (Sun Glitters Remix)

Robert Deeble – Undertow

Shirk Circus – Understanding

They Might Be Giants – Can’t Keep Johnny Down (Midnight Sun Remix)

Wowser Bowser – Water Story

SOUNDCLOUD

Anchorsong – Ghost Touch

Blondfire – Where The Kids Are

Dolfish – Digitized Love Letters

Monument Valley – Round and Round

Yuck – Natsu Nandesu (Happy End cover)

Oh noes! Amy Klein has left Titus Andronicus! Lots of people appear to be upset about this. I’m surprised it didn’t happen earlier. Not that she was unhappy or a bad fit with the rest of the band, but to me she always seemed destined for bigger and better things. When I heard about her couple of side projects, most notably Hilly Eye and Amy Klein and the Blue Star Band, I assumed they’d eventually steal her focus away from the boys in Titus. And so it has happened. Her leaving Titus does not spell the end for either her or the band, and I continue to expect great things from both. So allow me to wish a best of luck to Amy Klein, now formerly Amy Andronicus. I hope to be writing about her music in the near future. Here in the present, let’s talk today’s Pick Your Poison. I’ve got positive things to say about tracks from Chris Bathgate, Eric Sarmiento, FIDLAR, Parts & Labor, Silver Swans (covering Fleet Foxes and doing a good job), and V.C. In the Soundcloud section, there’s a new track from K-OS that’s worth your time if you enjoy hip hop.

Black Light White Light – The Militia

Carousel – Games

Chris Bathgate – No Silver

The Dragons & Gorilla Pits – Crazy

EchoRev – Sparks (Izzi Willow Remix)

Eric Sarmiento – Bilumsman

FIDLAR – Oh

Hectic Zeniths – Curtain

Justice – Helix (Don Diablo Remix)

Lana Del Rey – Video Games (Erol Sabadosh Remix)

Ming + 2Beeps – Crazyish

Parts & Labor – No Nostalgia

The Silent Comedy – Exploitation

Silver Swans – He Doesn’t Know Why (Fleet Foxes cover)

Two Dark Birds – Black Blessed Night

V.C. – 123

Zodiac Death Valley – La Razon

SOUNDCLOUD

The Alcoves – Sad Clown

Iowa – Complete Control

Keep Shelly in Athens – Lazy Noon

K-OS – Holy Cow

Nero – Me and You (Steve Angello Remix)

Pinebocks – Flee

My weekend is here, and I’m looking forward to some serious fun. I hope you’ve got some great plans ahead of you. No real time to waste, let’s get right into this slightly extended version of Pick Your Poison for this grand Friday. I can recommend tracks from Ashtar Command, Devereaux, The Grenadines, Kramies, Preston Lovinggood, The Sanctuaries and UltraKorps.

Alekesam – It’s Not You, It’s Here

Ashtar Command – Save Me (ft. Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)

David’s Lyre – Hidden Ground (Piano Version)

Devereaux – NYXT

Doomtree – The Grand Experiment

Green Seed – Crack Kills

The Grenadines – Shake

HØLAS – The Glacial Anthem

Howth – Belly of the Beast

Is Tropical – Lies (Leopard of Honour Remix)

Kramies – Coal Miners Executive Club

Mitten – 742 (DoublePlusGood Remix)

Noah and the Whale – Waiting for My Chance to Come (Bibio Remix)

OHO – Inner Voice

Preston Lovinggood – Duncan

Revolution, I Love You – Graceful Steps

Saint Yorda – Death Ray
Saint Yorda – Yr Bones

The Sanctuaries – House of Noise

Turf War – For the Last Time

UltraKorps – Mass Disorder

SOUNDCLOUD

Cave Birds – Some Lightning Thrill

Hard Mix – I Wonder Why You Cry

Monarchy ft. Britt Love – You Don’t Want To Dance With Me (Meridian Remix)

To my fellow Chicagoans, I want to make a quick mention that if your Friday is not yet booked, there’s some great live music you can go out and see. Then again, pretty much any night of the week there’s great live music to go and see. But this Friday the bands Cymbals Eat Guitars and Hooray for Earth will be performing at Lincoln Hall. It’s a 21+ show, and tickets are $12 in advance ($15 at the door). I’ll be there and will have a show review for you by Monday, but early warning this should be a great show. Tickets are available here. Okay, let’s get on with today’s Pick Your Poison. I can say nice things about tracks from Adrienne Drake, Anna Rose (and her Arcade Fire cover), The Beets, St. Even (with Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak), The Trophy Fire and Yojimbo Billions. Hip hop fans may want to have a listen to the new Wale track ft. Kid Cudi, up for streaming in the Soundcloud section.

The Adamski Kid – Je Veux Une Cassette De Bowie

Adrienne Drake – Between Space and Clouds

Andy Steele – On Kentish Ground

Anna Rose – My Body Is A Cage (Arcade Fire cover)

Baron Bane – Echoes (The Deer Tracks Remix)

The Beets – Friends of Friends

Foster the People – Call It What You Want (The Soundmen Remix)

Geoffrey O’Connor – So Sorry (Chet Faker Remix)

Gigamesh – It’s So Intense (Fare Soldi Enrico Pallazzo Remix)

Metronomy – Everything Goes My Way ft. Roxanne Clifford (Psychemagik Remix)

St. Even – Having Sex (ft. Jenn Wasner)

Suddyn – Naked Prophecy

Talk in Colour – Nightshifts

Touch People – Sound Expression

The Trophy Fire – Tired Eyes

Yojimbo Billions – Collapsed Unloaded

You Can Be A Wesley – Giants

SOUNDCLOUD

Crespo & Landis – Rebirth

Filip Filipi – Kosovka (ft. Laws)

Jet Link – Foxes

Rogue Valley – Disappearing Ink

Wale ft. Kid Cudi – Focused

Allow me to take a moment to address a topic that has been widely discussed by most music sites around the globe: the validity (or invalidity) of Lana Del Rey. People are so quick to criticize. Yes, Lana Del Rey is a fake name, and she already attempted to become a music star under her original name Lizzie Grant. Yes, she’s adopted a sharply different look in becoming Lana Del Rey, one that seems to have involved possible cosmetic surgery (her lips? more?) and a pinup-style wardrobe. In essence, there’s not much about her that’s genuine, and apparently that gets people upset. It goes without saying she’s also using her sexuality to also generate press, what with her good looks and subservient-like nature recalling a time in which women were both ruled over and ogled over by men. My stance is that all that doesn’t matter in the least. When you’re sitting in your car and a song like “Video Games” or “Blue Jeans” comes on the stereo, does it stick with you beyond those few minutes? Can you deny that the minimal pieces of music we’ve heard from Lana Del Rey have all been strong when you completely remove the context behind them? The look is a way to draw our attention, but the music is what keeps it. I dislike the way it’s being sold and packaged, but cannot say it’s a bad thing in the least. If you want to weigh in on Lana Del Rey, feel free to leave a comment. As to today’s Pick Your Poison, Bombay Bicycle Club does an interesting take on Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games” in the Soundcloud section. Also there you can stream Thievery Corporation’s remix of an AM & Shawn Lee track. In terms of mp3s, I”ll give gold stars to tracks from Friends By Fire, Hospitality, Raymond Raposa (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Vesper), Steel Phantoms, and Water Babys.

Convaire – The New You

De Montevert – Du kommer ångra dig

Eight and A Half – Scissors

Friends By Fire – Magic Johnson

Gordon Voidwell – MalcolmXXXMcLaren

Hospitality – Friends of Friends

The Inspector Cluzo – Fuck the Bass Player

Lid Emba – Stuttercrow

Mighty Moon – Vampire Plans

The Oyster Murders – Ghosts in Our Wake

Raymond Raposa ft. Sufjan Stevens and Vesper – Beyond This Place

Satellite Stories – Family

Steel Phantoms – Floodlight

Tits & Clits – Ariadne (ft. I’m Not A Band)

Water Babys – Binary Birds
Water Babys – Radio

World History – Forcefield (Beck cover)

SOUNDCLOUD

AM & Shawn Lee – Promises Are Never Far From Lies (Thievery Corporation Remix)

Bombay Bicycle Club – Video Games (Lana Del Rey cover)

The Campbell Apartment – Autumn

The M Machine – Promise Me A Rose Garden

Union Starr – I Know About Art

It’s new album release day, and as I try to do every Tuesday, here’s your list of notable records you might want to pick up. These aren’t so much recommendations as they are listed for informational purposes as I can’t attest to how good or bad all of these are because I haven’t heard them all. This week sees new albums from Body Language, Brown Bird, Brown Shoe, Carter Tanton, Class Actress, Forest Fire, Gauntlet Hair, I Break Horses, Jane’s Addiction, Kimya Dawson, M83, Moholy-Nagy, The Mommyheads, My Brightest Diamond, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Penguin Prison, Psychic Ills, Real Estate, Richard Swift, Rob Crow, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Tennis System, The Trophy Fire and Turf War. Speaking directly of Pick Your Poison today, I’ll toss a handful of actual recommendations your way as you try to navigate these choppy download waters. Honorable mentions today go to tracks from 33Hz, Boston Spaceships, Grand Atlantic, Mirador, The Morning Clouds and These United States. In the Soundcloud section, stream a new one from Benjamin Francis Leftwich and check out Lotus Plaza’s (aka Lockett Pundt of Deerhunter) cover of Cut Copy’s “Where I’m Going”. It’s pretty dope.

33Hz – Nightspot

Absofacto – Feathers (Don’t Change on Me)

Boston Spaceships – Christmas Girl

City of Satellites – Machine Is My Animal (Tin Manzano Remix)

Comasoft – 10 Volt

Garrett Pierce – Everybody Breaks

Grand Atlantic – Searchlights

Kris Orlowski – Way You Are

Low Roar – Tonight, Tonight, Tonight

Mirador – Dance of the Lantern People

The Morning Clouds – Ends

Pieta Brown – I Want It Back

Public Jones – Alright

The Silent Signals – Spark

These United States – The Great Rivers

Trailer Trash Tracys – Dies in 55

SOUNDCLOUD

Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Shine

Black Daniel – People Watchin’

Leverage Models – Men Of Certainty

Local Hero – Press Box

Lotus Plaza – Where I’m Going (Cut Copy Cover)

Not that many of you need it, but I want to take a moment, as I do every few months, to just give a quick reminder as to what the daily Pick Your Poison posts are all about. My inbox gets jam-packed from day to day with artists and record labels and PR people all begging me to write about their music. I only have so much time and space to write about that stuff, even if I listen to everything that gets sent to me. Rather than simply letting all this music rot away in my inbox, I try and put as much of it as possible into these daily Pick Your Poison posts. You guys get free music and are free to discover all sorts of up-and-coming artists, completely at your own discretion. Take as much or as little of these songs as you like, so long as you remain aware that not everything may be to your liking. You might wind up with the occasional clunker, which is why the word “poison” is in the title of the post. You’re responsible for your own fate, good or bad. I can only give recommendations. Today’s edition is a pretty good one, and I can affix a thumbs up to tracks from ARMS, Femme Fatality, Goldmund, Kimya Dawson, Swimclub and Work Drugs. I’m also pretty madly in love with School of Seven Bells’ remix of Surfer Blood’s “Miranda. In the Soundcloud section, be sure to check out the streams of tracks by Bleached and Young Magic.

Al Lover – Black Magick Starter Jacket

ARMS – Glass Harmonica

Brice Woodall – Sea of Knives

everyBoy – To Arjun

Femme Fatality – Backroom Darlings

Fotoshop – Too Little, Too Late
Fotoshop – Speed vs. Distance

Goldmund – Shenandoah

Kimya Dawson – Driving Driving Driving

Nikki Lane – Sleep For You

Poor Boy’s Soul – Burn Down

PropaneLV – One More Time

Red Weasel – Napoleon Spinks

Scott H. Biram – Dontcha Lie to Me Baby

Surfer Blood – Miranda (School of Seven Bells Remix)

Swimclub – El Lamento!

Work Drugs – Blue Steel

SOUNDCLOUD

Bleached – Think of You

Michael Quinn – The New Myth

pacificUV – Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (Smiths Cover)

Real Fur – The Fool

Twiggy Frostbite – In Darkness Lights Are Out

Young Magic – Slip Time

As you start to plan out your weekend, let me give you a quick suggestion in terms of something you might want to check out. Specifically, the band Said the Whale is coming through Chicago for a date at the Double Door’s Dirtroom this Saturday night. These guys (and girl) are a hot up-and-coming indie pop band out of Vancouver that I’ve featured previously on Pick Your Poison. They started to draw attention after some strong shows at SXSW last spring, and are readying an EP called “New Brighton” for release next month. If you want to be in on the ground floor with Said the Whale, go see them on Saturday. Tickets are a mere $5 and can be purchased here. Be advised that the show is 21+. Just a little something for the locals to check out if you’re not yet booked tomorrow night. And have a listen to a couple mp3s to help make your decision easier:
Said the Whale – B.C. Orienteering
Said the Whale – Camilo (The Magician)

Speaking directly of today’s Pick Your Poison, this nice more extended version today has some killer tracks from Alert New London, Brown Shoe, Leverage Models, Mates of State, McCarthy Trenching, and Tall Ships. Eddie Mars’ remix of a track by Rewards (aka Aaron Pfenning of Chairlift) featuring Solange Knowles is noteworthy as well. And speaking of remixes, in the Soundcloud section you can stream Cut Copy’s remix of Death Cab for Cutie’s “Doors Unlocked and Open”. It’s a great version of the song to start your weekend.

Alert New London – Silverdrive

Artery – Standing Still

Brown Shoe – Diving Bell

Cancellieri – Early Spring

Coldair – Digging

Debra Dolce – Fairytale Love Affair (Noise Invaders Remix)

Leverage Models – Fleeced (Before the Lord)

Mates of State – Palomino

McCarthy Trenching – Oh Nancy

Mezzanine Owls – Tethered to the Fountain

Mild Mannered – Wonder

Radio Moscow – Speedfreak

Rewards ft. Solange Knowles – Equal Dreams (Eddie Mars Remix)

Sandmand Viper Command – Strawberry Quick  

Tall Ships – Hit the Floor

Trentemøller – Neverglade (Trentemøller remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

Antonymes meets Slow Dancing Society – The Grey Sea And The Long Black Land

Boarding Surface – Love Song (Radio Edit)

Death Cab for Cutie – Doors Unlocked And Open (Cut Copy Remix)

Greneberg – Sewer Gravy

Herdwhite – Get Drunk Get Skinny and Dance

It’s Thursday, let’s get right into today’s Pick Your Poison. Tracks I’ll give gold stars to today come from Al Tuck, The Green, Lightyear, Rob Crow (of Pinback), Savaging Spires, and The Whiskey Saints. Also, in response to How to Dress Well covering Elite Gymnastics last week, Elite Gymnastics has bounced back by reworking HTDW’s “Suicide Dream 2”. That’s absolutely worth your time. And while I definitely know it’s not for everyone, there’s a new song from The Fray in the Soundcloud section if you like some hot Adult Contempo action.

2 Bit Thugs – Hacienda

Al Tuck – Slapping the Make On You

A.M.E. – Curages Curl

The Green – Decisions

Henry’s Funeral Shoe – Anvil and Chains

How to Dress Well – Suicide Dream 2 (Elite Gymnastics Baptism)

The Hundred Days – Sex U

Icarus Himself – Wake Up

Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans (Mover Shaker Remix)

Lightyear – It Beats

Newtimers – Falling

Rob Crow – Sophistructure

Rocket From the Tombs – Birth Day

Ronnie James – Creep (Radiohead cover)

Savaging Spires – Apostrophe Lake

Shirt Circus – Desperate Time

Strong Like Woman – Mother Wants Her Jewelry Back

Vanaprasta – Nine Equals Nine

The Way We Were in 1989 – Cliffs of Dubland

The Whiskey Saints – Green Light

SOUNDCLOUD

The Fray – Heartbeat

The Knocks – Brightside

Slow Buildings – Nice Guys Finish First

Here’s a rare case when one of the tracks featured in today’s Pick Your Poison just so happens to coincide with some fresh music news. Unfortunately this time it’s marred with tragedy. Dan Treacy of the band Television Personalities contributes some vocals, as you’ll see below, to a new track from Acid House Kings. The song itself is great, but news broke earlier today that Treacy has been in a coma the last two days after undergoing surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain. It is not known at this time what sort of injury he might have sustained to wind up with the blood clot in the first place. So it is sad he’s in a really bad spot right now health-wise, and I’d like to wish him the best and what will hopefully be a full recovery. Television Personalities are a great post-punk band from England that have been around since the late 70s, and they’ve released over a dozen records in their time together, a handful of which might be deemed incredibly great. Check them out if you’re not familiar. Also if you’re not familiar, there’s a host of great songs in today’s Pick Your Poison. Outside of the great Acid House Kings cut, I can also recommend songs from Br’er, Flosstradamus (ft. Kid Sister), Nomadic Firs and Real Estate (stream their new album at NPR). Chad Valley’s remix of Trophy Wife is pretty good too, and in the Soundcloud section stream something new from Big Deal because they kind of are as their name describes.

Acid House Kings ft. Dan Treacy – Heaven Knows I Miss Him Now

Arnaud Rebotini – Another Time, Another Place (Trésors Remix)

Black Twig – Lake Song

Br’er – You Go, We’ll Stay Here

Breton Parks – Of Course That’s What You’re For

Cadillac – Make You Feel (Marcos Cabral Remix)

Clubfeet – Last Words (RAC Maury Remix)

Ed Hale – New Orleans Dreams  

Flosstradamus ft. Kid Sister – Luuk Out Gurl

La Chansons – Heels Come Out at Night

Luke Kay – Rush

The Matador – Touch It (Moombahton)

Mystic – The Life (Mr. Mo Remix)

Night Shining – The Ocean’s End (RMX)

Nomadic Firs – Vines

Real Estate – Green Aisles

Rico De Leon – Shadow

Teletextile – I Don’t Know Hot to Act Here

Trophy Wife – Canopy Shade (Chad Valley Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

Big Deal – Chair

Binary – Prisoner

Gnomebirds – Golden Cage

Ink Project – Rewind Forward Replay

The Monikers – Surfa Rosa (Pink Waters)

Tuesday is new album release day, and I’ve taken to letting you know that some artists you may like and be familiar with (either via Pick Your Poison or otherwise) will be putting out fresh material today. Here’s a list of artists for you, absent of any recommendations I might officially make towards any of these releases: Andrew Bird (releasing a soundtrack), Ben Lee, Big Deal, Bjork, Caged Animals, Casiokids (hear a track from them in the Soundcloud section), Crooked Fingers, Electric Six, Extra Arms, Field, Future Islands, Gross Magic, High Places, Icebird, James Blake (with a new EP), John Wesley Harding, Jovontaes, Library Voices, Marketa Irglova (of The Swell Season), Modeselektor, Rachael Yamagata, Radiohead (with their remix record), The Rifles, Ryan Adams, Spectrals, Still Corners, Sun Hotel, T.W. Walsh, Trash Talk, Xeno & Oaklander, and Yuck (with a deluxe reissue of their debut album). Speaking purely from a Pick Your Poison perspective, here’s what I will suggest you give a listen/download to among the choices below: A Classic Education, Bear Lake, Children of Pop, Gospel Music, The Loom, She & Him (with a holiday song!) and The Supreme Dicks. Be sure to check out the Casiokids cut in the Soundcloud section too.

A Beta Movement – Colour Mixing System

A Classic Education – GraveBird

Bear Lake – Only War

Children of Pop – Charge

Clancy – Halo (Beyonce cover)

Excuse Me, Princess – Outdated

Gospel Music – This Town Doesn’t Have Enough Bars for the Both of Us

Gregory Scott Slay – Keep It Secret

Henry Green – Storm Thru Mississippi

ill Saint M – Hybris (Before the Storm Version)

The Jacka – All I Know

James Elkington and Nathan Salzburg – The Queue Outside the Night Ministry

Jaz-O – Let’s Go (ft. Jay-Z)

The Loom – For the Hooves That Gallop, and the Heels That March

Pandercakes – Fogwalk
Pandercakes – Gimme Vice

She & Him – The Christmas Waltz

Shit Robot – Answering Machine (Planningtorock Pizzo Remix)

The Supreme Dicks – Jack Smith

SOUNDCLOUD

Casiokids – Golden Years

Fear Of Dawn – I’ll Do Anything

General Fiasco – Waves

Ryan O’Leary – The Sellout Crowd