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Pick Your Poison: Friday 8-26-11

Hurricane Irene is steadfastly making plans to cause all sorts of problems along the East Coast this weekend. If you live in or around that area, I wish you the best and safest weekend possible. May all your possessions remain intact and all your streets avoid flooding. It’s been a very long time since the U.S. has had a hurricane of such magnitude strike the East Coast, so batten down the hatches and prepare for some sharply inclement weather. For those of you with a wild and crazy streak, I hope you grab a surf board and try to catch some of those killer waves that are showing up. Just try not to get killed. Today’s Pick Your Poison is pretty good for weathering a storm, plenty of excellent songs to recommend. Thumbs up go to songs from CAVE, Ganglians, Gem Club, LCTRISC, Luke Temple, Meg Baird, Mungolian Jetset, Nurses, Sun Hotel and Sun Wizard.

Asher Roth – Ampersand

CAVE – Adam Roberts

Dreamers of the Ghetto – Tether

Ganglians – Sleep

Gem Club – Twins

The Human League – Night People

LCTRISC – Sunbird

Lightouts – The Eloise Suite
Lightouts – All I Want/Heroes (LCD Soundsystem/David Bowie cover)

Luke Temple – How Could I Lie

Meg Baird – The Finder

Meshell Ndegeocello – Dirty World

Mungolian Jetset – We Are the Shining

Nurses – Trying to Reach You

The Rapture – How Deep Is your Love (Buffetlibre Remix)

Savaging Spires – When the Devil Says He’s Dead

Scott Solter – The Great Cold

Social Climbers – Chicken 80

Southerly – Without A Cause

Sun Hotel – Talks

Sun Wizard – Middle of My Heart

The Zombie Kids – Blow Money (ill Saint M Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

AM & Shawn Lee – City Boy

Pick Your Poison: Thursday 8-25-11

Hey, hey it’s Thursday. I don’t have much time to chat, so let’s get right to today’s Pick Your Poison. Recommended tracks come from Atlas Sound aka Bradford Cox of Deerhunter, The Bird Day, Cheap Time, Rocket From the Tombs, Sorrows, Speculator and Two Suns.

Andrew Danso – Thinking Memories

Atlas Sound – Terra Incognita

The Bird Day – Moody Trudy

Blessed Feathers – Stinging Nettle, Honeysuckle

Cheap Time – I’d Rather Be Alone

Dearling Physique – Up All Night

Dreamers of the Ghetto – Tether

La Chansons – Turquoise Paradise

Memotone – Fractal

OK Go – All Is Not Lost (Keys N Krates Remix)

Rocket From the Tombs – I Sell Soul

Saadi – Take It Easy

Shake Aletti – Inside Out (Toy Tigers Remix)

Shy Mirrors – I’m Not Around

Sorrows – Bad Times Good Times

Speculator – Blue Rose

Treefight for Sunlight – Facing the Sun

Two Suns – Easy Spent
Two Suns – Five Months Gone By

SOUNDCLOUD

Davila 666 – Obsesionao

The Shondes – Ocean to Ocean

Pick Your Poison: Wednesday 8-24-11

Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigned today. It has left many in the world of technology very upset, primarily because the man behind such things as the iPhone and iPod and iPad is now largely stepping away from his role as innovator. To be perfectly clear though, we have no real idea how much influence Jobs had over the creation of these devices, except to look at them, decide they were worthy of the Apple name, and then showing up at a big tech conference to unveil them. I’d like to think there’s a team of people that invented the iPod and that Jobs was the guy soaking up all the credit. He is the face of the company, after all. So I wouldn’t worry too much about the future of Apple. I think they’ll be in fine hands for at least the next few years. If you’re reading this on an iPad or a MacBook right now, more power to you. Here’s today’s set of Pick Your Poison cuts. Tracks I can put my stamp of approval on come from BOBBY, Holy Sons, The Morning Clouds, Savaging Spires, The Wombats and Young Circles.

BK-One – Tema Do Canibal (Video Edit)

BOBBY – Sore Spores

Built Like Alaska – Antique Love

CSC Funk Band – Caneca

Holy Sons – A Chapter Must Be Closed

Jonti – Hornet’s Nest

Last Year’s Men – Paralyzed

Luke De-Sciscio – I Want to Hold You

The Morning Clouds – The Wrong Things

The Reminding Ideas – Vegetables

Savaging Spires – Bending the Rules of Time

Socalled – Sleepover

Stereofunk ft. D’ Secret SVC – Get Off

Three Metre Day – Stay That Way

The Wombats – Drop Me Like A Guillotine (WAV)

Young Circles – Asthmatic

SOUNDCLOUD

Anomie Belle – Inky Drips

General Fiasco – The Age That You Start Losing Friends

Let’s Buy Happiness – Dirty Lakes

Man Like Me – Peculiar

Pick Your Poison: Tuesday 8-23-11

Do you like the Red Hot Chili Peppers? To some, the response to that question is, “Duh, who doesn’t?”. Those would be the hardcore RHCP fans talking. But in many ways they are a divisive group, and one listen to their last “double” album “Stadium Arcadium” hopefully is all the evidence you need. It’s been 5 years since the band released a new album, and since then guitarist John Frusciante has left the band (again). There is a new member though, and that comes in the form of Anthony Kiedis’ moustache. I’m only kind of kidding on that. But Josh Klinghoffer is Frusciante’s real replacement, and their new album “I’m With You” is your chance to test his mettle vs. the brilliant Frusciante. August 29th is the official release date of the new record, but if you go to iTunes right now, you can stream the entire thing. You know, in case that’s something you’d like to do. For the rest of us, it’s all about the downloads, baby. Today’s Pick Your Poison highlights include tracks from The Duke and the King, Hella, Mint Julep, Netherlands, Sondre Lerche and Wiretree.

Backseat Dreamer – For Starry Eyes (Ghede Iheme Remix)

Bon Accord – Huish Park
Bon Accord – Lopsided

Cataldo – Prison Boxing

Dead Leaves Rising – Shadow Complex

The Duke and the King – Shine on You

Hella – Headless

Jake Leonardo – Coka Cola

Jon DeRosa – Anchored

Kyla La Grange – Heavy Stone

Lips – Everything to Me (Christian Strobe Remix)

Mint Julep – Aviary

Netherlands – Something or Nothing

Pikachunes – Nervous

Remora – My Brothers Guns & Knives

Sondre Lerche – Private Caller

Wiretree – Make Up

You Love Her Coz She’s Dead – Leap of Desire

SOUNDCLOUD

BIGkids – Drum In Your Chest

Breton – The Commission

Coppertone – Clandestiny

Lowe – Breathe In Breathe Out

TV Buddhas – Hello to Loneliness

Pick Your Poison: Monday 8-22-11

Does anybody remember the band Fastball? You know, that band from way back in the 90s who did that song “The Way”? They’ve made a bunch of music since that time, but nobody has paid any attention to it. Consider them destined for the One Hit Wonder bin, unless they whip out a surprise and craft some unbelievable record in the future. In the meantime, and the reason why I bring Fastball up, is because the frontman for the band, Miles Zuniga, has a solo record coming out. There’s a song from it available for you to download below. Give it a listen. I think it’ll be better than whatever nightmare you might be able to conjure up in your head. Other Pick Your Poison notables today include tracks from Banded Stilts, The Cave Singers, Future Islands and Still Corners.

Afrolicious – Thursday Night Kinda Swing

Brown Shoe – Colt Rider

Firs of Prey – What You Say

Banded Stilts – Forest, Oh Forest Protect Me)

Carrie Clark & the Lonesome Lovers – Bum Bah Dum

The Cave Singers – Black Leaf

Future Islands – Balance

John Wesley Harding – Sing Your Own Song

Kenneth Bager – The Sound of Swing (Andrea Vittorelli Remix)

Kidstreet – Crazy

Miles Zuniga – Marfa Moonlight

Mwahaha – Rainbow Diamond

Peggy Sue – Cut My Teeth

plumerai – Strike

Red Robot – My Last Home
Red Robot – It Won’t Be Long

Still Corners – Cuckoo

T.W. Walsh – Make It Rhyme

SOUNDCLOUD

Innercity – The Pyramids of Northeast Belgium

Red Wanting Blue – Audition

Subtrakill – Exhaustificated/span>

Pick Your Poison: Friday 8-19-11

Typically on a Friday I like to rant and rave about how exciting the weekend is going to be, and how much fun we’re all going to (or is it supposed to?) have. Today I want to talk not about the weekend, but instead The Weeknd. You’ve hopefully heard of The Weeknd before, and if not, I’ll say this much – look up their “House of Balloons” R&B mixtape and download it. It’s available for free. You know what’s also available for free? A brand spanking new mixtape from The Weeknd, the official “follow up” to the much hyped “House of Balloons”, appropriately released yesterday and titled “Thursday”. More R&B mixtape goodness for your ears. And honestly I don’t mind saying this – The Weeknd make great music for your weekend. So chill out with that goodness and thank me later. But the mp3s in today’s Pick Your Poison are nothing short of excellent too. Plenty to recommend, from new stuff from Cass McCombs and Kathryn Calder to an excellent Okkervil River song through equally stellar moments courtesy of The Caseworker, Color Radio, PAPA, Sleeping Bag and Talkdemonic. Icebird is a side project of rjd2, and he’s remixed his own work below, as has Illvibe. In the Soundcloud section you can stream new tracks from ANR and Twin Sister, both of which I also advise you to check out. If all this doesn’t make your weekend at least sound good, well, we’ve got a problem.

A Lull – Pot Luck

Appetite – Warn Me, Right

The Caseworker – National Runner

Cass McCombs – The Same Thing

Chris Letcher – Phone Booth

Color Radio – Quiet House

Erika Spring – 6 More Weeks (Chrome Canyon Remix)

Icebird – Going and Going and Going (rjd2 Remix)
Icebird – Going and Going and Going (Illvibe Remix)

The John Steel Singers – Rainbow Kraut

Kathryn Calder – Who Are You?

Marmoset – Peach Cobbler
Marmoset – Winter

Okkervil River – Your Past Life As A Blast

PAPA – I Am the Lion King

Pomegranates – Softness
Pomegranates – Morroco Girl

Rows of Arrows – Lasso

Sleeping Bag – Beside

Talkdemonic – Revival

We Cut Corners – Go Easy

SOUNDCLOUD

ANR – It’s Around You

Twin Sister – Gene Ciampi

Pick Your Poison: Thursday 8-18-11

Another day, another violent stage collapse that kills a handful of people. Tragically, in case you haven’t heard, the latest incident went down today at the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium. The Smith Westerns were performing when violent storms caused the stage to collapse. The band is okay, but unfortunately 3 people were killed and dozens more were injured. This coming less than a week after the stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair, shortly before Sugarland was set to take the stage. Five people were killed and a lot more were injured in that one. Who is building these stages, and who is running these areas where people are not evacuated prior to the collapse happening? I’m thinking with now a pair of tragedies we’re going to wind up with new, much stricter regulations as to how these stages are put together and under what conditions evacuations are ordered. It could be a great thing, saving lots of lives, but there’s also a tendency towards overkill, regulations becoming TOO strict. Hopefully whatever changes are made will be moderate and smartly composed. Sorry to bring everybody down with this talk of people being killed at concerts. Let’s try to lighten up a bit with today’s Pick Your Poison. There’s not one, but TWO Matt & Kim related tracks today, the first being a remix, the second being a collaboration with Andrew W.K. and Soulja Boy. Totally WTF, am I right? It’s a collaboration for Converse. Other tracks I can recommend come from Hubble, Jelly Jells, Shotgun Jimmie, STS, Thrice and Woodsman. There’s a new track from Weekend in the Soundcloud section that’s worth your time to stream as well.

Andrew W.K., Matt & Kim, and Soulja Boy – I’m A Goner

Argyle Johansen – You Try

Bear & Moose – Wear the Wolf

Daniel Rockwell – I Wanna See You

Hubble – Nude Ghost

Icarus Himself – On Your Side

Jelly Jells – Beautiful

Kenton Dunson – Top of the World (ft. Passion Pit)

Matt & Kim – Block After Block (Echoes Club Remix)

Modest Mouse – Float On (Landis Remix)

Pavy – Hip Hop Is My Home

Rhythm Monks – Candomble

Rubblebucket – Down in the Yards (Rubblebucket Remix)

Shotgun Jimmie – Suzy

STS – Sunshine (ft. Yelawolf)

Thrice – Yellow Belly

Woodsman – In Circles

SOUNDCLOUD

dEUS – Constant Now

Razika – Aldri

Weekend – Hazel

Pick Your Poison: Wednesday 8-17-11

Happy Wednesday. Let’s get straight to this. Today’s Pick Your Poison highlights include tracks from 65daysofstatic, Amen Dunes, Canon Blue, Chain Gang of 1974 (covering the Thompson Twins), Eric Sarmiento, Tidelands and Zs. Kirby Kaiser is a Chicago-based singer/songwriter who’s positively a delight, so be sure to check out a track from her as well. And in the Soundcloud section, stream a track from Dibiase – a new project from Matt Talbott of the great band Hum.

65daysofstatic – Crash Tactics
65daysofstatic – PX3

Amen Dunes – Not A Slave

Barn Owl – Turiya

Big Black Delta – Capsize

Broncho – Pick A Fight

Canon Blue – Indian Summer (Des Moines)

The Chain Gang of 1974 – Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins cover)

Eric Sarmiento – These Little Winters

Fionn Regan – 100 Acres of Sycamore

Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks (The Golden Pony Remix)

Kirby Kaiser – There’s A Boy

The Piney Gir Country Roadshow – Lucky Me

Tidelands – Marigolds

Tyson – Fight

Walls – Sunporch (Holy Other Remix)

Warning Light – In the Tidal Break

Zs – 33~

SOUNDCLOUD

The Boicotts – I Don’t Wanna Be Your Boy

Dibiase – 12 Pound Tooth

Tom Freund – Cruel Cruel World

Pick Your Poison: Tuesday 8-16-11

Today’s Tuesday, and that means it’s new album release day. I’m not going to go into what I recommend and what I don’t, I’m just going to make mention of a few records that are worth paying attention to – good or bad. I’ve featured a few of these bands in previous editions of Pick Your Poison as well, so use the search bar on the right if you’d like to hear some mp3s from them. Tune your ears to records from Botany, The Bottle Rockets, Braid, Canon Blue, Cut Off Your Hands, Fool’s Gold, Her Space Holiday, Mister Heavenly, Natalia Kills, Sundress, Tropics, Veronica Falls, The War on Drugs and Yellow Ostrich. A few of those artists actually have mp3s in today’s edition of Pick Your Poison as well. Which is why I’ll recommend tracks from Annie Crane, Ariel Abshire, Bear Lake, The Clap, Craig Wedren, Grace Jones, Maluca & Party Squad, Sundress, and Chicago’s own Word and Number. Talking specifically about remix mp3s, Chromeo’s remix of Mayer Hawthorne is pretty good, as is Botany’s remix of Tropics.

Annie Crane – Copenhagen Heart

Ariel Abshire – Essex

Bare Wires – Cheap Perfume

Bear Lake – Breaking Me Down

The Clap – Lucy 2

Craig Wedren – Cupid (m4a)

Grace Jones – Well Well Well Dub

Little Fish – Wonderful

Maluca & Party Squad – Lola

Mayer Hawthorne – A Long Time (Chromeo Remix)

Rocketship Park – Stuck With Me

Shitty/Awesome – Hang Up

Sundress – Thirteen

Tropics – Mouves (Botany Remix)

Vadoinmessico – Marzia

Word and Number – The Reds
Word and Number – Juughl

SOUNDCLOUD

Burbank International – Liquor Crush (feat. Nick Sinetos and Alex Musto)

Dark Loft – Backlash

Take Remedy – EyeView

Zenith Myth – Ego Fader

Pick Your Poison: Monday 8-15-11

Can you believe we’re already halfway through August? It seems like just yesterday we were still in the heat and severe weather-ravaged July. I suppose time does fly when you’re having fun, and considering in the last couple weeks I’ve seen Paul McCartney live and spent 3 days at Lollapalooza, the quick pace makes perfect sense to me. Soon enough fall will be here and colder temperatures along with it. I’m a fan of sweater weather, but there’s still plenty about the sun-drenched summer I love with unbridled passion. Hopefully you’re making the most of the warm temperatures while they still last. Pick Your Poison will not die off with the leaves though, so that might be the one sunny thing in your daily life. Tracks I can recommend today come from The Bottle Rockets, High Places, Little Girls (covering John Maus), Peter Wold Crier and Trans Am. In the Soundcloud section you can stream some good cuts from Feist, Neon Indian and Ladytron, among others.

Adrienne Drake – A Light from the Middle of Nowhere

The Bottle Rockets – Smokin’ 100s Alone

Debbie Neigher – Home

Ghost Bunny – Out of Our Heads

High Places – Year Off

HØLAS – Blown Speaker

Holobeams and Broken Machines – Bocume
Holobeams and Broken Machines – Four

Jordan Bolton – City Daze

Little Girls – Believer (John Maus cover)

Peter Wolf Crier – Settling It Off

Sick Figures – Graveyard Swagger

Something Fierce – Afghani Sands

STS – WWW

Trans Am – Futureworld

SOUNDCLOUD

Canon Logic – Howl in the Night

Clock Opera – Lesson No. 7 (Full Version)

Feist – How Come You Never Go There

Ladytron – Mirage

Neon Indian – Fallout

The Rifles – Tangled Up In Love

Pick Your Poison: Thursday 8-11-11

Are you a big Sigur Ros fan? If you are, hopefully you caught the little teaser the band released today for something called “Inni”. Nobody’s entirely sure what’s up the band’s sleeve at this point in time, but the teaser video is pretty compelling either way. At its core it’s simply grainy, artsy black and white video of the band performing on stage mixed with ethereal sounds that certainly resemble classic Sigur Ros. What do you think – is it preparation for a live DVD? A new album? Something else entirely? Have a glance at the video below and make your own judgment. Pick Your Poison today is almost as compelling as that video. Today I’ll recommend tracks from Asa, The Black Angels, Blitzen Trapper, Ganglians, Little Gold, and Male Bonding.

Asa – Dreamer Girl

The Black Angels – Yellow Elevator #2

Blitzen Trapper – Love the Way You Walk Away

Boston Spaceships – Christmas Girl

DiMi Marc – Fly Away (ft. Izzy)

Ganglians – Drop the Act

The Golden Seals – The Year Things Fell Apart

The Handcuffs – Miss You on Tuesday

Kasey Anderson and the Honkies – The Wrong Light

Little Gold – Sisters & Friends

Male Bonding – Tame the Sun

Mild Mannered – The Demand

Night Shining – What I’m Told

Nihiti – Pinko Morning

Rob Bliss – Young Broke & In Love

Water Tower Bucket Boys – Crooked Road

SOUNDCLOUD

Agent 126 – Waiting on You

Kate Havnevik – Show Me Love

Vadoinmessico – Pepita Queen of the Animals

Pick Your Poison: Wednesday 8-10-11

So I don’t know about you, but I’ve been spending the last few days listening to Kanye West and Jay-Z’s new collaborative effort “Watch the Throne”. It’s a fascinating record made that much moreso courtesy of two of hip hop’s most important voices. I’ll have my official review of it later this week, but in case you weren’t aware it was out there, now you know. Also, you’ve probably been living under a rock. Speaking of rock, and speaking of music you’re unaware of, a huge part of the design of Pick Your Poison is to help you discover fresh and new music you’d not heard of before. Today you can hear some great moments from artists like ANR, Eric Sarmiento, I Break Horses, Prophets & Kings, Pterodactyl, Siblings and Sevens, Soley, and Tom Morello. White Sea’s remix of Active Child is great too, and in the Soundcloud section, be sure to check out a track from the new Beirut album.

Active Child – Hanging On (White Sea Remix)

ANR – New Armor

Art vs. Science – Higher (AC Slater Remix)

Capitol 6 – Captain Rehab

Daddy Lion – Electric Malaise

DJ Cobra – Illionaire

Eric Sarmiento – Strange Power

Gardens – Ideas to Use

Gustav Nilsson – Down Down Down

I Break Horses – Winter Beats

Poolside – Do You Believe (Goldroom Remix)

Prophets & Kings – First Taste

Pterodactyl – School Glue

Royce Da 5’9″ – Writer’s Block (ft. Eminem)

Siblings and Sevens – The Communion

Sleeping in the Aviary – Talking Out of Turn

Soley – I’ll Drown

Tom Morello – It Begins Tonight

SOUNDCLOUD

AM & Shawn Lee – Spin It Around

Beirut – Santa Fe

Dev79 & Thrills – Off In A Minute ft Skamma

Poly Styrene – Ghoulish (Hercules & Love Affair Remix)

Pick Your Poison: Tuesday 8-9-11

If you’re overseas, specifically in the London area, I hope you’re okay. The situation over there is a little nuts right now, and hopefully nobody’s getting hurt in these riots. One of the saddest things about the whole thing is that the PIAS warehouse burned down. For those unfamiliar with the building, it’s a distribution house for all sorts of record labels, from Matador to Sub Pop to XL to Domino and Thrill Jockey. They have literally lost hundreds of thousands of CDs and LPs as a result of the fire, and though insurance will cover the loss of product, the loss of sales is going to really hurt. It’s going to take some serious time to replace all that was destroyed, and while North America might not be as affected, most of Europe will be. Just be grateful nobody was seriously injured as a result of that. Again, stay safe if you’re over there. Today’s Pick Your Poison highlights include tracks from Galaxy Sunrise, High Places, Tom McBride and Work Drugs (the fuckin’ Catalina Wine Mixer).

The Adamski Kid – I Dance Alone (The Art Remix)

Brass Bed & Feufollet – Des Promesses
Brass Bed & Feufollet – Bums on the Radio

Double Plus Good – Falls Apart
Double Plus Good – Something Else

Eli Lieb – Undone

Galaxy Sunrise – Every Start, Its End

HEALTH – USA Boys (MF/MB/ Remix)

High Places – Year Off

Jason Ajemian & the HighLife – Feels A Ton

John Craig ft. Gold – The Only Way (Neck)

Oulipo – Offer Me
Oulipo – Awful Light

PropaneLV – Weeknd Romance

Tom McBride – Into the Arms of the Wild-Eyed Young

Ursa Minor – Delight

Work Drugs – Catalina Wine Mixer

The Workhouse – The Whistler

SOUNDCLOUD

Albino & Imanos – In & Out Of Love

F.O.O.L – We Are

Hermanos Inglesos – Funky Dandy

Hurts – Better Than Love (Death In Vegas Remix)

I Believe in Hotpants – Jack & Mom

ZAKEE – Push the Power

Pick Your Poison: Monday 8-8-11

What a weekend. If you weren’t at Lollapalooza to experience the wild music and weather, it was something to behold. I’ve been doing some day-by-day recaps and will have a full wrap-up tomorrow, but at this point I’m very much in recovery mode. Spending 3 days on your feet is physically taxing enough, but to do it with a couple torrential downpours and extremely muddy conditions only makes it worse. If you went, I hope you had a great time. If you missed it, I hope you had the chance to watch a little bit of the live stream online. If you did neither, well, maybe next time. Let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison. I can recommend tracks today from Bear Lake, Evangelista, Gold Beach, The Hazey Janes, The Lions and Sleepy Vikings, as remixed by Her Space HOliday. In the Soundcloud section, be sure to stream songs from Cat Martino (which features Sufjan Stevens on backing vocals), along with Twin Shadow’s remix of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.

Baby Baby – aka $20

Baby Monster – The Fear of Charlie Sunrise (AlunaGeorge Remix)

Bear Lake – Scissors

Evangelista – Artificial Lamb

Fallulah – I Lay My Head (Shook Remix)

Gold Beach – Diving Bell

The Hazey Janes – Carmelite

HeavyFeet – I Will

The Lions – Syd…Is A Serial Killer

MF/MB/ – The Grand Chase

Nickles – Dat Diesel

Saintseneca – Acid Rain

Sandro Perri – Love and Light

Siskiyou – Twigs and Stones

Sleepy Vikings – Calm (Peace & Quiet Remix by Her Space Holiday)

Trey Brown – At Midnight
Trey Brown – Desert Mama

SOUNDCLOUD

Cat Martino – Yr Not Alone

DivKid – Skeleton

Elektrische.TV – Starter

Liz Green – Displacement Song

Love Scenes – Robot Despair

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Heart in Your Heartbreak (Twin Shadow remix)

Pick Your Poison: Friday 8-5-11

So I am covering Lollapalooza all weekend long, in case I’ve not mentioned it enough. Check back to the main page for daily updates as to the good and bad of the music and other elements in place this year. Should be a lot of fun. I also want to recommend that you keep up with me on Twitter, as I’ll be giving more minute-by-minute updates with a hefty dose of snark. If you’re reading this and it’s Friday, chances are you’re not in Grant Park for the festival. If you are there I hope you have a blast. Also a blast? This weekend-starting edition of Pick Your Poison. I can give my thumbs up to tracks from The Coasts, Das Tapes, The Great Book of John, Jukebox Collective, The Pajama Club and Tiny Fireflies.

Afrobeta – As Long As You Like

The Coasts – Handshakers

CSS – Hits Me Like A Rock (Depressed Buttons Remix)

Das Tapes – Black Ferrari

Echorev – Sparks

The Great Book of John – Robin Hood

Joakim – Forever Young

Jukebox Collective – Swimming With Sharks

Leisure – Early Morning Skies

Lyrics Born ft. Sam Sparro – Coulda Woulda Shoulda (Party Ben Remix)

The Moor – Warm Winter

The Pajama Club – These Are Conditions

Paradise – Fear of Dawn

Princess Chelsea – The Cigarette Duet

Tiny Fireflies – So Sad to Say Goodbye

Tribes – We Were Children

White Shadow – I’m Killing Me
White Shadow – Born in Detroit

SOUNDCLOUD

Age of Consent – The Beach

Bombay Bicycle Club – Shuffle (Bibio Remix)

The Witch and the Robot – Fear Of Mountains

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