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Anybody keeping a close eye on Cobra Watch 2011? There’s a cobra that has escaped from its cage at the Bronx Zoo, and now nobody can find it. I just have this feeling like it’s going to show up somewhere really awesome while scaring someone half to death. Let’s just hope nobody winds up seriously injured or dead. Okay, on to business. Pick Your Poison today is packed with mp3s for your listening pleasure. I’m happy to recommend tracks from Boris, Gauntlet Hair, No Surrender (ft. Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio), STRFKR, Sundelles, and The Unthanks. Also, for you electronica fans, be sure to check out the Trentemøller track in the Soundcloud section.

The Amusements – The Trip

Boris – Riot Sugar

Campaign – Old Haunts

Canblaster – Clockworks

Eilen Jewell – Queen of the Minor Key

Five Eight – Ode to Massachusetts

The Friend – New Berlin Wall

Gauntlet Hair – I Was Thinking

Grey Granite x Bob G. Barker – All Hate

Howe Gelb – 4 Door Maverick

No Surrender – Silver Hall (ft. Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio)

STRFKR – Death As A Fetish

Sundelles – Can’t Win

Typhoon – CPR/Claws Pt. 2

The Unthanks – Queen of Hearts

SOUNDCLOUD

The Heartbreaks – Jealous, Don’t You Know

Trentemøller – Shades Of Marble (Trentemøller Remix)

Yasmin – Finish Line ft. Wretch32

We’re rapidly nearing the end of March, and that can only be a good thing. Not that March is a bad month. On the contrary, it’s a rather good one, what with all the debauchery that St. Patrick’s Day tends to bring around. But really it’s more a sign that spring is finally arriving, though April does tend to be a very rain-filled month. If only we had that fictional month of Smarch. Of course they don’t say “Lousy Smarch weather” for nothing. That there is what you’d call an “insider” reference, and if you don’t get it, look up Smarch Weather on YouTube. Pick Your Poison highlights today include tracks from CALLmeKAT, Diego Garcia (formerly of the band Elefant), Fucked Up, Holy Ghost!, Jason Forrest, Ladybug Transistor and Sun Araw. GREAT set of songs today.

Cain Marko – At Sea in St. Paul

CALLmeKAT – My Sea

Code Pie – North Side City View

Diego Garcia – You Were Never There
Diego Garcia – Stay

El Obo – Vrgn Evl

The Felts – Seventeen
The Felts – Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode cover)

Fucked Up – The Other Shoe

Ghost Bunny – Mechanical Animals

Holy Ghost! – Wait and See

Jason Forrest – Raunchy

Ladybug Transistor – Clutching Stems

Led to Sea – Is This the Last Time

The Morose Project – Funk Two)

Paper Crows – Fingertips (Acoustic)

Said the Whale – B.C. Orienteering
Said the Whale – Camilo (The Magician)

Sun Araw – Deep Cover

SOUNDCLOUD

Mechanical Bride – Colour Of Fire

Pony Pony Run Run – Hey You

If you’re on board with some NCAA Basketball aka March Madness right now, I hope your bracket is doing okay. The final four is pretty awkward this year, but would we really have it any other way? Also, what does VCU even stand for? Ah well, best of luck to all the teams playing this weekend. Pick Your Poison today is isn’t broken down into a bracket, but these songs are competing for your attention. Things I can recommend today include tracks from The Belle Brigade, Broken Gold, and Sleepy Vikings. You can also download a full album from the Chicago band Drop Electric, so that’s nice. In the Soundcloud section you’ll want to give tracks from O’Death and Panda Bear a listen if you haven’t already.

Almost Free – Really Don’t Know About You

The Belle Brigade – Sweet Louise

Broken Bricks – Pop Songs

Broken Gold – Ambulance Faces

The Bynars – How Does It Feel to Be in Love

Drop Electric – Finding Color in the Ashes  (full album download, follow link)

Kanye West – Touch the Sky (Heroes of the Party Remix)

Rain Over St. Ambrose – DG Gold Paint

Sleepy Vikings – Calm

Trench Party – Vacation

Volkova Sisters – Last Song of the Dying Fly

SOUNDCLOUD

The Daydream Club – The Record Shop

I’m not a Band – Little Sparks (Feat. Distord Trakz Feat. TEef)

Nostalgia 77 – Simmerdown

O’Death – Alamar

Panda Bear – The Preakness

For a Friday, today’s assortment of mp3s in Pick Your Poison is really strong. I’ve got a number of songs to stamp my personal thumbs up on. Those include tracks by The High Llamas, Parallels, Soviet Soviet, Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth), White Denim, The Windupdeads and YACHT. Also in the Soundcloud section there’s some great songs from Blank Dogs and Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy.

Baby Baby – Fire

Brass Bed – Miniature Day Parade

GDC – Leur heure
GDC – Haut contre bas

The High Llamas – Fly Baby Fly

Kina Grannis – White Winter Hymnal (Fleet Foxes cover)

The Morning Birds – I’m On Fire (Bruce Springsteen cover)

Parallels – Salome

radioseven – Stellar Cartographer I
radioseven – Stellar Cartographer II

Soviet Soviet – Lokomotiv

Thurston Moore – Benediction

White Denim – Anvil Everything

The Windupdeads – Don’t Let Go

YACHT – Dystopia (The Earth Is On Fire)

SOUNDCLOUD

Blank Dogs – Slow Room!

MIGHT – Continental Breakfast

Peter Murphy – I Spit Roses

William Fitzsimmons – Let You Break (featuring Julia Stone)

Every now and then I like to remind everyone exactly what the point of Pick Your Poison is, especially for any new people visiting the site. What I do with each daily edition of Pick Your Poison is unload my inbox of mp3s and set it on your doorstep. If a neighbor took a bunch of his stuff, put it in a box, and handed it to you with the instructions to take what you wanted, would you do it? Sometimes there’s crap in there that’s pretty unappealing, but with the bad also comes the great. You may find things you never knew existed before or meet the next great band. Perhaps your favorite band has a new song up for download that you weren’t aware of before, and maybe that’ll be here too. So explore, discover and have some fun with these songs. What I can recommend from today’s batch are tracks from Hosannas, Lohio and Vessels. The Architecture In Helsinki remix of Cut Copy’s “Need You Now” is really great as well.

Crimea X – Varvara

Cut Copy – Need You Now (Architecture In Helsinki Version)

Fan Modine – The EMI Song (Smile For Me) (Alex Chilton cover)
Fan Modine – Julu Road

Foot Patrol – Mudslide

Hosannas – Obsolete People

Jeff Beam – People Places

Lohio – Adelai

Man the Change – Rambo vs. Bas Rutten (1v1)

Robin Bacior – Man Before Me

Vessels – Recur

SOUNDCLOUD

Jessica 6 – White Horse (Todd Terry remix)

When Saints Go Machine – Pinned

Lots of really great musical guests on the late night shows lately. From The Pains of Being Pure at Heart to The Strokes to Friendly Fires among others – if you’re not watching, you’re missing out. Not only might you get a great viral video-inspiring performance like the one Odd Future put on a couple months ago, but watching that stuff also can introduce you to new artists or new songs by said artists. And hey, that’s also what Pick Your Poison is for. Today’s top-tier picks include tracks from Bill Callahan, Cattle Drums, Hospital Ships (which has members of Shearwater), I Was Totally Destroying It, and Les Blanks.

Amores Vigilantes – You Can’t Live Forever in Paradise on Earth (Without Me)
Amores Vigilantes – I Love You More Than You Love Me

Bill Callahan – Baby’s Breath

Cattle Drums – Sluts and Coconuts

Francois Peglau – One Minute to Midnight

Guitaro – Chateau 100

Hospital Ships – Love or Death

How to Dress Well – You Hold the Water (Lord Boyd Remix)

I Was Totally Destroying It – Regulators

J. Stalin, Hell Rell, Lord Geez – Make It Look Good

Les Blanks – Straw Man

Rubblebucket – Silly Fathers

Siriusmo – Mosaik

Yuzima – Fur

SOUNDCLOUD

Cosmo Jarvis – Sure As Hell Not Jesus

Strangers – In Chaos (Paper Crows Remix)

The Temper Trap – Resurrection (Hermanos Inglesos Remix)

Timber Timbre – Black Water

Pick Your Poison has a lot of good stuff in it today, and I don’t have much time to wax poetic about it. Highlights include songs from Atari Teenage Riot, Chicago band Haberdashery, The People’s Temple, Ringo Deathstarr and Wolf Ram Heart. In the Soundcloud section you’ll also find good tracks from The Chemical Brothers, Fleet Foxes and Hot Chip remixing Shit Robot.

Atari Teenage Riot – Blood in My Eyes

Brothers of End – Stare at the Sun  (ZIP)

Dikta – Thank You
Dikta – Breaking the Waves

Fukkk Offf – Brain Rock (Body Language Remix)

Haberdashery – Fall Into My Arms

Jon Fratelli – Santo Domingo (The Knocks Remix)

The People’s Temple – Sons of Stone

Peter & Kerry – The Summer House Song

Pinto – I Need You to Know

Ringo Deathstarr – So High

Wolf Ram Heart – Humming Doves

SOUNDCLOUD

Ant Brooks – Ocho

The Chemical Brothers – The Devil Is In The Beats

Fleet Foxes – Battery Kinzie

Seven Saturdays – True Romance (Teen Daze Remix)

Shit Robot – Losing My Patience (Hot Chip Remix)

Happy post-SXSW, those of you that went. I’ve been reading the highlights, and once again it sounds like it was a blast. As I’ve never been, I’m tentatively planning to attend next year. We’ll see how that goes. Pick Your Poison today has plenty more music in case you failed to discover that hot new band down in Austin, or if you’re like the rest of us and didn’t go anywhere. Be sure to check out tracks from Communipaw, Dangerous Ponies, LCTRISC and Raleigh Moncrief.

Baby Jazz – Billy Ocean

Ben Mason – Easy

Communipaw – Twinkle

Dangerous Ponies – Bumbershoot

Grandpa Was A Lion – Mobile Alabama Blues
Grandpa Was A Lion – January Jones! (My Bird Has Flown)

In Golden Tears – Urban Emotions

LCTRISC – MXML

Raleigh Moncrief – Lament For Morning

The Script – For the First Time (8Barz Remix)

Sebastian Love – What the Fuck We Are Made For
Sebastian Love – Through the Horizon

TalkFine – So Bad

Technik City – Jet Skiing (Druma Kina Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

Kites – You Are Dead (To Me)

Tyson – Out Of My Mind

Pick Your Poison today is just a touch lighter than usual, the reason why of course being SXSW. With everyone out in Austin at the moment, from bands to promoters, things are looking a little sparse these days. No worries though, Monday sees the start of a new week and the end of SXSW, so we should be all good. Highlights today include songs from Craig Wedren (of Shudder to Think) collaborating with Conor Oberst and Janet Weiss (of Sleater-Kinney/Wild Flag/The Jicks), Maritime, Papercuts and Romi Mayes.

Craig Wedren – Are We (ft. Conor Oberst and Janet Weiss)

Dada Trash Collage – Layers of Ice

Erika Fatale – Femme Fatale
Erika Fatale – Whipped

Illvibe Collective – Authentic Raw (ft. Supastition and Reef the Lost Cauze)

Love – Skid

Maritime – Paraphernalia

Papercuts – Do You Really Wanna Know

Romi Mayes – Lucky Tonight

Smixx – Nothing I’d Rather Be

tfo – Change  

Vienna – Blood
Vienna – A Tourist

Yourself and the Air – Trampolines

Zachary Cale – Hello Oblivion  (zachary cale)

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I hope you get a Shamrock Shake in honor, and then maybe throw a little alcohol in it to “Irish” it up. It’s a lot of fun and pretty delicious, you should try it. Green beer and sheer drunkenness of the date aside, the NCAA tournament is underway officially today, and SXSW is just getting started too, so schedules are more than packed for a lot of people. Good luck juggling today. Here’s your daily edition of Pick Your Poison, complete with highlights from artists like Daddy Lion, Drawn From Bees, German Error Message, Little Scream, The Luyas and Old 97’s Rhet Miller.

Amanda Palmer – Map of Tasmania (Discoforgia Remix)

Daddy Lion – Falling to Pieces (Through With You)

The Domino State – You Are the Winter (Eat More Cake Remix)

Drawn From Bees – Long Tooth Setting Sun

German Error Message – We Arose

Little Scream – Cannons

The Luyas – Too Beautiful

NEeMA – Escape

Rhet Miller – Motorcycle Club

Through the Sparks – Chisel and Pick

SOUNDCLOUD

The Bullitts- Close Your Eyes (feat Jay Electronica and Lucy Liu)

Early To Bed – Weathervane (Schlock! Remix)

EVALINE – Beneath The Fire

Twilite – Perfect Ending

Oh hey, it’s Wednesday. I’m on little to no sleep, so let’s make this super quick. Pick Your Poison is another large edition bolstered by people filling my inbox mentioning they’ll be playing SXSW, which I’m totally not at. Anyways, my personal highlights in this batch come from Eksi Skso, The High Dials, Storms, Times New Viking and Yuna. Also, Son Lux covering fellow Asthmatic Kitty artist Liz Janes is pretty awesome. And hey, the one Soundcloud track today is from UNKLE and features Nick Cave, so that’s like a double bonus.

The Clutters – Under Suspicion

Controls – We Are Here

Eksi Ekso – Bellows to Brass Lens

Future Sound – The Thrills

The High Dials – Chinese Boxes

Jonah K – Odin’s Beard

The Knocks ft. Alex Winston – You Can’t Hurry Love (Supremes cover)

LexiconDon – Sex ‘N’ Turn

Mathew Sawyer & His Ghosts – Revenge of the Extra From Zulu

Rich Aucoin – Brian Wilson Is A.L.i.V.E.
Rich Aucoin – PUSH

Smokey Robotic – Grace Under Fire (ft. Roscoe Umali & Styliztik Jones)

Son Lux – Desert (Liz Janes cover)

Storms – Sweet Cup

Talia Coles – Never See You Again

Times New Viking – No Room to Live

Vienna Ditto – This Is Normal

Yuna – Decorate

SOUNDCLOUD

UNKLE – Money And Run (feat. Nick Cave)

Et tu Brute? Your history lesson for today dictates that the 15th of March is also known as the Ides of March. There’s a number of historical associations with the date, but really everyone knows it as “that day Julius Caesar got stabbed 23 times”. He was in the Roman Senate when it happened, and that’s probably also the origins of the phrase “stabbed in the back”, because his good friend Brutus was one of the guys doing the stabbing. Ah, what the power hungry will do to one another. Pick Your Poison is not quite the betrayal type, so here’s another massive set of mp3s to get you through the day. Highlights include songs from Birds and Batteries, Heaven, Matthew and the Arrogant Sea, Thulebasen and We Were the States. In the Soundcloud section you can also stream a new track from Atmosphere that’s pretty great.

Sorry No Ferrari – Ashar (Music For People Remix)

Birds and Batteries – Strange Kind of Mirror

Deletah – There Is No Plan B

Heaven – Mountains Move  (ZIP)

i wannabe – Standing Next Door

John Brodeur – Masterpiece

Jorma and Movie Bare – Either You or Me
Jorma and Movie Bare – Sick

The Knocks – Dancing With the DJ (Acoustic Campfire Version)

Krusht – Spirit of 76 (ft. Alleyes Manifest)

Matthew and the Arrogant Sea – At the Wheel Fighting Elvis

Ruben & Ra – Newer Shooz

Thulebasen – Gate 5

The Violet May – What You Say

We Were the States – Hot Waves

Wons Phreeley – Tonight

SOUNDCLOUD

Atmosphere – She’s Enough

Federico Aubele – No One

Rumble In Rhodos – Soft Insulated Days

Hope your weekend was great. If you’re going to be heading to Austin for SXSW this week, have a great time and see tons of live shows. I won’t be going, but if you’d like to learn a little more about the hundreds of artists and bands that will be playing this week, Pick Your Poison is a great way to do that. No, not every artist listed here today and this week will be there, but a fair number of them will be. Anyways, my recommended songs for today come from Antonymes, Beast Make Bomb, The Gift, Let’s Wrestle, NewVillager, and Walking Sleep. The Lonely Forest is a band signed to the new label Trans, which is Chris Walla from Death Cab for Cutie’s label. Be sure to check them out too.

Adam Arcuragi and the Lupine Chorale Society – She Comes to Me

Antonymes – Endlessly

Beast Make Bomb – Coney Island

Death Letters – Your Heart Upside Down

De Staat – Sweatshop

The Gift – Made For You

Home Video – The Automatic Process (Infernal Devices Remix)

In-Flight Safety – Model Homes

Let’s Wrestle – Dear John

The Lonely Forest – Coyote

NewVillager – Lighthouse

The Non-Commissioned Officers – Fire Standing Still

Samuel Locke Ward – Bliss Blue Sky

The Sewing Circle – Buzz Light-Year

TalkFine – The Moment

Toby Goodshank – Virgo Song

Walking Sleep – She’s Been Lying

WhoMadeWho – Every Minute Alone (The Circle Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

Baby Teardrops- MEwhere

The Boom Bang – Tobacula

Jeffrey Jerusalem – Smiling And Tender (DoublePlusGood Remix)

This weekend is a little celebration better known as St. Patrick’s Day (Observed). Because the actual St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Thursday, many are taking the weekend before to drink their green beer and just get sloppy drunk. If that’s your idea of a good time, enjoy. Pick Your Poison today is exceptionally enjoyable. My personal choices include songs from Early Winters, Grieves, James Legs, Phil Cook (of Megafaun), Ponytail, The Wrens and Yuck. In the Soundcloud section there are also great songs from Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. and Generationals.

Bikini – American Mourning (WIN WIN Remix)

Daniel Knox – Ghostsong

Early Winters – Tough Love

The Echelon Effect – We Will Spin Forever

Family of the Year – Stupidland

Grieves – Lightspeed

James Legs – Drowning in Fire

The Owsley Brothers – Under the Shade of a Live Oak

Phil Cook & His Feat – Ballad of a Hungry Mother

Ponytail – Easy Peasy

Rimer London ft. Cata.Pirata – Love Dagger

Ryan Driver – Am I Still Too Late

The Shondes – Nothing Glows
The Shondes – Make It Beautiful

This Year’s Model – No Miracles

The Wrens – As I’ve Known

Yuck – Get Away

SOUNDCLOUD

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – Morning Thought

Dry the River – New Ceremony

Generationals – Ten-Twenty-Ten

It’s Thursday, and Friday is just a day away. That weekend is so close you can almost taste it. Let’s get right into Pick Your Poison for today. Top choices, among others, come from Afrobeta, Electra, Jeniferever, Morning Claws and Tiger Bones. There’s also a new cut from Heidecker & Wood, the music project of Tim Heidecker and Davin Wood, both best known for “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” where the titular Tim stars and Davin is the show’s music composer. Also in the Soundcloud section you’ll find a new song from Oh Land, which is simply delightful.

Afrobeta – Nighttime

Anti-Social Music – Bitter Suite (Fear)

Beni – Yeah (Mickey Remix)

Dan Bern – Grandpa

The Del McCoury Band and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band – One More Fore I Die

Electra – I Feel Love (Donna Summer cover)

Headless Horseman – Wavlngth

Heidecker and Wood – Right Or Wrong

Jeniferever – Dover

Klaxons – Echoes (Steve Aoki Remix)

Lianna La Havas – Final Form (Everything Everything cover)

Metronomy – The Look (Ghostpoet Remix)

Moonlight Towers – Heat Lightning

Saint Motel – Puzzle Pieces

Satellite Stories – Helsinki Art Scene

Morning Claws – Slack Magic

Tiger Bones – Eyeliner

SOUNDCLOUD

CHOO CHOO – Bits+Pieces

Oh Land – Wolf & I