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I hope your Valentine’s Day yesterday was full of love. If it wasn’t, try not to be bitter about it. I had myself a load of chocolate and tried not to feel guilty about it. My method of coping. If you’re down at all today though, perhaps today’s Pick Your Poison can provide some necessary cheering up. Great tracks today from Allies, The Cloud I’m Under, Imaginary Cities and Moving Units. Also, in the Soundcloud section, be sure to stream the Memoryhouse remix of that Seven Saturdays song, as well as the new one from Timber Timbre. Both very much worth your love and affection.

Alex Winston – Locomotive

Allies – Oceans

Arc In Round – Spirit

The Cloud I’m Under – In A Vision
The Cloud I’m Under – Everyone

Golden Bloom – Doomsday Devices

Imaginary Cities – Hummingbird

Inca Gold – It’s Happening Again

Les Chauds Lapins – Je Taime

Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library – Amylee

Moving Units – Until She Says

Poor But Sexy – Cherry Delicious

SOUNDCLOUD

Body Language – You Can

The Housekeeping Society – The Inventor

Seven Saturdays – Au Revoir (Memoryhouse Remix)

Timber Timbre – Black Water

Happy Valentine’s Day! Okay, so that doesn’t so much apply to me, in the sense that I’m single and have no reason to be excited about the “most romantic day of the year”. I’m not about to get all bitter on people today though, because I’m tired of bitching about this day every year. Once I actually have cause to celebrate with gusto, that’ll be one exceptionally happy Valentine’s day. As a consolation prize for me and you and everyone we know, the glorious wunderkinds known as Radiohead have graced us with the announcement of a new album, “The King of Limbs”. You’ll be able to get a digital copy of the album starting this Saturday, and if you order a physical version in the special “newspaper” packaging, that will be shipped to you in May. Get all the details and preorder now at TheKingofLimbs.com. Let’s talk about songs I love on today’s special V-Day edition of Pick Your Poison. I openly heart tracks from Damon and Naomi, J. Mascis, Jonquil, Panda Bear and Shipbuilding Co. I hope your day is full of love, whether you have someone to share it with or not.

Algodón Egipcio – El Dia Previo

Damon and Naomi – Walking Backwards

Electra – Radio On

Empress Hotel – Bells Ring

J. Mascis – It Is Done

Jonquil – Fighting Smiles

Maggie Eckford – For What It’s Worth

Panda Bear – Last Night at the Jetty

Powerdove – Birdsong

The Saddest Landscape – Declaring War on Nostalgia

Shipbuilding Co. – Made Out of Diamonds

Wildbirds & Peacedrums – The Well (Fodral Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

PeaceTreaty – Cal State Anthem (Metropolis Remix)

Voluntary Butler Scheme – To The Height Of A Frisbee

I’m always in a good mood on Fridays, and I hope you are too. Great stuff in today’s Pick Your Poison too. Notable tracks come from Dirty Beaches, Forbidden Friends (aka Hutch Harris of The Thermals), Ghost Animal, Le Butcherettes, Liam Singer, More Amor and The Raveonettes. The XXXChange remix of that Win Win song featuring Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor is totally worth your time too. Have a great weekend!

Ben Franklin – Urgency

Dirty Beaches – Lord Knows Best

Forbidden Friends – Tiny Hands

Ghost Animal – Young and in Love

Hammer No More the Fingers – Steam

Kanye West – Dark Fantasy (It’s Overture Remix)

Le Butcherettes – Henry Don’t Got Love
Le Butcherettes – New York

Liam Singer – The Brief Encounter

Lumerians – Burning Mirrors

More Amor – Sloppy Little Kisses

Peelander Z – Taco Taco Tacos

The Raveonettes – Forget That You’re Young

The Stepkids – Shadows on Behalf

Win Win – Interleave ft. Alexis Taylor (XXXChange’s 1998 Mix)

SOUNDCLOUD

Drifta – Fireworks

It may be just about mid-February, but that doesn’t mean going out and having fun is out of the picture if you live in a cold and icy tundra about now. You know what? Even if you’re stuck indoors, there’s nothing a hot pizza and a movie can’t cure. Either that, or an edition of Pick Your Poison. Today’s big Thursday features tracks from Jookabox, Left Lane Cruiser, Range Rover, Simian Mobile Disco and Wolf Ram Heart. And hey, there’s a Ramones cover you can stream in the Soundcloud section too.

Anamanaguchi – Airbrushed

Art vs. Science – Magic Fountain (Kissy Sell Out’s Dark Crystal Version)

Clare Maguire – The Last Dance (Danny Byrd Remix)

Hosannas – Walrus

Jookabox – Drops

Kid Algebra x Sleigh Bells – I Like Ice Cream

Left Lane Cruiser – Giving Tree

Mad Planet – I Want You

The Non-Commissioned Officers – Rich Stuff
The Non-Commissioned Officers – Telling Me Lies

Range Rover – There’s Nothing For Me Here

Simian Mobile Disco – Tits N’ Acid (Live)

Tôg – Sansen

Wolf Ram Heart – Viewgirls

SOUNDCLOUD

Allo Darlin’ – I Wanna Be Sedated

Tom Williams and the Boat – Get Older

Here’s your mid-week edition of Pick Your Poison, as always, grown from the freshest of mp3s. Today’s highlights include songs from The Caribbean, Dark Dark Dark, Generationals, and Mazes. Additionally, there’s a Cut Copy remix that’s pretty dope too.

1-Speed Bike – This Country Is Torture

The Caribbean – Outskirts (ft. Brad Laner)
The Caribbean – Mr. Let’s Find Out

Cut Copy – Take Me Over (Midnight Magic Remix)

Dark Dark Dark – Celebrate

Death Kit – Devadasi

Early Winters – Spanish Burn

Eat More Cake – Crazy In Ibiza

Generationals – Greenleaf

Lullwater – Let Me Out

Mazes – Vampire Jive

Mr. Pauer – Cumbión Del Sur

Saadi – Lights Up NYC

Trent Fox and the Tenants – Mess Around
Trent Fox and the Tenants – Jokes

The Trews – One By One

Stay warm, Chicago. And anyplace else that’s stuck in the severe deep freeze hitting parts of the country right now. Hopefully some Pick Your Poison will make staying warm that much easier. Today’s choice cuts come from Chloe Makes Music (in a track featuring The Morning Benders’ Chris Chu), John Brodeur covering Phantogram, Secret Cities, and Woodsman. In the Soundcloud section there’s also a track from the forthcoming PJ Harvey album, definitely worth your time to stream in anticipation of that record.

Chloe Makes Music – The Duel (ft. Christopher Chu)

Dominant Legs – Clawing Out At the Walls (Algodon Egipcio Remix)

Eagle and Talon – In Manila

John Brodeur – Mouthful of Diamonds (Phantogram cover)

La Resistance – Isolation

Psychic Friend – Once A Servant

Secret Cities – Love Crime

Shannon and the Clams – Sleep Talk

The Skull Defekts – Fragrant Nimbus

Woodsman – Serfer

SOUNDCLOUD

Lissi Dancefloor Disaster – Glowing Hearts

PJ Harvey – Written On The Forehead

Chicago is about headed into the deep freeze this week, with temperatures dropping below zero overnight and single digits during the day. That’s not even including the wind chill factor, making it pretty dangerous to spend any real time outside. It’s one of the big reasons why I try and avoid going to live shows during these winter months, even though they’re not outside. It’s mostly a park and walk several blocks issue, along with a whole “no coat check” thing many venues have that seems to keep me away. Exceptions will be made though, like when The Dismemberment Plan comes to town in a couple weeks. Okay, let’s talk Pick Your Poison for this Monday. Highlights include tracks from The Asteroid #4, Cold Cave, Digits, The District Attorneys, and Lawrence & Leigh.

The Asteroid #4 – Wicked Wire

Cold Cave – The Great Pan Is Dead

Digits – Rachel Marie

The District Attorneys – Sweetheart All Reckless and Humble

The Last Royals – Unbelievable (EMF cover)

Lawrence & Leigh – Heeled Shoes

Peter Elkas – Cool Thing to Do

Skull Tape – Whip My Hair (Drowning In Blood)

Telepathique – Chicken Chicken

SOUNDCLOUD

Classified – That Ain’t Classy

DATO – My Life Is Perfect Now (Featuring Jannie Linnebæk) (Demo)

The Last Royals – Crystal Vases

Nostalgia 77 – Simmerdown

Star Slinger – Remedy

It’s Friday. Time for the weekend. ‘Nuff said. Let’s have some fun. Good Pick Your Poison again today. Choice cuts from Dangerous Ponies, Ice Black Birds, L’Altra, Micachu and the Shapes, and The Morning Birds.

Cassette Culture – We Once Had (Jungle Fiction Remix)

Dangerous Ponies – I Only Wear My Favourite Clothes At Home

Eksi Ekso – Carte de Visite

Ice Black Birds – 22:22

Jessica 6 – White Horse

Jill Goldberg – Not Worth It

The Kill Van Kulls – Fools Wish

Kyla La Grange – Walk Through Walls

L’Altra – Nothing Can Tear It Apart

Local Winds – Small Towns
Local Winds – Tree Gathering

Micachu & the Shapes – Everything

Moddi Magpie – Eggs

The Morning Birds – Hearts Desire

SOUNDCLOUD

James Yuill – Give You Away (Finalé Edit)

Happy Chinese New Year to all my readers in the Far East. Does anybody in China read this site? I’m halfway assuming it’s banned over there, or there’s just a whole lot of language barriers. Of course maybe all that “spam” I’m getting in my inbox and on occasional site comments are actually from Chinese readers. Apologies if that’s the case. But we’re now in the Year of the Rabbit, so best of luck to all those on the same animal cycle. Highlights of today’s Pick Your Poison include tracks from Heidi Spencer & the Rare Birds, Six Organs of Admittance and Yellowbirds. Yeasayer remixing a new Cold War Kids song should be on your radar too, along with DISCOFORGIA’s remix of a Sleigh Bells track. The only Soundcloud track for you today is a new one from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and that’s simply delightful and a must hear.

Arron Dean – To Mary

Champagne Riot – Moonstruck

Cold War Kids – Mine Is Yours (Yeasayer Remix)

Jack Inslee – Mis Amores

Jukebox Collective – Icon Parade

Heidi Spencer & the Rare Birds – Alibi

A House for Lions – Let Back

Run Toto Run – This Is A Lull

Six Organs of Admittance – Hold But Let Go

Sleigh Bells – Run the Heart (DISCOFORGIA Remix)

Wake Up Lucid – Paint Your Lips

Yellowbirds – Beneath the Reach of Light

SOUNDCLOUD

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Belong

It’s Groundhog Day, and for one thing, the groundhog saw his shadow which means an early spring. If I believed in such things, I’d be pretty happy about that. As it stands though, today for me was more about the Bill Murray movie than anything else. As a reporter in Punxsutawney to cover the groundhog event, he finds himself trapped in town thanks to a massive winter storm coming to the area. The place may have been a personal hell for him, and it was made even moreso once he found out he was living the same day over and over again. I may not have been living the same day over and over again (that remains to be seen), but the part about a massive winter storm hitting town on Groundhog Day is entirely accurate, along with the part about working in TV news (my day job). Never have a related to that comedy more. Pick Your Poison today is brand new and winter approved, so let’s hope I don’t wind up stuck posting these same songs over and over again because I’m stuck on an endless loop of a day. A handful of them are highlights though, and I can recommend songs from Bobby Long, Dam Mantle, Dinosaur Bones and Red Wanting Blue.

alpha live – Smokin’

ANR – Big Problem

Bobby Long – Penance Fire Blues

Classic Brothers – Munchies (Rimer London Remix)

Communipaw – Plastic

Dam Mantle – Movement

Dead Wife – RX

Dinosaur Bones – Royalty

End of America – Fiona Grace

Lord Huron – Mighty (Painted Palms Remix)

Lovett – The Fear

Red Wanting Blue – You Are My Las Vegas

Rocky Business – Rocky’s Theme

The Seedy Seeds – Verb Noun

W-H-I-T-E – Fountain

Welcome to what might as well be called Blizzard Tuesday here in Chicago. The city and suburbs are being pounded by snow and high winds, and travel is extremely dangerous. There’s no sign of it letting up before mid-day Wednesday, and hopefully everyone is safe at home. While you’re taking refuge from these terrible conditions, or if you’re someplace else where things are actually okay, why not download some new and good music? Pick Your Poison is here to help you out. Highlights today include tracks from Atmosphere, Five Eight, Jon Fratelli (of The Fratellis), and Sarah Darling. Remixes of songs by MillionYoung and Vanity Theft are worth your time too. Be sure to also have a look at the Soundcloud section, where you’ll find great remixes of songs from Gorillaz and Tame Impala, and also a new Toro y Moi track.

Atmosphere – Minnesota Nice (ft. Filipe Cuauhtli, Prof, and Mr. Gene Poole)

Clang Quartet – Ava

Dag for Dag – I Am the Assassin

Five Eight – Your God Is Dead to Me Now

Giant Sand – Graveyard
Giant Sand – Uneven Light of Day

Jon Fratelli – Rhythm Doesn’t Make You A Dancer

MillionYoung – Perfect Eyes (Snoretex Remix)

Sarah Darling – Something to Do With Your Hands

Sarah June – Run Run

Talons – Peter Pan

Vanity Theft – Limb From Limb (Chrissy Murderbot Remix)

Vektorkat – Wyno (Work In Progress Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

Ghost – Casanatra (Demo)

Gorillaz – Empire Ants (Miami Horror Remix)

Tame Impala – Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind (Erol Alkan Rework)

Toro Y Moi – New Beat

Last day of January, and there’s a gigantic snowstorm on the way to pummel the Midwest and East Coast the next couple days. I’m hunkering down and preparing for the worst, but unfortunately will be out driving into work during the heaviest snowfall overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. Wish me luck. Pick Your Poison today has some excellent choices for your downloading pleasure. Highlights include new songs from Fleet Foxes, Kite Flying Robot, The Luyas and Nobunny. There’s also a pair of remixes of a new Toro y Moi song. In the Soundcloud section you’ll also find a new song from The Kills, which is pretty great unto itself.

Dev feat. The Cataracts – Bass Down Low (The Soundmen Remix)

Fleet Foxes – Helpless Blues

Kid606 – Daylight Bangin’

Kite Flying Robot – Solid Gold

League – Golden Maps
League – Take My Hand

The Luyas – Too Beautiful to Work

Matthew Sawyer & His Ghosts – Myna Bird Calls

Medos Little Trap – Medicine Sound

Museum – Midwinter

Nobunny – Live It Up

The Revivalists – Not Turn Away
The Revivalists – Catching Fireflies

Tigersapien – HDTV

Toro y Moi – Still Sound (Gossip Culture Remix)
Toro y Moi – Stil Sound (Briefs Remix)

SOUNDCLOUD

Dishes – Continuity of A

The Kills – Satellite

She Keeps Bees – Saturn Return

Happy Friday to all. Hope your weekend plans will go as scheduled, especially if you live on the East Coast. Sorry about your snowstorms. I’d like to point you in the direction specifically of the following artists (though really everything is pretty good today): Banjo or Freakout, Dearling Physique, Jeniferever, and Lawrence & Leigh. Also, be sure to give a listen to a brand new Cut Copy song, streaming in the Soundcloud section below.

Alcoholic Faith Mission – Running With Insanity

Audiac – If You Were Ever Meant to Be There

Baby Teardrops – Banged in the Heart

Banjo or Freakout – Go Ahead

Clare Maguire – Last Dance (Chase Status Remix)

Dearling Physique – Monster

Drugg – Crooks (Visions of Trees Remix)

Jeniferever – Waifs & Strays

Lawrence & Leigh – Chelsea Nights

O.M.D. – If You Want It (Marsheaux Remix)

Sun Wizard – World’s Got A Handle

The Union Trade – Headlands

SOUNDCLOUD

Cut Copy – Need You Now

Lanu – Beautiful Trash (ft. Megan Washington)

Let’s get right to it, the Thursday edition of Pick Your Poison. Among the big pluses today, I can advocate for songs by Emilie Simon, O’Death, The Mars Volta’s Omar Rodriguez Lopez, and Young Galaxy. Additionally, Esben and the Witch’s remix of Trophy Wife’s “White Horses” is positively great, as are all the songs available for streaming in the Soundcloud section – from Brave Irene to a new one from Cass McCombs and John Vanderslice covering Atlas Sound.

Anika – Terry

Blair – Wolfboy

Cursed Arrows – Death Rattle Blues

EMA – The Grey Ship

Emilie Simon – Rainbow

I AM XCI – How It Hurts

John Shipe – Love Belongs to Everyone

O’Death – Bugs

Omar Rodriguez Lopez – Locomocion Capillar
Omar Rodriguez Lopez – Shake Is For 8th Graders

Trophy Wife – White Horses (Esben and the Witch Remix)

Young Galaxy – We Have Everything

SOUNDCLOUD

Brave Irene – No Fun

Cass McCombs – County Line

John Vanderslice – Walkabout

It may be Wednesday, but the way you view it really helps determine whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist. The week is either half full or half empty, only just started or almost done. I’d like to encourage you to look on the brighter side, as there’s only a couple days left before those couple days we all long for, the weekend. Pick Your Poison highlights today include songs from DATAROCK, Earth Girl Helen Brown (which is a side project of Sonny Smith of Sonny & the Sunsets), Hunx and His Punx, Quiet Lights, and U.S. Royalty. Bart Davenport’s cover of the Kings of Convenience’s “Cayman Islands” is solid too. Jimmy Edgar remixes Tahiti 80’s “Darlin'” to good effect as well.

Bart Davenport – Cayman Islands (Kings of Convenience cover)

Buried Beds – Breadcrumb Trail

Cains & Abels – Never Be Alone

DATAROCK – Catcher In the Rye

Earth Girl Helen Brown – Hit After Hit

Hunx and His Punx – Lovers Lane

Jenny O. – Won’t Let You Leave (Spirit Animal Remix)

Michael Meds – Frequency (Moonraker Bootleg Mix)

Oberhofer – Dead Girls Dance (Way Yes Remix)

Quiet Lights – No More Canyons

Robin Bacor – Familiar Road

Tahiti 80 – Darlin’ (Jimmy Edgar Remix)

U.S. Royalty – Monte Carlo

Vancans – What’s A Woman to Do? (ft. Nina Simone)