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Welcome to Thanksgiving Week, where much like all the food that will wind up on your table (and in your stomach), Pick Your Poison is overindulging with mp3s. Feel free to gorge yourself on songs from the “30 Rock” soundtrack, Acrylics, Ethan Gold, Lyrics Born, Tyvek and Wow & Flutter. There’s also a pretty cool remix of a Phenomenal Handclap Band song by Fujiya and Miyagi.

30 Rock – Werewolf Bar Mitzvah (RAC Remix)

Acrylics – Nightwatch

Bleeding Heart Narrative – Perun  (ZIP)

Burt Rocket – Santa’s Hot Rod

Ethan Gold – Come On Beat It Down

Hard Nips – Release It

Holcombe Waller – Risk of Change

I Only Date Models – This Ends Tomorrow…

Kermit Ruffins – Hey Look Me Over

Lyrics Born – Lies x 3 (Amp Live Remix)

The Phenomenal Handclap Band – The Journey to Serra Da Estrella (Fujiya & Miyagi Remix)

The Puppini Sisters – Last Christmas

Shunda K – Dancing

Tyvek – Underwater To

The Winebirds – The Solution

Wow & Flutter – The Puget Sound

Thanksgiving is next week, if you’re American that is. There’ll be a couple days without a post next week in observance of that. Basically my body will be too stuffed with turkey and other foods to actually get up off the couch and type something up. Those are the moments to cherish. No, I’ll probably spend that time preparing for year-end listmaking and such. But to wrap up this week, we’re in fine shape with another extended Pick Your Poison, and on a Friday no less. Top picks today include songs from Bardo Pond, Glass Ghost (doing a Bear in Heaven cover), Elk, Suns, and MEN (which features members of Le Tigre). Everything’s enjoyable on some level, so be sure to check all this great stuff out.

Bardo Pond – Don’t Know About You

Birds of Avalon – Invasion

Brass Bed – God Saves the Thieves

Dead Horse – Interstellar Remedies

Debra Dolce – Goodies (Dirty Disco Youth Remix)

Elk – Volleyball

Glass Ghost – Fake Out (Bear In Heaven cover)

Hundreds – Solace (Single Edit)

Joshua English – Nickel In

MEN – Off Our Backs (Lemonade Remix)

Nice Purse – Heart Medley

PO PO – Let’s Get Away

Scott Miller – Joyful Joyful

Suns – Everything Changes

Wires Under Tension – Mnemonics in Motion

Another collection of good songs in an extended edition of Pick Your Poison today. You can get you first taste of a new British Sea Power album due in 2011, a remix of an excellent track from Salem, and Innerparty System’s remix of a Deluka song. Other recommendations come in the form of Glass Vaults, The Hush Now, and Scattered Trees.

Bomarr – Exchanges Among Systems (Fancy Mike Remix)

British Sea Power – Living Is So Easy 

Construction & Destruction – Bear

Deluka – OMFG (Innerparty System Remix)

Fresh Millions – Forever (ZIP)

Glass Vaults – New Space

The Hush Now – On Holiday

Los Chicharrons – Ma Do Nar

Pregnant – Wiff Of Father

Salem – Asia (Jokers of the Scene Remix)

Scattered Trees – Love and Leave

Sensual Harassment – NYC Beast  (ZIP)

The Shape of the Earth – You Can Only Get So Lonely

This Is Phantom – Voodoo Romantic

The next couple days of Pick Your Poison are going to be what I like to call “extended” editions, simply to highlight the fact that there are more mp3s available to download than usual. Not that much more, but it’s a few extra just to keep things interesting. Also because I’m being sent a lot of stuff. Today’s highlights include songs from Eastern Conference Champions, Happy Hollows, Radical Face, Sky Larkin and Twilight Hotel. Should you have seen the Amazon Kindle commercials that ran for much of the summer, chances are you’re also familiar (but may not know it) with Little & Ashley and their song “Stole My Heart”, which you can also download below.

Eastern Conference Champions – Middle of the Night

Eksi Ekso – Kills of the Flood Tide

Elves of Heaven – This Christmas

Happy Hollows – High Wire

Indie Folker – The Eyes, The Beard, The Nose, The Stomach, The Lungs

Jon and Roy – Any Day Now
Jon and Roy – Boon Elm

Little and Ashley – Stole My Heart

Murder Mystery – Problems

Radical Face – The Deserter’s Song

Sharron Kraus – Evergreen Sisters

The Sights – Guilty (ZIP)

Sky Larkin – Still Windmills

Space Siren – This Radar

Twilight Hotel – Mahogany Veneer

The most excellent of the already excellent songs available in today’s Pick Your Poison include tracks from Bikini, Computer Magic, Other Lives, Swim Party and Weekend.

The American Dollar – Age of Wonder (Live in Brooklyn)

Bikini – American Mourning

Computer Magic – Immediate Cause of Sleep (Way Yes Remix)

Kriget – Martyr

Other Lives – For 12 (Demo)

Sane Smith – Arrivederci

Star & Micey – Memphis Christmas

Subswara – Steam
Subswara – Bend You

Swim Party – The Glory of Economy

Ten Million Lights – Fast Asleep

Trey Lockerbie – Moving to Montauk

Turzi – Baltimore (Turzi vs. Zombie Zombie Live Version)

Weekend – End Times

White Pines – Woods

It’s pretty much everywhere today, but in case you haven’t heard yet, Girl Talk released his new album “All Day” today. It is available for FREE (no email address or anything else required) by following the link below. Awesome. You’ll also want to check out tracks from Banjo or Freakout, Freebass, Matthew Friedberger (of Fiery Furnaces), and Teengirl Fantasy. Plenty of great music, please check it out.

Banjo or Freakout – 105

Tha Doc – Cheerleader

Freebass – Not Too Late

Girl Talk – All Day (full album)  [follow link]

Levek – Look on the Bright Side

Luv Clowns – K-I-D-S

Matthew Friedberger – Shirley

The Notes – Sheltered

Simian Ghost – Transparent Is OK

SNDTRKR – Inglorious Finale

Super Mirage – Song For A Go-Go Girl

Teengirl Fantasy – Dancing In Slow Motion

Thorn1 – Drone

Friday has arrived, and it’s time to kick up your heels and treat yourself to something nice. After all, you’ve been working hard all week. Here’s another slice of Pick Your Poison to help get you properly motivated for such things. Recommendations today include songs from Girl Problems, Jenny O. and Solar Temple Suicides. Keep a particularly close eye on Young Galaxy as well. The song below is from their third record, and after two previously strong albums, this might just be the one that pushes them into the spotlight they so richly deserve.

The Caribbean – Do You Believe In Dinosaurs (Scott Solter Remix)

Girl Problems – Sancho

The Glass – Four Four Letter (Black Van Remix)

Jenny O. – Well OK Honey

Liturgy – Ecstatic Rite (WFMU session)

Mr. Gnome – Slow Side
Mr. Gnome – Vampires

Rusty Willoughby – C’mon C’mon (Live on KEXP)

Salteens – Last Train From London

Shugo Tokumaru – Lahaha

Solar Temple Suicides – Pale Blue Dot

The Waylons – Everyone Talking

Young Galaxy – Peripheral Visionaries

One year from today, people will be freaking out with the date of 11-11-11. That’ll be a pretty special day for somebody. This year though, let’s just call this day “binary inspired” (and, um, veteran inspired). Yeah, it’s a nerd thing (and a military thing). Speaking of nerd things, music nerds will find lots of good in today’s Pick Your Poison. Be sure to check out songs from Aidan Moffet (of Arab Strap), Balmorhea, and Modern Skirts. The band Depressed Buttons is a side project of a couple guys in The Faint, which is pretty cool. Also cool: one of the first new Gang of Four songs in a very long time.

Aidan Moffat (of Arab Strap) – The Donaldson Boy

Balmorhea – Clamor

Bjorn Torske – Versjon Wolfenstein

Deacon the Vaillain & Sheisty Khrist – Satellites

Depressed Buttons – Ow!

Gang of Four – Never Pay for the Farm

Jenocide – Beachball

Kid Infinity – P.Y.C.O.

Modern Skirts – Bumper Car

Mon Khmer – Anniversary (Karuna Remix)

True Womanhood – Nite Prowlers  (ZIP)

The White Buffalo – Oh Darlin’ What Have I Done

Here’s a delightful mid-week edition of Pick Your Poison to consume. Things you’ll want to pay close attention to today include tracks from The Concretes, Mini Mansions, Off!, and Vonnegutt. A couple good remixes too, one of a Gorillaz track and the other a Vanity Theft song reworked by Houses. For those with a sense of humor, there’s also a track that has Tina Fey teaming up with Christopher Cross on the “30 Rock” soundtrack.

The Concretes – All Day

Geographer – Kites

Gorillaz – Superfast Jellyfish (Mighty Mouse Remix)  (m4a)

Kaya Project – Calico Stomp (Gaudi Remix)

Mini Mansions – The Room Outside

Nerdkween – Let Me Go

Oak Island – High Tide Edict
Oak Island – Weaving

Oars – Karats

Off! – Full of Shit

Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers – Heaven In Stereo

Tina Fey and Christopher Cross – Lemon’s Theme

Tristeza – Newbury

Vanity Theft – Anatomy (Houses’ Haunted Tape Remix)

Vonnegutt – Going Home

For the uninitiated, the main purpose of Pick Your Poison is to help get the word out there about artists you might not have heard of by any other means. These free downloads are listed daily and with very little to go by in terms of descriptions, you’re encouraged to make your own choices about what might appeal to you. It doesn’t always work out, but sometimes you’ll discover some new great band. Big collection of songs today, or at least bigger than your average day. My personal recommendations on prime choice downloads come in the form of new songs from Aqueduct, Harper Blynn, Horse Feathers, and Yellowbirds. You’ll also want to hear Passion Pit’s remix of an excellent ARMS track, Rubblebucket’s Beatles cover, and the artist known as Rewards, which is actually Chairlift guitarist Aaron Pfenning.

Aqueduct – Past the Point

ARMS – Heat and Hot Water (Passion Pit Remix)

Harper Blynn – Every Impulse

Horse Feathers – Drain You

Jesse Payne – Scripting Carolina

Keep Shelly in Athens – Running Out of You

Laura Stevenson and The Cans – Nervous Rex

Masonic – Let’s Do It All Again

Papercranes – Synapses

Rewards – Two Cardinals

Rubblebucket – Michelle (Beatles cover)

The Savings and Loan – Pale Water

White Wires – Be True to Your School (Until You Get Kicked Out)

Yellowbirds – The Rest of My Life

Yusuf Azak – The Key Underground

It’s that Indian Summer time of year, where temperatures soar a bit above average and some of us get that last little taste that summer has leftover for us. In Chicago that means 60s-70s this week, and if you live in a place that gets freezing cold I hope you’ll get a bit of warmth as well before we all descend into the frozen tundra that is winter. Today’s week-starting Pick Your Poison has some good stuff, including highlights from Acid House Kings, The Octopus Project, Phil Wilson, Shapers, and a duet between Amanda Palmer (of Dresden Dolls fame) and this classical pianist she discovered named Tristan Allen.

Acid House Kings – Are We Lovers or Are We Friends?

AndersIlar – Traveller

Bleu – Singin’ in Tongues

Enjoy Your Pumas – Weight of the Circles

Ethan Lipton and His Orchestra – Wonderful

John Shipe – Love Belongs to Everyone

The Octopus Project – Fuguefat

:papercutz – Lylac (Helios Remix)

Phil Wilson – Up to London
Phil Wilson – I Own It

Serena Andrews – The Dream
Serena Andrews – My City

Shapers – Virginia Reel

Tristan Allen – Janos Vs. Wonderland (ft. Amanda Palmer)

We’ve made it through another work week, or school week or unemployed week, depending on your current situation. Congratulations on surviving. Let’s do it all again on Monday. To help you out in your weekend celebrations, another edition of Pick Your Poison. Highlights today include songs from And the Wiremen, Bird Names, Solvents, and of course Tapes n’ Tapes. You may also want to download a pretty good song collaboration between Future Islands and Lonnie Walker, which is actually a few years old from 2006. I look at it this way: if you haven’t heard it yet, it’s new to you. Have a great weekend!

And the Wiremen – Lines

Baron Bane – Orchids

Bird Names – The Beach at the Lake
Bird Names – Phantoms and Fortunes

Future Islands ft. Lonnie Walker – Stand (You Gotta)

Ivan & Alyosha – Glorify

The Last Royals – Crystal Vases

Montenegro – The Longest Day

No More Dolls – Red Lines

Shy Mirrors – One Way Rat

Solvents – Forgive Yr Blood

Tapes n’ Tapes – Freak Out

X-Ray Press – The Terms (In the Colors Of Our DNA)

Today’s edition of Pick Your Poison may not have a ton of artists familiar to you (as is the case some days), but I can honestly say a bunch of these people have good vibes and hype coming their way soon. My personal picks for the day include songs from The Japonize Elephants, Markus Mehr, Mutual Benefit, Roman Photos and Wise Blood. There’s also an interesting remix of a Mayer Hawthorne song by none other than DJ Jazzy Jeff. I also want to mention the band The Window Theatre, as they’re cool Chicago guys who’ll be releasing a new EP on December 14th. Two of the tracks are available for download below.

Chloe – Diva (Alex Smoke Remix)

The Japonize Elephants – Fuck the Farmacia

Markus Mehr – Cousteau

Mayer Hawthorne – No Strings (Roller Boogie Remix)

Mutual Benefit – Moonville Tunnel

Pascal Pinion – New Beginning

Roman Photos – Decline

Rumspringa – Criminal Love

Ryan Cook – Wild Side of Town

Shunda K – I’m Da Best (Sure Cut Kids Remix)
Shunda K – I’m Da Best (Les Gourmets Remix)

The Window Theatre – Right, Left
The Window Theatre – Away

Wise Blood – Rot My Brain Away

Among the top choices in today’s Pick Your Poison are tracks from Ben + Vesper, Eastern Conference Champions (doing a Violent Femmes cover), Hooray for Earth (featuring Twin Shadow), Lord Huron and White Mountains.

Ben + Vesper – My Father’s Eyes

Bikini – ACheerleader

Carol Bui – Mira, You’re Free With Me

Eastern Conference Champions – Add It Up (Violent Femmes cover)

Gross Relations – You Don’t Know Me

Hooray for Earth – A Place We Like (ft. Twin Shadow)

Josephine Foster and the Victor Herrero Band – Los Cuiatro Muleros

Lord Huron – Mighty

Pregnant – Wiff Of Father

Sea of Bees – Wizbot

The Suzan – Moskow Diskow (Telex cover)

White Mountains – Bells

Happy Election Day. I hope you got out and voted today, and if you did that all of the candidates you voted for won. Today’s Pick Your Poison is a little bit larger than normal, as a reward for your hypothetical “vote”. Be sure to listen to songs from David Dondero, Flight, Martina Topley-Bird, and One Hundred Flowers. There’s also a pretty good remix of a Tame Impala song and an early demo from Yuzima.

David Dondero with Justice of the Unicorns and David Hanlon – Here Comes the Sun (Vampire Version)

Depth and Current – Don’t Go Away
Depth and Current – Calm to the Sea

Fela! on Broadway – Zombie (The Marksmen Remix)

Flight – Real Estate

Human Life – Wherever We Are (Nightriders Remix)

i and i – The Hardest Park (single edit)

Martina Topley-Bird – Poison

Michael Parallax – Man, No

Kavinsky – Nightcall (SAWAGiis Revenge Remix)

One Hundred Flowers – Three Dresses

Paper Aeroplanes – Cliche

Refried Ice Cream – Halo
Refried Ice Cream – Vampires

Tame Impala – Lucidity (Pilooski Remix)

Yuzima – Turnaround