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Unlike an actual job, I don’t take much in the way of vacation on this here site. I try and post at least one thing every Monday thru Friday, so the occasional holidays are about my only chances to take a break and not have to write something up. Today is Columbus Day (or Thanksgiving in Canada), and while many government employees and such had the day off, to me it’s just another Monday. And so I’ll treat it the same right here, and we’ll do Pick Your Poison as usual. Highlights today include tracks from Glass Vaults, Home Video, Plates of Cake and Tyvek.

Eyeye – Storm

Glass Vaults – Forget Me Not

Home Video – The Smoke

Humanfly – Stew for the Murder Minded

Jed and Lucia – Apostrophe

My Other Friend – Beast (Separated From You At Birth)

Ockums Razor – Pusher

Plates of Cake – Private Yacht

Sacred Animals – Chosen Seed

Tyvek – 4312

Útidúr – Fisherman’s Friend
Útidúr – Grasping for Thoughts

John Lennon’s 70th birthday would have been tomorrow, and I really hope you’ll be doing something to help celebrate the life of one of the greatest musical talents this world has ever known. As some people do, I tend to place at least a little bit of blame on Yoko Ono for the ultimate demise of The Beatles and the start of John’s solo career that kind of paled compared to all he’d done before. But no matter how you feel about John Lennon, especially if you’re a wholehearted McCartney supporter, you should give the guy some respect for penning such amazing songs.

Unfortunately I can’t “legally” give you a bunch of Lennon songs as part of today’s Pick Your Poison, but I can give you a bunch of solid mp3s for your weekend listening pleasure. You’ll want to pay particular attention to songs from The Charlatans, The High Dials and Twin Shadow. The band Odd Future is pretty cool too, and they’d very much like you to know that their sound is NOT horror-core. I actually agree with them on that one. Oh, and if you’ve ever wondered what The Strokes’ “Take It Or Leave It” might sound like as a synth-pop girl band song, The Suzan have you covered below.

Cashes Rivers – Our Boats

The Charlatans – Love Is Ending

Cheap Time – I’d Rather Be Alone

The High Dials – Chinese Boxes

Keepaway – 100 (Sunglasses Remix)

Midnight Juggernauts – Lara Vs. The Savage Pack (LOL Boys Remix)

Odd Future – Sandwitches

Samuel ft. Joell Ortiz – I Heart NY Remix

Sorry No Ferrari – Ashtar

The Suzan – Take It Or Leave It (The Strokes cover)

Twin Shadow – Castles in the Snow

The good ‘ol inbox was full of sonic delights today, and as is the Pick Your Poison tradition, I’m more than happy to share them with you. Among the notables, the band The Heavy has picked up a bunch of press so far this year, and they’ll be releasing a new EP soon, a track from which you can download below. Additionally, there’s a split single from Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkeybirds on one side and Hunx and His Punx on the other, packaged together in a lovely ZIP file for you. I’m also extremely pleased to be offering a track from the great Chicago duo Moneypenny – keep a close eye on them. New cuts from Unicycle Loves You and Woodsman also are more than worth checking out.

The Heavy – That Kind of Man (1.1)

Impossible Hair – You Can Own

Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkeybirds – Floor Length Hair AND Hunx and His Punx – Dream On (Little Dreamer)

The Limousines – Internet Killed the Video Star (The Soundmen Remix)

Moneypenny – Destroy

Montagna and the Mouth to Mouth – Ultrapolyamorous

Paul Avion – Henry Sage & Mrs. Wolverton

Roman Photos – Decline

Unicycle Loves You – Teenage Ghost House
Unicycle Loves You – Mountain Lungs

Woodsman – Balance

Hopefully today’s Pick Your Poison will cure any mid-week blues you might be experiencing. Hip hop fans, specifically Big Boi fans, there’s a treat below in the form of a remix of one of the songs on his latest record. The band Elephant & Castle are good enough on their own, but they got the great artist Houses to remix one of their songs and it’s excellent. I can also give a recommendation to songs from Radical Face and Shigeto. Finally, you can download a full EP’s worth of material from M83 member Morgan Kibby’s new project White Sea, and that’s the real prize today.

Big Boi – Shutterbug (Sub Swara Remix)

Church of Very Bright Lights – Words
Church of Very Bright Lights – Bone/Muscle

Elephant & Castle – Grey Area (Houses Remix)

Indie Folker – Monsters In Rome
Indie Folker – Afraid Not Scared

Radical Face – Doorways

Rumspringa – Queer Eyed Boy

Seafarer – Noise Floor  

Shigeto – Relentless Drag

Ten Million Lights – Kill Yr Idols

White Sea – This Frontier EP  (ZIP)

Today’s Pick Your Poison is a good one (aren’t they all in some aspects?). Vivian Girls bassist/vocalist Kickball Katy has a solo project she’s calling La Sera, and you can (and should) download the first song from it below. The band Mutual Benefit is one to watch, and there’s a pair of songs from them to help prove that. The Sparta Philharmonic track is excellent too, and you shouldn’t miss the song from Wise Blood either.

The Art of Shooting – Japanese
The Art of Shooting – Traveling Show

Daddy Lion – Morning

I Might Be Wrong – Salomon (Radio Edit)

Jane Lui – Jail Card

La Sera – Never Come Around

Meligrove Band – Halflight

Mutual Benefit – Desert Island Feeling
Mutual Benefit – Here

Sparta Philharmonic – Maybe It’s Best

Trademark Da Skydiver – Up Here (ft. Terry Walker)

Wise Blood – Solo (4 Claire)

Yeah, Monday again. It seems like these things come around once a week, and that’s simply awful (If you’re too dense for it, that was a joke). Let’s do our best to take it all in stride with another edition of Pick Your Poison, where you choose what to download and let the chips fall where they may. Notable songs up for download today include a new one from Amusement Parks on Fire, whose new album came out just recently. I can also recommend the bands From a Fountain and Last Year’s Men. You’ll also definitely want to have a listen to the song from Small Black, as they’re set to blow up huge before the end of the year.

All India Radio – Lucky

Amusement Parks on Fire – Flashlight Planetarium

Cock & Swan – Stash

Craig M. Clarke – Life of the Party  
Craig M. Clarke – Just Rolling Along

From A Fountain – Washing

Jupe Jupe – Add As Friend

Kotchy – Barbara Cocker
Kotchy – Diamond Johnny

Last Year’s Men – Paralyzed

Rubblebucket – Triangular Daisies

Small Black – Search Party

Yuck – Georgia
Yuck – Rubber

Big weekend coming up, in the sense of general excitement over not having to work and all that jazz. I plan on having a lot of fun, and hope you do too. Pick Your Poison today has a few strong entries to put you in the right frame of mind over the next couple days. The new song from Fox in the Henhouse is pretty good, and you should look into this band Purling Hiss, as their profile is expected to rise in the next several months. Elsewhere tracks from These United States and Women also get my personal thumbs up. Speaking of which, next week I’ll have a review of Women’s new record, so there’s a little something to look forward to. Enjoy your weekend!

Fox in the Henhouse – Up (Change)

Leland Sundries – Elegy
Leland Sundries – Oh My Sweet Cantankerous Baby

The Mariner’s Children – It Carved Your Name Into the Ground

Purling Hiss – Don’t Even Try It

Richard Vission & Trash Yourself – Get Down

Scarlet Youth – Catch Me When I Fall

Tanya Davis – Please Bless

These United States – Water and Wheat

Unicorn Kid – Dream Catcher

Women – Narrow With The Fall

An interesting collection of mp3s being offered up in today’s Pick Your Poison. There’s a Bob Marley cover from Kae Sun that’s fascinating mostly for how it gets re-interpreted. You might also be so inclined to check out tracks from Rooftop Vigilantes, Shilpa Ray and Darren Hanlon. The great Robert Wyatt is also part of a new trio that’s got an album coming out, the first mp3 of which you can dlownload below as well.

Amy Bezunartea – Doubles

A Bad Think – I’ll Wait Forever  (m4a)

Darren Hanlon – Buy Me Presents

Kae Sun – Natural Mystic (Bob Marley cover)

Lucinda Black Bear – Knives

Nive Nielsen & the Deer Children – Good For You (I Would Be)

Rooftop Vigilantes – Kitty Vacant

Shilpa Ray – Venus Shaver

Teletextile – What If I

True Womanhood – Dream Cargoes

Wyatt, Atzmon, Stephen’s – Laura

Today’s Pick Your Poison highlights include tracks from Echo Orbiter, HolySons, Soars and Wheels on Fire. You’d also be wise to have a listen to Active Child remixing School of Seven Bells.

Alfa – Sky Patrol

Deluka – OMFG (Lauren Flax Remix)

Echo Orbiter – Mouth of an Incomplete Twin
Echo Orbiter – This Worm in Rigor Mortis

Gary Wilson – In the Night

HolySons – Slow Days

Josephine Foster and the Victor Herrero Band – Anda Jaleo

Pet Marmoset – Little Bird
Pet Marmoset – The Ballad of Maynard Noe

School of Seven Bells – Heart Is Strange (Active Child Remix)

Soars – Figurehead

The Tins – The Green Room

Wheels on Fire – Black Wave
Wheels on Fire – Cherry Bomb

Ah, it’s Monday. If you’re on the West Coast, I hope you’re surviving record heat. If you’re on the East Coast, I hope the rain isn’t getting you down. If you’re in the Midwest, what the hell happened to 70 degree temperatures? 80s one week and then 60s the next. Not losing much heat is Pick Your Poison, and there’s another solid collection of mp3s for you to download today. Great stuff from In Grenada, Roman Ruins and Wintersleep. There’s also a song from a band known as Writers Strike, who were formerly known as First Aid Kit. They’re not to be confused with the Swedish female folk duo still known as First Aid Kit. Still, Writers Strike is good, so be sure to check them out too.

Ben Forrester – Swings & Roundabouts
Ben Forrester – Urgency

Dumbo Gets Mad – Eclectic Prawn

In Grenada – Hills (Flooded Valleys)

Kno – La Petite Mort (Come Die With Me)

Meiko – You Gotta Fuckin’ Tip (Live at Hotel Cafe)

Nottz – Blast That (ft. Black Milk)

Roman Ruins – Pastor/al

Seamonster – Oh Appalachia

Wintersleep – Trace Decay

Writers Strike – Bad Time

For a Friday, this is a damn great Pick Your Poison selection. Plenty of songs to choose from, and a few higher profile cuts as well. Be sure to have a listen to songs from Botany, Nightlands, Parting Gifts and Pearly Gates Music. Also exciting is a remix of a song from Jose Gonzalez’s band Junip, along with a Paul McCartney cover from none other than The Morning Benders. Have a great weekend everybody.

Blank Dogs – Northern Islands

Botany – Feeling Today

Clare Maguire – Ain’t Nobody (Breakage Remix)

Dwarr – Animals

Higgins – Wayne Wayne (Go Away) (R. Stevie Moore cover)

James Apollo – Happiness
James Apollo – How Hard

Junip – Always (Run Roc Remix)

The Morning Benders – Ram On (Paul McCartney cover)

Nightlands – Suzerain (A Letter to the Judge)
Nightlands – 300 Clouds

Parting Gifts – Keep Walkin

Pearly Gates Music – Bad Nostalgia

Solar Temple Suicides – A Rough Road Leads to the Stars

The Wagner Logic – Years From Now

Will Eastman – Feelin’ (Nacey Remix)

The weekend is just a day away, so try to stay distracted until then. Pick Your Poison is here to help you out. A new song from British Sea Power that’s quite good is available for download below. You’re also going to want to give the Lower Dens track a listen. And even though they’ve broken up, The Lucksmiths still have one little piece of music still left to give, and it’s worth hearing below.

Belfi / Grubbs / Pilia – Onrushing Cloud

British Sea Power – Zeus

Climber – I Have Seen Everything

David Gergen – The Streets I’m Walkin’

The Five One – Mandatory

Geoffrey Armes – Sweet Breakfast

Kokayi – Autumn Rules (Radio Edit)

Lower Dens – Blue and Silver

The Lucksmiths – Get-to-Bed Birds

Masonic – Lifetime of Deception

Shuteye Unison – Our Future Selves

Sights – How Do You Sleep

Plenty of wonderful songs this mid-week for your downloading pleasure. Exceptionally great stuff you’ll want to pay attention to today comes from Abby GoGo, Johanna and the Dusty Floor, Sonny and the Sunsets and The Thermals. There’s also a solid remix of a Phantogram song and a little bit of stand-up comedy from the one and only Bill Hicks.

Abby GoGo – Louder Than Dreams

Anika – Yang Yang

Bill Hicks – Please Do Not Disturb

Brandi Emma – Let It Go

City of Satellites – BMX

Coco Et Coco – State of Radio

Eux Autres – Go Dancing

Innercity Pirates – Seen It All Before

Jay Nackashi – My Earthly Creature

Johanna and the Dusty Floor – Forest of Sorrows

Kaka – Below This Sun

New Collisions – Ne’er Do Well

Phantogram – When I’m Small (Chuck Brody Remix)

Sonny and the Sunsets – Lovin’ On An Older Gal

The Thermals – Never Listen to Me

Great stuff in today’s Pick Your Poison, but what else is new? There’s a new track from Chicago’s own The 1900s that’s absolutely great. You can also download a track from Anoraak that features Sally Shapiro. The band Parallels does a cover of The Ramones’ “Pet Semetary” that’s pretty decent. Also recommended are tracks from Shit Robot and White Noise Sound.

The 1900s – Babies

Anoraak – Don’t Be Afraid (ft. Sally Shapiro)

Eminem – Lose Yourself (Don Diablo Remix)

Gigi (Ejigayehu Shibawbaw) – Shemum Mune

Go Rydell – The Golden Age

Leila Broussard – Satellite

The Moaners – Cowboy Bob

Parallels – Pet Semetary (Ramones cover)

Plates of Cake – Emil the Soldier

Polymorphic – Apocalypse (Noise Invaders Remix)
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Robert Svensson – Runaway

Sebastian Blanck – Empire of the Free

Shit Robot – Tuff Enough (Radio Edit)

White Noise Sound – Sunset