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If you’ve got yourself a Garfield case of Monday-itis, don’t worry too much – Pick Your Poison will help get you through this trying time. Be sure to give a listen to a new song from The Migrant, whose album comes out tomorrow. For fans of covers, Sky Larkin does a halfway decent rendition of Heart”s “Barracuda”. There’s also a remix of a Starfucker song and a track from Vanity Theft that’s worth your time.

Doppelganger – Breaks My Head

Embarassing Fruits – Vanishing Frontier

Girl Haggard – Modern Lovers

Jerry Granelli – Wait for the Machine

The Migrant – In the Sun

Mr. Little Jeans – Faking Gold

One in a Googolplex – Monolith
One in a Googolplex – Just Like You

RocketNumberNine – You Reflect Me

Sky Larkin – Barracuda (Heart cover)

Starfucker – Julius (Painted Palms Remix)

Tied to the Branches – Fog

Vanity Theft – Anatomy

Yet another weekend is upon us, and with these last remaining days of warmth (depending on where you live), I hope you’ll be spending some time outside having fun. Fall officially begins next week, so enjoy the last moments of summer while you still can. Great stuff in Pick Your Poison today as well. Be sure to check out the new song from The Fresh and Onlys as it is the “only” track I’ll completely certify as “fresh”. Sorry, bad wordplay. Other great recommendations are for tracks from Sun Airway and Suuns. The band Paleo is sterting to attract the right kinds of attention with the song available below, and in the “did you know?” file, the band Ima Robot who’ve been around for a few years now is actually fronted by Alex Ebert, current lead singer for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. There’s a new Ima Robot track below as well.

Allo Darlin – My Heart Is A Drummer

Death Culture At Sea – Field High and Burning

Dustin Wong – Walking Cloud

Filthy Bird – Pick Me Up

The Fresh and Onlys – Waterfall

Ima Robot – Ruthless

Paleo – The King James Fakebook

Punches – Feeling Right

Sun Airway – Put the Days Away

Suuns – Up Past the Nursery

Turzi – Bombay

Another week is almost done. I hope you’re excited for the weekend. To help get you there, here’s another snazzy edition of Pick Your Poison. Great stuff today includes tracks from AIDS Wolf, Banjo or Freakout, Oh Land and So So Glos. Check them out, it’s all delightful.

AIDS Wolf – Teaching To Suffer

Arthur Nasson – Unglued

Banjo or Freakout – Over There

Christopher Paul Stelling – Strange Darkness

Davila 666 – Mala

De Staat – Habibi

I Never Dance – I Never Dance

Mariage Blanc – Whatever You Say I Am

Oh Land – Sun of A Gun

Saharan Gazelle Boy – Halfhair Girl

Sleeping in the Aviary – Y.M.C.A. (No, Not That One)

So So Glos – Lindy Hop

Holy wow there’s a lot of great stuff in today’s Pick Your Poison. A full mixtape from Das Racist, which features contributions from Chairlift, El-P and The Very Best, among others. Then there’s the free EP that John Vanderslice released today, available in all its 320kbps mp3 glory below. There’s also The Radio Dept.’s scathing indictment of the Swedish government in a brand new song. Frankie Rose and the Outs have released a new mp3 as well. And Chicago’s own Urge Overkill haven’t put out any new music in the last 15 years, but today I’m proud to offer you something brand new from them. Great stuff.

ANR – The Endless Field of Mercury (Single Edit)

Das Racist – Sit Down Man Mixtape (feat. Chairlift, El-P and The Very Best

First Love, Last Rites – Slow Wind

Frankie Rose and the Outs – Candy

The Good Natured – Prisoner

Hot Panda – Mindlessnesslessness

John Vanderslice – Green Grow The Rushes EP  (ZIP)

Led to Sea – Is This The Last Time

Mike Andrews – Sun Burn

The Phantom Band – Walls

The Radio Dept. – The New Improved Hypocrisy

Simian Ghost – Sequenced Dreams of Independence

Urge Overkill – Effigy

I had jury duty today. It was a drag (sitting around for hours doing nothing until dismissed), but on the plus side I did get to spend the time listening to some great new music. Some of it is in today’s edition of Pick Your Poison. Be sure to download new tracks from J. Tillman (of Fleet Foxes), Secret Cities, Murdocks and Shadow Shadow Shade, but really most of these songs are great.

Betsy Franck and the Bareknuckle Band – City of Gold

David Vertesi – All Night All Night All Night

Gianna Lauren – Become What You Can’t Be

J. Tillman – Diamondback

James and Evander – Turtle Two

Leonard Mynx – Song With No Name

Murdocks – Black Jesus Knocking

Redstone Hall – Get Back Jack

Secret Cities – On Holiday

Seymour Bits – Style
Seymour Bits – This Is The Place To Be (TWR72 Remix)

Shadow Shadow Shade – Say Yes

Shunda K – I’m Da Best

Vim Cortez – Soul of a Gentleman

The Vita Ruins – Seven Suns

Another start to another week. I hope you’ve got something to look forward to that’ll make the time go by faster. If not, maybe some mp3s will soothe those early week blues. Recommended songs today include cuts from Erland & the Carnival, Houses, Sharon Van Etten and Wira. There’s also an old school Fela Kuti mp3 that could be considered a great introduction to such an important artist of the 60s and 70s. For those of you looking for a mixtape, there’s a good one from Korallreven that features such luminaries as Taken By Trees, jj, Memoryhouse and Salem, among others.

Bridges and Powerlines – Mirabell

[the] caseworker – Boats

Erland & the Carnival – Trouble In Mind

Fela Kuti – Zombie

Houses – Soak It Up

Jen Wood – Morning Light

Korallreven – A Dream By Korallreven For Korallreven In Collaboration With Korallreven For Korallreven  (Mixtape feat. Taken By Trees, jj, Memoryhouse, Salem)

New Collisions – Dying Alone

Rakaa – Delilah

Satellite Stories – Kids Aren’t Safe In The Metro
Satellite Stories – Mexico

Sharon Van Etten – Don’t Do It

Wira – Vloeitjes
Wira – Playground

Congratulations on making it to the end of this shortened holiday week. As a reward for all your hard work, Friday’s edition of Pick Your Poison is extra delightful. A Memory Tapes remix of a Clare Maguire song should catch your ear pretty nicely. If you’re into polarizing experimental pop music, a track from CocoRosie may or may not be good for what ails you. Also coming highly recommended by me are tracks from Megafaun and Monotonix. Have a great weekend!

Acid Washed – Acid Washed (Danger Remix)

Clare Maguire – Ain’t Nobody (Memory Tapes Remix)

CocoRosie – R.I.P. Burn Face

Dada Trash Collage – Two Eyes

Grant Cutler & the Gorgeous Lords – Our Love Is A Mighty Fortress

In Grenada – Distance and Temptation

Kid Kaio – Hey

Kindergarten Circus – Twin Evils

Megafaun – Carolina Days

Monotonix – Give Me More

The Sleep Ins – Silver State

Weekend – Coma Summer

Yvette Rovira – Let’s Go Out Tonight (Electrolightz Remix)

Happy Friday Eve, where we celebrate like it’s Friday but a day early. I hope you’ve got some fun planned as a result. A lot of the songs in today’s Pick Your Poison are fun, and I’ve got a handful of recommendations for you as usual. Be sure to check out tracks by The 88, Callers, Jesse Payne and One Hundred Flowers. You’ll definitely also want to download new songs from Owen Pallett and Low. Do it to it, the weekend is just a day away.

The 88 – Center of the Sun

Airplane Noise – Go Ahead

Callers – You Are An Arc

Gospel Claws – Avenues

The Hush Now – The Other Ones

Jesse Payne – Manhattan Project

Lek Fonq – Inner Rhythm (Trust Mix)

Lloyd Cole – Double Happiness

Low – Silver Rider

One Hundred Flowers – Rat Trap

Owen Pallett -A Man With No Ankles  (ZIP)

The Society of Rockets – Lost in Dreams

Pretty great set of songs for today’s Pick Your Poison. The new Blonde Redhead album “Penny Sparkle” is out next week, and you can grab a preview track below. And though the album has been out for awhile, Field Music have just given out another song off of it. You can also get a brand new song from The Tallest Man on Earth, who has a new EP available digitally now. Also worth checking out are songs from Jesse Woods, Low Sea and Royal Baths. Seriously, some excellent stuff. By all means download away.

Blonde Redhead – Not Getting There

The Cloud I’m Under – Bleed

Field Music – All You’d Ever Need to Say

Gary Wilson – Electric Endicott

The Horror, The Horror – Time Is A Spinning Wheel
The Horror, The Horror – Black Barn

Jesse Woods – Sparks

Levels – El Jardin

Low Sea – Falling
Low Sea – Never Yours

Ned Oldham – The One Light

Royal Baths – Nikki Don’t

The Sheepdogs – I Don’t Know

The Tallest Man on Earth – Like the Wheel  

Tara Simmons – I Cannot Be Saved
Tara Simmons – All You Can

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day. If you were working as I was, hopefully it was less painful than a normal day. The good news is that now it’s Tuesday and though you have to return to work, there’s plenty of new music to help get you through it. Highlights of today’s Pick Your Poison include a remix of a Nina Simone track. There’s something of a supergroup in the new band OFF!, which has members of Black Flag, Burning Brides and Hot Snakes. There’s a new dance cut from Royksopp. A remix of a Sebastien Tellier song. The bands The Black Twig Pickers and Translations are worth checking out as well. And for some fun, check out the cryptic website of the band Longstay, where you can click through a maze with multiple paths and endings.

The Black Twig Pickers – Don’t Drink Nothing But Corn

Cowboy Indian Bear – Saline

Irata – Drunken Dwarf

Longstay – Old Heads on Young Shoulders
Check out Longstay’s maze of a website

Moondoggies – It’s A Shame, It’s A Pity

Nina Simone – I Put A Spell On You (MiM0SA remix)

OFF! – Upside Down

Remora – Nevada Smith

Royal Hideouts – Deaf Sister

Royksopp – Malangen Fra Bruhodet

Sebastien Tellier – Kilometer (A-Trak Remix)

Translations – The Wanderer

Wet Teens – Wet Teens

Woolen – I Will Find A Way

With the holiday weekend just getting started, everyone’s checking out early to travel out of town or just plain relax for the next few days. I hope you get the chance to spend quality time with family and friends over the next few days. Understandably then, Pick Your Poison is a tiny bit thin today. Another song from ARP gets a double thumbs up from me. You should also have a listen to songs by Oholics and The Super Vacations (the perfect band name for this weekend, right?). Faronheit will be taking Monday off thanks to Labor Day (where we celebrate not working), but things will resume as normal on Tuesday. Have a great extended weekend everybody.

ARP – From A Balcony Overlooking The Sea

The Biters – Melody for Lovers

Delay Trees – Cassette 2012

From A Fountain – Morning

Kokayi – RoxTar

Lavinia – A Damning Confession

Mackintosh Braun – Could It Be  (ZIP)

Oholics – Lose It

Rah Digga and Redman – This Ain’t No Little Kid Rap

The Super Vacations – Be Glad

I hope you’re as psyched about the upcoming Labor Day weekend as I am. It’s sort of a “last hurrah” for summer, what with everyone breaking out the BBQ and hanging around outside before the temperatures really start to drop. In eager anticipation of that, Pick Your Poison is pretty great today. The Chicago band City State makes some pretty good music, and they’re giving much of it away for free, which is why I’d also like to encourage you to follow the link below and donate a buck or two to help them out. Additionally, Crocodiles are giving away a free EP of instrumental songs that’s worth your time. Arcade Fire fans, you’ll definitely want to hear The Drums covering the great “Suburbs” track “We Used to Wait”. Speaking of covers, Telekinesis covers the band Green, which is pretty cool as well. And The Intelligence gets a big old recommended stamp from me as well. I really “like” their song, if you catch my drift.

Brad Laner – Crawl Back In (Baths Remix)

Brent Amaker and the Rodeo – Man in Charge

City States – Okay
Download more free music from City States, and donate if you can

Crocodiles – Fires of Comparison EP  (ZIP)

Delay Trees – About Brothers

The Delfields – Justine

The Drums – We Used to Wait (Arcade Fire cover)

First Aid Kit – Hard Believer

The Intelligence – Like Like Like Like Like Like Like

J Minus – Congratulations, You Suck

The Mommyheads – Needmore, PA

Telekinesis – Gotta Getta Record Out (Green cover)

There are a few fascinating songs up for download as part of today’s Pick Your Poison. First there’s the free EP from the band Hostage, which is certainly worth more than the $0.00 they’re asking for it. I’m also a pretty big fan of The Postelles’ cover of Buddy Holly’s “Everyday”, which has been done a number of times before but their version is one of the better ones. And one band you’re really going to want to get to know in the coming months is Sunset, so be sure to check them out as well.

Eastern Conference Champions – Bloody Bells (M. Zero Remix)

Hostage – Roll EP  (ZIP)

Jacob Faurholt – A Fish in a Bowl
Jacob Faurholt – Rusty Country Cage

Jared Mees and the Grown Children – Cockleburrs and Hay

The Lovetones – City Meets the Stars

MEN – Simultaneously (Lauren Flax Remix)

Moby – Feeling So Real (Don Diablo Remix)

The Mynabirds – Numbers Don’t Lie

The Postelles – Everyday (Buddy Holly cover)

Redstone Hall – Get Back Jack

Sunset – Moonlight

The Wagner Logic – Waiting for Snow

Plenty of great music today as we bring August to a close. Jenny Lewis and her boyfriend Johnathan Rice are releasing their first album together under the name Jenny and Johnny today, and you can download a song off that below. Also notable is the song from Blue Water White Death, which is the side project team-up of Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu and Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater. The band The Chap is getting some good press recently, so you’ll want to give them a listen if you haven’t already. The same goes for The War on Drugs, who are sure to be big on the indie scene in the coming months.

ARP – White Light

Blood Feathers – Don’t Know You at All

Blue Water White Death – Song for the Greater Jihad

The Chap – We Work in Bars
The Chap – Even Your Friend (Teengirl Fantasy Remix)

Cut Copy – Hearts on Fire (Dave Edwards Remix)

Jenny and Johnny -Animal

Jupe Jupe – Something About Love

Michael Parallax – All the Young Bloods of Baltimore

Pepper Rabbit – Older Brother

Voxhaul Broadcast – Leaving on the 5th

The War on Drugs – Comin’ Through

Yair Yona – Brave Walls

Only a couple days left in August. Where does the time go. Kicking off a week’s worth of Pick Your Poison, Monday’s edition isn’t half bad. A new song from Black Heart Procession, as well as Capstan Shafts might catch your ear in that good sort of way. Clean Equations and The Two Man Gentlemen Band also get my personal thumbs up as well.

Black Heart Procession – Blank Page

Blunt Mechanic – Less Beat

Capstan Shafts – Heart Your Eat Out

The Cinnamon Band – I’m Asking You

Clean Equations – A Little More 14 on 26

Cold Seeds – Leave Me to Lie Alone in the Ground
Cold Seeds – The Perfume of Mexican Birds
Buy the Cold Seeds album

Inspector Tapehead – Yarvil
Inspector Tapehead – Pherenzik Tear
Buy the Inspector Tapehead album

Princess Superstar – Lollipop (Crookers Remix)

SAADI – Take It Easy

Soft Seeds – This Affair

Talvihorros – The Blue Cathedral
Talvihorros – Twin Peaks Theme

The Two Men Gentlemen Band – Chocolate Milk