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Okay, today’s Pick Your Poison is a solid one, as they typically are. My favorites in this bunch include a brand new song from Screaming Females. Merge Records band Versus also have a new mp3 for you. The band Chain Gang of 1974 is also pretty cool and worth checking out. Oh! And I can’t forget about female hip hop artist Hesta Prynn (of Northern State). That’s a pretty dope song too. Explore, download, and discover some new music you’ll hopefully fall in love with.

Artificial Sea – Kaleidoscope
Artificial Sea – Dangerous Day

Chain Gang of 1974 – Hold On
Chain Gang of 1974 – Don’t Walk Away
Chain Gaing of 1974 – Matter of Time

The Emotron – Karaoke Night

Hesta Prynn – Can We Go Wrong

LexiconDon – December Sunset
LexiconDon – December Sunset (U-Tern Remix)

moe. – Spine of a Dog

Paper Tiger – Palace (ft. Dessa)

Screaming Females – I Don’t Mind It

Soft Cat – Blackbird

Typhoon – Starting Over
Typhoon – CPR Claws: Pt. 2

Versus – Gone to Earth

We’re fast approaching mid-July, and really it still feels like the month just started. Of course now is heat wave season, so of course if you’re dealing with extreme temperatures I hope you’re finding a way to stay cool. While the mp3s in today’s Pick Your Poison can’t physically relieve your sweltering outdoor conditions, they are cool in their own way. Highlights today include a couple of classic tracks from Arab Strap, another new song (after one yesterday) from Kristin Hersh, a Neon Indian remix, and something from the band Stornoway you should probably pay attention to.

Arab Strap – The First Big Weekend
Arab Strap – Packs of Three

Clubfeet – Edge of Extremes
Clubfeet – Teenage Suicide

Fops – Solid Copper Huntress

Hamacide – Broadway Dancers (ft. Sasha and Malia)

Kristin Hersh – Rubidoux

Like Bells – Follow the Birds
Like Bells – Sea Salt
Like Bells – Chamomile

Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms (Apache Beat Remix)

Run On Sentence – Out in the Woods

Soft Reeds – This Affair

Stornoway – Zorbing

The Tom Fun Orchestra – Miles Davis

All week leading up to the start of the Pitchfork Music Festival this Friday, I’ll be offering up a preview guide for those attending, or simply those wanting to learn more about the artists playing one of this summer’s most hotly anticipated music festivals. That being said, Pick Your Poison will continue as usual for this week, with the exception of Friday where I’ll be too busy watching live music to post up some fresh mp3s. Just wanted to warn all of you in advance. Alright, so today’s highlights include a new song from the soon-to-be hot band Lower Dens. You might also want to have a listen to the Kristin Hersh track, and the new one from Superchunk. Oh, and the Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti is a couple months old, but I’ve never posted it before and if you’ve not yet heard it, it’s definitely worth a download.

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Round and Round

Backseat Dreamer – Gold Dust

Boxharp – Leatherwing Bat

Desmond and the Tutus – High Fives

Dylan LeBlanc – If Time Was for Wasting

Flore – Cars

Kristin Hersh – Coals

Lower Dens – Tea Lights

Neil Nathan – Highways
Neil Nathan – I’m So Happy You Failed (Laptop cover)

Superchunk – Skip Steps 1&3

Tim Chad and Sherry – The Love I Make

In something of an oddity, though Fridays are typically lean on mp3s, this one’s shockingly great. Not only are there enough downloads to go around, but they’re also from some pretty great artists. There’s a new song from The Clientele off a forthcoming EP they’ll be releasing. Hallelujah the Hills also covers a classic Joanna Newsom song. The band Holy Family is one you’re going to want to watch out for in the short run. Add to that a song from the new Stars album, something fresh from art-rock band Women, and a remix of a Yeasayer song by The Golden Filter. Plenty worth downloading, and a great way to kick off the weekend.

Bazile – Soldier City
Bazile – Life of Particles

Central Services (El-P and Camu Tao) – What God Should Do

The Clientele – Jerry

The Delta Mirror – He Was Worse Than The Needle He Gave You

Hallelujah the Hills – Clam Crab Cockle Cowne (Joanna Newsom cover)

Holy Family – Whatever There’s to Know

Jaill – The Stroller

Mock and Toof – Suppress Your Feelings

SAADI – Bad City

Stars – Fixed

Women – Eyesore

Yeasayer – Madder Red (The Golden Filter Remix)

Some great choices for you in today’s edition of Pick Your Poison. FIrst and foremost, the band Dominant Legs is going to be attracting plenty of attention in the coming months, so now would be a good time to get on board with the new song featured below. There’s also a CFCF remix of a song by Korallreven, a new track from Shapes and Sizes, plus an additional free download from The Tallest Man On Earth.

Aikiu – Just Can’t Sleep (Stupid Human Remix)

Breathe Owl Breathe – Own Stunts

Carl Broemel – Heaven Knows

Dominant Legs – Clawing Out at the Walls

Efren – Stay High

FUR – Polybreak

Korallreven – The Truest Faith
Korallreven – The Truest Faith (CFCF Remix)

Lights On – Red Lights Flashing

Nice Purse – Heart Medley

Shapes and Sizes – I Need An Outlet

The Tallest Man On Earth – Burden of Tomorrow

Another day, another set of mp3s for you to download as part of Pick Your Poison. Choose what looks good to you, and leave behind the rest. Today’s recommendations include a pair of songs from Balmorhea, a pretty cool cut from Good Weather For An Airstrike, and a band called The Gypsy Nomads you may want to check out.

Balmorhea – Night Squall
Balmorhea – Bow Spirit

Bottomless Pit – 38 Souls

Doppelganger – Breaks My Head

Good Weather For An Airstrike – The Beginning of the Rest of Our Lives

The Gypsy Nomads – Makeout

Jenny Wilson – Only Here for the Fight

Juliette Commagere – Impact

Thinking Machines – Nothing Feels the Same

Valient Thorr – Double Crossed

William Brittelle – Sheena Easton

Hope everyone had a great extended holiday weekend. So much BBQ and fireworks. Anyways, let’s get back into the normal state of things with today’s edition of Pick Your Poison. The extra holiday off has contributed to an increased number of mp3s for download today, so that’s a good thing if you like free music. Highlights today include a song from the forthcoming Of Montreal album, along with a remix of a great Local Natives song. So much else is good too, so have a look and a listen should you have the chance.

Alexa Wilding – Black Diamond Day

Can!!Can – God Lives in NYC

Coma Coma – Lightning Bolt

David’s Lyre – Heartbeat (ZIP)

Deluka – Nevada

The Golden Dogs – Permanent Record

Jen Wood – Pills

Local Natives – Wide Eyes (Teen Daze Remix)

Marco Mahler – The Trees Have Fallen And The Birds Are Ripe
Marco Mahler – Cell Phone Antenna Trophy

Minor Stars – The Death of the Sun
Minor Stars – Dead Weight

Modern Skirts – DUI

Noun – Brother
Noun – Holy Hell

Of Montreal – Coquet Coquette

Rachel McGoye – Ghetto Gloss

Shunda K – Here I Am To Save The World (Nite Club Remix)

Zoot Woman – More Than Ever (Upstation Remix)

It’s a long holiday weekend that if you haven’t kicked it off already, hopefully you will shortly. That is if you live in America. Faronheit will be taking Monday off as an observance of the July 4th holiday, just to give you some advanced warning. As you’re relaxing with some grilled food, cold beverages and bright fireworks, here’s today’s mini-sized version of Pick Your Poison. Okay, so it’s not so much fewer songs than normal, but I guess a bunch of record labels gave their employees a 4-day weekend because I got less than half the number of emails I normally do on a weekday. That’s neither here nor there I guess. So a new song from The Thermals is probably the most important and noticeable thing amongst the mp3s below. I’m also making special note of a special compilation put together by the good people over at Buffetlibre, who are looking to help out Amnesty International in preventing human rights abuses around the world. For pricing options ranging from 5-25 British pounds (check the exchange rate for your country), they’ll give you access to download 180+ exclusive songs by artists such as The Antlers, Mogwai, A Place to Bury Strangers, Ra Ra Riot, Asobi Seksu, The Spinto Band, Marissa Nadler, Apostle of Hustle, Crocodiles, Dan Deacon and a whole lot more. A few of the “bonus” tracks are featured below, including a Beatles cover by Sally Shapiro. Delightful stuff for a good cause, so please contribute if you can! And have a great 4th of July. Try not to get blown up by any fireworks.

Chinese Christmas Cards – Dreams
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C-Mon and Kypski – Turn of the Tides
C-Mon and Kypski – Bomba (Daniel Haaksman Remix)

Hamacide – Broadway Dancers

The Hidden Cameras – Wild Mannered Army
Buy the PEACE compilation from Buffetlibre and Amnesty International

Junk Culture – West Coast

Revolver – Get Around Town

Sally Shapiro – Hello Goodbye (Beatles cover)
Buy the PEACE compilation from Buffetlibre and Amnesty International

Sara Radle – Song for Adam

The Thermals – I Don’t Believe You

Today’s extra special good stuff on Pick Your Poison includes a brand new song from the great Sharon Van Etten. Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock’s pseudo-side project Ugly Casanova contributed a bunch of new songs to a movie soundtrack, one of which is available for download below. Also, New Pornographers member Kathryn Calder has released another mp3 from her forthcoming solo album. Plenty of other good stuff too, so check these songs out.

A.R.E. Weapons – Mr. Creature

Bishop Morocco – Last Year’s Disco Guitars

Brothertiger – Vision Tunnels

BUSSES – Stationary

Christopher Smith – Gently Gently

Erik Friedlander – Aching Sarah

Gavin Hardkiss – Mundo Via Afrika (World Cup Song)

Kathryn Calder – Arrow

Psychic Powers – Glide

Pull In Emergency – Everything Is The Same

Roadside Graves – Everything
Roadside Graves – Everything (Ari Why Remix)

Sharon Van Etten – Love More

Ugly Casanova – Here’s to Now

Great stuff as a part of today’s Pick Your Poison. You’re going to want to pay special attention to the Twin Sister remix of the How to Dress Well song “Ready for the World”, which is getting a fair amount of hype at the moment. Also good is a track from the upcoming new Jukebox the Ghost album, and Matthew Young is an artist you’re going to want to keep an eye on as well. But plenty of good songs from plenty of good bands available, download and have a listen for yourself.

BAMBARA – Stay Gray

Don Diablo vs. The White Stripes – Seven Nation Daddy

Dylan Gilbert – Isabella

Harvey Girls – Smile Like Gwynplaine

How to Dress Well – Ready for the World (Twin Sister Remix)

Jukebox the Ghost – Empire

Matthew Young – Dummy Line

Nick Butcher – Minutes Overlap

Postdata – Tobias Grey

Rivulets – Four Weeks

Spur – Mr. Creep

We’re quickly reaching the end of June, and it seems like only weeks ago this month was starting (yes, I’m aware of the sheer idiocy of this sentence, but I’m amused by it). As the days get hotter and so do the grills, another edition of Pick Your Poison might serve as a nice cool down. Today’s highlights include a brand new song from Frankie Rose and the Outs. For those who don’t know, Frankie Rose has been in about 4 different bands in the last couple years, from Vivian Girls to Crystal Stilts to Dum Dum Girls among others, and now she’s striking out on her own. Also worth paying attention to are mp3s from Hot Hot Heat and Toro y Moi. Check out that Woodsman song too, among others. These are all pretty good, so as usual use your own discretion when downloading.

Dax Riggs – No One Will Be A Stranger

Electric Tickle Machine – Honest Injun
Buy Electric Tickle Machine’s “Blew It Again” from iTunes

Eux Autres – You’re Alright

everyBoy – Another Love (Tanqueray)

Frankie Rose and the Outs – Little Brown Haired Girls

Freddie Gibbs – National Anthem (Fuck the World)

Halsted – Walking Shoes

Hot Hot Heat – Goddess on the Prairie

Lydia Burrell – Ring

Steel Train – Bullet
Steel Train – Turnpike Ghost

Toro y Moi – Leave Everywhere

Wake Up Lucid – Black Hair Woman

Woodsman – I Can’t Move

Welcome to what we music lovers tend to call a “holiday week”. You could say that next week probably applies that label better, but I’ve been getting the indication that a number of people are a little too eager for their 4th of July celebrations to begin. Not only were my neighbors shooting off fireworks earlier tonight, but the list of people I know on vacation is pretty huge. That being said, expect Pick Your Poison to be on the lighter side until we’re clear of the 4th, with the obligatory July 5th off as well (in observance of course). Highlights today include songs from Carl Broemel, who is a member of My Morning Jacket, and the oft-experimental Serena Maneesh.

Ariel Aparicio – People Who Died (Jim Carroll cover)

Carl Broemel – Heaven Knows

Electric Sunset – Soda

Frances – Between Us
Frances – Lawn Party (Demo)

Jay Trainer – Miss You Well

LexiconDon – December Sunset

The Lucky Dip Escapade – Camp Fire Song

Serena Maneesh – I Just Want To See Your Face

Them Youth – Lost n Lonely (Castaway remix)

Thinking Machines – Nothing Feels the Same

Trances Arc – Boom City

Well, it looks like we used up all the good mp3 mojo earlier in the week, because as far as Pick Your Poison days go, this one is virtually bone dry. All five of the artists below are excellent though, I can personally attest to having heard not only these songs but previous work by all of them, and you can’t really go wrong no matter what you might pick. If I had to point out some strict highlights though, Califone and These Are Powers might be my two big picks of the day.

Califone – Ro

Canby – Rat

David Dondero – Wherever You Go

These Are Powers – Anything Above Nothing  (follow link; mediafire)

These United States – The Great Rivers

As the selection is so sparse today, I thought I might take a moment to share some more songs with you from a number of fresh artists all making music on the same small record label. Call it what you like, but let’s say that Stress Carrier Records is my featured record label of the week. They’re based out of Scranton, PA, and are made up of various musicians and bands that create and release their stuff on their own terms. Of course there’s also some other bands not related to label management signed to Stress Carrier as well. So in the hopes of giving this label and their artists more exposure, spend some time with some of these artists and songs and see if there’s something you like in this bunch. As Pick Your Poison is all about discovering new artists, this is as good of a ground as any to investigate some of the stuff that’s below oh so many radars these days. Find out more about these artists and purchase their music via http://www.stresscarrier.net.

Das Black Milk – Glass

Dice Island – untitled

feelingextrovert – Keyboards On Teh Floor

Fulmarine Petrels – Gold In the Yard

Girls Galore – Sunny Hands

Jeff Gilotti – Arctic Roll

My Dad Is A Dinosaur – Sticks and Stones

Obvious Dolphin – Fashion Boredom

Things are getting a little lighter mp3-wise as we quickly near the end of the week. That’s typical, but the quality of course remains high. Some of the songs you’ll want to check out in today’s Pick Your Poison include a pair of new cuts from Deastro, some fresh mp3s from the latest releases by The Depreciation Guild, First Aid Kit and Yellow Fever, along with a cool Joy Division cover from I’m Not A Band.

Apollo Ghosts – Coka Cola Admen

The Beets – What Did I Do

Dark Dark Dark – Daydreaming
Dark Dark Dark – Bright Bright Bright

Deastro – Get Frostied
Deastro – Mowgli the Lynx

The Depreciation Guild – My Chariot

First Aid Kit – I Met Up With the King

Hooray for Earth – Surrounded By Your Friends
Hooray for Earth – Surrounded By Your Friends (Twin Shadow Remix)

How to Dress Well – Ready for the World

I’m Not A Band – She’s Lost Control (Joy Division cover)

Yellow Fever – Hell Fire

Plenty more treats for you today within the Pick Your Poison ranks. Personal favorites include a new songs from Salem, Perfume Genius and Sia, among others. There’s also a great Television cover that Local Natives did as part of Aquarium Drunkard’s all-star indie tribute to Television’s album “L’Aventure”, the entirety of which is available as a free download with a suggested donation to charity. Good stuff, and I advise you to download the whole thing and donate.

Coin Under Tongue – Dogma Sheen

Donny Hue and the Colors – Wild Again
Donny Hue and the Colors – A Bit Tickled  

Donovan Quinn and the 13th Month – Mom’s House

Human Life – In It Together (Jaymo & Andy George Moda Remix)  (follow link; mediafire)

Julius C – Don’t Want Anybody

Lille – Tall Shoulders (Todd Buchler Remix)

Local Natives – Careful (Television cover)
Go here to download Aquarium Drunkard’s “L’Aventure” tribute to Television, and make a charitable donation

not An Airplane – Trains

Perfume Genius – Learning

Pete Lawne – All That We Keep (Don Diablo Remix)

Salem – King Night

Samuel – I Heart NY  

Sia – You’ve Changed

Wartime Blues – Robert Ford and Jesse James

Woods – I Was Gone