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Pick Your Poison: Tuesday 6-1-10

I hope you all had a great extended holiday weekend. My Memorial Day was filled with BBQ and hockey (Go Blackhawks!). Anyways, we’re back to business, and Pick Your Poison returns today with songs from Elk City, Clipd Beaks and Royal Canoe, among others. I’ve also got a link where you can download the debut EP from How to Destroy Angels, the new band formed by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and his new wife Mariqueen Maandig. Check all this out, and as usual download what interests you.

Candy Claws – Sunbeam Show

Clipd Beaks – Alien

Elk City – Nine O’Clock in France

Florene – Space Cadets

How to Destroy Angels EP (follow link; email required)

Li Daiguo – Lullaby

Luke Wesley – I Hope You Like This Song

NQ – Within Reach

Quitzow – Cherry Blossom

Red Wanting Blue – Where You Wanna Go

Royal Canoe – Me Loving Your Money

Setting Sun – Sacrifice

Spirituals – City With Soul

Pick Your Poison: Friday 5-28-10

As we head into the long holiday weekend, people are taking off early and not releasing much in the way of mp3s. So naturally then, things are a little lighter than normal. What is here though is primarily quality, so I urge you to spend some time and dig into a few of these artists. Joe Pug is a great Chicago singer-songwriter, there’s a new track from the great Club 8, and one of my personal favorites, Olafur Arnalds, has not one but TWO mp3s here for you to download. Check all of it out, and we’ll be back to business on Tuesday!

Club 8 – Shape Up!

Joe Pug – Bury Me Far From My Uniform   

Modern Time Machines – Dweeb

The New Loud – Wrapped In Plastic
The New Loud – Secrets

Olafur Arnalds – Thu Ert Solin 
Olafur Arnalds – Tunglid

Railcars – Cathedral With No Eyes

Richard Walters – Brittle Bones

Wovenhand – His Rest

Pick Your Poison: Thursday 5-27-10

Today’s Pick Your Poison is a little lighter than usual, but there’s a couple of great tracks from Tobacco and Mt. St. Helen’s Vietnam Band. Those are my highlights, but dig in and discover some new music yourself!

Brian Dunn – Listening to Myself Die

Doey Rock ft. Raekwon – Sunset Strip

Loch Lomond – Ghost of An Earthworm

Mt. St. Helen’s Vietnam Band – Leaving Trails

Proper Villains – Big Top

Rudely Interrupted – Close My Eyes

Tobacco – Six Royal Vipers
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Pick Your Poison: Wednesday 5-26-10

Highlights of today’s Pick Your Poison include a song from Chicago’s own Caw Caw, something off the new Under Byen album, and a pair of pretty good covers.

Castrolava – Pump Pump

Caw Caw – Sons of Sons of Saviors

Lana Mir – I Wanna Be Adored (Stone Roses cover)

Marina and the Diamonds – Starstrukk (3OH!3 cover, Live)

The Parson Red Heads – You Can Leave It
The Parson Red Heads – Knew A Young Girl

Sea of Bees – Marmalade

Sunglasses – Whiplash

Under Byen – Kapitel 1

Will Knox – Buckled Knees

Woodsman – When the Morning Comes

Pick Your Poison: Tuesday 5-25-10

Today’s Pick Your Poison has a little something for everybody. Jam band heroes moe. have a track amid the collection below. You can also download a new song from the late Jay Bennett from an album the former Wilco member was recording shortly before his death. Kathryn Calder is best known as a member of The New Pornographers, but she’s preparing a solo debut for release soon, and there’s a song from that below. If you like punk rock, there’s a song from The Melvins, and hip hop fans can find something to like in a track from PackFM. Tons of choices, including a CFCF remix, are all available for your downloading pleasure right here. Enjoy!

Coltrane Motion – I Forgot There Was A War On
Coltrane Motion – Please Call It A Comeback

Common Prayer – Us vs. Them

Drawn From Bees – Stand Against the Storm

Grupo Fantasma – Telarena (feat. Curt Kirkwood of Meat Puppets)

Jay Bennett – Twice A Year

Kathryn Calder – Slip Away

Kinema – Circles (Secondo Vocal Remix)

Melvins – The Water Glass

moe. – Spine Of A Dog
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Nacho Lovers – Deeper (CFCF Remix)

PackFM – I Fucking Hate Rappers

Sabbath Assembly – We Give Our Lives

Walking Sleep – Final Chapter

Wild Nothing – Chinatown

Pick Your Poison: Monday 5-24-10

Well, it’s the start of another week, and that can be depressing for a number of reasons. One of the more positive things I can say about today is that it heralds another daily edition of Pick Your Poison, where there are plenty of mp3s for you to pick, choose and download at your leisure. Today’s highlights include the newest Domino Records signing Chief, Deer Tick covering Katrina and the Waves, a John Prine live cut, and something new from Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. Not half bad for a Monday.

Ball of Flame Shoot Fire – Mugs

Bellflur – Insect Politics

Chief – Night & Day

Deer Tick – Sun Street (Katrina and the Waves cover)

Fiction – Zebra Crossing

The Great Red Shark and Jason Hunter – Wander With Me

Invisible Elephant – Communication Part II

Jenny Wilson – Only Here for the Fight

John Prine – Long Monday (Live)

Kids of 88 – My House (RAC Remix)

Megafaun – Volunteers

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Sink/Let It Sway  (follow link)

Pick Your Poison: Friday 5-21-10

It’s been a pretty good week. I hope you’re going to spend the weekend outside, in the sun, relaxing in the warmer temperatures. Before, during or after you do so, you might want to have a quick look at Pick Your Poison. Some of the highlights going into the weekend include a cover of TLC’s “No Scrubs”, a track from fellow Chicagoans BBU, a song from Jack White’s wife Karen Elson, something new from Suckers, and Venice Is Sinking doing a Galaxie 500 cover. Enjoy, and we’ll catch up Monday!

Avi Wisnia – No Scrubs (TLC cover)

BBU – BB Who

Clubfeet – Teenage Suicide

David Cross – I Can’t Get Beer In Me

Kacey Johansing – Oh Brother

Karen Elson – The Ghost Who Walks

Manatee – Indecision

Naked Hearts – Call Me

No Second Troy – This Is The End of Me

Showgirls – Foolin’ Around (Hypnolove Remix)

Suckers – A Mind I Knew

Sunglasses – Stand Fast

Venice Is Sinking – Tugboat (Galaxie 500 cover)

Pick Your Poison: Thursday 5-20-10

Who loves free mp3s? That’s what Pick Your Poison is all about. Every Monday through Friday I bring my inbox filled with free mp3s straight to you for your downloading pleasure. If you spot a song from a band you like or have heard a bit about, go ahead and download. If you’re looking for the “next big thing” and want to take some chances, download away. What I personally will recommend this Thursday are the songs from Cap’n Jazz, Darker My Love, New Young Pony Club, the La Roux remix, and the Tame Impala cover. All great, and worth your time. Of course the other stuff might be too, depending on your tastes. Go for what you like or might like!

Alejandro Escovedo – Street Song

Cap’n Jazz – Little League

Dog Day – Rome

Darker My Love – Dear Author (follow link; email required)

Kaz James ft. Macy Gray – Can’t Hold Back (Don Diablo Remix)

La Roux – Bulletproof (Hyper Crush Remix) (follow link)

Midnight Juggernauts – Get Connected

New Young Pony Club – Chaos

Rox – I Don’t Believe (Don Diablo Remix)  

Shundak – Here I Am to Save the World

Son of the Sun – Get Together

Susanna and the Magical Orchestra – Palpatine’s Dream

Tame Impala – Vital Signs (Midnight Juggernauts cover)

Pick Your Poison: Wednesday 5-19-10

My personal highlights from today’s Pick Your Poison are remixes of songs from Yo La Tengo and Tokyo Police Club (by Passion Pit, no less). Check those out, among other things. Download what you like!

Alasdair Roberts – The Daemon Lover

Alex Kemp – On Your Side

Caddywhompus – Let the Water Hit the Floor (ZIP)

Communist Daughter – Fortunate Son

The Happy Hollows – Monster Room

Human Life – In It Together (Acid Girls Remix)

Leopold and His Fiction – Golden Friends

Moondoggies – Fly Mama Fly

Savoir Adore – Bodies (French Horn Rebellion Remix)

Shadow Shadow Shade – Is This A Tempest In the Shape Of A Bell

The Streets on Fire – No One’s Fucking to the Radio

The Telepathic Butterflies – Circle Man

Tokyo Police Club – Wait Up (Boots of Danger) (Passion Pit Remix) (follow link)

Versus – Invincible Hero

Yo La Tengo – Here to Fall (Pete Rock Remix)

Pick Your Poison: Tuesday 5-18-10

Among today’s highlights in Pick Your Poison, there’s a brand new track from Dean & Britta, cool stuff from Holy Ghost! as well as Under Byen. Plenty to recommend, but of course what you actually choose to download is up to you. Have at it!

Dean & Britta – Making Me Smile

Empires- Damn Things Over

The Golden Filter – Hide Me

Gordon Voidwell – Ivy League Circus

Holy Ghost! – Say My Name

Jews and Catholics – Up For Days

Keepaway – Yellow Wings

Milagres – Outside

Screaming Females – Arm Over Arm

True Womanhood – The Monk

Twin Tigers – Everyday

Under Byen – Alt Er Tabt

Pick Your Poison: Monday 5-17-10

To help start your week off on the right foot, Pick Your Poison has some extra mp3s today for your downloading pleasure. Or I just got more emails and links in my inbox than usual. A couple songs from Fang Island, a b-side from Inlets, a new song from Light Pollution, and a hot new band called 2:54. Most of the downloads today are fantastic, so be sure to check them out!

2:54 – Creeping

A Lull – Weapons for War

Cowboy Indian Bear – Mathmaticians/Colour
Cowboy Indian Bear – Saline

Fang Island – Daisy
Fang Island – Life Coach

The Flying Change – Singer

Hamacide – Carnies (feat. Fielded)

Holopaw – The Art Teacher and the Little Stallion

Inlets – Spotsylvania 

Light Pollution – Oh, Ivory!

The Radio Dept. – Never Follow Suit

Stereo Total – Baby Ouh

Still Flyin – Higher Than Five

Teamforest – Blind
Teamforest – Most Things Are Doomed

Thieves Like Us – Forget Me Not Remix EP  (follow link)

This Will Destroy You – Communal Blood

Trees On Fire – Live Life

The Whigs – Dying

The White White Lights – Space Invaders

Pick Your Poison: Thursday 5-13-10

Another day, another collection of mp3s for you to download free via Pick Your Poison. There’s lots of good stuff in today’s edition, including a new song from Math and Physics Club, a hot new hype band Lower Dens, and something new from Damien Jurado. Browse the selections and by all means take what you like!

April Smith – Movie Loves A Screen

Damien Jurado – Cloudy Shoes

Delays – Find A Home (New Forest Shaker) (follow link)

The Ex-Girlfriends Club – Your Prescription

Ghosty – Team Up Again
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The Golden Dogs – Permanent Record

Josiah Wolf – Ohioho

Lower Dens – Hospice Gates

Math and Physics Club – Jimmy Had A Polaroid

Neverever – Young and Dumb

Pearly Gate Music – Big Escape

Red Wire Black Wire – Breathing Fire

Setting Sun – Make You Feel

Suckers – Black Sheep

Pick Your Poison: Wednesday 5-12-10

Happy Hump Day. Here’s your Wednesday edition of Pick Your Poison, with mp3s straight from my inbox to your ears. Download what you like, and you may just discover some awesome new band.

Backseat Dreamer – Consider

Gasoline Silver – Indianapolis

Grovesnor – Taxi from the Airport (dEbruit Remix)

Gwyneth & Monko – Good Old Horse

Making Movies – Da La Vuelta

Midnight Spin – In the Air (Revival)

Parallels – Find the Fire

Sarah Blasko – All I Want

Pick Your Poison: Tuesday 5-11-10

Today’s edition of Pick Your Poison has plenty of choice mp3s for you. Highlights include a song from Casiokids, a new song from Jose Gonzales’ band Junip, and a Phantogram remix. Check it out!

Brock Enright & Kirsten Deirup – Maybe

Casiokids – Finn Bikkjen!

The Chemical Brothers – Swoon (Don Diablo Remix)

Club 8 – Western Hospitality (Pallers Remix)
 
The Dig – You’re Already Gone

Household Names – Definitely

The Howard Way – Runaway

Junip – Rope and Summit

The Mary Onettes – The Night Before the Funeral

Mountain Man – Soft Skin

Phantogram – Mouthful of Diamonds (Alan Wilkis Remix)

Richard McGraw – Balmville Motel

Sonny & The Sunsets – Too Young to Burn

Pick Your Poison: Monday 5-10-10

New music from Ganglians and Cowboy Junkies are some of the mini-highlights that Pick Your Poison has to offer today. As usual, download what you like and leave the rest. Good way to start off the week.

Big Tree – The Concurrence of All Things

Cowboy Junkies – Stranger Here

Futurebirds – Johnny Utah

Ganglians – My House

Gaspar Claus – An Inexhaustable Feeling

Gobble Gobble – Seizure to the Metronome

The Hi-Tones – Hit and Run

Judson Claiborne – Song for Dreaming

Sam Amidon – Cabin in the Corner

Tender Trap – Girls With Guns  (please note, this is NOT The Temper Trap!)

Visions of Trees – Palms 

Wild Moccasins – Skin Collision Past

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