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It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another weekly dip into the pool of music news, interviews and videos that I like to call This Week In Music! Yes, in addition to the normal Pick Your Poison mp3s and Soundcloud streams, I like to toss out links to a bunch of other music-related content that I’ve found interesting or worthwhile over the course of the week. I encourage you to check some, if not all of these things out, particularly if you’re looking to waste some time. There’s plenty to see, read and hear:

Music Video: Perfume Genius – Queen

Watch an hour-long St. Vincent performance for “Live on Letterman”

Watch Future Islands perform “Seasons (Waiting On You)” live at Primavera Sound

Music Video: The New Pornographers – War on the East Coast

More than 700 indie record labels have united for a “Fair Digital Deals Declaration”

Music Video: Jenny Lewis – Just One of the Guys

The MTV Video Music Awards nominations are out

David Bowie has promised he’ll be releasing new music “soon”

Download No More, a free EP from Jeremih & Shlohmo

Watch Weird Al Yankovic perform his Pharrell parody “Tacky” live on “Conan”

Once you’re done with that set of distractions, let me offer up another set via some song downloads and streams. Don’t miss tracks from Carousels & Limousines, Dirty Lungs, HANAH, Jargon Party, Lovelife and Red Letter Days. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream cuts from Cold War Kids, The Drums, FEMME (covering Madonna), Lia Ices, Night Drive (covering Radiohead) and Vashti Bunyan, among others.

The Amends – The Virgin Pterodactyl

Broke For Free – Summer Spliffs

Carousels & Limousines – Strange Love

Dirty Lungs – Dead In A Graveyard

Felix Cartal ft. Chloe Angelides – Ready For Love (Steve James Remix)

H/\N/\H – Out of Touch

Jargon Party – Surf Rock Anthem #7

Kiki Rowe – Come Through

Lovelife – Angel

Macsen – You Are the One (ft. Mickey Valen)

Quays – Tres

Red Letter Days – You Don’t Know

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It’s been a busy week so far with all of the Pitchfork Music Festival coverage here on Faronheit. In case you’ve been missing it, so far I’ve posted an Artist Guide featuring songs from every single act on the lineup, as well as preview guides for Friday and Saturday. The Sunday preview guide will be up on Thursday. It’s set to be a really fun weekend, and if you’ll be in Chicago for it, maybe try and come out for a day or three if you aren’t already planning to. Sure, everything is sold out except for Friday, but we all know there are ways to get tickets to sold out events. For those stuck outside of Chicago, or those without the free time and money to attend this year, the good news is that a fair portion of the festival will be streaming on Pitchfork.com. So you’ll be able to experience some of the fun right from your home or office. Keep an eye out for me on the live stream, as I’ll be the guy wearing sunglasses. What do you mean that’s not descriptive enough? Okay, let’s tackle this mid-week edition of Pick Your Poison. There’s some good tracks in this set from Abbie Barrett & The Last Date, The Belle Sounds, Music Blues, Ricky Eat Acid, SW/MM/NG and VÉRITÉ. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from BEAMS, Belle & Sebastian, Caribou, Jenny Hval & Susanna, The Muffs and Myrkur, among others.

Abbie Barrett & The Last Date – Here to Stay

The Belle Sounds – The Siren

Eddie Attar – Lost (ft. Morvarid)

F R E X – 24 HRS

Hybrid Theory – This Is Our Youth

Music Blues – 91771

Ricky Eat Acid – p u l l (may15)

SW/MM/NG – Younger

The Travelling Band – Passing Ships

Vance Joy – Emmylou (Man From Lucania Mix)

VÉRITÉ – Strange Enough

Villa Coola – Green

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We’ve hit another Tuesday, where I’m once again pleased to bring you a quick rundown of artists with brand new music coming out this week. The hope is to either inform you about what’s out there, but also to maybe even remind you if one of your favorite artists is putting out something new and you simply forgot about it. So without further ado, here’s your list for this week: Anand Wilder and Maxwell Kardon, Anna Calvi, Bleachers, Cloud Boat, Conveyor, Eula, Fink, John Hiatt, Landlady, Low Roar, Luluc, Madlib, Morrissey, My Brightest Diamond, Reigning Sound, Richard Reed Parry, Roman Ruins, Slow Club, Tessela, Trampled By Turtles, United Nations, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Woman’s Hour, Wunder Wunder and Xeno and Oaklander. If you’re so inspired please pick some of these records up via your favorite digital or physical retailer! Now let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison, where you can discover even more hot new music. Some key tracks you’ll want to give attention to today come from David Pollack, Dream Bear, Mieux, Saint Case, Speedy Ortiz and Spookyland. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Bear in Heaven, Field Report, Greys (covering Mission of Burma), Holy Esque, Pissed Jeans, Shabazz Palaces and The Ukiah Drag.

David Pollack – Why Not Now?

Dream Bear – Sunset Eyes

Knuckle – Living Hell

Mieux – Fishing

Monty C. Benjamin – Overdue

Saint Case – Sleep

The Skating Party – Swimmer

Speedy Ortiz – Bigger Party

Spookyland – Rock and Roll Weakling

stickybackplastics – Vampire

THX – Everythang (ft Bad Lucc, Problem & Travis Barker)

V E E N – Babylon

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This week marks the official start of the 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival coverage here on Faronheit. For those who don’t know, I spend a full 7-8 days immersed in the world of this festival, which is truly something unique and special every single year. The artists selected from year to year are always top notch and often on their way towards bigger things. Yet this is also a boutique festival, in that it’s smaller than your Lollapaloozas, Coachellas, and even things like Sasquatch. There are only three stages, everything is easy to get to, and the crowds are friendly and laid back. If you’ve never been, I highly encourage you to go at least once. Not only is it a whole lot of fun, but you’ll make some pretty great music discoveries along the way. As part of this week-long extravaganza of coverage, in the coming days I’ll be providing a day-by-day preview guide, along with daily recaps during the festival itself, plus a wrap-up with photos and such afterward. Today serves as more of an introduction to all of the artists on the lineup to help familiarize yourself with them. Even if you’re not going to be attending, I strongly recommend you check it out if you’re interested in finding some cool new bands (along with some firmly established ones). Of course you could also look through today’s edition of Pick Your Poison, which can be helpful with that too. Key tracks in this set come from Alex Autajon, Brenton, I Am Giant, In the Valley Below, Killers Walk Among Us and Kinky Love. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Cassie Ramone (ex-Vivian Girls), Childhood, Cut Copy, Generationals, Laetitia Sadler, Running and Twin Peaks (who will be at Pitchfork Music Festival, by the way).

Alex Autajon – Louise

Aria Perez – Sandungueo

Bon Iver – Minnesota, WI (Vuurwerk Remix)

Bootleg Rascal – Kings and Queens

Brenton – On the Scene (ft. Ghostwridah)

Crookers – Heavy (Lazy Ants Remix)

Female – Clouds (Tyord Remix)

I Am Giant – Transmission

In the Valley Below – Hymnal

Killers Walk Among Us – Bonjour Tristesse

King avriel – 180

Kinky Love – Hush

Ramaj Eroc – Lost (Chance the Rapper cover)

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It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another weekly dip into the pool of music news, interviews and videos that I like to call This Week In Music! Yes, in addition to the normal Pick Your Poison mp3s and Soundcloud streams, I like to toss out links to a bunch of other music-related content that I’ve found interesting or worthwhile over the course of the week. I encourage you to check some, if not all of these things out, particularly if you’re looking to waste some time. There’s plenty to see, read and hear:

Watch a short Pitchfork.tv documentary about Class of 2014 artist Mas Ysa

Music Video: Interpol – All the Rage Back Home

Watch the Bruce Springsteen-directed short film “Hunter of Invisible Game”

Music Video: Blood Orange – High Street (ft. Skepta)

Watch SNL’s Vanessa Bayer offer some “Sound Advice” to Haim

Music Video: Christopher Owens – Nothing More Than Everything to Me

YouTube Audio Stream: Death From Above 1979 – Trainwreck 1979

Music Video: Cloud Nothings – Psychic Trauma

Watch Courtney Barnett perform the INXS album Kick in its entirety

Music Video: Neko Case & Kelly Hogan – These Aren’t the Droids

Once you’re done with that set of distractions, let me offer up another set via some song downloads and streams. Don’t miss tracks from Autumn in June, The By Gods, Cookies, GFOTY and Leaders of Men. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream cuts from Big Data, Got A Girl, Haim, Miami Horror, Steve Gunn and more.

The Amends – Pretty Good

Autumn in June – Weeks

Batsch – Celina

The By Gods – Letting A Good Thing Go

Cookies – Music For Touching

Danglo – Forget You

GFOTY – Don’t Wanna / Let’s Do It

Joe Marson – Here With Me

Leaders of Men – For Want Of A Better World

Rome Fortune – Lights Low

Sampha – Happens (Lucian Remix)

#XI – Pockets

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When your band is named Dub Thompson, a lot of people are likely to mistake you for some sort of electronica-based act. While the word “dub” has its origins in reggae music, its evolved over the last couple of decades to include trip hop, drum and bass, house music and most evidently, dubstep. Yet Dub Thompson are none of those things, though an occasional flash of reggae on a couple of tracks across their 9 Songs record at least give it some sort of implication. If you’ve never heard the band before, “Dograces” is as good of a place as any to start. It’s pure roughshod psychedelic post-punk, touching on everything from Can to Big Black to Liars. If it sounds like it was recorded in somebody’s house, that’s probably because it was. Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado helped to record and produce the album from a place he was renting in Indiana last summer. The music actually does bear a little resemblance to Foxygen’s playfully manic style, though a bit more unfocused and unpolished. Still, that shouldn’t preclude you from enjoying it’s oddities and charms, especially where a track like “No Time” is concerned. The reason why I’m bringing it up is because Dub Thompson will be playing a show in Chicago next Thursday, July 17th at The Burlington. They’re co-headlining with the band Ought, whose record More Than Any Other Day is considered by many (including myself) to be one of the year’s best so far. The track “Habit” is a highlight to be sure, very much reminiscent of Talking Heads or Television in their earliest days. Their sound is best described as art-punk, which is a catch-all for anything that’s like punk rock but just a touch weirder. While the album is cleaner and more focused than Dub Thompson’s, both bands give off a similar vibe and express similar emotions on their respective debuts. In the end, it also makes them great touring partners too. Their show at The Burlington should be a great, energetic and weird time, and I strongly encourage you to attend should you be in and around Chicago that evening. It starts at 9, tickets are only $8, and will sold at the door only. If you’d like to learn more about the show, go here. Now how about we get into your mid-week edition of Pick Your Poison? There’s some good tracks in this set from City Tribe, False-Heads, Flagship, Moxi and Neil Holyoak. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from BRONCHO, The History of Apple Pie, Lemonade, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Class of 2014 artist Saint Pepsi, and more.

Beat Connection – Hesitation (Mikos Da Gawd Remix)

City Tribe – Broken Arrow

Cosines – Hey Sailor Buoy!

False-Heads – Fall Around

Flagship – Gold and Silver

Gidge – I Fell In Love

Joy Villa – Make the Static

Mincer Ray – A Pickaxe From My Mom

Moxi – Save Me

Neil Holyoak – Red Queen of Autumn

Radclyffe Hall – Dare to Dream

Vice Collective – All I Want (William Earl Remix)

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We’ve hit another Tuesday, where I’m once again pleased to bring you a quick rundown of artists with brand new music coming out this week. The hope is to either inform you about what’s out there, but also to maybe even remind you if one of your favorite artists is putting out something new and you simply forgot about it. So without further ado, here’s your list for this week: Braid, Bright Light Bright Light, The Dirty Heads, Gulp, Honeyblood, James Blackshaw, Loose Planes, Magic Man, Matt Kivel, The Proper Ornaments, Rose Windows, Sia, The Skygreen Leopards, Viet Cong, WhoMadeWho and Wolves in the Throne Room. If you’re so inspired please pick some of these records up via your favorite digital or physical retailer! Now let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison, where you can discover even more hot new music. Some key tracks you’ll want to give attention to today come from Duologue, EVVY, Johanna Samuels, Pixelord, THX and Tim Hecker. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Ellery, Filligar, Jenny Lewis, So Cow, Soft Swells, Vinyl Thief and Zulu Pearls.

Cancellieri – Green Eyes (Coldplay cover)

Crystal Fox & Dolphin Tears – Atlantis

Darling Din – Killing to Be Bright

Duologue – Forests

EVVY – Collide

Johanna Samuels – Real Tragedies

The Lovers Key – Bright Eyes, Black Soul

Oliver Heldens ft. Becky Hill – Gecko (Overdrive) [JayCeeOh & Dani Deahl Remix]

Pixelord – Answer

Stumbleine ft. Violet Skies – Whirlpool (Sorrow Remix)

THX – Good At Math

Tim Hecker – Amps, Drugs, Mellotron

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Since I’m always passing along the freshest of fresh new music in these Pick Your Poison posts and I’m always reviewing new-ish albums as well, it’s not often that I get to bring up something that’s wholly considered “classic.” I suppose technically this still isn’t one of those times, but it still sort of applies. Specifically, Pink Floyd will be releasing a new album this October. It’s been 20 years since their last one, The Division Bell, came out, and they celebrated with a special anniversary box set released last week. Talk of the new Pink Floyd record began to emerge over the weekend, when David Gilmour’s wife Polly Samson tweeted that it will be called The Endless River and will be based on sessions that were started in 1994. Backup singer Durga McBroom-Hudson, sensing the proverbial cat was now out of the bag, posted a photo on Facebook showing some vocal sessions she did for the record. Apparently it’s been gestating and slowly evolving these last 20 years, and while the final product will reportedly be largely ambient and instrumental, there are still vocals and other pieces being recorded for it right now. These are the miniscule details the band have shared on their website, with promises of more revelations later this summer. To be clear, the main performers on The Endless River will be Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright. Roger Waters is currently not involved in any way with this record. So that’s about all we know at this point. It’s enough to spark my interest and get me at least a little bit excited, though obviously the late period Pink Floyd records weren’t much to write home about and this could easily fall into that camp. Like most people, I stick to their classic records from the 70’s. If they’ve got any scrapped recordings from that era that they want to resurrect and add to, that would REALLY snag my interest. Still, I’ll keep my fingers crossed that what we’ll get in October is vintage Floyd. Jumping back into the here and now, let’s look at today’s edition of Pick Your Poison. There’s some quality tracks in this set from Alburn, Basketball Shorts, Francesca Fiore, The Girl With Dark Eyes and VIRGO. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from alt-J, Hodgy Beats & Left Brain, Mat Hunsley, and more.

Alburn – The Nurses Can’t Help Me

Basketball Shorts – Candy Boys

Dante – Wake

Fatima Al Qadiri – Star-Spangled

Francesca Fiore – Tanglemouth

Panes – Bones Without You (Mickey Pearce Remix)

Quixotism – I Remember

Sam Smith – Stay With Me (Throttle Remix)

Surfin’ Mutants Pizza Party – Surfin Mutantz Pizza Party

The Girl With Dark Eyes – Hey Baby

VIRGO – II

Wilsen – Go Try

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It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another weekly dip into the pool of music news, interviews and videos that I like to call This Week In Music! Yes, in addition to the normal Pick Your Poison mp3s and Soundcloud streams, I like to toss out links to a bunch of other music-related content that I’ve found interesting or worthwhile over the course of the week. I encourage you to check some, if not all of these things out, particularly if you’re looking to waste some time. There’s plenty to see, read and hear:

Stream a two hour Jack White concert from BBC Radio 1

Music Video: Little Dragon – Pretty Girls

YouTube Audio Stream: Spoon – Do You

Music Video: Lily Allen – URL Badman

Watch The War on Drugs perform “Burning” at Primavera Sound

Music Video: How to Dress Well – Childhood Faith in Love

Audio Stream: Bon Iver – Heavenly Father

Music Video: Sufjan Stevens – Year of the Tiger

Watch Chromeo’s in-flight safety video for Mallard Air

Audio Stream: Ariana Grande ft. Zedd – Break Free

Once you’re done with that set of distractions, let me offer up another set via some song downloads and streams. Don’t miss tracks from The Amends, Devereaux, Dream Boat, The Soft Bones and Two Twins. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream cuts from FEMME, Foxes in Fiction, The Night VI, Royal Blood, Wunder Wunder and Zola Blood.

The Amends – Zeroes and Ones

Aria Perez – Uptown

Baron Rouge – Nut

The Canyon Rays – The Sunshine Growers

Devereaux – Rendezvous

Dream Boat – Escape

The Jones Family Singers – You Woke Me Up This Morning

M+A – When (Is Tropical Remix)

The Soft Bones – Ceramic

Two Twins – Bell Tower

verre – blu

ZEEN – West Coast Funk

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Welp, say goodbye to Death Grips. Well, at least that’s what a note on their Facebook page says. The trio of MC Stefan Burnett, drummer Zach Hill and producer Andy Morin (aka Flatlander) have effectively scrapped all future plans, except the one to release their final album The Powers That B later this year. “We are now at our best and so Death Grips is over,” is how their handwritten napkin note begins. Later, they explain, “Death Grips was and always has been a conceptual art exhibition anchored by sound and vision above and beyond a ‘band.'” You could say that explains a lot, or that it’s just some BS excuse following all of the controversy they caused in the last few years. They’ve made headlines several times for cancelling or even not showing up to shows they were scheduled to play. Last fall there was a whole thing about how they didn’t show up for a Lollapalooza pre-show (or Lollapalooza itself) and instead had a drum kit set up on stage, a fan letter projected on a screen, all while the studio versions of their songs blasted over the speakers. The crowd had no idea what was going on, and neither did the venue until about an hour after their scheduled start time. Then there was the fight with Epic Records. They signed to the label and were supposed to release an album with them, but decided just to leak the whole thing and offer it as a free download instead. It was the start of a trend that continues to this very day, in that the band’s last three records were all given away for free and with absolutely zero advance notice. The first half of their forthcoming Powers… double album was made available to download a little less than a month ago, and featured contributions on all tracks from Bjork. As I’ve already mentioned, the second half will be out later this year, also as a free download, though you’ll be able to purchase physical copies of the full thing if that’s more your style. Anyways, I’m hard pressed to think of a more divisive band from the last few years. Even their music, which many hailed as inventive and brilliant, rubbed others the absolutely wrong way. To my ears they somehow managed to blend punk rock, hip hop and EDM into one unholy beast that more often than not scared the crap out of you. I had an appreciation for what they were doing sonically. All the other stuff not related to music? Eh, I just rolled my eyes. Let’s say I’m glad they’re finished, and are going out on their own terms before they spiralled into the realm of the completely insane. RIP Death Grips. Okay, let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison, shall we? Today’s gold star tracks come from Algernon Doll, False Colors, Ladada, Royale and We Are The Brave. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from The Griswolds, Landlady, Lucius (covering Tears For Fears), No Lands, Priory and Titus Andronicus.

Algernon Doll – Justine

False Colors – Behind Yr Face

Ferrill Gibbs – The Happy Ones

Groundislava ft. Rare Times – Feel the Heat (Arnold Remix)

Ladada – Comets

Lorde – Royals (LGATP & Twin Room Remix)

Michael Oliver Tighe – Party Up in My House

The Pantheons – White

Royale – Inland Sea

Sylvan Esso – Hey Mami (Landlady Remix)

We Are Stations – Found My Way

We Are The Brave – Your Ghost

Windham Flat – The Cure

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We’ve hit another Tuesday, where I’m once again pleased to bring you a quick rundown of artists with brand new music coming out this week. The hope is to either inform you about what’s out there, but also to maybe even remind you if one of your favorite artists is putting out something new and you simply forgot about it. So without further ado, here’s your list for this week: Beverly, Coves, Dot Hacker, Eno and Hyde, Every Time I Die, Levon Helm, Mark Kozelek, My Fictions, Old Crow Medicine Show, OOIOO, Ra, Red Wanting Blue, Turn to Crime and The Vacant Lots. If you’re so inspired please pick some of these records up via your favorite digital or physical retailer! Now let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison, where you can discover even more hot new music. Some key tracks you’ll want to give attention to today come from Carriages, The Hellen Hollins Singers (ft. Nicolas Jaar), Mechanimal, The Sea The Sea and Ugly Zoo. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from EULA, The Kooks, Puce Mary, Simian Mobile Disco, The Tins and Wye Oak.

Adam Tensta – Drip Drip (ft. Dida)

Carriages – Roots

Colour Bomb – Moth

Daytona – All Love

The Hellen Hollins Singers – Consolation (Nicolas Jaar Edit)

ISHI – Emotional Hard Drive

Mechanimal – Freezer

Racing Glaciers – First Light (Backstroke. Remix)

The Sea The Sea – Captives

Tipare – Backbiters

Ugly Zoo – Jawbreaker

Zaleski – Where Are We?

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As you’re hopefully well aware, The New Pornographers will be back with a new album this fall for all of us to listen to and enjoy. Their particular brand of bouncy, group-crafted indie pop has become something of a rarity these days, as I’m hard pressed to think of many bands in their sphere of similarity (though The Polyphonic Spree are kind of in the same arena). I’m not seeing a lot of press releases namedropping The New Pornos as either an influence or a “sounds like” reference. You could call it a testament to their unique ability to craft fun sing-alongs. Well, if you’re looking for more of that in your life, or maybe are just hoping to fill the gap while we wait for that new album, allow me to recommend the band Ages and Ages. The six piece from Portland released their second album Divisionary this past spring, and it’s packed with big hooks and hopeful messages. As the band was developing the record, there were a number of personal tragedies that occurred, so the aim was to craft songs that provided strength in tough times. That’s clearly evident by the supremely addictive gospel-inspired title track (and album closer) “Divisionary (Do the Right Thing),” which I’d wager is a strong contender for Song of the Year (so far). That alone is worth checking out, even if you don’t give the full album a try. It also sets the stage for Ages and Ages’ live show, because you just know that there’s going to be a full crowd sing-along complete with rhythmic clapping and maybe even some harmonizing. I’m excited to experience it when the band comes to Chicago for a show at Schubas on Wednesday, July 16th. It’s a 21+ show, starts at 9 pm, and tickets are $12. Come on out and have some mid-week summer fun! Okay, let’s get into this Monday edition of Pick Your Poison, which is also a bit of summer fun. Great tracks in this set come from The Amends, Casey Jack, Elephant Stone, Grimes, Niagara and Shy Boys. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Cloud Boat, Freddie Gibbs, Young Thug & A$AP Ferg, Imogen Heap, Painted Zeros and more.

The Amends – Reappear

Aria Perez – Rumba

Casey Jack – Not In Love With The Modern World

Dog Blood – Middle Finger Pt 2 (Valentino Khan Remix)

Elephant Stone – Knock You Down From Yr Mountain

Girl Talk & Freeway – Tolerated (Wolf Eyes Remix)

Grimes – Go (ft. Blood Diamonds)

Hemmit – 15 Minutes

Jason Maek & Zaena – Bass Come Around

Lusine – Two Dots (Chad Valley’s Turks & Caicos Edit)

My Dry Wet Mess – Eyelids’ Secrets (Ikonika Shy Remix)

Niagara – Fat Kaoss

Shy Boys – Life Is Peachy

Thee Idea Men – Help Me Mama

WRAY – Relative

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It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another weekly dip into the pool of music news, interviews and videos that I like to call This Week In Music! Yes, in addition to the normal Pick Your Poison mp3s and Soundcloud streams, I like to toss out links to a bunch of other music-related content that I’ve found interesting or worthwhile over the course of the week. I encourage you to check some, if not all of these things out, particularly if you’re looking to waste some time. There’s plenty to see, read and hear:

Music Video: FKA twigs – Two Weeks

Read Beyonce’s tribute to Michael Jackson on the 5th anniversary of his death

Watch a full Sylvan Esso concert shot in Washington D.C.

Watch Kanye West participate in a 60 minute panel discussion at Cannes

YouTube Audio Stream: The Shins – So Now What

Watch The War on Drugs perform “Red Eyes” at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona

YouTube Audio Stream: Woods – Tomorrow’s Only Yesterday

Watch Tegan and Sara get bad advice from SNL’s Vanessa Bayer

YouTube Audio Stream: Shabazz Palaces – #CAKE

Music Video: A Sunny Day in Glasgow – In Love With Useless

Once you’re done with that set of distractions, let me offer up another set via some song downloads and streams. Don’t miss tracks from Chassol, Creange, One Finger Riot, Scotty ATL, SOS and The Weeknd. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream cuts from Billie Black, No Lands, PS I Love You, TOPS, White Arrows and Zella Day.

Blank Brothers – Temper

Chassol – River Song

Coldplay – Magic (Mr Gat Remix)

Creange – Le Soleil

Jack Campbell – Drive

Magicicada – Glancing Off the Edges

MANKIND – Blood, Sugar

The Media – Make You Stay

One Finger Riot – Give Me A Drug That Works Forever

Scotty ATL – What’s the Formula

Sin Cos Tan – Love Sees No Colour

SOS – Youth In Decline

The Weeknd – Often

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Every now and then, I’ll write a Pick Your Poison intro that gets into sports. This isn’t a sports site, nor am I that heavy of a sports fan, at least in relation to most other people I know, but sometimes it’s fun to get together with a bunch of friends and strangers to bond over a big event. Seeing as how we’re in what might best be described as the doldrums of summer, in which the only sport to really watch is baseball, and even then you’re probably not very invested if your team isn’t doing well, it’s been interesting to watch the U.S. quickly grasp onto the World Cup for salvation from boredom. Historically speaking, soccer (aka futbol) has never been big in America, despite it’s massive reputation everywhere else around the world. There are countries that shut down almost entirely during their team’s World Cup matches so everyone can watch. Here in the U.S., nothing officially shuts down, but this year it seems like people are ducking out of work, or at least finding a way to watch while at work. Massive gatherings are held in Chicago and New York and other major cities, where more than 20,000 people show up in full gear at a public location where a big screen has been set up. Bars are packed, to the point where the place I regularly visit down the street had no tables available this past Sunday afternoon – typically a bit of a dead time. It’s kind of exciting, and the best part is that it does more uniting than it does dividing. The World Cup is the only real sporting competition that takes place on a global scale, so instead of cheering for your city you’re cheering for your country. Of course the U.S. is also a melting pot with immigrants from all over, so you’re going to have a bit of separation there, but for the most part it seems to be a good thing. We kind of need it right now. I haven’t played soccer in probably 20 years, and don’t even remember all of the rules, but am really enjoying this so far. Let’s hope Team USA does well enough in tomorrow’s battle vs. Germany to make it to the next round. Our team has never been good enough to go all the way, but doing reasonably well would be nice, and would keep us invested for just a bit longer. Okay, I’ve said my piece. Now let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison. Some great stuff in this set from Baliff, Basketball Shorts, City Walls Autumn Falls, Penguin Prison and Yolanda Be Cool. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new cuts from Bag Raiders, Hiss Golden Messenger, School of Seven Bells, She Keeps Bees, Stargroves and Sun Angels.

Baliff – Helicopter

Basketball Shorts – A Lot of Things

Brett – Golden (Mark E Remix)

City Walls Autumn Falls – Let Love

The Family Rain – You Should Be Glad You’ve Got A Man

kCopes – Undeniable

Lukeniuk – Classic (Original Mix)

Penguin Prison – All Night Long (Lionel Richie cover)

Pool – What It Is (Sebastian Kreis Remix)

Surfin’ Mutants Pizza Party – Sk8-OR-DIE

Tensnake – Feel of Love (ISTILLFEELIT Remix)

Yolanda Be Cool – Cause I Like It (Original Mix)

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We’ve hit another Tuesday, where I’m once again pleased to bring you a quick rundown of artists with brand new music coming out this week. The hope is to either inform you about what’s out there, but also to maybe even remind you if one of your favorite artists is putting out something new and you simply forgot about it. So without further ado, here’s your list for this week: A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Alias, Alien Ensemble, Bad Suns, Bassnectar, Bernhoft, Black Bananas, Circulatory System, Donovan Blanc, The Drones, How to Dress Well, Invisible Familiars, Kitten, Luke Abbott, Mastodon, Mirah, People Get Ready, Peter Matthew Bauer, Phish, Phox, Speak, Strand of Oaks, Thought Broadcast, Vacationer, White Hex, Xeno and Oaklander, Young Liars and Zig Zags. If you’re so inspired please pick some of these records up via your favorite digital or physical retailer! Now let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison, where you can discover even more hot new music. Some key tracks you’ll want to give attention to today come from Balancer, Destruction Unit, The Dream Logic, Grades, Loves It, OOIOO and The Pharmacy. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Ballet School, Esben and the Witch, Philip Selway (of Radiohead), Ryn Weaver, This Will Destroy You, Tyburn Saints and United Nations.

Balancer – The Age Is A Gift

Destruction Unit – Dust

The Dream Logic – Drunken Monkey

Dressmaker – Glass

The Golden Dregs – A Life Aquatic

Grades – Owe It To Yourself

Jordannah Elizabeth – Six Years

Loves It – Dancin’

The Mystic Underground – Carry On, Young Men

OOIOO – Atatawa

The Pharmacy – Anna Bella

Red Traces – Spectre

Scene – Close to the Edge

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