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Pick Your Poison: Monday 2-24-14

If you’re planning to do some traveling over the next month, specifically by commercial airplane, here’s a new option to help keep you entertained during the flight: stream the new Beck album Morning Phase. Ideally you could always just buy a digital copy of the record and upload it to your laptop, tablet or smartphone before takeoff, but in lieu of that, in-flight internet provider Gogo has partnered with Capitol Records to host a stream of the Beck album for free over the course of the next month. Basically all you need to do is access the Gogo homepage on whatever wifi-equipped flight you’re on, and that should give you access to the stream. Don’t ask me for any details beyond that, because I don’t know them. The reason I’m mentioning it is because it seems like a unique and somewhat cool thing to do, and that Beck record is pretty great. It might serve as the perfect soundtrack to a flight if you’re staring out the window as well. So consider checking it out if you’re traveling before the end of March. Now let’s get to your Monday edition of Pick Your Poison. There’s some great tracks today from Alana Amram & The Rough Gems, Arum Rae, Cate Le Bon, Dead Stars (covering Nirvana), Eternal Lips, Fat Goth, Plateau Below and The Weeknd’s remix of Ty Dolla $ign’s “Or Nah.” In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Architecture in Helsinki, Bright Light Bright Light and Elton John, Kevin Drew, Maps & Atlases, Ski Lodge, and many more.

Alana Amram & The Rough Gems – People Like to Talk

Arum Rae – 2001

The Assyrians – Baobab

Blue Sky Black Death – Pyramids (Frank Ocean Bootleg)

Cate Le Bon – He’s Leaving

Dead Stars – Old Age (Nirvana cover)

Eternal Lips – Voice (ft. Kyp Malone)

Fat Goth – Sweet Mister Scary

A Forest – Surfaces

Neon Hitch – Some Like It Hot (Mike Bugout & Michael York Remix)

Overlake – Disappearing

Plateau Below – Riverside

Ty Dolla $ign – Or Nah (The Weeknd Remix)

William Alexander – You Can Take It

Pick Your Poison: Thursday 2-20-14

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: Ramona Lisa (Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek) – Arcadia

Music Video: Perfect Pussy – I

Watch Stephen Malkmus’ “Ask A Grown Man” advice video for Rookie

The lineup for Bonnaroo has been revealed

Watch Disclosure, Lorde and AlunaGeorge perform “Royals” and “White Noise” at the BRIT Awards

Guitar Tab Video: Learn how to play Real Estate’s new song “Crime”

Watch Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett recording the Her score with director Spike Jonze

Music Video: Forest Swords – The Weight of Gold

St. Vincent talks with Pitchfork about her forthcoming album

Music Video: Kate Nash – Sister

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 Angela Perley & The Howlin’ Moons, Ava Luna, Freeze-Tag, Hillman Lighthouse, The Library Is On Fire and Yell For Help. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream cuts from BRONCHO, Major Lazer, Night Flowers, Nothing, The Range, Trust and Ryan Hemsworth’s remix of Wave Racer.

Angela Perley & The Howlin’ Moons – Ghost

Atlum Schema – Empire of the Soul

Ava Luna – PRPL

Broadcast – Subject to the Ladder (Lil Star Dweller Remix)

Cut Copy – We Are Explorers (Larry Gus Remix)

Freeze-Tag – No Passing (Otto and the Atom)

Gold Light – Last Night (In My Dreams)

Hillman Lighthouse – Six Ways From Sunday

Howling Bells – Slowburn

The Jones Family Singers – Down On Me

The Library Is On Fire – Red Flags

Record/Start – Followay

The Valery Trails – Children

Yell For Help – Trigger Happy

Pick Your Poison: Wednesday 2-19-14

Class of 2014 update! Every time I think there won’t be anything to report over the course of a week, suddenly a bunch of stuff happens and there’s plenty to report. So let me start today with Mas Ysa. His debut EP Worth came out a couple weeks ago and is streaming on Spotify. Or buy it from iTunes or Amazon or something. As I also mentioned on Monday, he’ll be performing at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival. So that’s something to get excited about. Next up, SAINT PEPSI. His record Gin City will be released next week, however you can stream a brand new song called “Baby” from it in the Soundcloud section after the jump. Speaking of streaming things and albums out next week, Lo-Fang’s Blue Film is now streaming in full over at Radio.com. Of course I’m going to advise you to check that out. Last but not least, Syracuse punk band Perfect Pussy unleashed their video for the song “I” just the other day. It’s fun and shows off a little of what their crazy live show is like. Not only that, but they also unveiled a limited special edition box set of their forthcoming record Say Yes to Love (out March 18th) that features clear vinyl with singer Meredith Graves’ blood mixed in, among other items. They held it to only 180 units, and it sold out pretty quickly. So you (and I) can’t get a copy unless we find one for sale on eBay or something. It might make for a great collector’s item down the line. Anyways, that’s all I’ve got from the Class of 2014 for now. I’ll have another update for you in a week or two, along with reviews of the new albums on the way from SAINT PEPSI and Lo-Fang. In the meantime, let’s look at today’s Pick Your Poison. Good stuff in this set from Benbrick, Bent Denim, Earl Boykins, Japanther, Low Pros, Owls of the Swamp and PT Walkley. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream tracks from Amen Dunes, Cousins, King Dude & Chelsea Wolfe, Miniature Tigers, Modern Rivals, Odonis Odonis (covering Johnny Cash), and SAINT PEPSI.

Bad Suns – Cardiac Arrest (WoodysProduce Remix)

Benbrick – Forever Holding On

Bent Denim – Fuel

Chance Waters – Bonnie

Earl Boykins – Doves

French Horn Rebellion & Savoir Adore – The Fire (Rubber Ross Remix)

Hotlane – On My Own (Radio Mix)

Japanther – Do It (Don’t Try)

Low Pros – 100 Bottles (ft. Travi$ Scott)

Mahayla – Just Call

Owls of the Swamp – Garden

PT Walkley – Leeches

Velcro – City of Angels

WORKOUT – Katie

Pick Your Poison: Tuesday 2-18-14

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: Angel Olsen, Anne Guthrie, Bear Hands, The Caribbean, Dan Zimmerman, Dawn Landes, The Go Find, Guided By Voices, The Jezabels, Kevin Seconds, Lake Street Dive, Lost in the Trees, Lydia Loveless, Mr. Oizo, New Bums, Phantogram, Planningtorock, Roc Marciano, Slothtrust, Sun Araw, Sun Club, Talib Kweli and William Fitzsimmons. 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 Broadwing, Clouder, Decent Lovers, Jasper Summer & Tsunaina, Monster Cat, and Trash Talk with Flatbush Zombies. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Dinosaur Jr. (covering The Byrds), Elsie, Eternal Summers, Fujiya & Miyagi, Hundred Waters and Sisyphus.

Aur – Nothing But

Broadwing – Anodyne

Clouder – Phantom Girl

Daddy Lion – No Solution But Resolution

Decent Lovers – Compromising Young Thing

Electric Bird Noise – four

If Thousands – Lucky

Illangelo & Rochelle Jordan – What the Fuss

Jasper Sommer & Tsunaina – (en) Terre

Julie Spada – Reptile Mission

Monster Cat – Take Me to Love

Thief – Closer (Set Mo Remix)

Trash Talk and Flatbush Zombies – 97.92

Whales – Pretending

Pick Your Poison: Monday 2-17-14

Here we are in the dead of winter. Chicago got another 6 inches of snow today, and though temperatures are supposed to rise over the next couple days, it’s starting to feel like there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. Thankfully, last Friday brought a little ray of warmth and sunshine into an otherwise gloomy time of year. Mark your calendars, because the first set of artists performing at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival have been revealed. This year it will take place from July 17-19 as usual at Union Park in Chicago. Headliners for each of the three nights are Beck, Neutral Milk Hotel and Kendrick Lamar. Other artists include a reunited Slowdive (for their first U.S. show in a long, long time), Grimes, Giorgio Moroder, tUnE-yArDs, Death Grips, Sun Kil Moon, Pusha T, Sharon Van Etten, DIIV, Factory Floor, Wild Beasts, The Julie Ruin, The Haxan Cloak, The Range, Circulatory System, Ka, and Class of 2014 artist Mas Ysa. For the full day-by-day breakdown thus far, that information is contained within the individual day ticket purchase pages located here. It’s $60 for a single day pass and $130 for the full weekend. It’s pretty inexpensive when you think about what you’re getting, and there’s still a whole lot more artists that have yet to be announced. We’re not even halfway to the full lineup yet. Honestly, this is my favorite music festival and I always have a great time no matter who’s playing, so please come join me in Union Park this summer! Now then, let’s talk Pick Your Poison. Highlights today come from Carsick Cars, Flagland, Fosthays, George Ince, Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray, Shlohmo & Jeremih and TOTEM. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Frankie Cosmos, Glass Animals, Kaiser Chiefs, Little Dragon, Pure X, Thee Oh Sees and Young Widows.

Boots – Dust

Carsick Cars – 15 Minutes Older

Flagland – Sugarcube

Forsthays – Better Off Now

Freeweights – Your Design

George Ince – Backbone

Hopscotch – Hunter in the Night (Sigrah Remix)

I Am the Albatross – Strugglin’

Mayer Hawthorne ft. Kendrick Lamar – Crime (Vice Remix)

Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray – Drifter’s Compass

Shape – State of Mind

Shlohmo & Jeremih – No More

TOTEM – Columbia

Wolf Catcher – No Valentine

Song of the Week: Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks – Little Fang


Dave Portner, aka Avey Tare, has made plenty of fascinating music as a member of Animal Collective, not to mention outside of that band as a solo artist. Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks is his third project, but if you’ve heard anything he’s done previously then what he’s bringing to the table here isn’t a whole lot different. The good news though is that it is diverse and different enough to justify creating a whole new band to put it together. At the same time, whitewashed, fun house psychedelia seems to be a specialty of Portner’s, and it’s almost always a great idea to play to your strengths. So with this track “Little Fang,” the first audio we’ve heard from this new band and from the forthcoming record Enter the Slasher House, we get that tricky blend of strange and trippy composition complete with modulated vocals and stray sound effects. Yet unlike anything else, there’s an extreme clarity and straightforward approach to the song that makes it remarkably easy to digest. For my money, it’s one of the most commercially accessible and catchy things that Portner has ever done, and he’s managed to pull it off without diminishing expectations or sacrificing key elements of his work. If you didn’t know any better, it’d be remarkably easy to confuse it with something by Of Montreal or Ariel Pink. There’s no guarantee the entire record will sound this way, but at the very least it’s a strong introduction to this brand new band.

Preorder Enter the Slasher House (out April 7th)

Pick Your Poison: Thursday 2-13-14

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 Chvrches cover Arctic Monkeys’ “Do I Wanna Know?”

Music Video: Death Grips – No Love

Savages will reportedly release a new EP this year

Odd Future has been blocked from entering New Zealand

Music Video: Guided By Voices – Planet Score

Watch Disclosure and Ms. Dynamite perform a cover of Sticky’s “Booo!”

Music Video: The Notwist – Kong

YouTube Audio Stream: Wild Beasts – Sweet Spot

Music Video: OFF! – Void You Out

YouTube Audio Stream: Conor Oberst – Hundreds of Ways

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 Blonde Summer, Fim, A Million Billion Dying Suns, Nat Baldwin, ODESZA (ft. Madelyn Grant), POWERS and Com Truise remixing Weeknight. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream cuts from Black Lips, The Coathangers, Papercuts, Speedy Ortiz, The Trouble With Templeton and The Wytches.

BEGINNERS – Who Knows

Blonde Summer – High Times

Cajita – The Stars

Del Venicci – Teenage Swingers

Fim – Fast Cars

GDP – Why G?

Lovely Quinces – Wrong House

Mapei – Don’t Wait (Cranks Remix)

A Million Billion Dying Suns – Secret Tree

Nat Baldwin – In the Hollows

ODESZA – Sun Models (ft. Madelyn Grant)

POWERS – Money

Stage Hands – Adaptive Lines

Weeknight – Dark Light (Com Truise Remix)

Pick Your Poison: Wednesday 2-12-14

This upcoming Friday is Valentine’s Day, and if you’ve got a special someone I wish you all the best for the holiday. I hear all these stories every year of people completely forgetting about the date and running to the store at the last possible minute hoping to find something to get for their significant other. Yet that’s also never happened to anyone I know. Maybe it’s those couples who tell each other “no gifts this year,” but one of them doesn’t really mean it. Still, it’s probably less of a common occurence than the media makes it out to be. Of course I DO know people who choose poorly when it comes to gifts from year to year. You think you’re getting your boyfriend or girlfriend something special, but you completely misinterpreted the situation and he or she winds up hating it. Some relationships don’t come back from that. I guess what I’m saying is, be careful. Birthdays and anniversaries can be tough to navigate, but Valentine’s Day might be the toughest of them all. Friday will also be Singles Awareness Day, reminding those of us without someone in our lives that there’s a void that “needs” to be filled. As someone who is perpetually single and has had a total of two Valentine’s Day dates in his entire life, I used to get bitter and depressed whenever this holiday rolls around. But I’ve given up the resentment in favor of warmth and kindness towards others. You could say that I’m spreading the love around. It’s also the sort of day that single people can be incredibly selfish and it’s not frowned upon. Want to treat yourself to a big steak dinner, then bring it home to eat in your pajamas in front of the TV? Knock yourself out. That’s not just something you can do on Valentine’s Day, but everyday if you’d like, since nobody will stop you. If you feel like V-Day is just something invented by greeting card companies and restaurants to make some extra money, you might be right, but there’s also something nice about taking a day to celebrate love in all its forms. Yeah, that’s something we should incorporate into our everyday lives, but since 95% of the population can’t seem to really do that (at least not in the right way), this holiday will have to suffice. So no matter what your situation or whatever you’re feeling on Friday, take some time out to love. As The Beatles famously said, love is all you need. Now then, let’s talk today’s mid-week Pick Your Poison. Plenty of things I hope you’ll love in this set of music. Key tracks today come from Avon Dale, Cassorla (ft. Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes), COnfluence, Midnight Magic’s remix of Holy Ghost!, Ryan D. White and VEDAS. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Circa Waves, Cloud Nothings, Courtney Barnett, Moon Bounce, Spiritualized and Woods.

Avon Dale – Roll Your Tongue

The Band Called Fuse – Soul Rock Anthem

Busy Signal – Well Prepared (Lorde “Royals” Remix)

Cassorla – Future One (ft. Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes)

Confluence – The Line

Digits – Shake Your Body Down

Hollow & Akimbo – The One Who Has To Carry You Home

Holy Ghost! – Bridge & Tunnel (Midnight Magic Remix)

Låpsley – Station (BUDO Remix)

Made Violent – Inside Out

Ryan D. White – Love Story

Sphynx – Hunger

T.W.i.N.S. – Republic of Banana

VEDAS – Ruin

Pick Your Poison: Tuesday 2-11-14

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: Aa, Band of Horses, Birds of Passage, Cashmere Cat, Casket Girls, Cibo Matto, Crosses, Fanfarlo, The Fleshtones, The Glitch Mob, Greg Laswell, Helms Alee, Illum Sphere, The Internet, Katy B, Maximo Park, Modern Baseball, Nina Persson, Nostalgia 77, The Royal Oui, Sam Roberts Band, Snowmine, Speedy Ortiz, Sun Kil Moon, Temples, Tinariwen and Yumi Zouma (featured below!). 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 Bavaria, CHAMP, Glue Trip, Mandarin Dynasty, Mean Creek, Skating Polly, Somos and Stone Jack Jones. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Death, Jerome LOL, Neneh Cherry (ft. Robyn), Todd Osborn, Todd Terje, Woman’s Hour and Wild Nothing’s remix of Yumi Zouma.

Bavaria – We Break Through

CHAMP – Nothing

Designer Drugs – In Your Eyes (ft. Catiana Van Dinh)

Glue Trip – Old Blood
Glue Trip – Elbow Pain

LazyTalk – Memories

Mandarin Dynasty – Perpendicular Crosstalk

Marc Maynon – Challenge of Extremes

Mean Creek – My Madeline

Owl vision – Lightshy

Skating Polly – Alabama Movies

Somos – Dead Wrong

Stone Jack Jones – Joy

Stopwatch – Adrian Lau (ft. Charlie Bars & Riff Raff)

Walden – Zilent

Pick Your Poison: Monday 2-10-14

The late night talk show shakeup at NBC has produced a number of interesting things, and certainly having Jimmy Fallon and The Roots in the “Tonight Show” slot is one of them. Conan O’Brien was in the post-“Tonight” slot for 16 years before being promoted up to the big leagues and taking over for Leno. It’s only taken Fallon five years to achieve the same thing. That has less to do with overall readiness and more to do with circumstance. NBC gave Conan seven months as “Tonight Show” host before forcing him out to bring Leno back due to plummeting ratings. Will Fallon fare better? Arguably yes, mostly because he’s extremely likeable and friendly with just about everyone, and does a lot less absurd and generally weird stuff than Conan did and still sometimes does. He is, in a word, a moderately safer choice than Conan, though I’m expecting a lot of the older demographics who watched Leno might not be as excited to watch Fallon with his games and technology-centric bits. Will the younger audience that watched him on late night follow him to the earlier time slot? I guess we’ll find out next week. Personally, I’m more interested in seeing how Seth Meyers is going to do as the new late night host. While I loved his work on “SNL,” it’ll be interesting to see how that translates into a talk show. Also, Fallon was a big sketch and music guy, while Meyers is…not, so I’m curious if he’s going to try that, or will leave that to the supporting players. Speaking of supporting players, Fred Armisen was just named the late night band leader, and he’ll be bringing members of Les Savy Fav, Girls Against Boys and Beyonce’s backing band with him. I feel like that’s a truly inspired decision, particularly given Armisen’s versatility. He’s done some great musician characters on “SNL,” including the great Sex Pistols parody Ian Rubbish, and has also played in (and with) a number of bands over the years. The only time I’ve seen Armisen in person was when he performed solo as the opening act for a Wilco show. He later came out and played drums with the band. So he’s got the chops to lead a band, and will probably be a huge help in doing comedy/character bits both for and with Meyers on the show. We’re two weeks away from Meyers’ first show, so here’s hoping it goes well. Now then, let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison. Great tracks today come from Chalk and Numbers (covering the Misfits), Mike Dillon, Ryan Hobler, Sweet Valley and Trophy Scars. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Angel Olsen, Beverly (new Frankie Rose project), Iggy Azalea (ft. Charli XCX), Kelis, Klaxons, Walter Martin (ft. Karen O) and Windy & Carl.

Affairs – Contact

A.J. Ellis – Prove You’re Not A Number

Chalk and Numbers – Angelfuck (Misfits cover)

Gardens – Haze

IndianRedLopez – No Longer Dying

Jim Kroft – Hooligan Army

Mike Dillon – All Walks of Life

OBaH – New York Is On Some Shhh (Video Dub Mix)

Ryan Hobler – Got A Ways to Go

Smalltown DJs – See Thru (ft. Lisa Lobsinger)

Sweet Valley – So Serene

Trophy Scars – Hagiophobia

Urban Cone – Humanity

Vincent Liou – Moon & Sun

Pick Your Poison: Thursday 2-6-14

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:

Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood will score Paul Thomas Anderson’s film Inherent Vice

Watch St. Vincent appear on Comedy Central’s “@Midnight”

YouTube Audio Stream: Lily Allen – L8 CMMR

Watch the trailer for the forthcoming Owen Pallett album In Conflict

Watch Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon play “Holocene” with The Roots on “Fallon”

YouTube Audio Stream: The National – Learning (Perfume Genius cover)

Watch Broken Bells cover The Beatles’ “And I Love Her” live on “Letterman”

YouTube Audio Stream: Beck – Waking Light

Music Video: Angel Olsen – Hi-Five

Burial posted a photo of himself along with a long note about new music

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 Arc Rev One, Double Duchess, The Lowest Pair, Mount Pressmore, Penguins Kill Polar Bears and Rigbi. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream cuts from Bear Hands, Kitty, Lowell, Mas Ysa, Natural Child and Those Darlins

Arc Rev One – Sala Daeng

Camille Michelle Gray – Baby Better Run

CMBSTN – My Friend

Double Duchess – Nocturnal

The Lowest Pair – Living is Dying

Marvel the Gr8 – Sippin’ (le Coupe Remix)

Mount Pressmore – Vice Presidential Material

Penguins Kill Polar Bears – Scarce

The Plastic Pals – The Final Remedy

Quixotism – U Know Best

Rigbi – Take the Blame

Royale – Out of Season

ScHoolboy Q – Man of the Year (MAV Remix)

Ten Ton Man – Chunk of Change

Pick Your Poison: Wednesday 2-5-14

Class of 2014 update! It’s only been a week since I announced the 10 artists I’ll be keeping a close eye on all year, and most everyone is moving and shaking already. First up, Sam Smith. He wound up being a special guest at Taylor Swift’s show at O2 Arena in London, and performed his single “Money On My Mind” with her. If that’s not a sign he’s got big things ahead of him, I don’t know what is. Kelela also got people continuing to buzz about her by releasing a new track called “The High,” which you can find in the Soundcloud section below. It’s slow burning and beautiful. Hardcore punk band Perfect Pussy have their debut album Say Yes to Love out on March 18th, but you can hear a new song called “Big Stars” as part of this Mixcloud session. Skip to 1:15:00 to hear it! Additionally Perfect Pussy frontwoman Meredith Graves wrote a tour diary and gave some life tips for Elle Magazine. That’s got to be a big boost for the band, right? This has also been a big week for Mas Ysa, who released his debut EP Worth on Tuesday. You can stream the whole thing on Spotify right now, or buy it from your favorite music retailer. I’ll have my review of it up on the site soon. Last but not least there’s GEMS. If you’re a fellow Chicagoan, I encourage you to join me this upcoming Friday, February 7th at 9pm to see GEMS play a 21+ show at Subterranean. Tickets are free if you RSVP via Red Bull Sound Select, so do that and discover more about this band I’m continuing to predict big things for in 2014! Speaking of which, some of the bands featured in today’s Pick Your Poison might just be the next big thing as well, so don’t count any of them out either. There’s some strong tracks today from Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., The High Wire, Macedo, My Body Sings Electric, NOMADS, Run Things, Sea Lion and Touching Bass. In the SOundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from (the aforementioned) Kelela, Bleeding Rainbow, Miguel, Owls, Pattern Is Movement and The Presets.

Another Dead Clown – Akashic Field

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today (Randy Newman cover)

The High Wire – Still

The Honey Trees – Nightingale

KIVEN – In the Fire

Macedo – 17

My Body Sings Electric – New Friends

NØMADS – Free My Animal

PawnShop kings – Fall Apart

PLOY – Talk

Run Things – Dumb in the Sun

RVBRA – Oki

Sea Lion – Sanna’s Song

Touching Bass – Soulection

Pick Your Poison: Tuesday 2-4-14

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: Afterhours, Augustines, Bombay Bicycle Club, Broken Bells, Diamond Youth, Gardens and Villa, Jamestown Revival, Jeremy Messersmith, Juan Wauters, Marissa Nadler, Mark McGuire, Nicole Atkins, Peace Creep, Scott H. Biram, Snowbird, The Chain Gang of 1974, The Tower of Light, Wild Moccasins, Xiu Xiu, XO and Young Fathers. 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 Clouder, Empires, Little Racer, Milagres, SOmeday I Will Miss You and True. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream new songs from Chad VanGaalen, Editors, Ellie Goulding ft. Angel Haze (covering James Blake), Ex Hex and Yellow Ostrich, among others.

Clouder – Lost in Reverie

Empires – How Good Does It Feel

Gallant – Forfeit

Gentle Friendly – Autumn Nite

Kraak & Smaak ft. Janne Schra – Love Inflation (813 Remix)

Little Racer – Dancing

Mainland – Shiner

Milagres – Sunburn

Phia – Do You Ever? (Edward Francis – Runaway Hearts Remix)

Side Saddle – Don’t Wait for Him

Someday I Will Miss You – Hold On

Starar – Unbelievable

Tashaki Miyaki – Cool Runnings

True – It’s Not the Wind

Pick Your Poison: Monday 2-3-14

Since this is a music site and not a sports site, let’s talk for a quick minute about some things that happened this past Super Bowl Sunday that aren’t related to the big game. Though maybe I should mention that sports-wise I didn’t particularly care which team won the game considering I dislike both the Broncos and Seahawks. One has Peyton Manning and the other has Pete Carroll, neither of which are my favorite people. Still, congrats to the Seahawks on their blowout victory. But back to the things not so related to football. Let’s start with the halftime show. Bruno Mars is not my cup of tea, but he was entertaining enough that I didn’t want to change the channel when he was performing. Besides, I was more looking forward to seeing the Red Hot Chili Peppers get held to a single song (“Give It Away”) and pretend to play their clearly not plugged in instruments along with it. You could call that controversial, but the reality is that almost every single Super Bowl halftime performance is pre-recorded and features pantomimed instruments. Honestly if you think they can bring a huge stage out into the middle of a football field, plug everything in, soundcheck, and then perform a handful of songs all in a 20 minute span, that’s a pipe dream. I heard a few people were upset because Flea clearly didn’t have his bass hooked in and it took away from the “reality” of the performance. Sit back, relax, and enjoy seeing artists you like getting some good exposure with a semi-fake set. Beyond that halftime “controversy,” apparently some people are upset because American music icon Bob Dylan narrated and appeared in a Super Bowl commercial for Chrysler. He also allowed his song “I Want You” to be used in a yogurt commercial. The issue is that Dylan has pretty much always been an anti-establishment outsider, so now he’s apparently selling out. As a long-time Dylan fan, my reaction is twofold. First, he’s an elder statesman at this point, and has earned the right to do whatever the hell he wants. Second, I think that the more Bob Dylan that can be injected into popular culture, the better. The guy has an incredible catalogue, and if some kid hears his songs in a car or yogurt commercial and gets inspired, the world will be improved because of it. As much as he is a legend, he’s also felt like a secret that many don’t know or fail to fully appreciate. Whether he’s selling out or not, there is that notable upside. Anyways, that was my Super Bowl Sunday. Let’s talk Pick Your Poison Monday. Tracks worth your time in the set below come from Bart Davenport, Carl Creighton, Erik Hassle (ft. Vic Mensa), No Valley, Pony Boy and Zoo Brother. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from Curtis Harding, Lakker, Major Lazer (ft. Pharrell), Yuck, Baio’s remix of Broken Bells and Hands’ remix of Vanaprasta.

Bart Davenport – Dust in the Circuits

Carl Creighton – Baby Doll

Dillon – You Cover Me

Erik Hassle – Talk About It (ft. Vic Mensa)

Fantôme – Scream

Hillman Lighthouse – Change Your Mind

James Vincent McMorrow – Cavalier (BUDO Remix)

Life Leone – Is This Love

Midwestern Accent – Sunbleached

No Valley – Charlie Don’t Surf

Paces – Julian (ft. Erin Marshall)

Pony Boy – Happy Ever After

Sampology – Show Me

Zoo Brother – Fourth of July

Pick Your Poison: Thursday 1-30-14

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 Arcade Fire’s live session on Triple J Radio in Australia

Music Video: Chromeo – Come Alive (ft. Toro y Moi)

An attempt to rename the Paul’s Boutique street corner as “Beastie Boys Square” has been rejected

Stream A Place That Doesn’t Exist, a new EP from Willis Earl Beal

Watch Lorde cover James Blake’s “Retrograde” live in concert

Watch Class of 2014 artist FKA twigs perform “Hide” in a cave

YouTube Audio Stream: Wye Oak – The Tower

Watch Katy B cover Arctic Monkeys’ “One for the Road” live on BBC Radio 1

Listen to The National’s Matt Berninger on Bret Easton Ellis’ podcast

Watch St. Vincent’s Annie Clark demonstrate how to do a “rainbow kick” in soccer

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 Cayetana, Crookers, Kurt Von Stetten, Major Lazer, Ought, Phebe Starr and Slow No Wake. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream cuts from Creative Adult, Jimi Goodwin (of Doves), Sally Seltmann, Solomon Grey, The Whigs and Withered Hand.

Cayetana – Hot Dad Calendar

Corea Blue – There Was A Time

Crookers – Heavy

Host – Belltower

Jake Leg – Candid

Jim Rooney & Peter Rowan – Blue Ridge Mountain Blues

Katy B – 5AM (Mat Cant Remix)

Kurt Von Stetten – Cashier Girls

Major Lazer – Smooth Sailing (ft. Mr Williamz)

Ought – Waiting

Phebe Starr – Tonight (Steed Lord Remix)

Saint Motel – Ace in the Hole (Wize Remix)

Slow No Wake – Everyone Needs Someone

We Came From Wolves – Paradise Place

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