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If you didn’t know already, beyond my extreme passion for music, I’m also a bit of a film connoisseur. By that I mean I watch an average of 6 films every week, many of them at an actual theater, plus my DVD collection numbers close to 1,000 at this point. Some of my friends know me as the “movie guy” or call me their “personal Netflix” or the “human IMDB.” I’m not trying to brag (seriously), but rather attempt to establish that I know movies about as well as I know music, only I don’t really write about movies. Perhaps I should, but that’s a discussion for another day. What I really want to talk about is the intersection of music and movies. When an artist I love does a soundtrack for a film, like Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood doing the score for The Master, that’s an intersection. Similarly, when someone makes a movie about a rock band, like an Almost Famous or last year’s Not Fade Away, that’s an intersection too. Well, today I saw something that affected me more than most movie and music intersections. See, The Coen Bros. are among the most respected of film directors these days, what with masterpieces such as No Country for Old Men and The Big Lebowski under their belts, among others in their rich oeuvre. Each of their new movies is met with heavy anticipation thanks to great casts, acting work, plots and visuals. So imagine my surprise upon hearing that their next film due for release in 2013 is called Inside Llewyn Davis. It tells the story of a Bob Dylan-like folk musician trying to find success in 1960s New York. That one sentence summary is simple enough, but things are far from simple if you know the Coens. A trailer for it came out today, and it hit me straight at the core of my being. Bob Dylan’s “Farewell” acts as the soundtrack as we see the character of Llewyn Davis (played by Oscar Isaac who you may remember from Drive) travel around New York with his guitar, meeting restless souls and trading rather funny barbs with an ex (Carey Mulligan). John Goodman, F. Murray Abraham, Justin Timberlake, and Adam Driver (from the HBO show “Girls”) help to round out the cast. To me, this seems like it could be one of those really important films about rock and roll, which is why I wanted to share my thoughts with you on just the 2 minute trailer on the day it premiered. There’s currently no release date for the film, but I guess there’s a special screening or two happening early next month, the times and locations of which I have no idea. But yes, I’m dying to see this film, and if you watch that clip, I hope you will be too. Okay, now let’s talk Pick Your Poison. Tracks that get a gold star from me today come from Boxed Wine, Christina Courtin, Cliff Dweller, Matmos, Parisian and Pearl Necklace. In the Soundcloud section (located after the jump), you can stream new songs from Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Mister Lies, Snowden and a remastered oldie from Husker Du.

Boxed Wine – Bones

Chadwick Station – Startin’ Tomorrow

Christina Courtin – Lightfighter

Cliff Dweller – Peace in the Valley

Das Kapital – BrainBang (ft. Louis Blaise)

Lane 8 – Every Night

Matmos – Teen Paranormal Romance

Niagara – Seal

Notes to Self – Popular Music

Parisian – Sean

Pearl Necklace – Why Toto?

Peh Per Ghost – That Awk

Swamp Dogg – If I Die Tomorrow

Yumi and the Weather – Not Again (Ambassadeurs Remix)

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There was a big Chicago show announcement today that I’m very excited about while simultaneously very disappointed about. The excitement factor is that it’s Pearl Jam, and they’re playing at Wrigley Field. They’ve had some interesting bands play at Wrigley these last few years, including Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and Roger Waters. It feels like an improvement over years prior which featured big name country acts or pairings like Elton John and Billy Joel. Those artists are either offensive to my personal tastes or skew towards the much older crowd. Granted, names like Springsteen and Waters also skew older, but they’re at least legendary staples of rock music. So anyways, to have Pearl Jam at Wrigley seems like a fantastic idea, and I was the first to say that I’d be all set to buy a ticket the moment they went on sale. What I failed to anticipate was the date of the show: Friday, July 19th. You know what’s also going on that day in Chicago? The Pitchfork Music Festival. That and Lollapalooza are pretty much the two big 3-day shows I try not to miss a single second of every year. Now if Pitchfork announces their lineup and the Friday night headliner is a band I absolutely despise (this is highly unlikely), I may skip out of there to go see Pearl Jam. Ed Ved & Co. have put on an amazing show every single time I’ve seen them, and it mostly winds up being one gigantic sing-along for 2.5 hours. If you’re a Chicagoan and are sure you won’t be at Pitchfork this year, I do think that going to the Pearl Jam show is something you should be going to. Tickets for that show go on sale Feb. 9th at 10AM via tickets.com, but if you’re a Ten Club member there are certain presale advantages available to you. So there you go. Now let’s talk Pick Your Poison. Enjoy tracks today from ANtwon, Calvin Love, Dog Bite, Lindstrom’s remix of Grizzly Bear, Mark Mallman, Milk Music and Ulfur. In the Soundcloud section you can stream new songs from The 1975, Cave Painting (covering Frank Ocean) and Devendra Banhart.

Antwon – Automatic

Baby Baby – Keep On Dancin

Calvin Love – Missions

The Connects – Love in Las Vegas

Darwin Deez – Free (Billy Mix)

Dog Bite – Native America

Grizzly Bear – Gun Shy (Lindstrom Remix)

The March Divide – Pick Me Up

Mark Mallman – Like a Car Crash

Milk Music – I’ve Got a Wild Feeling

Ms. Henrik – Doing It for the Man

Nick and the Ovorols – Try Me

Tecla – Fake Tears

Ulfur – So Very Strange

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Welcome to Tuesday. I hope everyone had a nice Martin Luther King Jr. Day. If you’re from a foreign country, that probably means little to nothing, and if you’re American it may not have even meant a day off from work. But some people were lucky enough to get an extended weekend, and to those people I say I am jealous. Now then, let’s talk about what new albums are out this week. This is the first hefty release week, and boy is it a good one. Look for new full lengths from A$AP Rocky, Bad Religion, Camper Van Beethoven, Esben and the Witch, Everything Everything, FIDLAR, Foxygen, Gliss, The Growlers, Guided By Voices, The Joy Formidable, Mountains, The Night Marchers, Nightlands, Nosaj Thing, Ra Ra Riot, Speck Mountain, Toro y Moi, Villagers and Widowspeak. I’m excited to review a couple of these records later this week. If you’re looking for brand new single songs though, Pick Your Poison has you covered in that department. There’s good stuff today from Dream Curtain, Gospel Claws, The Kill van Kulls, Lazy Talkers, Lead Mule and Strangers. In the Soundcloud section (located after the jump), you can stream some excellent tracks from Disclosure (ft. AlunaGeorge), Ducktails and Twin Shadow’s remix of Sky Ferreira.

Dash – Into the Sounds

Dream Curtain – Glowing

Goldroom – Sweetness Alive (Touch Tone Remix)

Gospel Claws – Looming Darkness

Honeymilk – This Time Around (The Gods Won’t Save Me)

The Kill Van Kulls – Wooden Heart

Kiven – Hope and Smoke

KYLE – Keep It Real

Laurelin Kruse – Jupiter

Lazy Talkers – Killing Time

Lead Mule – Third Degree

M8ME – Forever

Sam Page – Hold On

Strangers – Bred for Breeding

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Happy Friday! I hope you’ve got some great weekend plans going on. I know it’s sort of the dead of winter and it can feel a little dead out there sometimes, but there are things to do if you look hard enough. For my Chicago friends, I do want to recommend that you check out any/as many shows as you can that are part of the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, which started a couple days ago and finishes up on Sunday night. There’s a bunch of shows happening at a bunch of different venues by bands such as Free Energy, Vacationer, The Walkmen, Father John Misty, Chelsea Wolfe, Freelance Whales, Snowmine, Lucero, Geographer, The Hudson Branch, ON AN ON and Jessie Ware, among others. It’s a lot of really great shows by some great up-and-coming bands (along with a few more notable names). So give winter the finger and go see some live music. For those not in Chicago, well, I hope your weekend is grand too. Please try and discover some new music via this weekend-starting edition of Pick Your Poison. Great tracks today come from Bobby Long, Cy Dune, Gentlemen Hall, Tiger Waves, Umberto and Vato Gonzalez. In the Soundcloud section (located after the jump), you can stream some good tracks from Blood Diamonds (ft. Dominic Lord), Fear of Men, Julia Holter (covering Arthur Russell) and The Postelles, among others.

Admonic – Tick Boom

Alex Metric – Rave Weapon (Amtrac Remix)

Arima Ederra – Flow Chart

Bergen – Dancing in the Garden

Bobby Long – Devil Moon

Cy Dune – Move the Room

Everything Everything – Kemosabe (Post War Years Remix)

Gentlemen Hall – Sail Into the Sun

Matpat – Everybody Rise

Mist Glider & Heart Tricks – Krystal Kingdom

Rams’ Pocket Radio – Cavities

Skye – Featherlight

Tiger Waves – Fields

Umberto – Night Fantasy

Vato Gonzalez – Cats Are Evil

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Every six months or a year or so, really whenever I feel like it’s time, I like to offer a refresher to new visitors explaining what Pick Your Poison is and why it exists. Since we’re still pretty much at the beginning of a new year, I might as well cover those details today. So Pick Your Poison started a couple years ago, when I came to the realization that I was getting hundreds of emails a day and was using maybe 5% of that content. I listened to 100% of it, but writing album reviews and sharing the occasional mp3 only allowed me to do so much curating. There was so much more good music out there I simply wasn’t able to give to you, the reader, because I didn’t have the time or fortitude to write about it all. Few people do. Plus, there are so many different types and genres of music around you’re never going to satisfy everyone’s tastes. I felt like the artists and their promoters deserved a little more than having their music pass through my ears and then sail off into oblivion. The choice I made was to completely open up the flood gates. Pick Your Poison got its name because it lays everything out on a virtual table in front of you, and then you choose your own fate. You might download something thinking it’s going to be interesting and exciting, only to discover it’s terrible. By that same logic you might also discover your new favorite band. The point is, the opportunity is there and the selection of music is eclectic enough that there’s a little something for everyone. I hope you enjoy the thrill of these daily posts as much as I do, even if some days are definitely better than others. Today’s edition is decent. Of the tracks below, I can definitely advise you to check out songs from Carroll, Circle, Frank Rabeyrolles, Frontier Ruckus, Midnight Spin, Stubborn Heart, Wintersleep and Youth Lagoon. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream tracks from Cold War Kids, The Go, Kinski and Night Moves.

alt-J – Breezeblocks (Acid Invaders Remix)

Apparatjik – Datascroller (Blue Foundation Remix)

Carroll – Lead Balloon

Circle – Shake It Off

Clementine & The Galaxy – Robot

Frank Rabeyrolles – Lush

Frontier Ruckus – Dealerships

Houses – Beginnings

Midnight Spin – Don’t Let Me Sleep

MT WARNING – Burn Again

Myopic – Jura

Stubborn Heart – Need Someone

Wintersleep – Permanent Sigh

Youth Lagoon – Dropla

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This is the first what you might call “substantial” new music Tuesday of 2013, in which a fair number of albums by notable artists are being released. I’m pretty excited about a bunch of these (and will be reviewing them on the site coming up soon), so pay close attention in case one of your favorites is putting something out. Artists with new records this week include A$AP Rocky, Brave Baby, The Capsules, Christopher Owens, Erin McKeown, Free Energy, Holopaw, Marching Band, Parquet Courts, Sean Lennon and Yo La Tengo. I promise there’s at least a few quality albums in that bunch, if that’s what you’re looking for. If you’re just looking for good songs, there’s a bunch below as well as part of today’s Pick Your Poison. Highlights today include tracks from Aimee Bobruk, Cobalt Cranes, Doldrums, The Drovers, Joey Bada$$, Junip, Mountains and Summer Hours. In the Soundcloud section (after the jump), you can stream good tracks from Holopaw (their album is out this week) and Octover, among others.

Aimee Bobruk – A Day in the Life

Booka Shade – Tomorrow Belongs to Us (ChrisB. VIP REMIXXX)

Chadwick Station – Waiting for a Sunny Day

Cobalt Cranes – Head in the Clouds

Doldrums – Anomaly

The Drovers – Juliette / The Tantrum

From the Airport – Everyone’s All Right

I-Wolf – Let It Go

Jack James – Three Names

Joey Bada$$ – Unorthodox

Junip – Line of Fire

Mountains – Living Lens

Summer Hours – Close and Closer

Yacht Rock Revue – Can’t Wait for Summer

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So last week, I took a look back at what was my Class of 2012. That was a set of 10 artists that I followed closely all year, with the prediction that all of them would have a significant rise in profile as time went on. Among the class were artists like A$AP Rocky, Lana Del Rey, Azealia Banks, Frank Ocean, Grimes and Purity Ring. Many of them did quite well for themselves in 2012, and I’m proud of them for doing so. Now in 2013, I’ve selected another set of 10 artists, and fittingly called them the Class of 2013. I’m quite excited about being able to keep a close eye on them for the next 12 months, and I’m remarkably confident that their successes will become even greater than the class before them. So I encourage you to check out that post and get educated on those 10 artists, as you’ll be hearing a lot more about them in the near future. I like to use the Pick Your Poison intros as Class of 2013 update centers, so we’ll have a lot of fun with that quite soon. Did any of the artists below make my Class of 2013? Well, no, but there’s some really promising acts in this bunch too. Be sure to check out tracks from The Cannanes, Go Exploring, Kait Lawson, The Lovely Bad Things, Lovestreams, Pissed Jeans and Rare Monk. In the Soundcloud section located after the jump, you can stream new tracks from A Hawk and A Hacksaw, Jim James (of My Morning Jacket) and Merchandise.

Among Criminals – War

Bogan Via – Kanye (Geographer Remix)

The Cannanes – Bumper

The Fiery Piano – Scene From A Science Fictional Love Story

Future – Youth Conspiration

Go Exploring – Today

KaiL Baxley – Don’t Matter to Me

Kait Lawson – Place in the Ground

The Lovely Bad Things – Fried Eyes

Lovestreams – Shock Corridor

Mackaper – Dimma

Pissed Jeans – Cathouse

Rare Monk – Underground

Simian Ghost – Be My Wife (David Bowie cover)

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It’s Friday, and as always, that’s fantastic. The Oscar nominations came out yesterday, and as a movie buff, I’m excited to see how this year’s awards are going to go down. There were a few snubs, as there are every year, but this year’s seem particularly strange and farsighted. You take a look at the Best Director category, and to not have accomplished and great people like Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow and Tom Hooper included when they all turned in some of their finest work this year seems crazy. Perhaps the nominations got a little screwed up in the wake of some balloting issues they encountered while attempting to allow members of the Academy to vote digitally. Either that, or maybe the Weinsteins are threatening more families than usual this year. I’m just kidding, though really there’s a couple ounces of truth behind that I’m sure. So anyways, there are a number of things I’m disappointed with in this year’s Oscar nominations, but I’m not going to tackle them all here. Instead I’ll hope for better results when it comes down to the Golden Globes, which are on Sunday. That’s Hollywood’s most fun awards ceremony, so make sure you watch if you’d like to see a bunch of people having a good time while winning (or losing) awards. Now then, let’s get to today’s Pick Your Poison. Songs that get my stamp of approval today come from Apricot Rail, Camper Van Beethoven, Chelsea Light Moving (Thurston Moore’s new band), Gospels, Hollis Brown, Lapland and Milo Greene. In the Soundcloud section (located after the jump), stream some good tracks from Carmen Villain, Guards, Ryan Hemsworth and Widowspeak. Have a great weekend!

Apricot Rail – Basket Press

Blind Architect – Lebanon

Camper Van Beethoven – Someday Our Love Will Sell Us Out

Chelsea Light Moving – Empires of Time

Gospels – Animal Feelings

Hollis Brown – Down on Your Luck

The Hot Dark – In Retrospect

Jacco Gardner – The Ballad of Little Jane

James Hersey – Don’t Say Maybe

Jerusalem in My Heart – Yudaghdegh al-ra3ey wala al-ghanam

Kris Menace ft. Unai – Lone Runner (Axel Le Baron Remix)

Lapland – Unwise

Majical Cloudz – Turns Turns Turns (Blue Hawaii Fluchtig Mix)

Milo Greene – Parents (The Descendents cover)

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Some of my favorite things to hear in music outside of the songs are the stories behind them. The whole idea of shows like VH1’s Storytellers where the artists give background attracts me like a magnet, though I’ll only dive into it if the artist featured is someone I like. While I’m sure someone like Pink has plenty to say about the construction of her tracks, inspired by an addiction to pills or something, if I can’t connect to it I simply don’t care. So let’s talk about Jens Lekman for a minute. There’s a track of his featured below called “Olivia and Maddy,” a song that comes with a story that I found compelling. A couple months back, you may recall the tragedy that was Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast pretty hard. New York City became a powerless, flood-soaked nightmare, and many were trapped in their houses and apartments for days without some essential resources. Amid this tragedy, Lekman wasn’t in any affected areas, but his pianist was. The tour was starting in Seattle a couple days after Sandy, and Jonas the pianist was trapped in NYC. So what’s an artist to do? Lekman took to Facebook and asked his fans for a favor: If someone in the NYC area could pick up Jonas and drive him to Boston so he could catch a flight, Lekman would pay for the help, and he’d write a song about that person. So Olivia and Maddy were the two heroes that apparently helped save his tour. The song itself is a little bit silly, and if the lyrics are true Lekman got over a hundred offers from fans wanting to help, but it’s actually quite a nice track all things considered. So check it out below, along with some other great songs from Art Decade, Boys School, Freeze-Tag, Hey Champ, Lower Plenty and Torres. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream tracks from Generationals, Herve, Heyerdahl, Hooray for Earth (covering Bear in Heaven) and Rachel Zeffira.

Ampersand Posture – Asleep

Art Decade – Breeze

As Elephants Are – Lucifer

Boys School – Saturdays

First Rate People – You Won’t Get This Joke At All

Freeze-Tag – Kiss Kiss Kiss

Hey Champ – Cliche

Isadora – Barcelona

Jens Lekman – Olivia and Maddy

Lower Plenty – Strange Beast

Neon Hitch ft. Tyga – Gold (Faustix & Imanos Remix)

The Steve Adamyk Band – Katacombs

Torres – Mother Earth, Father God

Unlike Pluto – Run Maggie Run

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I’m in a bit of a hurry today, so unfortunately I can’t quite ramble on about something aimlessly like I tend to do in these Pick Your Poison entries. Instead, let’s pretty much get straight to the music. There’s good stuff today from artists such as Anamanaguchi, FLOTE, Ghost Youth, Jez Dior, Pere Ubu, Phaseone, Reversing Falls and Rice Cultivation Society. In the Soundcloud section (after the jump), stream tracks from Free Energy, Hurts and Jeremy Greenspan.

Anamanaguchi – Meow

Brave Baby – Magic & Fire

FLOTE – The Cascades

Ghost Youth – Pilgrimage

The Good Natured – 5-HT (Duncan Murray Remix)

Jez Dior – Love Me to Death

Moduloktopus – Formless

Othello Woolf – Keep On

Pere Ubu – 414 Seconds

Phaseone – It’s Not Forever

Reversing Falls – Curse This Place

Rice Cultivation Society – Honey Hide

Rosco Bandana – Feels Like Mississippi

Total Warr – Bambastard (ft. The Death Set)

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It’s the first official new music release day of 2013, and naturally things are getting off to a slow start. Next week will be much better. For now though, if you’re itching to pick something up, the following artists are putting out material for your enjoyment: Big Boi, Broadcast, Chris Tomalin, Dropkick Murphys, Never Shout Never, Pere Ubu, Solange and Wooden Wand. You might also be interested to know that the soundtrack to the great HBO show “Girls” is out this week, featuring tracks from Robyn, Santigold, Grouplove, Icona Pop, Belle & Sebastian and Fleet Foxes. It’s all previously released material, but if you don’t have those individual records already, it might be something to check out. Also worth checking out is today’s Pick Your Poison. Focus tracks today come from Airstrip, The Away Days, Frida Selander, Iceage, Paperfangs, Qurious and Sweet Knievel. In the Soundcloud section (after the jump), there’s streaming tracks from Ancient History, Azealia Banks, Eat Skull and The Neighbourhood.

Airstrip – Pleasure Center

The Away Days – Dressing Room

e-dubble – Plot Twist

Frida Selander – Forever On Your Team

Gentlemen’s Relish – They Have Seen the Apes

Humfree Bug Art – With Night and Lights

Iceage – Coalition

Mikki Ekko – Pull Me Down (T. Williams Remix)

Paperfangs – Bathe in Glory

Phil Beaudreau – Spark

Qurious – Pactolian

Sweet Knievel – Rule of Thumb

Useless Eaters – Black Night Ultraviolet

xSDTRK – sVcrethe

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Oh hey, it’s the first edition of Pick Your Poison for 2013! Yes, I’m excited to start another year of fun music writing and coverage and downloads. If 2012 was a truly great year for music (and I’d like to believe it was), that means this new year has a lot to live up to. What with things like a new My Bloody Valentine album and a new Arcade Fire album hoping to grab us by the throat (or ears, if you will), there are a few guaranteed things to look out for. Newly chief among them is the surprising last minute revelation that there will be a new David Bowie record out in March. It’s called The Next Day, and you can watch the first video from it for the song “Where Are We Now?” by clicking here. All this information was revealed minutes before I sat down to write this, and needless to say I’m very excited. Speaking of new music in 2013, I’m pleased to announce that later this week I’ll be unveiling my “Class of 2013” – 10 artists to watch this year. The “Class of 2012” was a pretty big success, with most of those artists definitely getting a boost in profile (some more than others – looking at you Frank Ocean and Grimes), and part of me thinks that this next set will be even bigger and better. I’ll let you know later this week when that post goes up. For now though, please enjoy this delightful edition of Pick Your Poison, filled with some favorites I found during the couple weeks of vacation over the holidays. Be sure to make time for tracks from Amtrac, Angel Haze, Ty Segall’s new band Fuzz, Kirby Kaiser, Pravada and Wildarms. In the Soundcloud section (located after the jump), you can stream some really good tracks from Active Child, Local Natives and Ryan Hemsworth.

Amtrac – Money (The Drums cover)

Angel Haze – On the Edge

Circle – One True Cup

Daymare – An Argument As A Gift

Dead Wolf Club – Letters

Fuzz – This Time I Got A Reason

Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet – Blues Can Be Abstract, Too

Kirby Kaiser – Every Time

!M! – Lithium (Nirvana cover)

Pravada – Campfire Song

Sex Jams – Shark vs. Apple

SmCity – New Year’s Revolution (ft. Alison Carney)

+verb – I Want Some

Wildarms – Unity

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Okay folks, here it is. The last Pick Your Poison of 2012. After this, the site is on vacation until January 7, 2013. I don’t know about you, but I need those couple weeks to enjoy the holidays and recharge a bit. While I’m gone, in case you haven’t already checked them out, please browse through my Top 50 Albums of 2012 and Top 50 Songs of 2012. They’re both dynamic and fun lists that I’m exceptionally proud of. I hope you’ll take a look, even if it is a passing glance. Other than that, I’d like to wish you a very happy and healthy holidays. Get loads of gifts if you haven’t already, and celebrate the new year in style. I’ve got a great feeling about 2013, even if many feel that particular number is “unlucky.” We’ll take it as it comes, and hope for the best. So here’s what’s good in this final edition of Pick Your Poison for 2012. I can recommend tracks from Arc Rev One, Dent May, ExDetectives, Husky Rescue, Moonlight Towers and The Reed Fags. In the Soundcloud section (located after the jump), don’t miss streaming songs from The Band in Heaven and The Deer Tracks. Be well, friends! There’s plenty more on the way next year!

Arc Rev One – The Storm of the I of the Storm

Dent May – 2099

ExDetectives – Chase It Away

Husky Rescue – Deep Forest Green

Linus Pauling Quartet – Assault on the Vault of the Ancient Bonglords

Master Shortie – Nobody Taught Me

Mist Glider – Glimmer

Moonlight Towers – Distant Wheels

Out For Hours – Driving

Peking Duk – The Way You Are (Sondrio Remix)

The Reed Fags – Molly

The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil (Pink Holy Days Version)

Theatre of Delays – Prime Time

SOUNDCLOUD

The Band in Heaven – High Low

The Deer Tracks – Bucket of Sunbeams

Heyerdahl – Mirage

Rebekah Delgado – Mad World (Tears for Fears cover)

This Town Needs Guns – I’ll Take the Minute Snake

It’s snowing! Yes, here in Chicago, today was the first day of snowfall since the end of last winter. It actually set a record for the longest period of time without measurable snow in the area. Of course that snow drought would break just as meteorological winter arrives tomorrow. Speaking of tomorrow, is everyone excited for the apocalypse? Yep, if the world’s ending tomorrow, it’s been nice knowing you and we’ve had a great run. This could be the last edition of Pick Your Poison ever. And that makes me somewhat sad, actually. But it IS absolutely the 2nd to last Pick Your Poison of 2012. After tomorrow, there’s a 1-2 week hiatus in place so I can actually take some time to play with my Christmas presents and spread some cheer before New Years. Have no fear though, everything will be up and running again by mid-January. I’ve also got some more posts planned for you that aren’t necessarily Pick Your Poison related. Some extra Listmas duties to take care of, if you will. For now, please enjoy the songs below. Gold star tracks today come from Beard of Wolves, Bogan Via, The Capsules, Panoramic & True and Photo Ops. In the Soundcloud section (located after the jump), there’s streaming songs from Geographer (covering Kate Bush), Hundred Waters, Solar Year and more so check those out too!

Beard of Wolves – My Father Drives the Death Star

The Birthday Suit – Silent Night

Bogan Via – Gatsby

Campfires – Fortune Teller

The Capsules – Our Apocalypse

Erin McKeown – Santa is An Asshole (WAV)

Hawk and Dove – Things We Lost So Far

Johan Hedberg – Some Kind of Christmas

Kensy Krackshow – The End

Marching Band – And I’ve Never Seen

The Murder Barn – Just Like Christmas (Low cover)

Panoramic & True – Gunslinger

Photo Ops – It Makes Me Cry

Psymbionic – Space Monkey (Psymbionic Remix)

Tiga – Shoes (Mickey Moonlight Remix)

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