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June 24, 2009

Spiral Stairs: "Maltese Terrier"

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Ex-Pavement dude Scott Kannberg has moved on from teasing us about a possible reunion of his legendary band, and is finally releasing his first album as Spiral Stairs. We've got the first track, "Maltese Terrier" from the upcoming LP, which is going to be called The Real Feel, and drops October 20 via Matador.

MP3:> Spiral Stairs: "Maltese Terrier"
Sally Shapiro: "Miracle (Bogdan Irkük Remix)"

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Sally Shapiro is back in action, prepping her sophomore LP, My Guilty Pleasure, for release later this year. We've already heard first single "Miracle", and now the track has a remix from Bogdan Irkük that lifts Johan Agebjörn's Italo snyths and Moroder bassline up above Sally's chilling vocals.

MP3:> Sally Shapiro: "Miracle (Bogdan Irkük Remix)"
jj: "From Africa to Málaga"

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Here's a new track from cryptic Sincerely Yours signees jj, the guys behind "My Life, My Swag" and "My Swag, My Life". "From Africa to Málaga" is yet another light Balearic summery jam, and would make a nice soundtrack to chilling by a cold swimming pool. Boy, doesn't that sound nice on a day like this.

MP3:> jj: "From Africa to Málaga"

June 23, 2009

Antony and the Johnsons: Various Songs (Live at Holland Festival)

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Antony and the Johnsons performed with Amsterdam's Metropolitan Orchestra at the Holland Festival recently, imbuing his new material from The Crying Light with a heavy, romantic backdrop of symphonic arrangements. He also premiered a new song, a collaboration with Nico Muhly. To hear the hour-long set, follow the link below and, next to Antony's face, click the button that says "bekijk uitzending" (Dutch for "get ready to cry").

Video:> Antony and the Johnsons: Various Songs (Live at Holland Festival)
Zomby : "Mercury's Rainbow"

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The new video for Zomby's "Mercury's Rainbow", from last year's Where Were U in '92?, features a familiar clip: Dave's journey beyond the infinite from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Somehow, Zomby's beeps, blips, and butchered beats form an even creepier soundtrack than Ligeti's for the trippy slit-scan photo effects.

(via The Fader)
Sonic Youth: "No Way" (Live on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon")

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Sonic Youth continue their late-night TV appearances in support of new Matador LP The Eternal, this time performing album cut "No Way" for Jimmy Fallon.

June 22, 2009

Basement Jaxx: "Raindrops" (Various remixes)

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Basement Jaxx have posted some new remixes of "Raindrops", which is on sale as a single right now. Check out their nifty remix widget below, with versions by Robbie Riviera, Joker and Jens, AN21 and Philip Jensen, and Under New Management, as well as the radio edit of the original track.
His Clancyness: "So Bored" (Wavves cover)

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Don't have much info on this artist calling himself His Clancyness, but he's contributing a track to the inaugural release of the We Were Never Being Boring label, and it's a cover of Wavves' summer jam "So Bored". This chilled-out version dunks the surf-punk original underwater, emerging with a more Surfer Rosa-tinted shoegazer.

MP3:> His Clancyness: "So Bored" (Wavves cover)

June 19, 2009

Franz Ferdinand: "No You Girls"

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A song we've heard a lot of this year gets a second music video. There's a lot of goofing around and video screens multiplying like nesting dolls.
Bat For Lashes: "Sleep Alone" (Live on KCRW)

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Natasha Khan, aka Bat For Lashes, donned her Veronica Lodge dress in the KCRW studios for a performance of Two Suns' haunting "Sleep Alone". Click on the video to play.

(via Prefix/Culture Bully)
La Roux: "Bulletproof (Lagos Boys Choir Remix)"

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Here's a new remix of La Roux's terrific new single, "Bulletproof", wherein Lagos Boys Choir unpack the original's blippy production and unfurl it into a sprawling, garagey dancefloor banger. The "Bulletproof" single is out now via Polydor/Kitsuné, but this remix you won't be able to find anywhere else.
God Help the Girl: God Help the Girl

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Surely you've heard about God Help the Girl? We've already spoken to Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch about his new musical theatre/sountrack project, heard three different tracks, seen two videos, and checked out the GHTG subscription series. Well, now true fans will have to wait no longer to hear the complete project, as Matador is offering a stream of the full album a week ahead of its release.

Stream:> God Help the Girl: God Help the Girl
Air France: "GBG Belongs to Us"

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Air France just tipped us off to a new song they've recorded, a tribute to their hometown Gothenburg, called "GBG Belongs to Us" (likely a reference to Saint Etienne's "London Belongs to Me", a track from today's Best New Music'ed Foxbase Alpha). They've even recorded a little "teaser" video for the tune, which can be found at the "Part III" link below. Follow "Part II" for a .zip file with the track. ("Part I" seems to be a very detailed travel guide, in case you were thinking about visiting Sweden!)

MP3/Video:> Air France: "GBG Belongs to Us"
Modest Mouse: "Whale Song"

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Modest Mouse are releasing their second 7" single in as many months, following up the post-Record Store Day offering "Satellite Skin"/"Guilty Cocker Spaniels" with a long-awaited recording of live staple "Whale Song" b/w "Autumn Beds". The B-side was reviewed today, but now Tripwire has a stream of "Whale Song", and boy, is it as massive and epic as the titular sea mammal.

Stream:> Modest Mouse: "Whale Song"
Phoenix: "1901" (Live on "Late Show With David Letterman")

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French rockers Phoenix stopped by the Ed Sullivan Studios last night, zipping through one of this year's best singles, "1901" from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.
The Dead Weather: "Hang You From the Heavens" (Live on "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien)

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The Dead Weather, Jack White's new band with Kills singer Alison Mosshart, stopped by "The Tonight Show" last night to perform "Hang You From the Heavens", the heavy-hitting single from the forthcoming Horehound. Mosshart delivers a strong vocal, but it's still just a little weird seeing Jack hiding behind the kits back there.

(via Prefix)

June 18, 2009

Dinosaur Jr.: Farm

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As you may have heard, Dinosaur Jr. have a new album coming out next week. We've chatted with the artist behind the trippy album artwork, interviewed the director of their recent video for "Over It", and now, a week ahead of its release, you can stream the full album over at the band's MySpace.

Stream:> Dinosaur Jr.: Farm
Japandroids: "Crazy/Forever" and "Heart Sweats" (Live on KEXP)

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British Columbia's Japandroids stopped by the KEXP studios recently to perform a few tracks from this year's outstanding Post-Nothing, including "Crazy/Forever" and "Heart Sweats".
Jay-Z, Wallpaper.: "D.O.A./ 99 Problems (Wallpaper. Remix)"

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This Wallpaper. dude knows a good internet meme when he sees one. The producer who took "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Hell" to heights unimagined earlier this year has turned his attention to Jay-Z's recent screed "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)", pitch-shifting Jigga's vocals in a way in which he would not approve (actually he probably would, since he's got a good sense of humor, but it's more fun to imagine him getting pissed). He also mashes it up with "99 Problems", except in this case it's "pitch" that ain't one. Don't you wish you'd thought of that? Stream below, you can nab the mp3 here.
Broken Social Scene, Feist: Various Songs (Live in Toronto)

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Leslie Feist made a little cameo yesterday at a surprise gig Broken Social Scene played in their hometown, Toronto. Feist joined the crew for "New Country" and then this ripping new instrumental was captured.

"New Country"
St. Vincent: Various Songs (acoustic; live on Lake Fever Sessions)

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"I don't even think I own an acoustic guitar," begins St. Vincent's Annie Clark as she introduces the first of these clips, in which she performs a few songs from this year's excellent Actor, on, well, an acoustic guitar. The video was shot for the Nashville-based web show Lake Fever Sessions, in which a local recording studio invites "some of our favorite artists into the studio for the better part of an afternoon and have them perform a few numbers." "The Strangers" and "Oh My God" round out the set.

"Actor Out of Work"

"The Strangers"

"Oh My God"
Fever Ray: "Triangle Walks"

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Yesterday we heard a decent remix of "Triangle Walks" by Rex the Dog, and now the track has its own video, directed by Mikel Cee Karlsson, frequent Knife collaborator Andreas Nilsson a characteristically dark affair with only the light of a few flickering, possessed lamps to illuminate Karin's painted face. "Triangle Walks" single is out next week via Mute.

Triangle Walks from Fever Ray on Vimeo.

(via Stereogum)

June 17, 2009

Real Estate: "Green River"

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Real Estate, the atmospheric guitar-pop outfit featured on the recent Underwater Peoples comp and the guys behind this year's "Black Lake", have a new 7" coming out July 20, and here's the B, "Green River" (not a CCR cover but worth a listen).

MP3:> Real Estate: "Green River"
Black Moth Super Rainbow: "Twin of Myself (The Go! Team Remix)"

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The Go! Team work their remix magic on Black Moth Super Rainbow's "Twin of Myself", from this year's Eating Us, reconfiguring the track's shimmering chimes and Dave Fridmann distorto-drums, and pairing them with their trademark bells and whistles.

MP3:> Black Moth Super Rainbow: "Twin of Myself (The Go! Team Remix)"
David Lynch, Fox Bat Strategy: "Shoot the Works"

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David Lynch, along with the photographs and vocals he recently contributed to the Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse Dark Night of the Soul project, has another new music-related endeavor on the way. Fox Bat Strategy: A Tribute to Dave Jaurequi is a seven-track album featuring lyrics by Lynch due out June 30 via Rykodisc and David Lynch Music Company. Take a listen to the sparse, eerie ballad "Shoot the Works" at EW's website.

Stream:> David Lynch: "Shoot the Works"
Fever Ray: "Triangle Walks (Rex the Dog Radio Edit)"

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Rex the Dog's remix of Fever Ray's "Triangle Walks", a standout track from this year's self-titled LP, is pretty faithful to the original, supplementing the track's rhythm for some heavier beats and a few knob-twisting turns, but preserving the stuttering production and, of course, Karin's dark vocals.

MP3:> Fever Ray: "Triangle Walks (Rex the Dog Radio Edit)"

(via PopJustice)
Radical Sons: "I'm So Sick of the 21st Century"

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St. Louis' Radical Sons, recently signed to Secretly Canadian imprint St. Ives, will be releasing the Throwing Knives EP next week July 7. Take a listen to the rootsy swagger of first single "I'm So Sick of the 21st Century".
Lusine: "Two Dots"

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Seattle producer Jeff McIlwain, aka Lusine, put out a sample-heavy new single called "Two Dots" this week, which they're selling over at Ghostly with a couple of remixes. Later this year he's got a full-length on the way from Ghostly called A Certain Distance.

MP3:> Lusine: "Two Dots"
The Skygreen Leopards: "Dixie Cups in the Dead Grass"

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Jagjaguwar will be releasing the newest Skygreen Leopards LP, Gorgeous Johnny, on July 21. The follow-up to 2006's Disciples of California finds the duo again aiming for sun-drenched pop, as you can hear in this first track, "Dixie Cups in the Dead Grass".

MP3:> The Skygreen Leopards: "Dixie Cups in the Dead Grass"

June 16, 2009

Camera Obscura: "French Navy" (Live on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson")

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This week on "The Late Late Show", Camera Obscura played the fetching single "French Navy", a song from their recent LP, My Maudlin Career.
Mark Pritchard, Om'mas Keith: "Wind It Up"

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Here's a new release on Kode9's Hyperdub label, from Mark Pritchard and Om'mas Keith, the latter of whom produced Erykah Badu's New Amerykah, helmed Rick Ross' Rise to Power, and is currently at work on P Diddy's latest LP. "Wind It Up" from the group's Hyperdub debut 12", which is out July 20.
Little Joy: Various Songs (Daytrotter session)

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Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti, along with pals Rodrigo Amarante and Binki Shapiro, brought a Little Joy to the Daytrotter studios, performing "No One's Better Sake" and "Keep Me in Mind", both from last year's breezy self-titled debut.

MP3/Stream:> Little Joy: Various Songs (Daytrotter session)
Blur: "Popscene" / "Song 2" (Live in London)

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The recently reunited Blur played a surprise show yesterday at London's Rough Trade East and played more classics to go with all of those YouTubes we posted yesterday.

(via The Fader)
Modest Mouse: "Autumn Beds"

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Modest Mouse are following their recent post-Record Store Day single "Satellite Skin"/"Guilty Cocker Spaniels" with yet another, a 7" featuring "Whale Song" and "Autumn Beds", the latter of which you can hear below at Spinner.

Stream:> Modest Mouse: "Autumn Beds"
Kanye West, Beyoncé: "Ego"

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Here's yet another collaborative video with Kanye and an R&B diva, this one a black-and-white clip with some in-your-face Kanye spitting before Beyoncé shows off some of her "Single Ladies" moves.
Sonic Youth: "Sacred Trickster"

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Being a girl in a band is approximately like paintball-bombing a snooty rooftop soirée (?), according to Sonic Youth's latest video, for The Eternal's "Sacred Trickster".
Jenny Lewis: "Black Sand"

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Kaleidoscopic visuals and weather maps abound in the newest Jenny Lewis video, for "Black Sand" from last year's Acid Tongue.

June 15, 2009

Memory Tapes: "Bicycle"

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Memory Cassette and Weird Tapes are joining forces to become (drumroll) Memory Tapes! The project will have a debut LP out in September, and first single "Bicycle" will be out in the first week of August, but you can hear it now on the official blog.

MP3:> Memory Tapes: "Bicycle"
Gossip: "Heavy Cross"

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The Gossip are back, and their latest track, "Heavy Cross", which we reviewed recently, now has a video with a throwback glam theme. Not quite as viciously ironic as their other recent Music for Men promo, but that would be asking a lot.

June 12, 2009

The Knife: "Colouring Pigeons" (from Tomorrow, in a Year)

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Remember when we told you that the Knife would be scoring an opera, inspired by Charles Darwin, to premiere in Copenhagen on September 2? Well, we weren't kidding, and now there's proof: you can hear a (too brief) sample of "Colouring Pigeons", ostensibly a piece from the larger work, Tomorrow, in a Year. As you might expect, it sounds like a disembodied Knife song, a female's vowel-only vocals ping-ponging over some tribal drums and spooky snyths.

(via Daily Swarm)
Friday Bridge: "This Case Is Closed (Johan Agebjörn Remix)"

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Here's a new remix from Sally Shapiro's producer, Johan Agebjörn, of a track from Swedish electro-pop duo Friday Bridge. Agebjörn's trademark sparkly synths and Moroder-esque bassline form a billowy disco bed for Ylva Lindberg's airy vocals. A nice jam to kick off your weekend dance party. The Bite My Tongue LP is out now via the But Is It Art? label.

MP3:> Friday Bridge: "This Case Is Closed (Johan Agebjörn Remix)"
Neko Case: "This Tornado Loves You" (Live on "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien")

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Neko Case vistited Conan last night on the set of his new show, performing "This Tornado Loves You" from this year's Middle Cyclone.

(via Prefix)

June 11, 2009

Depeche Mode: "Peace"

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War is the theme of Depeche Mode's new video for "Peace", from Sounds of the Universe, which follows a (discharged?) female soldier through a day in the civilian life, haunted by her memories in the service as she spends her time washing dishes in a diner.

(via Stereogum)
Bat For Lashes: "Daniel (Tara Busch's AnalogSuicide Mix)"

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We can still hardly get enough of Bat For Lashes' awesome single, "Daniel", which is lucky, since EMI is offering a free download (name and email address required) of a new remix by Tara Busch, which reconfigures the tune into a stormy, mechanized collage, while still managing to maintain the original's haunting mood.

MP3:> Bat For Lashes: "Daniel (Tara Busch's AnalogSuicide Mix)"
Clipse: "I'm Good" [ft. Pharrell]

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Clipse have posted a song from their upcoming Til the Casket Drops, a synth-y Neptunes-produced track featuring Pharrell on vocals.

MP3:> Clipse [ft. Pharrell]: "I'm Good"

(via Gorilla vs. Bear)
Grand Archives: "Silver Among the Gold"

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Seattle's Grand Archives are readying their sophomore LP, Keep in Mind Frankenstein, for release on Sub Pop on September 15. Judging from this first track, "Silver Among the Gold", the follow-up to last year's self-titled debut will continue the tradition of sun-soaked Americana.

MP3:> Grand Archives: "Silver Among the Gold"

(via MBV)
Black Lips: Various Songs (Daytrotter session)

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Atlanta bubblegum punks Black Lips are the latest band enshrined in the Daytrotter pantheon, stopping by the studios to record a few cuts from their latest album, 200 Million Thousand, plus a cover of "You Must Be a Witch" from 1960s garage psych cult-favorites the Lollipop Shoppe.

MP3/Stream:> Black Lips: Various Songs (Daytrotter session)
Gang Gang Dance: "First Communion (TV on the Radio Mix)"

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TV on the Radio give the remix treatment to Gang Gang Dance's "First Communion" from last year's terrific Saint Dymphna. The "First Communion" 12" is out now on Warp, featuring the original mix, the TVOTR remix, plus Hot Chip's reworking of "House Jam".

MP3:> Gang Gang Dance: "First Communion (TV on the Radio Mix)"

(via Stereogum)
Girls: "Dreams Come True Girl" (Cass McCombs cover)

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San Francisco's Girls opened a concert this weekend with a cover of Cass McCombs' terrific new song, "Dreams Come True Girl" after a short intro copped from the Elvis standard "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)", certainly a touchstone for this tune.
Twilight Singers: "When Doves Cry" (Prince cover)

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Spin has commissioned a tribute to Prince's 1984 classic Purple Rain on its silver anniversary, and they've roped in an all-star cast of Prince acolytes, from Of Montreal to Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings to Lavender Diamond. Dig, if you will, Greg Dulli and the Twilight Singers' piano-led take on "When Doves Cry", featuring the star of Purple Rain, Apollonia.

Stream:> Twilight Singers: "When Doves Cry" (Prince cover)

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