listen to Have One On Me

Joanna Newsom's Have One on Me is finally out today, and NPR is offering a full album stream here. If the prospect of 3 LPs of new Newsom seems daunting, start with the incredible "Baby Birch" and the heartbreakingly intimate "Go Long" -- two of the album's defining tracks, both of which today's Pitchfork review inexplicably failed to mention -- or Newsom's perfect Joni-esque jaunt through Laurel Canyon, "Good Intentions Paving Company." Have One On Me is available on beautifully-packaged 3xLP here.

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elsewhere:

Listen to Joanna Newsom talk about the new record with triple j's Zan Rowe here.

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update: Mexican Summer x Gorilla vs. Bear: SXSW 2010

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A few updates/details on our collaborative SXSW event with Mexican Summer Records: the party kicks off at noon on Friday March 19 at Klub Krucial, on 6th St. next to Emo's. The day party is FREE and open to the public (NO badge/wristband required), while the evening showcase is an official SXSW event. Unforunately, jj has canceled their daytime appearances, but we've more than made up for it by adding a few great new groups: the Golden Filter, the Bitters, and Small Black appearing as Washed Out's backing band. Check the tentative set times below:

mp3:
The Golden Filter :: Hide Me
The Bitters :: Warrior
Small Black :: Despicable Dogs (Washed Out remix)
Dum Dum Girls :: Jail La La
Memory Tapes :: Bicycle
Best Coast :: Sun Was High (So Was I)

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Friday, March 19
KLUB KRUCIAL
614 E. 6th (next to Emo's)

Unofficial Day Party (FREE/open to the public):

12:00 Eternal Summers
12:45 Mountain Man
1:30 The Sandwitches
2:15 Woodsman
3:00 The Bitters
3:45 The Mantles
4:45 Dum Dum Girls
5:30 The Golden Filter
6:15 Best Coast

Official SXSW Evening Showcase:

7:00 The Young
8:00 Weekend
9:00 Pearl Harbor
10:00 Tamaryn
11:00 Real Estate
12:00 Memory Tapes
1:00 Washed Out (feat. Small Black)

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15.6.6.9.3.9.14.1.18.21.13.56155

Oh hey, another one of these. There is new speculation that this may be Joanna Newsom and/or a Skittles commercial:



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odessa

Co-director Nic Brown of Video Marsh sent over this "proper HD version" of the gorgeous new video (and appropriate accompanying Polaroid from the shoot) for one of the young year's best songs, Caribou's "Odessa."



Download the "Odessa" mp3 for free here.

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mp3: new Girls | "End of the World (Skeeter Davis cover)"

Girls cover Skeeter Davis' devastating 1962 hit "End of the World." Taken from the group's new Morning Light UK single, out next week on Turnstile/Fantasy Trashcan.

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Girls :: End of the World (Skeeter Davis cover)

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premiere: Primary 1 | "the blues (feat. nina persson)"

London's Primary 1 has been on our radar lately -- mostly thanks to a recent Memory Tapes remix and a nice collection of free demos -- and we were just sent this track from his forthcoming full-length, which is due sometime in the Fall. We're told the as-yet-untitled LP features collabs with Diplo, Gonzales, Zdar (who has produced Phoenix, Cut Copy, and the new Rapture album), and others, including this wistful and extremely catchy duet with Nina Persson of A Camp/the Cardigans, highlighted by some melancholy horns and Persson's familiar dreamy voice:

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Primary 1 :: The Blues (feat. Nina Persson)

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GvsB Sirius | XM Blog Radio

Our weekly Sirius | XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week's episode features new music from White Hinterland, Reading Rainbow, Primary 1 (feat. Nina Persson), Joanna Newsom, the Morning Benders, Bun B, Joy Orbison, How To Dress Well, and more. You can listen online with a free trial here. Check this week's playlist + some mp3s after the jump...

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gorilla vs. bear blog radio :: February 18, 2009

01 the morning benders :: excuses
02 joanna newsom :: good intentions paving company
03 hannah & raven (of grass widow) :: beehive
04 the golden filter :: hide me
05 primary 1 :: the blues (feat. nina persson)
06 white hinterland :: no logic
07 toro y moi :: talamak
08 how to dress well :: ready for the world
09 les sins :: lina
10 coyote clean up :: can't shake the full moon
11 UGK :: international players anthem (feat. outkast)
12 Bun B :: on to the next year
13 diplo + santogold :: icarus
14 washed out :: new theory
15 ariel pink's haunted graffiti :: can't hear my eyes
16 rangers :: these things
17 memory tapes :: swimming field
18 amanaz :: khala my friend
19 WITCH :: strange dream
20 burial + four tet :: moth (forest swords rework)
21 reading rainbow :: underground
22 the sandwitches :: grey wizard
23 the light footwork :: the art of everyday communication, part I
24 the beach boys :: big sur
25 pearl harbor :: california shakedown
26 best coast :: when i'm with you
27 harlem :: someday soon
28 the knife :: the height of summer
29 joy orbison :: so derobe
30 trailer trash tracys :: candy girl

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premiere: White Hinterland | "No Logic"

We premiered White Hinterland's gorgeous "Icarus" last month, and now Dead Oceans has hooked us up with further evidence of Casey Dienel's unexpected but seamless transformation into seductive minimal R & B/pop star in the form of "No Logic," which is apparently "constructed around a totally acid-fried ukulele part." White Hinterland's awesome Kairos LP is out March 9 on Dead Oceans.

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White Hinterland :: No Logic

Pre-order Kairos here, and receive an instant download of the album. Additionally, 10 orders "will be chosen at random to get a unique piece of artwork designed by White Hinterland member Shawn Creeden."

previously:

mp3:
White Hinterland :: Icarus

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video: Pill Wonder | "Wishing Whale"

Here's the mildly-NSFW clip for Pill Wonder's swirling, euphoric tropical-pop jam "Wishing Whale," taken from their forthcoming debut LP Jungle/Surf, out February 28 on Underwater Peoples. Directed by Martin Anderson.



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In related news:



We're teaming up with Underwater Peoples next month in Austin to present a FREE SHOW for the SXSW-badgeless on Friday, March 19 at 8 PM at Longbranch Inn. Starring Underwater Peeps greats Air Waves, Family Portrait, Fluffy Lumbers, Mountain Man, Andrew Cedermark, Young Prisms, Big Troubles, and the aforementioned Pill Wonder. More info as the date draws near...

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MtyMx Fest 2010 full schedule + lineup additions

A few updates on Todd P's epic, all-ages three-day MtyMx Fest in Monterrey, Mexico at Autocinema Las Torres: Recent additions to the already massive lineup include LIARS, HEALTH, Los Planetas, Sun Araw, the Mantles, MNDR, Twin Sister, Teenage Cool Kids, and more (full lineup + set times after the jump). We've also been informed that tickets will be available on a daily basis at the door for $15 USD (200 pesos), or you can get tix now here. Tent rentals are now available for reservation by emailing Mtymxtent@gmail.com, and the fest will be providing buses between Austin and Monterrey leaving Friday night/Saturday morning (3/20) at 2am and running every four hours until 6pm on Tuesday (3/23) (contact MtyMxbus@gmail.com to purchase tickets specifying which days you will be traveling in the text of the email). More info on lodging -- including rooms at Hotel Fundador in the historic colonial “Barrio Antiguo” of Monterrey -- and general info can be found at the MtyMx Fest site ("To reserve a room, simply send an email to mtymxhotel@gmail.com with the type of room/bed you are looking for and which dates, both in the subject line"). Check the expanded festival lineup + full schedule after the jump...

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| SATURDAY MARCH 20th @ AUTOCINEMA LAS TORRES |

:: 11:30 - LOS PLANETAS (Spain)
:: 11pm - DAN DEACON
:: 10:30 - ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE (Japan)
:: 10pm - CHIKITA VIOLENTA (Mexico)
:: 9:30 - TELEPATHE
:: 9pm - QUIERO CLUB (Mexico)
:: 8:30 - Das Racist
:: 8pm - Toro Y Moi
:: 7:30 - Lázaro Valiente (Mexico)
:: 7pm - Male Bonding (UK)
:: 6:30 - Hunx and his Punx
:: 6pm - El Resplandor (Mexico)
:: 5:30 - Wet Hair
:: 5pm - Pocahaunted
:: 4:30 - Soho Riots (Mexico)
:: 4pm - Teengirl Fantasy
:: 3:30 - The Carrots
:: 3pm - Yo! Linares (Mexico)
:: 2:30 - Explode Into Colors
:: 2pm - The Coathangers
:: 1:30 - Kría Brekkan -------- of múm / Storsveit Nix Noltes (tentative)
:: 1pm - Anamanguchi
:: 12.30 - Videohippos
:: 12pm - Drawlings
:: 11:30 - Adventure
:: 11am - Le Macabre Party (Mexico)
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:: 1:30 - Aa
:: 2am - Sun Araw
:: 2:30 - Young Prisms
:: 3am - Campfires
:: 3:30 - Ringo Deathstarr



| SUNDAY MARCH 21st @ AUTOCINEMA LAS TORRES|

:: 11:30 - ANDREW WK
:: 11pm - FUCKED UP (Canada)
:: 10:30 - INDIAN JEWELRY
:: 10pm - WASHED OUT
:: 9:30 - GRANT HART -------- of Hüsker Dü
:: 9pm - LOS FANCY FREE (Mexico)
:: 8:30 - Tanlines
:: 8pm - Small Black
:: 7:30 - Los Margaritos (Mexico)
:: 7pm - Chinese Stars
:: 6:30 - Banjo or Freakout! (UK)
:: 6pm - The Wave Pictures (UK)
:: 5:30 - Talk Normal
:: 5pm - The Beets
:: 4:30 - XYX (Mexico)
:: 4pm - So Cow (Ireland)
:: 3:30 - Beach Fossils
:: 3pm - Antoine Reverb (Mexico)
:: 2:30 - The Bitters (Canada)
:: 2pm - TV Ghost
:: 1:30 - Los Llamarada (Mexico)
:: 1pm - Total Abuse
:: 12:30 - Coasting
:: 12pm - Cloud Nothings
:: 11:30 - White Ninja (Mexico)
:: 11am - Piyama Party (Mexico)
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:: 10am - Modern Dance from Mexico and USA curated Estrella Sanza of
Los Llamarada and Busy Gagnes of Telepathe
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:: 12:30 - MNDR
:: 1am - The Mantles
:: 1:30 - Teeth Mountain
:: 2am - TBA
:: 2:30 - Twin Sister


| MONDAY MARCH 22nd @ AUTOCINEMA LAS TORRES |

:: 12am - LIARS
:: 11:30 - NO AGE
:: 11am - NEON INDIAN (Texas/Mexico)
:: 10:30 - Ratas del Vaticano (Mexico)
:: 10pm - THEE OH SEES
:: 9:30 - Lemonade
:: 9pm - BamBam (Mexico)
:: 8:30 - Lucky Dragons
:: 8pm - Liturgy
:: 7:30 - Jóvenes y Sexys (Venezuela)
:: 7pm - Salem
:: 6:30 - DD/MM/YYYY (Canada)
:: 6pm - Alexico (Mexico)
:: 5:30 - Best Fwends (Texas)
:: 5pm - Sandwitches
:: 4:30 - Mockinpott (Mexico)
:: 4pm - Fergus and Geronimo (Texas)
:: 3:30 - Big Troubles
:: 3pm - HEALTH (Rhinoceropolis)
:: 2:30 - Pictureplane (Rhinoceropolis)
:: 2pm - Gauntlet Hair (Rhinoceropolis)
:: 1:30 - Tearist (Rhinoceropolis)
:: 1pm - Josephine and the Mousepeople (Rhinoceropolis)
:: 12:30 - HIGH PLACES (Rhinoceropolis)
:: 12pm - Mentira Mentira (Mexico)
:: 11:30 - Sr. Amable & Mr. Racoon (Mexico)
:: 11am - Baths
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:: 10am - Bilingual Girls-Only Drum Workshop hosted by Tom Tom Magazine
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:: 1:30 - Air Waves
:: 2am - Fluffy Lumbers
:: 2:30 - Lawrence Arabia
:: 3am - Teenage Cool Kids (Texas)
:: 3:30 - TBA

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mp3: The Morning Benders | "Excuses"

The Morning Benders just posted up the album version of "Excuses" -- the opening track from their forthcoming Chris Taylor co-produced full-length Big Echo -- for free download on their website. Living up to the glorious instant classic live version is a tall order, but the band delivers in the form of this warm, unabashedly romantic, classic-'60s-pop-informed throwback love song (complete with gorgeous "At Last"-esque strings):

mp3:
The Morning Benders :: Excuses

Big Echo is out March 9 on Rough Trade.

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africa

I posted about Amanaz's way sold-out 1975 LP Africa a while back, and it remains one of my favorite musical discoveries of the last few years, so it's worth noting that the record has been reissued by Now-Again, and is now available for purchase in the Stones Throw/Now Again web store. Fuzzed-out Zambian stoner-psych ("Zamrock") from the early '70s, with a dude that sounds like Dikembe Mutombo on lead vocals:

mp3:
Amanaz :: Khala My Friend

Now-Again is also reissuing WITCH's 1975 Lazy Bones!! LP, and the preview jam for that one is pretty amazing as well:

mp3:
WITCH :: strange dream

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panda bear :: live in lisbon | February 13

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walls x pantha du prince x panda bear

Listen to Walls' dreamy, ethereal official remix of Pantha Du Prince's "Stick to my Side" -- taken from the upcoming Stick to My Side EP, which also features remixes by Four Tet and others -- at myspace. Listen to snippets of some of the other versions from the EP here.

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mp3: Forest Swords mixtape

Our friends at Olde English Spelling Bee are set to release Dagger Paths, the debut full-length from Wirral, UK drone-step shaman Forest Swords, on March 1. As a preview, the label sent over this mesmerizing exclusive mixtape put together by Forest Swords, featuring deep, dank jams from Pariah, Ducktails, Burial, Madlib, Arch M, Jeru, King Tubby, and a few other surprises, plus some dubbed-out psychedelic new remixes and original material from Forest Swords himself. Download via mediafire below (includes full tracklist and cover art). Highly recommended:

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Forest Swords :: mixtape .rar // .zip file (73 mb)

Forest Swords' Dagger Paths LP is out March 1. Pre-order from OESB and get an exclusive bonus track. Check the Dagger Paths cover art, as well as two previously posted videos with new re-mastered audio, after the jump...

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forest swords | dagger paths





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video: Erykah Badu + Lil Wayne :: "Jump Up in the Air"

Watch the kaleidoscopic new clip for Erkyah Badu + Lil Wayne's "Jump Up in the Air" here.

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neon indian on fallon

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underground

Philly's Reading Rainbow just sent over this brand new, super bright megajam, the first finished track from a batch of 12 recently recorded (last weekend) songs, all set to appear on a full-length sometime later this year. "Underground" is short but extremely sweet, with accompanying rad collage art coming courtesy of RR's Sarah Everton:

mp3:
Reading Rainbow :: Underground

Catch Reading Rainbow at one of their handful of SXSW '10 shows, including the Weekly Tape Deck/Yours Truly/Transparent/Underwater Peoples/Friendship Bracelet epic 3-day affair.

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mp3: the very best x yeasayer

Esau makes anything/everything better:


Yeasayer :: Ambling Alp (The Very Best remix)

Download the mp3 here.

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Noise Pop + Gorilla vs. Bear present:Harlem, Best Coast, the Sandwitches + Young Prisms | Live in San Francisco

We've teamed up with San Franciso's Noise Pop Festival to present this ridiculous bill at Cafe Du Nord on February 24, featuring Austin's Harlem, L.A.'s Best Coast, and two of San Francisco's finest, the Sandwitches and Young Prisms. We have 4 pairs of tickets to give away, so leave a comment below or holler on twitter if you'd like to attend, and I'll pick the winners at random next week. Also, this one will obviously sell out, so get your tickets here now.

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Harlem :: Friendly Ghost
Best Coast :: When I'm With You
The Sandwitches :: Back to the Sea
Young Prisms :: Weekends and Treehouses

[flyer by David // click for larger image]

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GvsB Sirius | XM Blog Radio

Our weekly Sirius | XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week's episode features new music from Four Tet, Harlem, Erykah Badu, White Hinterland, the Golden Filter, and more. You can listen online with a free trial here. Check this week's playlist + some mp3s after the jump...

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gorilla vs. bear blog radio :: February 11, 2009

01 four tet :: angel echoes
02 flying lotus :: auntie's lock/infinitum
03 pictureplane :: goth star
04 beach house :: silver soul
05 fleetwood mac ::dreams
06 the beach boys :: big sur
07 pearl harbor :: luv goon
08 the golden filter :: hide me
09 body language :: at a glance (toro y moi remix)
10 pantha du prince :: stick to my side (feat. panda bear)
11 coyote clean up :: can't shake the full moon
12 FUR :: clears throat
13 coyote clean up :: this houseboat is making me seasick
14 erykah badu :: window seat
15 heart shaped rock :: heart shaped rock
16 white hinterland :: icarus
17 j dilla :: nothing like this
18 the pharcyde :: runnin'
19 raekwon :: 10 bricks
20 joanna newsom :: good intentions paving company
21 susan christie :: paint a lady
22 sleep over :: your world is night
23 harlem :: someday soon
24 best coast :: sun was high (so was i)
25 the sandwitches :: kiss your feet
26 mountain man :: dog song
27 panda bear :: untitled (guys eyes)
28 grouper :: vessel

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the morning benders :: excuses

Another great clip from Yours Truly, featuring a song from the Morning Benders' forthcoming LP, Big Echo (which was co-produced by Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor). "Excuses" is the album's brilliant opening track, and this soaring "Wall of Sound" performance is enhanced by the "Big Echo Orchestra," which includes Bay Area luminaries Christopher Owens of Girls, John Vanderslice, and many more. Shout out to Phil Spector:



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robyn + diplo :: "no hassle"

Just received an email from an unknown bro with this (alleged) new Robyn + Diplo joint, "No Hassle." Pretty sure it's legit, as it's the same song featured in this video of the two in the studio. Listen at youtube. EDIT: Looks like the video was blocked by your boys at UMG.

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caveman smack

The enigmatic Dem Hunger (blog commenter of the decade) recently sent over his spaced-out, dizzyingly awesome debut record, Caveman Smack (due out February 23 on Leaving). The label describes it as "Madlib beats bubbling up from a oozing volcano, its Dilla ambience for a nuclear winter," but I'm partial to DH's own apt "description" of this thing:

"GUESS THE WHOLE IDEA IS SOME EARLY HUMAN JUST LAYIN AROUND WITH HIS EYES OUT OF HIS HEAD. ALL SKULL BASHED UP IN THE RIVER. THIS MUSIC SORT OF FLOATIN AROUND INSIDE HIS JAWBONE. THE BONES GET EATEN BY THE SUN, THEN IT ALL GETS SPAT BACK DOWN TO EARTH."

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Dem Hunger :: horse stomach

Pre-order the limited edition cassette (100 copies with art booklet by Dem Hunger) here.

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Another one of these showed up in the mailbox this morning (these guys think it's her):



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clears throat

Denton resident and sometime Neon Indian-collaborator FUR sent over this laid-back "mutant tapeloop disco" after-hours jam, taken from an upcoming split EP with fellow purveyor of haunted lounge-house, Detroit's Coyote Clean Up (who has a free/recommended album available here). FUR's Witches -- which features said Palomo collab "Black Castles" -- is out now on Waaga.

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FUR :: clears throat

previously:

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Coyote Clean Up :: can't shake the full moon

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mouthwings

Mountain Man's transcendent unamplified live performances are slowly becoming the stuff of legend, and we're looking forward to experiencing that next month in person at SXSW. In the meantime, the great Yours Truly captures the next best thing: this otherwordly, chill-inducing clip of "Mouthwings," performed by the ladies in a tunnel/natural reverb chamber on Hawk Hill in San Francisco. Shot and edited by Nate Chan:



Go see more from Yours Truly's session with Mountain Man here.

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new joanna newsom | "kingfisher"

For the third week in a row, Drag City hooks us up with another preview from Joanna Newsom's Have One on Me. Listen to the sprawling, 9+ minute "Kingfisher" here, and check the triple-LP's full tracklist after the jump...

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Have One On Me tracklist:

Easy 6:04
Have One On Me 11:02
’81 3:52
Good Intentions Paving Company 7:02
No Provenance 6:25
Baby Birch 9:30
On A Good Day 1:49
You and Me, Bess 7:13
In California 8:42
Jackrabbits 4:23
Go Long 8:03
Occident 5:31
Soft As Chalk 6:29
Esme 7:56
Autumn 8:02
Ribbon Bows 6:11
Kingfisher 9:11
Does Not Suffice 6:45

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mp3: The Golden Filter | "Hide Me"

This one's been around in demo form for a while, but here's the glorious final version of the Golden Filter's "Hide Me," taken from the group's upcoming Voluspa LP:

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The Golden Filter :: Hide Me

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Brooklyn's Body Language recently turned in an essential remix of Toro y Moi's warped disco-pop jam "Timed Pleasure," and now Chaz returns the favor on this blissed-out rework of Body Language's "At a Glance."

mp3:
Body Language :: At a Glance (Toro y Moi remix)

previously:

Toro y Moi :: Timed Pleasure (Body Language remix)

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