dead sun

Liquid Vega's excellent new "ghost disco" single "Dead Sun" is extended into a hypnotic, darkly seductive late-night club jam on this "semi-trance" mix by Sweden's Museum of Bellas Artes. Look for Liquid Vega's Dead Sun single April 19 on Force Majeure:

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liquid vega :: dead sun (museum of bellas artes remix)

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OUT PAST CURFEW

Video by Zahid Jiwa. Catch Rangers at SXSW here, here, and here. Suburban Tours is out now on Olde English Spelling Bee.

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mp3: new Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti | "Round and Round"

As previously reported, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti recently signed with 4AD for the release of their next full-length, due sometime this spring. On lead single "Round and Round," a newly focused/evolved Ariel Pink conjures the kind of genuine nostalgia and longing that was hinted at on brilliant '08 single "Can't Hear My Eyes." This one, though, is elevated by a chorus that may be the best thing he's ever written: unabashedly sentimental, pure '70s AM-radio gold that easily transcends the lo-fi tag that Pink is apparently trying to shed with the release of this new record. An early frontrunner for song of the year:

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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti :: Round and Round

The limited Round and Round 7" single is out on 4AD on April 26.

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frankie rose covers arthur russell

Ex-Vivian Girl/Crystal Stilt and current Dum Dum Girl Frankie Rose and her new band the Outs recently upped a number of awesome new jams to their myspace page, including a nice cover of Arthur Russell's "You Can Make Me Feel Bad," as well as new songs "Don't Tread," "Save Me," and "Girlfriend Island." Take a listen here, and catch the group at one of their many SXSW appearances, or at BRO FEST 2010 here in Dallas with Dum Dum Girls.

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phaseone x nite jewel

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nite jewel :: want you back (phaseone remix)

Taken from Phaseone's excellent new mix, The Realest Shit I Ever Wrote.

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sunspots

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One of the groups we're most psyched about seeing next week at SXSW is Austin's own thoroughly bewitching girl-gang, SLEEP ∞ OVER. We mentioned their dark and beautiful "Your World is Night" a while back, and gorgeous new jam "Sunspots" is an even better woozy, haunted lullaby that sounds a bit like Grouper chopped & screwed:

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SLEEP ∞ OVER :: sunspots

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SLEEP ∞ OVER's "Sunspots" is an exclusive track taken from the free SHAKE SOME ACTION SXSW SAMPLER, a massive compilation of songs from bands playing one of the most massive day parties SXSW has ever seen:



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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 Neon Indian, Cults, Harlem, Erykah Badu, Madlib, Pure Ecstasy, Miracles Club, Zola Jesus, the Bitters, 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 :: March 11, 2009

01 neon indian :: sleep paralysist
02 heart shaped rock :: heart shaped rock
03 toro y moi :: talamak
04 ariel pink's haunted graffiti :: round and round
05 rangers :: deerfield village
06 cults :: most wanted
07 cults :: go outside
08 best coast :: when i'm with you
09 harlem :: gay human bones
10 happy birthday :: subliminal message
11 erykah badu :: window seat
12 madlib :: the frontline (liberation)
13 GZA :: 4th chamber
14 dimlite :: diana won't
15 glass candy :: geto boys
16 miracles club :: light of love
17 the golden filter :: hide me
18 pantha du prince :: stick to my side (four tet version)
19 the very best x the xx :: you've got the love
20 eternal summers :: fall straight back
21 reading rainbow :: underground
22 the bitters :: travelin girl
23 the walkmen :: the rat
24 philip oskar augustine :: internal combustion (feat. washed out)
25 white denim :: wet sand
26 pure ecstasy :: voices
27 the sandwitches :: kiss your feet
28 mountain man :: animal tracks
29 zola jesus :: night
30 sparklehorse :: apple bed

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true panther, harlem + gorilla vs. bear present :: victims of sonic attack! sxsw 2010

We're helping to present this tight little last-minute unofficial SXSW kickoff party, put together by our friend Dean from the great True Panther, and the boys from Harlem. It goes down Wednesday, March 17 at Charlie's in downtown Austin. Free/No RVSP required. Starring: Harlem, Magic Kids, Happy Birthday, Hunx & His Punx, Shannon & the Clams, and Rainbow Bridge. See you there!

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Harlem :: Gay Human Bones
Magic Kids :: Hey Boy
Happy Birthday :: Girls FM

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related:

Underwater Peoples x Gorilla vs. Bear SXSW party
Mexican Summer x Gorilla vs. Bear SXSW party

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new jj :: "I Know"

Listen to "I Know," the vinyl-only bonus track from jj's new jj nº 3 LP, out now on Secretly Canadian:



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mp3: new Neon Indian | "Sleep Paralysist"

Here's the new free single from TX's own Neon Indian, courtesy of Green Label Sound. Co-produced by Palomo + Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear:

mp3:
Neon Indian :: Sleep Paralysist



[via greenlabelsound.com]

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mp3: new Harlem | "Gay Human Bones"

The second track to surface from Harlem's awesome Hippies LP, out April 6 on Matador:

mp3:
Harlem :: Gay Human Bones

[via matador]

Catch Harlem at Aquarium Drunkard's pre-SXSW party this Saturday night.

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voices

Acephale Records hooked us up with this premiere of their latest release, a new limited 7" single from Austin, TX's Pure Ecstasy. We've been fans of "Voices" since seeing Your Truly's recording of the band's reverb-heavy San Francisco performance, and the studio version's warm, enveloping laid-back summer haze doesn't disappoint. Recommended for soundtracking your impending SXSW roadtrip:

mp3:
Pure Ecstasy :: Voices

Pure Ecstasy's Voices/Alexandria 7" is out later this month, and is limited to 500 copies with no repress. Acephale releases tend to sell out, so pre-order here. Catch the group at our friends WTD's NX35 show in Denton on Friday night (along with Fergus & Geronimo + Woven Bones), or at one of their SXSW appearances in their hometown next week.

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new madlib

mp3:
madlib :: the frontline (liberation)
madlib :: african voodoo queen (drama)

Taken from Beat Konducta in Africa, out on deluxe limited ed. triple LP March 23 on Stones Throw.

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video: Toro y Moi | "Talamak"

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mp3: Washed Out :: "untitled"

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Washed Out :: untitled track 7

[taken from his new tour-only cd-r // via]

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mp3: four tet x pantha du prince x panda bear

mp3:
Pantha du Prince feat. Panda Bear:: Stick to My Side (Four Tet version)

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kiss your feet

The Sandwitches played at Monster Island in Brooklyn over the weekend, and Ray Concepcion was in the house to capture this lovely, shadowy footage of a couple How To Make Ambient Sadcake highlights: the stark and haunting "Kiss Your Feet," and infectious '50s-pop throwback jaunt "Back to the Sea":

KISS YOUR FEET:



BACK TO THE SEA:



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light of love

Another glorious, swirling, piano driven psych-house anthem from Portland's Miracles Club, the side project of VALET's Honey Owens. Look for Miracles Club's debut 12" soon [via the group's ECSTASY blog]:

mp3:
Miracles Club :: Light of Love

previously:

mp3:
Miracles Club :: A New Love

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video: Summer Camp | "Ghost Train"

Here's the brand new clip for one of our favorite indie-pop songs of '09, courtesy of London's Summer Camp. Look for the Ghost Train 7" single in April on Moshi Moshi (pre-order here):



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The Bitters | "Travelin' Girl"

The Bitters' debut LP, East General, is out April 13 via our friends at Mexican Summer. Infectious album highlight "Travelin' Girl" is a brilliantly simple, raucous lo-fi pop throwback that confirms that these two are in fact the "cave pop stars of the future" as advertised, and that Aerin Fogel is an absolute powerhouse.

mp3:
The Bitters :: Travelin' Girl

Catch the Bitters at our SXSW party on Friday, March 19. First 50 people in the house receive a copy of the Mexican Summer/Waterloo Records vinyl compilation Mexican Summer Meets Waterloo, the label's first limited edition vinyl/digital comp of "2010 newbies," featuring new tracks from the Bitters, the Mantles, Dunes, the Alps, and many more. Finally, check the disturbing/possibly NSFW East General cover art after the jump...

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DUST

A preview of Ellen Allien's new album DUST, out May 18 on BPitch Control:

mp3:
ellen allien :: DUST medley

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dum dum girls x the raveonettes

mp3:
dum dum girls :: heart of stone (the raveonettes cover)

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the golden filter :: voluspa

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mp3: Rangers mixtape

Here's a great new mixtape from former TX resident Joe Knight -- aka Rangers -- whose stellar new LP, Suburban Tours, was influenced by Knight's youth spent in a faceless Dallas suburb, and has been described as sounding like "a lost Steely Dan session recorded onto a mangled microcassette tape." We've had the record on repeat around here as of late, so it's nice to get this glimpse into some of the less-obvious sonic influences that shaped his hazy, inherently nostalgic "elevator psyche" sound. Download the mixtape below for full tracklist + cover art, and catch Rangers at one of his SXSW appearances:

mp3:
Rangers mixtape (76 mb)

Suburban Tours is available now on Olde English Spelling Bee.

mp3:
rangers :: out past curfew



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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 the Very Best, jj, Glasser, Dum Dum Girls, the Bitters, Rangers, Cults, Soft Metals, 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 :: March 4, 2009

01 the very best :: you've got the love
02 jj :: my life
03 glasser :: tremel (jaime xx remix)
04 dum dum girls :: rest of our lives
05 the bitters :: travelin' girl
06 pearl harbor :: california shakedown
07 dimlite :: diana won't
08 ghostface killah :: buck 50
09 gucci mane :: danger's not a stranger (diplo remix)
10 bun b :: on to the next year
11 the morning benders :: cold war
12 cults :: go outside
13 happy birthday :: subliminal message
14 rangers :: deerfield village
15 ariel pink :: for kate i wait
16 four tet :: angel echoes
17 soft metals :: love or music
18 chromatics :: i'm on fire (springsteen cover)
19 gold zebra :: six years
20 the golden filter :: hide me
21 tame impala :: 41 mosquitos (canyons remix)
22 jj :: from africa to malaga
23 the knife :: the height of summer
24 burial & four tet :: moth (forest swords rework)
25 the xx :: basic space (pariah remix)
26 joni mitchell :: edith and the kingpin
27 the shivers :: beauty
28 joanna newsom :: baby birch

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save yourself

Here's the first jam from Pocahaunted's new Make It Real LP, the L.A. outfit's first effort since expanding to a five-piece (via adding new members Sun Araw + Diva Dompe). "Save Yourself (It's Nice)" veers from danceable, frenetic jungle groove to ethereal space-dub jam over the course of its relatively structured 8 minutes, courtesy of Cameron Stallones' signature fuzzed-out organ flourishes and Amanda's unmistakeable banshee wail. Nice melody too, and super tight L.A.-themed graffiti cover art.

mp3:
Pocahaunted :: Save Yourself (It's Nice)

Make It Real is out any day now on Not Not Fun. Catch Pocahaunted, Sun Araw, and more at NNF's SXSW showcase.

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elsewhere:

In related news, hit up Chocolate Bobka for some tripped-out footage of Sun Araw's recent Brooklyn show, shot by Ray Concepcion.

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the very best x the xx

About the only way you could improve this thing is to add some Esau, so here you go:

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the very best :: you've got the love (xx remix x the very best)

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visits

"Visits" is the third and final installment in Forest Swords' video trilogy. All songs appear on Dagger Paths, which is available now on Olde English Spelling Bee.



[via chocolate bobka]

previously:

Forest Swords exclusive mixtape

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lackadaisical

Download the new Lackadaisical EP, a split featuring two of our favorite haunted lounge-house merchants -- Denton's Fur + Detroit's Coyote Clean Up -- for free courtesy of our friends at Waaga Records:

mp3:
coyote clean up :: don't worry dub (feat. orphan)
FUR :: clears throat

Fur // Coyote Clean Up :: Lackadaisical EP .zip (60 mb)

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tame impala x canyons

Modular sent over this laid back, smooth '80s-sax-laden psych-house remix from Aussies Tame Impala + Canyons. Tame Impala's new album Innerspeaker is out later this year on the label, and it sounds like it could be pretty great.

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Tame Impala :: 41 Mosquitos (Canyons mix)

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The latest IAMAMIWHOAMI installment, in which she finally speaks:



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aanteni

Aanteni is a short film by Todd Cole, "inspired by the pioneering spirit of the space race." Shot in a "California jet-propulsion lab," with original soundtrack by No Age. Watch here.

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blissed out

Pre-order Dum Dum Girls' Blissed Out, a cassette-only anthology "of all dum dum girls recordings to date released on tape only on art fag recordings," via Rough Trade. This thing is extremely limited (300 pink tapes on Art Fag, 40 blue tapes on Sub Pop, 40 gray tapes on Rough Trade), so grab it here -- for about £8, shipped to the U.S. -- before it's gone. [via]

Edit: I've been informed that if you sign up for the mailing list at artfagrecordings.com, you'll have a chance to buy the cassette 24 hours before it is listed on the website, so that seems like U.S. residents' best bet to get one before they sell out.

mp3:
dum dum girls :: catholicked

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diana in the autumn wind

mp3:
dimlite :: diana won't

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cults

mp3:
Cults :: Go Outside

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new Pearl Harbor 7" | Slivers of You / California Shakedown

L.A.'s Pearl Harbor have announced that their second official release, the forthcoming Slivers of You / California Shakedown 7" (pictured above), will be out soon in an edition of 300 on Japanese label Big Love (SALEM, the xx, Nite Jewel, Ariel Pink). The band has also announced a few SXSW shows, including a PPM showcase, a Waterloo in-store, and our thing with Mexican Summer.

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pearl harbor :: california shakedown

[via pearl harbor blog]

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soft metals

We've been enjoying these brand new icy late-night synth jams from Portland's Soft Metals (from the same scene that birthed Honey Owens' psych-house side-project Miracles Club) + Montreal's Gold Zebra. Dark and sexy retro-futuristic Italo-disco created on vintage analog synths and drum machines; both songs highly recommended for those growing impatient for new material from the Glass Candy/Chromatics crew:



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Gold Zebra :: Six Years

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mp3:
Soft Metals :: Love or Music

[via / via]

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photos: Harlem / Best Coast / The Sandwitches | Live at Noise Pop

[photos by hobi bro]

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mp3: Cibelle | "Lightworks"

We posted the video for Cibelle's tropicalia-psych-cabaret take on '50s exotica/electronic music OG Raymond Scott's "Lightworks" a few weeks back, and now she's hooked us up with the mp3. Check it below, along with the original and Dilla's classic version, and play all 3 at the same time for full psychedelic effect. Look for this on Sonja Lhalecallon's (Cibelle's post-apocalyptic alter-ego) forthcoming Las Venus Resort Palace Hotel, out April 12 on Crammed Discs.

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Cibelle :: Lightworks

Catch Cibelle on her upcoming European tour supporting Grizzly Bear.

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Raymond Scott :: Lightworks


J Dilla :: Lightworks


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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 Cloud Nothings, Primary 1, Joanna Newsom, Rangers, Caribou, Happy Birthday, the Young Sinclairs, 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 25, 2009

01 primary 1 :: the blues (feat. nina persson)
02 caribou :: odessa
03 nite jewel :: we want our things
04 joanna newsom :: baby birch
05 girls :: end of the world
06 velvet davenport :: run (feat. ariel pink)
07 the sandwitches :: marry me
08 the young sinclairs :: darling
09 harlem :: someday soon
10 M.I.A./Diplo :: amazon (diplo mix)
11 washed out :: luck
12 raekwon :: 10 bricks
13 bun b :: on to the next year
14 happy birthday :: subliminal message
15 ganglians :: blood on the sand
16 susan christie :: paint a lady
17 joanna newsom :: good intentions paving company
18 memoryhouse :: lately (deuxieme)
19 beach house :: master of none
20 rangers :: deerfield village
21 four tet :: angel echoes
22 miracles club :: a new love
23 jj :: my way
24 chromatics :: hands in the dark
25 coyote clean up :: can't shake the full moon
26 dum dum girls :: D.A.L.
27 cloud nothings :: morgan
28 reading rainbow :: underground
29 the mantles :: don't lie

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premiere: Memoryhouse | "Bonfire"

Here's a lovely new exclusive b-side from Ontario's Memoryhouse, taken from the duo's forthcoming To the Lighthouse 7", out March 2 on Evident Records. "Bonfire" is a faded, beautifully wistful/wintry love song about getting cold together:

mp3:
Memoryhouse :: Bonfire

Pre-order the limited (500 copies) To the Lighthouse 7" here, and receive a free download of unreleased song "Coma." Look for the Memoryhouse's debut full-length Looms of Youth sometime this spring on Arcade Sound Ltd.

previously:

mp3:
memoryhouse :: lately (deuxieme)
memoryhouse :: to the lighthouse (millionyoung remix)

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