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... ****** 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... click through for more...
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: mp3: The Golden Filter :: Hide Me [via] Voluspa is out April 26 on Brille. ****** click through for more...
[photo] 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) ****** click through for more...
New non-album track from Flying Lotus, courtesy of Warp. Look for the highly anticipated Los Angeles follow-up Cosmogramma (featuring guest spots from Thom Yorke + more Laura Darlington) to be released on May 4. mp3: Flying Lotus :: Quakes [via] ****** click through for more...
Cibelle's post-apocalyptic alter-ego Sonja Khalecallon takes on '50s exotica/electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott's "Lightworks" -- which you may know better as one of Dilla's classic Donuts -- live in a jungle at the "last cabaret on Earth." Look for this on Cibelle's forthcoming Las Venus Resort Palace Hotel, out this Spring on Crammed Discs. ****** click through for more...
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 Pantha du Prince, Toro Y Moi, Cloud Nothings, White Hinterland, Grass Widow, and more. You can listen online with a free trial here. Check this week's playlist + some mp3s after the jump... ****** gorilla vs. bear blog radio :: February 4, 2009 01... click through for more...
New video for the title track from the Strange Boys' forthcoming full-length Be Brave, the most impressive effort yet from the TX boys (and girl). Be Brave is out February 23 on In The Red/Rough Trade (UK): ****** click through for more...
In which a seven minute jazz-country-meets-The Hissing of Summer Lawns piano jam somehow adds up to one of the best things Newsom's ever done. Listen here or here. ****** click through for more...
Last weekend, San Diego's the Soft Pack (nee the Muslims) played 10 shows in one day in the Greater Los Angeles area to promote their new LP (which is out today, by the way). The FYF dudes and Videothing were there to document the insanity: In related news, The Soft Pack will play Bro Fest 2010 here in Dallas on Sunday, March 21, along with Dum Dum Girls, Frankie and the Outs, and more. ****** click through for more...
[click for larger image] We're teaming up with the great Mexican Summer this year to bring you a day & night, official/unofficial blowout in Austin on Friday, March 19. Starring Washed Out, Memory Tapes, Real Estate, Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, jj, and many more. Details coming soon... mp3: Washed Out :: Feel It All Around jj :: My Way Best Coast :: When I'm With You [flyer by david //... click through for more...
Taken By Trees' "Anna" was one of our favorite songs of last year, and the label is now giving the song away for free to promote Victoria's Texas-free upcoming U.S. tour with El Perro Del Mar. Grab it below, and check out the tour dates here. mp3: Taken By Trees :: Anna (feat. Noah Lennox) ****** click through for more...
Listen to "Zebra" below, and download the full Beach House x Daytrotter session here. Beach House :: Zebra (Daytrotter session) ****** elsewhere: The final Joanna Newsom Have One On Me cover art, via MBV: ****** click through for more...
Black Moth Super Rainbow member The Seven Fields of Aphelion is set to release her solo debut, Periphery, later this month on Graveface. The record is a collection of soothing "fragile ambient soundscapes" created using piano and vintage synths, which lend these floating sleep jams a warm, nostalgic glow. Our new go-to dream soundtrack: mp3: The Seven Fields of Aphelion :: Grown The Seven... click through for more...
mp3: major lazer :: halo (beyonce cover) [via diplo's grammy live tweet] ****** click through for more...
mp3: january 2010 mix (56 mb) [tracklist after the jump] ****** 01 jj :: my way 02 white hinterland :: icarus 03 miracles club :: a new love 04 high places :: on giving up 05 coyote clean up :: can't shake the full moon 06 bullion :: crazy over you 07 run dmt :: feel flows 08 night control :: CS 09 the sandwitches :: grey wizard 10 sleep over :: your world is night 11 grouper :: vessel 12... click through for more...
THE MAGIC KIDS: [photos by David] ****** click through for more...
Dope new mixtape from Ben Cook aka Young Governor, featuring new and unreleased material from the Bitters, Marvelous Darlings, Young Governor, the Jonas Bros, and more. You can order a physical copy on cassette from Southpaw (limited ed. of 66), or download for free below courtesy of Young Guv's blog. Full tracklist here. mp3: Young Governor :: Guv Luv Mixtape Vol. 1 (32 mb) ****** click through for more...
erykah badu | dallas, TX Check the "teaser" video for Erykah Badu's New Amerykah, Part II: Return of the Ankh, featuring the official/final version of awesome web-only bonus joint "Jump Up In The Air (and Stay There)" featuring Weezy. ****** click through for more...
Pantha Du Prince's Black Noise, a gorgeous/sprawling collection of shimmering, consistently affecting otherworldly minimalist techno jams, is finally out next month via Rough Trade. The label has hooked us up with a full album stream in advance of the record's February 9 release date. Check it below, and grab the album's first single "The Splendour" for free, courtesy of the label: ... click through for more...
We mentioned Vivian Girls' cover of the Chantels' classic "He's Gone" a while back, after being treated to a special a capella rendition here in Dallas. Next best thing: the group has decided to give away their charming studio version (which was recorded by their friend King Tuff) for free, so they sent it over for us to post here. The song will also appear on the b-side of the upcoming My Love... click through for more...