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Merry Xmas from Cat Power + her boy Manny Pacquiao . Shot by Giovanni Ribisi . Download her new version of What Would the Community Think jam " King Rides By " here for a small donation to a couple of great causes .
[video by olivia kastebring / via sincerely yours ]
"Symmetry is not Pop. Stripped it to its most primitive & visceral core, this is music written for picture. Your life is the film & this is the soundtrack." Here's the sprawling, atmospheric new 2-hour, 37-track imaginary film score from SYMMETRY , " the project that began as a conceptual tangent between Glass Candy, Chromatics, Mirage, & Desire 's more abstract sides ." This is allegedly not Johnny Jewel's rumored rejected (and subsequently scrapped) Drive score , although it certainly would've worked beautifully. [...]
The Weeknd just dropped his new mixtape Echoes of Silence over on his website. Check out the Clams Casino-produced joint " The Fall ," and download the whole thing below: mp3: The Weeknd :: The Fall The Weeknd :: Echoes of Silence .zip ( 108 mb )
From Lykke Li : What is lost can be found and what is found can be lost again; VOL. 1. I'd thought I'd give you this to put in your little players, either stick it in your ears or play it loud when the lights are low, mind weary and days rainy. Remember; life is a process, no feeling is final. There is no end and no beginning. Yours truly always, Lykke mp3: [...]
New video from one of our favorite discoveries of the back half of 2011, Brighton/London's Fear Of Men , directed by Natalie Gravy . The lovely, wistful " Doldrums " is the opener from the group's new self-released Alice Munro Demos cassette, which drops today but is limited to 50 copies and is probably already sold out .
Here's the new official video for Panda Bear 's " You Can Count on Me ," featuring swirling psychedelic visuals by the great Danny Perez . In related news, Panda Bear 's beautiful expanded 4xLP TOMBOY box set is still available on Paw Tracks . The limited ( 5000 copies ) expanded version features all of the Sonic Boom -produced album versions + the original single mixes, as well as instrumentals/a capellas, bonus non-Tomboy jam " The Preakness " and a gorgeous 16-page [...]
[A project by Vincent Morisset & friends / check the awesome interactive version at sprawl2.com ]
Peaking Lights (and baby Mikko , who makes a guest appearance on their new record) debuted a new song from their forthcoming, nearly-completed new LP for BBC Radio 1 during their recent Maida Vale session . Listen to space-dub jam " Westbound " here (the song starts around the 1:02:05 mark).
Tennis just posted up this simple, characteristically charming/sweet cover of Broadcast 's gorgeous " Tears in the Typing Pool ." Pick up the Denver duo's new Origins blue vinyl 73 single from Forest Fam : Tennis :: Tears in the Typing Pool
Marissa Nadler 's " short film about isolation " set to one of the highlights from her self-released new album . Directed, photographed and edited by Alec K. Redfearn .
Presenting our 100 favorite songs of 2011 . Like our albums of the year list, we had to leave off a ton of great jams, but this is a pretty thorough representation of what we were most into this year. Turns out it was a pretty great one. Check the list after the jump… click for gorilla vs. bear's SONGS of 2011 »
We leave you for the weekend with our favorite music videos of 2011 : you'll notice that the majority of these videos are of the low-budget, DIY variety, as most of the expansive / cinematic joints that dropped this year felt a little overwrought and, with a couple of notable exceptions, mostly fell flat for us. There are even a few found footage clips mixed in there, and (spoiler) our top two vids are both self-directed. Check the full list after the jump... click for GORILLA vs. BEAR's [...]
Balam Acab works his warped, watery magic on one of our favorite singles of 2k11, Charli XCX's "Nuclear Seasons" : mp3: Charli XCX :: Nuclear Seasons (Balam Acab remix) ___________ previously : mp3: Twin Sister :: Kimmi in a Ricefield (Balam Acab remix) Lana Del Rey :: Video Games (Balam Acab remix) Sleep ∞ Over :: Romantic Streams (Balam Acab remix)
New music from Julia Holter , who released both Nicolas Jaar 's and Stefanie Franciotti 's favorite album of 2011 , Tragedy . The new record is called Ekstasis , and it drops in March 2012 on RVNG Intl . Julia Holter :: Marienbad
[Directed by Marcus Söderlund / via interview ] mp3: Korallreven :: As Young As Yesterday
Check out a sweet mini-documentary about Peaking Lights + their amazing album 936 . Featuring a cameo from the duo's newborn son Mikko , as well as some live footage from their first ever 936 show at the Chicago Museum of Modern Art. Directed by Ben Poster . In other PL news, here's a dreamy, floating " Amazing & Wonderful " remix from London's Sunless '97 : Peaking Lights :: Amazing & Wonderful (Sunless '97 remix)
Diplo goes to that ill jian sword dancer 's house to chill with their grandma. "Sword guys" are mad . Like a badass female version of Napoleon Dynamite:
Gorilla Vs. Bear
The Shins: “September” (b-side of “Simple Song” 7”)
St. Vincent - 'Cheerleader'
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
Ladyhawke - Black White & Blue
Watch: Trailer for Dave Grohl’s documentary, Sound City
Conchord On Composing Music For Muppets
Hardwell Bootleg Pack 2012
Webcast: The Kills’ 10th anniversary concert
Childish Gambino - "Heartbeat" (Official Music Video)
