Gorilla vs. Bear

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  Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit
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  Warm Heart of Africa
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  The Very Best

the very bestWe mentioned Warm Heart of Africa, the upcoming debut full-length from Esau Mwamwaya + Radioclit, the other day. Here's the uplifting title track, featuring Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig:mp3:the very best :: warm heart of africa (feat. ezra of vampire weekend)Listen to two more from the album on the group's myspace page or here.**********

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  Real Estate

Real Estate has a new 7" due out next month on Half Machine Records, featuring the excellent (and oft-blogged) "Fake Blues" on the A-side, backed with unreleased UK-only track "Green River" on the flip. More sunny, consistently enjoyable psych-pop from the Jersey Shore, complete with appropriately hazy/beach-y cover art (pictured), all for only for £2.99. Pre-order it here.mp3:real estate :: gr..

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[photo]London's HIGHLIFE is the new project from White Magic guitarist Sleepy Doug Shaw (with help from members of Gang Gang Dance and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti in various capacities). Shaw sent over his first finished track, "F Kenya Rip," which features lovely background vocals from Mira Billotte (also from White Magic). It's a warm, meandering summer tune that sounds a bit like Dan Beja...

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  Various Artists

Our weekly Sirius XM Blog Radio show airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week's episode features brand new music from Burial & Four Tet, White Denim, the xx, VEGA, the Field, Phoenix, 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 :: may 71. phoenix :...

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  Tant Strul

Love is All is giving away some recently recorded covers of a few of the group's "favourite Swedish classics," including a cover of all-girl punk band Tant Strul's (aka Lykke Li's mom's band) 1980 single "Pappas Tant."mp3:love is all :: pappas tant (tant strul cover)Stream the rest of the covers at the band's myspace.**************

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  The Dirty Projectors
• Album:
  Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors' Amber Coffman channels Beyonce/Mariah/Whitney over some hypnotic West African guitar steez on the group's rad new single, "Stillness is the Move." I sort of miss the subtle chord change from the live version, but this is still a great, great jam:edit: video removed from youtubeThe Stillness is the Move 12" single is out April 21. Consider it pre-ordered.*************

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  Radiohead

Not sure how Radiohead feels about this one, but their former label is releasing 12 classic Radiohead EPs on April 21 -- pressed for the first time on 180 gram vinyl -- and we've got a copy of each to give away to one winner. Titles include Paranoid Android, My Iron Lung, Fake Plastic Trees, No Surprises, 2+2=5, Karma Police, and more. To win, just convince us why we should pick you in 140 char...

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  Monks

I mentioned this the last time I posted on these guys a couple years ago, but it still sort of blows my mind that the Monks even existed in the early to mid-1960s. The group of 5 American GIs -- stationed in Germany at the time -- seemingly emerged from nowhere with a new brand of furiously raucous but undeniably poppy experimental garage-punk that was years ahead of its time, effectively conf...

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  White Denim

Dallas' own Good Records will host a joint celebration for their 9th B-Day Bash + Record Store Day on April 18: Free food, beer, and tons of live music on two stages, including Erykah Badu's Cannabinoids, White Denim, and many more. Get there early for the impressive list of Record Store Day Exclusive releases from the likes of Arthur Russell, Grizzly Bear, Lykke Li, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, YYY...

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  CFCF

Here's the new video for CFCF's "You Hear Colours," taken from his awesome, extremely limited double A-side white vinyl 7" single that we mentioned a while back (out now on Acephale). The fitting clip was put together by Dallas' own Tommy Boy, using footage from Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, NASA, and National Geographic.mp3:CFCF :: you hear coloursLike Acephale's first release (SALEM...

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  Panda Bear

A "shit-res" video for Panda Bear's "Take Pills," with visuals and weird reversed/pitch-shifted sounds by Gang Gang Dance's Brian Degraw:***************

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  dum dum girls

Here's another new driving buzzsaw of a tune from L.A.'s Dum Dum Girls, who, despite being m.i.a. from SXSW, was the subject of more than one overheard conversation down in Austin last week. She tells me this is a song about being left behind, so while her infectious melodies and sublime girl-group harmonies are still in full effect here, they're a little more desolate and further down the well...

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  Wavves

Thanks to whomever left this in the comments: Wavves' "No Hope Kids" soundtracks a creepy British railroad safety PSA from 1977, in which the moral of the story appears to be that playing on the tracks is really fun until everyone dies:********************related:HRO blogs about Wavves, a "chill bro who plays gigs in comfortable sports wear."********************

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  Grizzly Bear

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katy of vivian girls :: gorilla vs. booze IIIHARLEM:WHITE DENIM:HERE WE GO MAGIC:WAVVES:THE GOLDEN FILTER:GIRLS:SOBER:VIVIAN GIRLS:[polaroids by david]********************

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[click for larger image]Reminder: the FREE We Shot J.R./GvsB party at Cherrywood Coffeehouse (formerly Quack's) at 1400 E. 38th 1/2 St. gets underway at 3PM. Set times look like this:3:00 Jeremy Jay4:00 Los Llamarada5:00 AIDS Wolf5:30 PRE6:00 Fight Bite6:30 Ducktails7:00 Nite Jewelmp3:nite jewel :: weak 4 me****************Hot Freaks gets started around noon at the Mohawk/Deville, with sets tod...

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  Skream

[larger image]Reminder: gorilla vs. booze III gets started at around 12:30 this afternoon at the Peacock in Austin. Once again, this is a FREE party, NO badges or RSVP required. See you there. The set times:1:00 Harlem1:45 Here We Go Magic2:30 Girls3:15 The Golden Filter4:00 Wavves4:45 White Denim5:30 Vivian Girls***************related:lala.com helped make our gorilla vs. booze III day party po...

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  GOLDEN FILTER

THE GOLDEN FILTER:BEACH HOUSE:ANNI ROSSI:[photos by david]*************

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• Artist:
  Grizzly Bear
• Album:
  Veckatimest

I know you've all heard the terrible quality rip by now, but Warp is offering up one of the best tracks from Veckatimest as a relatively glorious 192 kbps mp3. This is more like it. Can't wait to see this live at the church tomorrow night:mp3:grizzly bear :: cheerleader*****************

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