HOT TRAXXX: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Only In My Dreams [MP3]

MP3: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Only In My Dreams

I was away, so this one is a bit late in being posted. In fact, this was posted to the world as I was leaving Philadelphia this past Monday and I listened to it on the bus through headphones... and it didn't blow me away. So I put it in my pocket, expecting that to be my sad conclusion, until I returned last night and put it on where it beamed triumphant! The lesson? Fuck headphones, Ariel Pink deserves nothing but a full blast of speakered bliss.

Play it for someone you're sweet on, they'll give you a big smooch on the lips if you do - we promise! ;)

HOT TRAXXX: Future Islands - Cotton Flower [MP3]

MP3: Future Islands - Cotton Flower

Future Islands always have great b-sides, and "Cotton Flower" is no exception. This comes from a split with Ed Schrader's Music Beat (who are awesome), released by Famous Class Records for their LAMC series. Get it on 7 inch vinyl or digitally via a pay-what-you-want system, with 100% of the profits going toward the Ariel Panero Memorial Fund.

Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams [MP3]

MP3: Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams

Hey! There's a new Tame Impala album on the way called Lonerism. What a great title for a record! Here's a new song from it, though I haven't heard yet to give a listen - my girlfriend is asleep and even though she likes this band, I don't think that's how she wants to wake up (boo).

But I bet it's good! I'm gonna take a chance in assuming that at least, so let's hope it all works out!

Oh ps, this is out sometime in October from the way cool Modular label.

GO TEAM: 2 Ton Bug - School Stinks [MP3]

MP3: 2 Ton Bug - School Stinks

Music in Connecticut sucks, as Matthew and myself can personally attest to. It never really got over "pop punk", 2002, or being in high school - it's a real drag.

But 2 Ton Bug is beyond CT and are just plain great! As of yesterday they're offering a 2 song ripper called Thrillsville, available for whatever price you want. It's great. School DOES stink, duh!!

GET IT GIRL: http://2tonbug.bandcamp.com/album/thrillsville

FUCK YEAH: Parquet Courts - Stoned and Starving [MP3]

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R.I.P. Girls [MP3]

MP3: Girls - Hellhole Ratrace

With the news that frontman Christopher Owens has left Girls, it's safe to assume that it's over. While he's promised to keep writing music, it's still the death of something special (and one of my favorite bands of this decade). So today Fuck yeah! Go team! is sending them off with how they came in: enjoy "Hellhole Ratrace" with someone you love.

White Wires - All Night Long [MP3]

MP3: White Wires - All Night Long

July 31st brings the world a new White Wires album, so get ready! The press release for WWIII touts maturity, catchiness and pop masterpiece - and a lot of that is true, so that's great news!!

Way to go, Dirtnap.

BURGER'S BANGIN' SUMMER SALE! [MP3]

MP3: Black Tambourine - We Can't Be Friends (Black Tambourine)

MP3: Extra Classic - Congo Rebel (Your Light Like White Lightning, Your Light Like a Laser Beam)

MP3: The Go - Mary Ann (Howl on the Haunted Beat You Ride)

MP3: Harlem - Psychedelic Tits (Free Drugs ;-))

MP3: King Tuff - Connection (Was Dead)

MP3: King Tuff - Loser's Wall (King Tuff)

MP3: Mean Jeans - Come Toobin' (Mean Jeans on Mars)

MP3: Meow Twins - Atlantic Ocean (Meow Twins)

MP3: Sam Flax - Child of Glass (Age Waves)

MP3: The Tandoori Knights - Bandstand (Curry Up It's The Tandoori Knights)

MP3: Ty Segall - Girlfriend (Melted + Goodbye Bread 2fer)

MP3: The Vomettes - Saw Yr Tits (The Vomettes)

Like the sign says - Burger Records is having a summer sale and it's a great time to stock up on some killer tapes. In case you needed some help, I've posted a selection of MP3s from currently available releases that I highly recommend. GET TO IT $$$!!

Twin Shadow - Five Seconds [VIDEO/MP3]

MP3: Twin Shadow - Five Seconds

Twin Shadow

"Five Seconds"

Confess

4AD 2012

Director: Keith Musil

Just hearing or looking at Twin Shadow doesn't make you ever think "bad ass", but this sweet video certainly does a killer job changing that.

HOT TRAXXX: Cat Power - Ruin [MP3]

MP3: Cat Power - Ruin

"I have to say, the past couple of months I have been bad… not bad. I’ve been revisiting my teens and actually smoking a little marijuana. I’m telling you that because it actually helps my mind calm down a lot and relaxes me when I’m by myself. I haven’t sat down and played records since I was a teenager."

With that, her recent breakup and the new haircut, I'd say this new Cat Power record is gonna rule!

(quote via The Stool Pigeon)

HOT TRAXXX: FIDLAR - No Waves [VIDEO/MP3]

MP3: FIDLAR - No Waves

FIDLAR

"No Waves"

No Waves / No Ass

Mom + Pop 2012

Director: Ryan Baxley

Cop this single, it's some great rock n roll and its cover is graced with extra radical art by my pal Brendan Donnelly. FUCK IT DOG LIFE'S A RISK!!

FUCK YEAH: Spacin' - Empty Mind [MP3]

MP3: Spacin' - Empty Mind

I finally got an opportunity to hear Deep Thuds, the way killer debut by Spacin'. Why are they worth checking out? There's a dude from Birds of Maya in the band, the album has a nice warm/rusty sound to it and has a goddamn rock and roll heart!

The album, out on Richie, is sold out though. So uh, try google!

HOT TRAXXX: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Baby [STREAM]

Here's that Ariel Pink cover of 1979's great pop gem "Baby", by Donnie & Joe Emerson. This version is better, #nolie. See you in August, Mature Themes.

TOPS - Rings of Saturn [VIDEO] / Go Away [MP3]

MP3: TOPS - Go Away

Tender Opposites, the debut album by Montreal's TOPS, is one I wish was getting noticed more. It's solid and clever all the way through, featuring songs with both bliss and sadness (today we're featuring one of each). What more could you possibly want??

The Best Song Ever: All Night Radio - Sad K [MP3]

MP3: All Night Radio - Sad K

With a new Beachwood Sparks album on the way, and our ever devotion to the them over here, I've been listening to a lot of All Night Radio. There's just something inherently gorgeous about the layers upon layers of psychedelia following in and out of one another. And the clarity! Each instrument is giving it's own space, coming and going in soft entrances. Our love of this album especially has led it to possibly being posted in full before The Slider, even. Enjoy.

FUCK YEAH: King Tuff - Bad Thing [VIDEO/MP3]

MP3: King Tuff - Bad Thing

King Tuff

"Bad Thing"

King Tuff

Sub Pop 2012

Director: C. Thornhill DeWitt

Fuck vinyl, get the tape from Burger! We love you Zen Mafia!

Beachwood Sparks - Sparks Fly Again [MP3]

MP3: Beachwood Sparks - Sparks Fly Again

More new BWS! Sparks Fly Again? FUCK YEAH THEY DO!

Pre-order The Tarnished Gold, because who knows how long it'll be till we can get a shirt and tote from these dudes ever again?!

HOT TRAXXX: Chrome Sparks - So Far 2 Go (feat. Steffaloo) [VIDEO/MP3]

MP3: Chrome Sparks - So Far 2 Go (feat. Steffaloo)

Around this time each year is when you'll typically find everyone goes nuts, trying to find a summer track that embodies everything they want at that particular moment in time - a personal coda to hold close the whole season long. I've found it best not to force these things and just let them come naturally, which is exactly what just happened to me with this Chrome Sparks ripper.

"So Far 2 Go" (featuring a very talented Steffaloo) says everything I need it to in it's movable bliss, but the accompanying video is what drives the point completely home: It's SUMMER 2012, let's boogie.

ENDORSED.

HOT TRAXXX: The Walkmen - Heartbreaker [MP3]

MP3: The Walkmen - Heartbreaker

Disclosure: I've never really been a Walkmen fan. In passing, even though I've given their albums each a shot or two over the last decade, something just never really clicked. Even now, not so much. However, I must give credit where it's due, and "Heartbreaker" is a brilliant song, start to finish. Even will the cheesy line "it's not the singer, it's the song", the rest of the song remains unaffected. It's a summertime romp, one meant for the rolled-down windows and loud playing. Bop and enjoy.

Perfume Genius - All Water [MP3]

MP3: Perfume Genius - All Water

When Matador released this track from the album in winter, I was intrigued. I never listened to the first Perfume Genius album, so it really caught me off-guard. Crawl a few months forward and it's still one of the prettiest tracks of the year to hit my ears, its dense synths powering the song forward. Enjoy.

DAVID BOWIE FRIDAYS: The Secret Life of Arabia [MP3]

MP3: David Bowie - The Secret Life of Arabia

Enjoy.

HOT TRAXXX: Lemonade - Neptune [VIDEO/MP3]

MP3: Lemonade - Neptune

Lemonade

"Neptune"

Diver

True Panther 2012

Directors: House Plants and Weird Days

The best white people r&b jams are super stalker-ish, and this new one from Lemonade is in good company. Plus? The video has tits in it.

I'm all in. Diver is out at the end of the month.

JEFF the Brotherhood - Sixpack [STREAM]

Hypnotic Knights is a new EP from the rifftacular JEFF the Brotherhood, produced by Dan from the Black Keys. That's a damn fine blend, and you can get your first taste right now with a nice refreshing "Sixpack".

HOT TRAXXX: R. Kelly - Share My Love [VIDEO]

R. Kelly
"Share My Love"
RCA 2012

After weeks of listening to a bootleg audio track of this on YouTube, it's finally got a video. While it's hard to compare it to the videos for "Echo" and "Be My #2", Kells is bringing a more formal element to the composition which we'd seen in last year's "When a Woman Loves" clip. Enjoy.

HOT TRAXXX: Icona Pop - I Love It [VIDEO]

Icona Pop
"I Love It"
Universal Music Sweden 2012
Director: Fredrik Etoall

Bandwagon, jumped. I love it. Enjoy.

HOT TRAXXX: Kitty Pryde - Okay Cupid [VIDEO/MP3]

MP3: Kitty Pryde - Okay Cupid

Kitty Pryde

"Okay Cupid"

Directors: Bryan Mckay and Shannen Ortale

Party time! 19 year olds "get it" every now and then: that's certainly worth a blue ribbon and a cake.

FUCK YEAH: Death Grips - Hustle Bones [VIDEO/MP3]

MP3: Death Grips - Hustle Bones

Death Grips
"Hustle Bones"
The Money Store
Epic 2012
Director: Death Grips

HEALTH - TEARS [STREAM]

Fuck yeah, new HEALTH music is always a damn good thing and these dudes just seem to keep getting better each time. Now they're scoring video games, that's some next level shit (get it?).

The Best Song Ever: Afghan Whigs - My Curse (Peel Session) [MP3]

MP3: Afghan Whigs - My Curse (Peel Session)

As us Whig fans celebrate the mighty return of the giants that walk the earth, here is a track from a 1994 Peel Session. "My Curse" in it's context on Gentlemen is sung by Marcy Mays of Scrawl, which is quite great, but there's a reason we don't post mp3s by that band: that shit ain't Greg Dulli.

He finally sings on his song, bringing something already great to new levels, bumming you out in a completely different way. It's awesome.

I do love Mays singing on this track too, though. Here she is joining the dudes on stage at the Reading Festival (also in '94):

DAVID BOWIE FRIDAYS: Young Americans [MP3]

MP3: David Bowie - Young Americans

Enjoy.

Grimes - Nightmusic [VIDEO/MP3]

MP3: Grimes - Nightmusic (feat. Majical Cloudz)

Grimes
"Nightmusic" (featuring Majical Cloudz)
Visions
4AD 2012
Director: John Londono

Curren$y - Fast Cars Faster Women (feat. Daz) [VIDEO]

Curren$y
"Fast Cars Faster Women" (featuring Daz)
The Stoned Immaculate
Warner Bros 2012
Director: CJ Wallis

Jaill - Perfect Ten [MP3]

MP3: Jaill - Perfect Ten

Jaill's newest effort Traps is coming out on June 12th from Sub Pop, and it's probably gonna be real good like all of their other records. "Perfect Ten" is on it and it sounds like a guitar getting stoned while getting a hummer from a pretty girl. Give it a go, friend!

The Best Song Ever: Slowdive - Altogether [MP3]

MP3: Slowdive - Altogether

Some days, you need to feel chills. From head to toe and cycling back. Enjoy.

Chromatics - Kill for Love [MP3]

MP3: Chromatics - Kill for Love

As I struggle today to find something to post, Johnny Jewel dropped a zip file on the internet's lap: 11 songs from their genius Kill for Love LP, all minus drums. You can download that, free of charge, by clicking these words right here.

I haven't heard it yet - I can't imagine I will find much value in it, but that was awfully nice of him to offer up such a thing and it gives me an excuse to post today's song. It has drums, it's great.

DAVID BOWIE FRIDAYS: Blackout [MP3]

MP3: David Bowie - Blackout

Enjoy.

HOT TRAXXX: Sam Flax - Child of Glass [MP3]

MP3: Sam Flax - Child of Glass

Burger Records threw a curveball with Age Waves, the debut album from Sam Flax. It's pretty fucking insane, in the best way possible. Like a relaxed chainsaw.

Stream the LP or buy the tape - it's the choice of a new generation.

FUCK YEAH: The Penetrators - Teenage Lifestyle + Baby, Dontcha Tell Me [MP3]

MP3: The Penetrators - Teenage Lifestyle

MP3: The Penetrators - Baby, Dontcha Tell Me

Starting today off with 2 classic hits by Syracuse's The Penetrators.

Catcall - The World Is Ours [VIDEO]

Catcall

"The World Is Ours"

The Warmest Place

Ivy League Records 2012

Director: Yvette Paxinos

More great Aussie pop from Catcall.

Twin Shadow - Five Seconds [MP3]

MP3: Twin Shadow - Five Seconds

Finally, there is a new Twin Shadow record coming out and it sounds like the dude hasn't missed a beat. Apparently the whole thing was inspired by L.A. motorcycle rides - killer.

Confess comes out in the states on July 10th from 4AD.

FUCK YEAH: King Blood - Vengeance, Man [MP3]

MP3: King Blood - Vengeance, Man

Finally after 2 long years, Eyewash Silver sees it's follow up. You can always count on King Blood to bring the rippers, and what I've heard from Vengeance, Man is no disappointment.

Luckily Richie Records is run out of Philly, so I'm gonna head to a local shop this week to snag a copy. It's sold out otherwise, so start googling.

T. REX TUESDAYS: Cosmic Dancer [MP3]

MP3: T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer

Enjoy.

Witch Gardens - Standard Poodle [MP3]

MP3: Witch Gardens - Standard Poodle

It's no shock at all that Witch Gardens released another ace sounding 7 inch. Get a copy of R-I-P from Waterwing Records and (for a limited time) download it for free on their Bandcamp. Do it.

The Babies - My Name [MP3]

MP3: The Babies - My Name

The songs from the new 7 inch/cassette by The Babies may be from 3 years ago, but don't panic - this band came out strong right out the gate.

The "My Name" single, backed with "The War" is out now and available in limited quantities from Bad Paintings.

Beach House - Equal Mind [MP3]

MP3: Beach House - Equal Mind

You need this one, trust me.

Bleached - Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World [MP3]

MP3: Bleached - Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World

Daytrotter premiered their new session with Bleached today, which sees the girls rip through their hits and close out with Ramones' classic "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World".

The Best Song Ever: Mean Jeans - Come Toobin' [MP3]

MP3: Mean Jeans - Come Toobin'

After repeated (and do we mean repeated) spins, the new Mean Jeans record is finally upon us. With more hits than a Chris Brown domestic disturbance it can be hard to profile a song without referring to the album as whole. However, one of the standouts is truly "Come Toobin'"—with it's 50s beach party meets water park meets summertime feel. The more adult version of "Case Race", "Toobin'" finds the Jeans willing to drop a twenty on admission for the girl of their dreams, all with the hopes of making her their Jamie Jeans Curtis.

"Macaroni über alles /  You melt my sunglasses / Bum wine and a bucket of slime tonight."

Enjoy.

HOT TRAXXX: Major Lazer - Get Free (feat. Amber of Dirty Projectors) [MP3]

MP3: Major Lazer - Get Free (feat. Amber Coffman of Dirty Projectors)

It's 84 fucking degrees outside, of course this is the best sounding song in the world.

Download an actually pretty cool remix as well, in exchange for your precious soul: http://www.majorlazergetfree.com/

FUCK YEAH: Electric Wizard - Legalise Drugs & Murder [MP3]

MP3: Electric Wizard - Legalise Drugs & Murder

Not much really needs to be said other than our stoner doom heroes are back with the new single "Legalise Drugs and Murder", which obviously slays every bong this side of the Sabbath. Pick up the seven inch while it's hot and enjoy it with relish.

DAVID BOWIE FRIDAYS: We Are the Dead [MP3]

MP3: David Bowie - We Are the Dead

"The ruler's back, there is no other" graces our ears when listening to Slick Rick. But the same could apply to Mr. Bowie, obviously. What's better than slow diving into the weekend? Doing it to the master. Enjoy.

HOT TRAXXX: Beachwood Sparks - Forget the Song [MP3]

MP3: Beachwood Sparks - Forget the Song

Rejoice: The Sparks are back with a new record with the classic lineup! The Tarnished Gold comes out June 26th from their old pals Sub Pop and of course it's going to be good and of course the first song from it, "Forget the Song", is amazing. This is all obvious, why are we even talking about it?

Yuck - Chew [STREAM]

"Chew" is Yuck's musical contribution to "keeping up the good work". If you love riffs and dreamy vocals like we all do, this is your kinda thing.

FUCK YEAH: Mean Jeans - Anybody Out There? [VIDEO/MP3]

MP3: Mean Jeans - Anybody Out There?

Mean Jeans

"Anybody Out There?"
Mean Jeans On Mars

Dirtnap 2012

Director: Brett Roberts

(via Vice)

FUCK YEAH: Milk Music - No Life [MP3]

MP3: Milk Music - No Life

I've been playing Beyond Living by Milk Music a whole lot lately, and with good reason: this record fucking rips!