Cadence Weapon just posted this Tron-inspired mixtape over at his website. It’s unfortunately not backed by Daft Punk’s instrumental Tron soundtrack, but it’s still worth grabbing. Download Cadence Weapon’s Tron-inspired mixtape

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Thanks to SMS for reminding me that Blackalicious’ first new song in five years, “Toy Jack,” is available for download thanks to Target’s “the Christmas Gig.” I wouldn’t say it’s unbelievable how good this song is — it is Blackalicious after all — but let’s just say that it’s most likely even better than you’re [...]

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Yesterday I was passed this track by Germany’s CHAMPIONS (or Champions — I never saw it written in anything but all caps). Here’s the first track off their self-titled record. MP3: CHAMPIONS – Changes “Changes” sounds like a version of Phoenix that’s a little more into the 80s side of pop. The best part of [...]

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Super excited that the Man Man/Islands collaboration Mister Heavenly has found a happy home for their debut album. In 2011 they’ll be bringing their “doom wop” tunes to Sub Pop. Aaaawesome. Mister Heavenly Winter Tour Dates: 30-Nov Seattle,WA Moore Theater * 1-Dec Portland,OR Crystal Ballroom * 2-Dec San Francisco,CA Cafe du Nord 3-Dec Santa Cruz,CA [...]

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A friend just sent me a link to the new Painted Palms EP and I’m really impressed. Also it seemed a bit familiar, then I remembered I had it on my list to check out thanks to IGIF. So check out this sample and then head over to their Bandcamp page and download the whole [...]

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While in Brazil, the Apples in Stereo decided to film a quick video for “Strange Solar System” at a science themed playground. Pretty fitting, huh?

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MOKB just premiered this new track from Young Man. He’s the new Frenchkiss signee, so you’d better take this moment to get acquainted before he blows the hell up. MP3: Young Man – Strangers I doubt the guys in Animal Collective will ever do any production work, but if they ever let their Beach Boys [...]

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No, not that one. It’s the song I missed out on earlier this year. I’m going back to catch up on stuff I might have missed from 2010 and one oversight was Dom’s Sun Bronzed Greek Gods EP. Lots of fun, this one. MP3: Dom – Living in America

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It is a bit better in theory that it is in practicality, but it’s still nice that it happened.

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