Thanks to WTD for pointing out these new COOLRUNNINGS songs. Both these tracks are dark, sexy and fun in kind of a Sister of Mercy gothic-offshoot 80s kind of way. Even though it’s a complete 180 from what I expected from COOLRUNNINGS, it’s terribly fun.

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MP3: COOLRUNNINGS – Belewe If you’ve only kept up with COOLRUNNINGS through their A+ string of online releases (including last year’s incredible album Dracula Is Only the Beginning), “Belewe” might come as a bit of a shock to you. But if you follow them on Soundcloud, Twitter or the Dracula Horse label blog, you may [...]

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I went to COOLRUNNINGS’ Bandcamp page a few minutes ago to find the link to buy Dracula Is Only the Beginning on vinyl, but first saw that they’d posted a new track! “Chrysalis” comes to us from a release marked as * Chrysalis by COOLRUNNINGS Seems like this is the most tender song we’re likely [...]

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I found this track through Coolrunnings’ twitter account. The beat for this comes from the Walsh offshoot/side project. Glad I found it through that strange connection; this track’s too awesome to miss. Pick up Antwon’s Fantasy Beds mixtape at Bandcamp [via Misha NYC]

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Knoxville group COOLRUNNINGS just shared two new songs: the new track “Spirit of the High” and “Rock Yr Baby,” a George McCrae cover. MP3: COOLRUNNINGS – Spirit of the High MP3: COOLRUNNINGS- Rock Yr Baby (George McCrae) COOLRUNNINGS polished up their enjoyably rough sound for these tracks. “Spirit of the High” steps a bit toward [...]

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#30: Fishboy – Classic Creeps MP3: Fishboy – Aaron the Afterthought Astronaut I don’t know which I find more impressive: that this album effortlessly weaves witticisms through incredible melody or that the entire album tells a complexly involved story. It’s easy to be dismissive of some pop records, but labels like “simplistic” just don’t stick [...]

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2011 was (another) odd year for music. It felt like the average quality of albums was raised a bit, but nothing really stood out as a life-changing album or single of the year. Still, there was a lot of great music to be heard. Here’s fifty of my favorite tracks from the year, ranging from [...]

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A while back, I posted demos for two new COOLRUNNINGS songs, “Rusk” and “Fool Moon.” Now those songs have been tweaked, completed and pressed to wax. Their experimental pop sounds good when streaming, so I can only imagine how great it’d be to hear it on vinyl. Speaking of which, someone needs to put Dracula [...]

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In the wake of how fantastic Dracula Is Only the Beginning was, I’d already started jonesing for my next COOLRUNNINGS fix. Luckily WTD stepped up by sharing these two new tracks. MP3: COOLRUNNINGS – Rusk (demo) MP3: COOLRUNNINGS – Fool Moon Both of these tracks are a bit different from what DIOTB led me to [...]

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