ODD FUTURE

A couple weeks ago we reported on Odd Future’s forthcoming compilation album, The OF Tape, Vol. 2, and how the collective was going to promote the album with a string…

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THE POLYPHONIC SPREE

Everyone’s favorite Texas musical pseudo-cult The Polyphonic Spree are back after a brief hiatus, and their video announcement, cut with performance footage, boasts a list of February 2012 tour dates…

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BATTLES GLOSS DROP

Battles are following up their massively acclaimed, jam-laden 2011 art-math opus Gloss Drop with an appropriately titled, four-part remix album series called Dross Glop. In advance of the release of…

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PORCELAIN RAFT

Porcelain Raft’s jockeying between maximalist, synthesized chamber indie, hazy dance music, borderline art-dubstep chopped-and-screwed beats and drones, and mixtape-closing reverby guitar pop make Strange Weekend endlessly compelling, fascinatingly layered, and never predictable.

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JUSTICE

That’s the official title for Rick Rubin’s remix of Justice’s groovy new single, “On’n’On,” though we’d hardly agree with it. Mr. Rubin, being a ridiculously successful superproducer, doesn’t do this…

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MIA

Word is that next week, January 31st, M.I.A. will officially release a revamped version of “Bad Girls,” that seriously bright highlight from Maya’s seriously good Vicki Leekx mixtape. Check out…

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DR DOG BE THE VOID

Philly’s finest purveyors of ramshackle pop-Americana Dr. Dog are back to their old ways with “Lonesome,” a brand new drunk-on-the-back-porch rollicking slow-burner that serves as the first single for their…

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ARCTIC MONKEYS

Arctic Monkeys stopped by BBC Radio 1 and delivered this sweet cover of one of last year’s best dance floor jams, Katy B’s “Katy On A Mission.” Ch-ch-check it out.

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PORCELAIN RAFT3

Yesterday, Secretly Canadian released Porcelain Raft’s Strange Weekend. We’ve already shared our thoughts about it (spoiler: we liked it!), and now you can catch the brand new visuals for album…

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STAR SLINGER

Fresh in the wake of that brilliantly accurate Portlandia sketch that centers around the question “want to come to my DJ night?”, producer and remixer extraordinaire Star Slinger jumps on…

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YUKON BLONDE

Something about the very name of Canadian indie-pop four-piece Yukon Blonde feels like subtle disappointment – blonde isn’t quite a fair substitute for gold, after all – and appropriately the…

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THE MEN

Not to be confused with MEN, The Men are a Brooklyn quartet who are carrying the banner of old-school punk pretty well for this day and age. Their upcoming LP…

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MIIKE SNOW

Here is your daily dose of Swedish pop deliciousness. Miike Snow, who have a new album called Happy To You coming out soon, have recruited Lykke Li for their latest…

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ZEBRA KATZ

Watch the creepy and compelling video for Zebra Katz’s ultra-catchy debut single, “Ima Read,” released through Mad Decent’s Jeffree’s imprint.

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LADYHAWKE

New Zealand musician Pip Brown is back with her solo project Ladyhawke, news of an upcoming LP called Anxiety, and a super-catchy brand-new single called “Black, White & Blue.”

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SLEIGH BELLS

Official video for Sleigh Bells’ first single for Reign of Terror, due out February 21. This one’s grown on us a lot.

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ANDREW BIRD

Multitalented orchestral pop songsmith Andrew Bird has been quiet since the release of 2009’s Noble Beast, but everyone’s favorite indie whistler/violinist is back with a new record recorded in his…

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ASAP ROCKY

Harlem’s finest A$AP Rocky is gearing up for what promises to be a seriously major 2012, so for his latest video, for the Clams Casino-produced “Wassup,” he teamed up with…

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YOU WONT

Boston’s You Won’t might have a resolutely un-Googleable band name, but their percussive, ramshackle approach to hyper-lo-fi bedroom folk-pop is something a little more unique. Take, for example, “Ten Years…

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CLOUD NOTHINGS

What began three years ago as a concocted Myspace timekill for teenager Dylan Baldi, has now evolved into a Steve Albini (you know the guy who produced In Utero and Manic Street Preachers) produced third album.

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