Don't Slow Down By Matt & Kim

Matt And Kim (a/k/a Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino) have a new album Grand. It is filled with Vermont-recorded BKLYNsynthpop. Get ready for handclaps everyone. First off, this one is less punky, more mid tempo. I am kind of interested in hearing how some of the songs will sound live. Plus, I must say I am surprised that the album doesn't come preloaded with remixes (note: there is one "outro mix"), but I guess we will have to wait for the remixes in the coming months. Anyway, the new album looks like this:



Downloadables:
"Don't Slow Down" (box.net mp3)
"Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare" (box.net mp3)

Streamable: Grand (spinner album stream)

More? Interview links? I has them. Read the Brooklyn Based interview (here). Topics covered... health insurance, twin beds, The White Stripes, Todd P, day jobs. Read the p'fork interview (here). Topics covered... selling out, Rick Rubin, performing on the floor vs the stage, Fugazi.

Tonight at the Music Hall of Williamsburg it's the record release show. As for the Secret Special Guests, here is my lame attempt at a guess:

Ninjasonik (prolly)
Team Robespierre (prolly)
Flosstradamus (maybe)
Parts & Labor (maybe)

Hopefully, there will be no Converse or Mountain Dew banners covering the "slippery slope" that is the stage.

Myspace page is here.
Fader Label is here.
IHEARTCOMIX page is here.
Moshi Moshi is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

earlier-song-with-the-same-title-as-the-new-album BONUS: "Grand" (box.net mp3)

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- Unnecessary Newsflash! Animal Collective are all over the place these days. Two new examples: (1) The new video for "My Girls" (youtube) and (2) That bassy Mexicans With Guns RMX... "My Girls (Mexicans With Guns Remix)" (antipop mp3)

- The Pazz N Jop poll is up. Read it... here.

- Just Listen: "Handed" (thrill jockey mp3) by Lithops (the alterego of Jan St Werner of Mouse On Mars)

- Listen to Hella offshoot sBACH's recent Daytrotter session... here.

- WFMU has a bunch of live, umm, Puffy Areolas (the BAND, not the body part, you perverts)... here.

- PUKEKOS posts a few Brenmar tracks (whom you may remember from this post)... here.

Fortune By Kirstin Hersh

Kirstin Hersh says her latest Speedbath track is "an interesting take on Wonder Bread and the East River and gold, smoking devil people". Dig it.

Downloadable: "Fortune" (cash mp3)

The individual cover art looks like this:


More CASH songs here.
Donate here.
Subscribe here.

Myspace page is here.
4AD page is here.
Yep Roc page is here.
Daytrotter Session is here.
Free Music EP is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

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- Here's another CASH music mp3. This one is from Colourmusic. Listen: "YES" (cash mp3). It is from the their newish album f, monday, orange, february, venus, lunatic, 1 or 13. Colourmusic's CASH page is here. World's Fair has a different mp3 for download: "Put In Little Gas" (world's fair mp3)

- Watch Eels frontman Mark Everett try to understand his father who created The Many Worlds Theory... here. Props to VSL.

- Here's the latest in Hot Chip remixology: "Let The Spirit (Hot Chip Remix Radio Edit)" (terrorbird mp3) by Roots Manuva

- Shitt Hott is giving away 1 album and 1 EP for FREES!!... here. Plus, they may have broke up. My fav Shitt Hott song: "Foreign Bees" (box.net mp3)

- Watch 41 Minutes of Nirvana from 1991... here or here. Props to EAR FARM and Consequence Of Sound.

- Here's my favorite part of PTST's mini-interview with Dan Friel of Parts & Labor:

PTST: Which album is better; Parts & Labor's Receivers or your solo album Ghost Town?
DF: The trick is to play them both at the same time. If you do that then Jesus will appear and save you from The Financial Crisis.

Read more (and grab 2 mp3s)... here.


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Oppressions Each By Brightblack Morning Light

Yes, yes... Sonic Youth is now a Matador recording artist. We are all very excited. But today, I have a couple tracks from a different Matador artist -- Brightblack Morning Light. This is not "get up and go" music. This is "I am sick of Mazzy Star and need something to play late and night when I am slightly drunk and overtired" music. It's not something I play all that often, but it fills a niche.

Motion To Rejoin comes out Sepember 23.

Downloadables:
"Oppressions Each" (box.net mp3)
"Hologram Buffalo" (box.net mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Matador page is here.
eMusic page is here.
Preorder Motion To Rejoin here.

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- When You Awake has a mix put together by BJ of Parts & Labor. It is entitled "Top 10 Countryish/Folkish Songs By Artists That People Don't Consider To Be Country/Folk" or "Top 10 Weird/Punk Songs For People Who Only Listen To Country/Folk Music". Get it here.

- The Shaky Hands new album Lunglight is out. Get it here or here or maybe here. Listen: "Loosen Up" (mp3)

- Sebastien Grainger was one half of DFA1979. If you take out dance and you take out the punk from DFA1979 apparently what you are left with is North American 'rawk'. His album Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains comes out Oct 21. Listen: "American Names" (saddle creek mp3)

- I'd like to pass on a recommendation that Palin use "Roses" (youtube vid) instead of "Barracuda" (youtube vid) as her intro music now that Heart has sent the McCain campaign a C&D. Huffington Post has some deets... here.

YSB Wins!

YSB wins volumes 3 & 4 of the Searching For The Now split single series from Slumberland Records.

Giveaway post is here.

Totally unrelated mp3 just for YSB: "Tugboat" (box.net mp3) by Galaxie 500 from Today

Totally unrelated mp3 with "Winning" in the title: "No One Was Winning" (box.net mp3) by Parts & Labor from Escapers Two

P.S. purplesimon your CD is headed to the post office with a small bonus to make up for my tardiness.

The Jagjaguwar/Secretly Canadian/Dead Oceans Sampler Plate

Today I have prepared a nice sampler from the The Jagjaguwar/Secretly Canadian/Dead Oceans family of labels. Some are new, some are old, all are worth a listen.

"Walk Through A Cloud" (scjag mp3) by The Donkeys
"Dreaming Of The Plum Trees" (scjag mp3) by White Hinterland
"First Fantasy" (scjag mp3) by Citay
"A Picture Of Our Torn Up Praise" (scjag mp3) by Phosphorescent

More Dead Oceans mp3s are here.

"Hey!" (scjag mp3) by The Impossible Shapes
"Taking The Farm" (scjag mp3) by The War On Drugs
"I Guess I'll Forget The Sound, I Guess, I Guess" (scjag mp3) by Bodies Of Water

More Secretly Canadian mp3s are here.

"Nowhere's Nigh (edit)" (scjag mp3) by Parts & Labor
"Black Rice" (scjag mp3) by Women

Lots more Jagjaguwar mp3s are here.

Oh Shit! Don't Forget Yr Brah! Ack I totally forgot side label Brah. Remember what they say... "If it doesn't suck, it's probably not on Brah."

"Preteen Weaponry (edit)" (scjag mp3) by Oneida
"Wicked Stepson" (scjag mp3) by The Dirty Faces

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- New Old New Jay Reatard... "See/Saw" (matador mp3) + his new singles comp deets are here.

- Raven Sings The Blues about Nothing People... here.

- SUCKAPANTS posts The Morning Benders and some great Critical Mass shots... here.

Africa Just Wants To Have Fun By Volcano!

The first I time I heard Volcano! I reflexively thought "sounds like a more experimental Ted Leo." Then I said, "Shut up, Brain" and got into it.

Downloadable: "Africa Just Wants To Have Fun" (box.net mp3)

Any thoughts on the cheeky song title?

Myspace page is here.
The Leaf Label is here.
eMusic page is here.
Order some Volcano! from Midheaven here.

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- Listen to some more fast/fun/noisy tracks off Escapers 2 from Parts & Labor @ Raven Sings The Blues... here. You may remember Escapers 2 from this post.

- Pitchfork's Forkcast has posted a cover (not a remix, a cover) of Feist's "1234" (p'fork mp3) by Bikini... here.

- $125 for a whole lotta Madvillainy?? Some of the deets (+ one mp3) are here.

Nova By NOMO

Lazy. Hot. Summer Saturday.

What to listen to? How's about some postafrobeat?

Yeah. Gonna listen to NOMO.

Downloadables:
"Nova" (box.net mp3)
"Three Shades" (box.net mp3) (Did you get this track already?)

Myspace page is here.
Ubiquity Records page is here.
eMusic page is here.

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- How's about some "hazy, hip-hop-based downbeat shit"? Stones Throw artist Koushik has a couple of free mp3s available in advance of Out My Window. One is a song... "Lying In The Sun" (stones throw mp3) and the other is a mixtape... "Koushik - Mixoremixes" (stones throw mp3) (tracklisting)

- Instrumental Analysis talks up B'more music fest, WHARTSCAPE 2008 (featuring Celebration, The Mae Shi, Double Dagger, Parts & Labor, and much much more) and a number of other Mid-Atlanic happenings this weekend... here.

- Speaking of Baltimore... check out this more-than-a-year-old compilation of local Baltimore music at The City Paper. Download The End, Part Two: The Beginning (The Wham City Compilation)... here.

- Do I even need to mention this?

Down In The Park (Tubeway Army Cover) By Low Scores

Low Scores, purveyor of psychedelic hip hop, posted a demo of a Tubeway Army cover the other day on his myspace blog. There is talk of a covers album being posted at some point way in the future. Enjoy the demo...

Low Scores says "hope you like vocoders": "Down In The Park (Tubeway Army Cover)" (box.net mp3)
The original for comparison purposes: "Down In The Park" (box.net mp3)
Get the Replicas redux... here.

While prepping this post, I happened across the following bonus mp3 in a deep fissure on the internets.

"Shinny" BONUS: "Sea Legs (Low Scores Remix)" (box.net mp3)
The original for comparison purposes: "Sea Legs" (box.net mp3) by The Shins

Myspace page is here.
Last.fm page is here.

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- Brooklyn electronicnoisepunks, Parts & Labor have a "poppy" new album entitled Receivers that is due out in October. Deets are here. Listen... "Nowheres Nigh" (box.net mp3). I Rock Cleveland's take on the track is here.

- The good folks at baeblemusic want you to watch Health perform @ After The Jump Fest 2008... here.

"Triceratops"


- Do you like Grunge? Sure we all do. But how many times can you listen to Bleach? Turns out, quite a few... but anyway, thee head vein posted a 1984 12" by Seattle protogrungepioneers, The U-Men... here.

- Finally, I hear the Day Of The Woman album is 3/4 done (maybe).

It's Epidemic By The Cops

Holy Fuck! (no not that Holy Fuck) Seattle based rockers, The Cops have a catchy ass slab of riffs you really need stuck in your head.

Like Now!

Downloadables:
"It's Epidemic" (mp3)
"Terribly Empty Pockets" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Mt. Fuji Records is here.
There's a few more The Cops mp3s here.
Emusic page is here.

BONUS: Listen to "The Cops Live On KEXP" (mp3)
KEXP Podcasting info... here.

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- Q: Is 2:42 the ideal song length? A: Find out @ EAR FARM's Muxtape... here.

- Parts & Labor want YOUR SOUNDS for their new album... here.

- Nerd Alert!

- pomo-classicrockers White Demin do a Daytrotter session... here.

- FRICTION NYC declare My Bloody Valentine Friday (that's yesterday)... here.

- Wait, you're telling me that the new Free Kitten song "Seasick" is not a The Jesus Lizard cover. DAMN... here.

The Shittiest Song On This Record By Parts & Labor

Last weekend, I posted a really short song... "This Is What You Wanted" (box.net mp3) by Part & Labor. It comes from the Escapers Two EP (it's got 51 songs in 30 minutes). It's a Post-Mersh-esque explosion of an album (except it ain't a compilation of EPs). I picked it up at the Parts & Labor/YACHT show last night. I thought I would share "The Shittiest Song On This Record" (box.net mp3).

The funny thing is every time I type "Escapers Two" I have to stop myself from typing "Neck Escaper(s Two)" (mp3). Methinks I have been listening to too much No Age.

Some shots from the show last night:

BJ


Everyone but Sarah


Dan


Sarah


Fingers go into ears


Flickr page is here.

Escapers Two BONUS:"Fire Away" (box.net mp3)
What they sound like when they write longer songs BONUS: "A Great Divide" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Jagjaguwar page is here.
Cardboard Records is here.
Ace Fu is here.
Emusic page is here.
Buy Escapers Two here.

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- P'fork's P'cast posted up some fresh El Guincho remixing AiH, whom as you probably know are quite remixable... here. Listen: "Like It or Not (El Guincho Remix)" (p'fork mp3)

- Seen the Health vid for "Heaven"/ad for the retro-Winter Olympics?? Watch it here.

- Spoon? fm Broadcast? Captain's Dead!... here.

Tonight: YACHT/Parts & Labor/Stars Like Fleas

Tonight!

Doors @ 8PM

Stars Like Fleas
then
Parts & Labor (@ 10PMish) - "Fractured Skies" (mp3)
then
YACHT - "So Post All 'Em (Instrumental)" (box.net mp3)

Cat Swallow By Royal Bangs

According to the Royal Bangs, they sound like: "BEEEP BEEP BEEP bumpbumpbump WHOOOOO beeep beep whiizz." That doesn't sound quite right to me, but I don't care. Know why? Because, this is cram-packed with awesomeness.

Downloadable: "Cat Swallow" (mp3)

Maybe you heard them here? No?

Myspace page is here.
Audio Eagle is here.

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- Holy Shit! 51 songs 30 minutes! Parts & Labor have a tribute to their "favorite loud and fast bands, a cram session of ideas snatched from the Melvins, Man is the Bastard, Melt Banana, and Napalm Death, as well as 80s indie/punk songsmiths like Mission of Burma, Hüsker Dü, Minutemen and The Wipers." Listen to this: "This Is What You Wanted" (mp3). Excellent! Buy it... here.

- MISSING TOOF has posted the LAZRtag extra-electro re-remix of Health Vs. Crystal Castles "Crimewave (CC RMX)" (box.net mp3 of the original Crystal Castles remix). Get with the re-remix... here.

- Speaking of Health, there's some great HEALTH photos @ sctas... here. Soooo much better than mine.

- NEVVER asks "How Do You Know?" (posting The Lyres)... here.

- Flying is playing tonight. Will I make it to the show this time? "All I know I my gut says 'Maybe'". Listen: "Minors" (mp3). For more shows this weekend check out PTST... here.

- Have you seen the waterballoon/sillystring/confetti/unidentified fluid filled vid of the new Spinto Band song "Summer Grof"? Here it is. Also, Pasta Primavera has the mp3... here.

- The Teeth drop some more tracks for Daytrotter... here.

VIDEO: The Gold We're Digging By Parts & Labor

Brooklyn's Part & Labor are fucking awesome. I mean that. They inspire awe. Serious.

Watch this video with their old drummer: "The Gold We're Digging" (mov or youtube)

Myspace page is here.
Jagjaguwar page is here.
Emusic page is here.

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- Best of '07 linkage: ohboyohboy, p'fork's Top 100 songs of 2007 are listed... here. UPDATE: The s'gum zips were HERE. UPDATED UPDATE: captain's dead has them... here. The first installment of CP's Festive 50 (+4) is available... here. Listen: "2007 Festive 50, Part 1" (mp3). And The final MOKB best of '07 list is up... here (with links to all the other ones too).
- The Smudge has live Imperial Teen on the radio... here.

(I'm A) Donkey For Your Love By BOAT AND The Next 26 Best Downloadables Of 2007

Q: 'member this?

Here's more:
1. "(I'm A) Donkey For Your Love" (mp3) by BOAT

2. "Fractured Skies" (mp3) by Parts & Labor

3. "Dumb Luck (Low Scores Remix)" (mp3) by DNTEL

4. "Evergreen" (mp3) by Celebration

5+6. "Capricornations" (mp3) and "Attitude (Misfits Cover)" (box.net mp3) by Mika Miko

7. "The Underdog" (mp3) by Spoon

8. "They Might Follow You (Demo)" (box.net mp3) by Tiny Vipers

9. "No One Does It Like You" (mp3) by Department Of Eagles

10. "Mr. Prison Shanks" (mp3) by Made Out Of Babies

11. "I Saw The Bright Shinies" (mp3) by The Octopus Project

12. "Witches Vs. Wolves" (mp3) by S-S-S-Spectres

13. "Flying To You" (mp3) by Unlove

14. "Crimewave" (mp3) by Health

15. "Run To The Facts" (mp3) by Yea Big + Kid Static

16. "Sharpshooter" (mp3) by The Mary Timony Band

17. "Luxury Condos For The Poor" (mp3) by Double Dagger

18. "Cold Hands" (mp3) by Black Lips

19. "Green Seat" (mp3) by Shepherdess

20. "Electric Pilgrim" (mp3) by Screaming Females

21. "Don't Touch My Shit" (mp3) by The Coathangers

22. "Knowledge In Hand" (mp3) by The Forms

23. "We Are Gods! We Are Wolves!" (mp3) by Le Loup

24. "Get Hurt" (mp3) by NO AGE

25. "For You" (mp3) by C.O.C.O.

26. "To Fix The Gash In Your Head" (mp3) by A Place To Bury Strangers

Don’t Touch My Shit By The Coathangers

Perhaps you saw this post about The Coathangers over at Buscate Un Novio last week? Perhaps, not... but the songs I wanted to post last month is now available. Alright!

Downloadables:
"Don’t Touch My Shit" (mp3)
"Shut The Fuck Up" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Rob's House is here.

Consider Clicking: What I Clicked On My Summer Vacation Edition
- Three from Stereogum... New non-grandma related Fiery Furnaces... here. New Goes Cube mathrock... here, and Thunderant... here.
- Do you love books and music? Well, NYRB Classics has a last.fm group. More about that over at A Different Stripe... here.
- Two p'fork downloads to consider:
"Montagem Do Cabra" (mp3) by Bonde Do Role
"Vomiting Mirrors" (mp3) by Clockcleaner
- Two kick-ass Contrast Podcasts: "Shapes" (mp3)... here, and "Stuck In My Head" (mp3)... here.
- GvsB posts Portland supergroup Pseudosix... here, and in a Black Lips inspired flashback, The Seeds... here.
- The internet blog I Rock Cleveland posts the youtube vid to "The Gold We're Digging" by Parts & Labor... here.
- 20 Jazz Funk Greats has a lovely post featuring These Are Powers, High Places, and Soft Circle... here.
- BANANA!
- NEVVER goes Blonde Redhead... here.
- The Smudge posts about Mr. Kim Gordon... here.
- 17 Dots' Fall Preview is... here.
- Dan Deacon freebies over at Free Indie... here.
- YANP does a freakfolk post about Magic Weapon... here.
- New pop from The Sharp Things... "Cruel Thing" (mp3)
- s k a t t e r b r a i n's second shoegaze mix is over... here.
- Pop Tarts Suck Toasted's band of the week was BOAT (oh yea)... here.
- MOKB discusses the full length effort by Prinzhorn Dance School... here.
- Nothing But Green Lights enjoys the instruprogelectronica of Blues States... here.
- KEXP posts Spoon's "Black Like Me"... here.
- EAR FARM discusses PJ Harvey's new turn... here.
- Get the Menomena Daytrotter session... here.
- More Health? Get some remixes over at BIGSTEREO... here.
- The Black Kites get some attention at Milk Milk Lemonade... here.
- BOAWS! Electro Group! Fuzz Fuzz! Hiss Hiss!... here.
- BklynVegan has a large mass of Melvins for you... here.
- The Go! Team make Red Blondehead want to double dutch... here.
- Quick Before It Melts has got Girl Nobody... here.
- Captain's Dead posts some Chin Up Chin Up... here.
- And finally these are not, I repeat, NOT music related (though they would make good song titles)... Pork Popsicles and How To Make A Mini Dry Erase Board.

Parts & Labor On Sound Opinions

Part & Labor on Sound Opinions? How did I miss that?? More info... here.

Listen: "Parts & Labor On Sound Opinions" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Virb page is here.
Jagjaguwar page is here.
Emusic page is here.

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- The Smudge (hard like that!) has the mp3s of The Black Lips on Fair Game... here.
- Check out an unreleased Jana Hunter track, "A Goblin, A Goblin" and the rest of her Daytrotter session... here.
- Head over to "Wham City" with the help of Dan Deacon and Undersea Community... here.
- The internet blog dance hall hips likes "Paper Planes" by MIA... here.

Record Shop By The Snow Fairies

Sometimes (like after a prolonged Parts & Labor binge) I have to take a measured dose of Twee. And I'd say The Snow Fairies have just the right amount.

Downloadables:
"Record Shop" (box.net mp3)
"Voila!" (whole album in a zip)

WARNING: Twee has been known to cause headbobbing, vomitting, lightheadedness, a sweet taste in the mouth, and gential itching.

Myspace page is here.

BONUS Parts & Labor mp3 to provide a auditory counterbalance: "A Great Divide" (mp3)

Elsewhere:
- Crazy ass beats minus computers and vinyl? Nice. BIGSTEREO reports on Ghosts On Tape... here.
- We likes Ben Weaver, so does Muzzle Of Bees... here. If you ain't heard his unmastered Paper Sky tracks click here.

Boy By Paper

Paper is Adrienne and Aaron Snow (of Landing fame). Listen to them kraut up some krautrocky goodness on the following mp3.

Download: "Boy" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
States Rights is here.

Elsewhere:
- Brooklyn Vegan posted some TheDeathSet mp3s in advance of last night's Matt & Kim/Parts & Labor/TheDeathSet/The Golden Error show from your friends at Todd P which I could not go to, fuck. Anyway, click... here.
- Audio Deficit Disorder posted a new Simian Mobile Disco song for a limited time... here.
- The Cramps and Goldfrapp in one place? The Merry Swankster is... here.
- Another Bumps track is available over at Audiversity... here.
- So much for that new Pixies album. More about that...here.
- Mp3 roundup of the a/v cleanup over at Vice Records is... here.

YOUTUBE: The Power Of Sound Salad By Lightning Bolt

L-L-L-L-lightning B-B-B-B-bolt!!

Watch: Power Of Sound Salad a/k/a The Power Of Salad And Milkshakes

(youtube link)

Comment: This is A LOT of Lightning Bolt. The sound quality is quite suckass. The youtube pixelization, kinda appropriate.

Read:


Myspace page is here.
Load Records page is here.
Emusic page is here.

Elsewhere:
- Oxford Collapse does Daytrotter. You dig?... here. Question: Did they abandon their domain or was it hacked?
- Fluxblog posts Parts & Labor. Awesome!... here.
- Bloc Party mash-ups? Hey why not?... here.
- Heartless Bastards are all over MOKB... here.

This BONUS brought to you by Gorilla Vs. Bear, Austinist, and White Denim:

Buddy Rich Vs. Animal

(youtube link)

Fractured Skies By Parts & Labor

A Q&A Re: Mapmaker

Q: What does this remind you of??



A: Part & Labor

Downloadables:
"Fractured Skies" (mp3)
"A Great Divide" (mp3)

Streamable: "New Buildings" (youtube)

More audio and video... here.

Q: Is that a dot matrix printer I hear playing with Parts & Labor?
A: Maybe.

Q: Did you read I Rock Cleveland's review of Mapmaker?
A: No? Well you should... here.

Myspace page is here.
Jagjaguwar page is here.
Emusic page is here.

Elsewhere:
- More Spoon leakage has occurred over at Muzak For Cybernetics... here.
- Idolator looks at Zen Arcade and weeps for the future... here.
- Ear Farm looks at Bell's residency at Piano's... here.