The Death Set- Negative Thinking (Ninjasonik Remix)

College- Secret Diary

Been waiting on this one for a while.

DOWNLOAD: College- She Never Came Back
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DOWNLOAD: College- The Energy Story
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DOWNLOAD: College- When You Smile
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Christmas Songs That Don't Suck

DOWNLOAD: Sufjan Stevens- That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!
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DOWNLOAD: Clarence Carter- Back Door Santa
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DOWNLOAD: Paul McCartney- Simply Having A Wonderful Chrsitmas Time
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DOWNLOAD: The Waitresses- Christmas Wrapping
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DOWNLOAD: Sally Shapiro- Anorak Christmas
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Nick Catchdubs & Mr. Decker- Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (90's Alternative Mix)

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TRACKLIST:
1. L7 - Pretend We’re Dead
2. Sonic Youth - 100%
3. Folk Implosion - Natural One
4. King Missile - Detachable Penis
5. Beck - Beercan
6. Dinosaur Jr - Start Choppin’
7. Meat Puppets - Backwater ‘
8. Pavement - Cut Your Hair
9. Nirvana - Sliver
10. Foo Fighters - I’ll Stick Around
11. Porno For Pyros - Tahitian Moon
12. Temple Of The Dog - Hunger Strike
13. Tripping Daisy - I Got A Girl
14. Primus - Wynonas Big Brown Beaver
15. Body Count - There Goes The Neighborhood
16. Offspring - Come Out And Play
17. Rancid - Roots Radicals
18. Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz
19. Weezer - El Scorcho
20. Green Day - Longview
21. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
22. Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade
23. Bjork - Army Of Me
24. Soundgarden - Outshined
25. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss
26. Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God (Live @ The Tibetan Freedom Concert)
27. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man (Live @ Woodstock ‘94)
28. House Of Pain - Shamrocks and Shennanigans
29. Cibo Matto - Know Your Chicken
30. Breeders - Cannonball
31. Smashing Pumpkins - Today
32. Butthole Surfers - Pepper
33. Sublime - Doin’ Time
34. Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
35. Faith No More - A Small Victory
36. MC 900 Foot Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain
37. Everclear - You Make Me Feel Like A Whore
38. Toadies - Possum Kingdom

Nickel Eye- The Time Of The Assassins

The Strokes members' spinoff bands keep on comin', and I can't say I am mad at them at all. Great stuff from the one of the weirdest looking guys in rock, Nikolai Fraiture.

DOWNLOAD: Nickel Eye- Intro (Everytime)
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DOWNLOAD: Nickel Eye- Fountain Avenue
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DOWNLOAD: Nickel Eye- Providence, RI
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Kid Cudi - Day N' Night Video

Friday Hotness #71

DOWNLOAD: Kael Alden (of Faded Paper Figures)- Where You Belong
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DOWNLOAD: Wale- Pot Of Gold feat Daniel Merriweather
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DOWNLOAD: Cassettes Won't Listen- Freeze And Explode
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Top Albums of 2008: Part 2

#10- Does It Offend You, Yeah?- You Have No Idea What You Are Getting Yourself Into

DOWNLOAD: Dawn Of The Dead
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DOWNLOAD: Epic Last Song
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#9- Santogold- Santogold

DOWNLOAD: Lights Out
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DOWNLOAD: LES Artistes
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#8- Faded Paper Figures- Dynamo

DOWNLOAD: North By North
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DOWNLOAD: Polaroid Solution
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#7- Neon Neon- Stainless Style

DOWNLOAD: I Told Her On Alderaan
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DOWNLOAD: Dream Girls
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#6- My Morning Jacket- Evil Urges

DOWNLOAD: I'm Amazed
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DOWNLOAD: Evil Urges
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#5- Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend

DOWNLOAD: Oxford Comma
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DOWNLOAD: M79
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#4- The Teenagers- Reality Check


DOWNLOAD: Love No
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DOWNLOAD: Starlett Johansson
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#3- Kings Of Leon- Only By The Night

DOWNLOAD: Use Somebody
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DOWNLOAD: Manhattan
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#2- Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours

DOWNLOAD: Far Away
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DOWNLOAD: Lights And Music
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#1- M83- Saturdays=Youth


DOWNLOAD: Graveyard Girl
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DOWNLOAD: We Own The Sky
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Top Albums of 2008: Part 1

#20- The Courteeners- St. Jude

DOWNLOAD: Not Nineteen Forever
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DOWNLOAD: What Took You So Long?
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#19- Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago

DOWNLOAD: re: stacks
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DOWNLOAD: Skinny Love
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#18- The Verve- Fourth

DOWNLOAD: Valium Skies
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DOWNLOAD: Love Is Noise
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#17- The Death Set- Worldwide

DOWNLOAD: Negative Thinking
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DOWNLOAD: Intermission
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#16- TV On The Radio- Dear Science,

DOWNLOAD: Golden Age
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DOWNLOAD: Family Tree
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#15- Lykke Li- Youth Novels

DOWNLOAD: Little Bit
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DOWNLOAD: I'm Good I'm Gone
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#14- Sebastian Tellier- Sexuality

DOWNLOAD: Roche
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DOWNLOAD: Fingers Of Steel
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#13- Raphael Saadiq- The Way I See It

DOWNLOAD: Sure Hope You Mean It
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DOWNLOAD: 100 Yard Dash
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#12- Kudi Cudi- A Kid Named Cudi

DOWNLOAD: Embrace The Martian
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DOWNLOAD: Man On The Moon (The Anthem)
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#11- School Of Seven Bells- Alpinisms

DOWNLOAD: Connjur
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DOWNLOAD: Half Asleep
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Bon Iver- Blood Bank EP

DOWNLOAD: Bon Iver- Blood Bank
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DOWNLOAD: Bon Iver- Babys
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Friday Hotness #70

DOWNLOAD: Emynd- Reach Out
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DOWNLOAD: Ninjasonik- Art School Girls
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DOWNLOAD: Blaqstarr- Stuntastic (prod by Diplo)
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DOWNLOAD: Ludacris- MVP
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Common- Universal Mind Control

DOWNLOAD: Common- Make My Day feat Cee-Lo
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DOWNLOAD: Common- Universal Mind Control
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DOWNLOAD: Common- What A World feat Chester French
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Wale- Nike Boots Video

Official Wale "Nike Boots" video (Directed by Chris Robinson) from Elitaste on Vimeo.
The revolution will be televised! Get on the train folks.

Sebastian Tellier Live at Henry Fonda Theater 12/3

Purchase tix HERE to see Sebastian Tellier bring one of the best albums of the year to life, and maybe just get someone pregnant in the process.

DOWNLOAD: Sebastian Tellier- Roche
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DOWNLOAD: Sebastian Tellier- Fingers Of Steel
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DOWNLOAD: Sebastian Tellier- Divine
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Oren Lavie- The Opposite Side Of The Sea

DOWNLOAD: Oren Lavie- Her Morning Elegance
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DOWNLOAD: Oren Lavie- The Opposite Side Of The Sea
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My Modest Request For You To Vote

Lets show Pitchfork and Brooklyn Vegan who runs things around here.

VOTE

Friday Hotness #69

DOWNLOAD: Stacy Clark- Matter Of Time
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DOWNLOAD: Jan Hammer- Don't You Know
Moog-tastic throwback!
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DOWNLOAD: Slim Thug- I Run
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DOWNLOAD: Vampire Weekend- The Kids Don't Stand A Chance (Chromeo Remix)
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DOWNLOAD: Fredrik- Black Fur
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Housse de Racket- Forty Love

DOWNLOAD: Housse de Racket- Oh Yeah!
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DOWNLOAD: Housse de Racket- Forty Love
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DOWNLOAD: Housse de Racket- 1-2-3-4
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Skatebard- Cosmos

Norwegian minimal space-disco in the same vein as The Field.

DOWNLOAD: Skatebard- Inspirational Weekend
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DOWNLOAD: Skatebard- Vuelo
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DOWNLOAD: Skatebard- June Nights Out Of Siena
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VIDEO: Miami Horror- Don't Be On With Her

DOWNLOAD: Miami Horror- Don't Be On With Her

Boat Club

Beautiful, smoothed-out beach sounds from Sweden of all places.

DOWNLOAD: Boat Club- Warmer Climes
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DOWNLOAD: Boat Club- Always Away
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DOWNLOAD: Boat Club- Nowhere
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Faded Paper Figures- Viper Room Tonight!

Come out and support the homies Faded Paper Figures tonight at their first LA show at The Viper Room.

Tix HERE.

They are also playing next Tuesday 11/18 at The Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa for all you OC folks.

Faith No More

I heard "Midlife Crisis" the other day on Indie 103.1 and remembered how much I loved these guys. Their hard hitting yet fun punk-rap-funk sound paved the way for many modern acts. Their performance on SNL (the one where Mike Patton humps the fan on the side of the stage) was one of those eye opening musical moments for me as a kid.

Although he has gone off the deep end with his lackluster subsequent solo projects (Mr. Bungle, Lovage, Peeping Tom, etc), Patton's music with Faith No More remains poignant.

Reunion anyone?

DOWNLOAD: Faith No More- A Small Victory
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DOWNLOAD: Faith No More- Midlife Crisis
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DOWNLOAD: Faith No More- Epic
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DOWNLOAD: Faith No More- We Care A Lot
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Anthony Kiedis To Bring Story To HBO

Anthony Kiedis is working with HBO on adapting his autobiography Scar Tissue for an upcoming TV show. If you haven't read Scar Tissue I highly recommend it. Its the tale of his upbringing in a drug filled household in West Hollywood in the late 1970's, his rise to fame with Red Hot Chili Peppers and his subsequent drug addiction.

Read the full story HERE.

Menahan Street Band

Soulful instrumental sounds laced over hip hop beats from the coolest record label in the land, Daptone Records.

You may recognize "Make The Road By Walking" from Jay Z's "Roc Boys."

DOWNLOAD: Menahan Street Band- Make The Road By Walking
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DOWNLOAD: Menahan Street Band- Tired Of Fighting
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DOWNLOAD: Menahan Street Band- Montego Sunset
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DOWNLOAD: Menahan Street Band- The Contender
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act

A good number of my recent posts have been removed by Blogger under the new Digital Millennium Copyright Act. I guess they have received complaints from labels or other copyright holders, so I have complied and taken the posts down.

Although I love sharing new tunes with you guys I'm not trying to go out like that Chinese Democracy guy.

Windsurf - Coastlines

DOWNLOAD: Windsurf- The Big Island
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DOWNLOAD: Windsurf- Pocket Check
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DOWNLOAD: Windsurf- Light As Daylight
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Kanye West- Heartless Video

Has this guy ever made a bad video? Ok, I guess the one with the puppets was pretty stupid.

Hey Champ

Just signed with Lupe Fiasco's new label, get your Chicago electro-rock while it's hot!

DOWNLOAD: Hey Champ- Cold Dust Girl
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DOWNLOAD: Hey Champ- Face Control
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DOWNLOAD: Yeasayer- Sunrise (Hey Champ Remix)
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Totally Michael

More electro-pop punk for all your Death Set heads out there.

Sounds like a mix of Blink 182 and Matt & Kim. "Casual Satisfaction" is one of the most stupidly awesome songs I've heard in a while.

DOWNLOAD: Totally Michael- Winona
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DOWNLOAD: Totally Michael- Summertime
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DOWNLOAD: Totally Michael- Don't Stop
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DOWNLOAD: Totally Michael- Casual Satisfaction
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Hellaween Mix

Obviously I am a few days late on this, but give a listen to this spooky mix by Punchy for the good folks over at Kitsune Noir. Tracklist above.

DOWNLOAD: Hellaween Mix

A Great Day

I'll post some more music tomorrow but wanted to take a day to celebrate with the rest of the world.

Can you believe this beast is actually going to be our leader?