this is getting really fucking old

see you on the other side. again. for good this time hopefully:

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hopefully with an actualy domain name to follow.

joanna newsom watch: kingfisher

drag city's countdown to the new joanna newsom record continues this week with another new track streaming on their website.

this one, called "kingfisher" is a lush, 9-minute opus in in the vein of 2006's ys. feb. 23 just feels farther and farther away with each new track, doesn't it?

here is the full have one on me tracklisting (thanks gvb!):

1. Easy 6:04
2. Have One On Me 11:02
3. ’81 3:52
4. Good Intentions Paving Company 7:02
5. No Provenance 6:25
6. Baby Birch 9:30
7. On A Good Day 1:49
8. You and Me, Bess 7:13
9. In California 8:42
10. Jackrabbits 4:23
11. Go Long 8:03
12. Occident 5:31
13. Soft As Chalk 6:29
14. Esme 7:56
15. Autumn 8:02
16. Ribbon Bows 6:11
17. Kingfisher 9:11
18. Does Not Suffice 6:45

now find me

sure. you can already grab this amazing song in demo form. or you could get the finished version from pitchfork or stereogum or gorillavsbear.

or you could go straight to the source.

headphone bliss for the price of an email

physical single for "hide me" comes out on april 26, the golden filter's debut album voluspa a week later.

new xx video: VCR (matthew dear remix)

when did it become cool to start releasing official video for remixes of songs? someone remind me because this is the second xx-related remix to get one in the past year...

here come the quakes

flying lotus releases his highly anticipated follow-up to 2008's los angeles on may 5. it's called cosmogramma and comes enhanced with extra thom yorke.

warp has just made an excellent new non-album track called "quakes" available for free download here. if this is the material he left out, imagine what the actual album sounds like...

all of my old friends aren't so friendly

new video for "laughing with a mouth of blood," my favorite track of my 9th favorite album of 2009, st. vincent's actor. funny stuff, highlighted by guest appearances from SNL's fred armisen and sleater-kinney's carrie brownstein. oh carrie, how i miss thee!


St. Vincent - "Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood"

st. vincent | MySpace Music Videos

have one on joanna newsom

drag city just can't help teasing the hell out of joanna newsom fans these days. first we get new track '81,' than some archetypically busy cover art for her new album. now, best of all, they're previewing another new track called "good intentions paving company," seven minutes of piano-driven awesome that already rank among some of newsom's best work.

you can hear it streaming at drag city's website above but since their site has a tendency to crash at inconvenient times, you can also check out the track over at we listen for you where's its being offered for download for the time being.

either way, it's essential listening. the rest of have one on me comes out on feb 23.

so close, yet so far away...

all of the fire

i've really taken a shine lately to the output from terrible records, the up-and-coming indie label started by grizzly bear's chris taylor. i'm all about the upcoming debut ep from class actress (out next week) and i'm also starting to really dig this stuff from taylor's fellow brooklynites acrylics. taylor produced the duo's debut EP all of the fire, which has a warm, fleetwood mac by way of camera obscura feel that sounds just about as good as you think (read: very).

the EP is available on 10" vinyl here and you can preview the title track off of it below. you can also check out the nicely nostalgic music video for "molly's vertigo," a non-fire bonus track.

all of the fire

marchin' in

Lo-Fi-Fnk Marchin In from Mattias Erik Johansson on Vimeo

i don't know how i missed that lo-fi-fnk were from sweden. kind of goes a long way to explaining their awesomeness though. anyway, they just released a new single and here is the video for it. sonic goodness naturally ensues

tonight is going to be the night

high hopes for high places if this new track from their forthcoming sophomore album is any indication. has a very languid danceability that works for their sound.

on giving up (via thrill jockey)

high places vs. mankind is out apr. 6.