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The 10 Best New Songs We Heard This Week: Deerhunter, Mykki Blanco

By Tom Hawking on

It’s Friday afternoon, which means that we’re off to see a celebrity psychic in a few hours (no, really), and also that we’re going back through all the new music we heard over the last few days to pick out our ten favorite tracks of the week. This week we warmed slowly to the new Deerhunter single, took substantially less time to love the new Mykki Blanco track, thoroughly enjoyed BEAK> covering Pink Floyd, got all woozy to Maria Minerva, discovered Manics-sampling pop from Istanbul, remembered why we liked Balam Acab, and more. All these tracks await you — get streaming and/or downloading, readers! … Read More

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10 New Tracks You Need to Hear This Week: Sufjan Stevens, Factory Floor

By Tom Hawking on

It’s Friday, which means the first working week of 2013 is over — rejoice! It also means that it’s time for us to round up the 10 most noteworthy tracks of the week that’s gone by, and happily there’s some decent tunes to be had again after a pretty fallow holiday week. Specifically, there’s a hitherto unreleased Sufjan Stevens track, new Factory Floor, a bunch of interesting remixes involving everything from shoegaze to neo-R&B, Skrillex aping Burial to hilarious effect… and, yes, the depressing Azealia Banks/Angel Haze shitfight. Click through and get listening. … Read More

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10 MP3s You Need to Download for Free This Week: Factory Floor, Why?

By Tom Hawking on

It’s Friday, which means another installment of our regular roundup of downloadable MP3 goodness from around the web. This week brings a new remix of “Two Different Ways,” the lead single from Factory Floor’s much-anticipated album on DFA, along with new tracks from Why? and Maria Minerva, an EP from Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio, a remix of Zebra Katz’ “Ima Read” (featuring Tricky!), the inevitable new Lil B mixtape, and more. Since all this action costs precisely nothing, what are you waiting for? All the download links await after the jump. … Read More

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10 MP3s You Need To Download For Free This Week: Tyler, the Creator and Toro Y Moi, Talib Kweli

By Tom Hawking on

It’s Friday, and we’re back with another installment of our regular roundup of downloadable MP3 goodness from around the web. This week, there’s a collaboration between Tyler, the Creator and Toro Y Moi that’s really not bad at all, the return of Talib Kweli (although not, sadly, Black Star), excellent new tracks from Maria Minerva and Black Marble, rocking old school house from Screaming Rachael, an indescribably awesome sitar funk Morricone epic from La Piramide Di Sangue, and plenty more. In other words, there’s plenty of interesting sounds awaiting you after the jump, and since they won’t cost a penny or land you an RIAA lawsuit, as your attorneys we advise you to start downloading immediately. … Read More