Taken from Shabazz Palaces‘ Seattle homies THEESatisfaction’s new record awE NaturalE, of which their label Sub Pop says:

“…funk-psychedelic feminista sci-fi epics with the warmth and depth of Black Jazz and Sunday morning soul, frosted with icy raps that evoke equal parts Elaine Brown, Ursula Rucker and Q-Tip.”

Download “QueenS” after the jump, look for a “short film” for the track soon (now casting!) + catch the duo down in Austin next month at SXSW.

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[directed by romain gavras]

We are honored to present the return of arguably the tightest live band in the world at the moment, Austin’s White Denim — who are currently in the midst of a West Coast tour with Wilco — live at the esteemed Granada Theater on Thursday, April 5. Our friends at the Granada have hooked us up with 5 pairs of tickets to give away for this one: just leave your name in the comments below or over on our FB page to enter. You can also cop tickets right here right now.

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White Denim :: Home Together
White Denim :: Street Joy

As we spent the A.M. listening to nothing but the new Julia Holter song on loop, we were reminded of this mostly unheard gem that was sent our way a few months back by the New L.A. Folk Fest, in which folk legend Linda Perhacs re-recorded a lovely, sort of magical version of her 1970 classic “Delicious” with Julia. Not sure if this gem has been posted elsewhere or if it’ll ever see an official release, but it’s certainly worth a listen:

“Julia plays keys and sings on the recording, Linda added harmonies. Aaron Robinson produced the song and created all the percussion by chopping up Julia’s original vocals and running them through various effects until it was somehow magically transformed into these transient percussive bursts and bubbles…”

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Julia Holter + Linda Perhacs :: delicious descant

Ramona Gonzalez of Nite Jewel recorded this starkly beautiful and touching version of one of the best Stevie songs, in honor of our good friend Yourstru.ly’s beloved sister Lauren. Read YT’s letter to Ramona here.

Every purchase of YT x Nite Jewel’s She’s Always Watching You 7″ comes with a $1 donation to the Lauren Abramson Memorial Fund.

[directed by Pondr]

Taken from Montreal producer CFCF’s new “mini-album” Exercises, out April 24 on Paper Bag Records. More info here:

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CFCF :: Exercise #3 (Building)

Another lovely, enchanting track from Julia Holter’s forthcoming LP Ekstasis, which drops next month on RVNG Intl:

Full album stream of Phèdre’s (three lovers from Monaco, raised in a cave of gold) dope debut LP debuting next week in this space right here, but in the meantime, here’s this: