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New non-album track from Flying Lotus, courtesy of Warp. Look for the highly anticipated Los Angeles follow-up Cosmogramma (featuring guest spots from Thom Yorke + more Laura Darlington) to be released on May 4. mp3: ******

Stick around for a while, this one gets heavy/weird: mp3: Taken from Montreal band Tonstartssbandht's Parson Sounds cassette, which is a tribute of sorts to '60s Swedish psych band International Harvester. Out next week on Black Cheeks. ****** elsewhere: Flying Lotus is giving away all of his Weezy remixes, including this claustrophobic, drugged-out take on "I Feel Like Dying" that I me

Flying Lotus takes on Lil Wayne again, this time doing the impossible by making Weezy's drugged-out "I Feel Like Dying" even more terrifying and insane. You're going to want headphones for this one. Listen at FlyLo's myspace. *******

Fun Fun Fun Fest has announced a few more additions to its already stellar 2009 lineup, including both Alan Palomo-helmed projects (Neon Indian + VEGA), Fucked Up, Harlem, Yeasayer, Kid Sister, and more. These groups join Death, GZA, Health, Atlas Sound, King Khan & BBQ Show, and many more on the '09 bill...

The creator of one of my favorite albums of the past year expands his style a bit on this bleak, skittering, dubstep-ish new single. Pretty sure this is the track he used as the foundation for his "Love Lockdown" remix, but it sounds a lot better minus the autotune-Kanye...

Nick Thorburn's (Unicorns/Islands) new project, Reefer, was inspired by "beautiful tropical surroundings, the sounds of the ocean, and being far away from their regular daily routines." Here, Flying Lotus takes the duo's "Let It Go" to the bottom of the sea, turning the song into an appropriately otherworldly underwater soundscape that wouldn't have been out of place on FlyLo'

In the latest installment from our friends at La Blogotheque, The Walkmen play one of my favorite songs from You & Me, "Four Provinces" -- apparently once called "Hey Leah" -- while taking a late-night, possibly drunken stroll through the streets of San Francisco earlier this spring...

While it looks like Radiohead's "Reckoner" remix contest only officially started today, we already have a couple of odds-on favorites from two of my favorite producers. Well, at least until we hear Hipster Runoff's effort. If I'm not mistaken, Diplo even comes correct with a warped Beirut sample: mp3: Also, remember Julianna Barwick...