video: CHROMATICS – I’M ON FIRE
Merry Christmas from CHROMATICS. Check the video, filmed 12 years ago by Johnny Jewel + Nat Walker, of the group in the studio in Portland recording their slow-burning cover of the Springsteen classic:
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Darkside’s Dave Harrington remixes Beyonce, Michael Jackson, Empress Of + more
Nicolas Jaar's Darkside collaborator Dave Harrington is currently in the midst of his 12 Days of Remixes, in which he's giving away a bunch of awesome remixes/edits for free over on his Soundcloud. Harrington says of the project:
video premiere: The Polyphonic Spree – “Silver Bells (feat. School of Seven Bells)”
Here's the final installment in the Polyphonic Spree's "13 Days of Polyphonic Xmas" 2012 Advent calendar: a "Christmas galactic adventure" that follows the interstellar voyage of two wide-eyed alien children named Ooh & Aah, directed by Josh David Jordan...
download jj’s kills mixtape
Christmas Eve is here -- in Sweden, anyway -- so here's jj's kills mixtape, as promised by Sincerely Yours. Featuring Dre, Biggie, M.I.A., Jay-Z, Yeezy, et al:
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mp3: Atlas Sound – “Artificial Snow”
A new Christmas song from the mindblowingly prolific Bradford Cox of Deerhunter. Download all 5 versions of "Artificial Snow" here.
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Merry Christmas from Odd Future
Merry X-mas from OFWGKTA. Starring Tyler the Creator, Hodgy Beats + the elusive Earl Sweatshirt:
"This Isn’t Going To Be On Shit. So Take This Song As A Warming Christmas Gift From The Wolf Gang, Because The Only Thing We Want Is For EARL To Come Back Home...
“I Do Not Care For The Winter Sun”
mp3: Beach House –
“I Do Not Care For The Winter Sun”
“I Do Not Care For The Winter Sun”
A lovely new winter/holiday song, courtesy of the creators of our favorite album of 2010, Beach House:
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The Golden Filter – “White Nights”
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The Golden Filter – “White Nights”
The Golden Filter – “White Nights”
Here's an early Christmas gift from the Golden Filter, in the form of this twinkling cover of Psychic TV's creepy '80s Christmas lullaby "White Nights," which cribs some of its lyrics from the Rev. Jim Jones' infamous death tapes. Listen + download for your holiday mixtapes below, and watch an unofficial video here:
The Golden Filter :: White Nights (Psychic TV cover)
merry christmas from crocodiles + dum dum girls (please don’t die)
Here's an early xmas gift from Dum Dum Girls and Crocodiles, in the form of this sweet, fuzzed-out holiday love song, on which Dee Dee makes like a modern day Darlene Love:
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a very banjo or freakout xmas
Banjo or Freakout is giving away his new Xmas album, featuring the eeriest versions of "Jingle Bells" and "Joy to the World" ever recorded, a gorgeous Beach Boys cover, and more. Download the whole thing here.
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