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"Worms" is the sweetly buzzing and super catchy (despite some very dark and intensely personal undercurrents) debut single from Cold Beat, the new project from Hannah Lew of the always awesome Grass Widow. Video by Hannah Lew + Mike Stoltz...

As if we weren't excited enough to welcome Montreal duo Blue Hawaii to GvsB III next month: watch Raphaelle + Agor get vulnerable in this incredible/intimate performance of a stripped-down version of one of the year's most moving songs at an empty brewery in San Francisco, as captured by our friends at Yours Truly...

New Madlib track from his super-limited (300 copies) new Rock Konducta white label 45, made exclusively for his forthcoming Zamrock show in San Francisco next month. Read more about the show at Rappcats, and show up early if you want to cop:

Jessie Ware performs an intimate, stripped-down version of her "What You Won't Do For Love" cover in a candlelit flower shop in Hayes Valley for our friends at Yours Truly.

Needs is the dreamy new mixtape from San Francisco producer Giraffage, out today on Alpha Pup. This is warped and emotive sample-based pop at its finest, as evidenced by tape highlight "All That Matters," which should achieve ubiquitous end-of-the-night 2013 prom jam status based on the strength of its perfect, pitched-down "Love You Down" sample...

Tim Presley of White Fence recently started a new label for the sole purpose of putting out the self-titled debut LP from San Francisco's Jessica Pratt, a record Presley says sounds like "Stevie Nicks singing over David Crosby demos, with the intimacy of a Sibylle Baier...

Christopher Owens unveils his first post-Girls solo effort, taken from his forthcoming album Lysandre, which Owens calls "A coming of age story, a road trip story, a love story." Lysandre is out January 14, 2013 on Fat Possum/Turnstile.

Here's a beautiful new one from Joanna Newsom, performed live in San Francisco at Monday night's benefit for arguably our favorite venue in the world. Working title: "The Diver's Wife," lyrics here.

Secret Seven Records is set to release the sequel to their excellent San Francisco-centric In A Cloud compilation from last year. Featuring 13 previously unreleased tracks from some of SF's finest, starring Vetiver, Papercuts, Sonny & the Sunsets and many more, including a blistering, swagged out Ty Segall track and a very sweet lullaby from Grass Widow's Hannah Lew, both of which can be hear

Julia Holter plays a lovely rendition of one of our favorite Ekstasis tracks for our friends at yourstru.ly.