Panda Bear to release new album called TomBoy in September.

New Material from a live performance in Berlin.

To give you some context, he is speaking to 140+ members of the Republican Caucus. We have never seen anything like this before. Following his remarks he spent over an hour taking questions and pushing back the rhetoric.

Stream the new collaboration from The Knife, Tomorrow in a Year in it’s entirety. Pre order a CD and get an instant MP3 download.

Stream: Tomorrow, In a Year

These New Puritans, Hidden

There is a lot of hype surrounding the new These New Puritans album Hidden. Download a free track from the upcoming album (available only for 7 days), not due out in the states until March 3, 2010.

Download These New Puritans “Orion”

Here’s an AMAZING track and video from the upcoming album as well. “We Want War” Available now on iTunes.

“Three San Francisco-based musical acts – Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, and Vetiver – tour the country performing their genre-defining music in the summer of 2004. They help each other overcome family tragedies and car accidents, and meet colorful characters, forgotten musical heroes, and folk luminaries as they travel across the country.

The film is an intimate portrait of life on the road for these young musicians early in their careers, playing tiny, obscure clubs and art galleries, but on the verge of larger success where small vans are replaced by large, impersonal tour buses. Here music is a creative, organic, inclusive endeavor. They not only sing about – they create – the world in which they want to live.”

TheFamilyJams.com

Still waiting for a release date to the masses.

March

13 – MIAMI – USA (Fillmore) - Book
14 – ORLANDO – USA (Hard Rock Live) - Book
15 – ATLANTA – USA (Centerstage) - Book
17 – WASHINGTON DC – USA (9:30 Club) - Book
18 – PHILADELPHIA – USA (Electric Factory)- Book
19 – NEW YORK – USA (Terminal 5) Book
20 – BOSTON – USA (Berklee Performance Center)Book
22 – MONTREAL – Canada (Metropolis) Book
23 – TORONTO – Canada (Phoenix Concert Theatre)Book
24 – CHICAGO – USA (Riviera Theatre) Book
26 – OAKLAND – USA (Fox Theatre) Book
27 – SAN DIEGO – USA (4th & B) Book
28 – LOS ANGELES – USA (Walt Disney Concert Hall)

The Heligoland Remix EP is now streaming exclusively on Facebook, featuring remixes by Gui Boratto, Tim Goldsworthy, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi, She Is Danger and Breakage. To listen to the tracks, go to Massive Attack on Facebook and become a fan.

Peter Van Hoesen has a lot going on right now. In about a couple months he will be releasing his debut album, Entropic City, (3/22) and start a residency at Fuse in Brussels. Till then, he’s giving away this latest release, Variable_Parts_EP, for free. The EP includes three retakes of tracks by Van Hoesen and one new track. But that’s not it, on February 8th, Time To Express will release a four track EP, Entropic Minus Six, including some of the album’s hardest tracks. That very day, streaming tracks from the album will start appearing on the Entropic City website. Two tracks will be added each week, until March 15 when you can stream the entire album.

Variable_Parts_EP starts with “Face of Smoke – Casual Reconstruction,” commencing with a deep kick and atmospheric undertones. The sample fades and is replaced with spaced out stabs and cuts and a looming pad; only to be submersed by various clacks and taps surrounded by echoing samples. The 9 minute track stays interesting with moderation, constantly fading samples in for a few then fading them back to the abyss. The EP’s most dynamic rivaling a deep techno cut from off Blueprint.

“Strip It Boost It – Entronic Dub” is the dubbed out follow up track with a strong snare that resonates with building samples, intriguing highs and plenty of sound effect stabs throughout. 1:25 into the track Peter drops a deeper kick with a keen wink, only to strip the track back to its celestial roots just over a minute later. The track turns out quite groovy.

“Terminal – Markov Layout” drives quickly into the night with acidic bass line and building highs. A much more straight forward track with short, muted break downs and an emerging second wave Detroit techno sound that could have been plucked from a T-1oo0 set in the mid to late 90′s.

The new work on the EP is “Second Law,” Van Hoesen’s other side. A creepy, cinimatic track worthy enough to stand next to recent soundscapes from Monolake. Complete ambient techno with voice recordings and cold mechanical air.

Listen or Download Peter Van Hoesen, Variable_Parts_EP

On March 9, Arts & Crafts records will release Jason Collett’s Rat A Tat Tat. Click here for a free download of the song “Love Is A Dirty Word.”

Snag this Surgeon mix for FACT Magazine before it’s gone, only available for a limited time. A true surgical techno pioneer.

FACT Mix 106 | Surgeon (Click to listen, Right click for download)