5-03 Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix
05-04 Ottawa, Ontario – Babylon*
05-05 Montreal, Quebec – Tulipe
05-06 Boston, MA – Middle East Downstairs
05-07 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg ^
05-08 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom ^
05-09 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
05-10 Washington, DC – Rock N Roll Hotel
05-11 Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson*
05-12 Chapel, Hill, NC – Cat’s Cradle
05-13 Atlanta, GA – Earl
05-14 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon*
05-15 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live Studio*
05-16 Austin, TX – Emo’s
05-18 Phoenix, AZ – Clubhouse
05-19 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey
05-20 San Diego, CA – Casbah
05-24 San Francisco, CA – Independent
05-26 Portland, OR – Hawthorne
05-28 Victoria, British Columbia – Sugar
05-29 Vancouver, British Columbia – Rickshaw
05-30 George, WA – Sasquatch
05-31 Calgary, Alberta – Republik*
06-01 Edmonton, Alberta – Starlite*
06-02 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Amigo’s*
06-03 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Royal Albert Arms*
06-04 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry
06-05 Davenport, IA – Rock Island Brewing Co.*
06-07 St. Louis, MO – Firebird*
06-08 Louisville, KY – Zanzabar*
06-09 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop*
06-10 Hamilton, Ontario – Casbah $
06-11 Halifax, Nova Scotia – Paragon

^ with Hounds of Hate
$ with Vowls
* with Toro y Moi

Caribou will release their new record called Swim on April 20th.

Track List

1. Odessa (click for free mp3)
2. Sun
3. Kaili
4. Found Out
5. Bowls
6. Leave House
7. Hannibal
8. Lalibela
9. Jamelia

Unkle, Where Did The Night Fall

Head over to UNKLE’s website for a free download of the track “Natural Selection” (Feat. The Black Angels) from the upcoming LP Where Did The Night Fall, (5.10 Europe, 5.11 US). Visit www.unkle.com

Taken By Trees, East of Eden

Download “Anna” from East of Eden‘, the fantastic album by Taken By Trees, aka Victoria Bergsman. Check out her US Tour Dates which kick off on February 13th. These are her first shows in the U.S. since the release of East Of Eden, (9/09).

Taken By Trees February US Tour Dates

Taken By Trees Headline date:
Feb. 13 : Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall

Co-headline with El Perro Del Mar:
* Taken By Trees closes show
# El Perro Del Mar closes show

Feb. 14: Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe#
Feb. 16: New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge*
Feb. 17: Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory#
Feb. 19: Cambridge, MA @ Cambridge Family YMCA*
Feb 20: Montreal, QC @ Il Motore#
Feb. 21: Toronto, ON @ Mod Club*
Feb. 22: Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall#
Feb. 23: Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center*
Feb. 26: Seattle, WA @ Triple Door#
Feb. 27: Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret*
Feb. 28: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir#
Mar 2: San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord*
Mar 3: Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour#

Download Derek Plaslaiko, “The Unforeseen” This is Derek’s production debut after plenty of time behind the decks with international dj sets. Derek mentioned in a recent interview that production is his main focus right now and may have plans in the future of starting his own label.

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.”

In 2007 Caribou released Andorra which was on many lists(including mine) for album of the year, and more recently top fifty of the last decade. Caribou has created a seamless bridge of psychedelic pop, gleaming with dance floor electronica.

Click the photo and be routed to enter your email address for a free download of the first single “Odessa.” Swim is out on Merge April 20th. I know I will be pre-ordering this record as soon as its available.

Odessa is funky with very crisp samples. There is a tech house feel, and a vocal that sounds similar to the pitch and delivery of Erlend Oye – for the record spinners without a doubt.

Snag this Free Track off the upcoming Dum Dum Girls debut album I Will Be due out 3/30 on Sub Pop. The album, produced by Dee Dee and Richard Gottehrer (Blondie, The Go-Gos and, more recently, The Raveonettes), is promised to be “neither lo-fi nor too polished.” I Will Be stays true to ’60’s radio pop coming in at just under thirty minutes with eleven songs, “it’s a short tribute to love, fun and the classic pop form of the ’60s girl groups and early punk rockers.”

Free Download Dum Dum Girls,  “Jail La La”

Jail La La (Vinyl Single) will also be available 2/16

Tracklisting for I Will Be:

1. It Only Takes One Night
2. Bhang Bhang, I’m a Burnout
3. Oh Mein M
4. Jail La La
5. Rest of Our Lives
6. Yours Alone
7. Blank Girl
8. I Will Be
9. Lines Her Eyes
10. Everybody’s Out
11. Baby Don’t Go

There’s a brand new, epic 11 minute track from The Knife, in collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, available for a free download. The track is plucked from the stereo version of Tomorrow, In a Year, due out March 1st. Tomorrow… is a dive into a next phase of artistic expression for the Knife. The project is actually an ‘electro-opera’ based on the world seen through the eyes of Charles Darwin. The Knife’s intriguing alternative, pop-style music is combined with visuals from theatre production company Hotel Pro Formas to create this new species of performance theater.

“Colouring of Pigeons” from the studio version of Tomorrow, In a Year. (click to listen, right-click to download)

Here’s a clip from the electro-opera performance. A bit weird but fascinating. An amazing way to expand your creative horizons.

Download Black Moth Super Rainbow’s Remix of Air “Sing Sang Sung” off the new album Love 2. BMSR definitely add a bit of their signature experimentalism to the track… as well as a little dark-danceability and just enough fuzzing static to keep it gritty without pushin it over the distortion edge.

If you haven’t already… download Datarock “True Stories” from the Album Red. For a limited time on Amazon HERE.