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4:11pm
MP3: Moonface – “Faster Peter”

Spencer Krug – cult genius behind Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown and Swan Lake – is going solo under his new “Moonface” moniker. New track, “Faster Peter”, is eight-minutes of slow-build, organ-infused insanity.
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1:01pm
MP3: Shabazz Palaces – “Swerve… The Reeping of All That Is Worthwhile (Noir Not Withstanding)”

Shabazz Palaces is the left-field rap project of Palaceer Lazaro (also of Digable Planets). Swim in the interplanetary vortex of the album’s closing track and wrestle the organisms which inhabit the black sun.
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11:20am
Video: Battles record special session for La Blogotheque

Experimental rockers, Battles, have recorded a Take-Away Show for La Blogotheque, filling Paris’ Hotel de Ville with tons of equipment and a towering speaker stack. Instead of the usual one camera, this video was shot using five.
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10:45am
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
No matter which way you look at it, Spencer Krug has written some of the greatest songs of the 00s. I mean, who can forget the gloriously anthemic “I’ll Believe In Anything” by Wolf Parade; or the burning torch song that is “Us Ones In Between” by Sunset Rubdown; or the quietly funerial “All Fires” [...]
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6:05pm
MP3: Amon Tobin – “Lost & Found”

Amon Tobin’s “Lost & Found” is a slow motion, sci-fi saga constructed from organic field recordings; synthestised and built into playable instruments. Pretty much the closest you can get to being God.
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4:53pm
Video: Bon Iver covers Bonnie Raitt on Jimmy Fallon

Bon Iver has wowed television audiences worldwide with a special performance on Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Late Night’ program. Watch him perform a special medley covering Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” and “Nick of Time”, along with Donny Hathaway’s “A Song for You”.
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4:31pm
MP3: Brian Eno & Rick Holland – “Imagine New Times”

Ambient pioneer, Brian Eno, evokes eerie deep space and hypnotic black voids on this new non-album track. A taste of things to come from his new album in July.
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4:30pm
Album: The Horrors announce new full-length, ‘Skying, for July!

The Horrors make their eagerly awaited return with the release of a new album, ‘Skying’, on XL Recordings/Remote Control Records on the 8th July 2011. The album will feature their forthcoming single, “Still Life”.
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1:27pm
Video: Fleet Foxes play “Sim Sala Bim” on Jimmy Fallon

Fleet Foxes stopped by Jimmy Fallon to perform “Sim Sala Bim” from their new critically aclaimed album ‘Helplessness Blues’. Watch the spellbinding performance here!
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6:23pm
Signing: Sydney band Cameras join Speak N Spell; new album due this year!

Sydney trio, Cameras, have signed to Speak N Spell, announcing that they will release their debut full length album this year. The band have also promised a national Australian tour to coincide with the release later this year.
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4:51pm
MP3: Single Twin – “Came Home Dead”

His name is Marcus Teague. His band was named Deloris. But Deloris is no more. So these days he goes by the name Single Twin. And he’s releasing an album named ‘Marcus Teague’. You following? Okay.
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