Muffin- "Judee"

Thanks to Marlene from luzzzalig and microphones in the trees for the tip on this wonderful new group from Japan. Muffin's debut record "Grapes" wins the award for best artist name and album name combination. Filled with gentle sounds, the album is reminiscent of the Icelandic group Múm with their use of music boxes, soft female vocals, and overall dreaminess. I highly recommend it!

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Muffin:Judee

Maluca- "El Tigeraso"

Maluca's, "El Tigeraso EP" is out now. The merengue-influenced track, "El Tigeraso" was originally produced by Diplo. The E.P. includes remixes by Feadz, Gant Man, NGUZUNGUZU, Sticky K and Acapella.
El Tigeraso

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Blakroc- "Coochie" (Ludacris, Ol' Dirty Bastard, &The Black Keys)

The Black Keys hit the studio with hip-hop legends Mos Def, RZA, Q-Tip and many others to create a collaborative rap-rock record called Blakroc. It's not a perfect record but the song, "Coochie" featuring Ludacris and Ol' Dirty Bastard is gritty and has plenty of swagger.

We Make It Good- Volume 11: Salem

The new We Make It Good compilation was created by the psych goth band, SALEM. On the WMIG site it says, "Pink socks, a dirty mattress, wallpaper peeling off the walls, empty cough syrup bottles, and soiled wall to wall carpeting all come to mind after repeated listens to this new Salem mix." The mix is sort of like a series of kinky voice messages left on an answer machine by a deranged serial killer.

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We Make It Good- Volume 11::Salem

Nouvelle Vague- NV3

The French group Nouvelle Vague is known for taking 80's punk songs and turning them into 60's Bossa Nova pop songs. Their third album titled NV3 is set to be released on January 27th. The first track, "Master & Servant" is a Depeche Mode cover performed by Mélanie Pain & Martin Gore (from Depeche Mode). The second track, "Ca Plane Pour Moi" is a Plastic Bertrand cover.

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Nouvelle Vague:Master & Servant

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Nouvelle Vague:Ca Plane Pour Moi

Neil Young- The Fresh Prince of Bel Air Theme

Jimmy Fallon's impersonation of Neil Young singing the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song is golden. Maybe there's hope for the late night show yet.

Diego Stocco - "Music from a Tree"

Diego Stocco inspires the imagination by making music (and good music at that) using nothing but a tree. Diego went as far as to tune the twigs by trimming them with a pencil sharpener! Well done, fellow madman!

Fever Ray- "Keep the Streets Empty For Me"

Along with the release of Fever Ray's self titled 3 disc box set is a music video for the song, "Keep the Streets Empty For Me." Karin Dreijer Andersson sings ominous lyrics such as "Take me home before the storm, Velvet moths will keep us warm" as well as some transcending lines like "Uncover our heads and reveal our souls, We were hungry before we were born."

Sacred Harp- "Next Time Too"

Sacred Harp is comprised of Norwegian, Finnish and Dutch musicians. The music is dark, icy, and minimalist...a perfect soundtrack for a night of driving aimlessly through the desert. In their bio it says, "Sacred Harp is an imaginary movie directed by David Lynch, where Billie Holiday, Deerhoof, Earth and Low are picking mushrooms with John Cage." Their debut self-titled album will be released sometime this month via The Perfect Hoax.

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Sacred Harp::Next time too

FACT mix 103- King Midas Sound

King Mitus Sound, the trio of Kevin 'The Bug' Martin, Roger Robinson and Hitomi, created this stellar hour long mix for Fact Magazine. It tracks their inspiration for their upcomming release, "Waiting For You" out on Hyperdub (Nov. 30th). For full track list click here.

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Fact Mix 103::King Mitus Sound

Major Lazor- "Keep It Goin' Louder"

Here is Major Lazor's new video, "Keep It Goin' Louder" featuring Diplo, Nina Sky, and Ricky Blaze. As much as I respect Diplo, the music here is kinda questionable. But the video is so freakin' weird that I'll assume there's a joke in here somewhere.

Tarheel Slim & Little Ann-"It's Too Late" & "Much Too Late"

Oldie but Goodie: On the back of the dust jacket, Tarheel Slim hysterically proclaimed that Little Ann was the best lay of his life. These raw and soulful tracks could melt vinyl.

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Tarheel Slim & Little Ann::It's Too Late

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Tarheel Slim & Little Ann::Much Too Late

Summer Camp- "I Only Have Eyes For You"

Summer Camp, a mysterious new group from London/Sweden, creates a wonderful cover of the song "I Only Have Eyes For You." Laura Snapes from NME explains, it was "a song written in the 1930s for the musical 'Dames' which detailed the blackmailing escapades of a wily young lady, bringing its femme fatale connotations into the modern age by sampling dialogue from the kickass bloodthirsty 80s film, 'Heathers'. Maybe they're more sinister than their dusky synth whirligigs and sisterly harmonies would suggest..."

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Summer Camp::I Only Have Eyes For You

Women & Children- "North- South Pagans"

Our sister company IndoorMusic is honored to be part of the re-release of Women & Children's self titled album. The group first formed in Paris but currently reside in the U.S. They have recently toured with Cat Power, White Magic, Sean Lennon, Vetiver, Andrew Bird and many others. They are a magical group and I always think of their music as a psychedelic lullaby. It is currently up on iTunes with two unreleased bonus tracks. Here's one of them:

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Women & Children::North- South Pagans

Beach House- "Norway"

From their Sup-Pop debut album "Teen Dream", Beach House's new song "Norway" sounds a bit bolder, dare I say Pop-ier, than the songs off their two previous releases. It still has the same warm, psychedelic sound but is now more textured and refined. The album's streetdate is 01/26/10.

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Beach House::Norway

Tweak Birds- "The Bones"

Beck- "Harry Partch"

Beck released his new song, "Harry Partch" on his website today. The song is a tribute to the avant garde pioneer who created the 43-tone scale. Partch used a combination of unusual instruments when composing his music such as, marimbas, cloud chamber bowls, artillery shell casings, metal whang-guns, singing bowls, tuned liquor bottles and hubcaps. His most popular work is "Delusion of the Fury." One of the other reasons people assume Beck titled his song this, was to egg on Matt Friedberger of the Fiery Furnaces who said "Fuck You" to Radiohead for dedicating a song to Harry Patch. Saying that Radiohead was just trying to associate themselves with what hipsters think is cool. The one problem with this is if you look closely there is an "r" missing in the name "Harry Patch." The Radiohead song was actually a tribute to the longest surviving UK vet of WWI, not the avant garde pioneer, Harry Partch. But that's what Friedberger gets for associating himself with music much cooler than his own and just in time to promote an upcoming release too...oh, the irony.

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Beck::Harry Partch

Conan & Richter on "Between Two Ferns"

Conan O' Brien and Andy Richter visit the talk show "Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis." For those who have missed previuous installments of the talk show you can check them all out at Funny Or Die.

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns

Atlas Sound's "The Screens"

Atlas Sound's "The Screens" is the dreamy b-side track from their new E.P. "Doctor." You can download the album free from Brian Cox's blog.

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Atlas Sound::The Screens

Alela Diane's "White As Diamonds"

Here is a beautiful live version of the song, "White As Diamonds." It was performed on MOKB/SIRIUS XM Blog Radio. Click here to read the interview.

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Alela Diane::White As Diamonds

Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance"

The new video "Bad Romance" by Lady GaGa is sexy and surreal, to say the least. She continues to find unusual ways shock the senses with her eyes bulging, an exposed vertebra, a fur coat on fire, sexy lingerie, an entourage of dancing pod people, and vodka drinking sex addicts. Not being a big fan of Pop music, there are some cringe inducing moments for me, but on a whole her futuristic glam pop works well here.