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Hope you had a great weekend, and to the Brazilians viewers ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY!

I do like Flunk. A lot.

Download Flunk – This Is What You Get

And, as a gift:
the For Sleepyheads Only’s album. (PW: secretmusicbox)
And Personal Stereo. (just click on the arrowed thing and wait until the download thing get colored)

Osmness!

Download Foals – Antidotes

Sainthood is the title of sister act Tegan and Sara’s sixth full-length album. It also marks the first time that the duo, who always exaggerate their contentious relationship onstage, has ever written together. Tegan said, “We wanted to challenge ourselves, so we thought we’d sit in a room and force each other to write together. Sometimes it’s when you’re at your worst that you write your best music. Isolating Sara and I alone in a city where we knew no one after a big, long tour where we really just wanted to be at home, it put us really off guard. It was really complicated and difficult. The music that came out of it was really complicated and difficult”

download Tegan and Sara – Sainthood

Coming soon!

I listened to some of their songs a couple of days ago and I’m already looking for their release like crazy, but still could not find it. I’m going to post it here first thing when it’s out on the interwebs. Keep checking!

If you’re curious and can’t wait for the album to be posted here, check their myspace page OR

Listen to Hey Girl

Heartbeat Radio is the fifth album by Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist Sondre Lerche. The songs mix acoustic guitars and grand gestures of orchestral pop with elements of anything from ’50s Jazz via ’60s and ’70s Brazilian psych-folk to state-of-the-art ’80s pop masters such as Prefab Sprout, Scritti Politti and Fleetwood Mac. While it maintains the studio polish of his groundbreaking debut, Faces Down, there’s also a sense of musical adventure that stems from his later work. Having written, scored, and recorded all songs for the Dan in Real Life soundtrack, as well as earned Rolling Stone “top 50″ nods, and Elvis Costello’s fan-ship, Lerche is no stranger to acclaim. But the story doesn’t stop there. Heartbeat Radio is Sondre Lerche’s boldest and most challenging record yet.

download Sondre Lerche – Heartbeat Radio

The Shpongle sound is a mix of mainly eastern ethnic samples and western contemporary psychedelic synth music. Posford is responsible for the synth and studio work while Raja Ram contributes with flute arrangements. They are both responsible for the visionary input. According to one interview, they commonly visualize the music together before and during the creation process.

download Shpongle – Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland

I’m not a big fan of compilation albums, but this one has some swing to it!

download Electro Swing [part 1 & part 2]

This is the longe awaited album from Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. Those of you who have seen the movie “Once” know the power of this duo. After the movie they continued to perform under the name “The Swell Season”, Strict Joy is their second release. Enjoy!

download The Swell Season – Strict Joy [link 1 & link 2]

Transparent Knives is a tuneful, complex– and surprisingly mature– debut from a kid who’s likely to have even more to say as she accumulates life experience.

download Promise and the Monster – Transparent Knives

Over the course of three superb albums that have sold more than two million copies worldwide, Portland, Oregon’s mucho-eclectic outfit Pink Martini have served as international music tour guides imbuing a diverse collection of unpredictable influences ranging from Latin infused sambas, 30’s orchestrated standards, Cuban jazz and loungy torch ballads.

download Pink Martini – Splendor In The Grass

Tripped-out jazzy funk from Kafka — a hip Aussie combo with a really unique groove — one that draws from Afro Funk, 70s fusion, and 90s hip hop — the rolls the whole thing into a mad little blend that’s all its own! Most of the instrumentation is live, but the production is really what makes the set sparkle — as it gives the music a gritty sort of edge, and a laidback, almost spacey feel at times — especially on the slow funk numbers which really stand out as some of our favorites! The beats have this really gentle sort of groove — almost a handclap feel at times, and a bit like the vibe on some of the earliest Tribe Called Quest material — although more tuned towards a soulful style than a hip hop one.

download Kafka – Kafka

Follow up to the first Dj Cam Quartet’s Rebirth of Cool, here’s “Diggin’ “… as usual expect quality soulfull music from the french dj, including cover versions of classic all timers like B. Hutcherson’s Montara, Freddie Hubbard’ little sunflower, or Donald Byrd’s think twice… the band alongside Dj Cam is featuring an all star line up including french keyboard player of the moment : Eric Legnini…

download Dj Cam Quartet – Diggin’

Британия (Britain) A Russian trip-hop formation with some great tracks on their album Вращение (Rotation). As they describe their music; “The music that we make will heal all our mistakes and lead us.” I’m not sure if this is an official album, because their website doesn’t show any albums. But it’s a real gem, enjoy!

“Rotation” – a program about the Russian trip-hop, downtempo, abstract hip-hop and other slow electronic music, created by Russian-speaking musicians. The program comes out twice a month on internet radio Big Beat.

download Британия – Вращение

Canadian turntablist Kid Koala has formed a new musical project called the Slew with guitarist Dylan “Dynomite D” Frombach and Wolfmother’s former rhythm section (Chris Ross and Myles Heskett). The album is only being offered for free for a limited time, after which it will be available both on CD and 2LP.

download The Slew – 100%

So what? Classy!

Download Jamiroquai – High Times: Singles 1992 – 2006

Download Jack Peñate – Everything Is New

Download Remy Shand – The Way I Feel

With a newfound confidence, hence the no alias, he has changed his way of working, moving away from the, simply put, electronica premise of “first a great beat, then a song” to writing songs on piano and then add the great beats. Another change is the use of real bass, drums and strings etc, which make ‘WHT’ (“White”) a brilliantly elegant fusion of organic feel and electronic precision – and his best solo release yet.

download Troels Abrahamsen – WHT

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