Audio Absinthe

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In case anybody wants some good rock for the rest of the week, here are some solid tracks…

Nashville based The Features are backed by the Kings of Leon, which is nice. They tote instant sing-a-longs, bluesy lead, and even echoes of Jeff Lyne come through on ‘GMF.’

MP3: The Features – “Lions”

MP3: The Features – “GMF”

Band of Skulls are buzzing LA in a major way. Garage grit and bluesy howls from across the pond seem like Jack White had 3 illegitimate kids back in his early Stripes days. Look out for The Bends in ‘Fires.’

MP3 Link: Band of Skulls – “Death by Diamonds and Pearls”

MP3: Band of Skulls – “Fires”

Gliss is that electro shoegaze sound that can just as easily rock you to sleep as it can your ass and face…off. Where are Travolta and Cage when you need em? In drag and searching for treasure I guess. Terrence and Phillip will help you out Nicky…

MP3: Gliss – “29 Acts of Love”

MP3: Gliss – “Beauty”

I cannot stop listening to Saint Motel. Their cross-bred Indie trends and tongue in cheek lyrics make for one hip mutt. Absinthe already turned you on to ‘Dear Dictator’ on the top songs of ’09 so far, so here are a couple more.

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It took me a while but I finally got around to posting them all.  In no particular order, here are my favorites from 2009, so far…

Phoenix
MP3: “1901”
MP3: “Lisztomania”

Dan Auerbach
MP3: “When The Night Comes”

Grizzly Bear
MP3: “Two Weeks”

Wilco
MP3: “Solitaire”
MP3: “One Wing”
MP3: “I’ll Fight”

Quantic and His Combo Barbaro
Amazon: “The Dreaming Mind”

Andrew Bird
MP3: “Oh No”

Franz Ferdinand
MP3: “No You Girls”

Doves
MP3: “Jetstream”
MP3: “Kingdom of Rust”

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
MP3: “Hysteric”

Black Crowes
MP3: “I Ain’t Hiding”

White Rabbits
MP3: “Percussion Gun”

K’naan
MP3: “Take A Minute”

Manchester Orchestra
MP3: “I’ve Got Friends”

Mocky
MP3: “Birds Of A Feather”

Kutiman
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Black Moth Super Rainbow
MP3: “Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise”
MP3: “Twin Of Myself”
MP3: “Fields Are Breathing”

Animal Collective
MP3: “My Girls”

Matt and Kim
MP3: “Daylight”

Silversun Pickups
MP3: “Panic Switch”

Curumin
MP3: “Compacto”
MP3: “Salto No Vacuo Con Joelhada”

Emiliani Torrini
MP3: “Me and Armini”

Zion I
MP3: “Coastin”

Junior Boys
MP3: “Parallel Lines”

General Elektriks

MP3: “You Don’t Listen”

St Vincent
MP3: “Strangers”

Coconut Records
MP3: “Any Fun”

Matisyahu
“One Day”

Method Man and Redman
MP3: “A Yo”

Tosca
MP3 Link: “Joe Si Ha”
MP3: “Fondue”

The BPA
MP3: “Toe Jam”
MP3: “He’s Frank”

Bishop Allen
MP3: “The Ancient Commonsense of Things”

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Newer acts:

Band of Skulls
MP3 Link: “Death By Diamonds and Pearls”
MP3: “I Know What I Am”

Empire of the Sun
MP3: “Walking On A Dream”

One eskimO
Link to listen: “Given Up”
MP3: “Givin Up (Don Diablo remix)”

Nickel Eye
MP3: “Brandy of the Damned featuring Wale (Mark Ronson remix)”
MySpace link to listen: “Bonnie and Clyde”

Mayer Hawthorne
MP3: “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out”

Zee Avi
MP3: “Bitter Heart”
MP3: “The Story”

Passion Pit
MP3: “Moth’s Wings”
MP3 link: “The Reeling”
MP3: “Little Secrets”

Fight From Above
MP3: “Between The Curves”

Vosotros Presents: The Years
MP3 link: “Lose My Number”
MP3 link: “Heartbreaker”

Daniel Merriweather
MP3: “Change” featuring Wale

The Big Pink
MP3: “Velvet”

The Temper Trap
MP3: Sweet Disposition

Thenewno2
MP3 link: “Yomp”
MP3 link: “Give You Love”
MP3: “Crazy Tuesday”

Asa
MP3: “Jailer”
MP3: “Subway”

The Very Best
MP3: “Warm Heart of Africa”

St Motel
MP3: “Dear Dictator”

Danny Chaimson
MySpace link to listen: “This Is Life”

Hey Champ
MP3: “Cold Dust Girl”

Jaydiohead by Minty Fresh Productions
MP3: “Wrong Prayer”

Asher Roth feat. Busta Rhymes and New Kingdom
MP3: “Lion’s Roar” produced by Oren Yoel

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Mixtapes:

Wale & 9th Wonder - Back To The Feature

TiRon – Ketchup
Miguel featuring TiRon – “Go”

Band of Skulls‘ debut album Baby Darling Doll Face Honey ias released in April on iTunes.  My friend got me a copy last week and I now can’t stop playing the 2nd and 3rd tracks, “Death By Diamonds and Pearls” and ”I Know What I Am.”  The songs combine the qualities of the White Stripes and The Black Keys; edgy, bluesy hard rock at it’s best.  At first, I only really liked these tracks.  Now I like the whole album, a lot.  The album as a whole is original and progressive and that’s what makes Band of Skulls great.  ”Patterns,” Hollywood Bowl,” “Impossible,” and “Blood” are all great, distinctive songs.  ”Dull Gold Heart” is a great track that, like the album, took me a couple of listens to realize how much I truly enjoy it.  It’s definitely going to be considered one of the best albums of 2009.

MP3: Band Of Skulls – “I Know What I Am”
MP3 Link: Band of Skulls – “Death By Diamonds and Pearls”

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Mocky – Saskamodie

I liked to check out the KCRW DJ picks of the month.  I usually find something I didn’t know about before like Saskamodie, the new album from Mocky released back in April.  The variety of genres and eras of music blended together on this album is seriously impressive and even more enjoyable.

MP3: Mocky – “Birds Of A Feather”

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Nickodemus – Sun People

Nickodemus’ new album Sun People was released last month.  You can listen to the whole album for free at Nickodemus.com where I got the cool widget below.  They’re letting people embed the widget so now you can listen to the album right here.

MP3: Nickodemus – “Sun Children (Ft. The Real Live Show)”

Air – Love 2

Air’s upcoming album, Love 2 is due October 6th.  The band released the track below, “Do The Joy” via their website, Aircheology.com.  Check it out here:

MP3: Air – “Do The Joy”