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Grizzly Bear just released another single, “While You Wait for the Others” originally from their May 2009 album, Veckatimest.  The b side features the distinctive vocals of former Doobie Brother/Steely Dan member Michael McDonald and it’s a great version of the song.  McDonald’s got an incredible voice but there’s something about it that always cracks me up.  If it were anyone else it would sound like they were trying too hard, but this is classic Michael McDonald and with Grizzly Bear behind him, it’s truly a unique, awesome track.

MP3: Grizzly Bear – “While You Wait for the Others featuring Michael McDonald” (mediafire)
While You Wait for the Others (August 2009)

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”

Grizzly Bear’s song “Two Weeks” has been getting a lot of attention since the performed it on Letterman almost a year ago.  The track will be included on their upcoming album, Veckatimest, due on May 26th.  Parts of “Two Weeks” sound like they could have been created back in the 60’s.  With simple yet creative harmonies, you can’t help but think of the Beach Boys when you hear the song.  It’s an interesting and truly great track.
MP3: Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks

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The Big Pink is a relatively new act from the UK.  They have a great psychedelic, electronic rock sound and it seems like they already have a respectable sized following over seas and here in the US.  A coworker showed me the single “Velvet” which iTunes released in the US on April 20th and I think it’s an awesome track.  These guys have a very cool, intriguing sound.
MP3: The Big Pink – Velvet
MP3 Link: The Big Pink –  Too Young To Love

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Moby’s got a new album, Wait For Me, due on June 30th, that he produced pretty much entirely by himself in his own studio.  He always comes up with interesting, attractive music and he’s got a great ear which translates very well on his original material.  The single is called “Shot In The Back Of The Head” and David Lynch directed the video for it.  Between the single and another track I’ve heard, “Pale Horses” it sounds like Moby is going in another direction from his more popular material and I really like it.  Definitely excited to check out the rest of the album.
MP3: Moby – Shot In The Back Of The Head 

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A relatively unknown artist, Jason Aaron, has a great video for his song “Salivate On My Heart.”  The video features Jason singing the fun and extremely catchy, low-fi pop tune on a spacecraft in outerspace and it’s awesome.  Directed by Luis Bolivar, the video’s sleek shots of Jason Aaron singing with cool, space-scapes in the background matches perfectly with the track.  Check it out below.