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The Joy Formidable – “Austere”

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The Joy Formidable – “Austere”

The best part of the year end ‘Best Of’ hullaballoo is discovering new music you may have missed, like The Joy Formidable. Thanks to Dany and his ‘Best Of’ contribution to The OCMD, I now have this North Wales trio on heavy rotation. “Austere” is off their 8 track called A Balloon Called Moaning.  Speaking of moaning, their video for the track, featuring les facettes de la petite mort, was recently banned on YouTube.  But don’t fear, you can watch the banned version on their website here.

Alcoholic Faith Mission – “We All Have Our Shortcomings”

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Alcoholic Faith Mission – “We All Have Our Shortcomings”

Pay attention to this quartet from Denmark calling themselves Alcoholic Faith Mission. Their soft, woozy, dreamlike sound is true to their moniker and just the kind of album you want to get lost in on a sleepy Sunday morning after a long night of boozing. “We All Have Our Shortcomings” is off their latest album, 421 Wyeth Avenue, named after the factory loft in Brooklyn they holed themselves up in to record the album.

Stuck In My Head: Flaming Lips – “Money (Pink Floyd Cover)”

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The Flaming Lips – “Money (feat. Henry Rollins)”

Leave it to The Flaming Lips to take one of my least favorite Pink Floyd songs and turn it into an obsession. The Flaming Lips reinterpretation of Pink Floyd’s legendary Dark Side of The Moon is out now.

Concert Pick ‘O The Week: Sonic Youth + Sic Alps

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Sonic Youth – “Anti-Orgasm”

Sic Alps – “L Mansion”

Sonic Youth and San Francisco’s Sic Alps at the historic Fillmore this Sunday, January 10. Does the awesomeness of this show even need explanation?  I think not. See you there.

The Besnard Lakes – New Album, “Albatross” MP3

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Artist: The Besnard Lakes
Album: The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
Release Date: March 9
Featured Track: “Albatross”

The Besnard Lakes, the Montreal collective fronted by husband-and-wife duo Olga Goreas and Jace Lasek, are back with the much anticipated follow up to their acclaimed 2007 release The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse.  The new album entitled, The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night, is due out March 9th on Jagjaguwar and will be unleashed on fans attending Austin’s SXSW fest this spring. Enjoy the free MP3 of “Albatross” in the meantime.

SF Spotlight: Mama Lion

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Mama Lion – “F and M Retreat”

So many bands in San Francisco, it seems impossible to keep track of them all. Here’s a local trio whose warbled lyrics and yummy guitar licks caught my ear.  Their debut EP, Gamble, Gamble, Die, is out now. Keep an eye out for them around town.

The Black Knights – “Roots”

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The Black Knights – “Roots”

I just love how my penchant for Brit rock has made it across the pond and into my inbox. This unsigned UK duo’s brand of shameless, trashy garage rock is right up my alley. The comparisons to The White Stripes will be obvious but a full spin of their EP, Parade of Piranhas, also evokes influences like Queen of the Stone Age and Jon Spencer. Rock on.

Massive Attack: New Album & “Paradise Circus” Video [Caution: NSFW]

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Artist: Massive Attack
Album: Heligoland
Release Date: February 9, 2010

The new year is just underway and the countdown has already begun- to NoisePop, SXSW and a bevy of highly anticipated albums, like Massive Attack’s 5th studio album, Heligoland, due out February 9. The album will feature guest vocals from the likes of Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) to Martina Topley-Bird and Elbow’s Guy Garvey. The prelude to Heligoland, the Splitting the Atom EP, is available now.

The group recently released their new video for “Paradise Circus” (ft. Hope Sandoval) off Heligoland. In what runs more like a documentary than a music video, the Toby Dye directed piece features former porn star, Georgina Spelvin, and her candid look on filming the infamous adult film, The Devil in Miss Jones. Original shots of the ’73 hit are interlaced with Spelvin’s honest take on her physical and emotional state during the production of the film nearly forty years ago. An interesting and entertaining concept, but definitely NSFW.

The OCMD: Best Albums of 2009

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Alberta Cross – Broken Side of Time
“Rise from the Shadows”

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Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
“Ready Able”

Tape Deck Mountain – Ghost
“Scantron”


Ty Segall – Lemons
“It #1″


Atlas Sound – Logos
“Quick Canal”


Flaming Lips – Embryonic
“The Ego’s Last Stand”

Woods – Songs of Shame
“Rain On”

Bear In Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth
“You Do You “

Amazing Baby – Rewild
“The Narwhal”

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Band of Skulls – Baby Darlin Doll Face Honey
“Death by Diamonds and Pearls” 

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Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
“And The Hazy Sea”

The XX – The XX
“Crystalised”

She Keeps Bees – Nests
“Gimme”

Girls – Album
“Lust for Life”

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Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid
“The Prowl”

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Fever Ray – Fever Ray
“If I Had A Heart”

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Foreign Born – Person to Person
“Vacationing People”

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J. Tillman – Vacilando Territory Blues
“First Born”

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Leopold and His Fiction – Ain’t No Surprise
“Broke”

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Papercuts – You Can Have What You Want
“Future Primitive”

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Speck Mountain – Some Sweet Relief
“I Feel Eternal”

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Shadows on a River – Shadows on a River
“In Business”

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The Veils – Sun Gangs
“The Letter”

The Big Pink – A Brief History of Love
“Velvet”

Jeff the Brotherhood – Heavy Days
“U Got The Look”

Electric Tickle Machine – Blew It Again
“Blew It Again”