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Mp3 | Mount Kimbie - "Fifty Mile View"

Mp3 | Robot Koch - "While" ft. Manya

Video | Think About Life - "Sweet Sixteen"

I first heard about Montreal's Think About Life upon the release of their first album, Think About Life, in May 2006. I was reviewing it for Amp Camp. It's still up there as one of my favorite electronic pop albums. But  "electronic pop" doesn't really begin to describe these guys, because they can churn out long, aching, fuzzy guitars (TAL's "Money") just as well as underdeveloped, messy keyboard thrashes and thumping, bass-driven (and more poppy) dance numbers like "Sweet Sixteen," above, from their just-released second album Family.

It's an exciting time for these guys, I think, because the chaotic and occasionally sleepy moments on their debut have been tossed out on Family, and more of the young world is ready to dance today than they were in the summer of 2006. TAL's live show, it appears from Ryan Muir's photos of their shows at Pop Montreal on Brooklyn Vegan, keeps getting stronger. Experience coupled with good timing = Think About Life's moment in the sun.

To that end, they've joined Brooklyn Vegan's CMJ showcase at the Music Hall of Williamsburg Tuesday night. They'll be playing at 7 pm (first in the lineup). This is going to be a stunning show, also featuring Fanfarlo, The Antlers and Laura Marling.

[Video via Brooklyn Vegan]

And as a bonus:

Think About Life - Havin' My Baby

Download Think About Life - "Havin' My Baby"

Hear, Here | Songs from Memory Tapes, Islands, Washed Out, Kurt Vile, Shannon Stephens + More

Stream 10 songs from 10 promising new or upcoming releases after the jump.

Fever Ray | Webster Hall, NYC | 09.28.09

Kind of all you need to know. But I'm sure these guys or this guy and no doubt this guy will have recaps imminently.

Here's misterellwood's quite lovely video of "Coconut" (watch in HD!):



Photo by Colin Clark via his iPhone

Video | Fever Ray - "Seven"

An elderly witch/deposed duchess version Karin Dreijer Andersson sings in a barn with lambs for backup vocalists, sort of.

[Via RA and R.fm]

Song of the Day | MNDR - "Fade to Black"

Sorry dudes, you can only stream it, but MNDR's "Fade to Black" is a pretty stunning IDM track that I had the pleasure of hearing at Littlefield on Saturday during the Girls' Guide to Rocking event. She's like Annie but, dare I say it, better, though she has fewer notches on her belt.

MNDR - "Fade to Black"

Video | Dan Deacon - "Paddling Ghost"

[Via Pitchfork]

Song of the Day | Flying Lotus - "Auntie's Lock"

Couldn't think of a better way to wake up on a cloudy city Sunday morning. This song is a free giveaway from Warp to mark the release of the third installment of his L.A. EP.

Flying Lotus - "Auntie's Lock"

[Via RA]

Video | The Juan Maclean - "Happy House"

The Juan Maclean - "Happy House" from Brian Long on Vimeo.

It's important to see this video in high-def on a snazzy site such as Vimeo.

Ellie Goulding

London's Ellie Goulding makes highly remixable electro-pop songs, including "Starry-Eyed" and "Wish I Stayed" feat. Frankmusik, her male compatriot. Videos of Goulding's performances are so far sorely lacking, but MySpace features some surprisingly high quality streams. Check out the Stina Nordenstam-like sweet vocals and guitar on "Guns And Horses" or the original "Starry-Eyed" via Disco Dust.

Song of the Day | Meek - "SPRNG09"

Meek and friends performing in Tunisia in 2007 (Photo: Meek via Flickr)

This electronic artist from Montreal has been putting out stuff independently for nine years. He unfortunately shares his name with a really bad French twee band and his wonderful track "Who's On Drugs?" is seemingly only available on a Six Records compilation that's ... no longer available. But on MySpace you can check out a few of his (very minimalist) recent works and on his website he's given away a few really righteous tracks he's done over the years.

On his MySpace, I'm really fond of the quietly evolving and subtly melodic "SPRNG09," which he's just put up. It makes me want to go back and listen to "Drukqs" ... or continue to hunt around for Meek records that I can actually have and hold.

Meek - "SPRNG09" (via MySpace)

Mp3 | New Villager - "Rich Doors"

This was actually debuted on Spinner and various other spots in January, but fuck, let's give it another go. It might be one of my favorite singles of 2009 thus far. It appeared on Moongadget Records' two-disc compilation The Nocturnal Suite, released on Ghostly in October, appropriately the first song on disc one, because it is thoroughly triumphant and welcoming. The percussive mélange, from a powerful tympany thump to submerged, gurgly bass is alone noteworthy, but the way the song snowballs from straight-up electro to pretty, then Prince-y, then flangey, then sparkly vocal layering is rather brilliant. Sounds like a mess, but what it really is, is a colorful concoction saved by a lovely melody.

New Villager - "Rich Doors"

Song of the Day: Nosaj Thing - "Coat of Arms"

The Fader is currently featuring one of L.A.-based Nosaj Thing's new tracks, "Coat of Arms," which will be on his album "Drift," coming out June 9 on Alpha Pup. He's a pal of Flying Lotus. Listen:

Nosaj Thing - "Coat of Arms"

Check out Nosaj Thing on MySpace.

Photo credit: Buddhabong.com

The Black Ghosts

The Black Ghosts' eponymous debut album came out in the summer but I missed that boat so I'm listening to it now. It's sounding very promising. The first track, "Some Way Through This," is pretty glorious. Here's the video. Yes, lego is involved.

Their first single, "Any Way You Choose To Give It" (give what? Don't answer that) was sucky, and so were the remixes. But it was misleading.

UPDATE: The rest of the album is pretty weak. But the track mentioned above remains really Prince-y and awesome. Exceptions are "I Want Nothing," "I Don't Know" and the Phoenix-like "Something New."

The Black Ghosts - "Some Way Through This"