Check out the latest from Romanian producer ViLLΛGE, the vibes down Usher-sampling “Dive”.
ViLLΛGE – DiveViLLΛGE 
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Rating 8.6
Check out the latest from Romanian producer ViLLΛGE, the vibes down Usher-sampling “Dive”.
ViLLΛGE – DiveViLLΛGE (Facebook)
Rating 8.6
Los Angeles get psyched because there’s some big jams coming your way! This Saturday night KXSC will be presenting a special DJ set from Portland’s Starfucker along with support from recent hit Madeon collaborator Zak Waters, Steffi Graff, Mystery Skulls and DJ Irias.
Doors for the event are at 08:00 PM and tix are only $10 so mark it on your calendars and grab your tickets here. OR you can try your luck and drop us a line for your chance to win a FREE pair of tix to the gig! To enter, just email us here and say that you want to be entered in Starfucker drawing. Our winner will be picked at random this Friday afternoon 10/12 (day before the show). Good luck and see you there!
French producer Animal Sons flips “Hammers & Vogues” originally from Stalley’s Savage Journey to the American Dream project. Get into it.
Stalley – Hammers & Vogues feat. Curren$y (Animal Sons Remix)Stalley 
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Rating 8.2
Willy Mason keeps the songwriting train a’rollin’ with new single “I Got Gold,” taken from his much anticipated third studio album Carry On (12/3 via Fiction Records). The track is both animated and engaging with counter instrumentation exploring various time period themes in a theatrical manner. You can catch the great story man and songwriter on tour in the UK at dates with Mumford and Sons and Ben Howard, as well as on his short UK headline stint (see dates below).
TOUR DATES
12/1 King Tuts, Glasgow UK
12/2 Ruby Lounge, Manchester UK
12/3 Glee Club, Birmingham UK
12/4 Thekla, Bristol UK
12/5 Scala, London UK
Willy Mason 
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Rating 8.4
RZA links up with The Black Keys for the bluesy hook on “Baddest Man Alive” previewed here from the soundtrack of Terntino’s forthcoming The Man With The Iron Fists soundtrack. The famed WU-man hits the silver screen in the flick as well coming out November 2.
RZA featuring The Black Keys – Baddest Man AliveRZA 
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The Man With The Iron Fists (Info)
Rating 8.3
Fresh west coastin’ sounds here from Venice Beach collective Terraplane Sun. The song “Ya Never Know” is previewed from the band’s forthcoming new Friends EP (10/16). The crew has been riding high off the heels of their July residency stint at LA’s influential venue The Satellite. Turn up this keen soul-strut of a cut and keep these dudes on your radar as ones to watch.
Terraplane Sun – Ya Never KnowTerraplane Sun 
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Rating 8.3
Epitomising the DIY ethic with catchy lo-fi pop music constructed out of clap-happy drum loops, xylophones and circuit bending waggishness, Crash & The Coots present their first EP John Coles Park. Deciding to release a limited run of cassettes (via Heart Throb Records) and by taking their name from a computer animated fox from the 90’s, you would be forgiven for thinking they had just woken from a 15 year long coma, however this promising debut suggests otherwise, fusing unconventional pop sounds and structures with all the funk and punk of an LCD Soundsystem record. You may be pleased to hear that it will also be released in the slightly more convenient digital format on October 29 (via Once Upon A Time) and in the meantime you can help yourself to a free download of “Brian Fury Wins! (Alternative Version)” from the band’s soundcloud below. By Nathan Hetherington
John Coles Park [EP] Track Listing:
1. Emily (hehe)
2. Don’t Have Any Legs
3. Brian Fury Wins!
Crash & The ‘Coots 
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Rating 8.2
This new UK band just emerged from the studio with Alex Kopranos of Franz Ferdinand. Their Here We Are album will be out in the US this coming week. This fun tune is retro, dancy, and hooky. The title alone got me. Haven’t we all really wanted to be with the significant other of a good friend? By Bruce Rave
Citizens! – (I’m In Love With Your) GirlfriendCitizens! (Facebook)
*Check out Bruce’s Moheak Radio “Go Deep” show on Sunday nights 7-9 pm Pacific, 10-12 am Eastern, 3-5 am GMT. Also, for the benefit of you Europeans the show will now be replayed Wednesday mornings 2-4a Pacific/5 -7a Eastern, so they too can hear it at a civilized time. Listen to past shows at Bruce’s blog and follow Bruce on Twitter.
Turn this one up and you can almost already hear the afternoon summer festival masses singing along. “Fishin’ With John” is the new single from Tennessee rock collective Sol Cat. The song is apparently inspired from the early 90’s MTV series “Fishing with John” which featured John Lurie taking celebrities fishing all over the world. Pretty sweet stuff. Expect a new album from these Sol Cat(s) coming 2013.
Sol Cat – Fishin’ With JohnSol Cat 
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Rating 8
A-level rock and roll via Austin, Texas from Matt Oliver’s TV Torso. Get involved.
TV Torso – Clear Lake StranglerTV Torso 
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Rating 8.3
London UK act Peter and Kerry deliver a pop tune of the finest quality in “Lay Me Down”. The song’s sweet & breezy dual-sung melodies (both of them sing! and sing well!) are a really nice complement to the more complicated (awesome) business afoot in the rhythm tracks. Give “Lay Me Down” your attention below.
Peter and Kerry (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
L.A.’s The Decoders do an excellent lovers’ rock send-up of the Bacharach/David classic. Fitz and the Tantrums’ Noelle Scaggs styles Burt’s great melody sweetly, preserving the smooth saccharine coo of Dionne Warwick’s original vocal tone while adding her own full-bodied muscle to it.
The Decoders – Walk On By (Feat. Noelle Scaggs)The Decoders (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
