Rakim & Jadakiss -"Euphoria"-mp3

Here's a new joint from Jadakiss & the God MC Rakim off Tapemasters mixtape This Is Hip-Hop 8. It's only a little teaser and Jadakiss murks it. Rakim's comeback jump Seventh Seal, expected late Oct. shouts to NahRight & 2DB

Rakim & Jadakiss -"Euphoria"-mp3
Rakim -"Holy Are You"-(stream)

The Flaming Lips -"Powerless"-mp3

Another melodic, trippy track from the almighty OG's The Flaming Lips off upcoming twelfth studio release Embryonic, due Oct. 13th. glookin Babylon Noise

The Flaming Lips -"Powerless"-mp3

Grizzly Bear at First Avenue tonite

The authors of one the years very best Vecktamist, Brooklyn's cooler than thou Grizzly Bear. They're touring with the equally gorgeous Beach House.

Grizzly Bear
Beach House
First Avenue
Wed. Sept. 30th

Grizzly Bear -"Ready, Able"-mp3
Beach House -"Play The Game"-mp3

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez -"Mundo De Ciegos"-mp3

The first track from Mars Volta's guitar slinger Omar Rodriguez-Lopez twelfth studio album, the psychedelic opus Xenophanes. Released through Rodriguez-Lopez Productions, digitally available now, psychical release in the States Nov. 10th. Pure Awesomeness!

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez -"Mundo De Ciegos"-mp3

Fever Ray -"When I Grow Up (Bassnectar Remix)"-mp3

A fresh new glitchy, shufflebeat remix of stylish Swedish electronic artist Karin Dreijer Andersso aka Fever Ray by Bassnectar off his upcoming Cozza Frenzy out Oct.27th. There's a video of the Royksopp's new "This Must Be It", featuring vocals from Fever Ray.

Fever Ray -"When I Grow Up (Bassnectar Remix)"-mp3

Hope Sandoval -"Wild Roses"-mp3

Mazzy Starr's angelic vocalist Hope Sandoval returns with intimate Through The Devil Softly. Sandoval' voice has always been painfully beautiful and romantic. She's touring with My Bloody Valentine drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig.

Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions
Music Box Theater
Minneapolis
Sat. Oct 3rd

Hope Sandoval -"Wild Roses"-mp3

Cormega -"Make It Clear (prod by DJ Premier)"-mp3

Queesbridge legend, former Nas-affiliate (The Firm) Cormega keeps it 100. Over some crisp Premo production with classic cut n'paste samples and a light neck-snappin' beat,laced with throwback East Coast lyrical murder content describing the dark side of life in the big city. With an new album in is stores Born & Raised, Cormega returns amongst a East Coast revival of sorts with new material from Raekwon, Rakim, OC/AG, KRS-One, Mos Def and others with stripped-down working-mans hip-hop with hard-knock life narratives.

Cormgea -"Make It Clear"-mp3

Thom Yorke's new all-star band + "All The Best"-mp3

Radiohead's Thom Yorke is unstoppable, on the heels on various new music including the brand new Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses/The Hollow Earth 12inch, "All For The Best" on Ciao My Shining Star, a new track on the Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack and Radiohead's latest "My Twisted Words", he 's ready to start trying the new songs out live, with 2 dates in Los Angeles. Of the new touring band Yorke confirms "It's me, Joey Waronker, Mauro Refosco, Flea and Nigel Godrich".

Thome Yorke
Lucky Dragons
Oct 4th Orpheum Theatre -Los Angeles
Oct 5th Orpheum Theatre -Los Angeles

Thom Yorke -"All The Best"-mp3
Radiohead -"My Twisted Words"-mp3

Gospel Gossip -"Sippy Cup"-mp3

Norhtfield, MN's finest, shoegazers Gospel Gossip spread the word of their new ep on a West Coast tour. On "Sippy Cup" they strip down the reverb and just rock out. "Sissy Cup" appears on forthcoming 4-song EP on Guilt Ridden Pop, out on Nov. 28th. P4K digs them enough. Go see them!

Gospel Gossip on tour
10-1 Fargo, ND – Aquarium
10-2 Bozeman, MT - Filling Station
10-4 Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
10-5 Portland, OR – Valentine's
10-6 San Francisco, CA – Kimo’s
10-8 LA – Synchronicity
10-10 Santa Barbara, CA – Biko Garage
10-11 San Diego, CA – The Ruby Room
10-13 El Paso, TX – SoHo Lounge
10-14 Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
10-15 Denver, CO – Lion’s Lair
10-17 Ames, IA – Ames Progressive
10-22 Minneapolis, MN - Hexagon Bar
11-6 Minneapolis, MN - 501 Club
11-28 Sauce (EP RELEASE SHOW)

Gospel Gossip -"Sippy Cup"-mp3
Gospel Gossip -"Nashville"-mp3

Karen O and the Kids -"Rumpus"-mp3

New from Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman, style diva Karen O and the Kids with another sexy lullabye from the Where The Wild Things Are sdtk, out Sept. 29th.

Karen O and the Kids -"Rumpus"-mp3

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson –"The Sound"-mp3

Brooklyn strummer Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson has been on my radar for a year or so but never really made the jump to rewind status. That changes with "The Sound" off his Kyp Malone (TVOTR) produced Summer Of Fear, Grizzly Bear's Christopher Bear and Chris Taylor also contribute. Summer Of Fear may be the most accurate album title as it seems we're getting ready for another war, or at least an upcoming "showdown" via military confrontation with Iran. It feels like Iraq all over again, much less the lack of decorum in the current political landscape in America. Summer of Fear is out Oct. 20th on Saddle Creek. Shouts to Confusion.

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson –"The Sound"-mp3

Dodi Phy ft. M.anifest -"Love & Lust"-mp3

Minneapolis Dodi Phy, best known for guest starring on Muja Messiah's Thee Adventures and Mpls Massacre vol.1 and an appearance on Midwest Broadcast mixtape Flyover Land vol.1, teams up with M.anifest to run over Kanye West "Heard Em Say".

M.anifest
Dodi Phy
DJ Turtleneck
Sauce Spirits & Soundbar
Sept. 26th

Dodi Phy ft. M.anifest -"Love & Lust"-mp3
Dody Phy -"Block To The Booth"

Sara Lov - "My Body Is A Cage (Arcade Fire)"-mp3 + 7th St Entry w Sea Wolf

Los Angeles' lo-fi strummer Sara Lov, who has an excellent cover of Arcade Fire's "My Body Is A Cage" will be touring with collaborator, Sea Wolf's Alex Church. She'll be touring in support of recent re-issue of her debut solo LP, Seasoned Eyes Were Beaming, out now via Filter US Recordings.

Sea Wolf
Sara Love
7th St Entry
Sept. 29th

Sara Love -"My Body Is A Cage"-mp3
Sara Love ft Alex Church -"Animals"-mp3

Raekwon ft Beanie Sigel -"Have Mercy"-video

Chef Raekwon's new clip with the Philly menace Beanie Sigel, off his near modern classic Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II, yup I said it. There's also confirmation of an upcoming Ghostface Killa, Raekwon & Method Man record, yessir. Shout out Shake.

BLK JKS -"Molalatladi (live in Minneapolis)"-video

The homies at Above The Fold capture the BLK JKS debut performance in Minneapolis at The Global Roots Festival at the Cedar Cultural Center. Also check out their 89.3 The Current in-studio performance of "Lakeside," "Tselane," and "Land of God." City Pages has slideshow.

BLK JKS - After Robots review at Culture Bully

Sufjan Stevens - "There's Too Much Love (live)"-mp3

Avant, emo strummer Sufjan Stevens adds some trombome, breakbeats and gets a lil'sexy on his latest "There's Too Much Love", which he debuted live at Castaways in Ithanca, NY a few days ago. If he keeps this up, I'll fuck around listen to his next jump. peace to IGIF

Sufjan Stevens -"There's Too Much Love (live)"-mp3

Arctic Monkeys at First Avenue tonite.

The UK's massive Artic Monkeys play Minneapolis tonite in support of their new Josh Homme produced Humbug. They also get their 007 on covering "Diamonds Are Forever".

Artic Monkeys
The Like
First Avenue
Sept.25th

Artic Monkeys -"My Propeller"-mp3
Artic Monkeys -"Diamonds Are Forever"-mp3

Wale -"I'm A Champ"-mp3

Hova's little homie Wale drops a new joint off Don Cannon & Konsole Kingz’ Cannon 2k10 mixtape in support of the new NBA 2K10 game. Wale's Attention Deficit has been pushed back to late Oct. so the young spitta can go on tour with Jay-Z. cheers to NR

Wale -"I'm A Champ"-mp3

BLK JKS play Mpls tonite, After Robots review

South Africa's BLK JKS, just released their ambitious long player After Robots on Secretly Canadian following a slew of praise in Fader, Rolling Stone and Spin. Their Mars Volta meets township groove should be great,word on the street, internets is that their live show is the real treat. Check out my review of of After Robots at Culture Bully.

BLK JKS
Cedar Cultural Center
Minneapolis
9pm

BLK JKS -"Molataldi"-mp3

Phoenix -"Fences (Friendly Fires Remix)"-mp3

Frances' Phoenix just played an intimate in-store performance at Electric Fetus in Minneapolis, where they played an awesome version of Air's "Playground Love", which was actually co-written by Phoenix's Thomas Mars. Later in the evening they played a sold-out show at First Ave. Freindly Fires get a little old school club flavor on their remix of "Fences" and you can remix it yourself too, get the stems here. cheers to Pasta Primavera

Phoenix -"Fences (Freindly Fires Remix)"-mp3

Joell Ortiz -"50 For The People"-mp3

Slaughterhouse's Brooklyn representative and former Aftermath signee, Joell Ortiz drops "50 For The People", the first leak off his next mixtape Road Kill, being recorded while on currently on tour. You can also hear the hard rhymer on a cameo on "Best @ It" alongside side Freeway off Brother Ali's new record US, out now. Spotted at NR

Joell Ortiz -"50 For The People"-mp3

Raveonettes -"Bang"-mp3

The dash of sugar from the new Raveonettes, In And Out Of Control,due Oct.6th. cheers to Pretty Much Amazing.

Raveonettes -"Bang"-mp3

Jay-Z + J Dilla -"Believe In God So I Pray"-mp3

I usually avoid mashups, blends, etc but here Jay-Z vocals are matched up with the soulful production of the late, great J Dilla. So what if J Dilla had produced the Blueprint? From the mixtape The Lost Blueprint.

Jay-Z + J Dilla -"Believe In God So I Pray"-mp3

Sissy Wish -"DWTS"-mp3

New hipster pop from Norway Sissy Wish, the songbird with pop smarts has already gotten the ok from P4k with a rad 8.0 review. "DWTS" from her new Beauties Never Die, out today in the States on Minneapolis indie Afternoon Records.

Sissy Wish
Oct. 30th
Turf Club
St. Paul, MN.

Sissy Wish -"DWTS"-mp3

A.R.M. (Manifest & Krukid) - "Slow Your Roll"-mp3

The African Rebel Movement begins now with Manifest & Krukid, living in America ( Minneapolis/ Champaign, Ill.) and reppin' their homelands of Ghana and Uganda lovely with melodic hip-hop with a global focus. Manifest warns "Coming at me fast, better slow down,before some G. W. Bush goes down". "Slow Your Roll" is from the advance mixtape while their "Heaven Only Knows" will be on their upcoming debut Uprising.

Manifest
Dodi Phy
DJ Turtleneck
Sauce Spirit & Sound Bar
Sept 26th

A.R.M. (Manifest & Krukid)-"Slow Your Roll"-mp3
A.R.M. (Manifest & Krukid) ft.Brother Ali -"Heaven Only Knows"-mp3

Metric and K'naan salute Bob Dylan

Toronto's Emily Haines and crew Metric tackles Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice". And Somalia's rising star K'Naan offers a tribute to Dylan with "The Great Depression" off the J.Period mixtape The Messengers:Deluxe Edition, which also pays respect to Bob Marley and Fela Kuti.

Metric -"Don't Think Twice"-mp3
K'Naan & J. Period -The Great Depression"-mp3

Thom Yorke -"The Hollow Earth" video (unoffical) + mp3

photo by Natalia Kutsepova

From Thom Yorke's new 12inch "The Hollow Earth" a blistering, glitchy head rush, more in line with the better parts of his solo jump Eraser. As always Yorke wins. The vinyl single will be released Sept. 21 via the band’s W.A.S.T.E. online store, or in "good" record stores, Yorke says. There's also a new video of Yorke's Miracle Legion cover "All For The Best" watch it here. Update: New "unofficial" video for "The Hollow Earth" with subliminal imagery courtesy Bank$y and directed by Raymond Salvatore Harmon. Today is good day!

Thom Yorke -"The Hollow Earth"-mp3
Thom Yorke -"The Hollow Earth"-video

Julian Casablancas - "11th Dimension"-mp3

New from The Strokes frontman, Julian Casablancas, its clearly a new direction for the East Village slacker. On the first track "11th Dimnesion" there's not much rock n'roll action here, like Yeah Yeah Yeahs the guitars have been traded in for synths for a more dance-related sound. Still with lyrics like "Your faith has to be greater than your fear", it works, should be interesting. Maybe after doing that little disco number with Santigold & Pharrell he became curious. Casablancas solo jump Phrazes for the Young, out Oct.20th. shout out to Music Induced Euphoria

Julian Casablancas -"11th Dimension"-mp3
Santigold, Julian Casablancas, and Pharrell -"My Drive Thru"-mp3

Phoenix to play free show at Electric Fetus

France breakout act, the very sexy Phoenix will play a sold-out show in Minneapolis at First Avenue next Tues. Sept.22nd with Chairlift. Not lucky enough to have tickets? You can stop by Electric Fetus, be one of the first 200 folks to purchase their latest Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix and boom. Bonus limited edition lithographs will be available at the show. peace to MFR

Phoenix -"1901 (One For The Team Remix)"-mp3

Wavves -"Mickey Mouse"-mp3, 7th St Entry tonite

San Diego's Wavves, the supposed bedroom genius championed by Pitchfork, now most known for having a meltdown in Barcelona at Primavera Sound Festival, a event he hadn't earned his stripes to even play in the first place. Another closet weird music dude or pretentious indie or West Coast answer to Animal Collective? Hopefully at a small venue like 7th St he'll get it right. cheers to TapeIsNotSticky

Wavves
Ganglians
7th St Entry
Sept. 16th

The Wavves -"Mickey Mouse"-mp3
The Wavves -"Cool Jumper"-mp3

Brother Ali ft. Freeway & Joel Ortiz -"Best At It"-mp3

Minneapolis Brother Ali preps his upcoming US with a double barrel shot from street soldiers in Philly's Freeway and Slaughterhouse's Joel Ortiz from Brooklyn. The Rhymesayers general drops US, Sept 22nd. via X

Brother Ali ft. Freeway & Joel Ortiz -"Best At It"-mp3

Massive Attack ft. Martina Topley-Bird -"Psyche"-mp3

UK downbeat heroes Massive Attack recruits ex-Tricky muse Martina Topley-Bird for "Psyche". She'll also join trip-hop pioneers on new tour as support and female vocalist for the duo. Full album early next year with appearances by Blurs' Damon Albarn and Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star). "Psyche" is remixed by Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid, off their upcoming ep Splitting The Atom. shouts to FoWeel

Massive Attack ft. Martina Topley-Bird -"Psyche"-mp3

Kid Cudi -"I Hear Them Calling (prod. by Eminem)"-mp3 + review

It's been a good week for Kanye West protege Kid Cudi. He drops his new tight-pants special, Man On Th Moon:The End of Day today, a few days after joining Hova on stage for "Already Home" at MSG, than an appearance on Letterman with Ratatat for my favorite track of the record "Pursuit Of Happines" with MGMT & Ratatat. He was also nominated for Best New Artist at MTV's VMA's and named to BET's Rising Icons. Here's an unfinished track produced by Eminem. Check my review at Culture Bully, under the cut.

Kid Cudi -"I Hear Them Calling"-mp3
Kid Cudi -Man On The Moon:The End of Day review at Culture Bully.

Total Babe -"Barebones"-mp3

New from Minneapolis,Total Babe , the trio makes indie -pop that echoes sunny melodies of Belly & Veruca Salt. They'll be prepping the new ep Heatwave, out Oct 6^th at Above The Fold

party Tues. at Arcadia. Also on deck will be the equally cheerful UltraChorus and new electronic act in town who also has a record Ultra -Def out Oct. 13^th.

Total Babe
UltraChorus
Dali Felipe (Michigan)
Steve Leaf (Chicago)
Arcadia
Sept. 15th

Total Babe - "Barebones"-mp3
UltraChorus - "World Kept Talking"-mp3

Kurt Vile -"Hunchback"-mp3

Philadelphia's new stoner-guitar champ Kurt Vile, recently signed with Matador for his upcoming Childish Prodigy. He'll be touring everywhere. The new version of "Hunchback" is a slow psychedelic rambler off Childish Prodigy,in stores on October 6th.

Kurt Vile
7th Street Entry
Oct.14
Minneapolis

Kurt Vile -"Hunchback"-mp3

Mos Def & The Black Keys -"Hoochie Coo"-mp3

Mos Def and Jim Jones hook up with alt./blues duo The Black Keys on "Hoochi Coo". There's a whole poject titled Blak Roc, that also features appearances by Raekwon, RZA, Billy Danze of M.O.P., Pharoahe Monch and Ol’ Dirty Bastard. Set for a release on the day after Thanksgiving, otherwise known as Black Friday in the world of retail. Sounds somewhat promising I hope it's better than the first leak. via 2db.

Mos Def & The Black Keys -"Hoochie Coo"-mp3
Mos Def's The Ecstatic, reviewed by yours truly at Culture Bully

Franz Diego -"Sunrise"-mp3

The young homie Franz Diego drops "Sunrise" off his solo debut Southside. With pristine, create-digging production reminiscent of raps' "golden era" by Benzilla (Brother Ali), Big Quarters (I-Self Devine), Noam The Drummer and King Otto is full of melodic, head-nodding tracks. This ain't no hipster rap, it's more Souls of Mischef and Native Tongues "feel-goodness" with a modern touch. Franz Deigo stays on his grind he can be found at Radio K's The Beat Box, Listen To MPLS podcast, or with his crew Illuminous 3. Franz Deigo has a big record release show at the Uptown Bar.

Franz Diego
Alicia Steele
Alissa Paris
Greg Grease
Uptown Bar
Sat. Sept.12th

Franz Diego -"Sunrise"-mp3
Franz Diego ft. Alissa Paris -"Good Feelin"-mp3

The Most Serene Republic – "Aveern”"-mp3

Milton, Ontario's ensemble The Most Serene Republic start their new tour with "Aveern" a b-side from their latest ...And The Ever Expanding Universe. via Knox Road

The Most Serene Republic
Still Life Still
7th St Entry
Fri. Sept. 11th

The Most Serene Republic –"Aveern"-mp3

Grizzly Bear -"While You Wait For Others"-video

Brooklyn's Grizzly Bear is one cool band, they kick it with Feist, recruit grey beard Micheal McDonald for an alt. version of this track, get posted at Kanye West blog, now Jay-Z & Beyonce even hang out at their shows. Is it still cool to like them, you betcha! cheers to PMA

Grizzly Bear ft Michael McDonald -"While You Wait For Others"-mp3

Au Revoir Simone -"Another Likely Story (Neon Indian Remix)"-mp3

Brooklyn's Neon Indian, bedroom genius of the moment remixes the ice cool vocals of Brooklyn's electro-synth darlings Au Revoir Simone.

Au Revoir Simone -"Another Likely Story (Neon Indian Remix)"-mp3

No Bird Sing - "Dead Leaves"-mp3

Is it still hip-hop if the boom-bap is replaced by lo-fi winding guitars with echoes of lost blues tracks and indie sensibilities? No, but with a charismatic frontman in Joe Horton aka "Eric Blair" and a measured, thoughtful approach to songwriting they make for a winning combination. From the ashes of the short-lived Hyder Ali comes No Bird Sing Minneapolis' newest "we're not rap" hip-hop-influenced (sorta) bands. With more in common perhaps with Black Keys boogie swamp than anything related to rap music's street culture origins. And for No Bird Sing that's just fine. They celebrate the release of their self-titled debut No Bird Sing,this weekend with The Current 89.3 and Culture Bully sponsored show at Triple Rock. No Bird Sing has interesting cameos from Rhymesayers' Eyedea, Kristoff Krane, vocalist Alicia Wiley and guitarist Bo Ramsey.

No Bird Sing
Black Blondie
Kristoff Krane
DJ James Diers (Halloween,Alaska)
Sat. Sept12th
Triple Rock

No Bird Sing -"Dead Leaves"-mp3
Black Blondie ft. Channy Moon Casselle -"Candy Cigarettes"-mp3

Ghostface Killah - "Guest House" + "Verbal Intercourse II"-mp3

Wu-Tang's Chef Raekwon just released the triumphant Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II, returning to the glory of it's predecessor Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. I wish Ghostface Killah would've gone more with the retro of Supreme Clientele or Fishscale, instead he goes into his soulful chamber with a "concept" album of Ghostface R&B fantasies on the upcoming Ghostdini:Wizard of Poetry. two fingers up to NR. Update: new Raekwon ft. Nas and Ghostface "Verbal Intercourse II", from the hip-hop opera City Of God's Son. glook Enigmatic

Ghostface Killah -"Guest House"-mp3
Raekwon ft Nas & Ghostface -"Verbal Intercourse II"-mp3

Rodrigo y Gabriela -"Buster Voodoo "-mp3

The Mexican duo currently residing in Dublin,Ireland, Rodrigo y Gabriela return with their sophomore album 11:11 this week out on ATO. Their gorgeous acoustic guitar stylings and rhythmic techniques from classical, flamemco and rock is loaded with various Latin harmonies. The duo's repertoire goes beyond the Latin folk guitarists' styles with it's affinity for metal and their versions of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and Metallica's "Orion". via RCRD LBL

Rodrigo y Gabriela -"Buster Voodoo"-mp3
Rodrigo y Gabriela - "Orion"-mp3

Elucid -Bear Trapz (mixtape)

Brooklyn's adventurous MC Elucid offers his latest, a 3 track ep Bear Trapz from the homie Khal over at Rock The Dub.

"Today, RTD brings you the newest latest from Brooklyn, NY's own Elucid. This three-track release comes free of charge, and features the Lessondary spitter tackling dubstep tracks from Caspa, N-Type and SuhBurb, executing effortlessly over the sub-low frequencies. If you dug his tracks like "Laser Days" and "My Mayor Is A Billionaire (BBC)", you should know what time it is with Bear Trapz."

Elucid -Bear Trapz -mixtape

Santigold ft. Bassment Jaxx - "Saga"-mp3

UK party starters Bassment Jaxx recruits the in-demand vocals of Santigold for it's ska-influenced track "Saga", off Scars out Sept. 22nd. peace to CultureOfMe.

Bassment Jaxx ft. Santigold -"Saga"-mp3
Santigold -"I'm A Lady (Benny Blanco remix)"-mp3

Los Campesinos! - "The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future"-mp3

Proving to be quite proflific songwriters, dropping two records last year alone, Hold on Now, Youngster and We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed. New from Cardiff, Wales sextet Los Campesinos!, judging from the first taste of their new material, I don't think they'll be returning with another trendy, of the moment "indie dance-rock" smash hits like 2007's "You! Me! Dancing!". Yet their new direction is still cheerful,even greater and anthem like, more Arcade Fire ensemble than Black Kids pomp.

Los Campesinos! -"The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future"-mp3

Frank Ramz – "Not Too Far "-mp3

New school, introspective rapper Frank Ramz from the Bronx, follows up his critically praised mixtape Make The Road By Walking with "Not Too Far" addressing the "haters" over sterling, apocalyptic production of Dax Mille. Homeboy spits with passion, check 'em out now, so you can say you knew him back when. Shout out Confusion and 2db.

Frank Ramz -"Not Too Far"-mp3
Frank Ramz -Make The Road By Walking-mixtape

Now Now, Every Children tour the UK, again.

Minneapolis Now Now, Every Children recently returned from Europe, things went so good they'll be back, touring the United Kingdom with Paramore for a string of dates in December.

Now Now Every Children w/ Paramore
12/10 – Glasgow, UK at SECC*
12/11 – Birmingham, UK at NIA*
12/12 – Dublin, IRE at O2 Point*
12/14 – Cardiff, UK at Cardiff International Arena*
12/16 – Manchester, UK at Manchester Evening News Arena*
12/17 – Brighton, England at The Bright Centre*
12/18 – Wembley, England at Wembley Arena*

Now Now, Every Children -"Cars"-mp3

Miike Snow -"Animal (Mark Ronson Remix)"-mp3

New Swede buzz band Miike Snow has done just that with their hit "Animal" with remixes turning up all over the place, here they get the swank soul treatment of Mark Ronson, they'll be making their Minneapolis debut Sept 26th at the 7th St Entry. Their self -titled debut Miike Snow is on hipster label Downtown Records (Santigold/Justice). The Guardian says Miike Snow's "coolly emotional pop suggests a-ha meets Animal Collective. Also swanky is the retro soul from Stones Throw signed Mayer Hawthorne. via disopunk

Miike Snow
Sept 26th
7th St Entry

Miike Snow -"Animal (Mark Ronson Remix)"-mp3
Mayer Hawthorne -"Just Ain't Gonna Work Out(EL Camino Remix)"-mp3

Amanda Blank -"Lemme Get Some"-mp3 + at Triple Rock with Matt & Kim

Philly rude girl, Amanda Blank hits the road in support of her debut I Love You, loaded with guest spots from Spank Rock, Lykke Li,Chuck Inlgish of the Cool Kids with production from Diplo, Switch and XXXchange. She's out with Matt & Kim, she's grindin' having already knocked out dates with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Santigold and most major festivals. shout out Audio Drums

Matt & Kim
Amanda Blank
Triple Rock
Sept.10th

Amanda Blank ft. Chuck Inglish -"Lemme Get Some"-mp3
Amanda Blank -"DJ" -mp3

Red Pens -"Weekdays"-mp3

Minneapolis latest "lo-fi" champs Red Pens, make the kind of glorious noise that dominated record geek collections in the early/mid nineties. Inspired by the beauty and distortion of Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine and that era with their minimal approach are the Red Pens, the duo of guitarist/programmer Howard Hamilton III and drummer/painter Laura F. Bennett. They'll be playing a free show at Electric Fetus with Pitchfork-approved Gospel Gossip. The Red Pens debut Reasons on Grain Belt Records,will be available exclusively before the release date.

Gospel Gossip
Red Pens
Electric Fetus
Sept.10th

Red Pens -"Weekdays"-mp3
Gospel Gossip -"Dreamland"-mp3

Kid CuDi ft. MGMT & Ratatat - "Pursuit of Happiness"-mp3

Another look into Kid CuDi's highly anticipated Kanye West executive-produced debut Man On The Moon: The End Of Day. Even though "Pursuit of Happiness" featuring MGMT & Ratatat, it's only a radio rip it's very encouraging with it lo-fi, no frills soulful-emo, at least this track is dope and a likely first single. Heard he wanted Andre 3000 for a guest spot, 3000 passed it up, maybe he & Nas got plans. spotted at NR. Update: New track "Soundtrack To My Life" via Shake.

Kid CuDi ft. MGMT & Ratatat -"Pursuit of Happiness"-mp3
Kid CuDi -"Soundtrack To My Life"-mp3

Exclusive: Lucy Michelle & The Velvet Lapelles -"Hotel"-mp3

New from Minneapolis gypsy-folk darlings Lucy Michelle & The Velvet Lapelles, last years winners of City Pages Picked 2 Click and still grindin hard and spreading their unique sound. Recently returned from touring East-Coast dates in advance of their record release show at The Cedar. On the heels of last years critically praised Orange Peels and Rattlesnakes with the follow-up Special Party Time for Everybody, that's more mature and still as celebratory "I saw your face, but I didn't know your name, but I wish I did".

Lucy Michelle & The Velvet Lapelles
Northern Howl
Chris Tomson Quartet
Cedar Cultural Center
Sept. 5th
Minneapolis

Lucy Michelle & The Velvet Lapelles -"Hotel"-mp3