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noel gallagher b-side, 'the good rebel'

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Noel Gallagher's solo debut, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, will be released on October 17. Comprised mostly of tunes written during the Oasis days, it will reportedly be followed by a more psychedelic record in early 2012.

The first single, "The Death Of You And Me," was a promising start, and today we can hear the b-side, "The Good Rebel." It starts out a little chicken-fried, but hold out for the epic wall of guitars Oasis-style finish:




In case you missed it, here's the video for the a-side with its "to be continued" ending:

pains of being pure at heart, twin shadow remix

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Brooklyn buds The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Twin Shadow spent a good part of the year touring together. Seems all that bonding on the road has resulted in a pretty cool collaboration.

George Lewis, Jr., or Twin Shadow, has taken the twee guitar powered lead single from Belong and stripped it down — adding reverb, handclaps and a house piano line to build it back up. See what you think:




Download it in the widget below, and also check out the official video for the original version featuring the band as slacker music store employees.