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If you're reading this, you've somehow stumbled into the cyber ghost town of our original Blogger site. We've since migrated to a self-hosted site with a new look and what we believe to be an improved user experience.

The archives have been moved over too, so anything you find here is also available on the new site. Check it out, won't you?

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.

new air france "it feels good to be around you"

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The Swedish duo Air France have released their first material since 2009's No Way Down. It's a single entitled "It Feels Good To Be Around You" that features some tropical percussion, call-and-response vocals, and the production skills of Star Slinger:




You can download it from the player above, and look for an official single release — and possibly a full-length — from Sincerely Yours.

more new neon indian - 'polish girl'

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Era Extrana, the second album from Alan Palomo's Neon Indian, arrives September 13th. With producer Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT) at the helm, Palomo appears to be morphing his chillwave into straight up synthpop.

Hear for yourself, courtesy of NPR, as Palomo debuted a second single from the album today:




That's even more dance floor ready than the album's first look:

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Can't wait until the whole thing drops next month. Until then, download "Fallout" for yourself in the widget below:

violens & erika spring-forster split 7" single

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Erika Spring-Forster of Au Revoire Simone has released a split 7" with fellow New Yorkers, Violens.

Both sides evoke the best of new new romanticism. Spring-Forster sings and plays keys on her tune, "6 More Weeks," accompanied by the Violens' Jorge Elbrecht on drums and MGMT's Will Berman on bass. Beautiful song:


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Meanwhile, the Violens side is more of their signature fuzzy pop, entitled "It Couldn't Be Perceived":


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To round out the Brooklyn love fest, the video was directed by Chairlift’s Caroline Polahcek. Pow.

new solo stuff from hot chip's joe goddard

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If you're not familiar with Hot Chip and their nerdy brand of electropop, Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor are the founding members and primary voices of the band.

Since last year's One Night Stand, Taylor has done some guest vocals for the likes of Win Win and Gang Gang Dance, and now Goddard has released his first solo EP on Greco-Roman, and DFA in the US.

The title track, "Gabriel," features the sultry vocals of UK songstress Valentina:




Goddard lends his own voice to the epically chill "All I Know":




Pick up the EP at iTunes for less than 4 bucks. Help a Hot Chip out.