NEW: Yeasayer - "O.N.E" (Teen Daze Remix)

What a way to introduce the weekend! Teen Daze captures you right from the first second and takes you on a trip with this impressive remix. There are wayyyyyy too many "O.N.E" remixes floating around the webz, can we just hit delete on all of them and keep this one?


Yeasayer - "O.N.E" (Teen Daze Remix)


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Shakira Covers The xx at Glastonbury

This new free-spirited Shakira, complete with hippiechief, friendship bracelets, and thrift store shirt is way sexier than any of that creepy she wolf cage match nonsense. Am I alone in saying that? Probably.

VIDEO: of Montreal and Solange Knowles "Sex Karma" on Fallon

How uncomfortable is it seeing the face painted and intentionally awkward Kevin Barnes performing a duet with all natural and straight-forward Solange? It didn't exactly look like the two knew how to interact on stage together, but who cares, I could listen to this song all day on my iTunes. Probably the most memorable chorus I've heard from of Montreal. I'm getting pumped for the September 14th release of False Priest.



The band also treated internet folkies to a performance of "Coquet Coquette" complete with gas-mask donned sword fighters for Fallon's website.

Kanye Performs 3 New Songs For Facebook Staffers

Genius marketing. Something only Kanye could pull off. Look at the amount of cell phones here! Users put these songs up on Youtube and Twittered all damn day about this performance.

Kanye performed 3 songs, rumored to be on his upcoming album, all a capella. No beats or music of any kind. Just the man and his words. Sounds like Kanye's back.

"Lost in the World" / "Chain Gang"



"Mama's Boyfriend"

NEW: Yuck - "Daughter"

Things are moving pretty fast for this U.K. outfit. From playing some of the biggest festivals across the pond, to tour dates with Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Modest Mouse, Yuck are showing no signs of slowing down. Their EP, Weakend, will be available August 2nd and includes the new song "Daughter". Listen below.

Yuck - "Daughter"


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And for good measure, the ever memorable "Automatic".


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SPIN Will Webcast a Weekful of Concerts

In celebration of their 25th anniversary, SPIN will be hosting a series of concerts July 26th - 30th in NYC -- but you don't have to be in the Big Apple to enjoy the shows. SPIN will be webcasting the shows live each night on their website, shot in high quality with nine different camera angles. Not too shabby!

The concerts will also be streamed live on the ZYNC Facebook Page, where fans will be able to interact throughout the shows.

SCHEDULE:

Monday July 26th: The Smashing Pumpkins with guests Kill Hannah and the Jim Jones Revue.

Tuesday July 27th: The Flaming Lips with guest Fang Island.

Wednesday July 28th: The Black Keys with guests The Whigs and Lee Fields & the Expressions.

Thursday July 29th: The National with guests Kurt Vile and Suckers

Friday July 30th: Spiritualized performing their classic album Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating in Space

Summer's Eve Party @ Rock & Roll Hotel

Rock & Roll Hotel will be hosting their first annual Summer New Year's Eve Party this Friday. What's better than the atmosphere of a NYE countdown party in the middle of summer?

DJ sets beginning in the early evening will keep you on the dance floor until 3am. And the night also includes FREE FOOD, FREE LEIS, and FREE STUFF.

There are 3 levels of admission so choose wisely!
$15 tix: general admission
$25 tix: general admission and open bar from 6pm-11pm (rail drinks, domestic beer, wine)
$50 tix: general admission and open bar 6pm-3am (rail drinks, domestic beer, wine)

Purchase tickets here.

VIDEO: Chiddy Bang - "Dream Chasin"

Video for "Dream Chasin" off the Swelly Express mixtape that was released late last year. The Duo's debut LP The Swelly Life is due the end of summer.

Virgin Mobile FreeFest Lineup Announced

I've only been living in D.C. for a couple weeks now, so let me get this straight. free? FREE?! I get to see this all star lineup and all I have to do is buy my fair share of $10 Bud Light? I'm so there.

Lineup:
M.I.A.
LCD Soundsystem
Pavement
T.I.
Ludacris
Joan Jett
Thievery Corporation
Matt & Kim
Jimmy Eat World
The Temper Trap
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Yeasayer
Chromeo
Sleigh Bells
Die Antwoord
Modeselektor
Neon Indian

FreeFest 2010 will be held September 25th at Merriweather Post Pavilion. FREE TICKETS will be available to print or to secure for will call starting this Saturday at 10am. You must have a ticket to enter.

TWP Presents: The Untitled Playlist (Episode 5)

I found out yesterday that a frappachino is a milkshake filled with caffeine. Boom goes the dynamite. It's hot. Find some shade.

TWP Presents: The untitled Playlist (Episode 5)

Two-A-Days: Guards and Sri Aurobindo

With less than an EP's amount of material to go on, Cults could attach their name to anyone and I'd buy into it. That's exactly the situation with Guards. The song "Sail It Slow"is a dark and gloomy track that manages to have a great melody. Released less than a week ago, go download Guards entire EP over at their bandcamp FO' FREE.

Guards - "Sail It Slow (featuring Cults)"


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Looking for a little more rock in your life? Baltimore's Sri Aurobindo take a few tricks from the Black Keys and other contemporary lo-fi psych-rock staples and create a distorted, hazed-out, funk rock track reminiscent of the late 60's. You can stream Sri Aurobindo's full LP at their bandcamp and download it for $7. Or if your a vinyl nut, get it in limited edition translucent green.

Sri Aurobindo - "Soul Vibrations of Man"

NEW: Cut Copy - Where I'm Going

Cut Copy are giving away their new song "Where I'm Going" FO' FREE. Just head to their website to download the tune. Not sure if this song will end up on their still untitled new album, but it will be released as a limited etched 7" in August.

In an effort to describe the song, the band stated: "The kind of track Brian Wilson would've written if he took ecstacy and hung out in 60's London instead of California."

Cut Copy - Where I'm Going



Download it here.

VIDEO: The Joy Formidable - Cradle

What's it going to take for these guys to blow up by mainstream's standards?! I guess this certainly helps.

VIDEO: Kid Cudi, Best Coast, and Rostam Batmanglij - All Summer

While I neglected to blog about it, the artists came together to record a Converse-sponsored song, and it was given away for free last week by the company. Check out the video and grab the song below.




Download it: Kid Cudi, Best Coast, and Rostam Batmanglij- All Summer

Gayngs playing D.C. in October

You know if Prince showed up, it was going down. Our favorite supergroup played their first show in Minneapolis in May and a video for "The Gaudy Side of Town" is below. Gayngs played their entire debut album, Relayted, start to finish and judging from the way things went, a complete U.S. tour should be coming soon. For now though, you'll have to catch them at one of the few venues they're playing in October.