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To support their upcoming To All My Friends Tour and to hold you over until their next official album Atmosphere is releasing a double EP full of brand new material titled To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy: The Atmosphere EPs. The Atmosphere EPs will be available digitally through iTunes & Amazon September 7th (the day before the To All My Friends Tour starts) with CD copies of The Atmosphere EPs sold exclusively on tour and through Fifth Element.

(Peace to Midwest Broadcast for the heads up.)
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Rhymesayers also released the second track, “Freefallin’” from the To All My Friends EP below.

MP3: Atmosphere – “Freefallin’”

(the above photo really has nothing to do with this post I just didn’t want to find a picture of the dude from the video. Thanks.)

I’m well aware of the bed intruder video (“You are so dumb. For real.”) but I have not listened to any of the musical versions or covers because that stuff is stupid.

But this is pretty good.

Featuring Hayley Williams (Paramore), Jordan Pundik (New Found Glory), and some dude from that shitty Relient K band.

Incredible first single from the upcoming Drawing Down the Moon full length. Seriously, I haven’t been able to stop listening to this since I got the pre-order download of it last week.

Azure Ray – “Don’t Leave My Mind”

Great new track available now on iTunes in honor of Atmosphere’s upcoming “To All My Friends” tour.

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Atmosphere – “To All My Friends”

The mash-up kings of Chicago have another hit on their hands! The duo is also going on tour at the end of August. According to their website, they’re scheduled to be at the Bedlam Theatre on Friday, September 3.

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MP3: The Hood Internet – “Wu Daydream” (Raekwon vs. Twin Sister)

You don’t really hear a lot about the Fargo music scene these days. Secret Cities with their mixture of psychedelic pop and chamber rock is trying to put Fargo back on the map. The trio’s new album Pink Graffiti is out now via Western Vinyl.

MP3: Secret Cities – “Pink Graffiti Pt. 1″

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You can download two other solid tracks, “Boyfriends” and “Pink City” from Stereogum.

I’m not a big listener of international music, but after drinking beers at the Nomad and watching the World Cup this summer I’ve been turned onto the African grooves.

This funky jam “Afe Ato Yen Bio” by De Frank Professionals from the 1970′s can be found on the upcoming Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves compilation due out August 17 via African Analog.

I got a chance to listen to a promo copy at the Fetus yesterday. Most of the tracks on the comp bled together and sounded the same to my untrained ear, except for the standout “Afe Ato Yen Bio” which I’ve had on repeat for the last 24 hours.

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MP3: De Frank Professionals – “Afe Ato Yen Bio”

P.S. If anyone can point me in the direction of an MP3 copy of De Frank Professional’s super-rare Funk-Afrobeat-Reggae-Highlife you would be my hero.

Myspace. HERE.

Moon Glyph’s first label compilation Regolith Vol.1 (on vinyl!) showcases some of the best psych-rock the Twin Cities has to offer. The first two cuts on the album by Leisure Birds and Magic Castles are especially excellent. This Thursday night will be the official record release show party at the Turf Club.

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A1 – Leisure Birds – “Burn the Beach”
A2 – Magic Castles – “Patron Saint”
A3 – Dante & the Lobster – “Waiting for the Moon”
A4 – Velvet Davenport (with Ariel Pink & Gary War) – “Surfer Girl”
A5 – Camden – “Headstone”
A6 – Vampire Hands – “3D Yin-Yang”

B1 – Daughters of the Sun – “Mystical Babe”
B2 – The Blind Shake – “Lucky Day”
B3 – Skoal Kodiak – “Tinsel Tongue”
B4 – Moonstone – “Exhortations of the Prophet M.”

Epic sounding new dance-rock track from Britain’s Klaxons!

Klaxons – “Echoes” (Radio Rip)

From Surfing the Void, due out August 23 via Polydor.

From the Fifteen / For.The.Win / Hanalei 3-way split 7″ out soon on Solidarity Records.

Stream: Hanalei – “Petroleum Distillation”

Dear Steel Panther,

Tour the Midwest, Goddamnit!

Love,
Everybody in the Midwest.

Steel Panther – “I Want It That Way” (Backstreet Boys Cover)