Dungen

These guys are kinda like the chief contemporary exponents of psych-rock in Denmark. I don't really see anything as experimental, robust or lacking-in-preciousness coming out of America, but the pastures are always greener on the other side [of the Atlantic].

http://www.recidivism.org/music/dungen_duskainte.mp3

New M83 - Kim & Jessie

New mp3 off the upcoming album Saturdays = Youths
http://www.kellysalterego.com/Mar.2008/M83/kim_jessie.mp3

Plushgun - This Is How We Roll

Here's a track that's wholly entitled to be a Friday posting!

Happy F-Day.

(install Twitter)

http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/29/247537/Plushgun%20-%20How%20We%20Roll.mp3

Beirut - Postcards In Italy

Beirut - Postcards In Italy
http://www.matthewjamesyoung.com/sbt/Beirut-PostcardsFromItaly.mp3

YACHT - See A Penny (Pick It Up)

Dig it, y'all... Jona Bechtolt (ex-member of The Blow and the man behind the beats) is now full time YACHT. Comin' at ya from Portland, OR.
http://www.teamyacht.com/mp3s/YACHT-See-A-Penny-(Pick-It-Up).mp3

Hanne Hukkelberg

This is sort of a companion piece to Alex's post. Like CocoRosie, I imagine that Hanne Hukkelberg enjoys the cacophony characteristic of demented children's toys as they find some kind of mutually destructive equilibrium.

http://embiggen.morquai.com/mix/nordictracks/05_HanneHukkelberg_Ease.mp3

CocoRosie - Werewolf

Werewolf is my favorite Cocorosie song of all time.

CocoRosie - Werewolf
http://www.resonatormag.com/music/cocorosie-werewolf.mp3

The Touch - Le Night Dominator

Werd. This song is pretty ill...

Jens Lekman - A Higher Power

The Jens Lekman show last night... magical! It makes for three Jens songs of the day today. One is A Higher Power. You've got to listen to this song 3 times in a row, it's that good.
http://www.polaroidallaradio.it/audio/jens_lekman__a_higher_power.mp3

The second is Pocketful Of Money which he performed without the band and had the audience whistling the melody... beautiful.
http://jurc.org/audio/Pocketful%20Of%20Money.mp3

The other is a new song called New Directions, inspired by google maps directions :) It's a live recording, 'scuze the quality but it's unreleased so you're not going to get a better version:
http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/2/18/1767549/jens%20lekman%20-%20new%20directions%20-%20copenhagen%20-%202008-02-15.mp3

Crystal Castles - Alice Practice

http://www.daskonzept.com/music/Blog/Crystal%20Castles/02-crystal_castles-alice_practice.mp3

Violent Femmes

Good morning everyone! There should be a rule in the music biz: every track must incorporate a xylophone. Wouldn't the world be a happier place?

http://mattgallet.typepad.com/iwashere/files/09_gone_daddy_gone.mp3

Donovan Woods - My Cousin Has a Grey Cup Ring

My first post from the great white North. A nice relaxed piece of Canadiana for your ears...
I couldn't find a direct mp3 to link, but this is almost as good.

Donovan Woods - My Cousin Has a Grey Cup Ring

The Honeydrips - (Lack Of) Love Will Tear Us Apart

Tonight at Neumos with Jens Lekman and Marla Hansen

http://www.theclerisy.net/skatterbrain/01_Lack_Of_Love_Will_Tear_Us_Apart.mp3

The Finches

Aieee. Today I learned that the Finches broke up last month. When I listened to them I felt like we were all growing stronger, together, slowly and comfortably, even people who weren't listening to them, like leaves kissed by sunlight's travelling salesmen.

They continue to work on their other projects, PALMS and Roots of Orchis.

http://www.kvrx.org/locallive/sounds/805/The%20Finches%20-%20Live%20at%20KVRX%20-%2001%20Human%20Like%20a%20House.mp3

James - Laid

Hello. It's spring time, and I'm feeling great! It reminds me of happiness and joy, what with all the birds fornicating with the bees and whatnot... So, in celebration of this wonderful season, I offer you:

http://dirtymic.com//droppings/cover%20ideas/James%20-%20Laid.mp3
C'est magnifique, non?

The Kooks - Young Folks (Cover)

The Kooks - Young Folks
http://butterteam.com/02%20Young_Folks%20-%20kooks.mp3

Postal Service - Such Great Heights (Iron and Wine)

It's hard being the only cool kid on the block... I'm Dave and I've agreed to keep this blog real. This means that you can filter out the crass noise of the other contributers and point your feed reader solely at my posts (if that's even possible). Anyway, talking trash is always good times.

http://marshalldragoon.com/dl/space/The%20Postal%20Service%20-%20Such%20Great%20Heights%20%28Iron%20And%20Wine%29.mp3

The Return Of Longwave

I am happy to hear that one of my all time favorite indie rock bands "Longwave" is currently in the studio recording a new album. Sadly, they are not working with producer Dave Fridmann, who produced in my opinion the band's best album to date "The Strangest Things."

Longwave - Wake Me When It's Over (The Strangest Things album)

Fleet Foxes

Seeing as today is my first day on Furry Potatoes, I'm gonna recommend two songs.

This second one is a track called "Oliver James" by a Seattle act called Fleet Foxes, who manage to trot out the down-home folk sound without beating it to death. There is something about their use of reverb, and the unexpected winding turns of their compositions that suggests something more than a respectful nod to a genre.

I think this is something lacking in the American indie-rock landscape, where hacked-together rehashes be-speckle its otherwise lush growth as if scattered with the naivete of an immoderate toddler. Listen and love :)

http://www.box.net/shared/static/788y9g1cs8.mp3

Akron/Family

This is a track from the new album by Akron/Family, a clapping, singing psych-folk band from Pennsylvania. Almost their entire body of work makes me feel like I just regained consciousness on a tropical island, buried to the neck by tan Scandinavian children.

http://younggodrecords.com/FreeMP3/AkronFamily/LoveIsSimple/08Phenomena.mp3

Australians Know How To Dance

Cut Copy - Lights And Music (MoulinexRemix)
http://www.frankichan.com/websongs/CutCopy-LightsAndMusic%28MoulinexRemix%29.mp3
In Seattle on April 30th at Neumos

GUMBY BANGING HORSES

Cloud Cult - Journey of the Featherless

http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/1/5/1681341/CloudCult%20-%20Journey%20of%20the%20Featherless.mp3

Dancing With Foals

Dance-Rock from Oxford, England currently signed to Sub Pop Records.

Foals - Balloons


http://www.subpop.com/assets/audio/4214.mp3

MGMT - Time To Pretend

Same SOTD from my blog :)

http://nastypanda.com/wp-content/Mgmt%20-%2001%20-%20Time%20To%20Pretend.mp3
They're in Toronto on April 15th and Seattle April 21st - who's in?