Song : Porcelain Raft : “Think of the Ocean”

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Mauro Remiddi, better known under the moniker Porcelain Raft, will be returning with a new LP, Permanent Signal, on August 20th via Secretly Canadian. This record is more organic than his excellent debut Strange Weekend with more use of tradition instrumentation and less electronic. According to Remiddi, he “wanted to record in the studio just to capture the guitars and drums properly, and to have some real input from musicians I respected and loved to hang with.” Some of the musicians appearing on the record are Yuck’s Jonny Rogoff on drums, Antlers’ bassist Darby Cicci (who also contributed double vocals and trumpet, and engineered the sessions in his Brooklyn studio), and cellist Gaspar Claus (collaborator with Sufjan Stevens and Bryce Dessner of The National).

The first reveal from the album is the hazy beauty “Think of the Ocean.” While the sounds on this song are expansive, it still is able to maintain an intimate feel to it. Remeddi is able to keep the listener right there with him in the midst of what feels like a tumultuous point in his life that is most obvious with the repeated line in the song “am I going insane.” If this is the opening track, we look forward to hear what the rest of the LP has in store. Find the stream below along with the trailer for the album.

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Video : Arctic Monkeys : “Do I Wanna Know?”

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After performing the song live, Arctic Monkeys revealed the proper studio version of the song “Do I Wanna Know?” through an animated video. The song, as of now, is a single, but word is we should expect a full-length later this year. It has really been interesting to see these guys develop over the years into band that is consistently changing and open to new directions. Listen to the song and watch the video below.

Song : Ski Lodge : “Boy”

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After turning some heads with the 2011 self-titled EP and song “Just To Be Like You” earlier this year, Ski Lodge, the musical project of Andrew Marr, is ready to release his debut album Big Heart via Dovecote. The album will include the previously mentioned “Just To Be Like You” and this new one “Boy” with eleven tracks in total. Marr does his best to pull inspiration from the likes of The Smiths/Morrissey and succeeds with the two songs to date. Listen to “Boy” below.

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Video : Iron & Wine : “Caught in the Briars” (At: Guitar Center with Nic Harcourt)

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Sam Beam, better known as Iron & Wine, is in the midst of promoting his latest and fifth studio album Ghost on Ghost released earlier this year via 4AD/Nonesuch. Recently, he filmed an episode of At: Guitar Center with Nic Harcourt to perform some tracks and speak about his new offering. One of the song peformed was opening track “Caught in the Briars.” You can never go wrong with the simple elegance of Beam’s compositions. They are just timeless. Find the video below and listen to the entire podcast here.

Song : M.I.A. : “Bring The Noize”

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Mantangi, the long-awaited fourth LP from M.I.A. has gone through some issues since its announcement. It was supposed to be released in April, but supposedly was deemed too positive by her label Interscope Records. Since, she has been reworking to darken the subject matter a bit and should anticipate a release around early fall. Over the weekend, we heard a snippet of a new song “Bring The Noize” via Vine, but now get the song in full via Zane Lowe’s BBC 1 show. Listen below.

Song : Austra : “Hurt Me Now”

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“Hurt Me Now” is the third single from Austra’s new LP, Olympia,out tomorrow via Domino and starts to put together a theme of heartache and pain when matched with other songs “Painful Like” and “Home.” The music is dense on this LP and you get a sense that this a band starting to come into their own under the leadership of Katie Stelmanis. You can check out the track below and stream the entire album here.

Song : Kiings x Christine Hoberg : “You Can’t See Me”

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“You Can’t See Me” is a new track by the collaboration of Milwaukee’s Kiings, comprised of Chris Siegel and Sean Foran, and Brooklyn singer Christine Hoberg. As of now, it is a one off song available to buy here at their bandcamp, but we are hoping that this could lead to some more music from them. Hoberg’s captivating vocals are mixed with perfect production from Kiings that don’t overwhelm, but accentuate them even further. Stream it below.