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Brief Respite Apologies for the lack of action here this week. We've been temporarily dragged out of the internet. Normal service will resume on Monday. In the meantime, listen to my radio debut on the BBC Radio 1 Review Show with the awesome Nihal, Example and Dev. Sorry Joy, did my best. Posted by: Scott 29/10/09 Talk Talk Tonight, I'm a guest on the BBC Radio 1 Review Show hosted by Nihal. It's live at 9pm. Tune in and hear me try desperately not to swear. Posted by: Scott 27/10/09 Ocean Of Emptiness Because I am so intensely awesome in all ways vanity is my favourite sin and, yes, I do think this song is about me. Celestial Bodies is Ferry from Semifinalists' new band and their songs twinkle like tiny galaxies. He and the cosmos are one, but what's that giant space baby floating behind him? Don't worry, dudes, it's just my ego. Celestial Bodies - Vanity [mp3] Posted by: Scott 22/10/09 Last Embrace The name Warm Hands is a little misleading here. Instead of holding you tight as the cold sets in, he proffers creepy, skeletal jams with foreboding titles like Darker and Anxiety. When me and my chainsaw are sitting alone in a cabin at the end of the world waiting for the zombies to attack again, this is what we'll listen to. Warm Hands - Darker [mp3] Warm Hands - Anxiety [mp3] Posted by: Scott 21/10/09 Luce Solare When His Clancyness sends us songs they invariably end up on here, such is their unswerving awesomeness. And this summer we visited a pretty place called Malsescine on his recommendation. He's a woozy troubadour and our personal travel adviser. He basically rules. Here is his latest offering, which lilts and laps at your toes like vast and gentle waters. You can catch His Clancyness's live UK debut at best bud Banjo Or Freakout's single launch on 27/10 and listen to those two old pals shooting the breeze over at Platform. His Clancyness - Ottawa Backfired Soon [mp3] Posted by: Scott 19/10/09 321 : Cough Cool Dan Svizeny is our kind of dude. As Cough Cool he writes woozy songs for sweethearts and epic jams for the rest of us. This track is from a Woven Tones split with the amazing Wild Safari. After the jump Dan extols the many virtues of Ween. [Continues...] Cough Cool - Flower Reading [mp3] Posted by: Scott 15/10/09 Sip The Juice [Pic via ilovehotdogs] Blood Orange is a playful new project from the ever-dexterous Dev Hynes. He sent us two new tracks for your delectation, a six-stringed flight through the neon-stripped night, and a sunrise cruise through the catacombs of Queens. He calls this a "wanky experiment" and the results are empirically awesome. Blood Orange - I'm Sorry We Lied (Demo 2) (Demo) [mp3] Blood Orange - Sutphin Boulevard (Demo) [mp3] Posted by: Scott 14/10/09 My Friends Are Tough [Photo by Owen Richards] For this week's D2P I caught up with the fantastic Fair Ohs. We spoke about dude culture and a variety of dudes. Read it and listen to their awesome Almost Island at The FADER. Posted by: Scott 14/10/09 L-I-V-I-N This song opens with a Matthew McConaughey sample so of course we're going to love it, but its charm doesn't end with the romcom Brando. It sounds like the best high school party ever, and Assassins 88 only came to do two things, kick some ass and drink some beer. Looks like we're almost out of beer. Assassins 88 - Age Of Consent [mp3] [Free album] Posted by: Scott 13/10/09 From The Ashes [Photo: Shay Peretz] We're not sure why The Muslims changed their once awesome name to The Soft Pack, nor why this is called a remix when it's clearly a cover. Maybe it's what Phoenix would sound like had they grown up in leathers gargling gin instead of quaffing chamomile in chinos. There are tons more of these Phoenix remixes forthcoming. Phoenix - Fences (The Soft Pack remix) [mp3] Posted by: Scott 09/10/09 A Midnight Dreary It could be the sheet rain, the dead raven on our doorstep or the fact that we've broken out the winter coats, but music is starting to feel a bit like the end of Ghostbusters. Before they even strike a note Blessure Grave warn of serious injury and they do not shy from this pitch black broadcast. Stumble into the darkness below then wallow in the mixtape they made for Actual Pain. Zoooool. Blessure Grave - Shadow [mp3] Posted by: Scott 07/10/09 Just Blazed As Campfires are from Chicago this song is probably not about Bargain Hunt or Loose Women, so we will have to wait a little longer for our favourite shows to ignite musical inspiration. What we do have is stacked high with tottering, tumble-down charm, and blazing with a wild, ashy warmth that will sting your eyes. Their songs don't last long, but the embers glow a while after. Campfires - Daytime TV [mp3] Posted by: Scott 06/10/09 321 : Silver Columns We have no idea who the mysterious Silver Columns is/are but this song sounds like Jimmy Somerville playing Mario Kart and that can only be a good thing. After the jump he/they talk dog shit and "the MP3 equivalent of AIDS." [Continues...] Silver Columns - Brow Beaten [mp3] Posted by: Scott 02/10/09 De Facto If you'd asked us yesterday what a Becoming Real remix of Banjo Or Freakout might sound like we wouldn't have said xylophone club banger, yet here it is. But then yesterday we didn't know Mr Real is busy writing his dissertation about 9/11 and its representation in art, and today we do. Learn much more about this fantastic weirdo at the FADER. Banjo Or Freakout - Left It Alone (Becoming Real remix) [mp3] Posted by: Scott 01/10/09