New music from M83′s Anthony Gonzalez from the L’Autre Monde (Black Heaven) soundtrack. The album also features a second M83 song titled “Marion’s Theme”. This probably isn’t what you’d expect from M83 but we needed an excuse to post the album art. Source: Pitchfork.

M83 – Black Hole

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What a beautiful song from this English folk-pop band. Such true lyrics.

New song from Washed Out featuring vocals from Caroline Polacheck. The single is part of Adult Swim’s 8 Singles in 8 Weeks. Head over to the site to grab the download.

You and I – Washed Out featuring Caroline Polacheck

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Ra Ra Riot one of my favorite bands from my homeland of Upstate New York have their sophomore album The Orchard coming out August 24th. Here is a preview of what’ they’ve been up to. Their first album is so good that it has my “our song” on it.

Sleigh Bells is an American noise pop music duo. The group released their debut album, Treats, on May 11, 2010. They are signed to M.I.A.’s N.E.E.T. Recordings.

“GOBBLE GOBBLE is a vulture of the spirit, tearing away at the carrion of the soul. GOBBLE GOBBLE lives on the faultline between suits and destitutes, and it is from this isolated perch, impelled by the terror of a dayjob and utterly prostrate beneath the looming monolith of abstracted death, that he gathered his eggs together, prepared the nest that would become their home and began carving words into their sides. This nest, set gingerly on teetering high-rise stilts, encircles the flesh fruit that make up his debut album Neon Graveyard.”

I have no idea what that means.

They’re from Canada and their MySpace page is pretty cool.