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As long as your willing to cough up some modest and not so forthright personal information, DFA Records is giving you the chance to download two songs and one video, for free through 7Digital . The songs are radio session tracks from Prinzhorn Dance School and Shocking Pinks and a video of LCD Soundsystem playing "Us Vs Them" live in Manchester. The download option expires on November 30th.

Trent Reznor recently announced he was taking Nine Inch Nails down the path of freedom by being label free , and he quickly followed with the news of a new remix album that will feature the likes of saul williams, ladytron, bill laswell, the faint, and more on a release called Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D. He'll release for download through Amazon, Vinyl, and a CD / DVD package, as well as offering pre-formatted tracks for GarageBand, Ableton Live and Wave files for people to remix on their own. Hold on to your hats, people, he's just getting going with this not being tied to a label thing . Here's what Trent Reznor said about it on the Nine Inch Nails web site"I can make this easy for you: if you just want to hear the tracks as cheaply as possible, get it digitally. The highest fidelity will likely be Amazon (through legal means). If you want something that's aesthetically cool and will enhance any collection, get the vinyl. Trust me, it looks great. The extra tracks are fa...

Dark and scary and of this earth. Ladies and gentlemen, with Clipd Beaks , I give you the first band offering worthy of the Fall season. The music is actually more experimental than scary, and scary might be a bit of a strong word, but the band uses subconscious themes to a devastating effect, and the power of that sound might freak you out. Real drums, analogue synth, lots of creativity and some lo-fi samples of found sounds get thrown together into a heady vortex of sound and cacophony and chaos. Occasionally they bring the music back into to order, just so they can make it all crazy again, you know? The back and forth is nice. They recently signed to LovePump United to release their upcoming album Hoarse Lords on November 6th. MP3 : Clipd Beaks Clipd Beaks: Hoarse Lords Track List: Release Date: November 6th, 2007 01 Melter 02 Wrathscapes 03 Manipulator 04 High on Charms 05 Hoarse Lords 06 We Will Bomb You (We Will) 07 Woo Melodies 08 Black Glass 09 Let It Win

The soon to be released album Pride by Phosphorescent is starting to make waves. Matthew Houck et al will make their way out on the road starting on October 10th for a smattering of tour dates. There's also an MP3 of A Picture of Our Torn Up Praise available online from the upcoming album. It comes out on October via the label Dead Oceans . MP3 : Phosphorescent Phosphorescent Tour Dates: 10/09/07 Grantham, PA - Larsen Student Union, Messiah College 10/10/07 Rochester, NY - Bug Jar 10/11/07 Scranton, PA - Test Pattern 10/12/07 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern 10/13/07 Grand Rapids, MI - The DAAC 10/14/07 Chicago, IL - AV-aerie 10/15/07 Urbana, IL - Canoply Club - Void Room 10/16/07 Rock Island, IL - Huckleberry's Pizza Parlor 10/18/07 Denver, CO - Hi Dive 10/19/07 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court 10/22/07 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern 10/23/07 Portland, OR - Towne Lounge w/ Au 10/24/07 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern 10/26/07 Los Angeles, CA - El Cid 10/27/07 Phoenix, AZ - C...

For fans of the Jesus Lizard and Amphetimine Reptile Records... Clockcleaner picks up where these movements left off, offering a modern-day take and the dry and dark sounds of amplified distortion. Want to wake yourself up out of a day-to-day slumber? Try Clockcleaner and get your (er) clock cleaned. Not for the faint of heart. MP3: Clockcleaner

Deerhoof have released a free MP3 album of live performances, outtakes, remixes, and covers. It's currently being offered on the Kill Rock Stars web site. "OK it's been too long since we offered anything free on our page! Here is an mp3 album, live and goodies. I don't know how long we can keep these up here, I might recommend downloading now and asking questions later. Play back with 0 seconds pause between songs..." said the band on their web site. You can also check them out on tour when they play with some really big names: Bloc Party, Smoosh, and an incredible London show with Liars, Deerhunter, Black Lips as part of All Tomorrow's Parties Release The Bats festival. Check out more tour dates below. MP3: Deerhoof Deerhoof Tour Dates: sep 21 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live (w/ J Versus and Bloc Party) sep 22 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues (w/ J Versus and Bloc Party) sep 23 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom (w/ Smoosh and Bloc Party) sep 25 - Nashville, TN...

Dark and dry, just like every bit of of Band of Horses music we've heard in the past. That's a good thing. Somehow these guys cold compress their sound into a sweet package of BOH sonification everytime, I swear it's magic... The new single sees the boys not missing a thing since the departure of Mat Brooke last year. They worked with Phil Elk who also helped out with 2006's Everything All The Time. Is There A Ghost is part their upcoming Cease To Begin album, due out on October 9th via Sub Pop Records. MP3: Band of Horses - Is There A Ghost

Boasting 8 members and a dedicated group of design peeps centered around production, photography and PR, the Washington DC-based band is the second band to sign to the Hardly Art label. Before you think they're just about image, consider this... they consider themselves a collective of artists and musicians. The band is finishing their new album The Throne of the Heaven of the Third Nations' Millennium General Assembly. Indie pop meets blips on their new single We Are Gods! We Are Wolves! MP3: LeLoup

Black Dice are moving quickly towards their October 23rd release of Load Blown , and have announced a set of shows for November in support of the album. They've just recently signed to Paw Tracks to release the album, so Animal Collective's collection grows larger. Their live experience is nothing short of mind-blowing as you can see in this video from a FatCat Records showcase... MP3: Black Dice Black Dice Tour Dates 11-01 Boston, MA - Nom D'Artiste 11-02 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa 11-03 Toronto, Ontario - Sneaky Dee's 11-04 Detroit, MI - Scrummage University 11-05 Chicago, IL - Lakeshore Theatre 11-06 Minneapolis, MN - Soo Visual Arts Center 11-09 Seattle, WA - Neumos Crystal Ballroom 11-12 San Francisco, CA - 12 Galaxies 11-22 Philadelphia, PA - Vacuum 11-23 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom

Minus The Bear might just never make it back home. They've gone on a tour bender, and keep adding dates to a tour that now extends into December. They're playing with bands like Subtle, Ela, and Helio Sequence based on location. Minus The Bear was formed members of Kill Sadie, Botch, and Sharks Keep Moving. They set out on Seattle at the turn of the century and were eventually signed by Suicide Squeeze Records. They're touring in support of the newly released Planet Of Ice . The album is the follow-up to 2005's Menos el Oso and is their third album to date. MP3 : Minus The Bear Minus The Bear Tour Dates 09-23 - Spokane, WA - Service Station 09-24 - Missoula, MT - The Badlander 09-27 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall 09-28 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop (2 shows) 09-29 -- Pittsburgh, PA - Diesel 09-30 - Buffalo, NY - Tralf Music Hall 10-01 - Toronto, ON - Opera House 10-03 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs 10-04 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs 10-05 - B...

Iron & Wine and Arthur & Yu and you too, if you go to one of the shows. Next week Seattle's Arthur & Yu head off to Japan for some quick shows before coming back to the U.S. for a number of shows in September and October, with Iron & Wine and Great Lake Swimmers. Arthur & Yu have a sort of retroactive nostalgia for a time when folk was everything, and they take to it in a minimalist-indie rock sort of way. Their new album In Camera was recently released on Hardly Art. MP3: Arthur & Yu MP3: Iron & Wine Arthur & Yu Tour Dates 09-11 - Tokyo, Japan - O-Nest (w/ Grand Hallway) 09-13 - Nagoya, Japan - Tokuzo (w/ Grand Hallway) 09-14 - Kyoto, Japan - Urbanguild (w/ Grand Hallway) 09-23 - Chicago, IL - Metro (w/ Iron & Wine) 09-25 - Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall (w/ Iron & Wine) 09-26 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis (w/ Iron & Wine) 09-27 - Boston, MA - The Orpheum Theater (w/ Iron & Wine) 09-28 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theater (...