Two former members of Panic! At the Disco team up with The Young Veins to release their first classic rock-tinged album Take A Vacation!

Vocalist and songwriter Liz Fullerton and Jedi Mind Tricks’ Stoupe have joined together to form the band Dutch, and after working for almost three years, the duo is proud to release their ten-track debut, A Bright Cold Day on Enemy Soil.

Debut album Wild Smile from the Brooklyn, NY band (and Frenchkiss Records’ most recent signings) Suckers, features lively guitar-pop melodies and standout singles like, “A Mind I Knew” and “Black Sheep.”  Purchase it directly from the band here to get two exclusive bonus tracks.

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LA quintet Local Natives unveiled the brand new video for Gorilla Manor highlight “World News” today on Pitchfork. The clip features everything from creepy, headset-donning doppelgangers to an amazing Frisbee-fetching kanine, with plenty of beach frolicking thrown in between – watch for the hors d’oeuvres and Gatorade baths! The video was shot on a beautiful, mountainous beach in LA and was directed by “Stillness Is The Move” helmsmen Matthew Lessner, who can now add Local Natives to his increasingly impressive resume.

Watch Local Natives’ “World News” video on Pitchfork.tv:
http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/5474-local-natives-world-news-frenchkissfix

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Gorilla Manor, the recently “Best New Music’d” debut from LA quintet Local Natives hit stores this week, and to celebrate the band just announced a big ‘ol batch of new tour dates.  Check them out along with some new press quotes below.

Download and share “Sun Hands” from Gorilla Manor [Frenchkiss Records]:
http://bit.ly/bTiKV0

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Los Angeles quintet Local Natives announced today that fans can now pre-order an exclusive deluxe package of their critically acclaimed debut Gorilla Manor on the band’s website.  The digital pre-order includes instant gratification downloads of album standouts “Camera Talk” and “Sun Hands,” along with a demo recording of Talking Heads cover “Warning Sign,” plus a live video and mp3 courtesy of KEXP, and (yes, there’s more) a live video of “Wide Eyes” from a Paris performance.  Fans can listen to and watch all of the content on the band’s website.  A pre-order of the CD or vinyl from Insound also includes the bonus “Sun Hands” seven inch, complete with an exclusive b-side.

Pre-Order Gorilla Manor Here:
http://www.thelocalnatives.com/

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Hope you’re all relaxed and full of BBQ from the long weekend! This week at the Rind we’re incredibly excited for the looong-awaited release of Cage’s Depart From Me. Also in our Featured Artists section is the up and coming new mall-friendly Florida quintet, Broadway. In our free tracks section, we’ve got one from the honey-voiced David Mead, “Two” (the track, not the number) from the haunting and anthemic Brooklynites The Antlers, their Frenchkiss labelmate Sean Bones, Trife Diesel (aka Trife Da God) and many more. Bubbling Up brings us Staten Island’s funkiest, the Budos Band, along with Danish darling Bird and some essential summer indie-pop from Generationals. As always there’s a ton more In Stores Now and Coming Soon, including Royce Da 5′9″, Assembly of Dust and DJ Spinna to name a few. Enjoy!

Welcome folks, to another Daily Rind Newsletter! We’re bursting at the seams this week when it comes to free tracks, but first let’s take a look at our Featured Artists. First up we’ve got soul legend Lee Fields, with his incredible Truth & Soul debut, My World. Grab the lead leak “Love Comes and Goes” below, along with a brand new remix of the title track from Stones Throw artist Aloe Blacc. Our other featured artist this week is an exciting new signing from Frenchkiss Records (yes, the label that brought us Passion Pit and The Dodos), The Antlers, with their already critically acclaimed LP Hospice.

Now on to that immense batch of free tracks - there’s catchy indie-pop from Generationals, reggae-tinged indie rock from Sean Bones, one of Wu-Tang’s own deities U-God, and another type of deity in certain circles - Mike Gordon from Phish, who guests on the amazing new track “Arc of the Sun” by Assembly of Dust. Also make sure you pick up the brand new funky sounds of Budos Band and everything else up there! We have some great new videos from Swedish sirens The Sweptaways and the Evil Genius DJ Green Lantern as well, along with plenty more goodies Bubbling Up, In Stores Now and Coming Soon!

Welcome to this week’s Daily Rind Newsletter.  Our Featured Artists section boasts the much buzzed about debut LP from Passion Pit, Manners, plus the sophomore gem, Still Night, Still Light, from indie pop sirens Au Revoir Simone. We’ve got some great new free tracks from recent Frenchkiss signings The Antlers, up and coming hip hop artist Fashawn, classic garage from Figures of Light and the soultastic sounds of Lee Fields. We also have two amazing videos for your viewing pleasure - the creepy new Cage cut (directed by Shia Labeouf) for “I Never Knew You,” and the fun (but also a little creepy) Passion Pit vid for Manners standout “The Reeling.” Two exciting new artists who grace our Bubbling Up section this week are The Builders and the Butchers and Sean Bones (along with the aforementioned Antlers), whose upcoming albums make for perfect summer soundtracks. And as always, there’s lots more In Stores Now and Coming Soon!

Passion Pit has launched a remix contest for a still-under-wraps track from Manners, offering up stem snippets of “Little Secrets” nearly a full month before the album’s release. The band has asked fans to download their own special clip, trade with other participating musicians and remixers, and build their own songs around the pieces. Fans will vote for their ten favorites until May 15th. After voting closes, Passion Pit will pick five remixes to be released along with a special vinyl version of “Little Secrets,” while the five runners up will receive a copy of the vinyl and a signed CD of Manners. All the pieces are available for preview at the link below.

Grab Snippets Of “Little Secrets” Here

And unless you’ve been in hiding all week, you’ll know the band unveiled the video for first Manners single and current internet fave, “The Reeling,” exclusively on MTVU this Monday. Always ones for engaging visuals, the Boston electro-popsters follow the surreal stop animation acrobatics of “Sleepyhead” with an equally stunning, effect-aided affair. Directed by vid whiz collective Humble, the clip is available below.

Watch And Share “The Reeling” From Passion Pit’s Manners [Frenchkiss Records; May 19th, 2009]
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Frenchkiss Records will release the debut full-length from Brooklyn island-indie ragamuffin Sean Bones (nee Sullivan) on July 21st. What started last summer as the musical component to a lighthearted fashion line quickly morphed into a full-fledged project for Sullivan. As he patiently awaited the release of his former act Sam Champion’s Heavenly Bender, Sullivan dove into the studio to create a solo single he would package with the swim trunks he’d created for his own S/S FRIENDS line. A RCRD LBL rave, and a single show later, Sean Bones suddenly became Frenchkiss’ latest signing, joining the ranks of San Francisco’s Dodos and Boston’s Passion Pit, not to mention founders Les Savy Fav.

Download Sean Bones’ “Sugar In My Spoon” From Rings [Frenchkiss; July 21st] At RCRDLBL

Disappearing into the studio with Jay Braun, who’s also worked with the Stills and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Sean Bones would create what is sure to be one of the most distinctive records of the year, a song cycle that runs the roots gamut from the sturdy rocksteady groove and sly Phil Spector nods of “Cry Cry Cry” to the myriad twilight zone passages of “Smoke Rings,” a song that isn’t afraid to drop bits of Afrobeat, reggaeton and disco on its way to your summertime-in-the-city playlist. And then there’s “Turn Them,” a duet with the Grammy award winning Norah Jones, who Sullivan stars opposite in a forthcoming film.

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Digital crate-diggers, HEAR YE!

In 2008, dost thou only listen to music released in 2008? (NO!*)

Dost thou listen to music issued in other decades, perhaps even The Nineteen Eighties? (YES!)

Dost thou discovereth music after yon peers hast discovered it, and you’re all embarrassed when they declareth it “so last year?” (SOMETIMES!)

BE NOT EMBARRASSED.

These are 30 albums that we discovered and freaked out about in 2008. Some are old. Some are new. Some are reissues, so they’re old *and* new. All are 100% wizard.
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