The Smiths Limited Edition Box Set: Cover Art & Tracks

The set is due out on 12/8. It'll include:

Disc 1
Hand In Glove
Handsome Devil (Live)

Disc 2
This Charming Man
Jeane

Disc 3
What Difference Does It Make?
Back To The Old House

Disc 4
Still Ill
You’ve Got Everything Now

Disc 5
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Suffer Little Children

Disc 6
William, It Was Really Nothing
Please Please Please Let Me...

Disc 7
How Soon Is Now?
Well I Wonder

Disc 8
Shakespeare's Sister
What She Said

Disc 9
The Headmaster Ritual
Oscillate Wildly

Disc 10
That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
Meat Is Murder (Live)

Disc 11
The Boy With The Thorn...
Asleep

Disc 12:
Bigmouth Strikes Again
Money Changes Everything

For further info, head here.

MP3: The Smiths - Panic

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Au Revoir Simone Preps Remix LP

Reverse Migration is out on 11/11.

The set will include these tracks & remixers:

1. The Lucky One - Slow Club
2. Sad Song - Pacific!
3. Fallen Snow - The Teenagers
4. I Couldn't Sleep - Darkel
5. A Violent Yet Flammable World - Montag
6. Don't See The Sorrow - Keith Murray
7. Dark Halls - Best Fwends
8. Night Majestic - Matt Harding
9. Stars - Disco Pusher
10. Lark - Ruff & Jam
11. The Way To There - Mark Anthony Tieku
12. Sad Song - Alexis Taylor
13. The Lucky One - James Yuill

Visit Au Revoir Simone on MySpace.

MP3: ARS - Lark (Ruff & Jam Mix)

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Christina Aguilera Shares Cover Art & Tracks For New LP

Guilty pleasurists, rejoice!

Keeps Gettin' Better includes:

1. Genie In A Bottle (New Version)
2. What A Girl Wants
3. Come On Over Baby
4. Lady Marmalade (New Version)
5. Dirrty
6. Beautiful (New Version)
7. Fighter
8. Ain't No Other Man
9. Hurt
10. Candyman
11. Keeps Gettin' Better
12. Dynamite

The set will see daylight on 11/11.

Visit Christina on MySpace.

MP3: C. Aguilera - Hurt (Remix)

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Arctic Monkeys Drummer Readies 'Late Night Tales'

Official word is as follows: *For the latest edition of the esteemed Late Night Tales compilation series, Matt Helders from Arctic Monkeys collects together a selection of his favorite tracks. A more varied musical selection than you might expect, Matt has blended US and UK hip hop, dirty rock 'n' roll, electro and soul to create a soundtrack of what you might hear at his winding down after a night out.*

The set is due out by year's end.

Visit Arctic Monkeys at their official site.

MP3: Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down

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The Postmarks Share Art & Tracks For Covers LP

By The Numbers is out on 11/11.

The set will include:

1. One Note Samba
2. You Only Live Twice
3. Three Little Birds
4. OX4
5. Five Years
6. Six Different Ways
7. 7-11
8. Eight Miles High
9. Nine Million Rainy Days
10. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
11. 11:59
12. Pinball Number Count

Visit The Postmarks on MySpace.

MP3: The Postmarks - Goodbye

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New Smiths Compilation Due Out Next Month

Hang The DJ will see daylight on 9/15.

The set's release is against Morrissey's wishes.

View the full track listing here.

MP3: The Smiths - Panic

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The Presets Offer Summer Mixtape

Download GET OFF THE BEACH here.

Full track listing is as follows:

Roy Buchanan - A Fly By Night
Hanadensha - Acoustic Mothership
Public Enemy - Black Steel...
Von Südenfed - Dear Dead Friends
Sparks - Beat The Clock
African Suite - In The Pocket
Jamie Anderson & Jesse Rose - Jack...
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Toecutter - Terror Australis
Sepultura - Roots Bloody Roots
Raymond Scott - Cindy Electronium
Ambivalent - R U OK
Compuphonic & Kolombo - Passing Light
Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing
Chromatics - In The City
Pantha Du Prince - Saturn Strobe
The Presets - Anywhere
Cornelius - Scum
Jim O'Rourke - Something Big

MP3: The Presets - Eucalyptus

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Annie Lennox Readies Greatest Hits LP

Collection hits stores on 9/16.

The set includes the following tracks:

1. Little Bird
2. Walking On Broken Glass
3. Why?
4. No More I Love Yous
5. Precious
6. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
7. A Thousand Beautiful Things
8. Sing
9. Pavement Cracks
10. Love Song For A Vampire
11. Cold
12. Dark Road
13. Pattern Of My Life
14. Shining Light

Visit Annie Lennox on MySpace.

MP3: Annie Lennox - A Whiter...

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Stereophonics To Release 'Best Of' This Autumn

Decade In The Sun is out on 11/17.

Catch the trio on their upcoming North American journey.

Visit Stereophonics on MySpace.

MP3: Stereophonics - Summertime (Acoustic)

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Clinic Rarities Compilation Gets US Release

The fabulous Funf hits shops this week.

Domino Records has the pertinent purchase info.

Read my review of Clinic @ Bowery Ballroom here.

Visit Clinic at their official site.

MP3: Clinic - Live On 'The Interface'

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Starbucks Sets Tracks For Latest Indie Themed Compilation

Have You Heard? includes:

1 She & Him – Why Do You Let...
2 Goldfrapp – A&E
3 Grand Archives – Miniature Birds
4 The Rosewood Thieves – Honey...
5 Sera Cahoone – Baker Lake
6 Bon Iver – Skinny Love
7 Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
8 Over The Rhine – Nothing Is Innocent
9 Thao – Bag Of Hammers
10 Nada Surf – Beautiful Beat
11 Ryan Lindsey - Put Your Trust In Ross
12 Kate Tucker – Faster Than Cars Drive
13 Eagle Seagull – I'm Sorry...
14 Liam Finn – Second Chance
15 Bettye LaVette – You Don't Know...
16 Fink – This Is The Thing

Learn more here.

MP3: Thao - Bag Of Hammers

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The Chemical Brothers Ready Another Greatest Hits LP

Brotherhood is out on September 2nd.

Full track listing is as follows:

DISC 1
1 Galvanize
2 Hey Boy Hey Girl
3 Block Rockin' Beats
4 Do It Again
5 Believe
6 Star Guitar
7 Let Forever Be
8 Leave Home
9 Keep My Composure
10 Saturate
11 Out Of Control
12 The Golden Path
13 Setting Sun
14 Chemical Beats

DISC 2
1-10 Electronic Battle Weapons

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MP3: TCB - Hey Boy Hey Girl

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The Glass Generates Mix For Urb Mag

View all tracks & download the set here.

Visit The Glass on MySpace.

Catch the duo on their upcoming Euro tour.

MP3: The Glass - Urb Mix

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Alan Astor Creates Exclusive Mix For Belgian Radio Show

A genius five minute collection!

Enjoy the full compilation at his MySpace page.

Learn all about Beatz & Bleepz (out of Brussels) here.

CMJ loved his TMS gig at 205 Club.

MP3: Mary J. Blige - Just Fine (AA Remix)

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Bowie Tribute LP Takes Shape

Life Beyond Mars is out on 7/8.

Track listing is as follows:

1. Au Revoir Simone “Oh! You Pretty Things”
2. Heartbreak “Loving The Alien”
3. Kelley Polar “Magic Dance”
4. Leo Minor “Ashes To Ashes”
5. Carl Craig (Zoos Of Berlin) “Looking For Water”
6. Drew Brown “Sweet Thing”
7. Matthew Dear “Sound & Vision”
8. Susumu Yokota “Golden Years”
9. The Emperor Machine "Repetition"
10. Joakim & The Disco “A New Career In Town”
11. Richard Walters & Faultline “Be My Wife”
12. The Thing “Life On Mars”

Stream tracks from the release here.

MP3: David Bowie - Life On Mars?

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Health Unveils Remix LP

ATJ's headliners have a stunning new release.

Here's the full track listing for Disco:

1. Triceratops (Acid Girls Rmx A)
2. Lost Time (Pictureplane Rmx)
3. Triceratops (Acid Girls Rmx B)
4. Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. HEALTH)
5. Heaven (Narctrax Rmx)
6. Problem Is (Thrust Lab Rmx)
7. Triceratops (CFCF Rmx)
8. Lost Time (C.L.A.W.S. Rmx)
9. Tabloid Sores (Nosajthing Rmx)
10. Heaven (Pink Skull Rmx)
11. Perfect Skin (Curses! Rmx)

Sample the reinterpretations on MySpace.

MP3: Health - Triceratops (Acid Girls Rmx A)

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Thom Yorke Speaks Out About EMI Supported 'Greatest Hits'

He tells The Word: *"We haven't really had any hits so what exactly is the purpose? There's nothing we can do about it. The work is really public property now anyway, in my head at least. It's a wasted opportunity in that if we'd been behind it, and we wanted to do it, then it might have been good."* Read the full interview here.

MP3: Radiohead - Lucky

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Yahoo Counts Down '25 Best Greatest Hits Compilations'

The Top 5 are as follows:

5. Neil Young - Decade
4. Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits
3. James Brown - Star Time
2. The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
1. The Beatles - 1

View the full list here.

MP3: The Rolling Stones - Angie

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Four Tet Drops DJ Mix

Track listing is as follows:

1. Four Tet - Ringer
2. Liquid Liquid - Bell Head (Harvey Edit)
3. Avus - Tear
4. Burial - Raver
5. Sam Clarence - Sextant Daktari
6. Wookie - Manchu 2
7. Autechre - Play Neu!
8. Matt John - Olga Dancekowski
9. Kraftwerk - Ruckzuck
10. Plastikman - Helikopter
11. Siobhan Donaghy - Carl Craig (Remix)
12: The Field - Action

Visit Four Tet on MySpace.

Enjoy his Andrew Bird reinterpretation here.

MP3: Four Tet - DJ Mix

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The Rosebuds Release Free Remix LP

Sweet Beats, Troubled Sleep is available now.

The album includes reinterpretations by:

Portastatic
Fire Hazard
Bon Iver
Wes Phillips

Head here for downloading info.

Visit The Rosebuds on MySpace.

MP3: The Rosebuds - Live On KEXP

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