Contest: Francis and the Lights Tickets + 7-Inch + “Lime” MP3

Francis Starlite of Francis and the Lights is clearly into tracking and obsessively documenting how he spends his time. Whether its through his public records of what he does with his money or through this tumblr blog of him playing the piano every day and sitting in the exact same position, he is dedicated to consistency and personal improvement and we have to admire that. Now you too can appreciate his dedication by sending your full name and address to contests@thefader.com for your chance to win a pair of tickets to the Francis Farewell Starlite Solo Piano Performance at Joe’s Pub (tickets available for purchase here) this Saturday as well as an all new Francis and the Lights collectible 7-inch from Cantora Records. Check one of the aforementioned tumblr videos after the jump.



Download: Francis and the Lights, “Lime”

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Michael Jackson, “Beat It (Jakwob and Jestar’s Wakowob)” MP3

After downloading about 90,342 MJ tribute mixes and attending 32 different MJ-themed events (including one spin class dedicated to his post-Off the Wall work), it seemed there would be no new way to pay respects to the greatest of all time. But Jakwob, whose Ellie Goulding remix we’re unceasingly wild for, and his old pal Jestar, have remade “Beat It” into a true-blue Brit bass-wobbler with echoes of dub that’s more creative than most of the homages being horseshoed onto el internet. It’s refreshing… and this shit stays being sad.



Download: Michael Jackson, “Beat It (Jakwob and Jestar’s Wakowob)” (via Neon Gold)

Freeload: Lil Brod, “Hold On” MP3

By now we’ve learned to trust DJ Burn One’s seasoned ear to the point that not even a name like
Lil Brod would dissuade us from checking out what he’s championing. Right before the weekend, Burn One posted Lil Brod’s “Hold On,” which, with its acoustic strings and inspirational posturing, was just what the doctor ordered in the wake of losing a piece of music itself.



Download: Lil Brod, “Hold On” (via Blvd St)

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Freeload: Money Addict, “Yean Gone Like That” MP3

If Huntsville is the melting pot of rap, the place where minor trance radio hits intersect with Outkast and Weezer and whatever else the Block Beataz feel like incorporating into their productions, then Money Addict is the gruff voiced mixing spoon, stirring things up and never allowing the beat to settle under the weight of his ominous voice. Compared to a lot of dudes in the Huntsville scene, he’s been relatively quiet since our story on the Paper Route crew in FADER 51, releasing a mixtape and a couple dark and creepy songs that are depressing enough that the only time we can really fuck with them is on headphones. He’s back with “Yean Gone Like That,” another song that follows this same formula. When we were hanging out in Alabama he told us that he wasn’t that deep into rapping. Based on this and also this, we’d have to disagree.



Download: Money Addict, “Yean Gone Like That”

Freeload: Clipse f. Keri Hilson & Pharrell, “Eyes On Me” MP3

We’ll admit to being more than a little skeptical when Clipse said ’Til The Casket Drops wouldn’t be the all-Neptunes affair their prior albums had been, but having now heard three songs and two of them being Neptunes-produced, either our skepticism was well-founded or they were bullshitting. Regardless, we posted tagged up version of this a couple weeks ago, but this is the official jam. Might we also suggest Clipse hand Ryan Leslie a dusty check for the “Something That I Like” beat that Pusha recently guested on? Judging by history, that song won’t be on a Leslie album until 2017.



Download: Clipse f. Keri Hilson & Pharrell, “Eyes On Me” (via Re-Up Gang)

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Download: Ryan Leslie f. Pusha T, “Something That I Like”

Freeload: Fool’s Gold, “Surprise Hotel” MP3

Since putting them in our new summer music issue, we’ve been keeping frequent tabs on LA’s Foreign Born and its many jamming tendrils, including the dreamy Glasser and now Fool’s Gold—principally Foreign Born’s Lewis Pesacov along with Luke Top and many, many others—extract the the flecks of Afro-pop from FB and make it the whole thing. IAMSOUND just put up this song from the collective’s self-titled album, due September 29th, and it is yet another reason to believe Los Angeles is finally coming to terms with always being sunny and near the ocean and might as well give up trying to be bummed out.



Download: Fool’s Gold, “Surprise Hotel”

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Freeload: Norse Horse, “Swamp Trotter” + “Sleepers” + “Gangplank Galleon” MP3s

In our latest issue, Dee Dee bka Dum Dum Girls went on an epic California road trip to hang out with a bunch of like-minded bands. On her way down from San Francisco to San Diego to meet up with Wavves, she visited with the dudes of Family Time Records, who have crafted their own incestuous (in a good way) mini-scene. You can hear a bunch of those bands on our latest issue podcast, but one band you can’t hear is Norse Horse, who will be releasing a CD-R on Family Time and whose music we still haven’t quite pinned down. There’s the sweaty stomp of “Swamp Trotter,” and the kid’s birthday party sugar rush of “Sleepers,” but then there’s also “Gangplank Galleon,” a comedown track with intricately woven guitars and what sounds like field recordings of birds.



Download: Norse Horse, “Needle Beach”



Download: Norse Horse, “Sleepers”



Download: Norse Horse, “Gangplank Galleon” (all three via No Pain in Pop)

Freeload: DJ Ayres’ Michael Jackson Mix MP3

Since you are now concurrently overwhelmed by and fiending for a refresher course/memory wax on the dearly departed King of Pop, you should revisit the Michael Jackson mix DJ Ayres made for Brooklyn radio last year. It spans Jackson’s whole musical life, which essentially began when he was a little badass baby. Literally no kid star will ever be that talented. It’s chronological, from “I Wanna Be Where You Are” to “I Can’t Help It,” “Say Say Say” to “Remember the Time” to “Butterflies.” Rest in peace to a genius.

Download: DJ Ayres’ Michael Jackson Mix

Freeload: Tanlines Michael Jackson Tribute MP3

This song doesn’t even have a name. We were surprised to find it in our inbox so quickly after The King’s death yesterday, so we asked Tanlines‘ Jesse Cohen what the deal was. He said, “We were working in the studio on something else when the news broke and I happened to be playing with a synth that sounded like the one from ‘Beat It.’ So Eric figured out the guitar line and we made this tribute quickly.” You can see them pulling this together briefly in the above video. As we said before, the breadth of MJ’s influence and spark are immeasurable and maybe the good of his passing will be its reignition. Let this be the beginning.



Download: Tanlines’ Michael Jackson Tribute

Freeload: JJ, “From Africa to Malaga” MP3

Is everything about this song perfect? The mysterious JJ’s angelic voice. The patter of drums, steel, conga and otherwise. The melancholy lyrics. The most artfully sanguine artwork since Yoko Ono’s Season of Glass. It is on the same label as former FADER cover stars Tough Alliance. Basically the only bummer is that when this song ends in our iTunes, it alphabetically goes into “We Own” by KES, a soca song we love but it is totally jarring, like napping on a goose feather pillow, then getting splashed in the face with iced coffee. We’re awake!

Go to Sincerely Yours to download and offer up some cash if you think it’s worth it, we suggest the $12-73 price range for this one song (we would say a billion but it’s a recession). (Via Acephale Records Twitter [we know.])

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