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Bonobo — “Black Sands”

The title track from Bonobo’s latest album starts with a slow burn and builds into a beautifully syncopated 6/8 groove. It’s my favorite track on an altogether excellent record.

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Blonde Redhead — “Here Sometimes”

The new single that trickled on to the interwebz mid-June, with the promise of more to come, but none so far.

The Acorn — “Misplaced”

From the Southern Souls project, a wonderful collection of acoustic sessions with Canadian indie artists. You can learn more about the project in this piece from the National Post. Hat tip to Josh Newman for the great find.

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Philip Selway — “By Some Miracle”

From the forthcoming solo project, Familial, by Philip Selway of Radiohead, due to release in August.

NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert: Phoenix

NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series is an absolute gem. Check out the full catalog.

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Athlete — “It’s Not Dan’s Fault”

From the recently released dub remix EP, Beyond Dub Neighbourhood. I picked up my copy at Athlete’s show this month in Toronto, but it can also be found online.

‘At this moment,’ the letter says, ‘we are facing our biggest challenge ever. Many forces including Creative Commons, Public Knowledge, Electronic Frontier Foundation and technology companies with deep pockets are mobilizing to promote ‘Copyleft’ in order to undermine our ‘Copyright.’

ASCAP Declares War on Free Culture

In its ongoing march toward complete irrelevance, ASCAP calls on its members to fight the free culture movement, including voluntary licenses like Creative Commons.

My Top Five So Far

It’s been a great year for indie music. Here are my top five albums so far this year:

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Damien Jurado — “Kansas City”

Thanks to the wonderful We Are Hunted, tonight I discovered Damien Jurado and his new release, Saint Bartlett. It’s a beautiful album. This brief, haunting track, in particular, has blown me away.

Music and Tech Recap — May 2010 Edition

Another insightful recap by Gabriel Nijmeh of this month’s developments in music and technology, including new launches and investments.