Intuition- I Ruined These Songs For You Too

A year after his first stab at ruining gems from Amy Winehouse, The Black Keys, Portishead, and Grizzly Bear, emerging Los Angeles MC Intuition is back with a brand new bag of unauthorized collaborations. Instead of tackling obvious trendy remix bands like Toro Y Moi and Little Dragon, Intuition challenges music nerds of all shapes, sizes, and external hard drive capacities by manipulating more obscure songs from Jai Paul, Icona Pop, Javelin, and Jessica Lee Mayfield and putting his own spin on less celebrated cuts from headliners such as Sublime, Erykah Badu, The Strokes, and Raphael Saadiq.

Ruined or renewed? You be the judge.

Download: Intuition- I Ruined These Songs For You Too

Track List:
01. Jai Paul - BTSTU (feat. Intuition)
02. Icona Pop - Manners (feat. Intuition)
03. Phantogram - When I'm Small (feat. Intuition)
04. Sublime - Get out (feat. Intuition)
05. Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer (feat. Intuition)
06. Javelin - Susie Cues (feat. Intuition)
07. Frank Ocean - Swim Good (feat. Intuition)
08. Jessica Lea Mayfield - Our Hearts Are Wrong (feat. Intuition)
09. The Strokes - Under The Cover of Darkness (feat. Intuition)
10. Raphael  Saadiq - Good Man (feat. Intuition)
11. Erykah Badu - Soldier (feat. Intuition)

Free Indie Rock Album: Turning Torso- Walker

Turning Torso is the instrumental rock project from an unknown 20 year old guitarist/producer from Mexico named David Sánchez. On his debut album, Walker, David mashes up waves of dreamy guitar notes with islands of digital drums and psychedelic noises, forming a serene instrumental experience comparable to the breakdowns of Minus the Bear, Explosions in the Sky, and Bibio.

I think what the young David Sánchez created in his bedroom studio with an electric guitar and modest recording tools is intriguing and full of potential. This album is a small moment in music where we can thank technology and embrace what it can do for emerging musicians on a budget.

Listen to Turning Torso on BandSoup

Free Album Download: Turning Torso- Walker

Free (or Name Your Own Price) Indie Rock Album: Jeremy Lee Given- Old Flames

Another artists I came across doing stuff for BandSoup. Very nice debut from a relatively unknown artist out of Boston. If you dig Bon Iver, Band of Horses, or Department of Eagles, I'd recommend.

If you are a fan and follower of the current indie rock ethos, Jeremy Lee Given is going to make your head spin. Soaking up influences from some of indie rock's most lauded bands and solo artists, Given's debut album, Old Flames, listens like a greatest hits compilation from the genre's last five years. Spread throughout the album's 9-tracks are hints of Bon Iver, Department of Eagles, Band of Horses, and Vampire Weekend, giving Old Flames a smooth and sprightly taste, despite it being a brazen brew of moods that will numb your entire body once swallowed and digested.

Read More/Free Download on the flip side.

Besides the obvious comparisons one could make about Jeremy Lee Given's voice, there is a lot to be said about the Knoxville born, Boston based singer-songwriter. His vocals, both tranquil and interesting, are pleasant to take in and intriguing enough to repeat; his song construction and sequencing impeccable and clean; and his songwriting skills polished and endearing. If you are a fan of moody indie rock, JLG is a must listen and his latest record holds its own with the most praised folk records of last year.

Old Flames is available via Given's bandcamp page for $0-whatever you want to give. Take a listen, soak it in, let the old flames burn and warm your soul.

Listen to Jeremy Lee Given on BandSoup Here. Download/Stream/Purchase the Album by Clicking 'Artist Link'.

Free Indie Rock Album: The Juliets- Self Titled

I don't post much indie rock on here, but I came across this band while doing some stuff for the other site. Good stuff out of Detroit.

Fronted by pianist Jeremy Freer and supported by a classical collective made up of violinist Sara Myers, cellist Kaylan Mitchell, bassist Ashton Hopkins, and drummer Jax Phillips, The Juliets are the new pride of Detroit and the emerging Michigan music scene.

Read More/Free Download on the Flip Side

After being formed in late 2008, The Juliets began to construct classically influenced pop songs over bottles of red wine. Within the fermented grapes they found truth in sound and began to lay down their debut self titled album. The debut, which was released in February of 2010, is one of the indie pop genre's most slept on albums of the year; a flawless unveiling full of infectious melodies, masterfully designed compositions, and sublime strings. A true masterpiece that is tragically unknown.

What makes The Juliets' self titled album an even more powerful piece of work is its ability to cover every human emotion cohesively. From sweet and hopeful to glum and forlorn; from confident and full of pride to fearful and disgraced; from a place of love to a house of hate-- The Juliets make schizophrenia sound both beautiful and persistent, making the mad houses contained in our brains erupt in joy as the record spins and spins.

What The Juliets have accomplished in their first outing as a band is triumphant. Their gallant and flourishing ornamentations go unmatched throughout the industry and soon enough their brave explorations in sound will be lauded and these baroques with backbone will be adored.

Free Album Download Where It Says "Artist Link"

Hanni El Khatib- You Rascal You (Aesop Rock Remix)

It's only fitting that Hanni El Khatib's whiskey-glazed voice be featured on a fansite called Whiskey Teeth. The multi-instrumentalist serves as singer, songwriter & producer for his one-man band (live he is joined by a drummer) that is part blues, part garage rock, part soul, part folk & part doo whop. Earlier this year he released his debut 7" single Dead Wrong that was accompanied by You Rascal You; a fuzzy, blues laced ode to a fucked up friend that was recently remixed by Aesop Rock.

Free download below, as well as the video for Dead Wrong on the flip side.


Download: Hanni El Khatib- You Rascal You (Aesop Rock Remix)

Matt & Kim- Cameras (Remix) ft. Aleon Craft

This is the first Aleon Craft single in the series, “Craft Singles.”

Craft Singles is a series of remixes that will periodically be released by Aleon Craft and feature AC putting his Solar-Hop twist to other talented and creative artist’s singles from various genres.

You can visit Matt & Kim's site here. And if you like this song, cop their Album, Sidwalks.


Download: Matt & Kim- Cameras (Remix) ft. Aleon Craft // Bandcamp

Ghost Ghost- Camden, Maine & BandSoup.com Presents: Bandabaisse Vol. 1 Compilation

On top of spotlighting independent hip hop's rising talent on WhiskeyTeeth, I also help out another independent music website that deals with all types of genres. Recently, BandSoup put together their first compilation album to showcase twelve of the most popular bands that uploaded their material to their site. Most of the compilation floats in the mellow end of the acoustic folk and alternative rock pool, so if you dig that type of music you might find something you like. Check out the free download below, as well as two samples from the compilation.

Also, BandSoup's blog is looking for more hip hop talent to be featured on their site and an upcoming hip hop compilation album. So if you are an artist or producer, take a minute to upload a track or two to the site.


Download: Ghost Ghost- Camden, Maine
Download Album: BandSoup Presents: Bandabaisse Vol. 1 // Bandcamp Stream & DL

Video: Band of Skulls- Fires

Great song, gross video. Unless you're a biker.

Video: AM- Self Preservation

Meet AM.

Born in Oklahoma, raised in New Orleans and currently making a home in the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Silverlake and Echo Park, AM is a rock nomad ready to make the trip into your ear as he prepares the UK release (August 30th) of his debut album, Future Sons and Daughters.

AM's ability to make pop-rock, british invasion, 60's psychedelia, Brazilian Tropicalia, and soul sound cohesive is a true success story. The fact that it all melted into a infectious masterpiece is just the cherry on top. iTune in.

Above is the video for 'Self Preservation' from the LP. Directed by Blake West.

Song Stream: Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs- Beg Steal or Borrow

After being raised by a restless mother and a violent musician father who eventually abandoned him at a young age, you could call Ray LaMontagne's rise to fame as an artist bittersweet. As a young boy he hid and separated himself from anything musical; instead, Ray befriended the calm of the woods, fantasy novels, and the escape they provided. But, after high school graduation, fate found Ray's golden rasp in the middle of a shoe factory in Lewiston, Maine and showed him his destiny through Stephen Still's "Treetop Flyer." The rest is history.

Last week, Ray released his fourth studio album with RCA, God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise, alongside the newly coined Pariah Dogs; a highly touted collection of musicians that have contributed to the live work of Beck, Joe Henry, Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, Ryan Adams and Joe Cocker. Entirely self produced and constructed in a span of two weeks in Ray's secluded farmhouse in rural Massachusetts, God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise reflects the recording's location with crisp arrangements, masterful pedal steel guitar, and fluttering harmonicas. Most laud him for his moody folk rock and 60's soul tributes, but a voice like that belongs to the blues and shines brightest in country nights.

The YouTube stream above is my favorite track from the new album that is now available on iTunes and in retail stores. I didn't toss up a download because I don't feel like dealing with major labels. Lyrics below for all the fellow wandering souls out there.

So your home town's bringing you down
Are you drowing in the small talk
and the chatter

Are you gonna step into line like your daddy done
Punching the time and climbing lifes long ladder

You've been howling at the moon like a slack jaw fool
And breaking every rule they can throw on
But one of these days it's gonna be right soon
You'll find your legs and go and stay gone

Young man full of big plans and thinking about tomorrow
Young man going to make a stand
You beg, steal you borrow
You beg you steal you borrow

Well all the friends that you knew in school
They used to be so cool now they just bore you

Well look at them now, already pulling the plow
So quick to take to grain, like some old mule

Young man full of big plans and thinking about tomorrow
Young man going to make a stand
You beg steal you borrow
You beg you steal you borrow

Dreaming of the day
You're gonna pack your bags
Put the miles away
Oh, just grab your girl and go
Where no one knows you
What will all the old folks say?

So the home town's bringing you down
Are you drowning in the small talk and the chatter?
Are you gonna step into line like your daddy done
Punching the time and climbing lifes long ladder

Young man full of big plans and thinking about tomorrow
Young man going to make a stand
You beg, steal you borrow
You beg you steal you borrow

Punch Brothers- You Are + Alex

Who knew that a small hiatus from hip hop would swerve me into the progressive bluegrass lane?

I was frightened at first. Like Pinnochio and Lampwick turning into donkeys after drinking, gambling, and smoking in Pleasure Island, I thought my debauchery back home was turning me into a flat out jug blowing (pause) redneck. Turns out that some of this stuff is just flat out good!

After a few months full of Old Crow Medicine Show, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Phish, and The Devil Makes Three, I have heard a wide range of bluegrass/alt-country music, all which led me to an amazing "prog-grass" band, Punch Brothers. Led by lead vocalist and mandolin player, Chris Tile, Punch Brothers mix fleeting bluegrass instrumentation with buttery folk vocals.

Antifogmatic, the Punch Brothers latest 10-track album (released June 15th) named after a type of 19th-century alcoholic drink that was meant as a cure for the effects of fog and other inclement weather, serves as a fantastic introduction to the band's schizophrenic style and infectious compositions. Below are just a few of my favorite tracks from the record (there are many), as well as a live performance of one of their spoon-to-knee slappers, "Rye Whiskey." The album is highly recommended.





Download: Punch Brothers- You Are


Download: Punch Brothers- Alex

Video: Great Lake Swimmers- River's Edge

Great Lake Swimmers - River's Edge from Nir Ben Jacob on Vimeo.


Nir Ben Jacob adds to his already impressive portfolio with this new video for the Great Lake Swimmers' latest single, River's Edge.