COVER ART + TRACKLIST: Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3

Check out the uber bright and clunky cover for Jay's new album. The Blueprint 3 comes out on Sept 11th.

The tracklist looks pretty intense too [see: MGMT on #4 "Unforgiven"]:
1. What We Talking About (Produced by Kanye West)
2. D.O.A. (Produced by No I.D.)
3. Weigh Me Down Feat. Kid Cudi (Produced by Kanye West)
4. Unforgiven (Produced by Kanye West, Additional Production: MGMT)
5. Run This Town Feat. Rihanna & Kanye West (Produced by Kanye West)
6. Empire State Of Mind Feat. Nas (Produced by Kanye West & No I.D.)
7. When It Comes To This (Produced by Timbaland)
8. Always Feat. Drake (Produced by Kanye West)
9. Scenes From The Past (Produced by No I.D., Co-produced by Kanye West)
10. Everyday A Star Is Born Feat. Mr. Hudson (Produced by Kanye West)
11. Already Home (Produced by Kanye West)
12. Forever Young Feat. Mr. Hudson (Produced by Kanye West)
13. Thank You (Produced by No I.D.)

Bonus Tracks:
14. Sound Of The 70s (Produced by Kanye West)
15. We Made History (Produced by Kanye West)

[previously: VIDEO: Jay-Z - D.O.A (Death Of Autotune)]

MP3: NEW Port O'Brien - "Sour Milk/Salt Water"

After releasing 2007's All We Could Do Was Sing, I kept a special place in my music heart for California/Alaska's Port O'Brien. They recently released the details on their new album via twitter [@portobrien] vicariously through Pitchfork. Threadbare is due out Oct 6th via TBD Records.

Check out a new song called "Sour Milk/Salt Water." A powerful americana/folk inspired rock song with lyrics sung almost as fast as Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire." I really dig the deep cello in the background

MP3 :: Port O'Brien - Sour Milk/Salt Water

Check 'em out on tour this fall:
September 18 Portland, Or - Mississippi Studios (Music Fest NW)
September 22 Vancouver, BC - The Media Club*
September 23 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern*
September 25 Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue*
September 26 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive*
September 28 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown*
September 29 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry*
September 30 Milwaukee, WI - Mad Planet*
October 1 Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern*
October 2 St. Louis, MO - The Billiken Club*
October 3 Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio*
October 4 Cincinnati, OH - Southgate House*
October 7 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center for the Arts*
October 9 Toronto, ON - Sneaky Dee’s*
October 10 Montreal, PQ - Il Motore*
October 13 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club*
October 14 New York, NY - The Mercury Lounge*
October 16 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall*
October 17 Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar*
October 18 Baltimore, MD - The Talking Head Club*
October 19 Washington, DC - DC 9*
October 21 Chapel Hill, NC - Nightlight Bar & Club*
October 23 Atlanta, GA - The Earl*
October 24 Nashville, TN - Exit In*
October 27 Dallas, TX - The Cavern*
October 28 Austin, TX - Emo’s Jr. *
October 30 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts*

* w/ Sea Wolf and Sara Lov

STREAM SESH: The Big Pink - A Brief History Of Love

This morning I got an email that the new Big Pink album is now streaming for one week in order to promote the upcoming LP which is due out Sept 14th via 4AD.



You can also download the track "Dominos" for your own listening pleasure in the future

Don't forget to pre-order the album

[previously: MP3: The Big Pink - Dominos]

MP3: The Bloody Beetroots ft. The Cool Kids - "Awesome"

Sometimes I get "post my song" emails that totally suck. Sometimes they are "awesome." This is a perfect example of the latter.

MP3 :: The Bloody Beetroots ft. The Cool Kids - Awesome

The Bloody Beetroots debut LP Romborama is due out September 8th via Dim Mak Records

If you're going to Lollapalooza, be sure to catch their DJ set on Friday on the Perry's Stage @ 4:45. See you there!!

MP3: Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel [Micachu Remix]

Previously this year, both Micachu & The Shapes and Fool's Gold delivered some great tunes. Micachu's album Jewellery took some time to grow on me, but it's becoming a solid contender for the end of year's Best Of list. On the other side, Fool's Gold gave us one of the most enjoyable summer jams with the song Surprise Hotel. Now, we get the best of both worlds with Micachu's remix of that Fool's Gold song. Although it only clocks in @ 3:31 [half the time of the original jam], it's still pretty solid. The only thing that throws me off is how the song comes to an abrupt stop.

MP3 :: Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel [Micachu & The Shapes Remix]

[via Stereogum]

[Fool's Gold previously on DigiDreams: MP3: Fool's Gold Surprise Hotel]

MP3: Balmorhea - Truth [Helios Remix]

Earlier this year, Balmorhea released one of my favorite albums to relax with called All Is Wild, All Is Silent. A beautiful collection of soft instrumentals that crescendo into ear-busting, heart-stopping and speaker-breaking arrangements. This month, they will be releasing an album of remixes created by some of their dear friends and released through Western Vinyl.

Check out one of my favorite songs from AIWAIS called "Truth" remixed by Helios:

MP3 :: Balmorhea - Truth [Helios Remix]
MP3 :: Balmorhea - Truth

Track List:
1. Settler – remixed by Eluvium
2. Harm & Boon – remixed by Rafael Anton Irisarri
3. Harm & Boon – remixed by Tiny Vipers
4. Elegy – remixed by Bexar Bexar
5. Remembrance – remixed by Machinefabriek
6. Coahuila – remixed by The Fun Years
7. Coahuila – remixed by Library Tapes
8. Night in the Draw – remixed by Jacaszek
9. Truth – remixed by Helios
10. November 1, 1832 – remixed by Peter Broderick
11. November 1, 1832 – remixed by Xela

TOUR DATES: Glassjaw [!!!] w/ Brand New

For everyone that doubted Glassjaw's return during a hiatus that seemed to last forever [I include myself], here are a couple points of good news from the GJ team:

1). The dudes are getting ready to release a new EP sometime soon. I'm sure the song "You Think You're John F**king Lennon" will be included.

**the announcement came via Twitter: "@DarylPalumboCC Beck and I are sitting in his car listening to the new Glassjaw EP that we've just completed. Shit SLAMS."**

2.) They expanded their tour from 2 dates to 9 dates:

[via Glassjaw.net]
Brand NEW GlassJAw tour dates (no pun intended)
The tour dates that Glassjaw will join Brand New on are as follows:
November 15th Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
November 17th Boston, MA - House of Blues
November 18th Boston, MA - House of Blues
November 20th Montreal, QC - Olympia De Montreal
November 21st Toronto, ON - Kool Haus
November 22nd Toronto, ON - Kool Haus
November 24th Rochester, NY - Main Street Armory
November 25th Wallingford, CT - Chevrolet Theatre
November 28th Uniondale, NY - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
ENJOY!

MP3 :: Glassjaw- You Think You're John F**king Lennon
MP3 :: Glassjaw- Ape Dos Mil

PS: If you've never been to a Glassjaw show before, I highly recommend it. Tons of sing-a-longs, sweat and fun

Saturday In Videos: Passion Pit // Yo La Tengo // MSHVB // Jay-Z @ apw

Pashy Pit @ Jimmy Fallon last week [7/29/09]. Pretty solid performance from everyone's fave band, but the crowd needs to be crazier. and drunker. But I guess that's not allowed on television. shame

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Check out the new video for Yo La Tengo's new song "Here To Fall" off of their upcoming LP Popular Songs [due out 9/8/09 on Matador]. Hypnotic, geometric and simply awesome. I will say though, I'd hate to be in a plane that was doing that. Barf central

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Mt. Saint Helens Veitnam Band put out a new video for their new song "Albatross Albatross Albatross" the other day @ Stereogum. They said it best - "Dense forests aren't good places to be haunted by ghosts."

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Here's a little peak from Jay-Z's APW performance of "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" via youtube. Hope all of you apw fest goers are having a great time