A totally different take on the song, it’s no less beautiful. This is the first time I’ve heard Laura Jansen, but man… I could listen to that voice all day. And Cary Brothers stuns, as always.

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Cary Brothers & Laura Jansen – Come Pick Me Up (Ryan Adams Cover)

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You know one of the really cool things about the internet? You can start out reading an article about Grant Morrison, and then click a link from there to one of the author’s other blogs, and then from there click on a comment left on a blog post, and then from there end up at a Wikipedia article, and then from there click on a link to the BBC, and from there find out about a new artist.

No? Guess that just happens to me then.

Anyway, such was the circuitous route that led me to Benjamin Francis Leftwich, and this beautiful video, “Box of Stones”. Although I hadn’t heard of the guy before, it turns out that he dropped his debut LP earlier this month, and has already picked up quite the following.

Ben’s debut album, “Last Smoke before the Snowstorm” is available at a few places online… check out the list here.

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Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Box of Stones [VIDEO]

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Love Love Love is the first single off Avalanche City’s ‘Our New Life Above The Ground’, which was released in April of this year, but which I am only getting into now.

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Avalanche City – Love Love Love [VIDEO]

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In the meantime, while we wait, here are a few videos that Ben’s recently released. First off, here’s a video of Ben performing his tune, “London” on a houseboat cruising the river Thames. Just because, y’know, we can…

And secondly, the brand new (well, released last month) video for Ben’s song “Wolves”, which two years ago I called “sheer perfection”.

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Ben Howard – London & Wolves [VIDEOS]

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So… yeah, I know there’s a lot of Bon Iver posts floating around here lately, but what do you expect? The album’s officially dropped now (even though you could stream it two weeks ago if you’d been paying attention) and the promo circuit is well and truly heating up.

But hell… as long as the performances are as killer as this, I’ll keep posting the damn things.

Above, watch Bon Iver perform “Holocene” (one of the album’s standout tracks) alongside saxophonist Colin Stetson and friends. Sheer awesomeness.

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Bon Iver on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon – Holocene

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Ok, so here’s the thing: audiafauna haven’t even got around to releasing their debut LP yet. So this may be considered to be somewhat premature… but after spinning the below track, “Roots” a few times, I’m fairly confident in predicting that the radio stations will just eat this tune up. It’s pure radio fodder.

And I don’t mean that in a bad way either. It’s just a ridiculously accessible, incredibly catchy tune. Watch the video below, and download the track for free over at their bandcamp.

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audiafauna – Roots

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I have to be honest, I don’t have much of a story for this one. I just randomly stumbled across this video from Allen Stone, but info on the guy is… well, kind of sparse.

But what I can tell you is… dude is incredibly, incredibly smooth. And I’m loving this tune. So I’m looking forward to learning more.

Pure velvet. “Unaware” is from Allen’s upcoming self-titled album, due out soon. Whatever “soon” means.

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Allen Stone – Unaware [VIDEO]

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Can someone else let me know what you think of the whole Odd Future thing? Because, seriously… I’ve never been as conflicted about music as I have been by these dudes. I don’t know which way to turn, but I know I can’t turn away.

It’s some of the most prodigious talent I’ve seen in… well, I can’t think since when. But here’s the thing: Eminem’s been doing the shock lyrics things for over a decade now. The difference is this: he’s old enough to look into the abyss and step back. These dudes are still – mostly – in their teens. Will they fall in?

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Tyler, The Creator – Yonkers [VIDEO]

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Loveless is taken from Children Collide’s 2010 LP, “Theory of Everything”.

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Children Collide – Loveless [VIDEO]

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That’s all.

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To Kill a King – Fictional State

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