+++ Berlin based Kool Thing (picture on top by Emma Haugh) has just released a beautiful free 3-track EP entitled “Light Games”. You can stream and download it here (new video to “Light Games” soon):

+++ The Magnetic Fields will release their new album “Bottom of the Sea” on March 6 via Merge Records. Here’s the stream of the album track and cute queer hymn “Andrew in Drag”:

+++ Check out new videos by Austra (“Spellwork“) and Trust (“Bulbform“), a side project of Austra drummer Maya Postepski +++

+++  Travis Egedy aka Pictureplane has just released a free remix album of his debut ”Thee Physical” from last year. The album entitled “Dimensional Rip 7″ can be streamed and downloaded via DIS magazine. Here’s the video to the Extreme Animals remix of “Body Mods”. It may sound familiar to you.

+++ Justin Leon Johnson aka Fatha Green, one half of Portland based duo Purple & Green has just released a pretty awesome solo EP/mixtape. Stream it here and buy it over at Bandcamp - you can decide yourself what you want to pay:

+++ A couple of days ago I received an email by a Swedish musician and set designer Johan Svenson, who introduced me to his electronic music trio called DELAYKLINIKEN. I really like their trancey latest Single “Everywhere”, which you can stream and download right here. There’s also a nice video to the song, you can watch it here.

+++ Kele Okereke (see sexy picture above) is about to release his new “The Hunter” EP next week. The EPs lead track “What Did I Do” feat. Lucy Taylor has already been released in September. You find the tracklist of “The Hunter” here and the video to “What Did I Do” here.

+++ Check out new videos by Mike Diamond (“Trust”), Maria and the Mirrors (“Travels”) and Kaleid (The Unicorn”) +++

+++ Here comes a new video by Jessica 6 to their song “Prisoner of Love”, which premiered over at Interview Magazine yesterday. The song is a duet with Antony, who also appears in the video. Styling by Nicola Formichetti.

+++ Hercules & Love Affair member Aérea Negrot will release her first solo album Arabxilla in September. You can download and stream the album track “Love You From The Brain” right here (if you’re able to find the little signs in the black window below):

+++ JD Samson’s MEN (interview with Catch Fire here) have just recorded an awesome 4-track-set with new songs for Daytrotter.com. You can download it here by signing up to the site (which is completely worth it) +++

+++ †DRESSER is a pretty weird and funny “witch house / drag” spoof project from Berlin. The guys have just released they’re first single “It’s a Choice”, a queer reaction to Gaga’s “Born this Way”. You can watch the video here and download the song via Bandcamp +++

+++ Check out new queer videos by Jef Barabara, Light Fires, Pictureplane and Jonté, and Alo and the Narcissist +++

+++ I also proudly present the new video by Blood Orange, whose wonderful song “Dinner” I posted here a while ago. “Sutphin Boulevard” is the first single from the forthcoming album “Coastal Grooves” released on Domino Records. The video was shot by Alan Del Rio Ortiz, who happens to have a very nice blog on his homepage by the way.

+++ Jessica 6, the band of former Hercules And Love Affair singer Nomi Ruiz will release their really awesome debut “See The Light” on June 7th via Peace Frog Records. You can already stream and download their first single “White Horse” via Soundcloud and a new song called “Prisoner of Love” (feat. Antony Hegarty) right here. Click here to pre-order the album via Amazon.

Jessica 6 – Prisoner Of Love feat. Antony Hegarty by Peacefrog Records

+++ Dev Hynes aka Lightspeed Champion aka Blood Orange has a beautiful, stylish new single called “Dinner”, which was released via terrible records, the label of Grizzly Bear member Chris Taylor, about a month ago. Now there’s also a video to the song you can watch on BIGSTEREO. Stream and download the song here (via PMA):
Blood Orange – Dinner by DominoRecordCo

+++ Catch Fire contributor Joey Hansom has just released a new mixtape called “Instant Gratification” he desribes as a “transgenre expedition spanning decades of music, finally ending apartheid amongst daydreamy disco, musty synth-pop, polished house, slapdash dancehall, arena rock and hippie-dippie bullshit”. Stream it here and download it via Top Secret, you’ll also find the playlist over there:

Joey Hansom – Instant Gratification by joeyhansom

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+++ Jimmy Tamborello aka Figurin aka Strictly Ballroom aka The Postal Service aka Dntel has just outed himself as a huge Enya fan by releasing a free 9-track mini-album of Enya remixes online. You can stream the album on self-titled and download it on dublab +++

+++ On June 27th YACHT (see above) will release their new record “Shangri-La”  on DFA. Here’s a new song called “Dystopia” to stream + download (via Fader):

+++ Kool Thing have send me a really nice danceable remix of their song “The Sign” from their self-titled debut EP (available via Bandcamp). You can stream and download it here:

The Sign (Chance In The Dark Mix)

+++ Barbara Panther is going to release a new album called “Moonlight People” on June 3rd via City Slang / Universal. The record will include three tracks of her awesome “Empire EP” released last year + seven new tracks and will like the EP be produced by Matthew Herbert. You can watch the video to her new single “Moonlight People” here (via Expatriach) +++

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