[Watch] Santigold Visits The Colbert Report

On Tuesday evening we got to enjoy some highlights from Stephen Colbert's very own festival: StePhest Colbchella ’012 RocktAugustfest in the shape of some performances from Grizzly Bear. Last night Santigold was on the show to have a chat and we also get to see her perform "The Keepers", "Go", and "Disparate Youth" off of her latest release, Master of My Make-Believe. You can catch the interview at the top with a performance of "The Keepers" after the jump courtesy of The Audio Perv. We'll update with more videos once they become available. 

[Listen] DJ Shadow - "Listen" Feat. Terry Reid

Seriously as I was running away from my computer, I was passed along this wonderful tune by our friends at Solesides and I thought to myself I can't deny you people of good new music, blah blah blah... So here it is the second new track from the upcoming Best of compilation of DJ Shadow, Reconstructed: The Best of DJ Shadow. Check out the tune "Listen" featuring Terry Reid which debuted earlier today on BBC 6 Music (love those guys). You can also peep the other new track from the album "Won't You Be" here. I'm off to have my afternoon beer and burger now.

[Download] John Frusciante - "Walls and Doors"

Just when I think im done for the day, the homie Invisible Movement lets me know that the pre-order for the upcoming John Frusciante album PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone has launched as well as the debut of a new song. That's right kiddies, the former Chili Pepper's guitarist's new 9 track album is now available to pre-order at his official website and you can also get your taste of the new LP with the drum break heavy, melody changing, synth pop cut "Walls and Doors" in the player below which is also available as a Hi-Res wav file to download.

This song, recorded in September 2010, marks the point at which I began combining 60s and early 70s production styles with modern electronic production styles. This song was also the first time I successfully balanced pop music with abstract forms of music. This song showed me that the pop parts of myself and the more adventurous parts of myself could blend without one compromising the scope of the other. After this song I did not pick up the ball and run, but rather I continued to challenge myself, experiment and investigate, more from the abstract angle than the pop angle, until March 2011, at which point I’d figured out the things which made it possible for me to consistently make precisely the music I wanted to make, in which I was not restraining any part of my nature, allowing me to begin the recording ofPBX. I might mention that Walls And Doors was also the first time my electronic instruments had begun to convey the visceral energy that one associates with people beating the fuck out of their instruments, in the context of a pop song.

Unlike Frusciante's latest EP Letur-Lefr the album which features guest spots from RZA and more, PBX is contains no guest features on vocals. That's okay, I for one am just happy John is putting out new shit for us to enjoy. PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone will be released in Japan on September 12th, in North America on September 25th and in the rest of the world on September 24th. Like Letur-Lefr, PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone will be available on vinyl, CD, cassette and in 32 bit, FLAC and MP3 digital formats.

[Listen] Devine Fits - 'A Thing Called Devine Fits' (Full Album Stream)

Why not spend a portion of your Wednesday listening to Divine Fits, a rock project being dubbed as a "supergroup", a phrase I hate to use but if the shoe fits, maybe it could be a Cinderella story. Bands that come to mind from recent years with the aforementioned title would be Them Crooked Vultures, The Dead Weather, How To Destroy Angels? This too could be great. Could be.

Made up of members from Handsome Furs (Dan Boeckner), along with Spoon frontman Britt Daniel and drummer Sam Brown, the project is turning heads the world over. Today courtesy of NPR you can stream their entire LP which is cleverly titled A Thing Called Devine Fits. I see what they did there. Go and hit play and let us ponder on the worthiness of said the "supergroup" label a little longer while soundtracked by the latest addition to that list; Devine Fits. 

A Thing Called Devine Fits is set for release on teh 28th of August via Merge.

[Listen] Danny! - "Keep Your Head To The Sky"

It's been a long time coming but it appears that Danny Swain's long awaited album Payback has now finally got a release date as well as a new home. That's right D. Swizzy's upcoming album is set to be released on September 25th via the newly re-launched digital only label, Okayplayer Records. And to celebrate, the label has let loose a new track from the album titled "Keep Your Head To The Sky" which has a nice old school 90's hip hop sound. Peep the track in the player below and prepare for the Payback which features some dope guest features like El-P, Swizz Beats, Blu, Phonte and more.

[Listen] Brother Ali - "Mourning in America" x "Stop The Press"

If you are a huge hip hop fan, you should be tuning into all the great releases Rhymesayers has put out this year like I Self Devine's The Sound of Low Class Amerika, Aesop Rock's latest Skelethon or the recently announced P.O.S. album We Don't Even Live Here. And next month RSE is about to do it again with Brother Ali's forthcoming album Mourning in America and Dreaming in Colour dropping Sept. 18th and produced in it's entirety by Jake One, you may remember him from such tracks as Rick Ross' "3 Kings" featuring Dr. Dre and Jay-Z, producing half of Brother Ali's latest free EP The Bite Marked Heart and his collaborative album with Freeway, The Stimulus Package.

Peep out 2 tracks off Ali's upcoming album, the first being his latest single "Mourning in America" and the latter "Stop The Press" which we featured on June's SKoA blog mixtape. Anything from Ali is always promising and quite enjoyable and these new cuts are no exception. Make sure you pick up the new album when it drops next month which you can pre-order here.

[Watch] Poliça - "Dark Star" (Official Video)

The fusion of sounds that is the Minneapolis band Poliça return again with another video following up the video to "Wandering Star" with another brightly coloured number, "Dark Star". A pretty simplistic video that uses the light from the bulbs well to cast silhouettes of the band performing. There's something about this band that allows me to disconnect from the reality I'm in at that given moment. It may be short lived but hey, I'm away from it for a few minutes at the time and on a Wednesday it's just what the Doctor ordered. If you like that kind of feeling go grab their album, Give You The Ghost, over here. 

[Listen] Hear 2 New Tracks From JJ Doom's Debut LP 'Keys To The Kuffs'

With Jneiro Jarel and DOOM's collaborative album coming up around the corner the duo known as JJ DOOM let loose previews of 2 new tracks from their upcoming debut album Keys To The Kuffs. Check out a live performance of the track "Winter Blues" taken from the BBC Radio 4 show, Loose Ends in which Doom rips over live instrumentation.

And if that doesn't satisfy your DOOM musical appetite, peep another track from the album titled "Rhymin Slang" which originally debuted on Lex Records' compilation album Complex 10 as a remix by Dave Sitek of TV on The Radio.

Now i'm sure that along with the other 2 previous tracks "Banished" and "GUV'NOR" should be more than enough to hold you over til the release of the JJ DOOM album. If not, you greedy bastard, you'll have to wait until the album is released next week.