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[Watch] Check Out Ryan Hemsworth's 60-Minute Boiler Room Set

Boiler Room has an incredible knack for setting up ridiculous DJ lineups at locations around the world. For Pitchfork Music Festival 2013 last month they curated an official afterparty, boasting talent like Ryan Hemsworth, Nicolas Jaar, Jacques Greene, Todd Edwards and DJ collective Teklife. Below, succumb to the 60-minutes of dizzying wonder that is Hemsworth's set, either in audio or video form. As well, you can check out Greene's set here.

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[News] Albert Hammond Jr. Details New EP

The Strokes' guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. appeared on Har Mar Superstar's podcast last month, where he let slip that he has a new solo EP in the works. He didn't say much more than that, but all the details are here now thanks to the ever-helpful press release. The EP is titled AHJ and is due out on October 8th.

AHJ was produced and recorded at Hammond's own studios in Manhattan and upstate New York with the help of longtime producer Gus Oberg. Hammond spoke on the album's influences, saying:

Once you play music for a living, you’re always thinking about stuff. Conversations with friends and things you hear in movies – things come up and become lyrics. Hearing other people's songs becomes like competition – you hear something and mentally you want to beat it. Life in general is pretty inspiring."

No word yet on whether or not we will hear a single before the EP is released, but keep your eyes peeled.

AHJ Tracklist:
01.  Cooker Ship
02.  Strange Tidings
03.  Carnal Cruise
04.  Rude Customer
05.  St. Justice

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[Listen] Stream and Download the First 11 Minutes of Darkside's Newly Announced Album

Chances are you've heard the name Darkside—the collaborative name of Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington—in recent months. Hopefully it's 'cause you heard the duo's amazing remixing of Daft Punk's Random Access Memories (take a mandatory detour here if you haven't). Now, once you've thoroughly immersed yourself in their remixes, Jaar and Harrington have more in store; they are back with an album of their own, original creation.

The first 11 minutes of the unnamed album are now online. The duo have offered up a stream—listen below—as well as a free download. Head to Other People to download the 11-minute piece, but hurry up and do it now as it will only be available to non-members of the website after one week.

UPDATE: The song is titled, according to the YouTube video below, "Golden Arrow."

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[Listen] Holy Ghost! Share New Single "Okay"

Holy Ghost! have shared the opening track from their upcoming sophomore album Dynamics. The album isn't out till September 10th but for now we can bask in the glitchy synthpop number "Okay," a song "about being in a situation – in this case a relationship – that feels like a B-Movie." It glides along with distorted basslines and an array of drum machine effects, building layers of synthesizers that echo a retro '80s style. This is some quality synthpop, people.

Dynamics Tracklist:
01. Okay
02. Dumb Disco Ideas
03. Changing of the Guard
04. Dance a Little Closer
05. It Must Be the Weather
06. 1 for Edgar
07. I Wanna Be Your Hand
08. Bridge and Tunnel
09. Don’t Look Down
10. In the Red
11. Cheap Shots

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[Listen] RAC Brings Kele Okereke and MNDR in for "Let Go

Leave it to RAC to deliver an incredibly infectious pop song perfectly fit for the summer. Even though the summer months are soon to be over, that doesn't matter. His new single "Let Go" will be on repeat for months to come. Featuring vocals from both MNDR and Bloc Party's Kele Okereke, the song is just so damn catchy with its groovy bassline and upbeat chorus.

Things are sounding good for RAC's upcoming Don't Talk To EP—it's out on October 1st. Check out "Let Go" below.

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[Listen] Poliça - "Chain My Name"

For the first taste of what we could expect from new Poliça material we got the superb Justin Vernon featuring "Tiff". We now have even more goodies to enjoy. A far more upbeat and energetic song titled "Chain My Name", which still holds all the aspects we've come to expect from them. Beautifully warped vocals, soaring synths and well put together melodies. Get your dance on and hit play below.

Shulamith is out on the 22nd of October. 

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[Watch] Bring Me The Horizon - "Can You Feel My Heart" (Official Video)

We've never really mentioned Bring Me The Horizon on SKOA before, and before this year I wasn't a big fan but their latest record, Sempiternal, has been one of my most played records this year (so far). Sure it's a step away from where they were 9 years ago and that's upset fans, but hey, screw those guys, it's a damn good release. They've just let loose the video for "Can You Feel My Heart" and you can check it out above.

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[Listen] Jagwar Ma - "Come Save Me" (Andrew Weatherall Remix)

Sydney duo Jagwar Ma have created quite a bit of buzz with their psych-fused 90's guitar and dance combination. Their album, Howlin', is a great listen and they've just announced their new single to be "Come Save Me" which comes packaged with a 7 minute remix from Andrew Weatherall and another from Pachanga Boys. You can stream the former below in all of its trippy glory. The original song was born out of a late sleepless night and the remix sounds like what you may listen to as a party is winding down at 6am. See for yourselves below.

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