The Silence of Love ends up being a revolving door of folk rock tunes; whether or not you knew the original artists, who strummed up these lyrics over the combined course of 40 years, you'll love the way Alela Diane delivers them so much, you'll want more, and find yourself bouncing back and forth between this great compilation and the original records.

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Let me introduce The Kickdrums by listing just some of the artists that they have produced for, remixed, or mashed-up: 50 Cent, Talib Kweli, Slaughterhouse, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Estelle, The Black Kids, MGMT, Justice, The Tings Tings, and Kid Cudi. Phew!

With an eager aptitude for navigating genres and two killer mixtapes under their belt, the Kickdrums come to us with their official debut, Just A Game.

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New music from God Help The Girl (a girl group put together by Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch), a cool covers album from The Lemonheads, the new single from Swedish shoegazers The Radio Dept., and more!

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New Mos Def album! Spin says it's "easily his finest full-length since Black on Both Sides," featuring production from Oh No, Madlib, J Dilla, and a special appearance from Talib Kweli.

Plus the first Spinal Tap album in two decades, and new music from Labrador Records' The Legends, Southern Gothic indie rockers The Builders and the Butchers, the freak-folk cabinet of curios that is Samandtheplants, and more!

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Huge day for indie music! New albums from Dirty Projectors, Sonic Youth, Datarock, British Sea Power, Joan of Arc, and more.

Plus, we've got one iPod Shuffle left to give away. Since we started counting last week, over 2,000 recs have been made; the 2,500th person to rec a song wins!

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Today we've got a new J Dilla collection that Rolling Stone calls "possibly the best posthumous rap record since the final releases of 2Pac and Biggie," along with new music from Baltimore's The Seldon Plan, Dave Allen from Gang of Four's new band Faux Hoax, a free track and $5 album from Butterfly Boucher, and more!

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