LISTEN: Glenn Jackson - "You Too" + Morning Swim EP

Oakland producer/musician Glenn Jackson has made a name for himself in the house/dance scene over the past few years with James & Evander,  Benefits, and Hoodcats. But now the co-founder of the West in Dust label is stepping out on his own with the release of his solo debut, the Morning Swim EP (Ceremony). The 3-song extended player was released yesterday and highlights Jackson's ability to invoke a sweeping range of moods and imagery through a varied, but unified, sample-meets-synth heavy mix. It fits somewhere between the ethereal and the earthly.

Download a New Song by YACHT Right...NOW

Electropop/dance punk outfit YACHT will release their new album Shangri-La on June 21st through DFA. The album, the band's second for DFA and fifth overall, was produced, mixed, and recorded by YACHT (Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans), with assistance from frequent collaborator and touring member Bobby Birdman. According to a press release, "On Shangri-La, YACHT asserts that the future is a blank slate upon which anything can be imposed. YACHT believes that the only real sustainable paradise is in our minds, and hence creative output can be a tangible piece of the Utopia within each individual. Shangri-La literally is YACHT's Utopia, a place made of songs." Hear/download a song from the new album below.

YACHT - “Dystopia (The Earth is on Fire)”


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Clubfeet Give You Music, Because They're Nice Like That

MP3: Clubfeet - "Edge of Extremes"
MP3: Clubfeet - "Teenage Suicide"

Melbourne-via-Capetown's Clubfeet are unassumingly cool and confident. Their brand of synth pop is hard to resist with its honest charm and personal inflection. With group harmonies that recall Hot Chip, it's no wonder Clubfeet is disarmingly catchy. Through slick bass lines, the perfect dose of synthesizer, funk guitar and almost post-rock-style guitar riffs, Clubfeet aim for your heart by moving your feet.

Clubfeet just released their debut album, Gold On Gold, yesterday through Plant Music. And if those two songs above weren't enough for you, the band is offering up three more tracks here. These Australian gents are so generous.

BUY: Pick up Gold On Gold on Amazon (for $7.99!) or iTunes.

And check out the sexy '70s-meets-'80s LA video for Clubfeet's "Count Your Lovers" after the jump. It's kind of like a black-and-white, slow-mo "Flashdance" -- except she speaks French.