Coming November 9th on Labrador/Caroline, Sweden's The Radio Dept. will see its reggae-ish pop gem "Never Follow Suit" released as a 4-song EP. The band is also traveling to New York for two special performances -- November 29th at Knitting Factory and Bowery Ballroom on the 30th. Lucky NYC bastards.Tracklisting:1. Future's Son2. Never Follow Suit 3. Treading Lightly4. Never Follow Suit (Never Swallow Fruit Dub by Pistol Disco)

So, that Justin Bieber happy accident is freaking people out. This is probably due to the fact that most music fans in general have never really listened to ambient music, or, never actually listened to Justin Bieber. Whichever came first, the slow-paced version is undeniably beautiful, and a lot of young kids are getting exposed to a genre that's so out of place compared to popular music.Some SoundCloud users are taking this to another level and applying the same principal to modern classics. Check out this stunning version of My Bloody Valentine's "Blown a Wish" slowed down to a warped crawl. SoundCloud user "McGill" also has stretched versions of M83's "Kim & Jessie" and Brian Ferry's "More Than This". Keep 'em coming! (How to create your own ambient versions)

This is a post designed to introduce you to a healthy mix of electronica and one of the first websites I blog-rolled here about two years ago. Keytars & Violins is the name of the site, but what you'll encounter hardly resembles those instruments. It's one of the most tasteful electronica blogs out there. When I make my weekly visit I have no idea who the artists are or what I'm getting myself into. That's what I want in a music site: mystery and great taste. Here's a solid mix of dub, house and disco K&V curated for LIST, which is another awesome music site, and I'm calling it "Discofarg". It sounds like something I'd play on a trek through the Austrian countryside. Tracklist below.   Tracklist:1. Andy Stott - Love Nothing [Modern Love]2. Nicholas - Beneath The Surface [No More Hits]3. Roman Rauch - Bio Rhythm [Tjumy]4. Souleance - Chemise [First World Records]5. Ruf Dug - Dirty (Unabombers Remix) [Popular Peoples Front Special Ops]6. Sasse - Tumbler [Two Birds]7. Dave Aju & The Sol Percussion Ensemble - Flexa [Circus Company]8. Brandt Brauer Frick - Paino Shakur [Tartelet]9. Oracy - Bass Mood [Mojuba]10. Boo Williams - Mortal Trance [Rush Hour]11. Herman - April Skies [Fine Art Recordings]12. Satore - Followed By Time (Pablo Bolivar Remix) [AvantRoots]13. Andre Lodemann - The Light [Best Works]14. Fritz Kalkbrenner - Dead End [Suol]15. Blakkat - In This World (Blakkat Devotional) [Mild Pitch]16. Pupkulies & Rebekah - Hold Me Tight (Shaun Reeves & Guti Remix) [Wolf & Lamb]17. The Martin Brothers - Steal Drums [Dirtybird]18. Dapayk Solo - Berlin In Bedlam [Leena]19. Two Em - What Is? [Kiddaz FM]20. Marco Bailey & Tom Hades - Ropongii [MB Elektronics]21. Jerome Sydenham - Bang Me Deep [These Days]22. Tuccillo - Laptoploop (Part 2) [Isgud Records]23. Malvoeaux - Shivers [L.I.E.S.]24. Taron-Trekka - Mr. No (Where Is The Magic) [Freude Am Tanzen]25. Jagged - Ten To Twelve (Aardvarck Remix) [Bonzzaj Recordings]26. Luke Abbott - One Hundred And Thirteen [Amazing Sounds]

I couldn't be more excited about the forthcoming No Age record. Until then, definitely get yours ears wrapped around the new full-length from Candy Claws.|||Download: "SOSMIX - 47" ZIP|||1. 2:54: "Creeping"2. Baths: "Nordic Laurel"3. Benoît Pioulard: "RTO"4. Brad Laner: "Eyes Close"5. Candy Claws: "Silent Time of Earth"6. Flash Palace: "Seventy Lives"7. No Age: "Glitter"8. Solar Bears: "Crystalline (Letherette remix)"9. The Bitters: "His Room"10. Wild Nothing: "Summer Holiday"

FUR unleash an hour-long mix for Technosports International. The title says "Two Hours of Love" but it's actually sixty-four and a half minutes of heavy petting. It's only our second date so I'll take what I can get. Download this session immediately. Tracklisting:"Acoustic Lady" - Hudson Mohawke "Mushroom Forest" - Paul White "Antigravity" - Shlomo "Pembroke" - Airhead & James Blake "Ancestors" - Gonjasufi "Eu Vou Torcer" - Jorge Ben "Amor Es" - AFTA-1 "Incense (Feat. Kirsten Agnesta)" - Erykah Badu "My Comet" - Onra "The Meaning" - 14KT "Blue Countach" - Noel Zancanella "Knock Knock" - Mike Slott "Tape This" - Onra "Allen Nature" - Paul White "Rounded" - Samiyam "Friends (Letherette Remix)" - Fur "Velvet Peel" - Hudson Mohawke "Remember 2 Bounce 1" - Indigo Pyramid "Sunset Light" - Hubert Daviz "Count Basic" - Gotta Jazz "Kleiner Finger" - Bohren & Der Club Of Gore "Deep Blaque" - Dr. Who Dat? "Brooklyn Sunset" - Afta-1 "Toc" - Tom Ze "Hai" - Fur

For those who couldn’t be there, and for those who were there and seek to savor the memories, here is An Event Apart Chicago, all wrapped up in a pretty bow:

AEA Chicago – official photo set
By John Morrison, subism studios llc. See also (and contribute to) An Event Apart Chicago 2009 Pool, a user group on Flickr.
A Feed Apart Chicago
Live tweeting from the show, captured forever and still being updated. Includes complete blow-by-blow from Whitney Hess.
Luke W’s Notes on the Show
Smart note-taking by Luke Wroblewski, design lead for Yahoo!, frequent AEA speaker, and author of Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks (Rosenfeld Media, 2008):

Jeffrey Zeldman: A Site Redesign
Jason Santa Maria: Thinking Small
Kristina Halvorson: Content First
Dan Brown: Concept Models -A Tool for Planning Websites
Whitney Hess: DIY UX -Give Your Users an Upgrade
Andy Clarke: Walls Come Tumbling Down
Eric Meyer: JavaScript Will Save Us All (not captured)
Aaron Gustafson: Using CSS3 Today with eCSStender (not captured)
Simon Willison: Building Things Fast
Luke Wroblewski: Web Form Design in Action (download slides)
Dan Rubin: Designing Virtual Realism
Dan Cederholm: Progressive Enrichment With CSS3 (not captured)
Three years of An Event Apart Presentations

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