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You Ain't No Picasso — Well look at that, another new Intelligence track. Rejoice! MP3: The Intelligence – Sailor Itch While not quite as riff-ready as “Likex7,” “Sailor Itch” arguably bests it in the melody category. An if nothing else, we can be glad that it tops the ... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — There’s no quicker way to a blogger’s page than through his/her ego. I’m pretty sure that’s how the old adage goes, at least. So here we have something that plays off/rewards blogger’s egos, music fan’s desire for new tunes and the internet roamer... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — I spent yesterday doing some fun medical stuff which means two things for this video: first, I missed out on catching this video on its debut day; two, I had a few doctors ask me the name of my web site which means they could be reading this delig... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — What an unexpected surprise! The Intelligence have a new album Males out Sept 7 and today we get our first listen to it! MP3: Intelligence – Like Like Like Like Like Like Like Within the first few seconds of this track I knew it would be one of my... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — So Many Wizards hooked me by mentioning that their record was produced by Chris Chu of the Morning Benders. As far as opening lines go, that’s a pretty good one. There’s a slight Morning Benders-vibe, but that’s probably just the shared California... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Look, everybody! New Lady Gaga songs, performed live on her latest tour. “You and I” is Elton John meets Hedwig and the Angry Inch, while “Livin on the Radio” leaves Sir Elton at home and keeps the teary-eyed side of Hedwig. MP3: Lady Gaga – Livin... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — August was a pretty fun month. I hit up Lollapalooza, got a sweet set up for my record player and heard a lot of great music. Here’s some of the songs that made August such a blast. You Ain’t No Picasso’s Favorite Songs of August MP3: The Drums – ... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — I’ve been curious to hear this one ever since Diplo hinted at it with this silly introduction. Here’s Diplo/Major Lazer’s remix to Cajmere’s simple but addictive “Percolator.” Stream the Major Lazer remix of “Percolator” And for those of you hopin... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — File this under “the coolest thing I’ve seen today.” Apples in Stereo frontman Robert Schneider hooked up his Moog synthesizer to a Mattel Mind Flex game to create a mind controlled analog synth. Maybe the best part of the video is that Robert is ... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Oh man. If you’ve ever wanted to hear Kanye West, Raekwon and Justin Bieber sing/rap over “Wu Tang Clan Ain’t Nothing ta Fuck Wit,” here is your chance. | Hear it at Hip Hop Connection read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — The first post of the day was a cover. The second was for the Arcade Fire’s “We Used to Wait.” So I guess it’s fitting that the third post should be a cover of the Arcade Fire’s “We Used to Wait.” This live take trades out the piano for a smart gu... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — I’m having a bit of a problem accessing it, but if you head over to thewildernessdowntown.com you can view an interactive video for the Arcade Fire’s “We Used to Wait.” read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — CoS shared this video of Vampire Weekend covering Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m Going Down” in Vancouver. Much like when they covered Rancid, I’m a little surprised at the choice, but it’s still great. read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — I think I’ve occasionally said “it’s a good day to be a Portugal. The Man fan” when posting new videos, MP3s or news from that band. However, as any Portugal. The Man fan knows, there’s no such thing as a bad day to be a PTM fan. Today, however, i... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Yesterday Kanye tweeted this new song from Watch the Throne, his collaboration with Jay Z. It’s a five-song EP and Kanye has promised to tweet a new song every Friday. MP3: Kanye West – Monster read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — It’s mildly criminal that I waited this long to post Cee Lo’s summer jam. This song about love and money woes has almost three million views already on Youtube — my guess is that most of those are from people who, like “F*ck You” ‘s protagonist, l... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Remember all those months you spent wondering when the next Sufjan album would be upon us? Well wait no more. Sufjan’s Age of Adz is coming out October 12, hot on the heels of his “All Delighted People” EP. But now we’ve got our first look at his ... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — As promised I’m debuting the new video from Poison Control Center and the delightful accompanying MP3. It’s been years and years since I saw PCC (admittedly on accident) at CMJ, but I’ve been a fan ever since. And if have yet to luck out and see t... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Judging by the fact that this cover has over nine thousand Myspace plays, there’s a chance you guys might be ahead of me on this one. However, I had no idea that there was a studio version of Vandaveer’s cover of Bob Dylan’s “the Man in Me” — whic... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Thanks to the newly-redesigned IGIF for pointing out that Pepper Rabbit has a new MP3 and a new album on the way. Beauregard is out Oct 26 on Kanine Records. MP3: Pepper Rabbit – Older Brother When I was in LA, I was lucky enough to spend a good b... read more »