This isn’t late-breaking news but if you haven’t heard Phonat has a new single ‘Love Hits the Fan’ from his self-titled album along with a spectacular video accompanying it.

If you like it, you can buy it here.

I was sent this with nothing more than “feel free to blog it and support it.”

I will do both.

Lebatman – Hyadum Crash [mediafire]

I couldn’t help but be a part of the long line of people praising this awesome new mix tape by Pandemonium Jones. This little gem has already gotten the thumbs up by such good company as Mad Decent and Fader, and will sure to be gaining more momentum as summer gets closer. The mix, which leans heavily on pyschedelic funk and garage rock classics, is pure summer-time gold! This will be mandatory listening for all of my summer BBQs and parties this year.

Skull Candle Mix Tape <-I apologize for the zShare link, but trust me this mix is worth it!

Be sure to check out Pandemonium Jones’s blog for more mixes!

Here’s the track list:

Sly & The Family Stone – Underdog
The Temptations – Psychedelic Shack
The Jackson Sisters – Miracles
Budos Band – Up From The South
The Seeds – Can’t Seem To Make You Mine
Smog – Bathysphere
Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World
Syl Johnson – Different Strokes
The Doors – Changeling
Coke Escovedo – (Runaway) I Wouldn’t Change A Thing
Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street
Idris Muhammad – Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
Pointer Sisters – Pinball Number Count
Brian Protheroe – Pinball
Earth Opera – The Red Sox Are Winning
Frank Zappa – Sharleena
Black Mountain – Angels
Muddy Waters – Tom Cat
The Beatles – Helter Skelter
Graham Nash – Chicago
Ohio Players – The Funky Worm
Map Of Africa – Bone
Johnny Jenkins – I Walk On Guilded Splinters
Brain Ticket  – Places Of Light
Azitis – The Prophet
Ugly Ducklings – Gaslight
Poppy Family – There’s No Blood In Bone
Yo La Tengo – Nuclear War (Version 2)

Amazing french house bomb by the institubes star off his new Silver Islands EP.

Surkin – Fan Out (320kbps)

You’ve got to hand it to Brian Burton, aka Danger Mouse.  Anything the man touches is gold, and with one of the most impressive resumes in contemporary pop music (Gorillaz, Gnarls Barkley, Beck, the Good the Bad and the Queen, to name a few) he has become a hugely influential voice in the business.  For his most recent effort he has teamed up with The Shins front-man James Mercer, and the results are incredibly satisfying. 

            The album is full of Mercer’s signature melodies that we all know and love.  Paired with Burton’s excursions into atmospheric synth-pop blips, stripped down hip hop rhythms, and grand orchestral ensembles, those melodies seem to have reached their full potential, transcending any restrictions Mercer may feel using his familiar tools.  Remaining consistent throughout, the album offers an equal balance between multi-layered electronic arrangements and unadorned acoustic instrumentation. 

            Having worked with Damon Albarn on two separate projects, however, the influence of the mastermind behind Blur, Gorillaz, and the Good the Bad and the Queen seems to have seeped well into Danger Mouse’s musical vocabulary.  This is apparently understood by Mercer, at times yielding to a manner of vocal hooks all too familiar to any Gorillaz fan.  That’s not to say that Mercer is imitating Albarn (despite the fact that I had to check the credits after hearing track 4, The Ghost Inside, to make sure Albarn hadn’t done guest vocals on it), but they wear the influence on their sleeve.

            Broken Bells succeeds in, once again, solidifying Burton’s already established genius, as well as shedding light on Mercer’s range and adaptability as purveyor of intelligent pop chantey’s.  Not once does Burton delve into over-production.  He’s a master of knowing when to indulge and when to strip it bare, producing an album that is no less than dazzling, to say the least. 

(Kudo’s to Jacob Escobedo for his work on the art layout and design for the album.  It’s a perfect compliment to the music.)

San Francisco DJ Alex Frederick has pretty much played everywhere there is to play in the city.  Known for his boyish good looks and smooth electro/italidisco mixes, he’s adored by girls and boys alike.  He’s taken some time away from his super group dj duo Bad Neighbors, to put together a little mix.  Check it out but beware of facemelting.

Hello interwebs, this is the Art Thief and here is my blogging debut. For my first post I decided to focus on an up-and-coming group from New York known as The Hundred In The Hands. This duo, consisting of Eleanor Everdell and Jason Friedman, are just one of the newest additions to the illustrious Warp Records roster. Let me tell you that Warp is on track to bring you some of the best new music for 2010, and The Hundred In The Hands are only the beginning (I’ll have more on another amazing Warp Records release soon). The Hundred In The Hands have recently released their first 12″ featuring the single “Dressed In Dresden,” and will remain stuck on repeat for quite awhile in my iPod. Check out the single, and show them some love on their myspace. You can purchase the physical copy here.

The Hundred in The Hands – Dressed in Dresden

Night Drugs is French. This give him an unfair music advantage. He makes crazy chopped-up disco and electro. These are brand new. To my knowledge, these are very few places, so please go sow these across the internet.

Daft Punk – Crescendolls (Night Drugs Remix)
Junior Senior – Move Your Feet (Night Drugs Remix)