M83 mastermind Anthony Gonzalez is promising an epic double album to make up for that the lost time since the last full-length, 2008′s ethereally synth-pop Saturdays=Youth. The forthcoming two-part LP doesn’t even have a name yet but it does have a little teaser video for you to check out. Its only one and a half minutes long, and most of it is spent in Gonzalez’ studio with keyboards and floppy disks but by golly, when the sounds get breathtaking so does the imagery. We can barely wait.

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The first cut from Bon Iver’s eponymous new album has been out for a while and “Calgary” is an acoustic, autumnal doozy, as gorgeous sounding as the woodland imagery it evokes. Now the track comes paired with this spooky Andre Durand and Dan Huiting directed video of a dreamy journey most bizarre through hollow mattresses and flooded caverns. The album is set to drop next week but in the meantime, you can enjoy this abstract snippet and see if you can get what it all means.

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A little while back we brought you a sneak peek at Justice’s fab new track called “Civilization.” The cut was so catchy that even the folks at adidas immediately fell in love and picked it for a commercial. This time though, the track comes with its very own Edouard Salier directed clip of ancient icons crumbling via stampeding herd of buffaloes. Chekkit and get psyched for their as yet untitled forthcoming LP set to drop very soon courtesy of Ed Banger/ Elektra records.

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Just in time for the new weekend, we have a new track from The Weeknd called “Rolling Stone”! Little is known about this enigmatic Canuck but we can best describe him as, bear with us now, Siouxie Sioux gone r’n'b. Just downcast, reverby acoustic airiness peppered by singer Abel Tesfaye’s almost Craig David-esque crooning. This particular gem just recently popped up on the blogosphere and it’s got us all tingly. Take a listen. If you like what you hear, go and get his debut nine-song album, House of Balloons. It’s worth it, trust us.

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We still have a little while to wait for Lupercalia to arrive but fret not, we have Patrick Wolf’s video for his track “House”, (taken off that very LP) to tide you over. Here we see Patrick’s house being invaded by a strange selection of flora and fauna but the man himself seems none too bothered about it. He just irons, broods and lays around in bed. If this is a mundane day for Patrick Wolf, we’d sure like to see what happens when he does get excited.

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We got all giggly like schoolgirls when we heard Broken Social Scene were going to do a Modest Mouse cover and what’s better, they’re doing it for a good cause. The live in-studio performance of the Good News For People Who Love Bad News track was their contribution to The Voice Project, a charity that raises funds and awareness for the plight of Ugandan women. You can watch more videos of cool artists covering classic songs on the The Voice Project website and if you can help out, well why not? As for the cover, in true BSS fashion, Kevin Drew and co have made it lengthier and added in more instrumentation. It is, needless to say, incredible.

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As you can probably tell, we’re really excited for Battles’ upcoming Tyondai-less album Gloss Drop. To add even more fuel to the anticipation,  La Blogotheque just put out their latest Take Away Show featuring the band performing the epic “Wall Street” in the splendor of Paris’ city hall, Hotel de Ville. It’s really is quite a sight.

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Depeche Mode will be releasing an all new remix album called Remixes 2: 81-11 which will be covering the length and breadth of their career. This remix collection will feature new and classic remixes of tracks from their 1981 debut Speak And Spell all the way to their Sounds Of The Universe in 2009.  The likes of M83, UNKLE, Trentemøller, François Kervorkian and Dan The Automator, Eric Prydz, Karlsson & Winnberg (from Miike Snow) and Röyksopp will all be offering their unique interpretations of Depeche Mode’s hits, amongst many many others electronic standouts. Here’s Stargate’s version of “Personal Jesus” set to a creepy witch hunt video directed by the one and only Patrick Daughters.

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Phew, we thought they broke up for a second there. After their sophomore effort  Some Loud Thunder the guys kind of disappeared for a bit. Thankfully, news of their demise have greatly been exaggerated because Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are back and bring with them a new album as if to say, “here’s a little something darlings, we’re sorry we’ve been gone so long.” The new LP is called Hysterical and it even comes with a teaser trailer.

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It’s a little hard to imagine that Blondie’s been around for close to 40 years isn’t it? Debbie’s golden locks are still as shiny as Chris Stein’s hooks though and the New Wave pioneers are back to unleash their ninth studio album called Panic Of Girls on you bleach hungry masses. Lead single “Mother” ably displays their effortless propensity to carve out a good pop ditty – even amidst a zombie apocalypse. Let this throwback Laurent Rejto directed video elaborate.

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