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XLR8R Premiers New Track From Pressed And	06/2012	Head over to XLR8R's First Listen section for a free download of "Komusō Flutter Kick" from the upcoming Hyper Thistle EP by Pressed And. According to XLR8R, "the track is aptly named; much like a martial arts technique, all the different elements combine to form something that is simultaneously elaborate, graceful, and hard hitting."

Music Under Fire Interviews Zoon van snooK And Premiers Remix	06/2012	Zoon van snooK just completed an amazing remix for the track "Of Course You Exist" from The Pictish Trail. Music Under Fire has premiered this remix and posted an informative Q&A. Check out the feature for a run down on what is up with Zoon van snooK and his thought on his remix LP, (Remixes From) The Nutty Tree.

KEXP Song Of The Day Features Pressed And	06/2012	KEXP has chosen Pressed And's "Blue Noun" as its Song Of The Day. Head over the KEXP site to listen and for a free download.

Golden Glow Hard At Work On Their Next LP	06/2012	Golden Glow are in the studio and hard at work on their next LP. To get an idea where things might head, check out a youtube preview that features a bit of the new music along with some footage from the studio.

KUT Covers Corduroi For The Loop	06/2012	Each week, Austin's KUT highlights a different artist and their music, and lets them tell their own stories in order to put beat music into a Texas perspective. The show is called The Loop, and this week featured Corduroi. Head over to the KUT site for the interview.

ACRN Interviews Brothertiger	06/2012	With a successful European tour behind him and a hopeful future ahead, Brothertiger's hometown ACRN caught up with him for an interview.

French Interview with Holobody on C'est Fini	06/2012	C'est Fini has a long interview with both members of Montreal transplant's Holobody. If you speak French, head over to see what they had to say, or just stop by for photos of their musical workspace and of Charlotte and Luke as kids.

Bigg Jus Interviewed By French Magazine	05/2012	French magazine, Noise has an long interview with Bigg Jus in the current issue. Head to the newstand to grab a copy or check it out here.

Exclaim! Premiers Holobody Video	05/2012	Canada's biggest music magazine, Exclaim! has premiered the new video for "Riverbed" by Holobody. The beautifully crafted video was directed by illustrator/animators Ana Mouyis and Zachary Zezima with additional artwork by Luke Loseth to capture the songs underlying idea of life, death, rebirth and ultimate nirvana.

Corduroi On Adult Swim	05/2012	If you are fan of Adult Swim, check the next episode of the show Off The Air. Corduroi's "All Ways" video will make an appearance. Thanks to Color Chart for doing such great work.

Bigg Jus Featured By iTunes & Deezer	05/2012	Bigg Jus's new album, Machines That Make Civilization Fun is here. It has been spotlighted in the Hip-Hop New Release section by iTunes around the world and featured on the massive French streaming service Deezer (unfortuantely that great service is not available outside of France).

pOnk Audio interview On Progolog.	05/2012	Sprichst du Deutsch? If so, head over the Progolog for an excellent in depth audio interview with pOnk.

Bigg Jus Video Interview With Culture King	05/2012	Bigg Jus recently sat down with Culture King for a video interview. They spoke about about the new album, Machines That Make Civilization Fun, graffiti’s storied past and potential future, Company Flow‘s formula for making a classic album, social media’s hidden agenda and more. It was a great interview that has been picked up by a number of sites including Crayon Beats, Emilio Sparks, Frequency, and Ecliptic Sight and East Side Morales.

Brothertiger Announces Shows With Beat Connection	05/2012	After a great run through Europe with Teen Daze, Brothertiger is hitting the US in June and July with Beat Connection. To warm up for the tour, he also has a few spot shows in May. Check the shows page for more details.

Mush Online Store Adds Lossless Files	05/2012	We're happy to announce that we have added Lossless downloads to our online store. Simply visit our Releases section, and each release page will have a Lossless Order target. Files are $10 for full-lengths and $5 for EPs.

FACT and Mowno Streaming New Bigg Jus Album For The Next Week	05/2012	FACT Magazine is streaming the new Bigg Jus album, Machines That Make Civilization Fun for the next week... or if you prefer French, Mowno is also streaming during the same period. Make sure to give it a listen along with the lyrics and pick up a copy after it's released.

Busdriver Hits The Road	05/2012	Busdriver is once again hitting the road, playing shows in the US in May and June. May of the shows will be along with Buck 65. Check our shows page for a complete list.

DJ Magazine Premiers Bigg Jus Track	05/2012	DJ Magazine has premiered the Bigg Jus track, "Empire Is A Bitch (Fake Arab Spring Mix)" through their online site. They write that his new album is "as big, raw and wise to bullshit as his native New York." Check it out.

Substance M With Massive Write Up On Bigg Jus	04/2012	French Magazine Substance M has a long dissertation on Bigg Jus and his new album, Machines That Make Civilization Fun. If you speak French, and you are in the mood for something with a little more depth than your average review, check it out.

Zoon van snooK In Noise Collective	04/2012	Noise Collective Covers Bristol, UK’s Weirdsmith Zoon van snooK with a great write up and a handful of free tracks and remixes. Be sure to check it out.

Press On Jealov LIVES	04/2012	Jealov LIVES, the secretive performance tape shared for free this month has been getting a number of glowing write ups. Check out the features in Rote Raupe, Peace, The Rusty Blog and This Is Book's Music.

Aerial Noise Highlights Zoon van snooK	04/2012	Aerial Noise has a great write up on Zoon van snooK focusing on his (Remixes From) A Nutty Tree album. The feature is especiially free music heavy with tracks from (Falling From) The Nutty Tree, the remix album, and bootleg remixes by Zoon van snooK of Radiohead and Diagrams. If you have not gotten into Zoon van snooK's one-of-a-kind production style yet, this is a great primer.

Is And Of The Featured In What's Protocol	04/2012	What's Protocol has an excellent introduction to Andrew Bandos' project, Is And Of The that includes the video for the track, "The Past Inside The Present."

Pressed And Daytrotter Session	04/2012	Daytrotter once again comes through with an amazing session capturing one of our acts on tour... this time Pressed And. In describing the set, site mastermind Sean Moeller writes "Mat Jones, along with bandmate and North Carolinan college buddy, Andrew Hamlet, string together what sound like calendar days that have amounted to very little and wedded them with some kind of magic touch that turns all of the blankness into passable intrigue." Head on over to Daytrotter to check out Pressed And along with all of the other amazing acts that have recorded sessions over the years.

Bigg Jus "Black Roses" Premier	04/2012	"Black Roses" the first single from Bigg Jus new album, Machines That Make Civilization Fun has been premiered by the important French site, The Drone. Get a first listen of the original and Thavius Beck remix. The single will also feature a remix by Bigg Jus & El-P - the first music they have made together since Company Flow.

Festivalrykten Features Brothertiger	04/2012	Brothertiger's first European tour (with him friend, the talented producer Teen Daze) has been a huge success. In addition to hitting cities across Europe, live pod-casting a show from their hotel room, and playing to consistently full houses, the two acts got quite a bit of local press previewing the shows, including this feature on Brothertiger in Festivalrykten - a Sweedish magazine.

pOnk	04/2012	pOnk is German producer Frederik Knop, of the post-rock trio mOck. His upcoming Mush-debut EP, Remaking The Past takes the base tracks for mOck's John McEntire mixed debut and recombines them into a twelve minute mini-opus. To learn more, check this informative interview in Berlin Beat, stream Part 2 of Remaking The Past from the Mush Soundcloud page or check out this amazing video previewing an upcoming pOnk project that uses things found around his Berlin apartment as source material. We can't wait to see what comes next from this exciting new talent.

Zoon van snooK "Ee'm Yorn" Premiered By Baeble Music	04/2012	Zoon Van Snook's video for "Ee'm Yorn" has been premiered by Baeble Music. The video features amazing stop-motion work from director Clive Summerill. The track, which was shot in Bristol UK, is from his debut LP (Falling From) The Nutty Tree.

Lymbyc Systym Used In New Kony 2012 Video	04/2012	The new Kony 2012 video features two tracks from Lymbyc Systym: "Fall Bicycle" from Lover Your Abuser and "Rest Easy/Age Kindly (Back Ted-N-Ted Remix)" from Love Your Abuser Remixed. With the original Kony 2012 video getting over 100 million views, this is sure to help spread the band's music and at the same time help an important cause. if you have not seen the original Kony 2012 video, please watch it now - and if you have, please watch Part II - Beyond Famous and spread the word.

Brothertiger "Lovers" eMusic Daily Download	04/2012	If you are an eMusic user, head over to today's eMusic Daily Download section for a free mp3 of Brothertiger's "Lovers" and help spread the word on his new album Golden Years.

A Lull Booked For Pitchfork Festival	04/2012	We're thrilled to announce that A Lull will be playing this year's Pitchfork festival. Congratulations to the band for a well deserved booking. Check out show previews featuring A Lull in Windy City Rocks and the Examiner.

Bigg Jus Single "Black Roses" gets remixed by Bigg Jus & El-P and Thavius Beck	04/2012	Bigg Jus' first album in five years, Machines That Make Civilization Fun is one of the hip-hop records of the year. The lead single, "Black Roses" drops on April 17th and features a remix by Bigg Jus with his Company Flow bandmate El-P and a second by his Mush labelmate Thavius Beck. The song is a monster and the remixes take it to another level.

Jealov LIVES	04/2012	The ever mysterious Jealov return with LIVES - a live recording that covers material from their first two EPs - Translations and Framework - completely reworked and blended into a break-free 45 minute performance. Like all things Jealov, details are scarce. All we know is this was recorded early this year in concert in Brussels, Belgium. This concert is a free download from the Mush soundcloud page and Jealov's RunTellSecrecy website.

Brothertiger iTunes Indie Spotlight	04/2012	Congratulations to Brothertiger, who landed on iTunes Indie Spotlight for his debut full-length Golden Years this week. Head on over to iTunes and grab a copy.

A Lull's Monday Threesome	04/2012	The Wild Honey Pie has a spotlight of A Lull on their latest Monday Threesome.

Pregnant's Daytrotter Session	04/2012	Earlier this year while touring the US, Pregnant stopped by the Daytrotter studio to record a session they describe as ""28 minutes of continuous music that is hypnotizing and yet still discernable as having some kind of a progression from a start, into a mid-section that hints at disruptions and telephone calls that you could swear are being made to you (like that phantom vibration system that you feel shivering down your leg a few times a day) and into an outro that sounds like we're being escorted through a peanut gallery filled with people rhythmically doing their yard work and whistling." Head over the Daytrotter to check out Pregnant's session now.

New Is And Of The Video For "Past Inside The Present"	04/2012	Is And Of The is one of the most promising producers blending electronics, post-rock and chill-wave. His latest video for "The Past Inside The Present" is directed by Tom Anthony. The track is from his EP, Handpainted Glow.

FACT Covers Bigg Jus	04/2012	Hip-Hop fans are geering up for Bigg Jus' first release in five years. FACT magazine is the latest to spotlight Jus and stream the track "Advanced Lightbody Activation."

A Lull Playing Middle Of The Map Festival And With Gauntlet Hair	04/2012	A Lull will be playing the Middle Of The Map festival along with Fucked Up, Coalesce, Appleseed Cast and others. They are also hitting the road with Gauntlet Hair in April. A Lull is one of the best live bands making music. Be sure to see them if they hit your city.

Brothertiger Remixes Teen Daze	03/2012	As they prepare to head to Europe for their tour in April, XLR8R has premiered Brothertiger's remix of Teen Daze's Brooklyn Sunburn.

Corduroi Premiers Video For "Glow Worm"	03/2012	Corduroi has once again hooked up with the video team Color Chart, this time for a music video for "Glow Worm" from his Future Adventures EP.

Brothertiger Covers The Smiths	03/2012	In anticipation of his first European tour, Brothertiger has covered the track "Ask" by one of his favorite bands, The Smiths, and is giving it away via his Soundcloud page. The cover has gotten quite a bit of attention including coverage on FY: Chillwave, YVYNYL, Luka, Recent Music Heroes, Newdust, Birp!, The Up-Turn, Sonar Beat, The Jangle Box.

Terror Eyes TV Films Pressed And Performance	03/2012	Terror Eyes TV caught Pressed And at their Feb 29th Los Angeles performance. Check out the live video of "Raid" from their EP Imbue Up.

KSU Buzz Interviews Brothertiger	03/2012	KSU Buzz caught up with Brothertiger for a Q&A at his headlining performance at Keep On Repeat. Check out the interview for some backgound on Brothertiger.

New Command V Video For Hello	03/2012	Command V have released the video to the second single from their self-titled debut. "Hello" is directed by band-member Rachel Dengiz and perfectly captures the off kilter edge of the group.

Deru Interviewed By The Do Lab	03/2012	In anticipation of his upcoming show at King King, The Do Lab caught up with Deru for an interview.

Lymbyc Systym Snakeweed Sessions	03/2012	Check out Snakeweed Sessions for a video interview and two live performances with Lymbyc Systym.

Command V In Alt Sounds	03/2012	Check out Alt Sounds for some background on Command V and the making of their self-titled debut.

Open Mike Eagle Live	03/2012	Open Mike Eagle is hitting the road this March including a handful of shows with Louis Logic. Check the shows page for more details.

Golden Glow Spring Dates	03/2012	Golden Glow have a number of dates lined up for March through late spring. Pierre Hall has his band rehersing to prepare for recording their follow-up record. These concerts should be quite good as the Tender Is The Night tracks get the full band treatment, and the new songs get premiered.

Grand Good Premiers First Track From New Bigg Jus Album	02/2012	Bigg Jus is back, and 2012 is going to be huge for him. With a reinvigorated playing ATP and Coachella, and his new album Machines That Make Civilization Fun complete, Jus is prepared to let out 5 years of creative output on the public. Look for videos, surprise remixes, and what may be the hip-hop album of the year. To start, Grand Good has premiered the song "Advanced Lightbody Activation" as a taste of what is to come. This track is vintage Jus - all vitriol and panic inducing production. Check it out.

Impose Magazine Raves About Pressed And	02/2012	In Impose Magazine's Week In Pop section, Pressed And gets major props for their remix of Gauntlet Hair. Head over to the Impose site to check the remix out for yourself.

Crowd Goes Bonkers Over Avec Avec	02/2012	Avec Avec recently played the INNIT in Osaka - an event targeted at the best in Japanese electronic music. According to the review on Make Believe Melodies, he stole the show as the crowd went bonkers for his new material.

"Riverbed" Gets Remixed	02/2012	"Riverbed" the lead single from Holobody's debut, Riverhood, has an animated video in the works and has also now been remixed by Zachary Gray, Pregnant, the Holobody member Felix Green.

Is And Of The Is Pod Fodder	02/2012	Each month, Burning World releases a free mix called Pod Fodder with some of the most exciting up and coming acts' latest music. This month, Is And Of The's "Grasshopper" from his EP Handpainted Glow makes the cut. Download the mix now and pick-up Handpainted Glow from the Mush online store for only $3.

Pregnant Dublab Session	02/2012	During his last tour, Pregnant recorded a session for Dublab titled "Sprout Session" which is now online. A couple of fantastic pieces of cardboard art by Pregnant's Daniel Truedeau are also feautred along with a nice write up. Do yourself a favor and check out this great performance.

Tome To The Weather Machine Goes In Depth On Brothertiger's Lovers	02/2012	Tome To The Weather Machine has an indepth piece on Brothgertiger focusing on his "Lovers" video. if you have not already checked the video out, head over to see one of the best crafted pieces of electronic indie-pop this year.

Holobody "Riverbed" Streaming On Soundcloud	02/2012	"Riverbed" from Holobody's upcoming debut, Riverhood is now streaming on Mush's Soundcloud page. We could not be more excited about this duo's future.

A Lull Transmission	02/2012	Gaper's Block featured A Lull's new "Some Love" video this month. If you have not already checked the video out, please head over to their site to support their coverage of the band.

Jealov Gives Away Hurtape	02/2012	Just in time for Valentine's Day, Jealov has made an exclusive free mixtape for The Word magazine. Asked to describe the mix in a couple of words, they picked "Ooey Gooey." If you have not gotten into Jealov yet, be sure to check out the excellent and very left-field Translations and Framework EPs. Jealov - Hurtape by Runtellsecrecy on Mixcloud

Golden Glow Get Bubble Gunked	02/2012	Golden Glow got Bubbkle Gunked this month. Check out what Pierre Hall had to say about England and the band's future.

A Lull Live Reviews	02/2012	Reviews fromt the recent A Lull tour have been rolling in. Pop Stache covers the show at Schubas in Chicago and MXDWN covers the band's LA performance at the Echo along with a full set of photos from the show.

Lymbyc Systym To Tour Europe	02/2012	Lymbyc Systym will be touring Germany with some other spot dates in Eastern Europe in March, but before they leave, the band will play one-off shows in Boston and Montreal. Check out a preview for the Montral show via SSG Music.

Lymbyc Systym Under The Gun	02/2012	Under The Gun has an excellent interview with Jared Bell of Lymbyc Systym. Check it out to hear what's cioming up next for the group.

Golden Glow In Demain Magazine	02/2012	Demain Magazine recently caught up with Pierre Hall to discuss Goden Glow's debut Tender is the Night.

Is And Of The "Sleepless Dream" Video	02/2012	Is And Of The's Heads Phased For Dreamless Sleep marked a great beginning for producer Andrew Bandos. His new EP, Handpainted Glow shows tremendous growth and even more promise for this young artist. While waiting for the new material to be released, Andrew has hooked up with directors Kevin Sawicki and Alex Igidbashian of Block The Box Productions and delivered a video for "Sleepless Dream" - the standout track from his debut. Grab Is And Of The's debut album, Heads Phased For Dreamless Sleep and the follow-up EP, Handpainted Glow, from the Mush online store.

Brothertiger To Tour Europe With Teen Daze	02/2012	Brothertiger will be joining forces with Teen Daze for an extended European Tour in April. They will hit cities across the entire continent from the London to Rome. Check the Mush Records show page for more details for the Brothertiger/Teen Daze tour.

Live Photos From The Pressed And Tour	02/2012	Photographer Brian Moats caught Pressed And on tour and captured the band in a really fantastic series of black and whites. The band is still on the road, so check the Imbue Up Shows page to see them when they hit your city.

K-The-I??? Tours With Dirtbag Dan	02/2012	K-The-I??? - whose new Mush release is almost complete - hits the road this month for a wescoast swing with Dirtbag Dan. Be sure to check him when he hits your city.

A Lull Gets Lost In Austin	02/2012	Austin Town Hall has a great series called Lost In Austin where touring bands are filmed performing unconventional versions of their songs around town. We couldn't be more thrilled that A Lull's recently completed Lost In Austin session is now online.

Golden Glow Interviewed In Demain Magazine	02/2012	Demain Magazine recently caught up with Golden Glow's Pierre Hall for a Q&A. His album, Tender Is The Night is out now.

Brothertiger On MTV	02/2012	Brothertiger has made it to MTV. His Kiki Allgeier directed video for "Lovers" was shown on MTV Hive's Weird Vibes. You can catch a replay of the show on the MTV site.

A Lull Racks Up Tour Press	02/2012	A Lull has had a great run, hitting most of the western US along with Deleted Scenes. Along the way they played some great shows, made new fans, made their way through one of the biggest snowstorms to hit the Northwest in years, and picked up a batch of tour press. Check out show previews, reviews, and interviews on A Lull in Back Beat Seattle, Missoula Live, Kaffeine Buzz, I Heart Local Music, and the Salt Lake City Weekly with more to come in the upcoming days. The Dallas Observer had an especially interesting Q&A with Nigel Dennis about the origin of the band's name.

Command V's JD Twitch Optimo Remix Premiered By XLR8R	02/2012	Command V's lead single "Lost On Me" has a fantastic remix by JD Twitch of Optimo. XLR8R magazine recently premiered it, and a number of sites including Dummy followed suit.

Avec Avec's "Kuzuha No Sunday" Now Streaming	01/2012	Recently, the Guardian wrote about Avec Avec, "Kuzuha No Sunday" stands as one of the best tracks from this fledgling movement, a stuttering beat-driven song reminiscent of Bibio or Cornelius that sounds like a perfect sunny Sunday. The sweetest part comes via that glitchy vocal sample, one of the most joyous sounds to come out of Japan this year." We could not agree more. The track is now streaming on the Mush Soundcloud page.

Impose covers Pregnant's "G" Hum Parade	01/2012	Pregnant's Daniel Trudeau pulled it off, and Impose Magazine was there to capture it. On January 7th hundreds of people with instruments, some known some not, assembled at Bows & Arrows - a boutique/restaurant/venue - to parade through Midtown Sacramento playing the G chord. This is a much watch video.

ACRN Presents Brothertiger	01/2012	ACRN recently caught up with Brothertiger for a great video interview to celebrate his impact on the Athens music scene.

Pregnant Does Podcast For Rebel Magazine	01/2012	Rebel Magazine has a series of podcasts curated by various indie artists. This month, Daniel Trudeau, better known as Pregnant, is the featured artist. Check out Pregnant's podcast on Rebel Magazines site.

Holobody To Release Debut On Mush	01/2012	Holobody, the sibling duo of Felix Green and See Oleana, will be releasing their debut album, Riverbed on Mush this spring. Already accomplished solo artists, the album marks a true collaboration which has created an amazing album. A video and remixes for the song "Riverbed" are also in the works.

Corduroi Join The Studio	01/2012	Corduroi is quickly building a following for his incredible productions. As he begins to play live, we can see the same thing happening for his performances. Get a glimpse of what goes into his music from the intimate Corduroi live set recently put up by Join The Studio.

Pressed And Live	01/2012	Pressed And hit the road in support of Imbue Up with a huge list of shows that takes them across the entire country. Make sure to see them when they hit your town.

My Spoonful Tells You Why You Should Check Out A Lull	01/2012	My Spoonful give you a taste of new music, this week focusing on why you need to check out A Lull. Thier album, Confetti is out now.

Mush To Release Music From Avec Avec	01/2012	After turning in a sparkling version of "Lovers" for the recent Brothertiger single, we knew we needed to continue to work with Sugar Campaign's Takuma Hosokawa's solo project, Avec Avec. First up is a slightly altered re-release of his acclaimed debut ep, Plastic Soul. Re-titled Plastic Soul Redux, two new songs are added and one impossible to properly release bootleg mix is dropped (don't worry you can still hear it on Takuma's Soundcloud page).

Pressed And To Work With Mush Records	01/2012	Released as a limited edition cassette by the amazing indie label, Crash Symbols, Pressed And's debut EP, Imbue Up has been getting tons of positive press. We're thrilled to announce that we will be working with them on their future releases as well as helping spread the word on Imbue Up.

A Lull Prepare For Tour By Giving Away "Some Love" Single For Limited Time	01/2012	A Lull are hitting the western part of the US from mid-January through early-February with the band Deleted Scenes. If you have not already seen A Lull live, this is a must see tour. Their wall-of-sound sets have garnered universal praise and steadily built their fan base in every city they have played. As an added THANK YOU for the support A Lull's fans have shown in 2011, their new single "Some Love" - which includes remixes by Brothertiger, City Light, and Sun Glitters - will be available FREE from from December 27th through the end of the tour. Simply visit the Mush Records Facebook page to grab your free download.

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