One of our fave bloggers (and fellow ATJer) picked:

Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Foals – Antidotes

View the full rundown here.

Sondre Lerche adores Fleet Foxes as well.

MP3: Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal

Check out her contribution above.

Visit Tegan & Sara on MySpace.

Bid on the piece here.

MP3: Tegan & Sara – Walking With A Ghost

Up for top honors:

Bon Iver – For Emma…
Foals – Antidotes
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
Elbow – The Seldom…
Born Ruffians – Red Yellow & Blue
Santogold – Santogold
The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age…

View all the rest here.

MP3: Fleet Foxes – He Doesn’t Know Why

Deets for the event are as follows:

November 19th
Le Poisson Rouge
Host: Judah Friedlander

For more info, head here.

Visit Xiu Xiu on MySpace.

MP3: Xiu Xiu – FTW

Here’s official word on their current set up via designer Es Devlin: *The band will be caught within a Naum Gabo inspired romboid structure surfaced with gauze and punctuated with radiating tensioned cables which will catch the light in a more lyrical way than a pure saturated block of back light. What the fans see will be a visual expression and counterpoint to what they hear allowing them the space to project their own interpretation of the music and the courage to intensify it…*

Read my Q&A with the band here.

MP3: Secret Machines – Nowhere…

Deets are as follows: *On October 2nd there will be an exhibition of 12 prints from the Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust album (deluxe edition) by Eva Vermandel and a taster of the film made by Nick Abrahams. The exhibition takes place at the White Chapel Gallery in London as part of the Concrete & Glass event. Concrete & Glass’s inaugural music and contemporary art event, held across 18 venues in Shoreditch, will also play host to some of the most outstanding new and established artists London has to offer.* For further info, head here. MP3 at bottom of post.

Visit Sigur Ros on MySpace.

MP3: Sigur Ros – Untitled 4

Included in the bunch:

Noah & The Whale – Peaceful…
Matmos – Supreme Balloon
Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue
Nine Inch Nails – The Slip
Santogold – Santogold

View the full list here.

Noah recently unveiled a clip for ‘Shape’.

MP3: Noah & The Whale – 2 Bodies 1 Heart

Details are as follows: *Chris Garneau & Grant Worth present a new series of twenty one original Polaroids. The collaboration was inspired by a series of books concerned with fantasy, adventure, superhero decisions and second chances. Created with some of the last of Polaroid’s instant film, the four stories (Choose Your Own Adventure) were shot in one month in special locations around the country. These photos are one of a kind collectibles that you can hold in your sweet little hand. Unfold the mystery of Fern Canyon, take a ride to Gardenia on the magic horse, celebrate your birthday forever or discover the ‘Whorror’ of Mary Higgins Clark. Each Polaroid is signed and titled, and will be specially packaged by Chris and Grant themselves.*

Learn more & view all images here.

Visit Chris Garneau on MySpace.

MP3: Chris Garneau – Not Nice

Would you purchase the chair he’s sitting on in the accompanying photo? Here’s some info on the piece: *It’s called Perspective. It was designed by Pharrell in collaboration with Domeau & Pérès who built it and will be making the additional chairs. The chair, as well as another chair design and a table will be part of a show in Paris at the prestigious Emmanuel Perrotin Galerie. The show will be from October 21st 2008 until January 10th 2009. The chairs will be available in a few colors and only 4 of each will be sold. The chair represents the love between a woman and man. Pharrell exclaims: “I had often wondered what it’s like to truly be in love, not lust for once. So I decided not to ask what it was like in someone else’s shoes or what it was like to sit in their seat. I decided to sketch out my own experiment; the perspective chair.”*

For more info, head here.

MP3: Pharrell – Baby

The powers that be explain the decision to add more gigs on Patrick’s MySpace page. *I know we said that LMHR would be the only show of the year. We meant it when we said it, honestly we did, it wasn’t a wind-up; but PW was so fired up by the awesome reception he got from you guys that he has decided to accept invitations to play another couple of shows over the summer. Who knows, he may play one or two more. The 1st show is something really special, and will truly be a one-off. Patrick has been personally asked by the American photographer, Nan Goldin, to perform a live soundtrack to her seminal work, The Ballad Of Sexual Dependency, in the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern on May 24. Then on July 5 Patrick will headline Redfest, which is just outside Redhill, Surrey. This is a small, vibrant little festival with no sponsors, no VIP area & no corporate involvement whatsoever.* MP3 at bottom of post.

Enjoy a teaser of his new tune, ‘Time Of My Life’, here.

MP3: P. Wolf – The Magic Position (Spike Mix)