BREAKING NEWS!!!!

We're giving away two FREE tickets to this Satuday's Peter, Bjorn, & John show, at The Nokia Theater in downtown L.A.! Send an email to eareyenosecandyblog@gmail.com, NOW! We're taking emails until 5pm PST. You must live in Los Angeles. We're gonna literally put all the entries into a hat, and pick the winner. All of this goodness, is courtesy of the wonderful folks at The Planetary Group.

Stay tuned for winner announcement, and further EENC music and events!

"All that noise is coming from those two white boys?"

(Mos Def and Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys)

Here's a track from the forthcoming Blackroc album, which features several premier hip hop artists, paired up with Akron, Ohio's The Black Keys. The album is quite special, and was spearheaded by hip hop mogul Damon Dash. Check out "Done Did It" featuring Nicole Wray and NOE, below. Visit the official Blackroc site HERE. The album is set for a November 27th release date.


"Done Did It" By Blakroc

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Black Keys music is available at iTunes.

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Never too late.

Here's a track that's been getting a lot of mileage for me lately, from The Joy Formidable. Their album "A Balloon Called Moaning" was released in January of this year. I'm a little late to the dance, in my appreciation of this record. Check out "Cradle" below. Fans of Asobi Seksu and Pretty Girls Make Graves should fall for this one. Visit the British acts' official site HERE.





"Cradle" by The Joy Formidable

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This Is What It Feels Like When Love Cries

(Kieran Hebden presumably checking his Facebook page onstage?)

Here's the new single from Kieran Hebden's Four Tet moniker. I've always felt that anything he remixes turns instantly into gold, but the body of his own work has been a mainstay of originality in electronic style music for 6+ album releases. "Love Cry" is a nine minute, sleek sound-scape of dance, that shows how relevant and fresh Kieran's creativity remains.

"Love Cry" by Four Tet

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Visit the official Four Tet site HERE.

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Two Treats

If you're in LA and looking for some treats to entertain you, here's some shows if you aren't lucky enough to go see either The Dirty Projectors or Dead Man's Bones in Echo Park.

10.31.09 - Tiger Army @ The Grove in Anaheim
10.31.09 - Bouncing Souls @ The El Rey
10.31.09 - Vampire Weekend @ FYFest Secret Location
10.31.09 - Brother Reade @ Drop Dead Gorgeous in Downtown LA


Here's a few tracks for your Halloween weekend. The first needs no introduction.



"Last Caress" by The Misfits

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Here's a track from West Palm Beach, Florida's Surfer Blood. In age of bad band names, I tip my hat to these youngsters. With open references to professional wrestling in their song titles, these lads keep their brand of pop pretty lighthearted. Check out their MySpace page HERE.




"Anchorage" by Surfer Blood

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Purchase Misfits music at iTunes.

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The DP's

Here's a "B-Side" track from The Dirty Projectors' new "Temecula Sunrise" EP. For now, it seems as if its only available on a UK release. You can get more info about the release at the wonderful Domino Recordings site HERE. Peep the harmonious "Emblem of The World" below. Dirty Projectors will be playing a Halloween show in Echo Park, at the Jensen Rec Center. Take your chances on ticket availability HERE. I'll be down the street at The Echo that night, at the sold out Dead Man's Bones show.


"Emblem of The World" by The Dirty Projectors

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Dirty Projectors music is available at the iTunes store.

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(What once was hipster cohabitation)

Devendra Banhart's music has always had the effect of the first signs of a bright, golden morning on me. This lovable, Natalie Portman courting hippie has always had a special place in my musical heart. His latest offering, "What Will We Be?" offers another slice of that Ravi Shankar/Cat Stevens inflected pie. You can pre-order the record on the heels of tomorrow's release date HERE. Give a listen to "Can't Help But Smiling" below.

"Can't Help But Smiling" by Devendra Banhart

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Devendra Banhart music is available on iTunes.

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