For the cold months of winter we warmed you with mix after mix of upbeat techno o­n the XLR8R Podcast DJ Mix Series. Now that spring is upon us and the rain is falling, we turn towards the slower, melancholic strains arriving these days from Bay Area label/collective anticon.

The 17 tracks here reflect the scope of the label’s catalog. In just an hour, the mix traverses ambient minor chords that bring tears to the eyes, hip-hop steeped in crisp beats and cogent lyrics, and a noisy traffic jam of sounds indecipherable from o­ne another. Partially paralyzed keyboard player Dax Pierson (13 & God, Subtle) joins these elements into o­ne cohesive piece with impressive ease. Hear his mix now, exclusively at the XLR8R Podcast DJ Mix Series.

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Tracklisting
1. Bracken “Heathens”
2. Passage “All The News That’s Fit To Print”
3. Jel “All Around feat. Stephanie Bohm”
4. Alias “What You Gave Away (Remix for The o­ne AM Radio)”
5. Sage Francis “Climb Trees”
6. SJ Esau “Cat Track (He Has No Balls)”
7. Thee More Shallows “Night at the Knight School”
8. Themselves “Live Trap (Hood Remix)”
9. Odd Nosdam “11th Ave Freakout Pt. 2 feat. Mike Patton & Josiah Wolf”
10. Sole “Center City feat. Why?”
11. Bracken “Four-Thousand Style”
12. Dosh “Um, Circles and Squares”
13. Pedestrian “Arrest The President feat. Jel and Sole”
14. Jel “To Buy A Car”
15. Doseone “The Tale of the Private Mind”
16. Thee More Shallows “Proud Turkeys”
17. SJ Esau “Geography”

via http://www.xlr8r.com/topstories/2007/03/new_at_the_xlr8r_podcast_dj_mi_3.php

New Andrew Bird Record Armchair Apocrypha Featuring Dosh In Stores March 20th!Andrew Bird?s new record (featuring our man Dosh) hits stores o­n March 20th.  The record is amazing and even features an incredible cover/re-recording of Dosh?s hit song “Simple Exercises.”  Dosh will be opening for Andrew Bird o­n his European tour this March. Dates TBA.

www.andrewbird.net
The Lost Take at the anticon web store

Upcoming ShowsAnticon SXSW ShowcaseThursday, March 15 @ Spiro’s Amphitheater (611 Red River St.):
1 AM – Sole (w/ Skyrider)
12 AM – Dosh
11 PM – Buck 65
10 PM – Thee More Shallows
9 PM – Telephone Jim Jesus
8 PM ? Brenmar

Bracken:Wed, Mar 21. The Luminaire – London, UK w/ SJ Esau
Thu, Mar 22. The Cube Cinema – Bristol, UK w/ SJ Esau
Fri, Mar 30. STUK – Leuven, Belgium
Mon, Apr 2. Le Batofar – Paris, FR
Tue, Apr 3. Le Sirius – Lyon, FR
Wed, Apr 4. L?Emporium – Rouen, FR
Thu, Apr 5. Antwerpen, BE w/ The Go Find
Fri, April 6. De Kreun – Kortrijk, BE w/ The Go Find
Sat, Apr 7. Rhaa Lovely Festival – Saint-Martin, BelgiumSun, Apr 8. Hafenklang Exil – Hamburg, DE
Mon, Apr 9. Bastard – Berlin, DE
Tue, Apr 10. Kulturbunker – Köln, DE
Wed, Apr 11. MUK – Giessen, DE
Thu, Apr 12. Kalkbreite – Zurich, CH
Sat, Apr 14. Ekko – Utrecht, NL w/ The Go Find
Thu, Apr 26. Brudenell – Leeds, UK (DJ Set) w/ Thee More Shallows
Tue, May 1. Mixing Tin – Leeds, UK w/ Boom Bip
Fri, May 4. Holy Trinity Church – Leeds, UK w/ Colleen & Triosk

Dosh:Wed, Mar 21. Crawdaddy – Dublin, IE w/ Andrew Bird
Thu, Mar 22. Bush Hall – London, UK w/ Andrew Bird (Sold Out)
Fri, Mar 23. Botanique – Brussels, BE w/ Andrew Bird
Thu, Mar 29. La Maroquinerie – Paris, FR w/ Andrew Bird (Sold Out) more dates TBA

SJ Esau:Wed, Mar 7. Noch Besser Leben – Leipzig, DE
Fri. Mar 9. Magnet Club- Berlin, DE
Sun. Mar 11. Jaz – Rostock, DE
Thu, Mar 15. Spitz – London, UK w/ Ventriloquis, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip and Tim Wells
Wed. Mar 21. The Luminaire – London, UK w/ Bracken
Thu.  Mar 22. The Cube Cinema – Bristol, UK w/ Bracken
Sun. Mar 25. Pindrops – Port Mahon, Oxford
Mon, Mar 26. The Thirsty Scholar – Manchester, UK
Wed, Apr 11. No Fun – Udine, IT
Thu, Apr 12. Scalo Dieci – Milan, IT

Thee More Shallows:4/2/07 – London, England – The Social
4/4/07 – Rouen, France – Emporium Gallorium w/ Bracken
4/5/07 – Brusells, Belgium – Atelier 210
4/7/07 – Paris, France – Triptyque
4/8/07 – Nantes, France – Planetarium
4/9/07 – Rennes, France – 1929
4/14/07 – Reims, France – Festival Capharnaum
4/15/07 – Brugges, Belgium – Cactus w/ Akron Family
4/18/07 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks
4/21/07 – Edinburgh, Scotland – venue tba
4/22/07 – Aberdeen, Scotland – Tunnels
4/23/07 – Manchester, England – The Star & Garter w/ Bracken
4/24/07 – Oxford, England – Port Mahon
4/25/07 – Coventry, England – Taylor Johns House
4/26/07 – Leeds, England – Brudenell Social Club
4/27/07 – London, England – Buffalo Bar
4/28/07 – Winchester, England – The Railway
4/29/07 – Brighton, England – The Hope
4/30/07 – Bristol, England – The Croft w/ SJ Esau and Rose Kemp
-Alias o­n Tour With Sage Francis May 26th-July 11th, Dates TBA

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san francisco, ca
http://www.anticon.com