Remember that rad Bleached song we streamed from their debut album the other day? Well, rather than make you wait until April 2nd for the rest of the record, eMusic managed to convince the L.A. duo's label to sneak their new single onto a carefully curated sampler. Featuring 10 tracks and available to your left for the low, low cost of free, the compilation hammers Dead Oceans' diverse roster home, from the feedback-engulfed jet plane jams of A Place to Bury Strangers to the fireside folk of Phosphorescent.

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In honor of their previously announced winter tour — which starts next Sunday and winds down at the end of the month — Hooray For Earth have shared a squealing mind eraser of a Bear in Heaven cover. Listen to "Lovesick Teenagers" below, right alongside the band's upcoming dates... more »

Here's a little something to help you wind down the day: a decent Pitchfork documentary about music's effect on the mind, with or without the use of serotonin-flooding, ego-eliminating drugs. Aside from appearances by such seemingly random artists as Daedelus, Bear in Heaven and White Fence, the 20-minute film does manage to work in such reputable sources as a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics and the chair of UCLA's musicology department.

Watch. Discuss. Enjoy...

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