Kevin Bronson on August 3rd, 2009

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Sean Tillman’s party band persona, Har Mar Superstar, will release “Dark Touches,” its first album in five years, on Oct. 13. I’m not big on tongue-in-cheek dance music – in fact, Tillman’s pop album as Sean Na Na a couple years back far outstrips his work as Har Mar – but there are very few better showmen in town when it comes to getting clubgoers to check their inhibitions at the door.”  Guests on Har Mar’s new album include Inara George, Boom Bip and P.O.S., and heavyweight producer Greg Kurstin co-wrote this single, originally intended for Britney Spears:

||| Download: “Tall Boy” and, for old-time’s sake, Sean Na Na’s “Double Date”

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Resident genius John Wood has released the latest in his album-per-month subscription series as Learning Music, and it’s … well, experimental. “Frequency Histograms for Predictor Variables” consists of 99 20-second songs (made from sounds made by the human body and samples of sounds made by objects found in the kitchen) intended to be played in random order. OK, I’m game.

||| Download: Sampler medley from “Frequency Histograms”

The new download from Hello Dragon has been posted too. The band’s series started in March, and they have yet to disappoint.

||| Download: “Coasts and Continents” or check out all the available songs.