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Steam: Matthew Dear remixed + tour with Telefon Tel Aviv

Ever since Matthew Dear's "Dog Days" became a sensation in 2003 (it was the most popular single off his debut album Leave Luck to Heaven), producers have been itching to take a crack at the track. Five years later, Dear has synced up with Paris' Robsoul Recordings to release a top-notch remix collection: Dog Days- The Robsoul Remixes. DJ Sneak, playing his role of Chicago partyman to the fullest, engineers "Dog Days" into an eminently ebullient house romper. Acid creaks and squeaks fills in the spaces left by Sneak's grinning bass line, like the evil tricks of a balloon animal loose in a Moonbounce full of static electricity.

Stream: Matthew Dear – Dog Days (DJ Sneak's 420 Dog Mix)

At the heart of Matthew Dear's electro-pop opus Asa Breed lies "Pom Pom," a miniature slice of sound and vision whose rallying cry of "I've got to figure out love" is one of the record's most neck-tingling moments. For "Pom Pom"'s 10" release, Dear hands the tune over to DFA's Juan Maclean. If the hero of Dear's original "Pom Pom" stands shyly in the corner, "The Juan Maclean Mix" shoves him in a car and sends him hurtling downtown at top speed, chattering sixteenth-note high-hats in his ear as the city lights whiz by.

Stream:  Matthew Dear – Pom Pom (The Juan Maclean Mix)

Dear plays a live PA under his Audion moniker at Seattle's Decibel festival before taking his three-piece Big Hands band on a headlining tour in October, where he'll be accompanied by friends Telefon Tel Aviv as openers. Do not miss this.

AUDION
09.26 Seattle, WA  @ Decibel Festival - Chop Suey

MATTHEW DEAR'S BIG HANDS
10.08 Seattle, WA  @ Chop Suey*
10.09 Portland, OR @ Holocene*
10.10 San Fransisco, CA @ Mighty*
10.11 Los Angeles, CA @ Avalon Hollywood*
10.15 Montreal, QC @ Lambi*
10.16 Toronto, ON @ Wrongbar*
10.17 Chicago, IL @ Sonotheque*
10.18 Ann Arbor, MI @ The Blind Pig*

*w/ Telefon Tel Aviv

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