DOWNLOAD: Drummer - Feel Good Together (MP3)

Drummer, the new band featuring Patrick Carney, drummer for the critically acclaimed duo The Black Keys, is poised for the release of their debut album, Feel Good Together. The album is set for release September 29 on Carney's label, Audio Eagle. Carney, who plays bass for the group, joins up with four long time friends-all Ohio-based drummers-to bring the project to life. Drummer is rounded out by: Jamie Stillman of Teeth of the Hydra, formerly of Party of Helicopters (guitar), Jon Finley of Beaten Awake, also formerly of Party of Helicopters (vocals, guitar), Stephen Clements of Houseguest and Six Parts Seven (keys, vocals) and Greg Boyd of Ghostman and Sandman (drums). The band will embark on a fall tour in support of the new album.

Drummer is playing a one-off show in August in Ohio, and then heading out on tour with Royal Bangs in October. That trip kicks off at Southpaw in Brooklyn on October 8th (tickets on sale Friday), and then hits Mercury Lounge in Manhattan on the 10th (tix now on AmEx presale). An MP3 from their debut album above. Cover art and tour dates below...

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DOWNLOAD: Clipse - Road To Till The Casket Drops (ZIPPED MP3, Front Cover here, Back Cover here)
DOWNLOAD: Sandman - The #1 Suppliya (Sendspace Link, Front Cover here, Back Cover here)

While we wait to hear if the R-E-U-P-G-A-N-G (aka The Re-Up Gang) can truly get it for cheap in this economy, Clipse have dropped their newest mixtape, The Road to Till The Casket Drops. The Road... is doing double duty: serving as both a preview to their 2009 long-player Till The Casket Drops, and as a coming-out party for their new cloths-ing line Play Cloths.

Meanwhile, (ex-Re-Up?) Sandman isn't one to make you sleep... he dropped his new mixtape, #1 Suppliya, on the same day on his Cannons Inc site and The Re-Up Gang blog. This is a somewhat odd move for the Philly native, as he recently stated to HipHopDX that he is no longer part of Re-Up... Sandman also dropped his Gianormous digital LP for free download earlier this year (pick that up here)

The Re-Up Gang dropped their first true album, Clipse Presents: The Re-Up Gang, on Koch Records in August. The 2009 release Till the Casket Drops "will feature production from Timbaland, Danjahandz, Scott Storch, Dame Grease, Sean "Diddy" Combs' production team The Hitmen, Kanye West and Rick Rubin."

Of the new Clipse songs on their new mixtape, "Big Dreams" also appears on a new 'Coast 2 Coast' mixtape hosted by Lupe Fiasco. Get that HERE. Check out the whole tracklist for The Road to Till The Casket Drops below...

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