Unoriginal Soundtracks #105: GTA V

Every other Wednesday, I share a playlist of songs tangentially related to a single game or series. Songs about alien sex for Mass Effect, world leaders for Civilization, and so on. Make requests to @USPodcast on Twitter.

Grand Theft Auto V is a disrespectful British take on California. It inspires this mostly-British playlist of punk, ska, and rap.

Listen: Stream Tomahawk's entire new album Oddfellows

Tomahawk, the metal supergroup(?) formed from Mike Patton's (Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Fantomas) twisted nightmares is about to release their fourth full-length, titled 'Oddfellows'. The album follows 2007's strange 'Anonymous', which was a collection of arrangements of long-passed down Native American chants and songs.

'Oddfellows' is a more traditional sequel to their debut, self-titled release, or 2003's 'Mit Gas' -- well, as "traditional" as the band can actually be. It's due out in a week, but Spin is streaming it for you right now. They've also got an interview with the band up, if you're interested in that sort of thing.

Hit the jump for the album's namesake single, or click here to hit up Spin's stream/interview.

Shuffled Podcast: 4 out of 10 Edition

Every other Wednesday I hit the shuffle button on my 90 gigabytes of music and post the results. I might have to justify some of the stuff in my library, but hopefully it will help inform you of new music -- or at least be entertaining.
This weeks episode of Shuffled turned up some of my favorite artists ever. Of course, the Gods of Shuffle didn't exactly pick the best songs to represent them, but we'll just have to roll with the punches. Inside you'll find songs from amazing artists like Faith No More, Against Me, and mc chris, plus, the music should sound much less tinny and be free of skipping this time! Sorry about that.