April 2012
39 posts
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His style is so inventive and fresh, its influences ranging from 50’s TV theme songs to 70’s krautrock.
Monster Rally - Honey
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As Golden Isles rounds out the end of this session it opens your eyes into a vast array of psychedelic sourcery that mends the mind as if you’d just seen Cookie Monster each a carrot.
Grandparents - Golden Isles
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“Ambigamy” quickly propels Bummer Pop into orbit, lowering gravity and air pressure just enough for the next nine tracks of slow-core disco to playfully contemplate life, destiny, and the state in-between.
James & Evander - Ambigamy
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…the New York band led by Giovanni Saldarriaga back with another hand-clap n’ snap pop new wave gem.
We Can’t Enjoy Ourselves - Devil in the Old Folks Home
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Peaking Lights put their magic touch on one of our favorite singles of the year, draping some of their unmistakable dub-psych haze over Nite Jewel’s “One Second of Love.”
Nite Jewel - One Second of Love (Peaking Lights One Love remix)
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There’s a part rodeo, part underground slowdance, part western, part church rave, part hammock spinning bustling out of this and its hard not to like.
Salvador Jolly – BREAKTHRU
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New single from Major Lazer, featuring vocals from Amber Coffman of Dirty Projectors
Major Lazer - Get Free (feat. Amber of Dirty Projectors)
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conversing with the sun. feel the ground breathe. sleeping on empty sidewalks. afternoon to midnight. people pass me by. my eyes feels heavy. my lungs feel fresh…
where exactly do you stay?
Emerald Ruins - Stay
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Dopewave is real.
Newtimers - January Love (yus remix)
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Newark, Delaware’s Sam Nobles writes elegant, beautifully constructed songs - they’re patchworks of thrift store sounds and weather-worn loops. This entire Nephews EP is stunning.
Tip Toes - Quakes
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The harmony, the slight jangle, the elevator orchestra, the chord progression, just everything combined. It’s as if you took at the angst from Dum Dum Girls and slowed it down to 3/4ths the BPM they roll on with.
Pure Bathing Club - Ivory Coast
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Each song has the same name – version A being a sweet pop funk killer and version B being a slow burner chill. Check out the funk:
Cookies – Crybaby (A)
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The alto sax setting the mood to ~smooth~. Then the bass-line drops and anchors us in rhythmic reality. And finally, Rene’s vocals come in, pushing the whole thing over the edge , forcing you beyond reaction, and into pure catharsis.
Renny Wilson - By and By
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do you feel the breeze? do you hear the birds chirping?
Kaligraph E - Summerset
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If you have the time, this needs to be heard right away. If you don’t have the time…make the time. This is some pensive hip-hop gold.
Tazmanian Tiger - Part Four
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…just what I wanted at this moment in time
Soft Care - Girls
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It’s an intricate and calming beauty.
Arthur Beatrice – Midland (Bwana Remix)
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These are songs as swollen as a cherry tree in spring - a burst of white and heaven and new seasons.
Jethro Fox - Echo
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This track wisely holds back from overreacting and remains relatively spacious. The lack of a regular hi hat pattern allows for those quick rare hats to really make an impact.
Color Plus - Fuzz
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…they sound completely infectious; the sort of beautifully energetic and simplistic pop music that should be played every day of the year.
Gung Ho - Twin Rays
