Welcome Back Sailors are Italian. Oh wait, that doesn't really tell you anything. The band's a duo currently tossing up "balearic, chillwave, electo, indie, tropical" jams onto the interwebs (their words, not mine, but it just about sums things up). I recently pillaged all their summertime goodness off their Bandcamp page , and while I suggest you eventually do the same, check out my favourite belows... Right-Click + Save Link As: Welcome Back Sailors - I'll Be There [...]
Sometime last year in-between stints of Gucci Mane 's jail-time, Diplo co-opted a bunch of friends to release a remix LP of their favourite Gucci tracks. The results were aptly-named Free Gucci and half the tracks were forgettable. As for the other half? Pretty solid, especially that Emynd remix. Earlier this month Mad Decent released a second volume of icy remixes, Free Gucci 2: The Burrrtish Edition . This time around, some fine British talent injected dupstep flavours behind Mr. Radric Davis' raps. [...]
Whoa. Loud . Cold Cave 's "The Great Pan Is Dead" is the latest flag-bearer in the teeth-rattling war on pop-music sparked by Sleigh Bells last year. The track doesn't really sound like Sleigh Bells, but "The Great Pan Is Dead" is pretty aggressive for a goth-pop act that last brought you "Life Magazine." I'm not quite sold on the verses, but that chorus is Kevin Shields-type blissful; There's a lot of shoegaze'd beauty behinds those walls of decibel-hiked sound. Load this onto your "Windows Down, It's Fucking [...]
When I threw the excellent new Purity Ring jam into yesterday's Valentine's Day mix , I realized I never blogged the track on it's own. So, anyone who heard and dug "Ungirthed" can now grab it below. If you haven't experienced the pop by way of dubstep stylings, it's a must hear. Right-Click + Save Link As: Purity Ring - Ungirthed Tweet
In news that's by now ubiquitous, Radiohead is releasing a new album on Saturday. As in February 19th. As in five days. It's titled The King of Limbs . Wow. Sadly, In Rainbows ' "pay what you want" model has been abandoned, but the band is offering a limited-edition LP, chock full of clear vinyl and exclusive artwork. All that physical goodness doesn't ship out until May, but anyone who pre-orders the soon-to-be collector's item gets a digital download come Saturday. Details here + quoted below... [...]
Unless you've somehow managed to shut out every single advertising platform known to man, you're well aware that today is Valentine's Day. To celebrate such an ostentatious afternoon and evening, I've whipped up a mix that is sure to please the happily in love, the blissfully ignorant, or those who've got a date with their Xbox/ice cream/cats tonight. Chaucer would approve. Um, this mix probably won't get you laid though. For that, may I recommend D'Angelo's Voodoo ? Click here to download Citizen [...]
When the incredibly campy awesome video for Hercules & Love Affair 's "My House" dropped last month, I watched it on repeat. The early-90s MTV production made me envious of the disco dance party on display (see: above). Why can't my Saturday night's look like that? Someone find me a silk Versace bomber with a gold Medusa on the back ASAP. Anyways, house-favourite Tensnake decided to remix the retro track, adding his own brand of 90s skrim to the proceedings. I wouldn't say it's better, but things get [...]
It's closing in on Friday night, so I should probably give the (party) people what they want... New Ying Yang Twins ? Yes, I'm just as surprised. It's no, "Whisper Song," but "Boomerang" does get the job done. Feel free to dagger away to the baritone vocals, bubbling bass, and sexual innuendo the Twins are known for. For more inquiring minds, the track's off an upcoming mixtape from ATL producer Mr. Collipark, which, based on the beat alone, I'll be downloading. I can totally see my high school self awkwardly grinding [...]
Panda Bear 's forthcoming Tomboy is such a highly anticipated record because 1. Indie 101 : Panda Bear is just awesome 2. He's part of the Animal Collective and 3. There's few things better than Brian Wilson harmonies juxtaposed with liquidy samples. The LP doesn't drop till April 12, but Noah Lennox (his real name) has been releasing singles since last summer -- which make up six of the album's 11 tracks. "Last Night at the Jetty" is the first taste of officially mastered goodness and it doesn't disappoint. [...]
If you opened up Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Internet Explorer today, you may have seen that The Strokes have released their new single, "Under the Cover of Darkness." If you tried to download it, you might've also noticed that it's taking forever to get the MP3 sent to your inbox, so I'm hosting it below. The song's a pseudo-return to form, but still has a lot of that dislikable polish last heard on 2006's disappointing First Impressions of Earth . Then again, it's got a handful of riffs, solos, and [...]
"Ordinary Things" by Manchester's XXXY is, hands down, the best electronic chorale I've heard since Tensnake's "Reckless (With Your Love) remix . While James Blake is out challenging what elecronic music can be, it's nice to see a producer pushing boundies is a far less avant garde fashion -- "Ordinary Things" is a bunch of pitched-vocal snippets, cheap beats, and trickling arpeggios rolled into one club ready tune. Hey Friday, what's going on, I have tonght's jam all cued up... Right-Click + [...]
So it's February, the Midwest just had a snowpocalypse, and I'm sure New York is due for another one sometime soon. I decided to throw together a quick mix of songs to get you through those long nights spent in a tauntaun or if you live on the west coast, I don't know, a mix for your morning sunblock application? Click here to download Citizen Mix Vol. III - Feb. 2011 Tracklist: 1. [...]
Don't call it a comeback because, well, it's not really, but both the Vivian Girl s and Dum Dum Girls have released some new tunes. It's been awhile since the blogosphere's heard from the Vivian ladies. Their last record dropped back in fall '09, but "I Heard You Say" has all the lo-fi, doo-wop charms the band's been know for. I'd call it a win. On the other hand, Dum Dum Girls released a record just last year. "He Gets Me High" is the title track off a new EP [...]
Folkies rejoice, Fleet Foxes have returned. "Helplessness Blues" is the first taste of the band's eagerly anticipated sophomore record, aptly titled Helplessness Blues . I press play, close my eyes, and instantly picture July. I'm back home for the summer, driving the wooded, winding roads from Harbor Springs to the Sleeping Bear Dunes. I can smell the birch trees. I can feel the sunlight on my skin. Keep and eye out for this one, the beards and baroque harmonies are officially back on May 3rd when the album drops via [...]
Holy Ghost! are a part of DFA Records , which means they champion that whole neo-disco dancefloor schtick pioneered by labelmate/boss James Murphy (aka LCD Soundsystem ). They also have an album prepped for launch come April 5th, blah, blah, blah, blah. There are really only two important notes here. First off, the band collaborated with Michael McDonald (!) when putting together the LP and that can only mean great things. Second, "Do It Again" is some damn fine danceable electro. And is it just me, or does this song [...]
Well the YouTube video speaks for itself: an elementary school chorus peforms a stright-jam from Ariel Pink's Before Today , "Round and Round." Dear Teach for America friends, get on this ASAP. Listen to the cherubic voices of PS22 do the track justice, then compare it to the original... Right-Click + Save Link As: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
Christa Palazzolo and Sarah Brown really dig the The Cocteau Twins . The duo, who record and perform as Boy Friend , released an EP earlier this month that's practically four tracks of "Lorelei" homage. That's okay though, because I'm totally digging the shoegaze and 80's chic allusions. If I was DJing a high school dance in a John Hughes movie, I'd put on some Boy Friend, announce that "This one's for all you couples out there," and watch some serious slow dancing break out. Right-Click + Save Link As: [...]
I've never been huge on James Pants ' brand of genre-jumping electro-boogie, but "Alone" gets so many things right, the new track deserves some love. Sounding like The Commodores, The Cramps, Gloria Gaynor, and Mick Jagger thrown in a blender, "Alone" is this oddly danceble, fuzzed-out collage that wouldn't work in less capable hands. Kudos Pants, kudos. Right-Click + Save Link As: James Pants - Alone
Memory Tapes ' latest is like a little shot of caffeine in MP3 form. Not as chill as earlier efforts , "Today Is Your Life" is the first taste off a forthcoming LP and finds Dayve Hawk (the man behind the band) ramping up the BPM, electric guitar solos, handclaps, and pop energy. Honestly, by the time the track hits the one minute mark, I want to film a slapstick montage of me and my friends painting a house together. Oh no, you accidentally painted on my face and then I threw [...]
Cass McCombs knows heartbreak and his latest is all the proof you need: "County Line" practically defines unrequited love. Man, I just wanna give this guy a hug. Not only does McCombs sound so devastated, his mellowed warble and e. piano are so damn beautiful. The combination of 70's FM radio, folk subtly, and sober soul seems to go on forever, sticking with you even after its five minutes is up. You never even / Tried to love me / What did I have to do / To make you want [...]
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