September 2010
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Blackbird Blackbird - Float On (Modest Mouse...
Whipping off fresh tracks weekly, San Fransisco’s Blackbird Blackbird is as prolific as they come. Check out Mikey’s cover of Float On by Modest Mouse. He takes the song and crafts it into his own chilled out two-minute soundscape. Download the tune and the rest of Blackbird Blackbird’s Happy High EP at his bandcamp.
Blackbird Blackbird - Float On
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MondayMix: 9/29
It’s been a while since the last MondayMix but they’re making a comeback! This week we’ve got Blackbird Blackbird’s Sunspray remixed by Charlee, Javelin, Millionyoung, The Pass, Two Door Cinema Club, The Temper Trap, a track off El Guincho’s new album Pop Negro and some Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (Remix Artist Collective style).
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Shugo Tokumaru - Rum Hee
Japanese singer-songwriter Shugo Tokumaru is set to release his fourth album Port Entropy, in the US on October 18th via Souterrain Transmissions. ‘Rum Hee’ is definitely my favorite track off the album. The song is full of clean acoustic guitars, scattered bells, xylophone twinkles, soft drums and Shugo’s whisper-like vocals. Download the track for free from the...
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Satellite Stories - Helsinki Art Scene
Satellite Stories is a young four-piece indie-rock outfit from Oulu, Finland. Their pacy riffs and catchy choruses warm up even the most frigid cities of Northern Finland. On the first listen I placed these guys right alongside the likes of Two Door Cinema Club and Tokyo Police Club. Their electronic-influenced rock is refreshing and invigorating. Satellite Stories describe their songs as...
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Clean & Crisp ~ Toro Y Moi At Daytrotter
South Carolina’s Toro Y Moi (aka Chaz Bundick) stopped by the Daytrotter studio a few days ago to record a relaxed four-song set. He reworked a several tunes off Causers of This including Low Shoulder, Talamak, You Hid and Blessa— just think of the album but without as much reverb or as many oozing effects. Download the chilled-out session here.
Toro Y Moi - Low Shoulder...
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Summer Camp - Round The Moon
London-based indie-pop duo Summer Camp (Jeremy Warmsley and Elizabeth Sankey) have released their six-track Young EP via Moshi Moshi. The scratchy vocals and 80’s snyths-beats make this fluttering reminiscence. Sprung from their bedroom, this little lovely’s been playing all night.
Summer Camp - Round The Moon
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Vampire Weekend, Beach House & Dum Dum Girls...
Last night Vampire Weekend, Beach House and Dum Dum Girls played at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston. Vampire Weekend, as you would expect, played in front of a sold-out crowd. The night kicked off with Los Angeles girl band Dum Dum Girls. The quartet, completely decked out in lace, was a bit disappointing; an energetic ‘Jail La La’ was the only song that raised the heads of...
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Magic Man - Darling
Boston duo Magic Man (Sam Lee & Alex Caplow) debuted in January with Real Life Color on the brilliant Arcade Sound Ltd. (Blackbird Blackbird, Millionyoung, Teen Daze). Written on the organic farms of the French countryside, at “a chateau, a farm, a circus festival, and a beach cottage and brought back home to the states for further recording and editing (most of which was done in...
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Houses - Soak It Up
Chicago-based duo Houses dropped the rapturous ‘Endless Spring’ back in May and now they’ve released a second track off their debut LP All Night, ‘Soak It Up’. The ten-track album is set to hit stores on October 19th via Lefse Records. See what front-man Dexter Tortoriello had to say about the story behind All Night.
Houses - ‘Soak It Up’
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Baths - Aminals
Los Angeles-based 21-year-old Will Wiesenfeld released his first LP, Cerulean, under the moniker Baths back in June. ‘Aminals’ is by far my favorite track off the album. Its swelling synthesized features hop about, attended to by lovable samples and tickling grooves à la Washed Out or Daedelus. Will’s pure musicianship is on display in this one; everything studderingly bounces...
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Anamanaguchi – Airbrushed (RAC Mix)
8-bit is crazy. New York’s Anamanaguchi is crazy. Making music from tricked out Nintendos is brilliant. Sometimes boarding on hyperactive, it can easily get unruly, but the steady hand of Andre Anjos and RAC keep this four-minute instrumental classy. ‘Airbrushed’ gets the RAC airbrushing and it best be glad for it. Check it.
Anamanaguchi - Airbrushed (RAC Mix) by Remix...
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Emay - If You're Breathing
Pumping beats from Ontario Canada, rapper/producer Emay is moving up the ranks with his great solo releases as well as his many collaborations and remixes. Minted last week, his single ‘If You’re Breathing’ is his first track since April releases Emay, Karen O, and the Kids and Surprise, Surprise. Emay’s progressive production and complex downtempo instrumentals underpin...
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Pauline En La Playa - Física del Equipaje
Pauline En La Playa are sisters Mar y Alicia Álvarez from Xixón (Gijón) in northern Spain. Since debuting in 1999 with Nada Como el Hogar, the duo has continued crafting a special blend of calm beats, acoustic guitars, smooth horns, scattered accordions, and harmonized vocals. At the beginning of 2010, the Álvarez sisters turned out their fifth album, the ten-track Física del Equipaje on Spanish...