MP3 blog 2014/04/18

blog 2014/04/18 - the unfathomable expanse of unbridled playtime


Bibio - À tout à l'heure:  The hazy psych feel here is the perfect Bibio evolution.  Couldn't ask for more.

Bonobo - Cirrus (Dont You Want Me) (Cocolino Edit):  Let's just take that Bonobo smoothness and roll it out in to an eternal groove oh yes.

Eleanor Friedberger - Stare At The Sun (Epitonic Saki Session):  The Fiery Furnaces troubadour returns with a great live take.

Elephant - Skyscraper:  Mininig a touch of surf sentimentality, this is some gloriously satisfying pop.

Fol Chen - A Tourist Town:  Fabulous new track from the new album The False Alarms.

Homeboy Sandman - Brown:  Hot new ish on Stones Throw mines the Tom Waits percussion for some perfectly muted joints.

Icona Pop vs C2C - Happy To Love It (Fissunix mashup):  Ridiculous in concept but oh so precious now that it's here.  WHO KNEW WE NEEDED THIS?

NO - Another Life:  THIS IS NOT THE NATIONAL.   Every review has to state that upfront.  I don't really care, I love the National so much I'd love ot have another dead-ringer replacement in case their tour bus explodes.

Pascal Pinon - Bloom
Pascal Pinon - When I Can't Sleep:  So much force behind this whispered pop magic!  From the new album Twosomeness.

Philip Glass - NYC 73-78 (Beck Remix):  This could have been its own EP, all alone.  But the surprise entry in the Glass Remixes was too quickly overloked.  Here, a giant Beck expanse to just muck around in!

Poludnice vs. Liquid Molly - Dolina, Dolinuszka:  Nowadays it's amazing to hear something dubsteppy without a trap roll or brostep drop.   SO. DAMN. REFRESHING.

State Lines - Win Free:  Sometimes you just need some emo-laden punk pop in your world.

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Kindness Be Conceived ft Joanna Newsom:  I am loving the new Thao album We The Common and COME ON PEOPLE, JOANNA NEWSOM.  Highly recommended.

The Strokes - 80's Comedown Machine:  I've never been much of a Strokes fan but I really enjoy this song from the new album Comedown Machine

THEBLKHANDS - In Love ft Kembe X:  The XX get ripped over, and while I'm not sure why they weren't credited in the title, the verse on top goes really well.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Bibio - À tout à l'heure
Bonobo - Cirrus (Dont You Want Me) (Cocolino Edit)
Eleanor Friedberger - Stare At The Sun (Epitonic Saki Session)
Elephant - Skyscraper
Fol Chen - A Tourist Town
Homeboy Sandman - Brown
Icona Pop vs C2C - Happy To Love It (Fissunix mashup)
NO - Another Life
Pascal Pinon - Bloom
Pascal Pinon - When I Can't Sleep
Philip Glass - NYC 73-78 (Beck Remix)
Poludnice vs. Liquid Molly - Dolina, Dolinuszka
State Lines - Win Free
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Kindness Be Conceived ft Joanna Newsom
The Strokes - 80's Comedown Machine
THEBLKHANDS - In Love ft Kembe X


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MP3 blog 2013/04/16 - Daphne Music Vol. 003

blog 2013/04/16 - DAPHNE MUSIC VOLUME 3


Daphne Music Vol. 003

The continuing saga of mixtapes for my daughter.
More singalongs, dancealongs, bouncealongs, & tummysongs!

THIS VOLUME'S TRACKS

01 Pizzicato Five - Girl From Epanema
02 Fozzie (Frank Oz) & Kermit (Jim Henson) - Movin' Right Along (The Muppet Movie OST)
03 Nikki Blonsky, Ricki Lake & Marissa Jaret Winokur - Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now (Hairspray OST)
04 They Might Be Giants - Istanbul
05 Cake - Mahna Mahna
06 Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line (Shake, Senora)
07 Kate Peterson & Sarah Cleaver - Wagon Wheel (live)
08 David Bowie - Magic Dance (edit) (Labyrinth OST)
09 Pizzicato Five - Baby Love Child
10 Parliament - Up For The Down Stroke
11 Elijah Kelley, Nikki Blonsky, Queen Latifah & Zac Efron - Come So Far (Got So Far to Go) (Hairspray OST)
12 Kermit The Forg (Jim Henson) - The Rainbow Connection (The Muppet Movie OST)
13 Annie Lennox & Al Green - Put A Little Love In Your Heart
14 Peeet! - Elephant Running Through My Room
15 They Might Be Giants & Danny Weinkauf - I Am a Paleontologist
16 The Apples In Stereo - Signal In The Sky (Powerpuff Girls theme)
17 Jim Henson - The Countryside
18 Elbow - Lullaby
19 Kermit (Jim Henson) & cast - Finale (The Muppet Movie OST)


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M3P blog 2013/04/10

blog 2013/04/10 - time to whittle down the audience and just find that spot inside

7bit Hero - Boy Walks Girl To Work And Is Followed By A Ghost.:  8-bit bass in yr face!  The melodies in this are boffo.

BenZel - Fallin' Love (Alex Young Remix):  This is Glass Swords, right?   I can't check that album right now, but yeah this is a Rustie beat, right?  Can't help but love it.

Bradez - Wossop ft Kwaw Kesse (Remix):  Some super dope bounce on this one.

Cliff Dweller - Peace In The Valley (with Therapies Son and Ella Hatamian):  I'm a sucker for anything starting with Amazing Grace.  From the new album Emerald City.

Congo Natty - UK Allstars ft Tenor Fly, Top Cat, General Levy, Tippa Irie, Sweetie Irie, Daddy Freddy (radio edit):  HEY REMEMBER 1996?  Who the fuck would have thought that Congo Natty would make a comeback 17 years later?  And it's DOOOOOPPPEEEEE.

Dinosaur Jr. - Entertainment (Phoenix cover):  Did I mention this week how much I love Dinosaur Jr.?  Because I do.  And will imediately b-line towards any covers they do.

Dr. John - Right Place, Wrong Time (DJ Yamin 2013 Remix):  So so so perfectly funky.  Keep them DJ-friendly reworks coming.

Dream Koala - We Can't Be Friends:  YES, DREAM KOALA, WE CAN BE FRIENDS.  BEST OF FRIENDS FOREVER AND EVER UNTIL INFINITY.

Exist Strategy - Autumn Breeze (Cross Them Out Remix):  Smooth bass goes perfect with strings at the break of dawn.

Fol Chen - I.O.U.:  Everything I've heard leaked from the new album The False Alarms has been kinda sorta perfect on the addictive pop front.  ALL IS WELL.  I AM EXCITE.

Http X Mickie Ryan - Bang Bang:  More female MCs getting badass and dirty on the harsh beats.  Love it.

J. Cole - Nobodys Perfect ft Missy Elliot (ONE4ALL Remix):  J. Cole always had the UK bass worked out, so tossing in some chopped Missy on the track is a perfect seasoning.

Julian Stephen - Booty Call Hrs
Julian Stephen - Hey Stranger:  Taken from the #AwkwardMoments mixtape, I love this guy's flow, and the Radiohead beat certainly doesn't hurt as a broad-stroke populist lovefest move.  For fans pining for a taste of Oldominion stylee, be sure to check this out.

Mark Templeton - Carved And Cared For:  There's something so nurturing and warm about this little ball of chaos that is so enticing.  From the new album Jealous Heart.

Marnie Stern - You Don't Turn Down:  I've always liked Marnie Stern, and always wanted to LOVE here, and I think the new The Chronicles of Marnia album might just have that edge.

Nicolas Jaar - After Laughter Comes Tears (edit):  Jaar digs in to the original to give us a quick edit for all the heads out there.

Niki & The Dove - Tomorrow (Little Daylight Remix):  A little spunkier than the original, you can never catch the emotional impact of the original, so might as well get some dance floor funk in there.

Vampire Weekend - Diane Young:  New Vampire Weekend for 2013!  Stay tuned for more, I'm sure.

Young Galaxy - Pretty Boy (Peaking Lights Remix):  A blissful combination, new Y.G. with some Peaking Lights action on top.  So good.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

7bit Hero - Boy Walks Girl To Work And Is Followed By A Ghost.
BenZel - Fallin' Love (Alex Young Remix)
Bradez - Wossop ft Kwaw Kesse (Remix)
Cliff Dweller - Peace In The Valley (with Therapies Son and Ella Hatamian)
Congo Natty - UK Allstars ft Tenor Fly, Top Cat, General Levy, Tippa Irie, Sweetie Irie, Daddy Freddy (radio edit)
Dinosaur Jr. - Entertainment (Phoenix cover)
Dr. John - Right Place, Wrong Time (DJ Yamin 2013 Remix)
Dream Koala - We Can't Be Friends
Exist Strategy - Autumn Breeze (Cross Them Out Remix)
Fol Chen - I.O.U.
Http X Mickie Ryan - Bang Bang
J. Cole - Nobodys Perfect ft Missy Elliot (ONE4ALL Remix)
Julian Stephen - Booty Call Hrs
Julian Stephen - Hey Stranger
Mark Templeton - Carved And Cared For
Marnie Stern - You Don't Turn Down
Nicolas Jaar - After Laughter Comes Tears (edit)
Niki & The Dove - Tomorrow (Little Daylight Remix)
Vampire Weekend - Diane Young
Young Galaxy - Pretty Boy (Peaking Lights Remix)



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MP3 blog 2013/04/04

blog 2013/04/04 - this peeks through the shades

2 Chainz - I'm Different (Enferno Remix):  Quiet down Chainz, we're listening to snare rushes!

Freelance Whales & The Beatles - Dear Vagabond (ScottScottScott mashup):  You know me, I rarely post mashups in these here parts, but this one goes oh so well together.

Frequency - Chords of Calmth:  Plod N Bass is my new favourite genre.  OK, not so new.

Geskia! - Answer Song
Geskia! - Two Oranges (Polar M Remix):  I had been revisiting last year's stellar double album 323 Sayonara Memories, and so wanted to redirect you all back to it's glory as well.

Greg Haines - 183 Times:  Glorious stunner from the album Digressions.

Grimes - Skin (Virtual Boy Remix):  Sleek and unassuming little rework that brings the love.

How To Dress Well - & It Was U (Recycle Culture's Uptown Remix):  Who'd have thought if you put a funky beat under him, HTDW pulls of a good James Lidell?

Ink - Goes On:  Energized pop distilled down to exactly what you need.

Jacques Greene - Ready:  Greene gets techy on this shit.

James Blake - Retrograde:  OK, the new Blake does NOT disappoint.  SO GOOD.

Joey Bada$$ - Catharsis
Joey Bada$$ - Waves:  Super slick chilne$$.

K.Flay - Another Round:  A super smooth single, I love this so much.

Lavender Diamond - I Don't Recall:  When you hear her voice, then hear her title is called "Incorruptible Heart", you just kind of think "oh yeah, that makes sense.  Perfect."

River City Extension - Ballad of Oregon

She Makes War - Delete:  Acapella blissout from Little Battles.

The Townhouses - Heartsick
The Townhouses - Our Trees Will Grow:  IDM perfectly metered out, via the album Diaspora.

xSDTRK - powDer:  While the vocals are good, I love the vocal that echoes out "WHHAAAAHHHRRT"


THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

2 Chainz - I'm Different (Enferno Remix)
Freelance Whales & The Beatles - Dear Vagabond (ScottScottScott mashup)
Frequency - Chords of Calmth
Geskia! - Answer Song
Geskia! - Two Oranges (Polar M Remix)
Greg Haines - 183 Times
Grimes - Skin (Virtual Boy Remix)
How To Dress Well - & It Was U (Recycle Culture's Uptown Remix)
Ink - Goes On
Jacques Greene - Ready
James Blake - Retrograde
Joey Bada$$ - Catharsis
Joey Bada$$ - Waves
K.Flay - Another Round
Lavender Diamond - I Don't Recall
River City Extension - Ballad of Oregon
She Makes War - Delete
The Townhouses - Heartsick
The Townhouses - Our Trees Will Grow
xSDTRK - powDer


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MP3 blog 2013/03/27

blog 2013/03/27 - oh god I'm sick make it end


A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again (Bit Funk Remix):  This almost works better as a jazzy house plodder, I swear.

Albert - Lucky ft Anna Lena:  The Gouldin-styled vocals work so well over the slick downtempo production.

BenZel - Fallin Love (Cashmere Cat Remix):  Love susnhinesparkle bass.

Donald Byrd - Wind Parade (King Most's Dub 'Em Down Redirection):  Oh yes please, more Byrd remix works!

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Fiya Wata:  Epic crooner shit going on right here, from the album Here.

Flume - Holdin On:  Grooving on the sickly syths and wonderful soul vox all over the place.

Isaac Tichauer - Doing What I Got:  Ever the sucker for slick jazzy house grooves.

Justin Timberlake - Pusher Love Girl:  JT IS BACK MOTHERFUCKERS!  After a shockingly decent foray in to film, JT learns from Kanye and Frank Ocean that pop gods can extend the groove and fuck 3 minute pop songs.

Lusine - Without A Plan:  From The Waiting Room, we all know I just love the IDM stalwarts coming back with the Stereolab synthpop wonders.

Pixelord - Solving:  Basspop getting sinister with the pitched-out synths.

Ponchos - Olympics:  Form the Pretty Beats EP, it's like if you took Y2K Boredoms psych enthusiam swells and tossed it down in to an ableton framework.

Port St. Willow - Tourist:  Brooding and developing, this track from Holiday rewards the patient with the pationate trills.

Sid Pattni - Got to Learn Sometimes (Ta-ku Remix)
Ta-ku - Brokeas:  Ladies and Gentlefolk, let me introduce you to hot new producer of the year, TA-KU.  Get on this shit ASAP.

The Joy Formidable - Cholla
The Joy Formidable - Silent Treatment:  New Joy Formidable this year!  I'm super excited to hear all of Wolf's Law.

Top Billin - Sleng Teng Moomba Break:  Classic Sleng Teng riddim gets a 2012 makeover by the rework masters Top Billin, perfect for pretty much any party-killing DJ set.

Tumbling Bones - Trouble Around My Soul:  This is for all the haters that said I didn't put enough gospel acapella on my blog!

Tyler, The Creator - Domo23:  From the 2013 album WOLF.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again (Bit Funk Remix)
Albert - Lucky ft Anna Lena
BenZel - Fallin Love (Cashmere Cat Remix)
Donald Byrd - Wind Parade (King Most's Dub 'Em Down Redirection)
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Fiya Wata
Flume - Holdin On
Isaac Tichauer - Doing What I Got
Justin Timberlake - Pusher Love Girl
Lusine - Without A Plan
Pixelord - Solving
Ponchos - Olympics
Port St. Willow - Tourist
Sid Pattni - Got to Learn Sometimes (Ta-ku Remix)
Ta-ku - Brokeas
The Joy Formidable - Cholla
The Joy Formidable - Silent Treatment
Top Billin - Sleng Teng Moomba Break
Tumbling Bones - Trouble Around My Soul
Tyler, The Creator - Domo23


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CPI LIVE RETRO SET

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A special little something something for everyone this Friday!
I was asked to perform an all retro set, and I recorded it for your listening pleasure.
All tracks from late 70s to early 90s, and instead of posting the tracklist I will just let you discover it yourself.

Please share widely, as I might pull down the link in a month.  This will NOT be linked on the main http://thetastates.com archive.

Act now, supplies are unlimited!

~Caitlyn / CPI

MP3 blog 2013/03/20

blog 2013/03/20 - nothing not this time


Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody (Paces Bootleg):  Paces works some magic again and the Aaliyah rides again.

Atoms for Peace - Default:  This track is pretty much everything I wanted Radiohead to get along to after Kid A.

Banabila & Machinefabriek - Slow Wave I:  Machinefabriek is an elemental force to be dealt with like the reliable winter storms or spring blossoms.  They have a fabulously deep catalogue, and this Banabila & Machinefabriek collaboration is an extremely accessible entry point in to it with succulent textures and drones and whirrs.  Highly recommended.

CHVRCHES - Recover:  These are basically the high water mark of pop music for 2013.  Everyone else, get in line.

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (DJ Aditup edit):  I love the trend of releasing useful edits of the classics, and here is another good example, with some added samples and scratches on top.  You might recognize the bassline from Paul's Boutique, but always good to get back to the originals.

Daughter - Love (Zebra Safari Edit):  This song is fabulous and I even had to choose amongst a handful of wonderful remixes to include here.  Always a good sign.

Foreign Beggars - Kreps (MRK 1 Remix):  I mostly ignore grime, but holy hell this song has everything, and does it all oh so well.

Frank Ocean - Thinking About You (WMNSTUDIES Remix):  A simple little rework on one of the best single of 2012.

Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory - Spectral Split:  Elements Of Light is one of the best albums of 2013 so far, and here's an epic example of why you all need to pay attention.

Parenthetical Girls - Brimstone & Vaseline
Parenthetical Girls - Curtains:  The album Privilege has been coming out in bits and pieces over 1+ year now.  Part 5 is here and is another amazing contribution.  I've gone from liking the Parenthetical Girls to having them become essential.

Parliament - Chocolate City (Chuck Wild's Bronco Drama Mix):  One of my favourite Parliament tracks gets a funky little edit.  Totally essential.

Sasha Go Hard - Blow My Mind
Sasha Go Hard - Kill Bill ft Kreayshawn:  So much hardcore dirty female vocalists blowing up right now, it's pretty damn awesome.

Yumi & The Weather - Not Again (Ambassadeurs Remix):  Again, the Ambassadeurs give us some amazingness!


THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody (Paces Bootleg)
Atoms for Peace - Default
Banabila & Machinefabriek - Slow Wave I
CHVRCHES - Recover
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (DJ Aditup edit)
Daughter - Love (Zebra Safari Edit)
Foreign Beggars - Kreps (MRK 1 Remix)
Frank Ocean - Thinking About You (WMNSTUDIES Remix)
Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory - Spectral Split
Parenthetical Girls - Brimstone & Vaseline
Parenthetical Girls - Curtains
Parliament - Chocolate City (Chuck Wild's Bronco Drama Mix)
Sasha Go Hard - Blow My Mind
Sasha Go Hard - Kill Bill ft Kreayshawn
Yumi & The Weather - Not Again (Ambassadeurs Remix)



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MP3 blog 2013/03/14

blog 2013/03/14 - and you wait and you watch


Druid Cloak - Sun Elf:  This is banging happybass that does everything right.  Love it.

Elbow - Lay Down Your Cross
Elbow - Love Blown Down:  You know a band is amazing when their stop-gap B-Side collection is better than so many other albums in the same year.  Dead in the Boot is essential for any Elbow fan, brimming with classics.

Frightened Rabbit - December's Traditions
Frightened Rabbit - Holy:  Haven't heard it all yet, but 2013 brings us the new FR: Pedestrian Verse.

Giraffage - All That Matters:  Satisfying pitched-down soulbass that works wonders, and leads well for the Ware stuff below.

Jessie Ware - Something Inside
Jessie Ware - Wildest Moments:  Devotion for me is more miss than hit, but OMG the hits are intense and worth the price of admission.

Kendrick Lamar - The Recipe (Trapback Remix):  Open the drawer, scoop out the Lamar, replace with trap good.  Repeat.

Left Boy - Sweet Dreams:  This shit is nutso all over the place.

Matmos - Teen Paranormal Romance:  Oh so delicious clickgasm from these masters of samplesourcing.  New album The Marriage of True Minds, watch for it!

My Bloody Valentine - New You
My Bloody Valentine - Who Sees You:  Now kids, gather around grandma and let me tell you a story about an ancient warrior named kevin shields…

Open Mike Eagle - Self Medication Chant:  Great little plod forward.

Porno For Pyros - Pets (Alcala Edit):  Woah it's like the 90s, but LONGER.

Purity Ring - Grammy:  Eeeeee new Purity Ring yay yay yay!

The Pro Letarians - Making the Band
The Pro Letarians - Send the Dogs:  Ooooooo snap this shit is hot.  From Not All Of Me Shall Die.

The Weather Station - If I've Been Fooled:  Blisteringly beautiful folk muisic.


THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Druid Cloak - Sun Elf
Elbow - Lay Down Your Cross
Elbow - Love Blown Down
Frightened Rabbit - December's Traditions
Frightened Rabbit - Holy
Giraffage - All That Matters
Jessie Ware - Something Inside
Jessie Ware - Wildest Moments
Kendrick Lamar - The Recipe (Trapback Remix)
Left Boy - Sweet Dreams
Matmos - Teen Paranormal Romance
My Bloody Valentine - New You
My Bloody Valentine - Who Sees You
Open Mike Eagle - Self Medication Chant
Porno For Pyros - Pets (Alcala Edit)
Purity Ring - Grammy
The Pro Letarians - Making the Band
The Pro Letarians - Send the Dogs
The Weather Station - If I've Been Fooled


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MP3 blog 2013/03/05

blog 2013/03/05 - I will follow follow follow and look up hopeful


Accoy - In The Tube (Trial)
Accoy - Sync To Me:  In the advent of the dubbed out rnb craze, I love how these track take things further to the dub scrub and I get lost in the blissed out echo.

Air Review - Low Wishes:  Oh hey, it's a new song by Ottawa powerhouse band The ACORN!  Wait, no?  Oh.  Well, they are certainly shaken from the same tree and would do a jolly good job covering an Acorn classic.  In the

Charli XCX - You (Ha Ha Ha):  Charli gets on the Gold Panda beat and oh goodness gives us the goods oh so good.

CocoRosie - Gravediggress:  From the new album Tales of a Grass Widow, let us all hope these gals can once again seduce me.

Colin Stetson - High Above A Grey Green Sea:  The warfare continues and its now gone mindgames.  Looking forward to the new album, New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light.

Hauschka - Radar (Michael Mayer Remix):  The glistening highlight from the Salon Des Amateurs Remix EP.

John Zorn - Kavanah
John Zorn - Persepolis:  Remember when I was gushing over the Gnostic Preludes?  Well stepp aside Gnosty, because The Concealed is now knocking my socks off.  Pants are next.

Junip - Line of Fire:  New album in 2013 from Jose Gonzalez!  Love the epic swelling.

Ke$ha - Die Young (Drag Disco Mix by Ad-ver-sary):  WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE SO MIGHT AS WELL DIE YOUNG

Kid The Wiz & Tweek Tune - Real Harlem Shake:  Kids need to recognize and get down with this real shit.

Kitty - Ay Shawty 3.0 ft Lakutis
Kitty - Dead Island
Kitty - Scout Finch Bitch ft Antwon:  OoooooK I feel the need to explain myself here.  3 Kitty tracks.  No wait, =kitty= tracks.  Need the whiskers.  Tumblr rap's first breakout star has a slacker seductiveness that echoes the naïve appeal of early Beck.  OK, she's no Beck, but if she releases an album of cutup and screwed 1960s girlpop over intoxicated poetry recordings, don't say I didn't warn you.

Mountains - Living Lens:  Shimmering purgatory from the new album Centralia.

Rodriguez - Hate Street Dialogue (Round Table Knights Searching For Sugar Man Edit):  Freshly rediscovered thanks to the award winning new documentary Finding Sugar Man.

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - City
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Holy Roller:  YESSSSSS NEW THAO!  New album is We the Common, get it now!



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Accoy - In The Tube (Trial)
Accoy - Sync To Me
Air Review - Low Wishes
Charli XCX - You (Ha Ha Ha)
CocoRosie - Gravediggress
Colin Stetson - High Above A Grey Green Sea
Hauschka - Radar (Michael Mayer Remix)
John Zorn - Kavanah
John Zorn - Persepolis
Junip - Line of Fire
Ke$ha - Die Young (Drag Disco Mix by Ad-ver-sary)
Kid The Wiz & Tweek Tune - Real Harlem Shake
Kitty - Ay Shawty 3.0 ft Lakutis
Kitty - Dead Island
Kitty - Scout Finch Bitch ft Antwon
Mountains - Living Lens
Rodriguez - Hate Street Dialogue (Round Table Knights Searching For Sugar Man Edit)
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - City
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Holy Roller


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MP3 blog 2013/02/28

blog 2013/02/28 - the night brings desperation for the hours of the day


Angel Haze - Doo Wop (That Thing) (Lauryn Hill cover):  Hot cover of the classic gets a 21st century update.

Anna Meredith - Never Wonder
Anna Meredith - Rhododendron:  Black Prince Fury EP is full of mystical aural wonders that tweak a big happy spot in my brain.  Sometimes straight ahead, often baffling, and always satisfying, I can't recommend this enough for fans of contemporary electronic music, James Ferraro, or Max Tundra.

Baauer - Yaow!:  A surprisingly solid followup to the single of the winter.  Thank god he didn't turn farce by putting a stupid filter drop.

Brooke Sharkey - His Voice:  From the album One Dress, there are whispers of Joanna Newsom here with a root of twang and soul and I love it all dearly.

Brother Ali - Nardwuar:  Now this better make you smile.  What an awesome thing:  taking an interview, and records acquired during it, and making a track all about your INTERVIEW.  So cool.

Christa Vi - Small Way Through (Cosmonaut Grechko Version):  The hint of bossanova groove reminds me of a more soulful Stereolab.

Flume - Sleepless (Charles Murdoch Remix):  Smooth chopped vox deep bass

Free Magic & Jkriv - Night Braces (Sammy Bananas Sax Dub):  Saxophone and deephouse go together like cosmos and infinity.

Just Blaze & Baauer - Higher:  Another slab of Baauer angriness.  Enjoy it before you have to hate it next month.

Kait Lawson - Place In The Ground:  Oh yes, woo me with your clarinet and tuba oh god yes!

Rudimental - Hell Could Freeze ft Angle Haze:  Angel Haze has been on some hot joints in the past while, but this one takes the whole pie.  So great.

The Golden Filter - Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby:  OH NO, NOT CREEPY AT ALL NOPE.

The Knife - Full of Fire:  HELL YESSSSS NEW KNIFE.

The Knot - Penumbra I:  Some fabulous grinding drone from their split with Arachnidiscs.

Young Wonder - To You (Ambassadeurs Remix):  blisteringly effective beats of romance for the hazing morning after.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Angel Haze - Doo Wop (That Thing) (Lauryn Hill cover)
Anna Meredith - Never Wonder
Anna Meredith - Rhododendron
Baauer - Yaow!
Brooke Sharkey - His Voice
Brother Ali - Nardwuar
Christa Vi - Small Way Through (Cosmonaut Grechko Version)
Flume - Sleepless (Charles Murdoch Remix)
Free Magic & Jkriv - Night Braces (Sammy Bananas Sax Dub)
Just Blaze & Baauer - Higher
Kait Lawson - Place In The Ground
Rudimental - Hell Could Freeze ft Angle Haze
The Golden Filter - Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby
The Knife - Full of Fire
The Knot - Penumbra I
Young Wonder - To You (Ambassadeurs Remix)


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MP3 blog 2013/02/15

blog 2013/02/15 - starts with a blizzard


Bat For Lashes - Rest Your Head (MANIK Ghost Pines Rework):  The fabo new Bat For Lashes lacks the punch of the electro reality, so I am happy to find any reworks laying a beaty framework on it all.  OK this one isn't my favourite, but there is a paucity of them out there, so I'm taking the parts where I can get them.

Communist Daughter - No Children (The Mountain Goats cover):  Oh yes, let's take one of the most intense and dramatic Mountain Goats songs are redo it as earnest folk apocalypse, yes!

Cris X - Funeral Parade Of Roses:  Some brooding textures from the new album Guya / Greed.

Finley Quaye - Even After All (DJ Beset Edit):  You don't always need a comlex rework, sometimes just a little polish and rework makes an old gem shine.

First Aid Kit - Winter Is All Over You (Baauer Remix):  But then sometimes you want a total rework.  You want to take precious and delicate folk music and wrap it in some Baauer trap shit.  He's this generation's Switch/Sinden.

Frightened Rabbit - Old Old Fashioned (live):  From the album Liver! Lung! FR!, this is kind of the perfect way to hear this, hands down, bottoms up.

Gold Panda - Trust:  Gold Panda tones it down for this new single producing a restrained and seductive plodder that swirls it oh so perfectly.

Joshua Hyslop & Anna Scouten - What Have I Done:  This is some Damien Rice styled beauty right here.

Julie Doiron - Our Love:  Doiron is back with a new album So Many Days

Lisa Bozikovic - Midnight Ice:  For fans of Julie Doiron, be sure to take note of Canada's next folk superstar offering.  Here we have a new track from Lisa Bozikovic's new album This is How We Swim.

M83 - Steve McQueen (MAPS Remix):  Modern M83 is so overbearing that you wonder how you can have an appropriate remix of it, so I always appreciate it when a producer can reign in the excess without sacrificing the goodness.

Matana Roberts & Stefan Christoff - Duet for Abdelrazik:  Such a stunning duet.  Love it.  The story behind this is something out of the most horrifying Kafka policestate nightmares, but read about the project, hear more of it, and order it here http://howlarts.net/releases/

Mount Eerie - I Walked Home Beholding
Mount Eerie - Instrumental 1:  I think I was caught off guard at how much I really enjoyed the brooding postrocky vibes of Ocean Roar.  Highly recommended.

Pair Of Arrows - Vestige:  Sweet and perfect electropop.

The Pro Letarians - Dream Catcher:  Shiny block top clean summertime rap.

Tokyo Police Club - All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover):  All rock bands should at least attempt a cover of this song.  It is the Kids of America for the 2st century.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Bat For Lashes - Rest Your Head (MANIK Ghost Pines Rework)
Communist Daughter - No Children (The Mountain Goats cover)
Cris X - Funeral Parade Of Roses
Finley Quaye - Even After All (DJ Beset Edit)
First Aid Kit - Winter Is All Over You (Baauer Remix)
Frightened Rabbit - Old Old Fashioned (live)
Gold Panda - Trust
Joshua Hyslop & Anna Scouten - What Have I Done
Julie Doiron - Our Love
Lisa Bozikovic - Midnight Ice
M83 - Steve McQueen (MAPS Remix)
Matana Roberts & Stefan Christoff - Duet for Abdelrazik
Mount Eerie - I Walked Home Beholding
Mount Eerie - Instrumental 1
Pair Of Arrows - Vestige
The Pro Letarians - Dream Catcher
Tokyo Police Club - All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover)


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MP3 blog 2013/02/07

blog 2013/02/07 - there's no upset if there is no try


Aaron Lipsett - Know This:  Total badass bass smooth miraclegro shit.

Birdy - Skinny Love (Bon Iver cover):  Yes, I know what you're thinking.  This is better than the original.  It's OK, no shame.  I totally agree.

Dark Time Sunshine - Valiant ft Child Actor:  He reminds me of The Listener (remember them from Mush days?) but it's really Onry Ozzborn kicking some lush thoughtful laidback jams.

David Krakauer - Monadel (John Zorn):  We've already established that John Zorn is a nonhuman, most likely a ultraverse spanning demonspawn of such mindbending powers that to look in his eyes is to dissolve one's soul.  And we know he's brilliant, and I will listen to pretty much any album he's involved in.  Masada Book Two is now up to VOLUME 18.  Book of Angels keeps the hot flavour going, this time with David Krakauer in the driver's seat.  Highly recommended for fans of Masada works and klezmer jazz.

Elliott Brood - Graveyard (Feist Cover):  While not quite meeting the highest highs of the original, it is fun to hear a new take on this soon-to-be Canadiana classic.

Eraas - Briar Path (Remix V3):  Minimal brooding beats can do just well simmering in their own reverb.

Ghost Beach - Miracle (Viceroy Remix):  I'm reminded of that Matt & Kim "HEY LETS SHOUT ABOUT HOW HAPPY WE ARE" and then I'm reminded how good keytars and bongos sound in electro pop.

Giraffage & XXYYXX  - Even Though (Blackbird Blackbird Remix):  Now this is a threeway I can get behind.  But that'd make it a foursome.

J Kwon - Tipsy (Candyland's OG Remix):  Sometimes you just need a banger.  Here you go.

Metz - Wet Blanket:  Metz are pure mindblowing fierceness.  Get in to it.

Nosaj Thing - Distance
Nosaj Thing - EclipseBlue ft Kazu Makino:  The new album Home is just lovely, and a dive back in to the IDM pool that once spawned him.

Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory - Photon:  HOT ALBUM ALERT.  Elements Of Sound is the first album of 2013 that I heard that will assuredly dominate best of the year lists.  It is a minimal masterpiece.  Highly recommended.

Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards:  With all of the love for Tame Impala I felt a bit awkward that I just wasn't super in to them, so I decided to say that I really do love this track.

The Deer Tracks - Okta Crash:  The interplay of the banigng drums with the pixie voice is a perfect match in my books.

The O'My's - The Wonder Years ft Chance the Rapper & Nico Segal:  Love the chill life-dwelling 70s80s vibe of this track.

Wolf Alice - Leaving You (Sound Remedy Remix):  leaving you with some glorious sparkly electro pop!



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Aaron Lipsett - Know This
Birdy - Skinny Love (Bon Iver cover)
Dark Time Sunshine - Valiant ft Child Actor
David Krakauer - Monadel (John Zorn)
Elliott Brood - Graveyard (Feist Cover)
Eraas - Briar Path (Remix V3)
Ghost Beach - Miracle (Viceroy Remix)
Giraffage & XXYYXX  - Even Though (Blackbird Blackbird Remix)
J Kwon - Tipsy (Candyland's OG Remix)
Metz - Wet Blanket
Nosaj Thing - Distance
Nosaj Thing - EclipseBlue ft Kazu Makino
Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory - Photon
Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
The Deer Tracks - Okta Crash
The O'My's - The Wonder Years ft Chance the Rapper & Nico Segal
Wolf Alice - Leaving You (Sound Remedy Remix)


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MP3 bog 2013/01/30

blog 2013/01/30 - we are hopeful, we are patient, we are scared


Above & Beyond - Small Moments Like These:  21st century Vangelis revolution.  Get running.

Alkalino - Memoria:  Is this a guilty pleasure?  A sublime tribute?  Or just the greatest dose of Nirvana you'll ever hear?

Altered Tensions - Force Of Gravity (Too Much Time In Front Of A Computer Remix):  Blustery and sexy and enthralling IDM pleasures, from The Answer To The Question You Forgot To Ask

Anamanaguchi - Meow:  MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW!

Bar-Kays - Too Hot To Stop (D.veloped Remix):  We've moved in to a new realm of mashing here, where it just becomes sample drenched goodness.

Bomb The Music Industry! - Jobs Schmobs: 

Caspar - Put A Lid On It:  Squirrel Nut Zippers never sounded so good.

Dan Deacon - Lots:  I’m not the world's biggest Dan Deacon fan, but this track off new album America has JUST ENOUGH zip and/or pep.

Eric Harvey - Tried & True:  At first it's a normal cancon-ish folk song, but oh the female harmonies come in and then it is a classic.

Memotone - Low Light
Memotone - Rooftop:  The new Memotone album "I Sleep. At Waking" strides the not-so-great divide between IDM and lush modern ambient sound art pieces.  Admit it, you have them all in the same folder at this point, don't you?  DON'T YOU?  Well make some room because this one is a keeper as well.

Mykki Blanco - HazeBoogie:  Blanco Blanco Blanco all over this shit.

She & The Sun - Bad Lover:  Mellowed out pop folk from the self-titled album.

The 1975 - Sex (Liar Remix):  Another remix of this great track, but now all sludged out.

The Allergies - Pick-Up Lines:  This takes mashups to a new level of ingenuity.  It is a great example of constructed narrative that can be achieved.  See also:  THE NEXT SONG.

The Monkees - Mary Mary (Jim Sharp DMC Edit):  Such a smart mix, letting The Monkees pop siren song blast on through the DMC breakbeats.

Urbantramper - Kate Bush Saved My Life (GodWolf Remix):  Kate Bush saved us all, you just might not have realized it yet.

XXYYXX - Amaze Me:  Yes, you are definitely amazing, you glorious chromosonal chimera you.

Yahtzel - Beached:  Big chunky downtown spelunking bass right here.

Yo La Tengo - Cornelia And Jane:  Bliss rock from the new album Fade.


THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Above & Beyond - Small Moments Like These
Alkalino - Memoria
Altered Tensions - Force Of Gravity (Too Much Time In Front Of A Computer Remix)
Anamanaguchi - Meow
Bar-Kays - Too Hot To Stop (D.veloped Remix)
Bomb The Music Industry! - Jobs Schmobs
Caspar - Put A Lid On It
Dan Deacon - Lots
Eric Harvey - Tried & True
Memotone - Low Light
Memotone - Rooftop
Mykki Blanco - HazeBoogie
She & The Sun - Bad Lover
The 1975 - Sex (Liar Remix)
The Allergies - Pick-Up Lines
The Monkees - Mary Mary (Jim Sharp DMC Edit)
Urbantramper - Kate Bush Saved My Life (GodWolf Remix)
XXYYXX - Amaze Me
Yahtzel - Beached
Yo La Tengo - Cornelia And Jane


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MP3 blog 2013/01/22

blog 2013/01/22 - no blood runs through it at all


Acid House Kings - This Heart Is A Stone:  This is the kind of glory we can rise to in a post Belle & Sebastien era.  I only wish I loved the rest of their catalogue as much as this song.

Angel Haze - Gimme That
Angel Haze - Werkin' Girls (Son Of Kick Rmx):  Haze rocks some booty jiggle trap shit like none other.

Brambles - In The Androgynous Dark
Brambles - Such Owls As You:  The album is called Charcoal, and these perfect little sound works sketch things out wonderfully.

Chairlift - I Belong In Your Arms:  Ridiculous 80s-inspired pop from the new album Something.

Daughter - Youth:  Rambunctious and emotional and a flurry of the insides outward.  From The Wild Youth EP.

Death Ledger - Untrue:  Grinding breakeat that is Death Grips meets chillbass.

Debo Band - Asha Gedawo:  I have no idea what is going on here but oh I love it.

Disko-ions - Marram Rest:  Pretty darn minimal, but something about the snappy sounds in it sounds like it could be the next epic training montage go-to track.

DJ Grotesque - Nowhere To Hide From Willie (2012 Version):  Oh fuck yes, RAWWRRR here come the gravediggaz!

GravelRoad & T-Model Ford - Little Red Rooster:  Before you ask, yes, this is contemporary.  From the 2011 album Taledragger.

Hurray For The Riff Raff - My Sweet Lord (George Harrison cover):  Ahhh Harrison…

Killer Mike - Reagan:  Another great track from the new album  R.A.P. Music.

Kontent - Elevate:  Breathey electro pants.

Los Rakas - Bien Ribetiao:  Sweeet bass from the El Flow Californiano mixtape.

Raekwon - Who Shot Ya Freestyle:  Hard to deny Rae's still got it going hot, after all these years.  From the new one, Who Shot Ya.

Serengeti - Shazam:  This is some cartoon flow shit that just works through its own internal logic just right.

Skeewiff & The Soul Stirrers - I Want To Rest:  Sweet zombie jesus, oh my!

Vienna Ditto - I Know His Blood Will Make Me Whole:  And now let's up the creepy factor to 11!


THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Acid House Kings - This Heart Is A Stone
Angel Haze - Gimme That
Angel Haze - Werkin' Girls (Son Of Kick Rmx)
Brambles - In The Androgynous Dark
Brambles - Such Owls As You
Chairlift - I Belong In Your Arms
Daughter - Youth
Death Ledger - Untrue
Debo Band - Asha Gedawo
Disko-ions - Marram Rest
DJ Grotesque - Nowhere To Hide From Willie (2012 Version)
GravelRoad & T-Model Ford - Little Red Rooster
Hurray For The Riff Raff - My Sweet Lord (George Harrison cover)
Killer Mike - Reagan
Kontent - Elevate
Los Rakas - Bien Ribetiao
Raekwon - Who Shot Ya Freestyle
Serengeti - Shazam
Skeewiff & The Soul Stirrers - I Want To Rest
Vienna Ditto - I Know His Blood Will Make Me Whole


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MP3 blog 2013/01/18

blog 2013/01/18 - what's the conky?


Ab-Soul - Nibiru:  FUCK I'M DOING TALKING ABOUT PINEAL GLANDS?

Alt-J - Tessalate:  Withering folk for the new era.

Andy Stott - Hatch the Plan
Andy Stott - Up The Box:  Stott releases some subtle magic on his new album Luxury Problem.  The unceasing darkness of his 2011 material gives way to a vibe that is still dark, but much more enticing.

Bombdroppers - Night Beat (Skeewiff Remix):  Jazz breaks abound in this phrenetic ball o funk.

Captain Murphy - The Killing Joke:  Spoiler alert:  It's just more Flying Lotus, but oh hey, it's MORE FLYING LOTUS.

CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share:  2013 is off to a kickin' start with some incredible electro pop that makes me soar.

Disclosure - Tenderly:  Can it still be considered deep when so frenetic?

Giyo - Summer Breeze (Set Sail):  Total downtempo smoothness.

Glass Kites - Soothsayer:  There's such a gloriousness to the retro sound of this.  I don't know why, but it's like a blockbuster from the 90s.

Hardplay - Requiem For A Dream (Trap Fix):  Yes, you know you needed this ball of evil.

Heems - Cowabunga Gnarly:  Yeah so Das Racist is dead, love live Heems holy shit.

Jessie Ware - Still Love Me:  Oh so sexy and perfect.  It's the just-enough beat.

Johnny Boy - You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes and You'll Get What You Deserve:  I think this is the most timely and perfect song ever.

Photay - I Don't Live Near The Ocean ft Kwajbasket:  Flittering whisps of compressed beats and pulsing guitars make a happy Caitlyn.

Romi Graham - SexyBack:  I'm oh so happy that I found this.  And that the they do the entire.  Song.

S3 (Miles Bonny & Brenk Sinatra) - Don't Stop:  Just enough soul to roll.

The Antlers - Drift Dive:  Choice Antlers from the new Undersea EP.

Titus Andronicus - Breed (Nirvana cover):  After not caring much for their 2012 album, I was happy to take my dose of gravel like this.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Ab-Soul - Nibiru
Alt-J - Tessalate
Andy Stott - Hatch the Plan
Andy Stott - Up The Box
Bombdroppers - Night Beat (Skeewiff Remix)
Captain Murphy - The Killing Joke
CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share
Disclosure - Tenderly
Giyo - Summer Breeze (Set Sail)
Glass Kites - Soothsayer
Hardplay - Requiem For A Dream (Trap Fix)
Heems - Cowabunga Gnarly
Jessie Ware - Still Love Me
Johnny Boy - You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes and You'll Get What You Deserve
Photay - I Don't Live Near The Ocean ft Kwajbasket
Romi Graham - SexyBack
S3 (Miles Bonny & Brenk Sinatra) - Don't Stop
The Antlers - Drift Dive
Titus Andronicus - Breed (Nirvana cover)


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MP3 blog 2013/01/11

blog 2013/01/11 - somehwat nameless, somewhat endless

And we are back to our regularly scheduled awesomeness!
Big thanks to M.S. who sent me an amazing Sol Lewitt book:  http://www.amazon.com/Sol-LeWitt-Views-Susan-Cross/dp/0300152825


Dark Horses - Road To Nowhere:  Sweet vocal layers of mellowtown pop blissout from the new album Black Music.

Death Grips - KLINK (42ghosts Remix):  The #1 priority on a DG remix is to give it some freaking SPACE.  Allow that shit to breathe and let us DJs get all up init.

Dinosaur Jr. - Don't Pretend You Didn't Know: 
Dinosaur Jr. - See It On Your Side

Do Make Say Think - Greed Waltz:  The glorious sway of the surf guitar and horns is pure coastal bliss.

Ellie Goulding - Only You (Dopeshoes Dancehall Remix):  Goulding remixes OH SO WELL and this is another perfect example.

Iyes - Lighthouse:  A taste of the XX sounds here, but ain't nothing wrong with that.

Jenn Grant - I Want You Back:  From The Beautiful Wild, Jenn Grant is the pinnacle of that CBC sound.

Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang - Tavaf:  I immediate go for anything with Kang on it, and the new album The Face of the Earth is an incredible notch in his discography.  Highly recommended.

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) (Bird Peterson Remix):  The top single from Lamar's debut, given an extra oomph BP.

Mann - Bend Ya ft Kendrick Lamar & Frank Ocean:  How do you end up with the #1 and #2 artists of 2012 on your track???

Mykki Blanco - Wavvy:  Blanco Blanco Blanco = hotnesssss

The 1975 - Sex (Ryan Hemsworth Remix):  Hemsworth sasses up the most overwrought pop lamentations and makes it more epic than 80s U2.

Tinashe - The Last Night On Earth (Giraffage Remix):  Remember what I was on all about with Hemsworth?  Yeah well Giraffage brings the goods too, but now with even more popbounce sweetness.

Tori Amos - Jackie's Strength (Gold Dust version)
Tori Amos - Precious Things (Gold Dust version)
Tori Amos - Silent All These Years (Gold Dust version):  TORI AMOS!  Remember her?  Remember those days in grade 10 spent weeping deeply in the corner of your school with Little Earthquakes on repeat??? DO YOU REMEMBER???  Like most people, I drifted away from Tori when she released a music video with a face CGI implanted on to a foot.  She's done stuff since then apparently, including a pretty decent album for Deutsche Grammaphone.  Following in the footsteps of Antony Hegarty, she releases an album of classics with an orchestral backing.  I'm not too critical about the newer material I don't know, but oh oh oh oh the classics, they swell!  The production is impeccable.


THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Dark Horses - Road To Nowhere
Death Grips - KLINK (42ghosts Remix)
Dinosaur Jr. - Don't Pretend You Didn't Know
Dinosaur Jr. - See It On Your Side
Do Make Say Think - Greed Waltz
Ellie Goulding - Only You (Dopeshoes Dancehall Remix)
Iyes - Lighthouse
Jenn Grant - I Want You Back
Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang - Tavaf
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) (Bird Peterson Remix)
Mann - Bend Ya ft Kendrick Lamar & Frank Ocean
Mykki Blanco - Wavvy
The 1975 - Sex (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)
Tinashe - The Last Night On Earth (Giraffage Remix)
Tori Amos - Jackie's Strength (Gold Dust version)
Tori Amos - Precious Things (Gold Dust version)
Tori Amos - Silent All These Years (Gold Dust version)


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MP3 blog 2013/01/09

blog 2013/01/09 - DAPHNE MUSIC VOLUME 2


Daphne Music Vol. 002

Another mixtape for my daughter.
Singalongs, dancealongs, bouncealongs.

THIS VOLUME'S TRACKS

01 Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Kermit (Jim Henson) - African Alphabet
02 Harry Belafonte - The Banana Boat Song (Day-o)
03 They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul
04 Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Cool Yourself
05 The Monkees - I'm A Believer
06 Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight
07 Carole King - Really Rosie
08 Feist - Counting to Four
09 The Pointer Sisters - Pinball Number Count (DJ Food Re-edit & Strictly Kev exentension)
10 Parliament - Do That Stuff
11 Jim Henson - Tick-Tock Sick
12 They Might Be Giants - Ant
13 Peeet! - Quicke Vs Raisins (Kid Mix)
14 Butterfly Boucher - I'm Different
15 The Apples In Stereo - Energy
16 Nat King Cole - Straighten Up And Fly Right ft Will.I.Am & Natalie Cole
17 Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
18 Paul Simon & Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
19 Ernie (Jim Henson) & Hoots The Owl (Kevin Clash) - Put Down the Duckie
20 Anne Murray - Animal Crackers
21 Slow Club - When I Go
22 New Seekers - Free to Be...You And Me
23 Peeet! - Quiet Time


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a few notes...

1) as of New Year's Eve, I will be removing all 2010 blog entries from the server.  Go to http://www.thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/ and download now while you can.
2) someone informed me that I had accidentally removed my address from my wishlist.  I fixed that.  But also realized I should probably link to my wishlist at amazon.ca, since I am in Canada and no point shipping me stuff from the USA.
3) in case you missed it, be sure to check out my year-end holiday mega post and best-ofs.
4) have a great 2013, people!

~Caitlyn / cPI

MP3 Blog 2012/12/12 HOLIDAY EDITION

blog 2012/12/21 - HOLIDAY MEGAPOST!

The annual tradition continues:  Another 2 disc set of holiday muzaks!
As well, the past editions of holiday music are all up as well, just check the bottom for the listing.  so 10 cds total!

Some highlights include...
Twisted Sister singing a carol to the tune of We're Not Going To Take It.
Cage fans take note, a prepared piano rendition from 1955.
8-bit renditions, singing droids
Prog superstars Can, legend Sun Ra's early groups, indie darlings Frightened Rabbit, Hey Rosetta, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Lots of hiphop renditions including Nicky Da B!
And even a suitably farout performance live from Tate Modern.

Put this shit on random and go grab the rum.


THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

(Charles)Book&Record featuring Tada! - Black Christmas
Apollo Zero - Do You Hear Rainbows I Hear
Beat Happening - Christmas
Bishop Allen - You'll Never Find My Christmas
BogTroTTeR - Nutcracker
Bootsy Collins - Happy Holidaze
Butcher Claus - A Sprig of Holly On the Electric Turbine
Camera Obscura - The Blizzard
Can - Silent Night
Clyde Lasley & the Cadillac Baby Specials - Santa Came Home Drunk
Danny Elfman - The Nightmare Before Christmas Theme
Doctor Octoroc - 8 Days of Master Robots
Doctor Octoroc - Bubbles We Have Heard On Bobble
Dressy Bessy - Mister Kringle's
Electric Mayhem Band - 'Zat You, Santa Claus
Elf Elf & Dok-Im - My Christmas Bells
Ferrante and Teicher - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (prepared pianos, 1955)
Frightened Rabbit - Boxing Night
Hey Rosetta! - Carry Me Home
Horsepower & Teki Latex - All I Want For Christmas Is Techno
John Zorn - Christmas Time Is Here
John Zorn - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Mulato Beach Remix)
Low - Blue Christmas
Low - Santa's Coming Over
Mr. Kinetik & Tony Styxx - Cool Like Jack
Neko Case - Christmas Card From a Hooker In Minneapolis (Tom Waits cover)
Nicky Da B - Xmas In The Room
Oscar Peterson - Jingle Bells
Otis Redding - White Christmas
Parenthetical Girls - Christmas Past
People Like Us - Jingle Joy (Live at Christian Marclay's Sounds of Christmas, Tate Modern)
Qualities (Sun Ra) - It's Christmas Time (45 Version)
Ren & Stimpy - Fleck The Walls
Star Wars Christmas Album - Sleigh Ride
Sufjan Stevens - O Come O Come Emmanuel
Swastika Girls - Last Christmas
The Flaming Lips - White Christmas (Demo For Tom Waits)
The Moog Machine - Jingle Bells
The Moog Machine - The First Noel
The Muppets - Christmas Scat
The Mynabirds - All I Want is Truth (for Christmas)
The Quad City DJ's, 69 Boyz and K-Nock - What I Want For Christmas
The Qualities (Sun Ra) - Happy New Year To You (1956)
The Sesame Street Muppets - The Night Before Christmas
Twisted Sister - Oh Come All Ye Faithful
VVm - Erald Hark Angel
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - All I Want For Christmas


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David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy & Peace On Earth (Full Version)
God Is My Co-Pilot - Marshmallow World
John Denver - Noel, Christmas Eve, 1913
John Denver & The Muppets - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Melt-Banana - White Christmas
Merzbow - Silent Night
Poxy Boggards - Santa Dog (The Residents cover)
Run DMC - Christmas In Hollis
Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Let's Boogey To The Elf Dance!
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Tes La Rok - Santa Claus Is Lost
The Muppets - Christmas is Coming
The Residents - Seasoned Greetings
They Might Be Giants - Christmas Cards
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Frieder Butzmann - Stille Nacht Goes Disco
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John Denver & The Muppets - Twelve Days of Christmas
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Mojochronic - Whoville (Won't Get Yuled Again)
Monty Python - Christmas in Heaven
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Sam Flanagan - Frosty DMC
Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her - Here Comes Santa Claus
Secret Chiefs 3 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (Rock Steady Drew Happy Hollabass Mix)
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Bright Eyes - White Christmas
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David Hasselhoff - Joy to the World
Dean Martin - Baby, It's Cold Outside
Death Cab For Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
DJ BC - You Shook Me All Noel
Doctor Octoroc - Have Yourself a Final Little Fantasy
Duke Ellington - Jingle Bells (Robbie Hardkiss Remix)
Eazy-E - Merry Muthafuckin' Xmas
Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Frightened Rabbit - It's Xmas So We'll Stop
John Denver & The Muppets - Deck The Halls
Paddy Roberts - Merry Christmas You Suckers
Pizzicato Five - Silent Night
Ren and Stimpy - Cat Hairballs
Sex Pistols - Jingle Bells
Skindred - Jungle Bells
Stevie Wonder - The Little Drummer Boy
The Berlin Symphony Orchestra - The Nutcracker Suite (Baz Kuts Breaks Mix)
The Long Blondes - Christmas Is Cancelled
The Muppets - One More Sleep 'Til Christmas
The Simpsons - Jingle Bells
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Bing Crosby - Happy Holidays (Beef Wellington Remix)
Circlesquare - Untitled (For Christmas)
Dean Martin - Jingle Bells (Dan The Automator Remix)
DJ John - The Christmas Massacre of Charlie Brown
Fats Waller & His Rhythm - Swingin' Them Jingle Bells
Frieder Butzmann - White Christmas
Hard Call Xmas - My Christmas Bells
In Memory - The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Jill Sobule - Jesus Was A Dreidel Spinner
John Denver & The Muppets - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
King Of Pants - Alala Falala Hasselhoff
Lou Rawls - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (awayTEAM Remix)
Michael Palmer - Happy Merry Christmas
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - This Time Of Year
Milly & Silly - Getting Down For Xmas
Rick Potts - Santa's Assasins
Sonic Youth - Santa Doesn't Cop Out on Dope
Stars - Fairytale Of New York
The Bloody Beetroots - Little Stars
The Harlem Children's Chorus - Black Christmas
The Nat King Cole Trio - All I Want For Christmas (MJ Cole Remix)
The Soul Saints Orchestra - Santa's Got A Bag Of Soul
The Walkmen - No Christmas While I'm Talkin
Ween - Silent Night

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Atom and His Package - What WE Do on Christmas
Bing Crosby - White Christmas (Kaskade Remix)
Bosque Brown - Silent Night
Bright Eyes - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Charles Brown - Merry Christmas Baby (MNO Remix)
Chris Garneau - It's Almost Christmas
Culturcide - Depressed Christmas
Daz Dillinger - Christmas In the Hood
Doctor Octoroc - Icarus! the Angels Sing
Doctor Octoroc - Ryu, the Red Nosed Ninja
Dolly Parton & Cast - Hard Candy Christmas (The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas OST)
Electric Jungle - Funky Funky Christmas
Hybrid Kids - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
James Brown - Funky Christmas
Lee Perry and Sandra Robinson - Merry Christmas Happy New Year
Lisa Hannigan - Silent Night (Damien Rice hidden track)
Matisyahu - Miracle (youtube rip)
Nat King Cole - Chestnuts Roasting (V_VM Remix)
Parenthetical Girls - Carol Of The Season
Parenthetical Girls - Festive Friends (Forever)
Star Wars Christmas Album - Christmas in the Stars
Star Wars Christmas Album - What Can You Get a Wookie for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb)
The Found Sound Orchestra - Holiday Jangle
The Residents - Jingle Bells
Vandals - Oi To The World
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Skating (A Charlie Brown Christmas OST)

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Annie Lennox - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Baron Zen - My Lovely Christmas
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - Winter Wonderland
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Cold White Christmas
Crocodiles & Dum Dum Girls - Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Don't Die)
Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
DYM - Little Drummer Boy
Glee Cast - Baby It's Cold Outside
Mavado, Flexxx & Savage - Gully Christmas
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - This Time
Sufjan Stevens - Do You See What I See
Sufjan Stevens - Put The Lights On The Tree
Swastika Girls - Tinseltown
Swastika Girls - When It's Time For Christmas
The Black On White Affair - Auld Lang Syne
The Cathedral Brass - Joy To The World (Mocean Worker Remix)
The Deer Tracks - Christmas Fire
The Jon Matthy Quartet - The World is Waiting for Misery and Suffering Forever
The Moog Machine - Deck the Halls
The Moog Machine - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
William S. Burroughs & The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - The Junky's Christmas

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Anamanaguchi - All I Want 4 Xmas Is U
Anima, Floyd & Zoot - The Man with the Bag
Basia Bulat - You Are A Gift
Blondie & Fab Five Freddie - Yuletide Throwndown (Christmas Rapture)
Bootsy Collins - N-Yo-City
Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland
James Brown - Go Power At Christmas Time
John Zorn - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Lord Beginner - Christmas Morning The Rum Had Me Yawning (1939)
MCM - Chris Kringle Is A Black Man
Ohbijou - Last Christmas
Parenthetical Girls - Wait Another Year
Paul Simon - Getting Ready For Christmas Day
Salem - King Night
Slow Club - Christmas TV
Star Wars Christmas Album - R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Sufjan Stevens - I Saw Three Ships
The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Go Tell It On The Mountain ft Tom Waits
The Superions - Fruitcake (YACHT Remix)
Tom Waits - New Year's Eve
Vince Guaraldi - O, Tannenbaum (A Charlie Brown Christmas OST)

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2.3 Children - Santa's Just An Anagram For Satan
Big Bird & The Swedish Chef - The Christmas Song
Billy Elliot OST - Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
Bootsy Collins - Chestnutz (The Christmas Song)
De La Soul - Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa (Full Mix)
Electric Amish - Christmas Time In Amish Land
Goldfrapp - Winter Wonderland
John Zorn & Mike Patton - The Christmas Song
Johnny Cash - O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Live Wire - Gift Card
No Fixed Abode & Son Of Kick - Xmas Dubmas
Okkervil River - Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas
Parenthetical Girls - Flowers For Albion
Sleepy Rebels - California Christmas
Slow Club - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Little Drummer Boy ft Michael Franti
The Executor - Christmas Is A Joyful Day (1937)
The Residents - Mr. Skull's New Year's Eve Song
Tom Waits - Silent Night
Venture Brothers (21, 24 & The Mighty Monarch) - Hard Candy Christmas (Dolly Parton cover)



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[BEST OF 2012] Best albums of 2012!

blog 2012/12/18 - [BEST OF 2012] CPI's favourite albums

This year I wrote a lot about the crushing realization that there is just far too much music to ever really listen to.
I also lost my capacity to concentrate and keep swimming upstream.  We had a baby, and I find myself here in December having only dipped my toes in to the stream of releases.
But I still listen to far more music than the average human, so I will keep at this for a bit.  The mp3 blog will be maintained for as long as I still listen to music while at work, it seems.

As a DJ, I was thinking this would be a GREAT TIME to retire.  I released my magnum opus series (Chosen Families), and went out on a 2-part dance party that summarized my live party sets from the past year or two.
But I am really not brave enough to just cut myself off.  I lack that discipline and that conviction.
And in my head I have been formulating a long, multi-part series of drone ambient mixes, so that might still have to happen.  And I want to do more with noise...  SO yeah.
My cachet as a live DJ has never been more than a blip, and I imagine the attention I garner online will slowly dissipate as I peter out of existence over the years.
CPI:  not with a bang, but with a whimper.

And again, big thanks to anyone who has hired me in the past, especially for chill gigs, and everyone who bought me a book from my wishlist.  Your attached notes of gratitude were also appreciated.

I'm still around.  I'll still be in your life if you let me and keep coming back around these parts, but entropy always wins.


CPI'S top 20 albums of 2012

01) Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
Someone else said it best:  The Dirty Projectors are unable to resist any moment that allows them to display how ridiculously talented they are.  This is 4th dimensional chess pop music,

02) Japandroids - Celebration Rock
The giants of Canada, and rightly so.  The emotional catharsis of the first album, wasn't a fluke.  They manage to expand upon it perfectly, and from the start of the fireworks to the end of the fireworks, some how a year has gone by in your heart.

03) The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
Like my favourite MG records, this one was a slow roll, tumbling in to my brain and just building up steam as the narratives soaked in.  The horns sections remind me of the highlights from They Might Be Giants' John Henry, the melancholy rich, but not to be outdone by the characters and concern.

04) Purity Ring - Shrines
Canada's best debut for 2012, by far.

05) Aesop Rock - Skelethon
Aesop is back on his stride and has released an album that is simultaneously mature and his funniest/goofiest album ever.  He even drops a beat-free streaming narrative of a heroic dog saving a drowning child.  He even writes songs about goofy haircuts, and brings in some Kimya Dawson.  And it all gels with the density and precision that will have you coming back for more, picking apart his flow line by line.

06) Best Coast - The Only Place
There is a schoolgirl joy that I only before found in the likes of that dog. that is so well represented here.  Not only is it summer shining fine, but also great diary-writing reminiscing music.

07) Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
A world of emotion and struggle are laid bare in my perfect rainy-day driving soundtrack of the year.  Oh and wait, what's that?  The guy from Beirut is here to party? Oh hell yes.

08) Passion Pit - Gossamer
Passion Pit are back and do exactly what you want them to do, except are even tighter.  That is all.

09) Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
The tender emotional weight of this album just envelopes you.  It has the eery spaciousness of the Weeknd, the dark edges of Xiu Xiu, and an unapologetic effectiveness that will help you get to the bottom of those lonely nights.

10) Kid Koala - 12 bit Blues
This is the album that Kid Koala was born to make:  A studio-based turntable composition that mines classic blues and reconstructs them as a contemporary opus that pays so much loving homage and has a blast doing.

11) Swans - The Seer
OH DEAR LORD IT IS GOING TO EAT ME OH GOD NO!   The scariest album cover of all time.  And an epic dark blues goth romp that fuses progressive noise metal structures with Pink Floyd bombast.  Listening to the 33-minute title track alone and naked should be requisite for entering in to the year 2013.

12) Fiona Apple - Idler Wheel
At the dawn of 2012, no one ever expected to be one of the hottest acts of the year, but here we are.  A critical darling of the indie press, and a critical darling of the mainstream rock mags.  WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT?

13) Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
The oscillation between goofy fun and intense aggression is what makes Cloud Nothing so enthralling, and they have even improved on what they laid down on their past album.

14) The Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving Now
There is nothing staggeringly new about this album.  I don't listen to it and think MY GOD, HE'S CHANGED!  No, it is the steady work ethic that provides a reliable brilliance that endears this album to me.  It is all the goodness of this Swedish folkster that is highlighted, underlined, and reworked in to new forms. 

15) Ryan Hemsworth - Last Words
Electronic albums like this are my favourite:  5 hot tracks, 5 hot reworks.  It's the perfect format.  An EP of genius, tucked in with an EP of genius reworks.

16) Niki And The Dove - Instinct
Remember that Kate Bush meets The Knife erotic fanfiction you always dreamed of writing?  Well lucky for you, here it is!  With a generous dash of Young Galaxy contemporary pop, this album hits all sorts of nodules in your brain that you probably haven't jumped at in years.

17) Death Grips - The Money Store
The energy of a first listen to Death Grips is what it was like to listen to Atari Teenage Riot back in their debut.  A cacophonous intensity you probably weren't used to before.  The kinetic percussion is all over the place, and I do recommend grabbing the insutrmental version as well.

18) Cold Specks - I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
Canadian folk can breed a deep resonance from the unlikeliest of places.  There is a tremble and roar in this album, and it just leaves you excited to hear what she will do next.

19) Hot Chip - In Our Heads
I kind of imagine Hot Chip as just the singer, going around performing with a microphone and a laptop.  He'd be the perfect travelling crooner.  Like with the beats, you can almost here the timecode in Ableton ticking ever forward.  Hot Chip have that reliable simplicity about them.  But they are also reliably one the best pop albums of the year.  Every time I expect a hint of complacency or compromise, they continue doing their thing, continue producing absolutely fun and satisfying pop albums. 

20) How To Dress Well - Total Loss
With all of the hot future RNB out there, this one is the pinnacle for me.  It captures the emotion, the space, the lust, all without being all douchey.  Good job.



in summary...
CPI'S top 20 albums of 2012

01) Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
02) Japandroids - Celebration Rock
03) The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
04) Purity Ring - Shrines
05) Aesop Rock - Skelethon
06) Best Coast - The Only Place
07) Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
08) Passion Pit - Gossamer
09) Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
10) Kid Koala - 12 bit Blues
11) Swans - The Seer
12) Fiona Apple - Idler Wheel
13) Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
14) The Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving Now
15) Ryan Hemsworth - Last Words
16) Niki And The Dove - Instinct
17) Death Grips - The Money Store
18) Cold Specks - I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
19) Hot Chip - In Our Heads
20) How To Dress Well - Total Loss


One thing to note, to clear up some confusion:  I personally rate albums in regards to how good they are as a full album.  As something I want to put on and listen to from start to finish.
Where is Frank Ocean???  I know, I know.  I love Ocean too, but after listening to channel orange 10 times, there was only 4 tracks I actually cared to ever hear again.
So here are a handful of runner-ups.  Albums that have greatness on them, I have just been skipping around in them a bit too much.  Extra credit for the keeners.

Honorable mentions that you should definitely also pay attention to:
Antony and the Johnsons - Cut The World
BADBADNOTGOOD - BBNG2
Beach House - Bloom
El-P - Cancer For Cure
Frank Ocean - channel orange
Xiu Xiu - Always




THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Aesop Rock - 1000 O'Clock
Aesop Rock - Crows 1
Aesop Rock - Zero Dark Thirty
Antony and the Johnsons - Cripple and the Starfish (orchestral)
Antony and the Johnsons - Cut the World
BADBADNOTGOOD - CMYK
BADBADNOTGOOD - Earl ft Leland Whitty
Beach House - Lazuli
Beach House - The Hours
Best Coast - The Only Place
Best Coast - Up All Night
Cloud Nothings - Our Plans
Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless
Cold Specks - Elephant Head
Cold Specks - Winter Solstice
Death Grips - Get Got
Death Grips - I've Seen Footage
Dirty Projectors - Offspring Are Blank
Dirty Projectors - The Socialites
Dirty Projectors - Unto Caesar
El-P - $ Vic _ FTL (Me and You)
El-P - The Full Retard
Fiona Apple - Hot Knife
Fiona Apple - Werewolf
Frank Ocean - Lost
Frank Ocean - Pyramids
Frank Ocean - Sweet Life
Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You
Hot Chip - Flutes
Hot Chip - Let Me Be Him
How To Dress Well - How Many
How To Dress Well - Running Back
Japandroids - Fire's Highway
Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built
Japandroids - Younger Us
Kid Koala - 2 bit Blues
Kid Koala - 7 bit Blues
Niki And The Dove - Mother Protect
Niki And The Dove - Tomorrow
Passion Pit - Carried Away
Passion Pit - Constant Conversations
Perfume Genius - No Tear
Perfume Genius - Take Me Home
Purity Ring - Belispeak
Purity Ring - Crawlersout
Purity Ring - Obedear
Ryan Hemsworth - Colour & Movement
Ryan Hemsworth - Overthinking (Supreme Cuts Remix)
Sharon Van Etten - Kevin's
Sharon Van Etten - We Are Fine
Swans - Avatar
Swans - The Seer Returns
The Mountain Goats - Cry for Judas
The Mountain Goats - Spent Gladiator 2
The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
The Tallest Man On Earth - Bright Lanterns
The Tallest Man On Earth - Revelation Blues
Xiu Xiu - Hi
Xiu Xiu - Honey-Suckle


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