Active Child - Diamond Heart (Man Without Country Remix): More deeply sexy modern R&B for that end-of-day groove.
Antony & The Johnsons - Candy Says (live) (Velvet Underground cover): Oh perfect, just perfect.
Grimes - Genesis (Ryan Hemsworth Remix ft Deniro Farrar): I'm not all on the Grime buzz as much as the rest of the world, but do appreciate remixes that get rhymed on. Yes, it's a bit juvenile linguistically, but the flow is pretty good.
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Niggas In Paris (MiMOSA Remix): Speaking of flow, make way for the masters.
Kane Ikin & David Wenngren - Call: The new album Strangers is a little bit cold and a little bit ethereal, very much recommended for contemporary ambient / postrocky soundscape fans.
Kathryn Calder - New Frame of Mind
Kathryn Calder - Right Book: Calder's new album is Bright And Vivid and it has a lot of good things going for it. A number of singles pop out at me right away, but I will chew on the whole thing for a while. Highly recommended for fans of Jenn Grant and Neko Case.
Ladyhawke - Black, White And Blue: A big-room pop veneer, but that doesn't mean you should skip it!
Leonard Cohen - Crazy To Love You: HOLY SHIT, new Leonard Cohen? Hurray, so glad he's still alive. I didn't love the whole album, but this song is perfectly sweet.
Nick Waterhouse - Some Place: Oh so rambunctous! From the new album Time's All Gone.
Owen Pallett - Don't Stop: Great little track off the rare A Swedish Love Story EP from 2010.
Perfume Genius - Hood: New album from PG is out! I liked a few tracks off the last one, and I imagine this one will be about as par.
Phantogram - Don't Move: Big break girlpop is totally my thing.
Philip Glass vs Lyrics Born - Leila Dies (DJ BC Glassworks mashup): from the Glassworks mashup collection, this is the track that really did it for me.
Santigold - Big Mouth: The new single! Doesn't move me quite the way I had hoped, but still pretty dope.
Shady Blaze - Stars Will Light A Way: Love the flow AND the beat on this one.
Shlohmo - The Way U Do
Shlohmo - Wen Uuu: Shlomo is my new favourite producer. HOw come I never heard of him until now? SO FUCKING GOOD. These are from the new Vacation EP, hot for 2012, but I got his older stuff too and it's allllll good.
Smog - I'm New Here: WHAT. I HAD NO IDEA. No idea that Gil Scott-Heron covered motherfucking badass Bill Callahan for this track! It's like the inverse of the mindfuck of discovering that Sam Amidon's Relief was actually an R. Kelly cover. WOAH WOAH I'M FREAKING OUT HERE PEOPLE.
The Dears - Blood: This sounds like the early 90s post-grunge surge, but oh yes I need me some of that Soundgarden-golden-age power chordage right now.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Active Child - Diamond Heart (Man Without Country Remix)
Antony & The Johnsons - Candy Says (live) (Velvet Underground cover)
Grimes - Genesis (Ryan Hemsworth Remix ft Deniro Farrar)
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Niggas In Paris (MiMOSA Remix)
Kane Ikin & David Wenngren - Call
Kathryn Calder - New Frame of Mind
Kathryn Calder - Right Book
Ladyhawke - Black, White And Blue
Leonard Cohen - Crazy To Love You
Nick Waterhouse - Some Place
Owen Pallett - Don't Stop
Perfume Genius - Hood
Phantogram - Don't Move
Philip Glass vs Lyrics Born - Leila Dies (DJ BC Glassworks mashup)
Santigold - Big Mouth
Shady Blaze - Stars Will Light A Way
Shlohmo - The Way U Do
Shlohmo - Wen Uuu
Smog - I'm New Here
The Dears - Blood
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~CPI
"It's like the inverse of the mindfuck of discovering that Sam Amidon's Relief was actually an R. Kelly cover."
ReplyDeleteHA! I remember having that exact moment :D