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Beauty - The Shivers
For such a sparsely-arranged song, Beauty has a hell of a climax. I’m looking forward to more stuff from these guys.
Smash Your Head - Girl Talk
Starts out rough, ends nice and smooth. And he’s coming to DC in March!!!
I Am John - Loney, Dear
Just got turned onto this one, and it is consumin’ me. Must hear more from them.
Magick - The Klaxons
This song has one of those videos that, after you see it, you can’t help but imagine when you listen to the track. MA-GICK.
What Can I Do - Talib Kweli & Madlib
Talib and Madlib apparently put out a whole free internet album that is absolutely amazing except that Talib Kweli is on every track. Don’t get me wrong, I like him occasionally and loved his work with DangerDoom, but his subject matter and style don’t really have the peaks and valleys of, say, MF Doom. What Can I Do showcases Madlib’s strongest backup track since Madvilliany, but really, the whole album sounds this good.
I Love You - The Pipettes
There used to be a lot of things, that I didn’t know
And although they still exist, I try not to let them show
But I think that now you’ve seen me / For my true colors
I’m sure you recognize I’m more stupid than the others
But I love you!
With Every Heartbeat - Robyn
This one’s been eating at me for weeks. It starts out as just a good Robyn song, but finishes with this looping punch of strings and keyboard that’s just fabulous.
I’ll Be By Your Side - Sally Shapiro
A lot of restraint in this song. The final result is dreamy and hollow and memorable.
Dream On (feat. Robyn & Ola Salo) - Christian Falk
Okay, so I already posted this like three weeks ago, but I just realized and I’m not going to re-upload the whole damn file. So just download it again.
Hum - Rappers Delight Club
Silver Spring, reprazent. Could Rapper’s Delight Club be DC’s current best band? Yes? Okay.
Second Brain - Kaki King
Ohhh mannnn this is nice.
Sharks (The Russian Futurists Remix) - Cadence Weapon
That title and artist are all you should need to know about this one. Bizarro underwater-pop sampler The Russian Futurists adds their weirdly catchy backbeat to one of Cadence’s denser rhymes.
Discopolis - Lifelike and Kris Menace
I have apparently NEVER put this on a mix. Possibly because it’s like ten minutes long. But what a ten minutes.
Razorblade - The Strokes
This song makes me want to play guitar for a living. Fault the Strokes for what you will, but the intersecting riffs on this are perfect.
Los Angeles - Frank Black
Even though I like Teenager Of The Year more than Black’s solo debut, it got a little sillier lyrically. Los Angeles has that weird, Black Francis anthemic chorus that you have to agree with, even if you don’t understand it.
Really Now - The Dreamletts
I don’t see how Fleetwood Mac survives the ages, but this song is lost. History: Answer to me.
Play It For Today - The Legends
That is one catchy chorus.
All Caps - Madvillain
Madlib and Doom, together forever.
Hold On - Magnet
Sometimes this song works for me, other times, it’s a little grating. Let me know what you think.
Excuse You - MC Paul Barman
Disclosure: This is not a good song. But a rapper who brags “I can rock the mic to Silence by John Cage” gets a post here.
El Presidente - Drugstore and Thom Yorke
I listened to this one a lot in college. I don’t know if anyone else has heard it. Hmm.
Program Ten (excerpt) - Dreamies
And now, to coast out on this super-long Dreamies song.
His eyes exploded into gatorade! And then they all did!
Best video EVAR.
Oh damn, now I’m going to have to cancel my whole weekend! And I have a really busy one!(Bonnie Prince Billy tonight, yay.) Thanks Doug, can’t wait. Got that kid in a sweet shop feeling. Great mix theme.
oh yay.