Matt Zanardo takes us all back to high-school. (Well, takes me back to that awkward time after high school but before I had found any direction in life.) The song has a big Las Vegas style of electro houseness to it.
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Before I take off for the weekend…I’ll leave you with a clip from my radio show. The Morning Zone was beeking off about Mexican food while I was driving in to boxing for my morning workout. Jason implied that Mexican food makes you fart…. but it doesn’t make me gassy…huh. I better get some experts on the show to ask them about Mexican Food.
Big sounding remix of Bleachers “I Wanna Get Better.” Vince Clarke of Depche Mode fame synthses it right out. He has created bouncy head bopping dance cut that keeps many of the original cut’s core elements. But I am also hearing industrial beats and sounds.
Lorde’s “Royals” is a Much Mega Hit right now. The 16-year-old from New Zealand is on the cover Billboard Magazine and her album Pure Heroine is out on September 30th.
It’s Friday! So let’s lay down a remix from Wild Boyz (free download if you “like” their facebook page). The band adds some “dub-step breakdowns.” For the most part I dig this mix except the weird chipmunk moments.
One of my favourites… Wake Owl are a folk group from Vancouver. Their ep, Wild Country, is outstanding. But what is interesting is that their music, organic, beautiful, folky, lends itself so well to the remix.
Where as Noah Hyde laid a little boogy behind Wake Owl… Teen Daze reaches for a different goal. His spin is an epic slow burn. The DJ saving the slowest song for last.
Teen Daze recently posted a short 4 song ep called The House on The Mountain. An ode to Spring in the Fraser Valley. He post-scripts, “All proceeds made off this record will go towards my wedding budget. Love you bean!” CUTE ATTACK!
From their soundcloud: “White Sea remixes Young Blood by The Naked And Famous. The single is taken from the NZ group’s debut album Passive Me Aggressive You. In the hands of White Sea (aka Morgan Kibby, also a sometimes member of M83) Young Blood is transformed into a truly ethereal journey into the soul of the song, venturing into a few dark corners along the way.”
UK darling indie folksters Daughter will have their 4AD debut in March with the release of If You Leave. The North London group began as the solo project of Elena Tonra and has since evolved into a trio. Their music is simple and so beautiful. A slinky edit of their The Wild Youth ep song “Love.”
The Bowery Boogie Blog has lots of insight into the world of Daughter…. I am interested in this Zebra Safari edit making the rounds on the intertron and thinking it might mike sense in the Lounge if the bartenders don’t call me “sad” and demand something “dancey.”
Jealousy is an ugly emotion, but it makes for a beautiful song.
Happy New Year! When the odometer finally ticks over to a new year I can’t help but think of that Death Cab for Cutie song “The New Year.”
“So this is the new year, and I don’t feel any different.”
I do reflect on the year that was, and I suppose like anyone I dream about the one to come. But at the same time, today was a day like any other. I mostly cleaned and looked after my kid.
January 1st is just a date on a calendar, but it is the first date on the calendar. It is the beginning of 2013 and here is a song for new beginnings.
The duo based out of Germany is called Boy. Not to be confused with the Canadian band by the same name, these ladies met while attending a music workshop in Hamburg. Their record Mutual Friends is a big deal already, going Gold in Germany with 100,000 sold., and music videos that attract millions of views. They have a song called “This Is The Beginning,” and I thought how perfect for January 1st.
Boy – “This Is The Beginning”
Their record features Thomas Hedlund on drums…. he’s the dude from Phoenix! Well ain’t that a pip?
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To think about New Year’s resolutions….
01) Drink organic milk.
I think my four year old is growing little boobies… and for that matter so am I. Maybe its the hormones maaaaaaan, maybe its the lack of push-ups, but we’re flipping to organic milk.
02) Go Camping
201120122013 here we go! I feel in my bones I want to be a camper/hiker, ADVENTURER, but I just don’t prioritize it. I’ve gone a few times over the past couple summers, I wanna go more. Basically, I want to be National Geographic magazine with everything I do.
03) Be Silly
Creativity doesn’t flow out of me like it used to. I also used to smoke a lot of pot. Maybe my resolution is to smoke pot?
Basically, I don’t fuck around much anymore. Too worried about what people think, or ratings, or getting fired. But in the process I play like the number 4 defence-man….you need him in the playoffs, but nobody’s buying his jersey.
04) Start a business
Not that I need MORE work…but there have been thoughts bouncing around my brain since I met Coral. We’ve brainstormed about it for what? 6 years? We always say, “we should do it!” Maybe we should?
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OK, I got one more song for you on January 1st and it too is not new…but new to me and fitting with these here times….
I’ve told you before about Sweden sister-act First Aid Kit. The Baauer remix of their song “Winter Is All Over You” came out at this time last year…but for whatever reason it was charting on Hype Machine (I have no idea how their algorithms works yet). I hit play the other day and really enjoyed the sounds coming out of my shitty computer speakers. Sounding even better at home through the headphones and also sounded good matched with Boy.
I got tomorrow off at the radio factory so I am going to spend the day returning some mis-fitted Christmas gifts, meet wedding couples and go ice skating!
A dark dance floor jammer for your wintery party… Toronto’s Death Ledger will have his remix of the Avicii sunshine goodtimes jam “Seek Bromance” (reminds me of every song you hear in Las Vegas) available for download on December 21st.
The Morning After 