I posted about Woods a while back and this first track is by the Babies, a band featuring a former Woods member by the name of Kevin Morby. There's a nice bit of trivia for you there, as well as a link to the past of this here blog.
In my last post (see below, probably) I wrote about Ghostly putting a free new compilation with a Dauwd track on it. Initially the Dauwdtrack (which is, as always, amazing) was my only point of interest, but I've listened to the whole compilation a few times now and I highly recommend you check it out -- it's full of great, quality stuff and it's FREE. You have nothing to lose! You don't even have to download it cos you can stream it at the site -- so go ahead! I'm quite happy that something that's being given away is still so good.
I also posted not too long about Caribou (Dan Snaith) posting a massive playlist of his favourite tracks on Youstube. It's full of gems, and as I come across especially good ones I may post them, which I'm about to do. What I really like about this tune is it's sheer weirdness, makes a nice change.
Lastly, a track I've had on my mp3 player for months now cos I enjoy it every time it pops up. Originally recommended by Alexis Petridis, I can't say I love the whole album it comes off of, but this track is quite stirring. Part of me wants to resist, cos the track obviously wants to take the listener to a certain place; but it's so well done that the time has come to share it with you. Check out 'Says' by Nils Frahm, preferably on good speakers or headphones and at a good volume:
One of my current favourite electronic musicians, Dauwd, has a new remix out that I've been grooving to here in the office. It's out on Ghostly records.
I'll post some more dancey stuff while I'm at it. Floating Points is an artist I've heard of but only recently heard. His most recent release is Nuits Sonores, and it's a pretty epic 12 minutes, featuring some nice acid squelches:
Going back a few weeks now to New Year's eve. I was at home with my three year old, who had no idea that it was NYE, or even what that means, so there was no need for her to stay up til midnight. That didn't stop us tuning into some UK radio though, and hearing their new year hit five hours before ours did! There were a couple of great tracks leading up to the big moment, which I'll post for you below. They're relatively route one, but still good.
In a week during which it seems like all Muslims have been placed into one big homogeneous box, here's Hanni El Khatib to mess with people's expectations. Spooky video; I appreciate the normal America locales of multi-lane roads and big box stores.
The UK is so cool that this little track reached number one in 1978:
Digging the jazzy music in this new De La Soul track:
Lastly, if you work from home or are just able to listen to LOADS of music at once, you could do worse than check out this 1000 song playlist that Caribou's put together on youstube. I took a listen earlier and didn't hear a single dud -- mind you, I barely made a dent. He recommends putting shuffle on but I'm thinking it'll be easier to keep track of things if you go sequential.
The title of this post is a bit mis-leading, as I actually like both the tracks I'm about to post. I was going to write about some club bangers I heard on New Year's Eve but I'll save those for now. Today's been a snowy day here in DC, or at least it was this morning (the sun's out now). That meant a slow day for me, so I started listening to this six hour mix by Floating Points and Four Tet. The length of the thing would be a total turn off normally, but since it's a slow day I've been getting through it.
This track by the Cardigans was the first one I ever heard by them. It randomly came back to me today and I was happy when I realised I wasn't humming Lovefool to myself.
Listening to this has reminded me how much I liked the Cardigans 2003 album 'Long Gone Before Daylight'. I think I'll see if I still do.
I heard "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks twice in the last couple of weeks, and each time it gave me that sad I-want-to-go-home feeling. Recently I've been pondering home and places to live and I've realised that I may never really feel at home. This may be something I have in common with other emigrants/immigrants -- a feeling that home is now only a place that exists in my head, an amalgamation of geography with nostalgia and fantasy. It's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just a fact really, but I'm starting to think that no-matter where I am I'll always feel like a bit of an outsider.
First up, Dean Blunt, who seems like a bit of a mysterious chap. Can't find a dedicated website, facebook, or anything for him, just artist pages at various music sites. So a bit of a mystery for now, but I like this track and hope there's more goodness to discover by him.
Next, this bit of funky awesomeness by David Axelrod. Jarv had this nicely mixed with a Kate Bush track, but it stands up just fine by itself too.
