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Spanish producer JMII is one half of electronic duo Astar who recently worked with Hivern Discs (the Barcelona label run by John Talabot), and apparently has a release coming up on 100% Silk . The spiraling, bubbling funk of Lagos lives up to said three credentials entirely. Hey guys, quick survey across the room, who likes… TO DREAM??
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To anyone who noticed our cold turkey blog detox, we’re very sorry for laying dormant in this small corner of the internet over the past few weeks, but what more apt way to crawl out from bleary-eyed hibernation than with this Ferry Gouw directed video for the carefully building, cavernous and cathartic, back-alley ballad “Sleep Paralysis” by gravel-voiced Transparent favourite/friend Gabriel Bruce .
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We spoke to soon when we said Shabazz’s remix of Spank Rock/Santigold’s “Car Song” was going to dominate our weekend listening. You absolutely have to check out Jai Paul’s brand… With longtime bassist/keys player Sadek Bazarra leaving to focus on his graphic design ambitions Bear in Heaven are tasked with navigating the “spiky psych-prog tendencies” and “Southern rock spirit” spectrum bestowed by critics with one less astronaut. We seriously doubt we are going to listen to anything but Shabazz Palaces’ remix of Spank Rock and Santigold’s “Car Song” for the next 72 hours. The track will appear…
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We are psyched to present the bi-coastal pairing of Brooklyn’s Chairlift + L.A.’s Nite Jewel — a couple of bands who happen to be responsible for two of the best pop records of 2012 so far — on Monday, April 16 , live at Club Dada in Deep Ellum here in Dallas. Spune has hooked us up with 2 pairs of tickets to give away for this one: just leave your name in the comments below or over on Facebook , and I’ll pick the winners this Friday. Just in time for tonight , here’s a tender, silky-smooth new love song from Austin’s White Denim (the b-side “ Don’t You Say No ” is apparently an R. Kelly cover , which actually makes a lot of sense):
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ALTERED ZONES
Chillwave. It's been shoved down our throats over the past couple of years due to its ease of creation and distribution (thank you Ableton Live soft synths and plug-ins; thank you Soundcloud and the blogs that embed you!!), and a lot of it fucking sucks . This year saw some lazy remixes and underwhelming sophomore releases from the first batch of the genre's icons, and the honeymoon phase ended.
Sound Bites
Growing up in the late '70s/ early '80s, I spent a lot of time in the car with my parents and the only radio station we could ever agree on was WRON in my hometown of Lewisburg, WV. The FM station was easy listening (way more horrible than the Lite FMs of today) and it's AM version which played the hits. And at the time, the hits were all pretty mellow. Barry Gibb was writing for everyone, the Doobie Brothers were huge, "You Light Up My Life" was unavoidable, and the Little River Band was the WV-approved version of Steely Dan.
If you like Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zero’s sweet, Southern tinged, sing a long folk song, “Home,” you will surely like “Little Talks,” by indie folk band, Of Monsters And Men. The six piece band from Iceland is getting attention with this sleeper single. It’s hard not to pay attention with the sentimental, back [...]
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