[PLAY THE PLAYLIST] BEST FUCKING MORNING ☕️

Recently I’ve trying to be more thoughtful with how I start my day. With all of this time in quarantine I’ve taken the opportunity to observe how impactful tiny thoughtful adaptations can be. Not just on a daily basis either, as I’ve found that sometimes the change can be so swift it’s often within an hour or even a matter of minutes, depending on the situation.

We all know music is a major mood shifter. Unfortunately, sometimes it feels like because we’ve gotten so accustomed to the habit of recklessly consuming things to make us feel better that we do this with music a lot more than any of us would like to admit. I know I’ve certainly been guilty of that myself. Additionally, when you’re already not giving too much thought of what you’re consuming, it’s hard for me to believe that it means that all that unused thoughtful energy is shifting to what you’re putting out into the world and any subsequent side effects, either positive or negative.

I intend to take more ownership of how this space factors into this consumption habit equation for everyone, so of course I felt the need to make a fucking playlist about it. 🤪

I took some time thinking about not just what makes me feel good, but exactly what makes me feel my ⚡️fucking best⚡️. IMO, there’s truly nothing better in this life than the opportunity to identify how your talents/strengths can help people, throwing all of your energy into that thing, and then witnessing the magic that comes from those efforts. To be clear, I’m not just talking about ways that earn you money from doing this either. It can also be little things like knowing you’re a good personal cheerleader and being able to notice when someone could need some pom-poms waved in their direction and seeing their reaction. It’s ✨ literally the fucking best✨ ESPECIALLY when all parties involved decide that shit is going both wayyysss.

Community.

Connection.

Intention.

These are the things that BEST FUCKING MORNING☕️ is made of to the best of my ability. Sometimes you’ll get ✨a feeling✨ from the music, but as often as I could, I wanted the words ringing through your ears to make you feel fucking great, too. Additionally, I wholeheartedly believe that it’s equally important that the people making the good vibes you ingest should absolutely coming from good fucking people and I can say with a great level of confidence that these are all really good fucking people. I took a lot of care to make sure that even if one were to treat this playlist like a LoFi Chill Beats To Study To kinda deal where it’s mostly going to be background noise, that the few times that your brain decides to focus in on what’s actually happening that hopefully in that moment you feel empowered to remember that you always have the opportunity to choose happiness in spite of whatever bullshit gets thrown at you.

Let me be very clear that this is not me tryna shove some toxic positivity on your ass. That shit is annoying as fuck and not welcomed in this house. You always are entitled to however you feel, absolutely.

BUT

When you wake up feeling meh and decide you deserve to feel at minimum a little bit better.

Or you wake up feeling fucking great and want to hold onto that feeling as much as you can, possibly even going next level with that shit.

I promise you this shit will take you there, wherever that may be.

Although this collection of vibes was arranged in a way to be uplifting incrementally, feel free to let The Algorithm™ move you and shuffle this shit if you are so inclined. That said, I def invite you to see if you can notice a different if you listen both ways. Additionally, I intend to honor the inspiration behind this playlist and occasionally implement tweaks every now and then, hopefully to further enhance this vibe. Mostly likely additions only, no removals or substitutions.

As long as this playlist is in your life may you never forget that you deserve the fucking best. 💖

[SONG OF THE DAY] LP Giobbi - "Meet Again (feat. Little Boots)"

IT’S
VIBE
OCLOCK
ON
FRIDAYYYYYYY 🎉💃🏼🕺🏼

Y’all know how much love I have in my heart for LP Giobbi. In addition to her consistently dropping back to back bangers, it’s been so inspiring to watch how her FEMMEHOUSE initiative has really taken off. I’m constantly seeing new sessions coming up to help empower women with the tools to be their very own badass.

Today we’ve been blessed with a new track, a piano house #posiparty anthem titled “Meet Again”. The track itself came together pre-covid while LP was riding a train in Vienna on the way to a show last winter. Then while in lockdown, she sent it over to Little Boots to get her creative take. As timing would have it, Little Boots had just recently heard Queen Elizabeth II’s speech where she implored the nation to keep hope alive during these dark times we’re living in, reassuring everyone that, “We will meet again”. The rest, as they say, is history. “It’s such a simple line, but I felt pulled to share it as a meaningful message across the world to everyone feeling lonely, disconnected or sad,” shares Little Boots. 

LP has also shared an accompanying video for the song, featuring a montage of simpler times from her childhood. There are a lot of adorable *BB Giobi* moments in the montage, a lot showcasing just how much she was raised around music (but you already knew that because you read my interview with her 😘).

If Mark Ronson’s recent cover of Richard & Linda Thompson’s 1974 classic, “I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight” (as seen on diSKOAver weekly) was hitting you right in the Yearning For The Dance Floor Feels™, “Meet Again” is the [for now] bedroom dance party banger you need to get you to the other side of this pandemic. It definitely has me daydreaming of my next outing with LP Giobbi filling the floor with her selects and originals. That last show at Elsewhere dancing and hugging with TC from Crush Club and LEFTI was def one for the books.

Speaking of bedroom dance parties. LP Giobbi is keeping busy on Twitch during the week, spinning hella house a whopping five days a week. Schedule for all of her upcoming livestreams are below in addition to tonight’s FEMMEHOUSE session.

LP GIOBBI’S WEEKLY SCHEDULE ON TWITCH

Wednesday 1:30 PM EST: LP Giobbi’s Club Set
Thursday 1:30 PM EST: LP Giobbi’s World House Party
Friday 1:30 PM EST: LP Giobbi’s Techno & Coffee House Party
Friday 9 PM EST: LP Giobbi’s Chicago House Party
Saturday 1:30 PM EST: LP Giobbi’s Piano House Party
Sunday 1:30 PM EST: LP Giobbi’s Gospel House Party

OTHER UPCOMING LP GIOBBI LIVESTREAMS

July 11th: LP Giobbi @ Rave Family Block Party - Femme House Stage [TICKETS].

July 11th + July 12th: LP Giobbi @ Retrospektfest (exact time TBD)

#diSKOAverweekly: Week of September 18, 2019

I’ve decided to make more work for myself with diSKOAver weekly! So exciting!

I feel like it’s not fair to the bands I feature in this playlist to not give them the same amount of love I do with all the other features I do so I’ve decided to do a tweets worth of info on each track because after all sharing is caring and boy do I give so many fucks about putting these songs in your hands.

OKAY HERE WE GO!

1. Moon Boots - “You Won’t See Me Cry (feat. Little Boots)

   This cut from the new Moon Boots record is my personal slice of discotastic heaven. The rest of the record is super fun, too.

2. DallasK - “I Know”

   Gonna be honest, kind of embarrassed that I’m just now getting into DallasK but damn I picked a fucking banger to get on board.

3. Mason - “Rhythm In My Brain”

   Honestly it’s not fair that Mason is so perfect. And he’s SO CASUAL about dropping so many bops. This one is SUCH 💥A 💥VIBE💥.

4. Los Padres - “Boomerang (feat. Nina Sung)”

   Holy shit my home state over here making me SO PROUD with this house hitttttttttt. Def gonna be keeping an eye out on this duo for what they do next. 👀👀👀

5. RAAVE TAPES - “stabs”

   I have been OBSESSED with this song since I heard it. They’re like a lovely intersection of The Rapture, Does It Offend You Yeah, Crystal Castles, and Late of the Pier. I WANT MORE DANCE PUNK LIKE THIS. GIVE IT TO ME

6. CRX - “Walls”

   Fun fact: Josh Homme from QOTSA produced this whole record. Love how fucking high energy this is. Oh and Nick Valensi from The Strokes is the singer so you know these dudes aren’t fuckin around.

7. Tomos - “An Intermission”

   If I could float around in space to this I would be pretty hype about it. No, I’m not high.

8. Cashmere Cat - “FOR YOUR EYES ONLY”

   This new single is quite lovely and I’m very happy that they’ll be playing Webby Hall in December.

9. Sparrows - “Do U Wanna Dance?”

   Something about the synths in this makes me think of “Sync” from the FEZ soundtrack but more energetic and that pleases me very much.

10. Rejje Snow - “LMFAO”

    I need to spend more time with Rejje’s last record that this track is from. It’s very much my shit, but I bet you’ll be able to tell why this one was my favorite. 😂

11. AJ Abdullah - “Oh, the Moon!”

    HOW SWEET IS HIS VOICE!? HOW SWEET IS THIS FUCKIN’ SONG!? I’m glad I decided to check my email before I pulled tracks for this week’s update today. This was such a delightful surprise.

12. MXMS - “What’s My Name?”

    This one is a real gut punch. Funeral pop duo MXMS released this on World Suicide Prevention Day and if it doesn’t make your eyes water a little bit you might be dead inside?????????

13. Sego x Vacationer - “YAH.”

    Sego and Vacationer teamed up to cover Kendrick Lamar and it’s just so….. *chef’s kiss*

14. Hunjiya - “go to bed (feat. Ben Hon)”

    My good friend and neighborhood troubadour Jesse Ruben introduced me to Hunjiya (born Alice Kim) when I ran into him on the street a few weeks ago and was like, “you’d fucking love Alice’s music” AND HE WAS RIGHT. Her new EP is FANTASTIC.

15. Sam Hollis - “Miranda”

    I have been sitting on this Sam Hollis jam for way too long (Sorry Sam). Even though he’s homeys with Timi Temple it’s TOTALLY DIFFERENT VIBE A BOY DO I MEAN VIIIIBBBBEEEE.

16. Hundredth - “Whatever”

    So this band gradually pivoted from essentially hardcore to shoegaze and it…..totally fucking works. The older stuff is fine, but they really wear this new direction INCREDIBLY WELL.

IF YOU’VE STUMBLED INTO THIS POST AFTER I’VE SWAPPED OUT THESE TRACKS DO NOT PANIC!! I GOTCHU FAM! You can grab these (and a fuckload more music) over in the archive.

ENJOY! 💖

[Watch] Little Boots - "Headphones" (Official Video)

Little Boots has offered up her visual for her single "Headphones" which is expected to appear on her upcoming album later this year. Fittingly the video features Victoria and friends wearing a variety of headphones whilst enjoying the infectious track. 

[Listen] Little Boots - "I Wish" Feat. Michael Woods

Last month with Little Boots made her return with the catchy little number she'd titled "Shake" and today we get another preview of what's to come from LB in 2012. She's teamed up with producer Michael Woods for a synth filled number titled "I Wish". You can give the swoon filled song a listen below via Little Boots Daily.

[Listen] Little Boots - "Shake"

A short tease of this track appeared online not too long ago but now fans can wrap their ears around the new full track from Little Boots. It's the first full taste of new material from her in a while and it will surely excite fans for a follow up to her 2009 album Hands. This track will most certainly make you feel good as the weekend has said its goodbye for another 5 days, but hey, who said you can't keep the party going on until an early Monday morning? Noone, that's who. Give it a spin and let us know if you dig it. 

Little Boots - SHAKE by LittleBoots