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[2016 Recap] A Few Of My Favorite Things
bless Topsters for assembling this graphic infinitely easier than prior years
Surpriiiiseee!! I'm going to do my year end wrap up differently than most of the ones I've seen. Mostly because I have so many to share, but mostly because I like to let the music do the talking and help you get better connected to the artists themselves. Instead of recaps of each record, I'm going to point you to my favorite tracks so if any of these are new to your ears you'll have the best starting point I can give you.
Personal Observations for 2016
This was a weird year for me in terms of listening/discovery habits. Instead of fighting against music consumption trends, I decided to play along. I dove head first into my Discover Weekly playlist. I even followed some of my friends' in order to see what I would find and set up an IFTTT recipe to archive everything recommended to me so I could go back and reference it later if I wanted. I barely touched my SKOA inbox, which probably upset a lot of publicists. Anyway, according to Last.FM's data (since Spotify never ended up sending me mine), I listened to 1,919 new artists this year, which is ABSOLUTELY INSANE. But really when you think about how much music Discover Weekly puts in front of you, it's really less than what everyone had the potential to check out (which is 1,560 if you figure we get 30 new tracks a week for a year). I am in the 98th percentile in music listening per Last.FM (meaning I listen to more music than 98% of people who still scrobble to Last.FM) and I found myself panicky and overwhelmed by the sheer volume of music that Spotify thinks I can get through on TOP of the music I already love and want to enjoy, or the random rabbit holes I end up falling into that typically bring me great new baby bands. I guess most people approach Discover Weekly differently than I do, letting artists come and go as they please, but knowing the transformative power that music possesses, I'm always wary of passing on an opportunity to be affected and share those experiences with others.
It's crazy to think that 20% of what stuck with me this year was randomly generated by The Algorithm and not delivered to me by humans. I almost said that the human delivery was through cosmic forces, but really, if music finds its way to your ears/hearts by friend or by Algorithm, both are cosmic in a way, no?
This is my struggle at present. I value the connection that happens when a humans experience music together, whether it be by recommendation or attending shows together. I worry this experience will continue to be diminished the more we silo ourselves into our algorithm-based echo chambers. I really hope I'm just out of touch and someone will point me to where this is the opposite, but I can't ignore how self-serving shows feel now every time I treat myself to a Night Out. This has been on my heart/mind too much lately to ignore it, so expect some changes to how things go down on the site (starting with making more time for this now that my new job isn't crazy busy for awhile).
What music moved you this year? Did you like some of these records but different tracks? I'd honestly love to know so please drop me a comment. Also if you want more than favorite tracks out of me for these records, feel free to bug me on Twitter I am happy to share!
My Favorite Things Of 2016
#skoaradio 10/24/2015 liner notes
artist rendition of my convo with Alex from Kingswood after I shut the mic off post-interview.lol
Hey fam!
Things refuse to slow down in SKOA HQ, but I'm not complaining! I wrapped up CMJ with a day in Aussie Heaven where we interviewed KINGSWOOD prior to watching them totally kill it. I can't believe how much fun I had. Kinda wish it had never ended tbh. Oh well. Time to prep for Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival, which is coming up super fast. I've got a couple of new tracks on this week's show. As always would love to hear your thoughts so @ me bb if you liked what you heard!
See you next week!
<3
- Battle Tapes - "Valkyrie"
- Debut album Polygon drops on November 20th!
- BOOTS - "Bombs Away"
- New track "C.U.R.E." out now
- Debut full length Aquaria drops November 23th!
- BOOTS is playing Rough Trade for his release show! You've officially missed your chance to get tix :(
- Good Morning - "You"
- Official writeup of my interview with them from last week's CMJ show coming soon!
- Car Seat Headrest - "Times To Die"
- New album Teens of Style drops October 30th!
- Shows coming up in the UK & US.
- Weaves - "Motorcycle"
- Did you know that THE NEW YORK TIMES reviewed one of their CMJ shows!?! AMAZING!!
- Monarchy - "Black Widow"
- Sam Sparro - "Hands Up"
- Sam's new EP Quantum Physical Vol 2 is out now! GO GET IT!
- Kenna - "Sleep When We Die"
- Dude just finished up 35 days of traveling to shoot his "Sleep When We Die" video. The NYC Core got some hugs with him while he was here.
- Go help fund Songs For Flight!
- JR JR - "Gone"
- JR JR available now.
- Slum Sociable - "All Night"
- Go grab TQ now
- You can also see pitchas of these guys from my CMJ coverage. I may or may not have seen them three times :)
- Little May - "Boardwalks"
- Caught these little darlings this week at Mercury Lounge. Show review coming soon!
- Go grab their album For The Company asap okay
- Don Diablo & Matt Nash - "Starlight (Could You Be Mine)"
- Don Diablo moved up like a gazillion slots to NUMBER 30 IN DJ MAG'S TOP 100 DJS LIST OMG YAYYYY!!
- Interpol - "All Fired Up"
- If you don't have their latest record, El Pintor well then shame on you (this track is from Our Love To Admire tho)
- The Dead Weather - "I Feel Love(Every Million Miles)"
- Dodge and Burn is good fam, you needs it.
- KINGSWOOD Interview!
- KINGSWOOD - "Ohio"
- Hope you enjoyed this interview. Don't worry, imma pull out the good bits to write up all official :)
- Mr. Hudson - "Dancing Thru It"
- I'M. SO. HAPPY. HE'S. BACK!!!!!!!!!
- Can't be too mad considering he was off working on the new Duran Duran album, which is great tbh.
- Also the Souncloud page for this says MORE MUSIC COMING. YES YES YES YES YES.
- Magic Sword - "Battlefield"
- Have you read the comic for this btw? Pretty cool stuff.
- Official write up for this interview is coming soon too. :)
- Sami Switch - "Self Destruct"
- This guy's story is so cool. You have to watch this mini docu about his trajectory in the past few years. He's gone from homeless to selling out shows in London. Good for him.
- Wrabel - "I Want You"
- Still tryna figure out why "bae-bel" still hasn't upped this to iTunes/Spotify/Whatever yet. It's on YouTube and Soundcloud at least? And you can haz for $FREE.99
- Anyway you can grab his first EP Sideways to show love. I think that's fair right?
THINGS I TALKED ABOUT ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK INCLUDE:
#skoaradio 10/17/2015 liner notes - THE #CMJ2015 EDITION
#CMJSELFIE, basically.
GUESS WHO'S TIRED?
"I GUESS KIBBE"
YOU GUESSED RIGHT!
But in all seriousness, I am having a blast at CMJ 2015 this year and I can't believe all of these little band babies are going to leave me. #RUDE.
Anyway I'm too exhausted to be witty rn. I'm gonna go grab coffee before my first Pianos margarita of the day.
Until next week!
<3
kibbe!
UPDATE: Grab this week's mixtape on iTunes.
- Luna Aura - "Dancing With Your Ghost"
- Valise - "Charlie Gray"
- Car Seat Headrest - "Times To Die"
- Good Morning Interview!
- Good Morning - "You"
- Jake Isaac Interview!
- Jake Isaac - "Home"
- Jesse Ruben Interview!
- Jesse Ruben - "Fearless"
- Hooton Tennis Club - "P.O.W.E.R.F.U.L. P.I.E.R.R.E."
- Weaves - "Tick"
- KINGSWOOD - "She's My Baby"
- Dirty Ghosts - "Cataract"
- BLXPLTN Interview!
- BLXPLTN - "Start Fires"
- Magic Sword Interview!
- Magic Sword - "In The Face Of Evil"
- Son Little - "The River"
- Crooked Colours - "Step"
- Slum Sociable - "All Night"
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[Night Out] OMG CMJ 2015 Day Two: Car Seat Headrest, Luna Aura, Pinact, BLXPTN, Weaves, Hooton Tennis Club, Magic Sword
Car Seat Headrest @ Pianos
I thought Tuesday was supposed to be my craziest day of CMJ, but apparently it's just a slow build. I'm terrified but obviously still excited to see how Thursday goes. After trying to get photos edited in a timely manner for yesterday's post I had to haul ass to Pianos to make it in time for Car Seat Headrest. They played some cuts from their new record, Teens of Style, which I'm really excited for everyone else to hear once it drops on October 30.
Then came the comical portion of the day where I proceeded to run back and forth from Pianos to other venues in the area that the door guy at Pianos kept greeting me with, "welcome back!", "back so soon?", and " hello again". First I darted over to Rockwood stage 2 to catch the little fireball of energy that is Luna Aura. My first coffee hadn't quite kicked in yet so it took me a moment to be able to harness the explosion of energy that she exuded in photographs, but we got there. In addition to a solid cover of Destiny's Child - "Say My Name" which she got some extra special audience participation from, she gave the crowd a sampling of her latest EP Supernova.
Luna Aura getting a little help from a friend at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2
I shot back over to Pianos to catch Pinact. I can feel myself pulling back towards more rock/punk rock this fall after a long stint mostly focusing my attention on electronic-esque bands as of late. I can't put my finger on it, but I found their bassist to be the most amusing person on the planet. I think it's mostly because he looks like he will never give any fucks about what anyone thinks about him. I think I may secretly want to be him when I grow up? Jury is still out on that one.
Pinact @ Pianos
I ducked out from Pianos the second Pinact finished to go be blown away by Austin duo BLXPLTN. They were another one of those bands that I hadn't gotten to spend a ton of time listening to prior to catching their performance so I'll admit I sort of forgot what I was getting myself into. Their set was as powerful as much as it was inspiring. It's been awhile since I came across a band that had something to say and said it in an approachable enough way that once you're lured in by their badass genre-bending sound that they're doing what they can to inspire change. Once they finished their set I forced myself to not be intimidated by their badassery and beg them for an interview, which you'll be able to hear in full (albeit I need to air it in two parts because it's longer than the standard #skoaradio segments). I also apparently fulfilled a dream of Jonathan from BLXPLTN's by interviewing him while he ate cauliflower? I hope that's not the biggest dream he's ever dreamt, because I see much bigger things for them.
BLXPLTN slaying my face @ Arlene's Grocery
I was so overwhelmed by how awesome the interview with BLXPLTN was that I decided to sit out any other bands I had intended to see and wrap up my Day One recap and use Weaves' set as a reward for pushing out #content even though I wanted to keep running around. By the time I finally wrapped up and got to Pianos they were about halfway through their set. Thankfully, Jasymn is such an performer that I didn't have any trouble getting some fun shots of her. As she would later confirm after their set, they played a couple of new cuts from a record that is in the works in addition to selects from their debut self-titled EP. Jasymn also was kind enough to give me a button after their set, so I'm taking that as a cue that we're going to be best friends any day now. *FINGERS CROSSED*
Jasymn Burke, my future BFF of Weaves at their Pianos set
Upon fueling up on margaritas and a little food I scurried over to Santos Party Haus to see Hooton Tennis Club, who I missed at the Music Is Great Showcase the night prior.
Fun vibes + crap lighting + had to duck out early to make sure I got to Brooklyn in time to interview Magic Swords = not much visual proof of their awesomeness. Oh yeah, speaking of that interview with Magic Sword, that was a fun thing to arrange, especially when you exchange texts like these:
I booked it back to Cake Shop as fast as my taxi could get me there to make it in time for Slum Sociable, who I can say with confidence was my most anticipated show of the week. Two things: #1 - I think I'm going to buy Cake Shop more lights for Christmas so everyone isn't always doused in only red light #2 - if singer Miller Upchurch could bottle the energy he releases for every performance I would buy it immediately and not be complaining on Twitter about how tired I am this week.
Slum Sociable bathed in red at Cake Shop
After Slum I quickly realized that it would have made sense for me to just stay in Brooklyn but you know, the heart what the heart wants. Either way, I made it back to Cameo Gallery with more than enough time to catch Magic Sword. In fact, they were running fairly late so I had a chance to try to practice the ultra low lighting there on Street Fever. I came in on the tail end of his set so I'm not sure if this is a normal occurrence, but within minutes he picked up a synth, threw it on the ground, and proceeded to beat the shit out of it with a mic stand a la the Office Space printer scene....like a foot away from me. It all happened so fast that I only managed to get this one shot, but even sorta blurry it speaks for itself.
This was moments before he threw it on the ground in front of me and tore it apart.
At that point I was feeling the darkness creeping into Cameo in a big way, but it wasn't too long before The Keeper of the Sword and The Seeker aka Magic Sword took the stage and put darkness in its place. I loved that there were a few fans that had their own light up swords to cheer the band along.
When their set ended it was a little after 1:30am. I remember thinking to myself that Slum Sociable's publicist told me that they were playing another show at 2:15am at Baby's All Right. At that point I was sleep deprived enough that I managed to convince myself that if I walked slowly enough from Cameo Gallery that by the time I got to Baby's that I'd be right on time to see them and then I could go home to bed.
The Keeper of The Sword!!!!!!
Upon arrival I was a few minutes early,which gave me just enough time to somehow accidentally trick some Australians who were apparently friends of friends of Slum Sociable that I bought them the free Tiger Beer that was being given away that late. They thought I worked for CMJ? I don't even know. At any rate, as you could guess the turnout for a band that's organically growing into their own didn't pack out Baby's at almost 3am. My new Aussie friends took advantage of the minimal audience to capitalize on the number of selfies they could get while the band was playing. They even demanded a few times that I stop trying to enjoy the slightly better lighting vs Cake Shop to take photos of them.
Slum Sociable being lit the way they were meant to at Baby's All Right
Gotta point out though, even with the turnout being less than ideal those guys played they were headlining a sold out show at Bowery Ballroom. Much respect to bands who aren't easily affected by turnout (or in this case lack there of). I crawled into a cab as soon as I could get away from my new Aussie friends when Slum ended. That was about 3:30am. So much for sticking to my healthy schedule to keep me sane!!
You can listen to all the bands I talked about in this recap in the CMJ 2015 playlist below in addition to having a look at all the photos I painstakingly edited today. Be sure to check this week's #skoaradio for an extra special CMJ edition of the show!
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[NIGHT OUT] OMG CMJ 2015: Kibbe's Picks For This Week
It's that time of year again! You know, the one where I bounce back and forth between lower Manhattan and Brooklyn to see how many new bands I can fall in love with. I HAVE SO MANY NEW BAND CRUSHES YOU GUYS AND I HAVEN'T EVEN STEPPED FOOT INSIDE A VENUE YET!! *PRAISE HANDS EMOJI*
If you're out and about in NYC for CMJ, you can catch me attempting to attend all of the following events. If you can't be in NYC but want to follow along, you can add me over on Snapchat: heylookitskibbe (original amirite?).
If you see my smiling/exhausted face grab me and say hi!
TUESDAY OCTOBER 13TH
- Valise @ Rockwood Music Hall - 3pm
- Holiday Mountain @ Pianos - 5:10pm
- Good Morning @ Cake Shop - 7pm
- Garden of Elks @ The Living Room - 8:45pm
- Jake Sherman @ Pete's Candy Store - 9pm
- Jake Isaac @ The Living Room - 9:30pm
- WALTZ @ Cameo Gallery - 9:50pm
- SYKES @ The Living Room - 10:25
- Jesse Ruben @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 - 11pm
THURSDAY OCTOBER 14TH
- Car Seat Headrest @ Pianos - 2pm
- Luna Aura @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 - 2:15pm
- Pinact @ Pianos - 2:30pm
- BLXPLTN @ Arlene's Grocery - 2:45pm
- Expert Alterations @ Pianos - 4:30pm
- Weaves (!!!!!!!) @ Pianos - 5:15pm
- Beverly @ Pianos - 6pm
- Hooton Tennis Club @ Santos Party House - 8:15pm
- Slum Sociable @ Cake Shop - 10pm
- Pompeya @ Pianos (Upstairs) - 10:45pm
- Cardiknox @ The Studio At Webster Hall - 11:15pm
- Lara Snow @ Fat Baby - 11:45pm
- Magic Sword @ Cameo Gallery - 12am
THURSDAY OCTOBER 15TH
- Womps @ Cake Shop (NYC Taper Showcase) - 1:45pm
- Vomitface @ Cake Shop (NYC Taper Showcase) - 2:20pm
- Dirty Dishes @ Cake Shop (NYC Taper Showcase) - 2:55pm
- Walking Shapes @ Elvis Guesthouse - 4:15pm
- Dirty Ghosts @ Cake Shop (NYC Taper Showcase) - 5:30pm
- Cardiknox @ Ganesvoort Hotel (Meatpacking) - 6pm
- Soft Sirens @ The Flat - 7:15pm
- Kevin Garrett @ Rockwood Music Hall - 9pm
- Saint Pé @ Matchless - 10:45pm
- Skaters @ The Living Room - 12am
FRIDAY OCTOBER 16TH
**my brother is going to be in town Friday & Saturday so unless he wants to come out to stuff I'll only be out after dark :/ **
- Controller @ Pianos - 8pm
- Dirty Ghosts @ Baby's All Right - 9pm
- Lara Snow @ Leftfield - 11:30pm
- KINGSWOOD@ Fat Baby - 12:30am
SATURDAY OCTOBER 18TH
- Slum Sociable @ The Delancey - 5:30pm
- Frankmusik @ Rockwood Music Hall - 9pm
- KINGSWOOD @ The Delancey - 10pm
Please enjoy a sampling of the bands I'm going to go check out via the playlist below!
#skoaradio 10/03/2015 liner notes
If you don't like music you can't sit with us.
It's chill af in NYC today. Literally. Like I'm having a hard time getting out of bed because I like my feet not being popsicles. I am writing this whilst I am still in bed. That said, the chill means that all the glorious fall albums are under way and CMJ is quickly approaching. I've also been on a steady streak of shows lately, which I will get up ASAP for you to see and be jealous of me. I'm also working to backdate all the show notes I kept saying I was upping and then rage quit because as you can see below these posts are intense as hell, you guys. OH WELL IT'S WORTH IT BECAUSE I LOVE DOING THIS!
Enjoy this weeks jams and be sure to grab the Spotify playlist below if you want to keep this mix around. As always, I'd love to hear from you so feel free to drop me a tweet and let me know what you thought of this week's show.
<3
- Jacuzzi Boys - "Happy Damage"
- Happy Damage EP out now!
- Playing some shows on the other side of the pond in November.
- Aeroplane (feat. Benjamin Diamond) - "Let's Get Slow"
- New EP Page One Is Love out now!
- Just wrapped some shows in the US. I missed him in NYC. I am sad. :/
- Beck - "Dreams"
- Dude had low key hangs with Sir Paul McCartney this week for a PETA thing. #SQUAD. FRIKKIN. GOALS.
- Big Data (feat. Rivers Cuomo) - "Snowed In"
- Edward Snowden joined Twitter this week (this song was inspired by him). Forgot rule #1 of Twitter: TURN OFF YOUR NOTIFICATION EMAILS. Whoops.
- Touring like freaking crazy still. Will we see you at Webster Hall on November 6th with RAC?
- Late of the Pier - "Heartbeat"
- Sam Dust (the singer for LotP) is in a new project called LA Priest! See below. Yes, I played him twice in my show because IT'S MY SHOW AND I DO AS I PLEASE!
- Dillon Francis - "Coming Over"
- Still on tour with Zedd and the gang.
- Pick up This Mixtape Is Fire to keep you warm on those chilly fall nights.
- JR JR - "Gone"
- JR JR is out now! GRAB IT!
- Touring to support the new record like every good band should.
- Darwin Deez - "Time Machine"
- Pick up Double Down now!
- Touring the UK now, US up next! Wooo!
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "Ur Life One Night"
- Oops. Looks like the limited edition pink vinyl I have is sold out. You can haz a blue one tho. Or grab MP3s. Whatever.
- I don't think these guys are ever going home. Still touring. Bless you, fam.
- The Kickdrums - "Things Work Out"
- Breathe Again EP out now.
- Peep his latest project with Duckwrth too called Nowhere. It's goooood.
- Weaves - "Do You See Past"
- Grab their self-titled EP and their latest track "Tick" to get ready for their CMJ shows! (wow I really need to talk to them about organizing their tour dates better)
- Phases - "Betty Blue"
- Big Black Delta - "Its Ok"
- GIVE THIS MAN YOUR MONEY OKAY? But really, pledge your brains out for his next album.
- Just upped a new song from his upcoming album, Tragame Tierra, with Debbie Gibson (YES, THAT DEBBIE GIBSON).
- Passion Pit - "Let Your Love Grow Tall"
- Kindred has been out for awhile, still worth your dollars if you haven't bought it yet.
- On tour now.
- For Lean - "Just A Little Spirit"
- Quiet Day dropped this very week! YAYYYYY BROOKLYN BANDS!! They have some sexy as hell yellow vinyl on their website for this release, so hollllerrr at a band on their website if you wants it.
- Phoenix - "1901"
- Grab their latest Bankrupt! (or Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix so you can have the song I played)
- LA Priest - "Oino"
- Debut album Inji out now.
- I caught this lil cutie at Baby's All Right in BK this week. That writeup is coming soon. I promise.
- Supporting Tame Impala's shows in NYC and PA. Bust. They're all sold out already :(
- Also his website is trippy but fun to play with, so look at that.
- The Drums - "Money"
- Pick up their latest Encyclopedia now!
- Just announced 3 shows at Baby's All Right! ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT!
- The Getup Kids - "Holiday"
- You should probably own this record if you don't already. It's so perfect for the fall.
- Uh, they're playing a 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW in Brooklyn? Good Loki I'm old. Oh yeah, they're playing elsewhere too.
- The Streets - "The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living"
- I miss you Mike Skinner. Please come back to us.
- PS If you haven't checked out The Story Of The Streets it is a great read. It's even cooler if you get the audiobook because Mike Skinner narrates it. I loved it.
- Tame Impala - "Yes I'm Changing"
- Go buy Currents. I absolutely love Currents. You must have Currents. (My colored version is sold out, #sorrynotsorry.)
- On tour now (remember our friends LA Priest are opening for them next week?)
- Francis & The Lights - "In A Limousine"
- Son Little - "Lay Down"
- Pre-order his debut album before it drops on 10/16! GET THE VINYL! GET READY TO SWOON!
- Touring like a madman and I love his mush face for it!
- Mansionair - "Pick Me Up"
- Grab their new EP Pick Me Up now!
- On tour in support of CHVRCHES!
- Show writeup from me ASAP! Saw them twice in a week! #blessed
- Run The Jewels - "Meowrly (BOOTS remix)"
- When you're done squealing in delight you can grab Meow The Jewels for $FREE.99. IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE ON VINYL AND I AM SERIOUSLY DEBATING IT.
- Don Diablo (feat. Maluca) - "My Window"
- Lots of stuff going on with his label, Hexagon
- When is this guy not touring, srsly?
- PS have you read my interview with him yet?
- Also I really hope this rumor/possible legit leak is true.
- Justice - "DVNO"
- IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED! THEY'RE IN THE STUDIO! ALBUM #3 IS COMING! THANK YOU #SHEEZUS!
Topics discussed!
Vinyl Is Making More Money Than Ad-Supported Streaming
While US Apple Music Trials Are Ending, China Is Ushering In New Users
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[Listen] HSY - "Scratch"
You may remember last year during CMJ when the planets aligned and we had the honor of catching Toronto band HSY right before Weaves at Shea Stadium. We've been feeling their EP and have played "Waffles" a couple of times on #skoaradio but have been eagerly waiting for new music. We are happy to report that the wait is nearly over as Stereogum reported yesterday that the band will be releasing a full-length, Bask, on September 11th courtesy of Buzz Records. They also revealed a taste of what's to come from the album in the form of "Scratch", which steadily pummels your eardrums with its fuzz filled melodies leaving you with the urge to slam down a shot of whiskey and thrash around as soon as physically possible.
Bask drops September 11th via Buzz Records.
Some Kind of Awesome Radio - 07/11/2015
Typing up all the show notes this week for once because I love you, fam.
YES! I'M ACTUALLY DOING SHOW NOTES FOR THIS WEEK! #sorrynotsorry but like I said in this week's episode I've been dealing with a bit of blogger burnout and even though doing the show is very therapeutic for me when you see how thorough I intend to be moving forward you will understand why I put this off for as long as I could. Again, I really appreciate those of you who listen and never get the promised show notes. NO MORE BROKEN PROMISES! Just quality #content in addition to a bunch of other new things in the works right now.
Hope you enjoyed this weeks show! Feel free to drop a comment here or hit me up on Twitter. I'd love to hear what you thought of this week's picks!
Until next week!
<3
- Tuxedo - "Do It"
- Hitting the road for a mini tour this month! You can check out tour dates over on their site.
- Studio Killers - "Eros & Apollo"
- Ain't No Love - "Cry In The Rain"
- Dillon Francis - "Bruk Bruk (I Need Yo Lovin)"
- Hitting the road this month! Tour dates over on his site.
- This Mixtape Is Fire drops on August 14. You can pre-order it if you're into that.
- Vowws - "The Great Sun"
- Shows in July and August. More info over on Songkick.
- Ratatat - "Club Amnesia"
- Magnifique is out July 14th. You can stream the album in full via NPR.
- The Kickdrums - "Breathe Again"
- Monarchy (feat. Dita Von Teese) - "Girls & Boys (Blur cover)"
- Few shows lined up in the next month or so.
- ReVision out now. As is Abnocto.
- Caribou - "Silver"
- On tour now so get on it! Tour dates here.
- Interpol - "My Desire"
- On tour now! Sprout and I will be heading to the show in Broooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. Will we see you there?
- Tame Impala - "Cause I'm A Man"
- The video for this song is super fun and full of puppets.
- Currents drops on July 17 - CAN YOU EVEN HANDLE IT BECAUSE I CAN'T. #zerochill
- Tour is in full swing and dates are selling out fast so GRAB THEM WHILE YOU CAN.
- Hot Chip - "Love Is The Future"
- They just upped these really fun Peanuts shirts in their merch store. I think I want the Snoopy one? idk
- Very much on tour right now.
- The Streets - "Two Nations"
- Fairly quiet in the Mike Skinner camp other than that single he did as The D.O.T. last year. Sigh.
- VHS or Beta - "Can't Believe A Single Word"
- Weaves - "Tick"
- Kenna - "Karma Is Coming"
- Things are in the works in Kenna camp! He just posted a series of videos on Facebook explaining his Land 2 Air Chronicles series. I know more because I'm awesome but can't say just yet. KEEP YOU'RE EYES PEELED FOLKS!
- Maiday - "Wish You'd Met Me First"
- More on Maiday in the coming weeks as I get to the bottom of this woman and her bru-tiful jams. Also getting into one of the producers on this track. More on that next week. :)
- Big Black Delta - "It's Ok"
- NEW ALBUM COMING SOON. Open your hearts and wallets and PLEDGE YOUR BRAINS OUT. (hey buddyyy!) Dude deserves this to get the crap funded out if it considering all his gear got stolen and his dad passed away. Rough year for Jonathan Bates but It's Ok.
- For now you can grab "It's Ok" over on Soundcloud.
- Kate Boy - "Midnight Sun"
- Do not ask me why you cannot buy this yet in the United States of America. I don't get it either. Take it away, UK!
- Few random tour dates if you're in other parts of the world.
- Don Diablo (feat. Emeni) - "Universe"
- I can't keep up with this dude. He's already gearing up to release another single called "On My Mind" which drops on July 27. This teaser for it has got me wanting to dance in space.
- Voting is open for Top 100 DJs so get to voting so my chocolate chip cookie recipe can have more street cred since they're Don Diablo (and Mama Diablo) approved.
- Lily Allen - "Close Your Eyes"
- Animal Kingdom - "The Art of Tuning Out"
- ANAMAI - "Lucia"
- Few shows coming up.
- Dangermouse & Sparklehorse / Dark Night Of The Soul (feat. Julian Casablancas) - "Little Girl"
- Until The Ribbon Breaks - "Taste of Silver"
- Biffy Clyro - "Stingin' Belle"
BONUS JUST FOR YOU FAM! I'm also making playlists on Spotify for every single show. NO SHUFFLE THO BECAUSE THAT'S CHEATING! Additionally, as the shows become available on iTunes I will update each post with a link to the show for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!