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Music That You Should Already Be Listening To

Because I just bet that you’re still listening to Stromae, Dolby Anol, jj, and as Peter does, Broken Bells.

  1. Baths: Aminals
  2. Salem: Till the World Ends
  3. The Weeknd: House Of Balloons
  4. Jamie xx: Far Nearer
  5. Azealia Banks: 212
  6. Charli XCX: Stay Away
  7. Sia: Titanium
  8. Britney Spears: Till The World Ends (The Femme Fatale Remix)
  9. Baths: Lovely Bloodflow
  10. Gotye: Somebody That I Used To Know
  11. Tyler, The Creator: Yonkers
  12. SBTRKT: Wildfire
  13. Drake: The Motto
  14. The Roots: Sleep
  15. Baths: Apologetic Shoulderblades
  16. Cover Drive: Twilight
  17. Labrinth Feat Tinie Tempah: Earthquake
  18. I Heart Sharks: Lies
  19. Phantogram: When I’m Small
  20. Emmy The Great: Paper Forest
  21. Agnes Obel: Riverside
  22. Salem Al Fakir: 4 O’clock
  23. Purity Ring: Belispeak
  24. Rusko: Everyday
  25. Ellie Goulding: Lights (Bassnectar Remix)
  26. Arion Dubstep: Carols Of The Bells
  27. Skrillex: Bangarang
  28. Araabmuzik: Streetz Tonight (and the rest of Electronic Dream)

I didn’t realize the Summer of 2011 was so long ago until I looked back at that mix I made. Thanks for the gust of nostalgia, Peter.

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weeds never die

Anyone who has ever been in my company long enough for a silence to ensue may have noticed my penchant to relate amusing bits of news.

Under the encouragement of my liege Peter, I plan to post the most interesting.

According the to following story, Russian scientists have resurrected a 30,000 year old weed from the “placental” fruit of an ancient seed, preserved in the frozen den of an ancient squirrel.

A Draught of Music – The High Road by Broken Bells

Here’s a song I’ve been jamming to all year.  The High Road by Broken Bells (I’m not sure if I got this track from CBrown or someone else…but I’ve been hearing it at Lux a lot too).

Listen on Grooveshark

Watch on Youtube

Broken Bells is a collaboration of James Mercer (The Shins) and Danger Mouse (DJ for Gnarles Barkley).

I enjoy the way the melody can shift between haunting and carnival-esque, and it occupies well the space provided by Danger Mouse’s beats, which tend to be not only spacious but also spacey.  There is a kind of desperation, or inevitability in the song: “It’s too late to change your mind…”

Enjoy,

Peter

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