It may not look like summer in Edinburgh but we can fookin’ try and make it SOUND like summer.

Listen ♫: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Rama Ya ←♥♥♥
Listen ♫: Yeasayer – Madder Red ←♥♥♥♥♥
Listen ♫: Nouvelle Vague – Making Plans For Nigel (XTC Cover) ←♥♥♥♥

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Is it fuck. It’s snowing again in Edinburgh….and the clocks went forward on Sunday! British summertime my ARSE.

Listen ♫: Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix) ←♥♥♥♥♥
Listen ♫: Crookers – Cooler Couleur (Feat. Yelle) ←♥♥♥
Listen ♫: Your Nature – Forward Motion ←♥♥♥

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Some gorgeous Nu Disco/Synthpop for your Tuesday morning ears.

Listen ♫: The Golden Filter – Hide Me ←♥♥♥♥
Listen ♫: The Golden Filter – Solid Gold ←♥♥♥♥

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Saw Kick-Ass yesterday and it blew me away. Highly recommended. There’s a scene is it where Hit-Girl blasts her way down a hallway full of guys with bazookas, and then Joan Jett booms in amidst the utter chaos. Genius.

Listen ♫: Joan Jett – Bad Reputation ←♥♥♥♥♥

p.s. for Freaks & Geeks out there this was the theme tune to that amazing tv show

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This is Hostage. He’s a fan of the sausage…ahahha I totally meant the food. Saw him blitz Cabaret Voltaire on Friday and, being an absolute gentleman, he’s only gone and emailed me 3 of his newest tracks (all in glorious 320kbps!!). He must’ve saw me in the crowd – I was wearing the “Hi Hostage, Please Email Me 3 Bangers, KTHXBAI” t-shirt… and what do you know, it worked.

Listen ♫: Hostage – Dubtch ←♥♥
Listen ♫: Hostage – Skin Out ←♥
Listen ♫: Hostage – Otis ←♥

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Had a great weekend so far – saw Hostage on Friday at Sugarbeat, then went to ‘Vegas‘ last night. Oh yeah, and I got accepted onto the Hype Machine!! Going to see Kick-Ass tonight – will hopefully cap it off nicely.

As for the songs? I don’t just post any old shite so here are the best songs I’ve been swinging a cat to recently. The new Flying Lotus album is a stormer – just really fresh. Also, Pariah‘s B-side ‘Orpheus’ is pure bassgasm – sounds like Hyph Mngo which is a high compliment.

Listen ♫: Flying Lotus – Massage Situation ←♥♥♥
Listen ♫: Flying Lotus – Galaxy In Janaki ←♥♥♥
Listen ♫: Pariah – Orpheus ←♥♥♥ (removed by request)

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This could be the start of something special…

Listen ♫: The Morning Benders – Promises ←♥♥♥♥

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What a great way to start a Friday morning! I ♥ Mayer Hawthorne.

Listen ♫: Snoop Dogg – Gangsta Luv (Mayer Hawthorne G-Mix) ←♥♥♥♥
Listen ♫: Mayer Hawthorne – Thin Moon (James Pants Cover) ←♥♥♥

Thanks to Asian Dan for these.

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This video is exquisite. Nuff said.

Listen ♫: Jamaica – I Think I Like U 2 ←♥♥♥♥♥♥

Produced by Xavier de Rosnay (i.e. that guy from Justice) and Peter J. Franco (i.e. sound engineer for a little group called Daft Punk).

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I is in it.

Listen ♫: Teenage Fanclub – Baby Lee ←♥♥ (new)
Listen ♫: Teenage Fanclub – It’s All In My Mind ←♥♥ (old)

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