Metronomy are playing Cabaret Voltaire on the 25th. WANT.

Metronomy – We Broke Free by Scottish Friction ←♥♥♥♥♥
Metronomy – Trouble by Scottish Friction ←♥♥♥♥♥
Metronomy – Love Underlined by Scottish Friction ←♥♥♥♥♥

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Sorry I’ve been away for ages – I’ve been very busy etc etc etc. Took a trip over to Strasbourg, France to see my dyood Ekin. I love her because she one of the only people I know that knows/loves music as much as I do. That’s her there on the left. Je t’aime.

The music in this post is as much for your benefit as it is for hers. I don’t think she’ll have heard The Weeknd but I’m sure she’ll find something to love in this album.

Anyway – this mixtape has not left my ears for a week now. Download it. Now. It’s ALL excellent.
But if that sounds like too much then just download track 2 – ‘What You Need’ – below. This song made me glad I love music again. It’s told from the perspective of a forlorn lover, lusting after a girl and telling her, in detail, how he’d be better than her current beau. But then you listen to the music… and it could literally be about a girl being tempted by drugs by the drugs themselves – there’s even the line “I’m the drug in your veins”. As if the drug coursing through her blood is serenading her into submission.

The Weeknd – House Of Balloons ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Track 1: High For This
Track 2: What You Need ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Track 3: Glass Table Girls
Track 4: The Morning
Track 5: Wicked Games
Track 6: The Party & The After Party
Track 7: Coming Down
Track 8: Loft Music
Track 9: The Knowing

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Add some funk to your Sunday.

Listen: Act 1 – Tom The Peeper ←♥♥♥♥♥ (1974)
Listen: Commodores – Superman ←♥♥♥♥ (1974)
Listen: Yvonne Fair – You Can’t Judge A Book By It’s Cover ←♥♥♥♥ (1975)

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It finally happened…. and a day early to boot! Not given it a proper listen through yet but I do like ‘Lotus Flower’ and the accompanying video. Also in my news, long-time friend of the blog Hostage sent over his new track and it kicks and bumps in all the right places…. then decides to slap you in the face with its huge clubby balls. Dope! Finally, just finished watching Spaced again and this Lemon Jelly song rounds off what is probably one of my favourite TV programs ever. DANCE COLIN! DANCE FOR ME!

Radiohead – Lotus Flower ←♥♥♥
Hostage – The Way You Move ←♥♥♥
Lemon Jelly – The Staunton Lick ←♥♥♥♥♥

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RANT ALERT! Don’t you find it annoying when bands blatantly rip off other bands? I’ve been noticing it a lot lately when listening to 6music. Now I don’t mean “taking inspiration from and going their own way” – I mean slap-you-in-the-chops rip-off. Can’t remember what the band were called but if they’d sounded any more like Animal Collective I’d have phoned up to make sure they hadn’t got the track name wrong. RANT OO’ER!

There’s only 1 Panda Bear thankfuck, and his new track is such a grower I could swear I’ve been singing it in my sleep. Also NEW RADIOHEAD THIS SATURDAY I CAN’T FUCKING WAIT I’VE ALREADY PRE-ORDERED MINE HAVE YOU? Finally, a choice cut from Siriusmo‘s new album ‘Mosaik’. This song bangs and bangs and bangs and just keeps giving. Holla.

Listen: Panda Bear – Last Night At The Jetty ←♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: Radiohead – Everything In Its Right Place ←♥♥♥♥♥
Siriusmo – Goldene Kugel by Scottish Friction ←♥♥♥♥♥

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p.s. I took that photo. Guess where…

Don’t even ask. Just turn the volume UPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!

Listen: Smith Westerns – Weekend ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: The Go! Team – Buy Nothing Day ←♥♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: Chris Brown – Look At Me Now (Feat. Busta Rhymes, Twista & Lil Wayne) (Patchwork Pirates Re-Edit) ←♥♥♥

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More photos from my time in NYC. If you could see my face you’d know I was jizzing. Anyway, here’s a new one from Toro Y Moi kinda in the vein of Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitti. Also I meant to post this stunner from Zoo Kid ages ago – the guy’s only 16! Finally a blast racket from PB&J.

Toro Y Moi – Go With You by Scottish Friction ←♥♥

Listen: Zoo Kid – Out Getting Ribs ←♥♥♥♥
Listen: Peter Bjorn & John – Breaker Breaker ←♥♥♥

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Been listening to a lot of radio recently. Obviously where I sourced these two gems from eh.

Bibio – Excuses (Radio Rip) by Scottish Friction ←♥♥♥

Listen: The Monkees – She ←♥♥♥♥♥

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Can’t believe how late I am with this. I have been busy…promise. In keeping with the “busy” theme, I won’t be giving a little track description/review – just know that I love them all.

15. Wavves – Post Acid

Listen: Wavves – Post Acid ←♥♥♥♥♥

14. Yeasayer – O.N.E.

Listen: Yeasayer – O.N.E. ←♥♥♥♥♥

13. Breakbot – Baby I’m Yours (Siriusmo Remix)

Listen: Breakbot – Baby I’m Yours (Siriusmo Remix) ←♥♥♥♥♥

12. Caribou – Odessa

Listen: Caribou – Odessa ←♥♥♥♥♥

11. LCD Soundsystem – All I Want

Listen: LCD Soundsystem – All I Want ←♥♥♥♥♥

10. TAI – Paradise Poltergeist (Feat. Steve Aoki)(LA Riots Remix)

Listen: TAI – Paradise Poltergeist (Feat. Steve Aoki)(LA Riots Remix) ←♥♥♥♥♥

9. The Black Keys – I’m Not The One

Listen: The Black Keys – I’m Not The One ←♥♥♥♥♥

8. Robyn – Dancing On My Own / Don’t Fucking Tell Me What To Do (Mylo & Sharooz Remix)

Listen: Robyn – Dancing On My Own / Don’t Fucking Tell Me What To Do (Mylo & Sharooz Remix) ←♥♥♥♥♥

7. Gorillaz – Empire Ants

Listen: Gorillaz – Empire Ants ←♥♥♥♥♥

6. Kanye West – Lost In The World (Feat. Bon Iver) / Monster (Feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver)

Listen: Kanye West – Lost In The World (Feat. Bon Iver) / Monster (Feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver)←♥♥♥♥♥

5. The Radio Dept. – Heaven’s On Fire

Listen: The Radio Dept. – Heaven’s On Fire ←♥♥♥♥♥

4. Massive Attack – Paradise Circus

Listen: Massive Attack – Paradise Circus ←♥♥♥♥♥

3. Best Coast – Goodbye

Listen: Best Coast – Goodbye ←♥♥♥♥♥

2. M.I.A. – Born Free

Listen: M.I.A. – Born Free ←♥♥♥♥♥

1. Deerhunter – Helicopter

Listen: Deerhunter – Helicopter ←♥♥♥♥♥

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p.s. back to the regular posting now

Listen: Andy Williams – It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year ←♥♥♥♥♥♥

Listen: Kay Starr – (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag ←♥♥♥♥♥♥

Listen: Atlas Sound – Artificial Snow (Bedroom Take) ←♥♥♥♥♥♥

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