the city is my church

oh hey y'all,

do you remember M83? I DO! anthony gonzalez is the creator of one of my favourite songs in the entire universe AND one of the best album covers ever - it's like playing pictionary for angsty 80's/90's movies - AND one of the only musical acts i know of named after a particular region of outer space (unless perhaps you count young galaxy)

well in any case he is back with a new single, midnight city, and i am smitten. the track is layered, varied, and features the soaring vocals unique to M83 that always remind me of flying. take a gander and see if it tickles your fancy; and be ready to pounce when hurry up, we're dreaming comes out sometime this year. maaaaybe NOW?

how about now?

M83 - midnight city


M83 - we own the sky


p.s. i wrote and posted this FROM MY CAR. it's the FUTURE, you guys.

don't you know that you're making me blue

okay by now you should have an idea of how i am rather fond of tennis. so imagine my glee when i learned they decided to put together a cover of 60's sweetheart brenda lee, and better yet, release it to the webernets free of cost. the breezy duo brings their unique sound to this classic track, adding a new twist to lee's classic lyrics; and if this track is any indication, we can expect great things from their sophomore effort.

and if you're curious, check out their blog for a little background on the band (and a sizeable dose of adorable).

tennis - is it true? (brenda lee cover)


p.s. we've swapped over to hulkshare for technologic purposes, with the megabytes and the electrons and the science.

they're calling me home

do i... do i really need to say anything? anything at all?

ellie goulding - lights (RAC mix)
Ellie Goulding - Lights (RAC Mix) by RAC

you took these lies and made them true

it b-b-baffles my mind that in a world where you can't even turn on the tv without hearing the black keys, New Orleans' generationals can't get any love from the mainstream. these guys have been delivering good, solid bluesy indie rock for a while now, starting with their debut Con Law back in 2009 through the Trust EP and finally this spring's Actor-Caster. i can't say enough good things about this album - it's bold, varied, and refuses to quit from opening track all the way through to the end. i double-dare you to pick up a copy and take it with you on your next road trip. i... kind of want to be their friend?

generationals - you say it too


generationals - greenleaf

why even try to change

straight from my dear mother's playlist (i kid you not - i have long given up being cooler than her) here is the song that is going to make your summer - theophilus london's suave cadence backed by some sugar-coated vocals and polished off with RAC's secret formula.

one of these days i am going to find a way to communicate why it is that i love andre, andrew and karl so much (and correspondingly, why i can't abide by any any other remix artists). normally i cringe to see the songs i do love so butchered for a dance-hall hook (keep your GRIMY PAWS OFF ADELE) but RAC continues to surprise and delight.

theophilus london - why even try (RAC remix)


as an aside - turntable.fm. how does one access this in canada. HOW.

maybe i'm crazy

whoa!

somewhere along the way we crossed over the 3k landmark. while only a footnote in the grand scheme that is the internets, i am nevertheless rather proud of myself. i am going to go make an ice cream sundae.

here's some monarchy.

monarchy - maybe i'm crazy.

it's sensible

so i went away for a weekend, and apparently everybody has decided without me that foster the people have delivered the song of the summer. it has the words 'kicks' in it and sounds appropriately lazy for a summer song and has a bassline and everybody is cool with that.

what the heck, you guys?

if you had all had the decency to ask my opinion on this - i got opinions - i would have steered you firmly in the direction of metronomy's The English Riviera. i've been over at loose lips more often now that baby brother is writing for them, and mik's given it a glowing review, which is good enough for me. it's doing to the summer of 2011 what Oracular Spectacular did to 2008; giving just enough dance pop and tempo to make a sunday barbecue work, but leaving you with a somewhat darker undertone that, after everybody's gone home, will have you staring at an unattended pool noodle as it lackadaisically traverses an empty pool at dusk, wondering how the fuck you ended up here.

metronomy - the bay


metronomy - loving arm