download me

so apparently i'm making a habit of becoming enamoured with gorillaz on average 6 months after everybody else.

it's uncanny. without fail, a new gorillaz album/single/video will be released, the scenesters will declare it the new audio bible, and i will be... unfazed. and like clockwork, approximately 6 months later i will come across a particular track (one already located, enjoyed and recycled by the rest of the world) and for some strange reason... love it senselessly.

this one in particular i had the fortune of coming across at the drake a couple weekends ago, and shazam-ed it (that app is magic, incidentally, and it scared me a little) from the dancefloor (which i think is a new height of music dorkyness/antisocialism). i like the brash faux-horn that drives the track, and the vocals are pop-ish in a way that's not trying to hard. the finished product is dancefloor-appropriate alt-pop that's guaranteed to follow you home.

gorillaz - doncamatic ft. daley


gorillaz - on melancholy hill

i thought i'd have other chances

okay you guys so apparently this whole lo-fi sound thing is here to stay. which is quite a good thing in my view, because i oh so enjoyed grizzly bear's Veckatimest. naturally, i'm enamoured with up-and-comers we are trees. i won't go into great length about their sound, as it's quite similar to grizzly bear, but rest assured that this is heartfelt, authentic lo-fi folk-rock and it is wonderful. check out their bandcamp to hear the length of their first EP, Boyfriend, and samples of the appropriately titled follow-up Girlfriend. i don't know offhand whether there is a full-length in the works, but i certainly hope so.

we are trees - afraid of love

you'll be on my mind

okay cats and kittens, i'm in the midst of a competitive moot so this is going to be a short one.

RAC dropped their second full compilation album, Volume 2, and it is the source of all happiness. it's a free download from their site, so snatch that puppy up. right now. it's all gold, start to finish, but phoenix's Armistice stands out - sugar-coated dancey goodness at its finest.

they also pulled together the soundtrack for an interesting little movie called Holy Rollers starring a pre-social network jesse eisenberg. i can't speak to the movie (i'm just popping it onto the dvd player as i write this) but the soundtrack is delightful 90's-era club dance. If You Forget Me is the highlight, with liset alea providing the vocals that add a little emotional punch to the song.

phoenix - armistice (rac mix)


rac - if you forget me (ft. liset alea)