Buried Pleasure

May 28

went a bit crazy one music this week, though in my defense a large amount was free downloads from one of my favorite dance labels of the moment:

Laurel Halo - Quarantine; the latest full length from Hyperdub is one of the best albums of the year. I was looking forward to this for a while and it does not disappoint.
Night Slugs - various mp3s; NIght Slugs is one of my favorite dance labels right now. they are putting out music that is deeply dancefloor focused but incredibly boundary pushing and the same time. I grabbed 5 free songs from label honchos Bok Bok and L-Vis 1990 from various websites.
I also got a few other mp3s from XLR8R including: Jimmy Edgar, LHF, Space Dimension Controller, XI, & George Fitzgerald

missed this somehow when it was posted, but WOAH!

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quite a bit of new music that I think I will need to digest for a couple weeks:

Iamamiwhoami - Idle Talk & Rascal; they have been on a tear with new videos and singles ahead of their album in June. These last two are perhaps my least favorite, but still very good
Breton - Other People’s Problems; I know nothing about this group other than they are English. a fairly perfect mingling of guitars and electronics. already on the long list for favorites of the year
Girl Unit - club rez ep; don’t know much about this producer other than he is part of the nightslugs crew and put out a briliant single (Wut) in 2010. I love his production, but am unsure about songs that are 75% rhythm and a swanky melody comes in just for the last little bit.

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bay-city-wheelmen by stonejf on Flickr.

Bay City Wheelmen [San Francisco], circa 1900

S A T U R D A Y…oh wait that was the Bay City Rollers.

My Mistake

Missing The Shark at the Giro

Actually didn’t get anything last week, and this week was just a couple of free downloads:

Mister Lies - I Walk; this is a really intriguing new producer from Chicago who seems to be sitting in the James Blake/Ifan Dafydd vein of electro R&B
Henry Chinaski - Sleepy Bedtime Mix for Young Ones; supposedly a new mix from the Avalanches of old vocal music and jazz

probably be picking up a few new things this week and as always, don’t forget the Spotify for some of my favorites of the year. The newest entries are songs by Gravenhurst and Breton - http://open.spotify.com/user/mindtron/playlist/3NDpe65PwKDVYxMS8p7U5M

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