Playlist #47 (Happy NYE!)

1. Hollis - Machinedrum
2. From The Greatest Origins - Sweet Valley (Wavves' Nathan Williams and his brother are back with Jenova, their second Sweet Valley release. It's just as good, if not better, than the first. It's free on their Bandcamp, I think. Thanks to Damaris for posting this on Tumblr!)
3. The Alternate Earth - Sweet Valley
4. Hurricane - Sweet Valley
5. Wide Eyes - Local Natives
6. Cards and Quarters - Local Natives
7. Breakers - Local Natives
8. Sorry For The Delay - Grizzly Bear (Horn of Plenty-like Grizzly Bear, in that it's mostly acoustic, lo-fi, and pretty much Ed Droste solo material.)
9. Repeating The Circle - Ceremony (Some good post-punk from the modern era; similar to pre-Unknown Pleasures Joy Division when they were a little less dark. Also reminiscent of Devo's stuff.)
10. Brace Yourself - Ceremony
11. Nosebleed - Ceremony
12.  Quarantine - Ceremony
13. Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead (One of the greatest Radiohead songs ever. The Kid A version and the '95 acoustic version both. Just...damn.)
14. Khangregation - Soul Khan (The token hip hop song on this playlist. Khan used to be a battle rapper and his wordplay was off the charts. This definitely holds true in the songs I've heard from him. Oh, and a Tobias Funke reference is always a plus.)

Playlist #46

Just realized the predominance of electronic/hip hop music in this playlist, with the exception of a token post rock song. Well, enjoy! And Merry Christmas Eve, to all religious and secular folk alike.

1. Default - Atoms for Peace (Can't wait for the album!!)
2. So Many Details - Toro Y Moi
3. Getting There - Flying Lotus Ft. Niki Randa
4. Heave(n) - Flying Lotus
5. me Yesterday//Corded - Flying Lotus
6. Immaculation - Captain Murphy Ft. Azizi Gibson & Jeremiah Jae
7. The Prisoner - Captain Murphy
8. LVL - A$AP Rocky (Clams Casino beats are just too damn good.)
9. Phoenix - A$AP Rocky (Likewise for Dangermouse.)
10. Suddenly - A$AP Rocky
11. Run or Fly - Pro Era (R.I.P. to Capital Steez who passed away earlier today. Dude was younger than me, damn.)
12. F A Rap Critic - Pro Era
13. Bun N Cheese - Pro Era
14. Little Pleasures - Tokimonsta Ft. Gavin Turek
15. Darkest (Dim) - Tokimonsta Ft. Gavin Turek
16. Day Job - Tokimonsta
17. The Keeper - Bonobo Ft. Andreya Triana
18. Cream Soda (Pt. 2) - Machinedrum
19. Icya - Machinedrum
20. Countchocula - Machinedrum
21. Def In It - Machinedrum
22. Uptown - Machinedrum
23. Realization - Machinedrum
24. Kids World - Machinedrum
25. We Drift Like Worried Fire - Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Playlist #45

WINTER BREAK HAS BEGUN!!! Really looking forward to this one. But without further ado...

1. In My Continental - Atmosphere
2. Michael A Grammar - Broadcast
3. Transmission (Joy Division cover) - Low (A slowcore cover of a fast-paced JD song; great in an entirely different way)
4. In Limbo - Radiohead
5. Arise, Awake - Paul Banks
6. Streetwalker - Delta Spirit
7. Natural Anthem - The Postal Service [Heard this on KUCR and it took me back to high school. Revisited this album, but turns out that this is the only song I still like. Someone should capitalize on the indie breakcore (MY TERM DONT STEEL) sound that this song has going on.]
8. Last Post on the Bugle - The Libertines
9. Everything Toro y Moi. So bummed that I hadn't given his stuff a listen any earlier, but so not bummed because his music is so damn good. So far I have his 2 main albums, Body Angles, and Freaking Out. If he has any other standout works I might've missed, let me know!
10. Small Time Shot Away - Massive Attack
11. Floating World - Bowery Electric
12. I Quit Girls - Japandroids (I think 50% of their appeal is the cool-ass name.)
13. Wet Hair - Japandroids
14. Heart Sweats - Japandroids
15. For Real - Okkervil River
16. A Glow - Okkervil River
17. Movement and Location - Punch Brothers (PROGRESSIVE BLUEGRASS FOO)
18. Who's Feeling Young Now - Punch Brothers
19. Kid A (Radiohead cover) - Punch Brothers (Oh, man. Do they do this song justice.)
20. Patient - Twin Shadow [Dude is making New Wave music in 2012. Or as one might call it...New New Wave (MY TErM DONT STAEL)]
21. Mirror in the Dark - Twin Shadow
22. Lines - Big Boi Ft. A$AP Rocky & Phantogram [Yeah, Big Boi had a number of indie dudes (Wavves, Phantogram, Little Dragon, on his new album so I had to give it a listen.]
23. Shoes for Running - Big Boi Ft. B.O.B. & Wavves
24. Descending - Big Boi Ft. Little Dragon (The outro track and also my favorite. It's pretty much a downtempo Little Dragon song with Big Boi saying like 2 sentences at the end.)
25. Breezeblocks - Alt-J (Besides the fact that this guy sounds like Adam Sandler in some parts of the song, a nice tune, nonetheless.)
26. Cold (entire album) - Be Forest (Serendipitously discovered this band as I came across their cover of Japandroid's 'I Quit Girls' on Youtube. They're an indie band from Italy and I've been listening to them non-stop. Sound is a delicate mixture between shoegaze and post-punk, like The Horrors.)
27. Hanged Man - Be Forest (Favorite of their songs so far.)
28. I.O. - Be Forest
29. True Love Will Find You In The End - Daniel Johnston
30. Mighty Morphin Foreskin - Captain Murphy (AKA FLYING LOTUS. AW SHIT, YOUR SECRET IDENTITY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED, MR. LOTUS. Oh, everyone already knew? Nvm :/ Anyway, the whole Duality mixtape is awesome.)

Return from an 8 month hiatus! + Playlist #44

Oh man, so it's been 8 months since my last post on Blogspot and even longer since the last post that wasn't just a playlist. So briefly, this summer wasn't exactly ideal; plans for summer school and internships unfortunately fell through, leaving my unproductive ass at home without much to do. But then again, I moved out of that shittily-managed apartment, a countless number of L.A. trips were made, my brother and I effectively utilized our Universal Studios passes, the Lakers got Dwight, I discovered the amazing UCB Theater, went to Conan again, and MET AUBREY PLAZA. Now, I am back at school, currently obsessed with The Wire and Homeland, well-settled into my new job as an RA, and finals are just next week.

1. Waves - Joey Bada$$
2. DSL (Da Special List) - Joey Bada$$
3. Arrested Development - Kool AD (of Das Racist)
4. Brand New Dance - Das Racist
5. Drift Dive - The Antlers
6. Nothing Ever Happened - Deerhunter
7. Desire Lines - Deerhunter
8. Hazel St. - Deerhunter
9. Phantom Other - Department of Eagles
10. No Name #3 - Elliott Smith
11. Cough Coughing - Menomena
12. Hippies is Punks - Wavves
13. Life Like Weeds - Modest Mouse
14. Fog - Radiohead
15. Aftermath - Tricky
16. Lonerism (entire album) - Tame Impala
17. You Should All Be Murdered - Another Sunny Day
18. Grown Up - Danny Brown
19. Yellow Elevator #2 - The Black Angels
20. Fields - XXYYXX
21. Brainy - The National
22. Corporeal - Broadcast
23. Lights Out - Broadcast
24. Barkpench - Zeroh
25. Got It All (This Can't Be Living Now) - Portugal. The Man