1. "rolling in the deep" by adele
there is not much to say about this song other than "holy fucking shit". i don't know who has pissed her off so much but i would like to have her always be this upset if it will mean more albums like 21. Also, this video, omg etc.
2. jj's album "kills"
okay, so this is a swedish group that takes hot beats from pop music and adds sometimes tweaked, beautiful, ethereal vocals to the mix. think a very restrained girl talk + beach house. I am loving their mixtape kills (download for free).
they have a couple other albums that are less mixtape/sampley but still amazing (jj nº 2 and nº 3)
3. cut copy, "need you now"
there is some sort of neo-disco revival situation happening right now, which simultaneously makes me sort of upset (because, you guys, remember how embarrassing disco was?) and very, very happy. I imagine this is sort of fueled by the success of those 2 MGMT songs. I don't know if this is just a european/uk thing or if it's made it over to the states already, but get your ears excited!
4. the gaslight anthem
I don't know where i've been, but these guys are awesome. American Slang was the first album of theirs I heard, and it's very good, but The '59 Sound is awesome- sort of bruce springsteeny punk. they are also from new jersey. something must be in new jersey's water, or it has something to do with the perpetual smog cloud that lives there.
5. "get some" by lykke li
lykke li's new album is okay - not as good as youth novels, but this track is excellent. i have tickets to see her in april, but it turns out i'll be in spain at a conference. whoops. who wants to come to glasgow and see lykke li for me?
6. summer babes // a mix by sebastian barr
Sebastian is a Stranger From The Internet whose blog I follow; he posted this mix a couple of weeks ago and it's amazing. (it is through his blog that I found out about jj in the first place.) Now that it's warming up and we're all dreaming of summer and/or warmer climes, go download part 1 & part 2
You won't be disappointed. Get your beach hipster on!
i love this post!
ReplyDeleterolling in the deep has been my like, anthem, for the past month. srsly.
and wow, cut copy is awesome. the video was hilarious, i feel like neo-disco will explode if it is humorous like that the whole time...
also, we should probably make "beach hipster" a new tag lol
ReplyDelete1. CANNOT STOP LISTENING TO ROLLING IN THE DEEP OMG. I did not make it to the second track of 21 for the first, like, week of ownership.
ReplyDelete2. Cut copy IS awesome! "Need you now" is from their new album "zonoscope", but their previous album "in ghost colours" is great too. I have high hopes for neo-disco; check out the latest scissor sisters record too for further convincing.
3. done. beach hipsters!