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Now, Now // Threads (Video) Cast A Vote on mtvU

I am a big fan of Minnesotans Now, Now and hopefully once you get a musical whiff of their homemade brand of songcraft you’ll be too. This trio consists of Cacie Dalager (Vocals, Guitar), Jess Abbott (Vocals, Guitar), and Brad Hale (Drums, Synth). And right now you can vote for the band’s video for the song “Threads” currently on rotation  at mtvU. You can vote as many times you deem it psychologically necessary.  So, if you love the band like I do that means you’ll vote for them like a honey bee voting for the queen of the hive. Also, you can get yourself of copy of the band’s sophomore album Threads on iTunes. You can best believe this gem of a LP is going to be on a lot of folk’s best bands of 2012 for damn sure. It’s on my list. So, take a second out of your busy day and show Now, Now some fan love. Spread the good word. Peace. Continue reading “Now, Now // Threads (Video) Cast A Vote on mtvU”

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Tiny Victories // Mr. Bones

Amidst the corporeal swirls of an exhaling universe you can find the sweet sonics of Tiny Victories oscillating with wild abandon to non-stop sun beats and moon claps. Check out the Brooklyn, NYC duo’s “Mr. Bones” the Brian Bowman (of Nice Shoes) -directed video. The song comes from their debut Those Of Us Still Alive EP out via BirdDog Records. Also, check out more good stuff on their Soundcloud page. Peace. Continue reading “Tiny Victories // Mr. Bones”

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Flight Facilities // With You (Ft. Grovesnor)

From Australia we have the the sky scraping DJ and production duo known collectively as Flight Facilities. They’re back with something to make you smile (and dance) with their first single release in a minute, “With You” featuring Grovesnor. This track is taken for the same-titled With You EP, which is available now on iTunes and Beatport. Also, after the jump check the brand new video for the song as well. If these two Aussie fly-boys can’t get you to shake a leg, well, perhaps then you don’t need legs. Peace.  Continue reading “Flight Facilities // With You (Ft. Grovesnor)”

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Nathan K. // Leave Them (Official Video) (Our Sunday Best)

If one could take all the suffering and beauty of Michigan. Its many closed factories and depressed economy, contrast all the dark negative reality with the natural beauty found in the more rural aspects of our environs; the running rivers, those deep blue lakes, the white-tail deer, and the wild turkeys. Take all this and distill it into song. Nathan K. provides those songs, narrates our state of being into beautiful odes. Songs forlorn and gorgeous with hope and a relentless optimism. Watch the Xack Gibson directed video for Nathans’ song “Leave Them” from the forthcoming record Dishes, out June 26, 2012. Peace. Continue reading “Nathan K. // Leave Them (Official Video) (Our Sunday Best)”

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Supreme Cuts // Whispers In The Dark

Chicago-based astralnauts Mike Perry and Austin Kjeultes are Supreme Cuts, emphasis on ‘Supreme’! This talented duo take hip hop, and whatever else they can get their hands on, and orchestrate it into a hybrid of shape-shifting sonics. Their forthcoming album Whisper in the Dark, via Dovecote Records, is due to drop July 12th. But until then I got a little something sumpin’ sumpin’. Also, I after the jump you can listen to the dynamic duo’s Trouble EP, of which the opening track “Silkk” is pure celestial goodness. Peace. Continue reading “Supreme Cuts // Whispers In The Dark”

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Cherub // XOXO (don winsley remix)

Perennial funksters (not hipsters) duo Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber bka Cherub are funky! Imagine if Rick James’ sweat was crystallized into pill form, dusted with the liquored breath of the best dance music available, then served piping hot between the sweaty thighs of R&B and Soul music personified in the form of Pam Grier in her heyday. Yes, it’s an image you won’t soon forget, and like the Don Winsley remix of “XOXO” it’s a track your ears aren’t likely to soon forget either.  So go ahead, douse yourself in this vat of clarified soul essence, and they’ll be mopping up your puddled form off the dance floor as soon as the track ends. Peace. Continue reading “Cherub // XOXO (don winsley remix)”

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Noah & The MegaFauna // On And On

The band Noah & The MegaFauna best described themselves as, “Equal parts meditation on Gypsy Jazz, and modern song writing and an excuse to stay up late drinking with friends.” And really that is the point of the music. Yes, don’t look too deeply for hidden meaning and esoteric riddles, it’s just sweet swooning music. Check out the bands’ song “On And On” and it’ll just make you miss your lover even if they’re deeply ensconced within your arms. Right now you can get the vinyl pressing of their romantically sensuous album Anthems For A Stateless Nation at www.bigcartel.com. Peace. Continue reading “Noah & The MegaFauna // On And On”

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The Knocks // Learn To Fly

Ben “DJ B-Roc” Ruttner and James “JPatt” Patterson are NYC’s The Knocks and what they offer is cluby bubbly musical fare that is tantamount to a bit of fairy dust in your bloodstream. Yes, my metaphors and analogies are corny at times but oh so apt. However, The Knock’s song, “Learn To Fly” is expansive like the space-time continuum shot through with kaleidoscopic bejeweled colors . But your hands together and thank your lucky stars for this one. Peace. Continue reading “The Knocks // Learn To Fly”

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superhumanoids | too young for love

Pop open a chilled bottle of Parigot & Richard Crémant de Bourgogne for this one, and order some good take-out Chinese. The Los Angeles-based group Superhumanoids have a new song, “Too Young For Love” and everything SHnoids are known for; sensuously lush synths, earth angel lyrics, and this time out the sexy vocals of Sarah Chernoff. Yeah, it’s the good stuff from the quartets forthcoming new album EXHIBITIONISTS. I definitely raise my glass to this one. Peace. Continue reading “superhumanoids | too young for love”