Friday Mix 105
Maybe I’ll keep this motivation going and do more than one mix this summer. No promises. There is a lot of good music out there right now and a few interesting releases in the pipeline for the Fall. More than enough to distract you from the horrors of the world cup.
Best Coast/Rostam Batmangilij/Kid Cudi – All Summer
A promo piece for Converse and summer, I guess. The beginning of the song with the bell and beat really had me hoping Bethany (Best Coast portion) would say “…all year long we wait for CHRISTMAS…” but sadly it’s just “summer”. My least favorite season by a wide margin. The song is fun and the past week of weather in the high 60’s with overcast conditions and some rain in the mornings really makes me think twice about this dreaded season. Keep it up.
Despite being a part of Broken Social Scene over the past years I never explored much of the catalog of Stars. “The Five Ghosts” intrigued me and I gave it a shot and was very happy. It’s received some pretty harsh criticism compared to previous works so I’m not sure if that means I should or shouldn’t take a look back at their work. I find the songs on this album to be incredibly catchy and something I want to come back to.
Tokyo Police Club – Favourite Colour
I fell in love with the original Tokyo Police Club EP a few years back and couldn’t wait for their full length, “Elephant Shell”. When it finally dropped I was less than impressed. The songs ran together, not in a good way, and felt incredibly boring and lacking anything to draw me back like the EP. This second LP “Champ” sees a return to the EP in terms of song writing and diversity of music. I hope they have polished their live show as that was definitely nothing to write home about but I still give them the benefit of the doubt for being much younger and in a pretty hyped blog band.
This is a damned good song and album. Pretty much the song that kicked my ass and got me to do another Friday mix for the first time in several months. It’s a song everyone needs to hear. Beautiful and touching. Something that will be used in a cheesy movie in the next year but deservingly so. (And no, this isn’t country so don’t get too scared by it being in the normal “country” position of my list.)
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