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Background Music for Cooking
Friday 5

By  |  February 24th, 2012
Filed under: indie rock, friday five, friday 5

What's so good?

I have an affinity for cooking. I also have an affinity for music. Appropriately enough, I have an affinity for cooking and listening to music at the same time. Crazy,…keep reading →


The O.C., Ft. Ryan Adams, Death Cab For Cutie + More
Soundtrack From Season 1

By  |  February 23rd, 2012
Filed under: indie rock, indie pop, soundtrack

What's so good?

I don’t know what winter is like where you live, but most of us in the continental United States are still staring at one more month of winter weather.  With…keep reading →


LIPS
Everything To Me (Bronze Whale Remix)

By  |  February 23rd, 2012
Filed under: electronic remixes, mellow dubstep, lips

Sounds like: Parker, Cry Wolf

The first time that I heard LIPS’ “Everything To Me” was when it was remixed by Adventure Club Dubstep. While that track was an absolute banger, I quite like this…keep reading →


Lana Del Rey
Born To Die (Parrade Version)

By  |  February 23rd, 2012
Filed under: indie pop, female vocalist, pop

Sounds like: Florence + The Machine, Nicola Roberts

When the artist Parrade emailed me this morning to say that he had a new, official version of Lana Del Rey’s “Born To Die” I rolled my eyes a little…keep reading →


Beat Scene
Genre Introduction

By  |  February 23rd, 2012
Filed under: Instrumental Hip Hop, Flying Lotus, Curated Playlists

What's so good?

A genre currently getting a lot of love is the beat scene, which is mainly coming out of Los Angeles, and has been popular there for roughly the last decade.…keep reading →


Robin Pecknold (of Fleet Foxes)
Olivia, In A Separate Bed

By  |  February 23rd, 2012
Filed under: folk, acoustic, fleet foxes

Sounds like: Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear

Break out the tissues, folks. As Robin Pecknold puts it, he has busted out “sadsack mode” on this demo. Better recognized as the lead singer of Fleet Foxes, Robin’s new…keep reading →


Gorillaz
DoYaThing (Ft. James Murphy & Andre 3000)

By  |  February 23rd, 2012
Filed under: gorillaz, indie rock hip-hop, Outkast

What's so good?

It’s highly unusual that we’d post the same track two days in a row, but we thought we’d upgrade yesterday’s radio rip of this track with the real thing. Converse…keep reading →


The Suzan
Come Come

By  |  February 23rd, 2012
Filed under: indie pop, experimental, female vocalist

Sounds like: Slowdance, Shangri-Las, The Go-Gos

Here’s a new obsession for you Shufflers! Japan’s The Suzan are a four-piece female group taking the music scene by storm with their refreshingly delightful jungle synth pop tunes. If…keep reading →