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Top 5 For Friday

We have been listening to allot of NEW music this past week and have compiled the tracks that have received the most plays on our list.  This list does not reflect the most up-to-date releases but merely what we find ourselves gravitating to whenever music is part of our atmosphere. 

Take a look at our recommendations below.


 
Shine A Light by The C90s
We Trust by Time
No Mans Land by Psychobuildings
Lose Your Soul by Dead Mans Bones
Parentheses by The Antlers

Bonus Track

Find A Way by Joakim 

Top 5 For Friday

We have been listening to allot of NEW music this past week and have compiled the tracks that have received the most plays on our list.  This list does not reflect the most up-to-date releases but merely what we find ourselves gravitating to whenever music is part of our atmosphere. 

Take a look at our recommendations below.



All Night by Voltage
End Of The Night by The Smith Westerns
Heaven by Kasper Bjorke
How Come You Never Go There by Feist 
Piscine by Francoise and The Atlas Mountains

Bonus Track

Rise by Herb Alpert

Top 5 For Friday

We have been listening to allot of NEW music this past week and have compiled the tracks that have received the most plays on our list.  This list does not reflect the most up-to-date releases but merely what we find ourselves gravitating to whenever music is part of our atmosphere. 

Take a look at our recommendations below.


Manila by Seelenluft
Late At Night by Seelenluft
Church by The 2 Bears
The Lunatics by The 2 Bears
Brow Beaten by The Silver Columns

Bonus Track:

Synchronize by Solid Gold

Top 5 For Friday

We have been listening to allot of NEW music this past week and have compiled the tracks that have received the most plays on our list.  This list does not reflect the most up-to-date releases but merely what we find ourselves gravitating to whenever music is part of our atmosphere. 

Take a look at our recommendations below.





Someone Like You (Adele Cover) by Hobbie Stuart
Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers Cover) by Lykke Li
Follow You Into The Dark (Death Cab Cover) by Unknown
Please Please Please (The Smiths Cover) by Adrian Watkins
Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer Cover) by Florence And The Machine

Spotlight on Rap: It's Just A Ghetto Thing

Hip hop is a musical genre which developed alongside Hip Hop culture, defined by key stylistic elements such as rapping, DJing, sampling, scratching and beatboxing. Hip hop began in the South Bronx in the 1970s. The term rap is often used synonymously with hip hop, but hip hop denotes the practices of an entire subculture.

Rapping, also referred to as MCing or emceeing, is a vocal style in which the artist speaks lyrically, in rhyme and verse, generally to an instrumental or synthesized beat. Beats, almost always in 4/4 time signature, can be created by looping portions of other songs, usually by a DJ, or sampled from portions of other songs by a producer. Modern beats incorporate synthesizers, drum machines, and live bands. Rappers may write, memorize, or improvise their lyrics and perform their works a cappella or to a beat.

Creation of the term hip hop is often credited to Keith Cowboy, rapper with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. However, Lovebug Starski, Keith Cowboy, and DJ Hollywood used the term when the music was still known as disco rap. It is believed that Cowboy created the term while teasing a friend who had just joined the U.S. Army, by scat singing the words "hip/hop/hip/hop" in a way that mimicked the rhythmic cadence of marching soldiers. Cowboy later worked the "hip hop" cadence into a part of his stage performance, which was quickly used by other artists such as The Sugarhill Gang in "Rapper's Delight".

Zulu Nation member Afrika Bambaataa is credited with first using the term to describe the subculture in which the music belonged; although it is also suggested that it was a derogatory term to describe the type of music. The first use of the term in print was in The Village Voice, by Steven Hager, later author of a 1984 history of hip hop.

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Top 5 For Friday

We have been listening to allot of NEW music this past week and have compiled the tracks that have received the most plays on our list.  This list does not reflect the most up-to-date releases but merely what we find ourselves gravitating to whenever music is part of our atmosphere. 

Take a look at our recommendations below.





You Are A Tourist by Death Cab For Cutie
Funk Of 40,000 Years by Michael Jackson
Trouble by Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
Close To Everything by Mickey Moonlight
Alors On Danse by Stromae

Top 5 For Friday

We have been listening to allot of NEW music this past week and have compiled the tracks that have received the most plays on our list.  This list does not reflect the most up-to-date releases but merely what we find ourselves gravitating to whenever music is part of our atmosphere. 

Take a look at our recommendations below.





Night Time by Tracey Thorn
Know How by Kings of Convenience
Finnbikkjen by Casiokids
Midnight Ciry by M83
Always On by Silver Columns

Chromeo: The Remixes


Synth pop revisionist duo Chromeo formed in Montreal in the early 21st century, a project of Audio Research honchos Dave One and Pee Thug (news flash: not their given names). Dave handled the electronics; Pee was the frequently processed vocalist. From the beginning, Chromeo made it clear that artful detachment, cheesy electro-funk breakdowns, and gleaming plastic beats -- not serious intent or aggressive musical regime change -- were the name of their well-dressed game.

This summer, the party-starting, festival-happy Montreal plastic-funk duo Chromeo returns. On August 17, they'll release Business Casual, their third album and the follow-up to the 2007 breakthrough Fancy Footwork, via Atlantic.

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Top 5 For Friday

We have been listening to allot of NEW music this past week and have compiled the tracks that have received the most plays on our list.  This list does not reflect the most up-to-date releases but merely what we find ourselves gravitating to whenever music is part of our atmosphere. 

Take a look at our recommendations below.




Righteous Hit by Polographia
Last Words by Clubfeet
Everything Goes My Way by Metronomy
Down by Vindahl
It's A Bubble by Beni

Top 5 For Friday

We have been listening to allot of NEW music this past week and have compiled the tracks that have received the most plays on our list.  This list does not reflect the most up-to-date releases but merely what we find ourselves gravitating to whenever music is part of our atmosphere. 

Take a look at our recommendations below.




Glad I Met You by DGookin
Power Everything by Tanlines
The Automatic Process by Home Video
Vision Of Love by Bertrand Burgalat
Berimbau by Astrud Gilberto

Top 5 for Friday

We have been listening to allot of NEW music this past week and have compiled the tracks that have received the most plays on our list.  This list does not reflect the most up-to-date releases but merely what we find ourselves gravitating to whenever music is part of our atmosphere. 

Take a look at our recommendations below.




Mercy by Edit Murphy
Nightcall by Kavinsky
Here In The Dark by Schoolcraft
Rain Tears by Get People
Flowers by Teeth

Top 5 for Friday

We have been listening to allot of NEW music this past week and have compiled the tracks that have received the most plays on our list.  This list does not reflect the most up-to-date releases but merely what we find ourselves gravitating to whenever music is part of our atmosphere. 

Take a look at our recommendations below.




It's Been an Hour by Sorcerer
Here Come The People by New Musik
Swimming Pool by Marie Madeleine
Criticize by Alexander O'Neil
Disco Rough by Mathematiques Modernes

Seattle Vacation


I wish this was the echeck-list for my upcoming trip, but unfortunately it is not.
I will be heading to Seattle, Washingtom for the next two weeks
so please visit the archive for your enlightenment.


Seattle is the northernmost major city in the continental United States, and the largest city in the Pacific Northwest and in the state of Washington. A seaport situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an arm of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about 100 miles (160 km) south of the Canada – United States border, it is named after Chief Seattle, of the Duwamish and Suquamish native tribes. Seattle is the center of the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metropolitan statistical area, the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the northwestern United States. Seattle is the county seat of King County and is the major economic, cultural and educational center in the region. As of April 2009, the city's population was approximately 617,000 within a metropolitan area of 4,158,000. The Port of Seattle and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport are major gateways to Asia, Alaska, and the rest of the world.

Seattle is on the I-5 corridor, about 170 miles (270 km) north of Portland, Oregon/Vancouver, Washington and 140 miles (230 km) south of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. The city of Victoria, British Columbia's capital, is about 110 miles (180 km) to the northwest (about 90 miles (140 km) by passenger ferry) while the eastern Washington hub city of Spokane lies 280 miles (450 km) to the east.

The Seattle area has been inhabited for at least 4,000 years, but white settlement began only in the mid-19th century. The first permanent European-descended settlers, Arthur A. Denny and those subsequently known as the Denny Party, arrived November 13, 1851. Early settlements in the area were called "New York-Alki" ("Alki" meaning "by and by" in Chinook Jargon) and "Duwamps". In 1853, Doc Maynard suggested that the main settlement be renamed "Seattle", an anglicized rendition of the name of Sealth, the chief of the two local tribes. From 1869 until 1982, Seattle was known as the "Queen City". Seattle's current official nickname is the "Emerald City", the result of a contest held in 1981; the reference is to the lush evergreen forests of the area. Seattle is also referred to informally as the "Gateway to Alaska", "Rain City", and "Jet City", the last from the local influence of Boeing. Seattle residents are known as Seattleites.

Seattle is the birthplace of rock legend Jimi Hendrix and the rock music style known as "grunge," which was made famous by local groups Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Pearl Jam. Bruce Lee and his son Brandon are both buried at Lakeview cemetery.
Seattle has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption; coffee companies founded or based in Seattle include Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Tully's. There are also many successful independent artisanal espresso roasters and cafes.


Neon Indian: Hex Girlfriend

Washed Out moved beyond “chillwave” to something sturdier on Within And Without. Toro Y Moi did the same via his Underneath The Pine. Now it’s time to see if Alan Palomo can build upon the success of 2009′s Psychic Chasms and escape pigeonholes on new album Era Extraña.

Dine Alone Records is set to release 'Era Extraña', the sophomore album from Texas-based hazy psych-rock group Neon Indian on September 13th, 2011.



Hex Girlfriend
Fallout
Sleep Paralysis
Deadbeat Summer
Polish Girl

Top 5 For Friday

We have been listening to allot of NEW music this past week and have compiled the tracks that have received the most plays on our list.  This list does not reflect the most up-to-date releases but merely what we find ourselves gravitating to whenever music is part of our atmosphere. 

Take a look at our recommendations below.



Banana Ripple by Junior Boys
Crush On You by Nero
Sunset Driver by Michael Jackson
Somebody That I Use To Know by Gotye
When The Night Falls by Chromeo

Focus On Music: LCD Soundsystem

I never was a huge fan of LCD Soundsystem until I had the opportunity to see them live prior to disbanding earlier in the year. James Murphy and his charasmatic performance led me to check out the band a little further.  I was suprised at some of the things I had heard. I had unknowingly placed the band in the heap reserved for fraternities. In my research, I found a subtle sensitivity to their otherwise brut catalog. I have included these subtle suprises below.
Someone Great
I Can Change
Home

Focus On Dance: Waacking

The Waacking style of street dance traces its roots back to gay and nightclub cultures. In the United States, at gay nightclubs, male performers dressed as women and performed to female songs on stage. Movements of the performers were so creative that it was only a matter of time before Waacking made its way into mainstream nightclubs as a way of the dancefloor, and earned its approval amongst other sexualities, especially in the straight community. Waacking evolved prior to house music's popularity and is considered a house dance since it was popular amongst nightclubs (also known as houses).

Disco music was the perfect vehicle for Waacking, with its driving rhythms and hard beats.

In the early 1970s in Los Angeles, dancer Lamont Peterson was one of the first to start using his arms and body to the music. Dancers such as Mickey Lord, Tyrone Proctor and Blinky fine tuned the arms movements, by making the arms and hands go fast to the driving disco beat. During the mid 1970s club dancers Tinker, Arthur, Andrew, Lonnie Carbajal, Michael Angelo, Billy Starr, Billy Goodson, and Danny Logo took center stage with other dancers, perfecting those synchronized syncopated movements.


At the time Waacking was primarily a gay Black and Latino dance. Many people mistakenly believe that “Waacking” came from “Locking” because some of the movements are very similar. The gay and transvestite community largely contributed to the oldskool waacking forms. Waacking and Locking do have some similarities but they are different dances. Punkin' is the original name of the dance. Waacking is a name set forth by the non-gay community that mixed in movements from locking. Some Locking style dance instructors eventually started to teach Punkin' and newskool Waacking classes also. Many new dancers assumed that it was part of the Locking style.

The name “Waacking “originated from The Soul Train Dancer Tyrone Proctor and Jeffrey Daniel's of the Outrageous Waack Dancer's in 1972 themselves (Because of the thrusting of the arms). “Garbo” is another name given to the dance by Andrew because of the posing he did (like the pictures of the glamour women of the 40’s) Arthur, Andrew and Tinker danced sometime on Soul Train. While working with Toni Basil, (An Original Locker). Andrew, Arthur, Tinker, Lonnie, and Billy landed the Diana Ross show in Las Vegas.

The difference between “Waacking” and “Voguing” is “Waacking” became popular in the early 70’s on the West Coast. “Waacking” is mostly done to Disco Music. “Voguing” became popular in the late 70’s on the East Coast.”Voguing” is done to mostly House Music.

Over 35 years “Waacking” is still going strong with the help of dancers like Tyrone “The Bone” Proctor, Adolfo “Shabbadoo” Quninones, Jody Watley, Anna “Lollipop” Sanchez, Brian “Footwork”Green, Angel and Tyrone's Son Aus Spottedeagle aka Aus "Ninja" Omni, and Samara Lockerooo just to name a few. When the Gay Community moved on from “Waacking” these were some of the people who help keep this Dance form alive for more than 35 years.

Waacking and Glowsticking are the fundamental dance styles of which Tecktonik is based off. Tecktonik and Waacking are often ridiculed pejoratively by sexualists as being a gay dance, despite being danced by and having evolved amongst a vast variety of sexualities.

Focus On Music: The Chromatics

While The Chromatics might not be warm, their music does feel intimate, like a 3 a.m. ride home, where you're not alone but exhaustion and intake have made talking impossible, the city is silent, and the traffic patterns are as comforting and regimented as a drum machine click track. One of those moments when you should be crying, but you'll be damned if you let it show.

We have been on that drive for over 3 years and suggest you join us after dark.




In The City
Hands In The Dark
I Want Your Love
Healer

Focus On Music: Glass Candy

This no wave threesome from Portland, OR, is fronted by the strange and exquisite waif Ida No, whose crazy caterwauls recall the frantic singing of the Swans' Jarboe, David Bowie, and the shifty rhythms of James Chance. John David V provides disco beats, while a changing cast of drummers has included Avalon Kalin and Jimi Hey. While the band’s early work blended noise rock with electropop, their later work incorporates Italo disco. The band is known for evolving through the years since their original collaboration, and experimenting with various musical genres.





Beatific
Life After Sundown
Computer Love
Rolling Down The Hills
Stars and Houses

Top 5 For Friday

We have been listening to allot of NEW music this past week and have compiled the tracks that have received the most plays on our list.  This list does not reflect the most up-to-date releases but merely what we find ourselves gravitating to whenever music is part of our atmosphere. 

Take a look at our recommendations below.

New Beat by Toro Y Moi
Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People
Calrissian by Millionyoung
Round and Round by Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti
Worse for Wear by InFlagranti

Focus On Music: Hunx and his Punx

We have been listening to Hunx and His Punx for a couple years now and feel the time appropriate to unleash them to the public. The band might be the first ever "girl group" fronted by a flamboyant gay male whose dream in life is to sound like a girl. They have created a unique new sound they refer to as "Young Oldies", a mixture of 50s teenage rock n roll, 60s girl groups and bubblegum pop. If John Waters were to re-make his cult film Cry-Baby, Hunx would be the perfect match for a soundtrack score.



Dream On (Little Dreamer)
Lovers Lane
When You Find Out

MGMT: The Singles

American rock band MGMT have only been a blip on our radar.  We never found their full-length releases to be consistent enough to warrant constant play.  This is true for allot of bands in the digital age primarily known for their "singles".  In the case of MGMT, we find their stripped-down remixes do better justice to their psychedelic sound than the over-produced studio version that is usually released to the public.

We have compiled a few of our favorites below.




Siberian Breaks
Congratulations
Electric Feel
Kids
Time To Pretend

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