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Track: Dent May - “Face Down In The Gutter Of Your Love”

The bartender kicking you in the side at 5 a.m. is as good as an alarm clock.

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Playlist: 2016 First Quarterly Report

Fifty(ish) choice tunes, alphabetically listed . . .

Allies For Everyone - “It Takes All Kinds” Anderson .Paak - “Am I Wrong” Andrew Bird - “Roma Fade” Andy Shauf - “The Magician” Antwon - “Luv” Boulevards - “Cold Call” Car Seat Headrest - “Vincent” Carly Van Skaik - “Behind the Velvet Curtain” Caveman - “Never Going Back” Choir of Young Believers - “Perfect Estocada” Diiv - “Under the Sun” Fort Romeau - “Seventyfour” Fruit Bats - “From a Soon-to-Be Ghost Town” Gold Panda - “Time Eater” El Guincho - “Comix” Hoops - “Feelin Fine” Hudson Scott - “Clay” Indoor Voices - “Atomic” Jensen Sportag - “Carly (Retrosport13)” Kamaiyah - “Out the Bottle” Kevin Morby - “Dorothy” Leon Vynehall - “Beau Sovereign” Lindstrøm - “Closing Shot” Little Scream - “Love as a Weapon” Little folk - “Jar 1849″ Minor Victories - “A Hundred Ropes” Mitski - “Your Best American Girl” Mourn - “Storyteller” Night Moves - “Carl Sagan” Noir Cœur - “Post Life” Operators - “Cold Light” Parquet Courts - “Captive of the Sun” Pinegrove - “Old Friends” Posse - “Voices” Postiljonen - “How Can Our Love Be Blind” The Range - “Florida” Schoolboy Q - “Groovy Tony” Shit Robot - “OB-8″ Sheer Mag - “Can’t Stop Fighting” The Skiffle Players - “Til Stone Day Comes” So Below - “Far” Tacocat - “I Hate the Weekend” Teen  - “All About Us” Ulrika Spacek - “Porcelain” Weekender - “Floaty Feeling, Blue” White Denim - “Hold You (I’m Psycho)” Whitney - “Golden Days” Wil$on - “Hot” Wolfie - “Obi Wan”

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Track: Leapling - “Alabaster Snow”

The park in winter is layered with burdensome thoughts heavier than snowdrifts.

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Track: Jens Kuross - “Steadier”

Years later, on separate coasts, in separate lives, one of glass towers and angry commutes and another of stale rooms stacked with old hardcovers held together by tape and government funds and faint hopes, they would never know that insomnia was the thing they now shared, linked forever by the memory of a moment when the sound of distant freight train didn’t have to be the loneliest thing in the world.

(h/t yvynyl)

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Track: LABS - “Brave”

They make rockets that escape Earth’s orbit but they’ve yet to devise a way to outrun the gravitational pull of memory.

(Track via Ride The Tempo)

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Track: Caveman - “Never Going Back”

Just another American city in the rearview obscured by dust, distance, and busted dreams.

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Track: Night Moves - “Denise, Don’t Wanna See You Cry”

"So, here's the not-fun part of this conversation," she said.

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Track: Indoor Voices ft. Jimena Torres - “Atomic”

Sunlight drifts in from the tall windows and settles on the rug and the cold cup of half-drunk black tea on the coffee table. She sits up on the couch and watches the Saturday mailman shuffle up the street. She wonders if today’s the day she gets it together--maybe do some laundry, maybe leave the apartment, maybe stop thinking about how things could have gone so much better.

(Track via Ride the Tempo)

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Track: DJDS - “I Don’t Love You”

He hears the door close slowly down the hall and knows the tentative click of the latch is the last thing she’ll ever say to him.

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Best Tracks of 2015

It’s been a pretty dead year for the blog, but a lot’s happened, including a triumphant arrival in Clinton Hill. Well, not so much a “triumphant arrival” as an “arrival.” Regardless, here’s to a jumbo holiday and a new year that brings something to the table. And here’s my choice tracks from 2015.

102. Kotomi – “The Last Time” 101. Boogie – “Oh My”

100. Mas Ysa – “Look Up” 99. Active Child – “1999” 98. Helado Negro – “Young, Latin & Proud” 97. Leon Bridges – “River” 96. Alabama Shakes – “Don’t Wanna Fight” 95. Lxury ft. Deptford Goth – “Square 1” 94. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith – “Omen” 93. Choir of Young Believers – “Jeg Ser Dig” 92. Partok x Matushka x Apfelberg – “Nai Nai” 91. Drake – “Hotline Bling”

90. Slutface – “Get My Own” 89. DJ Paypal – “Awakening” 88. TOPS – “The Hollow Sound of the Morning Chimes” 87. Eleanor Friedberger – “He Didn’t Mention His Mother” 86. Everything Everything – “Distant Past” 85. My Morning Jacket – “Compound Fracture” 84. Jeremih – “oui” 83. So Below – “Sleep” 82. Oedipus – “Please B Okay” 81. Hop Along – “Powerful Man”

80. Buspin Jieber – “Knoblifter” 79. David Bowie – “Blackstar” 78. Ecstatic Vision – “Astral Plane” 77. Spaces – “Assembly” 76. Spritzer – “Melt” 75. Courtney Barnett – “Pedestrian at Best” 74. Diarrhea Planet – “Heat Wave” 73. Mac Demarco – “The Way You’d Love Her” 72. Empress Of – “Water Water” 71. Dâm-Funk – “Free”

70. Stealing Sheep – “Not Real” 69. CHVRCHES – “Never Ending Circles” 68. Cakes da Killa – “Serve It Up” 67. Ava Luna – “Billz” 66. Earl Sweatshirt ft. Vince Staples – “Wool” 65. JEFF The Brotherhood – “Melting Place” 64. Death Grips – “On GP” 63. Pure Bathing Culture – “Pray For Rain” 62. Rick Ross – “Foreclosures” 61. New Order – “Plastic”

60. Thundercat ft. Flying Lotus & Kamasi Washington – “Them Changes” 59. Prince Innocence – “Manic” 58. RA – “The Void” 57. Polly Hi – “Give It Up” 56. Lusts – “Mouthwash” 55. Kurt Vile – “Pretty Pimpin” 54. Shana Falana – “Go” 53. White Reaper – “Make Me Wanna Die” 52. Kelela – “Rewind” 51. Ulrika Spacek – “I Don’t Know”

50. Postiljonen – “The Open Road” 49. Panda Bear” – “Principe Real” 48. Pender Street Steppers – “The Glass City” 47. Skepta – “Shutdown” 46. The Districts – “Peaches” 45. Jamie xx ft. Romy – “Loud Places” 44. Ellie Herring – “Why’d You” 43. Cylinder – “Disco Engine” 42. Blood Orange – “Sandra’s Smile” 41. Chastity Belt – “Joke”

40. Vince Staples – “Lift Me Up” 39. Beach House – “Sparks” 38. Father John Misty – “Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)” 37. U.S. Girls – “Window Shades” 36. Widowspeak – “Girls” 35. Radioactivity – “Battered” 34. George Fitzgerald ft. Boxed In – “Full Circle” 33. Deafheaven – “Come Back” 32. Blank Realm – “River of Longing” 31. George Clanton – “It Makes the Babies Want to Cry”

30. Heads – “A Mural Is Worth a Thousand Words” 29. Metz – “Acetate” 28. Blanck Mass – “Dead Format” 27. Weaves – “Tick” 26. Chance the Rapper ft. Saba – “Angels” 25. Real Lies – “Blackmarket Blues” 24. Kari Faux – “Supplier” 23. Girls Names – “Zero Triptych” 22. Hot Chip – “Burning Up” 21. The She-Devils  “Come”

20. Girl Band – “Pears For Lunch” 19. Grimes – “Realiti (Demo)” 18. Twerps – “I Don’t Mind” 17. Sufjan Stevens – “No Shade in the Shadow of The Cross” 16. Destroyer – “Dream Lover” 15. Deerhunter – “Take Care” 14. Neon Indian – “Slumlord” 13. Skurken – “Nonfjall” 12. Nicolas Jaar – “Fight (Nymphs IV)” 11. Car Seat Headrest – “Times to Die”

10. Tame Impala – “Let It Happen” 9. Susanne Sundfør – “Fade Away” 8. Mick Jenkins – “Your Love” 7. The Sandwitches – “Play It Again Dick” 6. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Can’t Keep Checking My Phone” 5. Westkust – “Swirl” 4. Floating Points – “Silhouettes (I, II, III)” 3. Viet Cong – “March of Progress” 2. Ought – “Beautiful Blue Sky” 1. Kendrick Lamar ft. James Fauntleroy and Ronald Isley – “How Much a Dollar Cost”

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Playlist: Vol. XXXV

Here's to everyone's already-broken resolutions.

Viet Cong - "Silhouettes"

Twerps - "I Don't Mind"

BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah ft. DOOM - "Ray Gun"

prints_ - "Ghosts" (via yvynyl)

of Montreal - "Empyrean Abattoir"

Embryo - "Don't Need You Around (My Man)" (via XLR8R)

Jimmy Napes - "Give It Up"

Rome Fortune x OG Maco - "Jungle"

Vallis Alps - "Young" (via Disco Naïveté)

The Dodos - "Retriever"

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List: Songs of Note from 2014

The Definitive List of the Best Tracks from 2014; Or, A Totally Subjective List I Put Together Last Night

101. Ryn Weaver - “OctaHate”

100. Rae Morris ft. Fryars - “Cold”

99. Twin Shadow - “To The Top”

98. BRONCHO - “What”

97. Redinho ft. Brendan Reilly - “Get You Off My Mind”

96. Grouper - “Call Across Rooms”

95. Hospitality - “It’s Not Serious”

94. Belle & Sebastian - “The Party Line”

93. Young Ejecta - “Your Planet”

92. Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd - “Love Me Harder”

91. Chromeo - “Jealous (I Ain’t With It)”

90. Delta Spirit - “Hold My End Up”

89. Wye Oak - “Before”

88. Majid Jordan - “All I Do”

87. Death Grips - “Black Quarterback”

86. Real Estate - “Talking Backwards”

85. Chris McClenney - “Slowitdown”

84. TV On The Radio - “Happy Idiot”

83. The Twilight Sad - “There’s a Girl in the Corner”

82. SBTRKT ft. Ezra Koenig - “NEW DORP.NEW YORK”

81. Say Lou Lou - “Everything We Touch”

80. Alvvays - “Archie, Marry Me”

79. Perfume Genius - “Grid”

78. Cloud Nothings - “Psychic Trauma”

77.Twin Peaks - “I Found A New Way”

76. Saint Pepsi - “Mr. Wonderful”

75. We Were Promised Jetpacks - “I Keep It Composed”

74. Shabazz Palaces - “Forerunner Foray”

73. We Cut Corners - “Best Friend”

72. Real Lies - “North Circular”

71. Sun Kil Moon - “Ben’s My Friend”

70. Porches ft. Greta Kline - “Forgive”

69. Trust - “Capitol”

68. Sharon Van Etten - “Your Love Is Killing Me”

67. Leon Bridges - “Coming Home”

66. The Pass - “The Future”

65. Aphex Twin - “mini pops 67 [120.2][source field mix]”

64. SW/MM/NG - “Some Dreams Come True”

63. Tobias Jesso Jr. - “Hollywood”

62. St. Vincent - “Digital Witness”

61. Tiny Ruins - “Me at the Museum, You in the Wintergarden”

60. How To Dress Well - “Words I Don’t Remember”

59. Savages - “Fuckers”

58. Francisco The Man - “Big Ideas”

57. Girl Band - “Lawman”

56. Ab-Soul - “Tree of Life”

55. Louis Weeks - “Alive (Stretched Out on the Observation Deck)”

54. ScotDrakula - “O’Clock”

53. Spoon - “Do You”

52. Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar - “Never Catch Me”

51. Father John Misty - “Bored In The USA”

50. Sandy - “Drips”

49. Shit Robot ft. Reggie Watts - “The Secret”

48. Shamir - “On The Regular”

47. Sisyphus - “Alcohol”

46. Bear In Heaven - “Autumn”

45. Liv - “Special”

44. Ariel Pink - “Picture Me Gone”

43. Three Man Cannon - “Patiently” 

42. Weval - “Gimme Some”

41. clipping ft. Cocc Pistol Cree - “Work Work”

40. SUIXX - “Hi”

39. Panda Bear - “Mr. Noah”

38. Total Giovanni - “Human Animal”

37. Clark - “Winter Linn”

36. Glass Animals - “Walla Walla”

35. Mac Demarco - “Passing out Pieces”

34. Caribou - “Can’t Do Without You”

33. Fasano - “It Wasn’t Me Who Left You Alone”

32. Leon Vynehall - “It’s Just (House of Dupree)”

31. Beck - “Wave”

30. Swans - “A Little God In My Hands”

29. Wild Beasts - “Mecca”

28. The Deloreans - “As Long As It’s You”

27. Papercuts - “Still Knocking At The Door”

26. Death From Above 1979 - “Trainwreck 1979”

25. Guerilla Toss - “367 Equalizer”

24. Formation - “Waves”

23. Movement - “Ivory”

22. Pusha T - “Lunch Money”

21. New York Endless - “Scale Those Heights”

20. Vic Mensa - “Down On My Luck”

19. Roman Ruins - “Loved One”

18. Have A Nice Life - “Burial Society”

17. Total Control - “Flesh War”

16. Beverly - “Honey Do”

15. The Men - “Another Night”

14. Cymbals Eat Guitars - “Warning”

13. Heterotic ft. Vezelay - “Rain”

12. Merchandise - “Enemy”

11. Parquet Courts - “Sunbathing Animal”

10. Hookworms - “On Leaving”

9. Vince Staples - “Hands Up”

8. Tei Shi - “Bassically”

7. Todd Terje - "Delorean Dynamite”

6. Liars - “Vox Tuned D.E.D.”

5. Angel Olsen - “Windows”

4. Viet Cong - “Continental Shelf”

3. Run The Jewels - “Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)”

2. Future Islands - “Seasons (Waiting On You)”

1. The War On Drugs - “Under The Pressure”

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List: 2014 Remixes of Note

When it comes to a great remix, there simply isn't a single criteria. It comes down to the je ne sais quoi factor, and these fifteen tracks from this year definitely had that unnameable something. Enjoy.

15. La Roux - “Uptight Downtown (Midnight Magic Remix)”

14. Paramore - “Ain’t It Fun (Dutch Uncles Remix)”

13. Yumi Zouma - “Sålka Gets Her Hopes Up (Mark McGuire Remix)”

12. DNGLS - “Heliris (Xhin Remix)”

11. Postiljonen - “All That We Had Is Lost (Gent Mason Remix)”

10. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith - “Latch (Lido Remix)”

9. Usher - “Good Kisser (Disclosure Remix)”

8. London Grammar - “Hey Now (Tensnake Remix)”

7. Future Islands - “Seasons (Waiting On You) (BADBADNOTGOOD Reinterpretation)”

6. Vondelpark - “Always Forever (Debukas Remix)”

5. alt-J - "Story 4: Endlessly Embracing (a remix by clipping.)" [Remix of "Hunger Of The Pine"]

4. Kelis - “Jerk Ribs (Mount Kimbie Remix)”

3. Young Magic - “Something In The Water (Roland Tings Remix)”

2. The Field - “No. No… (John Tejada Remix)”

1. Interpol - “My Desire (Factory Floor Remix)”

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Track: Total Giovanni - "Human Animal"

"Did you see Steve today?"

"No. Why?"

"Oh, man. Kept going on and on about some party last night."

"So?"

"So, I don't think he's slept and he smells like he took a cologne bath on his way out the door in an attempt to cover up the stink of whatever neon concoction he was guzzling all night, and, for the record, he still stinks of hooch. He's got glitter on his clothes and in his hair. I mean, come on here. Plus, he could do with a little less product, if we're being honest."

"What a legend."

"A total Giovanni."

"A completely total Giovanni, for sure."

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Weekend Playlist: Vol. XXXIV

So I'm finally kind of settled back in Brooklyn. It's been over six years but I've returned . . . well, not so much triumphantly, but corporeally at least. We can say that. I am here--materially. The blog is keeping the name though, because there's a saying about the desert, that you can never get all the sand out of your shoes. I think that's probably true to some extent.

Francisco The Man - "Big Ideas"

Wampire - "Life of Luxury"

New York Endless - "Scale Those Heights"

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - "James Dean"

Freddie Dickson - "News"

DREAMTRAK - "Contemporary"

Total Heels - "Layered and Lovely"

Grouper - "Call Across Rooms"

JMR - "Shivers" (via The 405)

Bipolar Sunshine ft. Goldlink - "Future (Part 1)"

Pearl Lion - "On My Way Home" (via yvynyl)

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Weekend Playlist: Vol. XXXIII

Light. Tunnel. Etc.

Cass McCombs - "Night Of The World"

The Twilight Sad - "There's A Girl In The Corner"

Karen Harding - "Say Something" (via Disco Naïveté)

Wyatt - "Attention" (via yvynyl)

Deerhoof - "Exit Only"

Teeel - "Disk Go"

Run The Jewels - "Blockbuster Night Part 1

Bam Spacey - "Upplyst"

Redinho ft. Brendan Reilly - "Get You Off My Mind"

We Were Promised Jetpacks - "I Keep It Composed"

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Weekend Playlist: Vol. XXXII

It's Friday. It's your right--nay, your duty--to do something very Jumbo Safari this weekend. Onwards and downwards.

AIMES ft. Javi - "Burnin'"

Cymbals Eat Guitars - "Warning"

Kimbra - "Miracle"

Merchandise - "Green Lady"

Walter Sobcek - "Midnight Crush" (via The 405)

Deebs - "Wake Forever" (via XLR8R)

Miami Horror - "Wild Motion (Set It Free)"

C. Justice - "So Good"

Avi Buffalo - "Memories of You"

Nick Hakim - "I Don't Know" (via Consequence of Sound)